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* DownerEnding: A bit ambiguous in "Don't Fear The Reaper", where the protagonist is taken away by the Grim Reaper, but is implied to be a good occasion.
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--> ''For me to come home, and sing her my song''
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--> ''Where prophecy fails, the falling motion''
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He's found the awful truth,Balthazar''
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Dead leaves always give upmotion''
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*** Creator/StephenKing was inspired to write ''Literature/TheStand'' by "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", and quotes the final verse in the novel.
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*** Creator/StephenKing was inspired to write ''Literature/TheStand'' by "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", and quotes the song's final verse in the novel.
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* PepTalkSong: "Don''t Fear The Reaper" was intended as a song against fear of death. As lead singer Buck Dharma explained:
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* RhymingWithItself: The final verse of the otherwise sublime "Don't Fear The Reaper" does this...
--> ''Came the last night of sadness, and it was clear she couldn't go on''
--> ''And the door burst open and a wind appeared''
--> ''The candle blew and then disappeared''
--> ''The curtains flew and then He appeared...''
--> ''(Sayin' "Don't be afraid)''
--> ''Came the last night of sadness, and it was clear she couldn't go on''
--> ''And the door burst open and a wind appeared''
--> ''The candle blew and then disappeared''
--> ''The curtains flew and then He appeared...''
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* RhymingWithItself: The final verse of the otherwise sublime "Don't Fear "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" does this...
--> ''Came the last night of sadness, and it was clear she couldn't goon''
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And the door burst open and a windappeared''
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The candles blew and thendisappeared''
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(Sayin' "Don't be afraid)''
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** 'Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' is mentioned in "Don't Fear The Reaper".
*** "Don't Fear The Reaper" was famously used in the 1978 slasher film classic ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}''.
*** Creator/StephenKing was inspired by the song to write ''Literature/TheStand''.
*** "Don't Fear The Reaper" was famously used in the 1978 slasher film classic ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}''.
*** Creator/StephenKing was inspired by the song to write ''Literature/TheStand''.
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** 'Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' is mentioned ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' are referenced in "Don't Fear "(Don't Fear) The Reaper".
***"Don't Fear "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" was famously used in the 1978 slasher film classic ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}''.
*** Creator/StephenKing was inspiredby the song to write ''Literature/TheStand''. ''Literature/TheStand'' by "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", and quotes the final verse in the novel.
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* TogetherInDeath: "(Don't Fear) the Reaper".
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* TogetherInDeath: "(Don't Fear) the The Reaper".
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* Gleefully picked up by Creator/TerryPratchett as the family motto for the Death family in the ''{{Discworld}}'' - ''Non Timetus Messor'' (Have no timidity towards He who collects the harvest.) When Terry became Sir Terry Pratchett, his official coat of arms as a knight adopted the more correct Latin motto '''Noli Timere Messorum''' - ''Don't Fear The Reaper''.
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!! ''Don't Fear The Troper!''
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Together with ''Music/SecretTreaties'' (1974) and ''Music/{{Spectres}}'' (1977), ''Agents Of Fortune'' is often seen as the band's MagnumOpus.
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* TheCoverChangesTheGender: Patti Smith wrote the poem "Debbie Denise" was based on about a lesbian relationship she had been involved in. Albert Bouchard tweaked the lyrics to make it a heterosexual relationship instead.
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* IronicEcho: The band's collaboration with Music/PattiSmith, "Revenge of Vera Gemini" is built around the ironic echo; Patti Smith's lines, coming in slightly behind Eric Bloom's, are sardonic echoes that subtly twist the meaning.
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* IronicEcho: The band's collaboration with Music/PattiSmith, "Revenge of Vera Gemini" is built around the ironic echo; Patti Smith's lines, coming in slightly behind Eric Bloom's, Albert Bouchard's, are sardonic echoes that subtly twist the meaning.
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* NewSoundAlbum: To some extent- while not completely without riff-heavy [[TraditionalHeavyMetal early Metal]] and HardRock songs, it downplays them in favor of musically lighter PsychedelicRock and ProgressiveRock songs. [[TropeAreNotBad Notably, this did not make it a bad album by any means, and it's still a well-recieved album, too]].
