Talk:Godzilla (Blue Öyster Cult song)

Heavy Metal?
I think we need additional sources if we're going to say this is a heavy metal song. (Albert Mond (talk) 01:07, 6 September 2009 (UTC))

The Monster Mania cover is a heavy metal version of the song. However I am unable to confirm which band did it for the Monster Mania CD. CLS (talk) 08:53, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It also appeared in "The Heavy Metal Box" so I guess that's a second source. I think it's important to think that this is traditional heavy metal in the 1970s not today's metal. BOC don't have to be a black, death, or grindcore band to be metal and this song does have a very heavy Sabbathy riff. Rockgenre (talk)Rockgenre 19:25, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
 * While they were a traditional metal band, they still had plenty of songs which I think withstand the test of time in this area, so to speak.
 * The song certainly has a heavy riff, but -and this is just my opinion- the song seems much more dominantly hard rock, than say... "Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll" or "Hot Rails to Hell," both of which do incorporate traditional hard rock elements at points, but not to the same degree that "Godzilla" does. (Albert Mond (talk) 00:54, 4 October 2009 (UTC))
 * "Hot Rails to Hell" is really more punk than metal. The live version they did of "Godzilla" on the Black and Blue tour was heavier than the studio version. The song I think qualifies for the metal of time. Ohh, and Albert if you are the same guy from Future rock legends who left a comment on Coven's I think you will be glad to know that Cromagnon (band) have a page here now.Rockgenre (talk)Rockgenre 19:21, 4 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Disagree on "Hot Rails to Hell," personally. Sounds more "Highway Star" to me than "God Save the Queen," though I know the song's had cult popularity with punk bands. As for "Godzilla," I'd still like to see more sources added, if possible. I won't be removing the tag or anything, though. And, yep. Same Albert. I recall Cromagnon used to have a Wiki article, but it got baleeted, and I never knew they released a second album. Thanks. (Albert Mond (talk) 19:39, 4 October 2009 (UTC))
 * A punk band named White Flag I think did a cover of "Hot Rails to Hell". I think it's more fast in a punk way than in a speed metal way. As for "Godzilla", I have an old album here from Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/blueoystercult/albums/album/188231/review/5945131/spectres "It's not surprising then that the two riff rockers on Spectres, the crucial followup to last year's breakthrough, Agents of Fortune, direct themselves toward that heavy-metal paradox" keep in mind this is a loose '70s definition of metal. It also mentions the similiar theme it has with "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll". Cromagnon's second album Cave Rock actually has all the same tracks as Orgasm. No new material.Rockgenre (talk)Rockgenre 01:11, 5 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I think there was a punk band called The Meatmen that covered it, too. It has punk appeal, but I think the song itself is metal, and the main verses put a lot more emphasis on malevolence than rawness and energy, in comparison to The Stooges' "Search and Destroy," particularly. Personally, I don't think the '70s definition of metal was all that loose (most of the bands frequently not considered 'metal' by today's standards still had at least a few songs that would easily be considered metal, today). Rolling Stone source is good. I'll add it (if you haven't already, of course. Didn't check, yet). (Albert Mond (talk) 02:41, 5 October 2009 (UTC))

Godzilla! vs Godzilla (song)
The article Godzilla! is about a 2003 song by The Creatures. The article Godzilla (song) is about a 1977 song by Blue Öyster Cult. Does anyone think that there is any renaming or other sort of disambiguation needed with these current article names? I have added a tag at the top of both articles referring to the other. I am posting this question to the talk pages of both articles. Any comments, please let me know. KConWiki (talk) 16:13, 26 October 2014 (UTC)


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