re: Seeing Blue Oyster Cult tomorrow

So the show was damn good overall. Great setlist. Awesome to see them play The Vigil live for the first time (for me).

Had to also be one of the strangest rock shows I’ve been to. Not too surprising I suppose but the majority of folks stayed seated most of the time, standing to cheer between songs then sitting again. Hell, a lot of 60 and 70 somethings there so they get a pass. Haha. Permanent theater seats encourage that too as opposed to a club with open floor in front of the stage. Most were standing through the encores though.

Eric and Buck’s voices of course are not what they once were so they’ve had to adjust the way they sing on a lot of the classics. That makes it a real bummer that I haven’t seen them in so long because last time I saw them their voices were still quite strong. Their voices were always very distinct too so that was a big difference. They still play remarkably well though. Happy to report that Buck still shreds like he did as a young man. Fantastic in that aspect.

So all in all a great show.