Blogger warning: This blog will not be about the accompanying photo. As a youth I joined one of those clubs where you pay a penny for a bunch of tapes and then you have to buy a bunch and or accept a number of the cassettes of the month. One of such cassettes of the month received by me was a Loverboy album I never opened. My friend Joel noticed the unwanted tape and offered a trade for an unwanted tape of his- Blue Oyster Cult. I accepted as I liked the song Godzilla as well as others.
While deciding on what tapes to bring on a family road trip (a blog for another time) I discovered that the tape no longer played and set it aside. That fall, Joel died in a car accident. When I remembered the tape exchange and the broken tape I searched and found the presumed broken tape. While traveling to the his memorial, I popped the broken tape in the player.....and not only did it play- it started playing on their hit (Don't fear) The Reaper....
2 comments:
Please don't tell anyone, but I love that song. And had that tape. And saw them on the Black & Blue Tour (Black Sabbath didn't show).
I'm glad the song came through for you.
your secret is safe with me and the internet.....
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