John got a lot of it correct. I was surprised that you caught the dog and Sirius reference.
The four winds bar refers to a compass rose on a map, the one that Carrie reads, specifically, because it is ancient and contains directions to a dark mirror hidden on another continent.
Desdinova was born to a world in turmoil, trained at the hands of madmen and turned loose on the world to realize Imaginos, the beginning and the end. In this story cycle, it all comes to fruition in WWII, which is not mentioned in this song, of course. Astronomy is the story of Desdinova getting his bearings and starting a long journey with his friends to find this "dark mirror."
Sandy Pearlman had this song and many others in the Imaginos cycle running through his head since the early 60's. He wrote it out, and BOC used it on their third album, as well as Subhuman, which is another part of the cycle. It appears as the song "Blue Oyster Cult" on Imaginos. The Imaginos album of the 80's was worked on for years and years by Albert Boucherd and Sandy Pearlman, who were going to release it under a different band name with other musicians, but Columbia insisted that BOC do it and it be released under the BOC moniker. The entire album is about Desdinova and his adventures in Imaginos. As deep as people seem to think it is, it really is simple as that. But when it comes down to it, Imaginos is what BOC had been trying to definitively state for years and years, given that you count Pearlman as part of the band, which I do.
Listen to Imaginos. Althought the songs are out of order on the album, it will start to make more sense. The story they give you in the liner notes states that Imaginos is a "random access myth." They did that because the songs were put on the album out of order, at Columbia's insistence because they thought the album worked better that way. Listened to from start to finish, the time line of the album is out of whack.
Since it is out of print, it will set you back over $50 to get a copy. I have three. ha ha ha
I found somewhere that gives you the correct order of the song. I forget the URL, but you could google it, or take my word on it:
1: Les Invisibles
2: Immaginos
3: Del Rio's Song
4: Blue Oyster Cult
5: Astronomy
6: I Am the One you Warned Me Of
7: In the Presence of Another World
8: The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein
9: Magna of Illusion
I found somewhere that gives you the correct order of the song. I forget the URL, but you could google it, or take my word on it:
1: Les Invisibles
2: Immaginos
3: Del Rio's Song
4: Blue Oyster Cult
5: Astronomy
6: I Am the One you Warned Me Of
7: In the Presence of Another World
8: The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein
9: Magna of Illusion
John got a lot of it correct. I was surprised that you caught the dog and Sirius reference. The four winds bar refers to a compass rose on a map, the one that Carrie reads, specifically, because it is ancient and contains directions to a dark mirror hidden on another continent. Desdinova was born to a world in turmoil, trained at the hands of madmen and turned loose on the world to realize Imaginos, the beginning and the end. In this story cycle, it all comes to fruition in WWII, which is not mentioned in this song, of course. Astronomy is the story of Desdinova getting his bearings and starting a long journey with his friends to find this "dark mirror." Sandy Pearlman had this song and many others in the Imaginos cycle running through his head since the early 60's. He wrote it out, and BOC used it on their third album, as well as Subhuman, which is another part of the cycle. It appears as the song "Blue Oyster Cult" on Imaginos. The Imaginos album of the 80's was worked on for years and years by Albert Boucherd and Sandy Pearlman, who were going to release it under a different band name with other musicians, but Columbia insisted that BOC do it and it be released under the BOC moniker. The entire album is about Desdinova and his adventures in Imaginos. As deep as people seem to think it is, it really is simple as that. But when it comes down to it, Imaginos is what BOC had been trying to definitively state for years and years, given that you count Pearlman as part of the band, which I do. Listen to Imaginos. Althought the songs are out of order on the album, it will start to make more sense. The story they give you in the liner notes states that Imaginos is a "random access myth." They did that because the songs were put on the album out of order, at Columbia's insistence because they thought the album worked better that way. Listened to from start to finish, the time line of the album is out of whack. Since it is out of print, it will set you back over $50 to get a copy. I have three. ha ha ha
I found somewhere that gives you the correct order of the song. I forget the URL, but you could google it, or take my word on it: 1: Les Invisibles 2: Immaginos 3: Del Rio's Song 4: Blue Oyster Cult 5: Astronomy 6: I Am the One you Warned Me Of 7: In the Presence of Another World 8: The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein 9: Magna of Illusion
I found somewhere that gives you the correct order of the song. I forget the URL, but you could google it, or take my word on it: 1: Les Invisibles 2: Immaginos 3: Del Rio's Song 4: Blue Oyster Cult 5: Astronomy 6: I Am the One you Warned Me Of 7: In the Presence of Another World 8: The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein 9: Magna of Illusion