# Monday’s Top 6@6 Week #17: Your Blue Öyster Cult Faves & Blondie Results From Week 16 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483 "2002-08-05T21:58:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/1 "2002-08-05T21:58:37Z")
Another Monday, Another Closed Poll. **Thanks** to all the Dopers who responded. Last Week’s Blondie Votes Tally: **17** Voters x 6 Tracks = **102** Selections. On to business: **1st: Honorable Mentions, Notes & Asides** [ul][li]The _Monday_ Time Slot: Seems to be going well, I kinda like it. Especially cuz I never go near a computer on the weekends.[_] **Mr. Blue Sky** , **Futile Gesture** , **hawthorne** & **pldennison** : Newcomers to the 6 @ 6.[_] **elfkin477** : Whose _Bush_ Request & \*\*Dragon Phoenix \*\*: Whose _Kate Bush_ request will be respectively honored @ the close of the B’s. (See Issue #7 below for a tentative schedule) **Mr. Blue Sky** : Whose E-Bow question yielded a lot more answers (over 60) than I thought were out there[/ul][/li] **2nd: Venus Fly Trap** More “high search count” words secretly e-mailed to me by another _anonymous_ moderator who’s privy to classified message board information: boobs, hooters, jugs, knockers, mammo’s, melons, rack, ta-ta’s, tits. [sub]_Warning: Do Not highlight this cheap, tawdry search gimmick used by the pay sites_[/sub] **3rd: Increase the Hit Count** The Voters, Past & Present List – Designed for those who do vanity searches: [ul][li]Voting In 10 Polls: astorian.[/li] [li]Voting In 7 Polls: dead0man.[/li] [li]Voting In 6 Polls: grendel72 & WSLer.[/li] [li]Voting In 5 Polls: chief.[/li] [li]Voting In 4 Polls: 5 time champ, Hugh Jass, Labdad, Mudshark, RealityChuck & tourbot (well actually 3 1/6 polls for tour). [/li] [li]Voting In 3 Polls: Dragon Phoenix, elfkin477, Fish42, galt (2X Posthumously), gex gex, K364, Minor Irritant, Narrad, scout1222 & Skijumper [/li] [li]Voting In 2 Polls: Dryga\_Yes, epeepunk, essvee, Fenris, gonzoron, Interrobang!?, John Carter of Mars, jolemale, Leifsmama, Living Dead Girl, Manduck, pepperlandgirl, plnnr, thermalribbon,Wartime Consigliori.[/li] [li]Voting In 1 Poll: 5-HT, Airbeck, andrew Dupont, andros, arachnidlove, ArchiveGuy, auntie em, bibliophile, bouv, bristlesage, bugg, cainxinth, capybara, Chastain86, Cherry\_Blossom\_, ChristmasEve, Chrome Spot, da\_pope, dinahmoe, easy e, Futile Gesture, gallows fodder, hajario, Happy Lendervedder, hardygrrl, hawthorne, hazel-rah, HenrySpencer, HoldenCaulfield, horhay\_achoa, Jeremy’s Evil Twin, Jonathan Chance, Kyomara, lawoot, Leechbabe, Leechboy, LindyHopper, Lockz, LunaSea, matt\_mcl, minty green, Mr. Blue Sky, Mr. Green Fool, MsWhatsit, panamajack, pldennison, Reeder, saoirse, Sigmundex, stankow, Supernate, tavalla, ThePyroWeasel, Treviathan, Ukulele Ike, vinryk, waterj2, widdershins & -zorch.[/ul][/li] **4th: Past polls and Results:** The ever-growing scrap-heap of past band polls: [§ Blondie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=128154)[§ Blink 182](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=126512)[§ Black Sabbath](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=125265)[§ Black Crowes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=124090)[§ Bjork](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=122944)[§ B-52’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121780)[§ Chuck Berry](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120533)[§ Beastie Boys](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=119243)[§ Jeff Beck](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118062)[§ The Band](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=116976)[§ Beach Boys](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=115792)[§ Beatles](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114515)[§ Animals](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110522)[§ Tori Amos](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=109202)[§ Allman Brothers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=107748)[§ AC/DC](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=125268)[& Aerosmith](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=106595) polls. **5th: Week 15 Results:** Here are your **Blondie** Selections:  1ST PLACE  **Call Me ¤ Hanging On The Telephone** : Tied With _14_ Votes  2ND PLACE  **Heart Of Glass** : With _11_ Votes  3RD PLACE  **One Way or Another ¤ Rapture** : Tied With _9_ Votes  4TH PLACE  **Atomic (1 Specifed the Diddy Remix)**: With _6_ Votes  5TH PLACE  **Dreaming ¤ Maria ¤ Rip Her To Shreds ¤ The Tide Is High** : Tied With _5_ Votes  6TH PLACE  **(I’m Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear ¤ Fade Away and Radiate ¤ Union City Blue**: Tied With _2_ Votes  RUNNERS UP  \*\*11:59 ¤ Contact in Red Square ¤ Denis ¤ Die Young Stay Pretty ¤ Fan Mail ¤ Forgive & Forget ¤ In The Flesh ¤ No Exit ¤ Nothing Is Real But The Girl ¤ Screaming Skin ¤ Sunday Girl ¤ The Hardest Part ¤ Youth Nabbed As Sniper \*\*: With _1_ Vote