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** "More cowbell" and every variation thereof from the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' skit depicting the (fictitious) recording session for "Don't Fear The Reaper."

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** "More cowbell" and every variation thereof from the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' skit depicting the (fictitious) recording session for "Don't Fear "(Don't Fear) The Reaper."
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* ParodyDisplacement: Mention this band or "Don't Fear (The Reaper)" to anyone nowadays and count how many people don't respond with "I need more cowbell!" It's surprisingly easy.

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* ParodyDisplacement: Mention this band or "Don't Fear (The Reaper)" "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" to anyone nowadays and count how many people don't respond with "I need more cowbell!" It's surprisingly easy.
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** The same LP also self-covers ''SubHuman'' from ''Music/Secret Treaties'', reworked on ''Imaginos'' as ''Blue Öyster Cult''.

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** The same LP also self-covers ''SubHuman'' from ''Music/Secret Treaties'', ''Music/{{Secret Treaties}}'', reworked on ''Imaginos'' as ''Blue Öyster Cult''.



** "In Thee" off the ''Music/{{Mirrors}}'' album, in which Allen Lanier draws a final line under his long-term lover Music/PattiSmith throwing him over for Fred "Sonic" Smith. Maybe she just wanted to keep the paperwork simple after getting married.

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** "In Thee" off the ''Music/{{Mirrors}}'' ''Music/{{Mirrors|Album}}'' album, in which Allen Lanier draws a final line under his long-term lover Music/PattiSmith throwing him over for Fred "Sonic" Smith. Maybe she just wanted to keep the paperwork simple after getting married.
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** Many of the lyrics from "Godzilla" are now heavily associated with [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} the film franchise]] [[FilkSong it's about]] (the entire first verse is the page quote for the franchise on Website/ThisVeryWiki). Not surprisingly, many news reports about the 2014 reboot quoted the lyrics "With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound" and "Oh no, there goes Tokyo!".

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** Many of the lyrics from "Godzilla" are now heavily associated with [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} the film franchise]] [[FilkSong it's about]] (the entire first verse is the page quote for the franchise on Website/ThisVeryWiki). Not surprisingly, many news reports about the [[Film/Godzilla2014 2014 reboot reboot]] quoted the lyrics "With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound" and "Oh no, there goes Tokyo!".
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The band is much more popular in Japan than in the United States, probably due to "Franchise/{{Godzilla}}" from ''Music/{{Spectres}}'' more than anything else.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The band is much more popular in Japan than in the United States, probably due largely thanks to "Franchise/{{Godzilla}}" from ''Music/{{Spectres}}'' their song about Franchise/{{Godzilla}} more than anything else.else, whereas in the US the group has largely faded into obscurity. The divide is illustrated by their 1999 tour, wherein they sold out sports arenas and stadiums in Japan, then came back to America to play casinos and state fairs. They probably get [[MemeticMutation more cowbell]] at the fairs though.
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* FaceOfTheBand: Unfortunately for them, the only "member" that people seem to recognize is a fictional cowbell player.
** As for the people who know the real members of the band, Eric and "Buck" fill this role. Partially explained by the fact that they're the only two founding members who are still in the band.
** And also are the two primary lead singers. It should be noted that the "fictional cowbell player" really looks like Eric Bloom, and Chris Kattan's sketch character resembles Buck Dharma.
** In Great Britain, the band might well have been hampered by the existence of [[OopNorth folk singer and comedian]] Creator/MikeHarding, who affected a big bushy curly perm, a beard, and glasses, and who played assorted string instruments, including banjos and ukeleles. At the time "Don't Fear The Reaper" was in the British charts, this Eric Bloom comedy lookalike charted with a song called "Rochdale Cowboy". Which ''does'' make it hard to view anyone who looks like that as a guitar hero.
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** Might also be ''In Thee'' off the ''Music/{{Mirrors}}'' album, in which Allen Lanier draws a final line under his long-term lover Music/PattiSmith throwing him over for Fred "Sonic" Smith. Maybe she just wanted to keep the paperwork simple after getting married.

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** Might also be ''In Thee'' "In Thee" off the ''Music/{{Mirrors}}'' album, in which Allen Lanier draws a final line under his long-term lover Music/PattiSmith throwing him over for Fred "Sonic" Smith. Maybe she just wanted to keep the paperwork simple after getting married.
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** Might also be ''In Thee'' off the Mirrors album, in which Allen Lanier draws a final line under his long-term lover Music/PattiSmith throwing him over for Fred "Sonic" Smith. Maybe she just wanted to keep the paperwork simple after getting married.

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** Might also be ''In Thee'' off the Mirrors ''Music/{{Mirrors}}'' album, in which Allen Lanier draws a final line under his long-term lover Music/PattiSmith throwing him over for Fred "Sonic" Smith. Maybe she just wanted to keep the paperwork simple after getting married.
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** "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is either incredibly bittersweet or NightmareFuel depending on your perspective.
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** Many of the lyrics from "Godzilla" are now heavily associated with [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} the film franchise]] [[FilkSong it's about]] (the entire first verse is the page quote for the franchise on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki). Not surprisingly, many news reports about the 2014 reboot quoted the lyrics "With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound" and "Oh no, there goes Tokyo!".

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** Many of the lyrics from "Godzilla" are now heavily associated with [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} the film franchise]] [[FilkSong it's about]] (the entire first verse is the page quote for the franchise on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki).Website/ThisVeryWiki). Not surprisingly, many news reports about the 2014 reboot quoted the lyrics "With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound" and "Oh no, there goes Tokyo!".

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