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* NewSoundAlbum: To some extent- while not completely without riff-heavy [[TraditionalHeavyMetal early Metal]] and HardRock songs, it downplays them in favor of musically lighter PsychedelicRock and ProgressiveRock songs. [[TropeAreNotBad [[TropesAreNotBad Notably, this did not make it a bad album by any means, and it's still a well-recieved album, too]].
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* SubduedSection: "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" [[InvertedTrope inverts]] it- it's a mostly subdued song with a single "loud" section in the middle with a heavy riff, spooky keyboards and some intense soloing.
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'''''Agents Of Fortune''''' is Music/BlueOysterCult's fourth studio album, released in 1976 and notable for the hits "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "This Ain't the Summer of Love", "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)".
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Together with ''Music/Secret Treaties'' (1974) and ''Music/{{Spectres}}'' (1977), ''Agents Of Fortune'' is often seen as the band's MagnumOpus.
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Together with ''Music/Secret Treaties'' ''Music/SecretTreaties'' (1974) and ''Music/{{Spectres}}'' (1977), ''Agents Of Fortune'' is often seen as the band's MagnumOpus.
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Together with ''Secret Treaties'' (1974) and ''Music/{{Spectres}}'' (1977) "Agents Of Fortune" is often seen as the band's MagnumOpus.
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Together with ''Secret Treaties'' (1974) and ''Music/{{Spectres}}'' (1977) "Agents (1977), ''Agents Of Fortune" Fortune'' is often seen as the band's MagnumOpus.
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'''''Agents Of Fortune''''' is Music/BlueOysterCult's fourth studio album, released in 1976 and notable for the hits "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "This Ain't the Summer of Love", "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)". Especially "Don't Fear The Reaper", their SignatureSong, has become somewhat of a BlackSheepHit to the band as is doesn't feature their regular lead singer Eric Bloom, but Buck Dharma. The song is also LighterAndSofter compared to their usual style. To make matters worse the song was widely misinterpreted as being a romanticization of suicide, while the band intended the song to be a PepTalkSong [[NotAfraidToDie against fear of death]]. Still, its notorious enough to become a trope on our site: DontFearTheReaper.
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'''''Agents Of Fortune''''' is Music/BlueOysterCult's fourth studio album, released in 1976 and notable for the hits "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "This Ain't the Summer of Love", "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)". Especially "Don't Fear The Reaper",
While it's now regarded as their SignatureSong,has become "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" was actually somewhat of a BlackSheepHit to for the band as is it doesn't feature their regular lead singer Eric Bloom, but Buck Dharma. The song is also LighterAndSofter compared to their usual style. To make matters worse worse, the song was widely misinterpreted as being a romanticization of suicide, while the band intended the song it to be a PepTalkSong [[NotAfraidToDie against fear of death]]. Still, its it's notorious enough to have become a trope on our site: DontFearTheReaper.
While it's now regarded as their SignatureSong,
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'''Agents Of Fortune''' is Music/BlueOysterCult's fourth studio album, released in 1976 and notable for the hits "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "This Ain't the Summer of Love", "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)". Especially "Don't Fear The Reaper", their SignatureSong, has become somewhat of a BlackSheepHit to the band as is doesn't feature their regular lead singer Eric Bloom, but Buck Dharma. The song is also LighterAndSofter compared to their usual style. To make matters worse the song was widely misinterpreted as being a romanticization of suicide, while the band intended the song to be a PepTalkSong [[NotAfraidToDie against fear of death]]. Still, its notorious enough to become a trope on our site: DontFearTheReaper.
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Together with ''Music/{{Spectres}}'' (1977) "Agents Of Fortune" is often seen as the band's MagnumOpus.
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Together with ''Secret Treaties'' (1974) and ''Music/{{Spectres}}'' (1977) "Agents Of Fortune" is often seen as the band's MagnumOpus.
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*** "Don't Fear The Reaper" was famously used in the 1978 slasher film classic ''Film/{{Halloween}}''.
