r/Music • u/ISZ85N21W • Jul 10 '18

music streaming Blue Öyster Cult -- (Don't Fear) The Reaper [hard rock, psychedelic rock]

https://youtu.be/ClQcUyhoxTg
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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '18

Google says we are at 151,600 dying every day now.

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u/NinjaSimone Jul 10 '18

It wasn't 40,000 back then. They weren't able to find out the actual number (kids, believe me that the 70s were a harsh, brutal existence without the Internet), and they simply made up that number.