This was the official class song when I graduated high school in 1976. Alice Cooper wore face paint before Kiss and was known for very theatrical performances for his concerts which included mannequins, snakes, and a guillotine.
Lol! I only want the original band to perform the updated version, except Buxtom has long passed. That being said, how fun would that be to watch and your post was great. Made me laugh.
I saw him live a few years ago. With orianthi playing guitar for him. Incredible set. Don’t get me wrong. I like a lot of new music. But a lot of youngins could learn a few things from him.
In the 70's, this was like the anthem for turning 18. On my birthday, my friends & I drove around drinking and blasting this song on the car stereo celebrating my 18th. Great memories.
Alice Cooper is still rockin', but his band back when this album was recorded was stellar. Glenn Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, Neil Smith and Michael Bruce, plus Alice Cooper, aka Mr. Vince Furnier, were putting out a great album every year, and touring their asses off an making fans by the truck load. In fact, i'll be seeing Alice and his current band in the near future. Can't wait. Won't be my first AC show, nor my last.
@@josepha5885 The same for me. 1977, Boston Garden was my first show. Saw him later, on the Special Forces tour in good old Fitchburg, Mass.. Both shows rocked hard.
My very first concert 1970 in Atlanta, with Ted Nugent and Brownsville Station. I believe the name of the band was Alice Cooper, then they started to refer Vince as Alice.
This was Alice Cooper's first hit single in 1970... it started when manager Shep Gordon saw the Alice Cooper band live and the whole audience left the room! Gordon thought the band was powerful to send a whole room of fans out the door... so what they needed was to 're-channel' their energy so that people would fill the room instead. Gordon signed on to manage the Alice Cooper band, and brought in Canadian producer Bob Ezrin ( who would later work w/ Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, Kiss, Deep Purple, etc.) and he loved the 'freak show' and the music... Ezrin heard the song 'Eighteen' performed live and decided to polish the band in the studio and record it as a single. When it was released in late '70, "I'm eighteen" instantly connected w/ kids and adults... Alice Cooper had 2 albums that did not sell - but this single was a turning point as it hit the charts and became a teen anthem of the 70's. Their label Warner Bros. suddenly demanded that Ezrin and Alice Cooper finish a full album, and that was released in 1971 - 'Love it to death'... which went platinum in the US. By 1972, Alice Cooper was playing arenas on tour w/ a wild stage show of macabre theatrics that became their attraction in concert and their songs were all over radio.
Bob Ezrin was a Newbie in 1971....barely out of High School. JACK RICHARDSON did a lot more work on Early Alice then your giving him credit for....no credit at all I must say. Stick to your Wikipedia knowledge!!! LOL
@@billiondollarbaby3276 What kinda crack r u on??? 😂 Bob Ezrin produced 'Love it to death'... The only reason Jack Richardson was credited was because Ezrin worked for his company Nimbus 9, and Richardson was just the "executive producer" (Meaning he was just a supervisor of the project 😂) From what I read (not Wikipidia!), Jack Richardson hated Alice Cooper's music, and was not involved after 'Love it to death' became a hit in 1971 😁 Bob Ezrin handled Alice Cooper's production on 'Killer' and so on... Laugh it up, ignoramus dingus🤣
This song came out before I was 18. Very interesting in that it may have helped me to not be so in a hurry to grow up. Seen him in the 80' and in 2019 just before the shut downs. At his age 71 he still did a balls out rock show for 2 and a half hours. Gave up drinking and took up God and golf. Saw the Doobie Brothers on the 4th. 2 original members and 4 of them in their 70's. Us old timers can still rock.
Sounds awesome. I took up god too. Me and Thor have been besties since I found him. The other one, Jesus was threatening to torture me in fire forever over me just being me and enjoying sea food. But Thor will always love me regardless how much shrimp or fish I eat. Jesus can go to hell though since he loves it and created it lol
Don't be deceived. John 3:16 is probably the most famous verse but read the next verse. Jesus didn't come to condemn but so that people can be saved. He doesn't threaten anyone. Everyone has a choice as to where they spend eternity. What you eat or drink will not send you to hell.
You 2 really need to see Alice in concert, even in his 70s he delivers every single time. Btw, please react to The Ballad of Dwight Fry from Alice Cooper... it gives you a 'unique' perspective.
Saw Alice for the first time in 84, a birthday gift for my mom. 😁👍 Still my favorite concert ever. Went on to see I was three more times since. Epic stuff! 🤘
@@ChroniclogicalJeff I go to see Alice every tour now cause he still provides the best show & music out there. I've seen him 6 times in the last 7 years and loved every show!
1973 was a great year to be a senior. Not only did I turn eighteen but “Schools Out” had a special meaning for graduates! I truly was blessed to live through such a history of Rock!
Billion Dollar Babies was the first album I bought. I was 12 and my mother was immediately worried. Came home to me listening to I love the dead. She went to see Alice with my youngest brother before I got to 😎😎
I've seen Alice in concert over 60 times. I saw him twice this year so far and I have two more shows coming up. At 74 years young he currently has the tightest, most talented band he has ever worked with. Alice is at his best. His show is a unique experience. You should catch him in concert before the opportunity passes. It's a combination of rock n roll and theatrics.