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*** "Don't Fear The Reaper" was famously used in the 1978 slasher film classic ''Film/{{Halloween}}''.''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}''.
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* IronicEcho: The band's collaboration with Music/PattiSmith, ''Revenge of Vera Gemini'' is built around the ironic echo; Patti Smith's lines, coming in slightly behind Eric Bloom's, are sardonic echoes that subtly twist the meaning.
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* IronicEcho: The band's collaboration with Music/PattiSmith, ''Revenge "Revenge of Vera Gemini'' Gemini" is built around the ironic echo; Patti Smith's lines, coming in slightly behind Eric Bloom's, are sardonic echoes that subtly twist the meaning.
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'''Agents Of Fortune''' is Music/BlueOysterCult's fourth studio album, released in 1976 and notable for the hits "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "This Ain't the Summer of Love", "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)". Especially "Don't Fear The Reaper", their SignatureSong, has become somewhat of a BlackSheepHit to the band as is doesn't feature their regular lead singer Eric Bloom, but Buck Dharma. The song is also LighterAndSofter compared to their usual style. To make matters worse the song was widely misinterpreted as being a romanticization of suicide, while the band intended the song to be a PepTalkSong [[NotAfraidToDie against fear of death]]. Still, its notorious enough to become a trope on our site: DontFearTheReaper.
'''Tracklist'''
Side 1
# "This Ain't The Summer Of Love" (2:21)
# "True Confessions" (2:57)
# "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (5:08)
# "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" (3:43)
# "The Revenge of Vera Gemini" (3:52)
Side 2
# "Sinful Loe" (3:29)
# "Tattoo Vampire" (2:41)
# "Morning Final" (4:30)
# "Tenderloin" (3:40)
# "Debbie Denise" (4:13)
'''Personnel'''
* Eric Bloom: vocals, guitar, percussion
* Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser: vocals, guitar, percussion, synthesizer
* Allen Lanier: vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
* Joe Bouchard: vocals, bass, piano
* Albert Bouchard: vocals, drums, acoustic guitar, percussion, harmonica
* Music/PattiSmith: vocals during "The Revenge Of Vera Gemini".
* Randy & Michael Brecker: horns
* David Lucas: vocals, keyboards, percussion
!! ''Don't Fear The Troper!''
* AlbumTitleDrop: The album "Agents of Fortune" is named after a lyric from the included song "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)".
* AlliterativeName and AlliterativeTitle: "'''D'''ebbie '''D'''enise".
* AntiLoveSong: "Sinful Love"
--> ''I love you like sin, but I won't be your pigeon''
* DarkerAndEdgier: Implied in "This Ain't The Summer Of Love".
--> ''This ain't the garden of eden''
--> ''There ain't no angels above''
--> ''And things ain't like what they used to be''
--> ''And this ain't the summer of love''
* DownerEnding: A bit ambiguous in "Don't Fear The Reaper", where the protagonist is taken away by the Grim Reaper, but is implied to be a good occasion.
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: "Morning Call". The track ends on a paperboy calling the murder investigation in classic ''Extra! Extra! Read all about it!'' form.
* GrimReaper: Appears as a character in "Don't Fear The Reaper".
* HeavyMeta: "True Confessions"
--> ''True, true confessions, we tried''
--> ''Naked, exposed like fine rock 'n' roll''
* IronicEcho: The band's collaboration with Music/PattiSmith, ''Revenge of Vera Gemini'' is built around the ironic echo; Patti Smith's lines, coming in slightly behind Eric Bloom's, are sardonic echoes that subtly twist the meaning.
* IWillWaitForYou: "Debbie Denise"
--> ''She kept the light open, all night long''
--> ''For me to come home, and sing her my song''
--> ''Oh Debbie Denise was true to me''
--> ''She'd wait by the window, so patiently''
* TheMenInBlack: There is one on the album cover and three of them in "E.T.I"
--> ''All praise''
--> ''He's found the awful truth, Balthazar''
--> ''He's found the saucer news''
--> ''Dead leaves always give up motion''
--> ''I no longer feel the motion''
--> ''Where prophecy fails, the falling motion''
--> ''"Don't report this, agents of fortune"''
* MurderBallad: "Morning Final"
--> ''Motiveless murder, the papers scream''
--> ''The copas lla siad the crowd was iced by the sight''
* NotAfraidToDie: The central message of "Don't Fear The Reaper".
