Two-Hit Wonders: Blue Oyster Cult
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'(Don't Fear) The Reaper' (No. 12, 1976)
'Burnin' for You' (No. 40, 1981)
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Kelso Horrorat 6-01-2008
What about "Godzilla"?
Jamesat 6-05-2008
Yeah, what about "Godzilla???"
Sam J Samahaat 7-14-2008
Are you kidding me? Two hit wonders makes BOC sound like some kind of 1 or 2 album pop band or something.. these guys have a dozen studio albums behind them and fan/cult following enviable of many bands today. Not to mention a huge number of great songs that are timeless even if they're not to the taste of the average top 40 listener..
sam75309at 8-02-2008
I wasn't the biggest BOC fan but give me a break. Don't Tear The Reaper wasn't even their best song on that album. The whole album was spectacular and they had long distinguished staying power. Same class as Kim Wilde? Assholes
Ryneat 8-06-2008
WTF?!?! Blue Oyster Cult is no where near a 2 hit wonder band, not to mention Don't Fear the Reaper, Burnin' For You, Godzilla, and Cities on Flames With Rock and Roll are some of my favorite songs of all time. Someone should stop whoever wrote this list from listening to music again.
koyotoheyat 10-26-2009
Right Arm-Ryne. When "Transmacionon" came out and I heard "Stairway To The Stars" I was a B.O.C. fan all the way.
Erinat 8-07-2008
They're really not a two-hit wonder.
But they are a great band.
bennallenat 8-12-2008
Fans of the band DO refer to "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Godzilla" and "Burnin For You" as "The Big Three". So yeah, B.O.C. aren't what I'd call a "Two-Hit Wonder" either.
Codyat 8-13-2008
I live where two of the band members came from and they are not a two-hit wonder.
daddysam8964at 8-14-2008
Ever seen them live? and what about 'Godzilla', 'E.T.I', and 'Veteran of a Thousand Psychic Wars'? Who did this poll anyway?
Vikkiat 8-18-2008
Yea! My daughter(this is prolly TMI...but I don't care) was conceived to this song(Burning 4 U) on the living room carpet! LOL I wrote it in her baby book---just not the living room carpet part! lol Come on, THAT was a HOTT song, even years later in 1991! Everytime it comes on now, she's like, "there is, LITERALLY, MY song..." LOL We laugh about it....
veeedaat 8-19-2008
Who wrote this article? BOC is not a two-hit wonder. What planet did this person grow up on?
oldenufferat 9-03-2008
Two hit wonder? What? BOC was huge in the 70's and still gets air play and tours. Research people, research.....
Metallica even covered the song "Astronomy" on Garage Inc.
Wow, use that crazy new invetion called the internet to help you research.
travisat 11-17-2008
Man that is a bunch of total bullshit Blue Oyster Cult is a tmeless classic rock band who helped birth heavy metal. Screw the top 40 assholes they wouldn't know what good music was if it came up and bit them on the ass.
lilraderdudeat 1-04-2009
They Are On Freaking Guitar Hero! What The Hell!
AbhaySampathat 1-20-2009
Wow, this list sucks
Blue Oyster Cult have so many good songs
Plus, they had singers who could sing, and guitarists who could actually play guitar, which is more than I can say for 90% of Top 40 "artists" today
judgedredd1077at 1-28-2009
Two hit wonder? What the fuck planet are your from. This site is really something else i also read on here that black sabbath was nothing with dio. Who posts this stupid bullshit?
jkaliman35at 1-29-2009
what...??? they had more than 2 hits.
trman55at 2-04-2009
Putting BOC on the same list as Crowded House is an insult to a classic rock fan. Maybe they had two songs in the top 40, but their albums have a huge fan base and they still get alot of airplay now.
mikeat 3-10-2009
Plus they went to Stonybrook. Go Seawolves!