The Girl That Love Made Blind - Unreleased Imaginos demo

Another demo that was intended to be on the full Imaginos trilogy of albums, but was never released, although a different arrangement was later recorded by The Brain Surgeons. A little late for christmas, but use your imagination, yeah?

Lyrics:

I thought your eyes, blue
"Oh no, they're green," she said to me
We danced in time or didn't you know
This dance was time

At the party of astrologers
The Christmas tide was due
On the way to Alberdan
The dance, the dream and you
Actuals and counterclaims
Dancing all the time
Dancing in the corridor
And the dance was time

At the height of Christmas tide
She found a ghost inside
Give it up or let it ride
She must decide

Actuals and counterclaims
Drugged, reborn, resigned
The castle stands, the girl remains
And if she'll spin
It's packed with eyes
Out there in the corridor
Caught there in the mirror maze
From her last and loving glance
A waltz, a dance, whose time
Not here but gone was time

So put me to the question
But there's no return from this castle of mine
For the powers that be
The girl and her dreams
The girl that love made blind

And that's the last dream
We had upon that night
The party of astrologers
The Christmas of my life


The entire lineup for the sessions was:

Al Bouchard - lead vocals, drums, guitar
Buck Dharma - acoustic lead on Gil Blanco County
Tommy Moringiello - guitars
Jack Rigg - guitars
Tommy Zvoncheck - keyboards
Tommy Mandel - keyboards
Jon Rogers - additional lead vocal on I Am The One You Warned Me Of
Phil Grandee - additional guitar
Kenny Aaronson - additional bass
Thommy Price - additional drums
Helen Wheels - backing vocals
Jeff Kawalik - backing vocals
Corky Stasiak - backing vocals
Glen Bell - backing vocals
Peggy Atkins - backing vocals
Casper McCloud - backing vocals


The full running order of the demos, which differs from both the 'official' and 'intended' tracklistings of the released album, is as follows:
I Am The One You Warned Me Of
Imaginos
Gil Blanco County
Del Rio's Song
Blue Öyster Cult
Les Invisibles
The Girl Who Love Made Blind
The Siege and Investiture of Baron Von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria
In The Presence of Another World
Blue Öyster Cult (Reprise)
Astronomy
Magna of Illusion
Magna of Illusion (Chorale)


And if you want to replicate the full experience, which will unfortunately enough likely never be realized, the original intended suite of The Soft Doctrines of Immaginos -

Act I: Imaginos
I Am The One You Warned Me Of
Imaginos
Del Rio's Song
Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult (Reprise)
Les Invisibles
The Siege and Investiture of Baron Von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria
In The Presence of Another World
Imaginos Overture
Astronomy
Magna of Illusion
Magna of Illusion (Chorale)

Act II: Germany Minus Zero And Counting
Workshop of the Telescopes
The Girl That Love Made Blind
M.E. 262
The Red and the Black
Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll
Shadow of California
Half-Life Time (When The War Comes)
Veteran of the Psychic Wars
Career of Evil

Act III: The Mutant Reformation
Take Me Away
The Vigil
E.T.I. (Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
R. U. Ready 2 Rock
Heavy Metal: The Black And Silver
Flaming Telepaths
Gil Blanco County
Redeemed

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[helloremix]

I love this song, and this is only the second time I've heard it. I love B.Ö.C.

Could someone post the lyrics, I can't find them anywhere!

[Durandal1717]

@helloremix

Check the description now

[IndigoNeutrino]

I love this song so much. It's strange how the lyrics seem to have so much meaning even though they make no sense.

[helloremix]

@Durandal1717 Thanks. If that was up before, I'm sorry, I was to preoccupied. Thanks again for the awesome song.

[helloremix]

@johncorridan4 ... Don Hill, from Hill engineering?

[TheEmperorofthevoid]

Egad! I love the Imaginos album, but...I'll have to pass on this :/

[johncorridan4]

@altbouch  Albert, any chance we'll hear this at Don Hill's next month?

[altbouch]

Helen Wheels background vocals, Robby Krieger slide guitar, this is my favorite from Imaginos.

[tuxon88]

Full production version of this song can be found on The Brain Surgeons album Malpractise