Dancin' in the Ruins - Blue Oyster Cult

[Kingluke1138]

the day i heard dont fear the reaper my life changed forever, and that was 4 years ago

[parallaxvu]

Great song! Club Ninja is one of my fav BOC albums. Jimmy Wilcox (drummer on Club Ninja) is from my hometown, Glens Falls, NY. He's been a long time friend of my girlfriend, and his older brother 'Willy' was the drummer for Todd Rudgren's Utopia, and a friend of mine in school. Good guys, and great drummers!

[jas22]

(continued - sorry, im a wind bag) you have to be proactive in FINDING it. any large metro area has local, free entertainment guides. (the City Paper is an example in DC and other places). from there, you can learn about a unheard of bands that might rock your socks off. just a few years ago, i found out about The Accident Experiment, which i love. i NEVER would have known about them from the radio or from friends.

[jas22]

BOC is still definitely in my top 5 bands of all time. but i wanna say - i always take exception w/ people making derogatory statements about todays music. let me say this - 1) laziness has resulted in more emphasis on looks, dance, and sexual elements in music rather than actually having expertise (and hopefully) originality with the instruments. 2) there IS great music today. its just not within arms reach. (continued)

[bonzeblayk]

Gee, is the blonde gal dancing at @t=1m08s the same one who's the GF in the video "Take Me Away"? (looks like!)

… a pretty nifty Casey video for a cool song… and to think… Casey started out working his visual "magic" (?) on… VOM !!! (proto- Angry Samoans w/ Richard Meltzer on vocals).

PS: Why is shit always on fire in rock videos? Hm.

[RattlyGooch000]

@rrip I wish I could have grown up then, I'm only 15 now so I have to listen to the shit music there is today, I wish I could have been born before the 70's

[Blakk69]

this album was a masterpiece...compared to Imaginos...

but this song rocks anyway

[akclan33]

I saw these guys in Mcminnville Oregon in 2008 playin at the fair, they rocked!

[swelsher]

this tune was at least co-written by a big Nashville songwriter. so it's not entirely BOC's, but the performance is FANTASTIC. love this song.

[iThinkThereforeiCan]

How in HAIL did the same band that made "Joan Crawford" create this drivel. This sounds like something that when you step in it, you try to scrape it from your shoe on the curb...that said I still do like 'perfect water', but this is BOC meets Survivor and loses.!

[beoracha]

The best lyrics in the rock biz.

[raiiderhead]

My little finch bird likes his guitar solo. She goes "BEEP BEEP BEEP"

[MrAgitator]

Damn it !!!!! Mentos the freshmaker!!!!

[rrip1]

I am so glad I grew up when I did and experienced the best music ever made. Such crap today.

[Kingluke1138]

@rrip1 yah im very very very very very very very very upset and displeased that i have to deal with shit like "Sexy and i know it"

[ZZombyWooff]

We lover you eric \,,/ you are the best of metal

[ZZombyWooff]

just look at eric bloom's face: WHY DID I DO THIS.

[henryk2112]

I love this whole album. I listened to it on a whim and was blown away. I pretty much had it on repeat for the next several months. Their output from "Revolution" through "Imaginos" is severely underrated, especially Club Ninja. I like Ninjas as much as the next guy, but if they had named the album "Perfect Water", I think it might have been taken more seriously.

[eddietheironmaiden1]

BOC!

[HAScorpify]

1 person thinks this needs more cowbell

[spoildn8410]

I was home. By myself, smoking something. I had to have the LP afer I

heard this song. Air guitar, smoke, all the boys were there, Eric, Buck,

everybody. Had a helluva good time listening to this, all by myself and

content.

.

[Dude13450]

@spoildn8410

and what exactly did you smoke? XP

[spoildn8410]

@Dude13450 Too much. The noble weed.



[DreamMacLeod]

Whomever the lone person was that disliked this video most likely is younger than 25 and has no idea about great music let alone music that's played with musical instruments.

[Spicypapayas]

My first concert was Foghat and BOC. Look at the mess we have today......

[CosmikDebrisFZ]

@Spicypapayas Great first concerts. I finally talked my parents in letting me got to Styx back in the early 80's, and then from there i was a concert junky. Seen many shows, some mutiple times like Rush, Ozzy with Randy Rhoads, Aerosmith ect. ect. Seen B.O.C. once but never Foghat. I do have a pretty awesome little story about Foghat tho.

[jeremybub2]

1 person disliked this video.

[Atu7UP]

1 person don't know how to dance ¬¬

bad joke

[evo161]

one of the best AOR classic

[fligemon]

Interesting to contrast them to Rush. Both bands matured from starts as sledgehammers into a cerebral approach to their music, especially when MTV shook up the music world. Rush still has big tours; BOC has come full circle to play smaller venues. Each band powerful in it own way........

