BOC: A Long Day's Night DVD track listing

[Ted Jackson]

On 13 Sep 2002, at 10:46, Brian Halligan wrote:

> This is slightly old news from http://www.blueoystercult.com , but I
> haven't seen it posted here yet.
>
> > A Long Day's Night" DVD / VHS track list is:
> >

SNIP

> So Joan Crawford was dropped from both the DVD and CD, with Astronomy
> being a CD-only track. At least Joan is on ETI, maybe that had
> something to do with it being expendable (although I'd much rather see
> Burnin' For You given a rest.)
>
Yep, give it a rest from the live setlist too...

> Of course, even though the track list is impressive and includes
> rarities like Quicklime Girl and Perfect Water, there are many other
> songs the BOC of today could have nailed for this DVD.
>
And, esp., given that Flaming Telepaths is apparently DVD-only, the
CD will have a gaping hole in it!

> The ones I'd love to see:
>
> The Vigil (!!!)
> See You In Black

Big Time!  I saw it live a couple years back, and the song was great
as alive tune...

> The Old Gods Return

I think they did this last year at Northern Lights?  A great live tune
also...

> Heavy Metal (The Black & Silver)
> Black Blade
> Take Me Away
>
> Any more?
>
Teen Archer!  Only seen by me once in concert, and it's one of
BÖC's best.  This may be the last chance we get for live versions of
the old favorites.  I wish they'd issued a double CD and included
EVERYTHING.  Would not have been a difficult project to arrange...

theo