* OneWomanSong: "Debbie Denise", "The Revenge Of Vera Gemini".
* OneWordTitle: "Tenderloin"
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: "Tattoo Vampire", where a vampire visits a tattoo madame.
* PepTalkSong: "Don''t Fear The Reaper" was intended as a song against fear of death. As lead singer Buck Dharma explained:
--> ''I was actually kind of appalled when I first realized that some people were seeing it as an advertisement for suicide or something that was not my intention at all. It is, like, not to be afraid of it (as opposed to actively bring it about). It's basically a love song where the love transcends the actual physical existence of the partners.''
* RecordProducer: Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman and David Lucas.
* RuleOfThree: "E.T.I."
--> ''Three men in black said: "Don't report this."''
* RhymingWithItself: The final verse of the otherwise sublime "Don't Fear The Reaper" does this...
--> ''Came the last night of sadness, and it was clear she couldn't go on''
--> ''And the door burst open and a wind appeared''
--> ''The candle blew and then disappeared''
--> ''The curtains flew and then He appeared...''
--> ''(Sayin' "Don't be afraid)''
* ShoutOut: '
** 'Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' is mentioned in "Don't Fear The Reaper".
*** "Don't Fear The Reaper" was famously used in the 1978 slasher film classic ''Film/{{Halloween}}''.
*** Creator/StephenKing was inspired by the song to write ''Literature/TheStand''.
*** In 2000 the song got even more pop culture notoriety when ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' performed a sketch where the band performs the song and are advised by their producer (played by Creator/ChristopherWalken) to put "more cowbell" in it.
** "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" and "The Old Gods Return" refer to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos.
** The song "Revenge of Vera Gemini" namechecks Music/PattiSmith's ''Music/{{Horses}}'' album. Not surprising since she sings backing vocals to it.
--> ''Oh no more horses horses''
--> ''We're gonna swim like a fish''
** It also inspired the whole "Vera Gemini" story arc in MarvelComics' ''ComicBook/TheDefenders'', published some years after the song.
* SpecialGuest: Music/PattiSmith provides backing vocals during "The Revenge Of Vera Gemini".
* SpokenWordInMusic: Near the end of "Morning Call" we hear a paper boy trying to sell newspapers.
* TogetherInDeath: "(Don't Fear) the Reaper".
--> ''Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity''
--> ''(...) We can be like them''
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'''Tracklist'''
Side 1
# "This Ain't The Summer Of Love" (2:21)
# "True Confessions" (2:57)
# "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (5:08)
# "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" (3:43)
# "The Revenge of Vera Gemini" (3:52)
Side 2
# "Sinful Loe" (3:29)
# "Tattoo Vampire" (2:41)
# "Morning Final" (4:30)
# "Tenderloin" (3:40)
# "Debbie Denise" (4:13)
'''Personnel'''
* Eric Bloom: vocals, guitar, percussion
* Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser: vocals, guitar, percussion, synthesizer
* Allen Lanier: vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
* Joe Bouchard: vocals, bass, piano
* Albert Bouchard: vocals, drums, acoustic guitar, percussion, harmonica
* Music/PattiSmith: vocals during "The Revenge Of Vera Gemini".
* Randy & Michael Brecker: horns
* David Lucas: vocals, keyboards, percussion
!! ''Don't Fear The Troper!''
* AlbumTitleDrop: The album "Agents of Fortune" is named after a lyric from the included song "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)".
* AlliterativeName and AlliterativeTitle: "'''D'''ebbie '''D'''enise".
* AntiLoveSong: "Sinful Love"
--> ''I love you like sin, but I won't be your pigeon''
* DarkerAndEdgier: Implied in "This Ain't The Summer Of Love".