[zipbolang]

incredible and they are still around...coming to TO very soon..!!! Godzilla!!!!

[uberm0nster1]

the fifteen second intro sounds so fucking intense. i love it

[210wjb]

I cannot say enough about this video, this music, and Blue Oyster Cult

[MrKeihn]

i really like this song!!!! ty for putting it on here

[Nightwing690]

Justin Bieber, you'll never get to height that these guys are, just go away, or better yet, let BOC push you off the golden gate bridge

[thepugs1313]

BOC Rules! Thanks for posting.

[fireicer]

great music era and great band thanks for uploading, keep the spirit alive.

[Melody91]

I think dancing in the ruins is one great music of BÖC that hasn`t become a hit. It`d be great so see a live version of this music!

[kegames]

I love the fact that loads of people complain about how there is no good music anymore. It's still out there. My suggestion is to form your own band, create music like this, and who knows, maybe people in 30 years time will be dreaming that they could play music like you.

Although, I do agree that B.O.C. has always been an underrated band. It's a shame, because they do have some brilliant songs, such as Last days of May, The Siege and Investiture of Baron Von Frankenstein, etc.

[TheIkkap]

@kegames I have seen them in Poughkeepsie at least 15 times. Half the time they were calling themselves Soft White Underbelly. When it comes to rock n roll They are the real deal. My favorite album in Cultasaraus Erectus.

[grgoldner]

Allen Lanier did not play keys on this song...boo hoo love him...

[Silatman2]

BOC Rules...from Rockin Randall !!!

[GeorgVanHalen]

did you guys know that Blue Öyster Cult have sold about 14 milion albums? That's actually quite alot when you think about it. It's not The Beatles, Elvis Presley or Led Zeppelin much. But it's plenty, but still the band isn't as known as they should be. Blue Öyster Cult deserves to be one of those bands everyone should atleast have heard about :)

[lrambach]

Best Bon Jovi song ever! lol Don't act like you don't know what I'm hearing about.

[EllerySneed]

@lrambach

Bon Jovi hasn't been good since 1988.

[ghostdancer2302]

@EllerySneed Bon Jovi was NEVER good. That's like saying shit sandwiches were good until Subway discontinued them.

[jonbecker03]

@lrambach if by "bon jovi" song, you mean "pop metal song" or "pop rock song," then i know what you're saying and i would tend to agree. ("ruins" is a great pop rock song and better than anything bon jovi ever recorded.) if by "bon jovi song" you mean something else, then i'm completely in the dark.

[Gratify999]

this is a great song i love BOC i agree with u guys about how BOC should get more time on the radio and television and i wish ppl would stop saying more cowbell.

[wakaw07]

Yes we will be dancing in the ruins very soon!

[ChevelleChick89]

such a great song

[mocountry666]

i love the boc

[ultramanhayata1]

NICE!!! Pitifully underrated song!!! This should get the same airplay as Don't Fear The Reaper, Burning For You, and Godzilla!!! I think I saw this ONCE on MTV!!! I wonder if they ever play this song live!

[daven58100]

This song would be better if it didn't have that gay-ass sounding synthesizer and maybe had a little more..........COWBELL!

[carrienurse]

The Cult really lost me after their nice 1983's Revolution. By the time Club Ninja came out, I was already seeing them in very small bars in central California. Imaginos brought them back to life, but it was NEVER the same as their black & white era.

[TheGojira84]

@carrienurse Its because they never evolved. They tried with Imaginos but they don't even play that anymore. Still an amazing band, but when they got fame with reaper they didn't know what to do.

[WhenICanIWill]

@carrienurse Do you mean the black and red?

[Flippylillis]

Swedish freestyle skateboarder Per Welinder!

[honda5ray]

I forgot about this song. Great guitar riff. My favorite album is Mirrors. None of the songs on it are an all time BOC favorite, but the album in general is great and all the songs are a bit obscure - no radio over play.

[lookwhoslaughingnow]

Superb!

[sacredlie123]

This is one of my favorite songs by blue oyster cult. though i cant help but also love dont fear the reaper. great music from a great band.

[ACTJoeCitizen]

Can hardky WAIT to DANCE ON THE END RESULT OF USA FORIGN POLICY AS WALL AS IMF WTO WHO NAFTA AND NWO

[KuatBacktoid]

I should get this album.  I really like Fire of Unknown Origin and Imaginos. Some my favorite albums of all time.

[cuttlefisch]

By the way, why did Joe Bouchard leave after making this album?