Each…If you see some tracks here you didn’t pick and can’t remember, your homework assignment this week is to give some of those selections another listen to. **7th: Disclaimers & Tentative Schedule** If there are no requests, _Week 18_ will feature: **David Bowie** , followed by: James Brown _(Week 19)_, Jackson Browne _(Week 20)_, Bush _(Week 21)_, Kate Bush _(Week 22)_ & The Byrds _(Week 23)_. This is a democracy, so once again; if you feel I’ve passed alphabetically passed over a band say so. **If** I don’t hear to the contrary, we’ll be passing by bands like: The Blues Brothers (Too small a discography?), Blues Traveler (Would there be many selections other than tracks from Four?), Blur (Never made it big in the States, are there enough Dopers from the other side of the pond to warrant a poll?), Bon Jovi (Is there a pomp-rock following on the boards?), Boston (Aren’t they perceived as having a flash in the pan status?), The Breeders (I’d probably be the only voter), Brinsley Schwartz (What ever happened to the whole pub-rock genre?), Buffalo Springfield (Haven’t most people forgotten about these CA folk-rock pioneers?) Jimmy Buffet (Are there any parrot-heads on the board?), Butthole Surfers and The Buzzcocks (Like the Breeders, would either band garner any votes other than mine?). And that’s just to name a few. **8th: Week #17’s Poll** Without further ado, another NY band, the 13th of the “B”’s, \*\*Blue Öyster Cult \*\* {Please feel free to include Buck Dharma solo tracks if you so wish}: Here are my _6_ **Blue Öyster Cult** picks: 1. Cities On Flame With Rock-n-Roll 2. The Revenge Of Vera Gemini 3. Godzilla 4. Death Valley Nights 5. Deadline 6. Vengeance (The Pact) For me, that was as difficult (if not harder) than picking 6 Black Sabbath tracks **Thanking you all in advance**. Have a great week. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/2 "2002-08-06T03:15:16Z")
Ummmmm, here’s a vote for Bon Jovi. They’ve been around foralmost 20 years and are way beyond the hair band stuff. Plus, I’m a straight guy and I think Jon is hot And I’s also like to put in a vote for Boston. I don;t see how they can be called “flash in the pan.” They sold a gazillion copies of their first album, and almost as many as their second. The fact that it took around 4 years between album releases was due more to Tom Scholz’s perfectionism, more then anything else. However if it comes down to it, I would rather have Bon Jovi, then Boston. Now as for Blue Oyster Cult: 6.Vengance ( The Pact) 5.The Revenge of Vera Gemini 4. Godzilla 3. Death Valley Nights 2. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper 1. Burnin’ For You ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/3 "2002-08-06T05:08:59Z")
**Godzilla** Oh no, there goes tokyo… [sub]That’s the only song of theirs I like…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/4 "2002-08-06T15:00:35Z")
Though I liked BOC for years, most of my favorite BOC songs were on their first album, IMHO. So… 1. Veteran of Psychic Wars 2. Dominance and Submission 3. Before the Kiss, a Redcap 4. Then Came the Last Days of May 5. I’m on the Lamb, But I Ain’t No Sheep 6. Stairway to the Stars ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/5 "2002-08-06T15:34:55Z")
i’d vote in a blur poll. i’ve already got my six worked out. well, i’m having some trouble limiting it to six. and i’m a bit disappointed to see us skipping over indie brits **belle and sebastian** - i know we’ve had reasonably well patroned threads on the band on this board (and we even have a poster named after one of their songs). any possibly of backing up a bit, y’know, if you’re feeling sinister? ---
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/6 "2002-08-06T15:41:22Z")
1. "(Don’t Fear) The Reaper 2. “Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll” 3. “Dominance and Submission” 4. “Burnin’ for You” 5. “The Revenge of Vera Gemini” 6. “This Ain’t the Summer of Love” ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/7 "2002-08-06T18:09:10Z")
I only know three and like them all: (1) Godzilla (2) (don’t Fear) the Reaper (3) Burnin’ for You ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/8 "2002-08-06T22:02:21Z")
I’d also vote in a Blur poll, and quite possibly a Bon Jovi one as well. And didn’t Blur hit it big once or twice in North America? I know Song 2 was all over Canadian TV, in the guise of a Labatt’s ad… ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/9 "2002-08-07T06:08:14Z")
1. Veteran of Psychic Wars 2. Dominance and Submission 3. Then Came the Last Days of May 4. Mistress Of The Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl) 5. The Revenge of Vera Gemini 6. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/10 "2002-08-07T16:43:25Z")
Looks like the hamster ate my post. Let’s try again: 1. Then Came the Last Days of May 2. Before the Kiss, a Redcap 3. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper 4. The Red and the Black 5. 7 Screamning Diz-Busters 6. I’m on the Lamb But I Ain’t No Sheep ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/11 "2002-08-07T16:51:23Z")
