The Red & The Black
Blue Öyster Cult * Track #1 On Tyranny and Mutation
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The Red & The Black by Blue Öyster Cult
Release Date
Performed by
Blue Öyster CultProduced by
Sandy PearlmanWrited by
Sandy Pearlman & Albert Bouchard & Eric BloomAbout
A previous version, released in Blue Öyster Cult, entitled “I’m on the Lamb but I Ain’t No Sheep”, contained entirely different music and a few more lines about mushing huskies.
The Red & The Black Lyrics
[Verse 1: Eric Bloom]
Canadian Mounted, baby
Police force at work
Red and Black
It's their color scheme
Get their man
In the end
[Chorus: Eric Bloom]
(It's all right) it's all right
(It's all right) it's all right
(It's all right) oh yeah, my honey knows it's all right
(It's all right) it's all right
(It's all right) it's all right
(All right) oh yeah, baby knows it's all right
(You'd kill, you'd maim) ah, c'mon kill 'em
(You'd kill, look out)
[Verse 2: Eric Bloom]
C'mon my husky
Frontenac Chateau, baby
I cross the frontier at ten
I got a whip in my hand, baby
And a girl or a husky
At leather's end
[Chorus: Eric Bloom]
(It's all right) it's all right
(It's all right) it's all right
(It's all right) oh yeah, baby knows it's all right
(It's all right) it's all right
(It's all right) it's all right
(All right) oh yeah, baby, yeah it's all right
(You'd kill, you'd maim) ah, c'mon kill 'em now
(You'd kill, you'd maim)
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3: Eric Bloom]
Hornswoop me bungo pony on dogsled on ice!
Make a dash for freedom, baby
Don't skate on polar ice
It's too thick to be sliced by the light!
Of long and white polar nights
[Chorus: Eric Bloom]
(It's all right) it's all right
(It's all right) it's all right
(It's all right) oh yeah, baby knows it's all right
(It's all right) it's all right
(It's all right) it's all right
(All right) yeah, knows it's all right
(You'd kill, you'd maim) ah, c'mon and kill now
(You'd kill, you'd maim) maim 'em too
Ah, break it up
[Instrumental Outro]
The Red & The Black Q&A
Who wrote The Red & The Black's ?
The Red & The Black was written by Sandy Pearlman & Albert Bouchard & Eric Bloom.
Who produced The Red & The Black's ?
The Red & The Black was produced by Sandy Pearlman.
When did Blue Öyster Cult release The Red & The Black?
Blue Öyster Cult released The Red & The Black on Sun Feb 11 1973.
What did Blue Öyster Cult say about "The Red & The Black"?
According to Bolle Gregmar
the riff in “The Red & The Black” (a reworked version of “I’m On The Lamb, But I Ain’t No Sheep” from Blue Öyster Cult) was inspired by the Captain Beefheart song, “Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire.”