[donnieandsarah]

Musical differences, The whole band was in a state of confusion by the time "Imaginos" came out. He was replaced by Jon Rogers.

[cuttlefisch]

Great song, IMHO!!

[bell677]

hey quick question does anyone out there know where boc originated

[thunderdeed]

New York City. They started out with the name Soft White Underbelly.

[bell677]

ok tyvm peace out

[redD4Dworld]

Long Island more specifically.

[bell677]

very good ty

[redD4Dworld]

They came together at Stony Brook.

[bell677]

ty for the info

[redD4Dworld]

You're welcome!

[cuttlefisch]

Have always loved this track!!

[bell677]

buck and the guys of boc are as good now as they ever we`re !!!!!

[Zardoz70062]

the babe at 1:13 +, then at end hitting on the photoprghper is reall HOT!!!!!!

[Fanxabitastic]

Lovely vocals from Buck.

[Ph3L1z14n0]

As Always !

[uberlisk]

Add reply 1:00 - one of my favorite refrains

[redleg70]

Great song but overall their midcareer shift shows that metal bands should never, EVER tone down their sound. The pop direction BOC took hurt them with their core fans and failed to develop much of a new audience among the softer crowd.

[thunderdeed]

Saw them in 08 was hoping they would play this one. But they didn,t

[aurezell]

Merveilleux, tout simplement.....

[psykosel]

im so sick of godzilla, burning for you and dont fear the reaper, but i have never gotten sick of this song

[Irish0400]

ive never been sick of any of their songs really... although, i do believe those ones take the spotlight away from great ones like Take Me Away, Stairway To The Stars and a lot of of others... these guys shouldve been the biggest act in the country in my opinion...

[psykosel]

theres no such thing as biggest act in the country, not now adays, maybe in the 60s

[Irish0400]

well, yeah... i suppose you got me on that one... but there is no denying that they wwere at least a very under-rated band... theres people who say the Red Hot Chili Peppers were under rated but ive always found that these guys were way more under appreciated... not to say that RHCP didnt have some good stuff... but all in all, i didnt find them as great as BOC...

[psykosel]

for the amount of time boc was around and amount of music they put out i wouldnt say they could have been bigger,  they tried to fit in with the different eras music, hence this song, but i dont think they would have gone anywhere. rhcp on the other had i use to like when they were more funky, the new stuff i hate. but at least they werent just rock, they were punk, funk, rock, and what ever else u could classify them as. they changed for the eras and kept it going and ppl liked that

[jas22]

irish - in a way, im glad they werent so big. they had a few big years of success in the 70s, though. but i feel they are sort of 'underground' for the fact they ARENT overplayed, ad nauseum! i mean, if i hear "sweet child o' mine", or ANYTHING by ACDC again, ill lay down at the next running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. BOC belongs to us, its fans. its always fresh stuff, and never tires. +j peace, brethern of the blue oysters +j

[Irish0400]

actually, yeah... that makes sense... that would explain why all the fans of BOC that i know feel a great attachment to them... theyre not overplayed... its personal and its like something that belongs to the fans... its ours... ok, yeah i get that... still, no denying they definetely shoulda been more popular... if even a little...

[bobosharkey]

@Irish0400  They were in the late 70's/early 80's.

[feliciano2040]

@Irish0400 Wiser words have never been spoken about this band !

[PontiacAlfaHSV]

ONe of my favorite BOC songs of all time. Definately the best that was not written by them.

[Durandal1717]

I agree, I adore this song with every fibre of my being. Even if they didn't write it, they sure as hell made it their own (same with Wings of Mercury...shame it didn't make it to this album!).

[TheRebel2007]

R.I.P. G.I.V.

SJBDHS P.H.'84

[Jorsalfar]

Joe looks like Joe Pesci and Buck like Max Casella,hehe!:S

[ventues97]

I saw yhe World premier of this on MTV in early 1986. Should have been a huge hit...What happened???

[ElleAgnes]

America started sucking in 1986, that's what happened. :(

[JasandraAndCafina]

I agree,also Take me away ,t hey didn't fair as well as some bands,they made money, but they didn't see much of it,bad times for some bands.

[Jorsalfar]

The one to the left of Buck, is that Joe? He's playing the bass, so its gotta be.

[redD4Dworld]

That is Joe.  This was the last album he did with BOC

[Danimal14222]

Should have been a much bigger hit

[jimmo42]

I think this album is completely underrated. Despite so little actually written by BOC it is one of my favorite albums.

[JahJoJah]

I think BOC is underrated. They're amazing, yet noone nowadays talks about 'em.

