Blue Oyster Cult Rick Dees Into The Night Pt 1

[MatthewMartin23]

B.O.C. is awesome, regardless of who backs up Eric and Buck. Although I am partial to the original band with Albert, Joe and Allen. There is so much talent in that original lineup. Miss it. Thank God for utube and cds.

[saaamaelll]

where is this epic 'stache??????

[GWhiz99]

I thought Rick Dees did a thoroughly watchable late night effort with "Into The Night" and wondered why it didn't catch on. Nevertheless, DEEs and this show is unrelated to watch?v=YsJyfJ0b-WA or "uncles and aunts with something to lose from your success in life" themes or "DUCKing sexual identity" themes, despite LISA CANning being this show's announcer or DEEs scoring a #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit with the 1976 novelty song "Disco DUCK". I was a college student when "Into The Night" was on TV

[GWhiz99]

Rick DEEs was born RIGdon Osmond "Rick" DEEs III on March 14, 1950 in Jacksonville, FL, but was raised in GREENSBORO, NC, attending GRIMSLEY High there at 801 Westover Terrace, zip 27408. I was a college student in the Peidmont Triad of NC in neighboring Winston-Salem when "Into The Night" was on the air, but didn't know DEEs had history in the region until some time later. Unrelated: "And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breath a word about your loss..." (RUDYard kipLING)

[SuperStrik9]

Buck Dharma RULES!!!!!!

[amcabbott]

public enemy and toy matinee but guns n roses not to sure on them. love boc but they missed that one.

[DeepSouthWrestling1]

Rockin' the mullets!!!

[longfootbuddy]

this doesnt represent boc well...its the worst performance ie seen by them

[Flacksful]

@longfootbuddy I know right? No Cowbell!!!

[ZZombyWooff]

In this video, Buck doesn't look like a embarassing little dweep like he used to. he actually looks like a serious rock 'n roll artist.

[guitarconasor]

Who the hell was their hair stylist bach then? I hope they went into another line of work.

[billriccio]

i wish buck would have kept the white suite vest and pants 4 ever..like Angus, and his school boy get up but hey, boc are the sh#@t!

[coopyfenderbeupus]

Kinda looks like the Indigo Girls! lol!!!

[MetallicBill]

I know of Dees, but not this show, ya just never know what you missed until you see it online many years later. And of course, BOC still rockin it. So, is there more of this??

[creamcheese65]

Who stole Buck's 'stache??!!

[foppa123]

Eric Bloom is Howard Stern's cousin.

[baredd79]

@foppa123 i thought he married stern's cousin.

[thefoppa1000]

@baredd79 you may be right

[guitarconasor]

@foppa123 Not surprised since they are both Jewish. 

[tmwnat]

Is that hair for real?

[foppa123]

the 80's man!

[DrWatson221]

This is actually Rick Downy on drums.

[Kirlian196]

It's Ron Riddle.

[endlessender]

God Rick Dees is a doorknob.

"David Lee Roth...have ya seen that guy?"

[r2d2ott]

Eric pwned him climbing fucking mountains and doing martial arts and stuff.

Eric >>>>>>>>>>>DLR.

And fuck Rick Dees. That is all.

[deadflo]

Bucks hair doesnt look THAT bad! I love his SG's, usually you see him with a white one, but this one looks pretty great too.

[TheRaySays]

Rick Dees is such a tool. How did Disco Duck ever get a TV show? He must've had some dirt on the network execs.

[dvdfrnzwbr]

Rick Dees, I think you spoke a little too soon 20 years ago. BOC have now been at it for 40 years and are still going.

[theredandtheblack1]

nice mullets guys

[joshcop608]

I swear to God that looks like Johnny Kelly of Type O Negative on drums from the back.........

[hugobear1]

surely that not Buck Dharma?????

[Balddi7]

its him i guess, but he always had a mustache

[goldenoriol]

P.S. I miss Albert Bouchard too. The man with the freakiest sense of humour...and a special taste for dresses

[walsh4president]

albert bouchard the bass player ever

[Supernaturalfreak93]

Joe Bouchard is bass player Albert Bouchard is Drums

[Kirlian196]

Jon Rogers = bass

Ron Riddle = drums

[Supernaturalfreak93]

Yes you're probably right because the info i know about B.O.C is from 1971-1988 and thats when Joe Bouchard was on Bass and Albert Bouchard was on drums and the reason why i said what i said is because walsh4president said that Albert was on bass and Joe was on drums as i said before i know everything about B.O.C up until 1988 so don't quote me on that.

[Kirlian196]

Your pretty close. Joe left BOC after the Club Ninja European leg of the tour, that would have been in 1986. Jon Rogers finished the US leg of the tour and was their regular bassist. Albert played a "one off" at some point; Ron Riddle played drums from 1987 till 1991 (somewhere in that time frame). I saw the Imaginos tour in July of 1988. It was all down hill after that.

[Supernaturalfreak93]

Yes i think i was exaggerating a bit but i only do know BOC from 1971-1986 because i only knew that most of them left in 1986 and i only can keep on track with the info until 1986

because it seemed a bit complicated as you said it went downhill after the imaginos album but the knowledge that i know of BOC is pretty good for a 16 yr old Australian because they're not well known over here.

[Kirlian196]

I would say your BOC knowledge is pretty sharp; I can see where there would be a few gaps. I am not even sure they have ever toured "Down Under" so that is kudos for you. The downhill comment referenced the bands overall decline. They still had quite a bit of game in the late 80's early 90's (even though the band tries to distance itself from that era).

[Supernaturalfreak93]

I totally agree with that and on my videos is the song Blue oyster cult from the Imaginos album and i used the Fire of unknown origin album picture instead of the Imaginos picture and i didn't realise until i put it on you tube but if you get time to watch it, it'll be pretty cool.

