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#141
7th July 2015, 04:20 PM
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The final two songs on the first side of 'Muscle Of Love' Track #3 is entitled 'Hard Hearted Alice', and it is *gasp* a ballad! Nothing special Alice Cooper - Vocals Neal Smith - Drums and Vocals Dennis Dunaway - Bass and Vocals Glen Buxton - Lead Guitar Michael Bruce - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Piano and Organ Bob Dolin - Keyboards Mick Mashbir - Guitar Dick Wagner - Guitar 03/09 - Hard Hearted Alice (Cooper, Bruce) "Live, coast to coast White hot as a ghost When you live in a countdown Time, is free as a jailbird At least that's what I heard When you live in a hideout Love, comes cheap at a swapmeet It all comes so dirt cheap When you live, in a bedroom Love, cuts deep as a laser But that ain't amazin' When you live in a cancer Ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah ah Mind, gets scrambled like eggs Get bruised and erased When you live in a brainstorm Noise, seems logically right Ringing ears in the night When you live in an airport Ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah ah Hard hearted Alice Is what we want to be Hard hearted Alice Is what you want to see Hard hearted Alice Is what we want to be Hard hearted Alice Is what you want to see" The final song on side one is a good one - 'Crazy Little Child' . Alice does Jazz! It's one of the few songs on the album which does not have a sexual connection. Instead, it is about a young criminal, who thinks he is better than he actually is The line up is the same as above, but with the addition of Paul Prestipino on the Banjo 04/09 - Crazy Little Child (Cooper, Bruce) "Crazy little child Never got to see All the pretty things in life Had him put away Nothing they could say Could ever make the pieces fit Aw well, Daddy-o was rich Mama was a bitch Living wasn't easy in between Behind his silent scream Jackson in his teens Was planning his escape He was a crazy little child New Orleans Alley playground Grimy faced he watched the hookers cry Winos were his friends And when he talked to them They said, "Jackson, boy, they'll get you by and by" Depression settin' in Desp'rate, cool and quick Jackson learned the ropes out on the street Little candy stores Just pickin' locks and doors Was practice for a two bit killer little thief So Jackson went to Ritz And everyone was hip Ritz ran all the rackets there in town If you need another boy A trigger or a blade Well, I'm the slickest cat around Yeah, Ritz gave him the eye Once over, then he smiled "Yeah, I've got something here in mind If you meet me here at two I think you'll like the view Of that long green when you crack that safe tonight" He was a crazy little child New Orleans Alley playground And grimy faced He watched the hookers cry, whoo Winos were his friends And when he talked to them They said, "Jackson, boy, they'll get you by and by," That's right Well, I'll wait for you outside And I'll be your ears and your eyes And boy, you just slip in there and bring out all that loot But Ritz was taken by surprise Couple of unspecting guys And they left poor Jackson inside Questions there were few In fact there were none When those Sheriff's bullets start to fly Lay dying on the floor With a smokin' forty four He said, "I must admit the winos were right" Crazy little child Never got to see All the pretty things in life We buried him today Nothing we could say Could ever make the pieces fit Yeah, I must admit the winos were right Oh, I must admit the winos were right His last words were.. I must admit the winos were right" Demdike@Cult Labs and troggi like this.
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#142
8th July 2015, 04:17 PM
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| I do have to admit that "Muscle of Love" is not one of my favourite albums, AC or otherwise. I even prefer "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell" to it.