A Long Island band! Yay! 6.Cities On Flame With Rock 'n Roll 5. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars 4. Godzilla 3. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper 2. E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) 1. Hot Rails to Hell (‘Hot Rails to Hell’ is on Extraterrestrial Live, and was recorded at my first rock concert - Nassau Coliseum, October 1980. Oddly- as the Coliseum is not reknown for sonic excellence - Black Sabbath also played that night and released a ‘B’ side of their performance of ‘Die Young’ - I believe it was.) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/12 "2002-08-08T15:46:55Z")
I’d vote for Blur too, since I’m much more familiar with their work than Blue Oyster Cult’s… That being said: 1. Don’t fear the Reaper (_the only song I’ve ever heard by them_) ---
**Author:** ![Newton\_meter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/57b2e6/32.png) [@Newton\_meter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newton_meter)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/13 "2002-08-08T17:06:18Z")
1. Burnin’ for You 2. Goin’ Through the Motions 3. In Thee 4. Flaming Telepaths 5. Astronomy 6. Joan Crawford ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-s-top-6-6-week-17-your-blue-oyster-cult-faves-blondie-results-from-week-16/122483/14 "2002-08-09T21:38:15Z")
\*\*A K A: The **B** USINESS **U** NANSWERED & **M** ENTIONED **P** REVIOUSLY Post Some Weekly Six @ Six issues that need to be answered: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WSLer \* > **Ummmmm, here’s a vote for _Bon Jovi_. They’ve been around for almost 20 years and are way beyond the hair band stuff…And I’d also like to put in a vote for _Boston_. I don’t see how they can be called “flash in the pan.” They sold a gazillion copies of their first album, and almost as many as their second.** One Bon Jovi with a side of Boston coming right up. (See the reworked {and still preliminary} schedule below). > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > \*\*I’d vote in a Blur poll. I’ve already got my six worked out. Well, I’m having some trouble limiting it to six…I’m a bit disappointed to see us skipping over indie Brits _Belle and Sebastian_ - I know we’ve had reasonably well patroned threads on the band on this board (and we even have a poster named after one of their songs). any possibly of backing up a bit, y’know, if you’re feeling sinister? \*\* You got it, Blur and B&S, the latter I’ll post & tabulate as a supplemental poll but will be unqualified to vote in. (See the reworked {and still preliminary} schedule below). > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Treviathan \* > **I’d also vote in a Blur poll, and quite possibly a Bon Jovi one as well. And didn’t Blur hit it big once or twice in North America? I know Song 2 was all over Canadian TV, in the guise of a Labatt’s ad…** Not to mention the trailer theme music for Starship Troopers. OK, that’s 2 votes for Bon Jovi and 2 for Blur. (See the reworked {and still preliminary} schedule below). \*\*Revised 6 @ 6 Schedule: \*\*As quoted above, there have been some more requests, so in similar fashion to WSLer’s AC/DC supplemental poll from week 14 here goes…[list][li]Week 18 will feature: **Blur** with a **Belle and Sebastian** supplemental poll.[_]Week 19 will feature: **Bon Jovi** with a **Boston** supplemental poll. [_]Week 20 will feature: **David Bowie**. [_]Week 21 will feature: **James Brown** with a **Jackson Browne** supplemental poll. [_]Week 22 will feature: **Bush** with a **Kate Bush** supplemental poll. Followed by[_][_]Week 23 featuring: **The Byrds** with a **Buffalo Springfield** supplemental poll if someone requests them.[/li] On to some LI nostalgia > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Corbomite \* > **A Long Island band! Yay!… (‘Hot Rails to Hell’ is on Extraterrestrial Live, and was recorded at my first rock concert - Nassau Coliseum, October 1980. Oddly- as the Coliseum is not reknown for sonic excellence - Black Sabbath also played that night and released a ‘B’ side of their performance of ‘Die Young’ - I believe it was.)** Let’s see, _if_ my pot-hazed Junior High School memories are correct, that was the Black & Blue concert. From what I can remember, at least 20 fights on the floor prior to showtime (most while Fluff was playing in the background), a big robotic Godzilla on the right side of the stage, Bloom riding on a Harley during BÖC’s cover version of Born to Be Wild and a ringing in my ears that lasted at least into Thanksgiving. My timing may be slightly off, but earlier that year (June?) Ozzy came to NYC and played the Palladium. I think it was before Jet released Blizzard of Oz in the states. What a concert, kinda like a rock show at a bonfire…the audience burned everything that wasn’t flammable.