(I also never noticed the umlaut over the Ö before in BOC, nice added emphasis - sounds like 'oy')
(song by Blue Öyster Cult off of the 'Bad Channels' soundtrack.
Forgive me if my laughter sounds cracked
Forgive me if I smile badly
It's only that I've run off the track
Derailed by the irony
Forgive me if my laughter sounds cracked
Forgive me if I smile badly
It's only that I've run off the track
Derailed by the irony
Can you hear the hooves, can you hear the riders coming
On presidential roofs listen to the sinister drumming
Can you hear the hooves, can you hear the riders coming
On presidential roofs hear the sinister drumming
They warn of Armageddon, they warn us of apocalypse
The future's as a fool's invention
Of choking skies and computer chips
(There's a nightmare) civilization
(There's a monster) industry
Four horsemen have already arrived
I see them above us, already here
Four horsemen with hooves like knives
I say again, already here
(There's a nightmare) civilization
(There's a monster) industry
(There's a devil) human corruption
(There's a vampire) human greed
Can you hear the hooves, can you hear the riders coming
On presidential roofs listen to the sinister drumming
Can you hear the hooves, can you hear the riders coming
On presidential roofs hear the sinister drumming
(There's a nightmare) civilization
(There's a monster) industry
(There's a devil) human corruption
(There's a vampire) human greed
(There's a nightmare) civilization
(There's a monster) industry (
There's a devil) human corruption
(There's a vampire) human greed
It was never released on an “official” BOC album.
It and “Demon’s Kiss” were included in the score of “Bad Channels”, for which they provided the score.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Channels_%28album%29
The umlaut started as joke and now it’s part of rock and roll legend.
Lots of bands started sticking umlauts and other totally pointless diacritical marks on their names.
:)