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#143
9th July 2015, 07:33 PM
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Talking of which, the second side of 'Muscle Of Love' opens up with 'Working Up A Sweat', which is a good one Backing vocals on the song are provided by The Pointer Sisters, who are best known for the song 'Jump (for my love)' in 1984 Alice Cooper - Vocals Neal Smith - Drums and Vocals Dennis Dunaway - Bass and Vocals Glen Buxton - Lead Guitar Michael Bruce - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Piano and Organ Bob Dolin - Keyboards Mick Mashbir - Guitar Dick Wagner - Guitar The Pointer Sisters - Backing Vocals Stanley "The Baron" Behrens - Harmonica 05/09 - Working Up A Sweat (Cooper, Bruce) "Aw, When you touch there, honey Makes my blood perspire You got my body flaming Like a California fire Pulsing, pounding, pushing No longer in control Heatwave in my brain Smolder in my soul You got me workin' up a sweat Workin' up a sweat I've been playing all night long Time I was gettin' home But I've got no place to get Spontaneous combustion Scientific fact But your approach to friction An unnatural act Bells I hear ain't fire drills I hope you understand It's a bona fide five alarmer A fly's melting in my hand You got me workin' up a sweat Workin' up a sweat I've been playing all night long Time I was gettin' home But I've got no place to get Workin' up a sweat Workin' up a sweat Workin' up a sweat Workin' up a sweat Yeah, yeah I've been playing all night long 'Bout time I was gettin' home But I've, ooh Dante's famed inferno Was a trip to hell and back But you and a bottle in a cheap hotel Screams pyromaniac Bandages come off today Really feeling sick The hardest part explainin' All those blisters on my - nose! Workin' up a sweat Workin' up a sweat I've been playing all night long Time I was gettin' home But I've got no place to get Workin' up a sweat Workin' up a sweat Workin' up a sweat Workin' up a sweat I've been playing all night long 'Bout time I was gettin' home But I've, ooh Workin' up a sweat Workin' up a sweat Workin' up a sweat Workin' up a sweat" The second song on side two is the albums title track - 'Muscle Of Love' , which is a solid rocker 06/09 - Muscle Of Love (Cooper, Bruce) "Aw, who's the queen of the locker room Who's the cream of the crop Poor Joey took her to the matinee Said, "God, she wouldn't stop!" Holy muscle of love My heart's a muscle Well, I must have caught you that crazy age Where everything is hot 'Cause I don't know if the things I'm thinking Are normal thoughts or not Holy muscle of love Yeah, I got a muscle of love Yeah Ooh I read Dad's books like I did before Now things are crystal clear Lock the door in the bathroom now I just can't get caught in here Holy muscle of love Well, I got a muscle of love Holy muscle of love I got a muscle of love Holy muscle of love My heart's a muscle of love Holy muscle of love Well, I got a muscle of love Yeah, yeah, yeah Must be a gift from above Yeah, yeah, yeah (Hallelujah, etc.)" Demdike@Cult Labs likes this.
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#144
10th July 2015, 03:22 PM
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Being released at the end of July - The Studio Albums 1969-1983 by Alice Cooper: Amazon.co.uk: Music - a 15 disc set, costing £49.99, featuring: Pretties for You (1969) Easy Action (1970) Love It to Death (1971) Killer (1971) School's Out (1972) Billion Dollar Babies (1973) Muscle of Love (1973) Welcome to My Nightmare (1975) Alice Cooper Goes to Hell (1976) Lace and Whiskey (1977) From the Inside (1978) Flush the Fashion (1980) Special Forces (1981) Zipper Catches Skin (1982) DaDa (1983) It looks like they are the original releases - i.e only the single version of B$B and WTMN without the additional tracks that were found on the 2002 reissue version Justin101 likes this.
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#145
10th July 2015, 03:30 PM
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A bit pricey and i'd like to see the actual packaging before I go for it, I hope it's not like other Rhino box sets with cardboard slips for the album covers in a big slipcase to hold them all! I have them all apart from the last 4 - the pre-metal 80's albums!
