Don't fear the reaper

[BigDaddy]

Hello!

Just heard the song

and I remembered that the original CD of Win 95 had the video of this song.

Does anyone know where can I obtain that particular video? Since the CD has been long gone.

On a side note, I believe there was another video on the CD from the series called the Happy Days, featuring Fonzy. Anyone knows about this video?

[iamtheky]

dont remember that one on there.

it had Good Times by Edie Brickell and Buddy Holly by weezer (which is where you get fonz from)

[herbalist]

Don't Fear the Reaper was by Blue Oyster Cult. The album was Agents of Fortune. I'm not familiar with the video but that might help you track it down.

[BigDaddy]

Don't Fear the Reaper was by Blue Oyster Cult. The album was Agents of Fortune. I'm not familiar with the video but that might help you track it down.

browsed through youtube.com but didn't found that video.

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

...and I remembered that the original CD of Win 95 had the video of this song. Does anyone know where can I obtain that particular video? Since the CD has been long gone.

On a side note, I believe there was another video on the CD from the series called the Happy Days, featuring Fonzy. Anyone knows about this video?

Gotta admit that is the first I heard of that.

I have all the Windows CD's a few feet away, so I can look for it.

Do you have any filename/filetype clues?

[BigDaddy]

Come to think about it I believe if was NOT the Win95 CD. But I know it was from a M$ CD. And when started it said

"Where do you want to go today?"

And after you clicked it showed you around the CD as in some sort of Encyclopedia.

[iamtheky]

Maybe you had a PC with no sound and the radio up?

[jaclaz]

It must have been the ONLY occasion where MS was actually ahead of their time:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_do_you_want_to_go_today

The campaign was one of the least successful one in the history of advertising (when compared with the awful amount of money wasted on it), it's fun that after 15 years a single "estimator" comes out....

Though it did produce some nice ideas:

"Microsoft: Where do you want to go today ?

Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow ?

BSD/OS-X: Are you guys coming or what ?!?"

jaclaz

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

Searched for *.avi *.mpg *.mov ...

283MB found on the original Win95 v4.00.950 CDROM (1995-07-11):

Ancient.avi       12,513,280  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Products\Demos\Ancient\
Enfury.avi         4,795,210  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Products\Demos\Fury\Movies\
Extfury.avi          479,034  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Products\Demos\Fury\Movies\
Goodtime.avi      24,299,360  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\
Goodtime.avi      39,311,306  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\Highperf\
Ifaf01qa.avi      12,630,956  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Products\Demos\Nations\
Inflmvc.avi        2,284,124  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Products\Demos\Oceans\Sounds\
Intro.avi          3,337,894  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Products\Demos\Wine\Sounds\
Lvfury.avi         3,203,998  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Products\Demos\Fury\Movies\
Overview.avi       5,094,312  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Products\Demos\Creature\
Robroy.avi        18,765,400  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\
Robroy.avi        30,883,426  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\Highperf\
Salmon.avi         2,793,530  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Products\Demos\Cookbook\Avi\
T100493a.avi       1,428,718  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Products\Demos\Explorap\Sounds\
Weezer.avi        31,470,750  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\
Weezer.avi        59,999,400  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\Highperf\
Welcome1.avi       4,375,174  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\
Welcome1.avi       6,844,784  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\Highperf\
Welcome2.avi       3,599,664  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\
Welcome2.avi       5,946,346  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\Highperf\
Welcome3.avi       3,713,276  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\
Welcome3.avi       5,976,134  1995-07-11    09:50     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\Highperf\

227MB found on the Win95 OSR v4.00.1111 CDROM (1996-08-24):

