Forgive me for being a dunce, but I still don't get the cowbell joke.
SNL did a VH1 Behind The Music skit on the Blue Oyster Cult song "Don't fear the Reaper." You know that cowbell that's in the song? The "group" were arguing if it should be in there, and Walken was playing a promoter.
Forgive me for being a dunce, but I still don't get the cowbell joke.
Rent out the below mentioned DVD and watch the skit. It's not something that can be described. You have to experience it to understand it. Hope that helps.
It's really something that you had to see in order to fully grasp. Then again, there were probably a lot of people who watched the sketch live and were still not amused.
It basically revolved around a studio session with Blue Oyster Cult, as they recorded their classic hit: "Don't Fear The Reaper."
Walken played their manager, who was insistent that the band include Will Ferall's eccentric character-who happened to play the cowbell-during those extensive bass guitar/drum solos you hear during the song's chorus.
The sketch was so hilarious that Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz and Will Ferall-and perhaps even Christopher Walken, though I don't remember precisely-nearly broke character during the skit.