Don`t fear the Reaper – acoustic rock cover version by MFGacousticrock Waiblingen. Blue Öyster Cult

Описание: Don`t fear the Reaper – acoustic cover version by MFG from Waiblingen, Germany. Original by Blue Öyster Cult
This Video and Music each of us has recorded at home since Covid 19 skipped all gigs of „The Rock!“ and „MFG“.
We understand our video as an hommage to Blue Oyster Cult and to the almost 100 year old german movie from Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. „Nosferatu“ was the first horror video in cinematographic history. Setting were Lübeck and Weimar. Todays clips were performed in Stuttgart and Waiblingen.
MFG ist der akustische Herzschlag der Rock`n Show Band "The Rock!" aus #Waiblingen in #Baden-Württemberg Die Videoclips (Sound und Music) haben wir im einfachen Homerecording (per Smartphone) aufgenommen, da wir wg. Corona nicht zusammen üben bzw. live spielen können. Darum gönnen wir Euch und uns eine kleine Freude und nehmen eine Song-Auswahl von unserer Setlist, die über 100 Klassiker der 1960iger und 1970iger Jahre bietet, Schmalspur auf und laden sie hier zur musikalischen Verköstigung hoch. Mit freundlichen Grüßen. MFG (Metzger, Fuhrmann, Golzem) Martin Metzger (voice) Michael Fuhrmann (guitars, beatbuddy, voice, sound and videomix) Ingo Golzem (keys, voice).This 1976 hit’s meaning led to great discussions by fans. While written with the thoughts of the inevitability of death and dying young on the lyricist mind, he staunchly insisted that his theme was eternal love.
About the Song
The Rolling Stone Magazine named it “the song of the year” in 1976, although it only reached No. 12 in the charts. BÖC is know all over the world isnce „The Reaper“.
BÖC is my favourite rockband since my teenage days. I love most of their songs especially the new album „The Symbol Remains“ which is as great as „13“ of Black Sabbath.
Buck Dharma about the lyrics
It’s not about suicide, it’s about accepting death rather than bringing it about yourself, I felt that I had just achieved some kind of resonance with the psychology of people when I came up with that, I was actually kind of appalled when I first realized that some people were seeing it as an advertisement for suicide or something that was not my intention at all. It is, like, not to be afraid of it (as opposed to actively bring it about). It’s basically a love song where the love transcends the actual physical existence of the partners.
Buck Dharma about the recording process
“(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” was written on a six string. That was the first tune that I had created once I got a Teac four-track recorder. When affordable multi-track recorders became available in musicians’ hands, you used to have to go into a studio to do that. It really changed a lot of music just in the way that digital has changed music today. It was the first time that individuals could arrange entire songs. When Blue Öyster Cult got four-track recorders it really changed the way we wrote. That was the first example of that. The guitar lick was created and the first two lines of lyrics sprung a hole. The song took about six weeks to complete. It was a very creative period for the entire band because there was this new modality of creation. I think the tunes that came out of that era are a lot more individually stamped in the way you can tell a Dharma tune from an Albert Bouchard tune or a Joe Bouchard tune or an Eric Bloom tune. I like stories with twists. I like stories where not all is what it appears to be at first glance, whether that be a book or television show or movie – that’s what hooks me, that’s what interests me.
Lyrics

All our times have come
Here, but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain
(We can be like they are) Come on, baby
(Don't fear the Reaper) Baby, take my hand
(Don't fear the Reaper) We'll be able to fly
(Don't fear the Reaper) Baby, I'm your man
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la

Valentine is done
Here, but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women everyday (Like Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women everyday (Redefine happiness)
Another 40,000 coming everyday
(We can be like they are) Come on, baby
(Don't fear the Reaper) Baby, take my hand
(Don't fear the Reaper) We'll be able to fly
(Don't fear the Reaper) Baby, I'm your man
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la

Love of two is one
Here, but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on
The door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew and then disappeared
The curtains flew and then he appeared

"don't be afraid") Come on, baby
(And she had no fear) And she ran to him
(Then she started to fly) They looked backward and said goodbye
(She had become like they are) She had taken his hand
(She had become like they are) Come on, baby
(Don't fear the Reaper)