Its message couldn’t have been any more different, either. There were also reports that this track was originally slated for inclusion on a Roeser solo album - peeling back another layer in the mystery of its offbeat dissimilarities with the band’s earlier hit. Blue Öyster Cult’s earlier recordings had been done with A&R man Murray Krugman, along with seminal band contributor Sandy Pearlman. This tough little track, part of a new 2-CD Legacy Recordings compilation called The Essential Blue Oyster Cult that’s due on April 17, 2012, couldn’t be further from the dreamscape wonder, the weird guitar symphony, the ever-lovin’ cowbell of BÖC’s career-making tune of five years before.Ĭomposed, as was “Reaper,” by Roeser (this time, with help from Richard Meltzer), “Burnin’ For You” was part of an ’81 release called Fire of Unknown Origin which was produced by Martin Birch - famous for having worked with Black Sabbath during the Heaven and Hell era.
40 in 1981.Ī billowing riff, these stuttering drums, then a cascading vocal - and “Burnin’ for You” is off. But, for me, the better song remains “Burnin’ For You,” which spent three weeks stuck at No. 12 hit from 1976 - and I admit, I’ve always been a fan of the song’s false ending, followed by Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser’s super-sly return. Everybody remembers “Don’t Fear The Reaper” - Blue Öyster Cult’s No.
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