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#146
16th July 2015, 03:48 PM
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Two more songs from 'Muscle Of Love' Track #7 is an interesting curio, which goes by the title 'The Man With The Golden Gun' Does that name suggest anything to you? As explained by Alice's personal assistant, Renfield, in 1995: "At the end of the credits of most James Bond films, there is a teaser that says something like "Watch for 007 next summer in 'Never Say Never'." Alice, being the Bond fan that he is, had seen one of these that said "Watch For 'The Man With The Golden Gun'." He figured, Hey, I'll write a song with that title and they'll be practically forced to use it! I think what he didn't count on was that in 1973/74, the name Alice Cooper was still much to controversial to be attached to a mainstream project like James Bond. Better to go with someone safe like Lulu" In 2011, Alice himself said: "It was supposed to be the Bond theme, but it actually came in a day too late, and by the time they heard it, they’d already signed for Lulu's song. I went, "You're gonna take Lulu over this?" [Laughs.] 'Cause it was perfect for The Man With The Golden Gun. It had helicopters, it had machine guns—it had the Pointer Sisters, Ronnie Spector, and Liza Minnelli doing background vocals! We went to every single one of those John Barry albums to try and invent the perfect James Bond song, and even Christopher Lee, who played Scaramanga in the movie, said, "Oh, man, why did we take the Lulu song? This song is the one!" [Laughs.] So, yeah, we lost out on that one, but I still put it on the album. I said, "I don't care, I’m going to do a James Bond track no matter what."" Backing vocals on the song are provided by Liza Minelli Alice Cooper - Vocals Neal Smith - Drums and Vocals Dennis Dunaway - Bass and Vocals Glen Buxton - Lead Guitar Michael Bruce - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Piano and Organ Bob Dolin - Keyboards Mick Mashbir - Guitar Dick Wagner - Guitar Liza Minelli - Backing Vocals 07/09 - The Man With The Golden Gun (Cooper, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith, Buxton) "The man with the golden gun He`s waiting somewhere out there For you But you'll never see him He'll be looking for you Demand for the golden gun It's high priced precise and true But you'll never see him He'll be looking for you The man with the golden gun in his pocket, Oh, oh The man with the golden gun in his case, Oh, oh The man with the golden gun in your face But you'll never see him He'll be looking for you You better believe He'll be looking for you He-e-e-e-e-e's, The man with the golden gun in his pocket The man with the golden gun in his case The man with the golden gun in his pocket The man with the golden gun in your face But you'll never see him He'll be looking for you You better believe He'll be looking for yo-ou He-e-e-e-e-e's, The man with the golden gun in his pocket The man with the golden gun in his case The man with the golden gun in his pocket The man with the golden gun in your face The man with the golden gun in his pocket The man with the golden gun in his case The man who gave you the golden gun" The penultimate album song is 'Teenage Lament '74' , which is a good song, although it is very much a 1970's acoustic rock song Backing vocals were provided by Liza Minnelli, La Belle (Noma and Sarah), Ronnie Spector and The Pointer Sisters 08/09 - Teenage Lament '74 (Cooper, Smith) "What a drag it is These gold lame' jeans Is this the coolest way To get though your teens Well, I cut my hair weird I read that it was in I looked like a rooster That was drowned and raised again What are you a-gonna do Tell you what I'm a-gonna do Why don't you get away I'm gonna live today I ran into my room And I fell down on my knees I thought that fifteen Was gonna be a breeze I picked up my guitar To blast way the clouds But somebody in the next room yelled "You gotta turn that damn thing down" What are you gonna do Tell you what I'm a-gonna do Why don't you get away I'm gonna cry all day And I know trouble is brewing out there But I can hardly care They fight all night about his private secretary Lipstick stain, blonde hair, oh,oh, oh What are you gonna do Tell you what I'm a-gonna do Why don't you run away I'm gonna live today But even I don't know what I'm gonna do Don't know what I'm gonna do No! What are you a-gonna do Tell you what I'm a-gonna do Why don't you run away I'm gonna live today What are you a-gonna do I'll tell you what I'm a-gonna do Why don't you get away Well, I'd rather cry all day What are you gonna do Gonna do Gonna do What are you gonna do Gonna do Gonna do What are you gonna do Gonna do Gonna do What are you gonna do Gonna do Gonna do What are you gonna do Gonna do Gonna do What are you gonna do Gonna do Gonna do What are you gonna do Gonna do Gonna do (Alice, Alice, Alice, Alice) What are you gonna do [Background singer ad lib] Gonna do Gonna do What are you gonna do What are you Gonna do (fade)" Demdike@Cult Labs likes this.