[Kirlian196]

Great!

[joshcop608]

Someone got it right!

I don't remember that SG Buck is using... anyone else seen it elsewhere in other vids?

[Kirlian196]

Can't say other vids BUT I did catch buck with an SG during the summer tour of 1988. He only used that axe for one song. DFTR. It was a cherry red Gibson. There is a bootleg "Live in St Louis 1988" where you can also catch him with the SG...the footage is pretty jumpy and no Imaginos songs were played...blah.

[goldenoriol]

Don´t forget the original video clip of "Joan Crawford". When E. Bloom sings " their eyes are turning the color of the frozen meat" he rises his sunglasses for a moment, and we can see his eyes (hey! "The Eyes Of Eric Bloom" is a good title for a song!!!)

[mtaygoldin]

Hahahaha. In a concert he puts up his shades for a second.

[goldenoriol]

hard to recognize Buck Dharma. had ni idea of his look this years...

[AlbertMondback]

Has anyone ever seen Eric without his shades on?

[PrimitiveSide]

Lol it's rare, he's like Hyde from That 70's show!!!

[gleebley2002]

Walken was right, this song actually would benefit from a little more cowbell.

[bongobingoaz]

Wow! look at Buck's hair, that's crazy! Who's the drummer? someone from Whitesnake or some other hair band...? I miss Albert Bouchard- the only Drummer for B.O.C.! Love these guys though.

[Kirlian196]

Ron Riddle on drums....their most accomplished percussionist.

[cuttlefisch]

I can't cope with Buck's mullet!!

[soulmover69]

They still love to Jam! They love their Job!

[jasoncasper16]

I like it best when Buck looks like a cross between Edgar Allen Poe and Sturm Brightblade.

[r2d2ott]

Rick Dees... Once a tool, always a tool.

[nate556]

awesome song, but not my favorite. The sad thing is, they have a dozen albums with awesome music, and the only song anyone knows, is this one. It's like, hey, I wanna talk about "A spy in the House of the Night" and "Shadow Warrior", or "Les Invisibles", and none of these "rockers" now days have even heard of them!

[Durandal1717]

I know, I've wanted to espouse the glory of the lost Imaginos version of Gil Blanco County, and it's too much just to find someone who's familiar with them even beyond SNL.

Well you know what they say...it's not far...

[luelyron]

@nate556 Those are the next three going on my BOC queue!

[jongreek]

you know it's the 80s when you see the big hair flying all over the place. I recall seeing these guys around 1975 when the live "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees" album came out. That band of tough guys from Jersey would've puked if they saw how they looked 14 years later. They wouldn't have cared for long, though, 'cuz Reaper made them a lot of dough. Rock on BOC!

[RadioFreeSpike]

Thanks for posting this, Hogster!

I'm glad it was an actual live performance. I wish I could say the same thing for Rick Dees, but it is apparent that he had litle sense of BOC beyond the hits. As an interviewer, he DID NOT DO HIS HOMEWORK!

Unless a band ends up on your doorstep w/ ten minutes notice, any DJ or host worth h/er salt finds out as much as possible. Even before the internet, RD had enough money in his budget to buy a few albums, or call the record company. Cheese whiz!

[MetalMarcK]

I think this is from 89-91. Best guess.

[MetalMarcK]

It's from '91.

[Kirlian196]

Yep 1989 at the tail end of the Imaginos tour. Proabably the best BOC era in terms of being tight live as well as having contemporary set lists. Sadly then don't look or sound this good now sort of like a major league pitcher that doesn't know when to retire.

[Kirlian196]

Yep. 1989 at the tail end of the Imaginos era/tour. Arguably the band never sounded or played better and with contemporary setlists. Alas they are too old to be touring now and have lost thier edge.

[8153max]

Blue Oyster Cult? now honestly how many bands do you think were influenced by these guys? This was a metal band before metal bands were called metal bands...every metal band that ever made it should be thanking these guys.....enough said!

[ugle99]

Eric hardly plays his guitar.

[alwaysopen]

what is all of the fucked up talking during their play and then the blurts of music during the interview?

rick dees sucks cock.

[southparkken]

this vid sucked no class ,playing looked fake,god could you belive this shit

[RadioFreeSpike]

Southparkken, at least it was an actual live performance rather than a lip-synch like they did on Merv Griffin.

Gotta love Rick "Disco Duck" Dee's sweater. I think he stole it from Bill Cosby...

[nrthdude1]

What year is this? 79, 80, 81?

[dvdfrnzwbr]

The host mentioned they have been at it for twenty years, and they started in '68 They also made mention to Guns and Roses debut album. So about '88

[FatwNker]

Where's the fuckin' cowbell?

[goldtop4]

Woah.

Buck without his tash. Not good...

[jax1moi8]

This interview is flat. This host is an amateur. At least the performance was good! You can always count on the BOC, but it seems the Bouchard bros. are out at this point.

[dhanahlynn]

BOC interviewed??? Thank you!! I owned 'Agents of Fortune' on 8-track playing the hell out of it. Played the LP out, workin' on the CD. MOST underrated band EVER!!! Is there a petition for inducting them into the R&R Hall of Fame? Considering some inductees maybe it isn't that important. What criteria is used for inclusion? Originality, refinement, talent, sales; prostituting themselves, fornication worldwide,retiring and returning and retiring? Knighting Mick Jagger??? Inducting Madonna???

[fiveortenbren]

Buck is the man. Even though in this vid his hair looks like Cher in Moonstruck

[byan85]

Thank you for these. I've loved BOC for almost a decade, and this is the first time I've seen footage of them actually being interviewed. Buck a Public Enemy fan? Who knew!

[XuXaX]

Awesome!!!!!