Uriah Heep or Blue Oyster Cult?
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Topic: Uriah Heep or Blue Oyster Cult?
Posted By: TexasKing
Subject: Uriah Heep or Blue Oyster Cult?
Date Posted: July 11 2017 at 15:14
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Your choice between these two 70's proggy hard rock bands? I dig both bands, but definitely I'll go with Heep, because they have a stronger run of 3 very good albums: Salisbury, Look at Yourself and Demons and Wizards.
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: July 11 2017 at 15:44
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Heep by a long way. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: July 11 2017 at 15:49
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For me BOC have it with their tongue in cheek humour and a certain unique sophistication despite some rough edges.. UH have some good tracks (Look at yourself and Demons & Wizards are the best lps) but there is just too much non descript and mediocre stuff out there.. also live, I just enjoy BOC so much more than UH ------------- |
Posted By: Blaqua
Date Posted: July 11 2017 at 16:12
| Uriah Heep, easy choice |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: July 11 2017 at 18:01
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: July 12 2017 at 08:06
| Love 'em both!!! Voted for Heep. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: July 12 2017 at 09:19
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BOC. I've only found a UH song here or there that I liked but I have several BOC albums I love all the way through... ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: mlkpad14
Date Posted: July 12 2017 at 09:40
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Uriah Heep is boring. BOC is awesome. ------------- https://gamecrazyprofessional.weebly.com/ |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: July 12 2017 at 09:43
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BOC because they spell Oyster with two little dots over the letter O, and because Buck Dharma is an underappreciated guitarist. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: July 12 2017 at 12:12
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BOC! Buck is one of the most underrated shredders ever. The guy really doesn't get his props (at least not since the band's heyday ended in the mid-1980s). They still tour ("On tour forever"), but the very last album of original music they recorded, Curse of the Hidden Mirror, is actually one of their best! Hard to believe it's been 16 years, already! That said, I do enjoy Heep, especially (wait for it) Firefly...with lead vocals by John Lawton. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: July 12 2017 at 12:37
Besides his underrated playing, I also really like Buck's voice when he takes the lead vocal like on "Then Came the Last Days of May", "Burning For You", etc... ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
verslibre wrote:Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: July 12 2017 at 13:04
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Cult. Their unique approach on the early albums really grabs me and they've got so many good songs. I'm afraid I've always felt Heep were second-rate. I wanted to like them, but their stuff doesn't really make it for me.
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: July 12 2017 at 14:24
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The Heep by a wide margin. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: July 12 2017 at 14:47
Yeah, Buck's a fine singer, too. Do you have his solo album, Flat Out? ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: July 13 2017 at 10:01
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BOC. I like a lot of Heep but have a different appreciation mode. They have different singers doing Byron numbers which never sits well with me; Byron's vocals for better or worse are too iconic. Of course some may hear a number before they hear the Byron fronted Heep and then what? A few lesser numbers from BOC (Debbie Denise is particularly loathsome) but few do an entire record as horrible as Heep's Conquest. But I like to dwell on fine live albums and studio efforts such as Look At Yourself and Secret Treaties, Sweet Freedom, Fire Of Unknown Origin. BOC numbers such as Astronomy and Veteran of the Psychic Wars (esp. live with the new-ish fantastic lead guitar section) are pinnacles of rock. The n there is Salisbury. Wonderful. You get a lot of good value from both bands. Oh and the first 3 BOC actually improve with the bonus cuts unlike tracks that feel like they're just added on like some of the single edits from Heep. (I hate edited singles... Stealin' for my favourite example... ) |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: July 13 2017 at 15:37
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I worked on a Uriah heep gig on the conquest tour (1980 I think) with Samson and Budgie, both of whom blew UH out of the water.. Mick Box seemed a nice enough guy, very jolly and fairly laid back but the gig was mess and they had a Canadian keyboard player who ran about with a keytar and a drum kit with the weirdest shaped drums.. I always thought they WERE Spinal tap... ive got it in my head that Trevor boulder was playing with them again at that point but... time does funny things to your memory ------------- |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 14 2017 at 10:55
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I like both bands but BOC has always been a favorite of mine. Seen them several times and love their hard rock occult motif. ;) ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: July 19 2017 at 12:11
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I could vote either way on this one I guess I'll go with BOC for Don't Fear the Reaper and all of Secret Treaties ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 27 2017 at 03:24
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Uriah Heep |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 27 2017 at 03:55
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BÖC - the more I listen the better they get. Uriah Heep - I don't know apart from a few killer tunes they never did anything for me. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 27 2017 at 09:26
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'Heep because of Wetton's two-album association with the band. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Boojieboy
Date Posted: September 27 2017 at 09:57
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I like both bands a lot, and have all of their albums (well, Heep through Abominog that is). It's hard to pick one over the other, because each has had unique and important contributions. The Heep had a more overtly progressive beginning, but BOC has had more consistent - in my opinion - control over their music. I appreciate the Brit influence of the Heep, but also the American twist in the BOC. The Cult had some great lyrics and imagery from Sandy Pearlman, a respectable writer and observer of time and history in his own right (but that's cheating a bit, since he wasn't specifically in the band). Just enjoy both! We have two hands, so why not fill two goblets with your favorite wine, mead, or beer, and give two hearty toasts! We don't need to poison prog by descending to western ways, and getting competitive, etc. An eastern approach would be to value both; addition rather than subtraction (1+1 rather than 2-1). One way rises up, the other goes down...
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Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: September 28 2017 at 18:07
| Although both aren't between my favorites, but Uriah Heep wins |
Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: September 28 2017 at 20:45
So true. I remember way back in the '70s I wanted to love Uriah Heep. They had such a cool name. Some of their album covers were awesome. They looked cool, in a sort of homely way. But there were only a smattering of songs I really liked. BOC on the other hand grabbed me in strange ways. They were sort of campy. UH took themselves too seriously while BOC knew they were being ridiculous. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 27 2018 at 02:03
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Blue Oyster Cult. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 27 2018 at 11:00
| Blue Öyster Cult |