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#147
19th July 2015, 03:47 PM
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The final song on 'Muscle Of Love' is entitled 'Woman Machine', and, it's a science fiction-themed song dating back to the band's early years. As Alice explained, "basically a chauvinistic song. It's about a female robot, like Julie Newmar was on that TV program with Bob Cummings. If we had women robots, they could do anything, even sexual things, just by changing their tubes." The television programme he is referring to was called 'My Living Doll', and it aired on US television from September 1964 to March 1965. Alice Cooper - Vocals Neal Smith - Drums and Vocals Dennis Dunaway - Bass and Vocals Glen Buxton - Lead Guitar Michael Bruce - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Piano and Organ 09/09Woman Machine (Cooper, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith, Buxton) "She'll do your work in half the time Never sick and can't go blind Oh, woman machine Brain of tape that fill her head She knows more now than all the dead Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine Heart of steel and skin that's cold Can't wear her out, she can't grow old Oh, woman machine She goes to bed when her work is through She'll do it all, just change the tubes Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine Oh, woman She can't talk back With no playback But she'll listen To all your woe Trade your old one For a new one They just don't make 'em like they used to No! Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine Oh, woman machine " The computer voice at the end of the song is Alice reading from a studio manual. Most of it is unintelligible! The 'Muscle Of Love' tour was actually billed as the 'Billion Dollar Babies Holiday Tour'. This tour was basically a continuation of the previous tour, but with a few songs changed. In addition to the band members, the tour also featured: Mick Mashbir - guitar Bob Dolin - keyboards Cindy Smith - Giant Tooth The Amazing Randi - Dentist, Executioner Bob Greene - Santa A sample setlist consisted of: Hello Hooray Billion Dollar Babies Elected I'm Eighteen Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo) Muscle Of Love Hard Hearted Alice My Stars Unfinished Sweet (Night on bald mountain-tape) Sick Things Dead Babies I Love The Dead (Night on bald mountain-tape) School's Out Working Up A Sweat (Christmas Song tape) Demdike@Cult Labs likes this.
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#148
19th July 2015, 04:06 PM
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And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of part one The original Alice Cooper Band, (Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Neal Smith and Dennis Dunaway) ceased to exist after the South America '74 tour. The reasons for the split have been debated for years among fans and the full truth will probably never be known.
Whatever the reasons (and all these could have been a factor) it's unlikely that it was a cut-and-dried reason. So what happened to the original Alice Cooper Group? Glen Buxton - Throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, Glen maintained a low profile, playing only occasional club gigs with bands like Shrapnel and Virgin. A few weeks before his 50th birthday, in 1997, he died of complications from pneumonia Michael Bruce - Released a solo album entitled 'In My Own Way' in 1975, using some of the additional musicians from the 'B$B' and 'Muscle Of Love Tour'. In 1976, he formed a band called 'Billion Dollar Babies' Dennis Dunaway - Formed 'Billion Dollar Babies' in 1976. He currently plays guitar in the band Blue Coupe, and reunited with Alice on the 2011 album 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' Neil Smith - Formed 'Billion Dollar Babies' in 1976. He then spent some time selling real estate in AMerica before reuniting with Alice on the 2011 album 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' The original band were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2011 And what of Alice himself? He was about to have a nightmare...