[patrickjune1994]

@JahJoJah and if they do they only talk about more cowbell.

[wmhoad]

@JahJoJah I also have always thought BOC was way underrated. I saw them live in 1980 and it is still one of the best concerts I have ever been to.

[bradominus]

That's okay... We all know they're great... ;)

[mbphofan]

@JahJoJah 30 years ago this is what would have been on the radio, now music is a joke....well pop music anyways. I love going to see some of my fav bands and seeing them wearing BOC and deep purple tshirts and shit

[U2wild]

@JahJoJah I might add- Buck Dharma has totally been underrated as a guitarist all these years and is ashame! He is also a great vocalist too and nobody even mentions that!

[sinbysin666]

I prefer Eric Bloom for the vocals.

But it's weird that the songs Buck sings, turn into hits.

[FirstLandingOnMedusa]

Its a package man. But the truth is, preferences aside.. Buck can sing, Eric can't.  He can ROCK, but he can't sing. Don't believe me? ASK HIM! =)

[sinbysin666]

The majority of the songs on ''Fire of Unknown Origin'' says he can sing.

[MediaPointEnt]

Shot at the historic Pan Pacific Auditorium ( Xanadu was shot there ) I was the Stage Manager on the Video. I remember getting high with one of the lead singers and Simon LeBon of Duran Duran came on the TV in our trailer. And he was staring at him with disdain saying: Who is that guy?...I mean WHO is he??? " lol. Great band. Good times.

[Jorsalfar]

Whats with the horrible lipsynching??

[Jorsalfar]

He looks better with a moustache.;)

[befuddledman]

Club Ninja is a vastly underrated album, this song and "White Flags" should've hit it big.

[Endunator]

Even though this song wasn't written by BOC, and it's a ripoff of Burnin' For You, It is still eerily mesmerizing rock at it's finest.

[Distortedbass91]

even when BOC made a grab for the charts they still kept it cool.

[gingermol76]

Buck=God

[mtaygoldin]

You said it man!!! Buck is God!!!!

[Jorsalfar]

This isnt his song however...but whats the difference, he rules anyway!:D

[LRKProductionz]

Does anyone know where to get a tab for this song?

[enzytebob]

I found 31 resources for the tabs to this song by just using google alone.

[RCHPfan59]

on an offnote lol you know where to get tabs or sheet music for ME 262 :P

[Distortedbass91]

lEARN BY EAR!!!!! RARRR! lol

[enzytebob]

TABPOWERdotCOM has the tabs.

[Transmaniacon8]

I never saw this video until now, even though I grew up in the heart of the MTV video generation. The video is okay, I think they could have done more with the post-holocaust theme. Club Ninja is an addictive album, even though it has a bit more of a radio friendly "polished" sound to it than many of their previous albums do. I wish they'd start playing "Make Rock Not War" on the radio nowadays to help get us out of Iraq! Check out the video for "Take me Away"- it's pretty cool & better!

[Zizix42]

um, what does the video have to do with the holocaust?

[groovyastrodude]

I believe he means post-NUCLEAR holocaust, a sensible choice, since the song is about being alone with a few other survivors in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. See also Nothing But Flowers by the Talking Heads. This is by far the superior song.

[Frakshaw44]

I saw them at magic mountian when this album came out and the marque said " puppet show 1p.m, blue oyster cult 8p.m, then years later I bought a t-shirt with that on it at ventura theatre...still have it. :P

[MetallicBill]

Donald Roeser...AKA BUCK's Boogie hahaha

Not much action from Eric Bloom on this clip. I heard about it L O N G before I got to see it...just now!!

[Zigster38]

This song should have been huge - but popular music changed about six months before this.

[museken]

One other thing I think its a first time anyone in a video danced with a skate board. Extreme skate boarding in it's virgin state....HA! HA! Tony Hawk eat your heart out.

[ogam5]

@museken : actually, this and "Radio Musicola" by Nik Kershaw came out the same year - 1986 - and both featured very dynamic footage of skateboarders, Nik foretelling the massive musical shift (G n R, Fishbone, RHCP) that was to occur the next year.....it's been posted on here; definitely check it out - VERY funky, like a much more sophisticated KC & The Sunshine Band or Tower of Power....

[jonbecker03]

@ogam5 you've inadvertently discovered WHY blue oyster cult have been treated like musical pariahs. BOC were in some ways behind the times. (though in other ways they were ahead of them.) at heart blue oyster cult were old school rockers very much invested in an "aesthetic of power." they were modernists living in a postmodern world and definitely NOT part of the "massive musical shift" that occurred in the late eighties (fishbone, red hot chili peppers, living color, etc.).

