(TV) The Blue Oyster Cult-Meltzer Contradiction?

["Casey, Leo J" <Leo.J.Casey@volpe.dot.gov>]

>They were among the reasons that the Ramones were even necessary.  
>They may have indeed been "the thinking man's heavy metal band," 
>but to me that's like saying they knew better but persisted with 
>the dungeons and dragons crap anyway.  It is nothing short of
>incredible to me that the band that recorded "Godzilla" numbered Richard
>Meltzer as one of their number, and traveled in the same circles as Patti 
>Smith and >Tom Verlaine.  What were they thinking?!

I don't find it contradictory paradoxical that someone like Meltzer 
(author of the deep-deep, almost Hegelian tome, "The Aesthetics' of Rock") 
could be so closely associated with a band like Blue Oyster Cult. 
Maybe he was a little schizoid, or maybe he could easily juggle his simultaneous 
love of serious stuff and serious music (whatever that is), and cartoon-rock.

I interpreted his whole Blue Oyster Cult thing---especially his over-the-top 
lyrics---as just a goof--having a good time, and parodying some of the sillier 
elements of rock music of the time. I used to own a t-shirt from another one of 'his' 
silly bands, I think they were called The Masked Marvels (the design had heads masked 
ala Batwoman.

>The Dictators are also related to BOC in that they shared the production team of 
>Pearlman and that other guy.	

I definitely hear the BOC/Dictators connection, but at the risk of appearing to be a
no fun guy, I'm totally bored by cartoon-rock. I can get into the Ramones because of their 
great primordial, primitive sound, but I enjoy more serious rock even if it risks being 
called pretentious or too precious.  (E.g., someone on this list once called Verlaine 
guitar playing on "Without A Word" as wimpoid---I'm paraphrasing.)  

	Leo 

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