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#149
21st July 2015, 02:18 PM
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| INTERMISSION In between the split of The Alice Cooper Group and the release of the first solo Alice Cooper album, Alice found the time to provide vocals to two songs on the John Enthwistle solo album 'Flash Fearless Vs. the Zorg Women' in 1975, a comic book set to music! Alongside Alice, the album features a very impressive list of musicians:
The first contribution from Alice is the albums second song, entitled 'I'm Flash' Alice Cooper - Vocals Robert A. Johnson - Lead Guitar Johnny Weider - Guitar John Entwistle - Bass Bill Bruford - Drums "I'm Flash, I'm the hero I'm the bopper who's the poppa of the crew I'm Flash, and I fight evil And my spaceship flies the red, white and blue I'm Flash, like a streaker You'll find me cruising out among the stars And I'm feared by every outlaw And every renegade from Jupiter to Mars The jails are full in Saturn and I can tell you why 'Cause I'm the full-blasting, protoblasting hero of the sky On Mars the smugglers starve no matter what they try 'Cause I'm the everlasting, flabber-ghasting guy who's flying high I'm Flash, yeah, I'm the hero From the stars spangled U.S of A I believe in packin' punchin' power And hitting fast 'cause that's the only way I'm Flash I'm Flash, and I'm a mover My spaceship glides at twice the speed of light I'm Flash, and I'm a He-Man I'm a six foot one inch block of dynamite I'm Flash, in shining armor And I love to rescue damsels in distress And my wave length is always open so I can answer any call of S.O.S I've been in trouble of the worst kind ever since I left the womb I'm a death defying, terrifying spotlight in the gloom When you see me coming, boys, just give me lots of room 'Cause I'm the liquefying, crucifying harbinger of doom I'm Flash, I'm the hero I'm the bopper who's the poppa of the crew I'm Flash, and I fight evil And my spaceship flies a red, white and blue You know, my spaceship flies a red, white and blue I said, my spaceship flies the stars spangled red, white and blue I'm Flash, spelled F - L - A - S - H" The second song with Alice is track #5 on the album, called 'Space Pirates' Justin Hayward - Acoustic Guitar Kenny Jones - Drums John Entwistle - Bass Nicky Hopkins - Piano Keith Moon - Long John Silver (spoken) Steve Pettican - Slide Guitar "Out of the blue came a kill-crazy crew Whose motto was stomp on the weak With bones in their hair They was hungry as bears And their leader was King of the freaks They was... Space Pirates The lowest scum of the yellow sun They was... Space Pirates Sack a galaxy just for fun (fire away hahaha) Well now, out of the blue came this wolf pack who knew That the name of the game was to hate Perverts and pimps followed one-legged gimps They was bow legged bastards of fate They was... Space Pirates Skulls lie white on the martian sands They was... Space Pirates An empires ransom in their hands (people were scared hahaha) Out of the blue came this mind-blowing zoo A collection of mutated crud Death on their hips There was foam on their lips And behind them a shadow of blood They was... Space Pirates Broken bodies and twisted minds They was... Space Pirates Screaming nightmares left behind Out of the blue came a kill-crazy crew Whose motto was stomp on the weak Bones in their hair They was hungry as bears And their leader was King of the freaks They was... Space Pirates The lowest scum of a yellow sun They was... Space Pirates Sack a galaxy just for fun" Demoncrat and Demdike@Cult Labs like this.
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#150
6th August 2015, 08:10 PM
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The long awaited 'Hollywood Vampires' album finally has a release date via Universal Music, and it's September 11th This seems to be the track listing: 1. The Last Vampire (Original song) 2. Raise the Dead (Original Song) 3. My Generation (The Who) 4. Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin) 5. I Got A Line On You (Spirit) 6. Five To One/Break On Through (The Doors) 7. One/Jump Into The Fire (Harry Nilsson) 8. Come And Get It (Paul McCartney) 9. Jeepster (T-Rex) 10. Cold Turkey (John Lennon) 11. Manic Depression (Jimi Hendrix) 12. Itchycoo Park (Small Faces) 13. School's Out/Another Brick In The Wall (Alice Cooper/Pink Floyd) 14. My Dead Drunk Friends (Original Song) Justin101 likes this.
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