History YMMV / BlueOysterCult

* {{Tearjerker}}: "Live For Me", a ballad about what happens to telepathic twin brothers when one of them ends up in a fatal car accident.

* [=Tearjerker=]: "Live For Me", a ballad about what happens to telepathic twin brothers when one of them ends up in a fatal car accident.

* [=TearJerker=]: "Live For Me", a ballad about what happens to telepathic twin brothers when one of them ends up in a fatal car accident.

* TearJerker: "Live For Me", a ballad about what happens to telepathic twin brothers when one of them ends up in a fatal car accident.

* UnfortunateImplications: It's easy to think "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" is about a SuicidePact, especially with its mentions of ''Play/RomeoAndJuliet'', but it's really about being TogetherInDeath.

** Aware Allen's death was only a matter of time, Patti returned to the group as a guest performer for their fortieth anniversary celebration gig. Eric Bloom has posted rehearsal footage of Patti performing 'Career of Evil'' with the band on his Facebook page. This was her first association with the group in over twenty years - her last collaboration was to co-write the song ''Shooting Shark'' for the 1985 album ''Revolution By Night''. In a way and aware of the backstory, this is also a little bit of a tear-jerker.

** In Great Britain, the band might well have been hampered by the existence of [[OopNorth folk singer and comedian]] 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.

** In Great Britain, the band might well have been hampered by the existence of [[OopNorth folk singer and comedian]] 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 GuitarHero.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The band is much more popular in Japan than in the United States, probably due to ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' more than anything else.

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

** In Great Britain, the band might well have been hampered by the existence of [[OopNorth folk singer and comedian Mike Harding]], 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 GuitarHero.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The band is much more popular in Japan than in the United States, probably due to ''{{Godzilla}}'' more than anything else.

* ShoutOut: the back cover of ''Cult Classic'' (and indeed elements of the front cover) look suspiciously like homage to British fantasy writer {{Terry Pratchett}}, whose ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series uses BÖC lyrics as allusions, most notably a [[CanisLatinicus latinisation]] of "Don't Fear The Reaper" as motto for the extended Death family.
** Removed from the main page for some reason. Although anyone reading''ReaperMan'' and then looking at the back cover art of ''Cult Classic'' will surely see an unmistakeable link. The artwork visually alludes to Pratchett's book. It would be far too great a coincidence otherwise.

* CoveredUp: "Astronomy" is a rare example of a band covering themselves up. It first appeared on ''Secret Treaties'' but the definitive version is from ''Imaginos''.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Buck Dharma specifically named "nightmares" as a source of song ideas.

** "Joan Crawford" depicts a New York City in rioting chaos, as Joan Crawford's zombified corpse claws its way out of the Earth to get its final revenge against Christina.

* NightmareFuel: The following line from the song Joan Crawford (spoken in a raspy and cryptic voice): "Christiinaaaaaaaaaaaa!...Mommy's hommmmmeeeee."
** Accidental? [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel I doubt it.]]

** Accidental? [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel/I doubt it.]]

** In Great Britain, the band might well have been hampered by the existence of [[Oop North folk singer and comedian Mike Harding]], 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 GuitarHero.

** In Great Britain, the band might well have been hampered by the existence of [[OopNorth folk singer and comedian Mike Harding]], 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 GuitarHero.

** In Great Britain, the band might well have been hampered by the existence of OopNorth folk singer and comedian Mike Harding, 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.

* TearJerker: "Live For Me", a ballad about what happens to telepathic twin brothers when one of them ends up in a fatal car accident. Might also be "In Thee" off the Mirrors album.