BOC: Covers and The Big 3

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In a message dated 96-07-31 15:34:18 EDT, you write:

<< A few comments on the recent BOC threads regarding set choices...

 1.  I agree that I could do without hearing "Don't Fear Godzilla Burnin'
 the Reaper For You" at every BOC show, but I also doubt it's going to
 happen - and that probably goes for "Cities on Flame" as well.  However,
 judging from crowd reaction over the past 3 BOC shows I've been at, these
 songs are still the ones that get the biggest crowd response.  I'd even
 have to admit, as what I would call a "diehard" fan, that "Godzilla" and
 "Cities" get ME as pumped as anything in the set - I mean, despite hearing
 it time and time again, I just can't help singing along to the chorus of
 "Godzilla" or shouting out "With Rock and Roll!" during "Cities" - and I
 agree that these songs are overplayed!

I personally find myself headed to the bar...gettin' me a cold one and scopin
out the babes...preferrably the ones that have more than 3 teeth...




 2.  One thing that might spice up the sets if these songs have to be in the
 set is to spread them out over the set - I mean, BOC has been ending their
 shows with "Burnin' For You", followed by "Godzilla", followed by "Reaper"
 for over 10 years now.  I think for awhile they were even doing "Cities on
 Flame" right before the big 3!  They need to break up this ordering - and
 maybe changing the arrangement of the songs themselves (we've talked in the
 past about and acoustic "Reaper"...)


absolutely!  how 'bout an acoustic Reaper, Burnin' For You segues into Still
Burnin and an armpit noise rendition of Godzilla performed by Eric Bloom with
Buck Dharma on the harpsichord...hell, I'd find that version of Zilla more
entertaining and worth the price of admission alone!

and lastley, with BOC's vast catalogue, why cling to the same mold over and
over again?  break out Redeemed or the Subhuman or Tenderloin...

ROBO  I'm On the Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep!!!!