[redD4Dworld]

@jonbecker03 I understand the differences between modernism and postmodernism, but how were BOC modernists?

[jonbecker03]

@redD4Dworld yes, BOC were modernists. (at least to as great an extent as the stones, who, kinks, etc.). one of the defining aesthetics of modernism was the "aesthetic of power." this aesthetic was manifested in rock by the power chord and by lyrics exhibiting a preoccupation with the notion of "power." BOC made extensive use of power chords and the band's lyrics (by sandy pearlman and others) DID manifest a concern with questions of power. so yes, BOC were in a sense modernist.......

[redD4Dworld]

@jonbecker03 Can you describe this Post-modern shift of the late 80s?

[jonbecker03]

@redD4Dworld actually, the "postmodern shift" started well before the late eighties. (it dates back at least to the period after the second world war.) but a manifestation or "phase" of this shift occurred during the eighties. punk was the last gasp of modernism in rock. postmodernism started to manifest itself heavily in pop music when POST-punk came into the picture (the cure, depeche mode, etc.). david rimmer's book "like punk never happened" outlines the roots of these changes.

[DeepSouthWrestling1]

@jonbecker03 : " they were modernists living in a postmodern world "... during the time of this video, or their whole careers?

[Davidsgirl989]

Play it rock radio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[georgerandotti]

I was Stage Manager on this Video in 1984. 24 years ago. lol. We had MTV on in our office, and one of the Band came in and was staring at Simon LeBon and said "Look at that guy, who is that guy?! All preturbed.....lol. Great Band. Great group of guys.

[clubninjarock]

Dude, you're a legend!  Good inside stuff..

[MetallicBill]

Well, of course, Duran Duran was a pop music favorite Stateside, as was Michael Jackson...soon the Cyndi Laupers of the World decended upon our music outlet of source.DAMMIT

[MetallicBill]

Meant to say "Choice", I am railing against corporate music take overs!!

[Icehouse86]

I don't understand that this song didn't made the Top 100!

[museken]

Agreed!,one of the best songs out there!

[kingofthetoilets]

i just saw BOC live last Saturday, they are still great

[theledzeppguy]

Buck dharma's songs are always the best.

[8189michael]

Great song, great voice, these guys have a lot of really good songs that most people have never heard.

[1galactus1]

according to my dad, Club Ninja was a terrible album

[bobby666666]

He was right the album wasn't that great. Tow versions exist - the European version and the American remix. This song rocks tho.

[clubninjarock]

I love the album - start to finish. It is so far from terrible. RBN was not a great album...but it did have the Shooting Shark.

[alltimekelleyx]

Drummer and main songwriter for the band had just left- his brother and bass player left right after CN- I have a signed copy of this album by all the 3 members that are left- wanna buy it?

[thunderdeed]

I think your dad would agree that Specters was their best. It is in my book.

[psykosel]

got to love the 80s when ppls use to capitalize on skate boarding, and dumb it into anything they could sorta like the whole breakdance thing

[kmardes]

a very underrated song... one of my closet favorites

[cycojoy]

this is my favorite song of BOC and the first that i ever know so year after year i love to hear it!!!!!

[michellec0791]

Wow I haven't heard this for years....thanks!

[burker1307]

BOC was and always will be a great band. This is one of the greatest songs they ever did. I can not for the life of me figure this vid though. The 80's were a great time for music. Screw the 60's.

[vkuhl]

Please don't insult the 60s music, where do you think BOC got their ideas from?

[jonbecker03]

blue oyster cult always seemed to be trying (self-consciously)to be this disturbed, cannabis-drenched rock band. yet they seldom seemed to find the right "vibe." in this song, they DO.

[almostsk8ergirl117]

cool video, BOC and skateboarding, 2 of my favorite things

[rembremerding]

Ich liebe "White flags" von Club Ninja!

[OboxerU]

This song got me into BOC.

[KujoTV]

I love "perfect water" but this was THE song of the album.

[genecottone]

one of thier best songs of all time.

[clubninjarock]

Everyone says "Perfect Water", but this is the best song on the album as far as I'm concerned. -Narragentsett Beer.

[turdferguson1971]

someone please post "perfect water"!

[MarkMBravura]

Ahh, yes... A little Club Ninja action. Had to be one of BOC's most underrated albums- Thnx 4 posting!

[wkneumann]

Wow, forgot about this song. Loved to watch this video on MTV before I had to got 8th grade. Saw these guys in 1981 with brother. My dad had to come with us. After this concert he said we were on our own. Too much pot and craziness at this concert in Philly. Foghat was also there, but BOC was the headliner.

[NiksaMike]

The mullets are wonderful!