200bttrf.avi      12,354,270  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Sampler\Video\
Cp.avi             9,229,428  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Demos\Carpoint\
Ddlytdmv.avi      13,147,762  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Demos\Tide\
Flash.avi            326,984  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Demos\Picture\
Goodtime.avi      39,311,306  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\Highperf\
Goodtime.mpg      36,735,152  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\Mpeg\
Human300.avi       7,287,356  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Demos\Msb\Bod\Video\
Insid200.avi       7,149,304  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Demos\Msb\Geo\Video\
Mslogo.avi           628,650  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Sampler\Video\
Ocean2.avi         8,736,090  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Demos\Msb\Sea\Video\
Opening.avi       11,312,630  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Demos\Picture\
Solar.avi          5,204,322  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Demos\Msb\Solar\Video\
T039739a.avi         653,168  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Demos\Encarta\Audio\
Truck.avi         11,468,466  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Demos\Truck\
Weezer.mpg        44,990,580  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\Mpeg\
Welcome1.avi       6,844,784  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\Highperf\
Welcome2.avi       5,946,346  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\Highperf\
Welcome3.avi       5,976,134  1996-08-24    11:11     a   .\Funstuff\Videos\Highperf\

The files on both CDROMs called Weezer.avi and Weezer.mpg is the same clip from Happy Days. It is the one where a band called Weezer is playing at Arnold's. I didn't see the Fonz in that video. EDIT: See later post for better info.

No sign of Blue Oyster Cult anywhere. What I was really hoping to find was the Stones 'Start Me Up', but alas, nada.

Note that the Win98 series CDROMs have some videos also but quite a few less than the Win95 series.

EDIT: corrected Weezer mention and the file totals.

Edited August 31, 2010 by CharlotteTheHarlot

[BigDaddy]

Could the Don't Fear The Reaper be then on the Win 98 CD?

Really wish we'll be able to find that video. It was awesome.

btw. Just did a search for Microsoft and Don't Fear The Reaper and nothing comes up.

Don't think this helps much but in the said video there was a girl who screamed at the end because someone had died..

Edited August 29, 2010 by BigDaddy

[jaclaz]

Maybe it was on any of "Plus!" pack?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Plus!

But it would be strange the us of it by MS isn't mentioned on it's (rather detailed) Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Don't_Fear)_The_Reaper

jaclaz

Edited August 29, 2010 by jaclaz

[iamtheky]

its just their music video, not a clip from the show, they didnt debut until 10 years after happy days ended.

And i dont know how you miss fonz in that video, did you miss Al too?

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

its just their music video, not a clip from the show, they didnt debut until 10 years after happy days ended.

And i dont know how you miss fonz in that video, did you miss Al too?

Jeez, now you forced me to watch the whole darn thing! Thanks so much!

OK, this Weezer, I get it, its an edit, LOL! For anyone else wondering, its a 90's grunge band that made a video by dubbing their song to a collage of Happy Days clips, {see here, the band used the actual TV stage set and Al showed up for this video, essentially it was a Forrest Gump which had just came out in 1994} interspersed with some clips of the main characters, including Ritchie, Potsy and the Fonz in a few frames (don't blink).

Come to think of it, I think I recognize the intro sequence where Al announces the band. It looks like they actually grabbed this segment from the episode where the Fonz was doing a motorcycle jump outside Arnold's (I think he crashed?).

It is very well done from a producer's point of view, the syncing is exceptional. The music, ah well, I'm sure somebody likes it ( ) In that era my favorite band was probably Dream Theater. Anyway, I never saw it before, probably because MTV lost me long before 1994 came around.

I'll look through the Win98 and Plus CD's later.

EDIT: Further info in this color

Edited August 31, 2010 by CharlotteTheHarlot

[jaclaz]

"Fearless Fonzarelli"?

http://www.tv.com/happy-days/fearless-fonzarelli-2/episode/20515/summary.html

jaclaz

Edited August 30, 2010 by jaclaz

[03GrandAmGT]

Don't Fear The Reaper was one of those songs that just sticks in your head and never leaves. The best part of Happy Days was Fonz on that Triumph. But then so are early Harley's, BSA's, and Norton's. I guess there were episodes that had Fonzi riding other bikes but, the only ones I remember were the Triumph's

jd

Edited August 30, 2010 by 03GrandAmGT