--> ''This ain't the garden of eden''
--> ''There ain't no angels above''
--> ''And things ain't like what they used to be''
--> ''And this ain't the summer of love''
* DownerEnding: A bit ambiguous in "Don't Fear The Reaper", where the protagonist is taken away by the Grim Reaper, but is implied to be a good occasion.
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: "Morning Call". The track ends on a paperboy calling the murder investigation in classic ''Extra! Extra! Read all about it!'' form.
* GrimReaper: Appears as a character in "Don't Fear The Reaper".
* HeavyMeta: "True Confessions"
--> ''True, true confessions, we tried''
--> ''Naked, exposed like fine rock 'n' roll''
* IronicEcho: The band's collaboration with Music/PattiSmith, ''Revenge of Vera Gemini'' is built around the ironic echo; Patti Smith's lines, coming in slightly behind Eric Bloom's, are sardonic echoes that subtly twist the meaning.
* IWillWaitForYou: "Debbie Denise"
--> ''She kept the light open, all night long''
--> ''For me to come home, and sing her my song''
--> ''Oh Debbie Denise was true to me''
--> ''She'd wait by the window, so patiently''
* TheMenInBlack: There is one on the album cover and three of them in "E.T.I"
--> ''All praise''
--> ''He's found the awful truth, Balthazar''
--> ''He's found the saucer news''
--> ''Dead leaves always give up motion''
--> ''I no longer feel the motion''
--> ''Where prophecy fails, the falling motion''
--> ''"Don't report this, agents of fortune"''
* MurderBallad: "Morning Final"
--> ''Motiveless murder, the papers scream''
--> ''The copas lla siad the crowd was iced by the sight''
* NotAfraidToDie: The central message of "Don't Fear The Reaper".
* OneWomanSong: "Debbie Denise", "The Revenge Of Vera Gemini".
* OneWordTitle: "Tenderloin"
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: "Tattoo Vampire", where a vampire visits a tattoo madame.
* PepTalkSong: "Don''t Fear The Reaper" was intended as a song against fear of death. As lead singer Buck Dharma explained:
--> ''I was actually kind of appalled when I first realized that some people were seeing it as an advertisement for suicide or something that was not my intention at all. It is, like, not to be afraid of it (as opposed to actively bring it about). It's basically a love song where the love transcends the actual physical existence of the partners.''
* RecordProducer: Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman and David Lucas.
* RuleOfThree: "E.T.I."
--> ''Three men in black said: "Don't report this."''
* RhymingWithItself: The final verse of the otherwise sublime "Don't Fear The Reaper" does this...
--> ''Came the last night of sadness, and it was clear she couldn't go on''
--> ''And the door burst open and a wind appeared''
--> ''The candle blew and then disappeared''
--> ''The curtains flew and then He appeared...''
--> ''(Sayin' "Don't be afraid)''
* ShoutOut: '
** 'Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' is mentioned in "Don't Fear The Reaper".
*** "Don't Fear The Reaper" was famously used in the 1978 slasher film classic ''Film/{{Halloween}}''.
*** Creator/StephenKing was inspired by the song to write ''Literature/TheStand''.
*** In 2000 the song got even more pop culture notoriety when ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' performed a sketch where the band performs the song and are advised by their producer (played by Creator/ChristopherWalken) to put "more cowbell" in it.
** "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" and "The Old Gods Return" refer to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos.
** The song "Revenge of Vera Gemini" namechecks Music/PattiSmith's ''Music/{{Horses}}'' album. Not surprising since she sings backing vocals to it.
--> ''Oh no more horses horses''
--> ''We're gonna swim like a fish''
** It also inspired the whole "Vera Gemini" story arc in MarvelComics' ''ComicBook/TheDefenders'', published some years after the song.
* SpecialGuest: Music/PattiSmith provides backing vocals during "The Revenge Of Vera Gemini".
* SpokenWordInMusic: Near the end of "Morning Call" we hear a paper boy trying to sell newspapers.
* TogetherInDeath: "(Don't Fear) the Reaper".
--> ''Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity''
--> ''(...) We can be like them''
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