This was kind of an anthem for those of us who served in Vietnam. I served two tours, 1965-66/ 1970-71. I was 18 during my first tour. The average age for a soldier in Vietnam was 19. "Old mans war, young mans fight". Tom Boyte, GySgt. USMC, retired Bronze Star/Purple Heart.
One of the most underrated songwriters. I started listening to Alice Cooper when I was 5-6 years old. Desperado is a great song too. Hell any song off the Greatest Hits album is a banger.
I've seen him in concert over 60 times. Saw him in concert twice earlier this year and have 2 more shows coming up in September. Kane Roberts is rejoining him since Nita Strauss just left the band.
Saw Alice for the first time at the Fillmore East.. June 12, 1971… 3 bands for $5.50. Bloodrock was the headliner. No one knew who Alice Cooper was. They were the 2nd band after Glass Harp… They brought the house down with their theatrical rock. By the end of the show the lead singer had been in a strait jacket and then electrocuted in the electric chair… it was wild…
Ah, memories. Back in Sept. 1970 I saw Alice Cooper in concert with the MC5, and Iggy Pop and the Stooges (just called The Stooges, back then) at The Warehouse in New Orleans. "Love it to Death", the album premiering "I'm Eighteen", hadn't yet been released, but all the songs were played at that concert. That was one helluva night, I must say, especially for a young guy on acid. Oh, it was a scene, man. Great reaction, as always.
Now you see how he became a rock legend. This was the first big one. Still rockin over 50 years later. Always with a great band backing him up.. More Alice! . You are both wonderful..
As others have mentioned this was their big breakout hit. It was also from their THIRD album, back in the day when record companies gave bands more time to develop and find an audience. There's another song from the Love it to Death album you should check out titled The Ballad of Dwight Fry. I'll leave it to others to tell you about the real life Dwight Fry.
He was my first rocker that I brought home. The School's Out album and my mother hated it. I didn't have a record player in my room and had listen to my albums in the family's hi-fi in the living room. Good times!
The last day of classes my senior year of high school coincided with my friend's 18th birthday. We played the hell out of this song and "School's Out"!!
This song came out the year I turned 18 and it was an anthem that launched me into adulthood. Still love listening to it and all of Alice Cooper's awesome songs. Go down this rabbit hole y'all! Alice Cooper's journey to the dark side and back is one to be experienced through his music. Great reaction Brad & Lex thanks!
Great choice! My fist year in college (1978-79) I sold my textbooks back to the book store in order to have enough cash for tickets to see Alice Cooper, and gas money because it was over 100 miles round trip. That was a Thirsday night. I had no classes Friday and played backgammon for money all day Sat and Sun. By Mon morning I had enough cash to go buy my books back for three times what they pakd me for them Thursday. Never missed a class or assignment. Good times. That was my fjrst time seeing Alice live. Over the hears I have seen him another 15-16 time. Back in the day nobody sounded more like himself on stage z9compared to the records) than Alice. Some of his on-stage Ntics took things a little too far but it was like adult Halloween, and in the end the joke was always on him, or he was the victim of his own stories. Great songwrite and sense of humor - not to mention many kick ass band members over the years.
I am a life long Fan of Alice and the band. I first heard him was on his first album that my older sister owned and played at great dislike by my then traditional big band and country music loving parents. Since then I got to see Alice in live shows. I even got to meet Alice before one of his live shows. At his restaurant Cooper's Town in Cleveland Ohio. He was a very personable and wonderful man. He also was admired by old burlesgue performers such as Groucho Marx and May West who had seen his live shows and also became fans also. His stage shows were legendary with the props and employed live skits. Some where kind of gruesome but well thought out and performed. Now he runs a charity music program for young teenage kids and gives them a outlet other than a life of crime and drugs. His long term Wife and daughter both to this day perform in the stage shows and tours. After his long life of Drug and Alchol addictions.
You guys should react to more Alice Cooper… "No More Mr. Nice Guy", "Welcome to My Nightmare", "Desperado", "Be My Lover", "Billion Dollar Babies", "Elected", "Muscle of Love", "Only Women Bleed" 🎸🤘
"The ballad of Dwight Frye" is my fav song by Alice Cooper band. I've never heard anything like it its fantastic! I like the original song from the album (Love it to death) with the band, not the live versions which he changes a lot.
I absolutely love when Brads lil bro visits and watches,, jams,,and review's with us.....awwwssum.....my fam,,,, is first n foremost in my life ABSOLUTELY....
Old music, specially from the 60's, 70's and 80's offers so much variety and diversity that it will continue to offer new material for your channel for a long time to come and I am, sort of, reliving it through your channel, so an internal smile arises when I see the thumbnail pop up of your next video reacting to Alice Cooper. Alice Cooper has from the mid 80's on, in a way, wiped away his own legend as he has cleaned up, as a person, rather nicely. The foundations of good person morals were always there as he grew up in a house of a church leader (his father). Young people today will have a hard time imagining the sheer level of controversial that Alice Cooper was, circa 1975. Today it is quite common for musical artist to portray a dark side, be rebellious, anti social, against the grain, provocative, over sexualized but in the 70's this was different, yes, The Rolling Stones for example, from Britain had long hair, may have occasionally partaken in illegal substances and overall seemed like a wild, rowdy bunch, but Alice Cooper took things to a different level; wearing black eye shadow make-up when no men did, ages before KISS and Marilyn Manson, having Hundreds of plastic doll babies on stage that he would rip the arms and legs off of, confetti style raining fake US Dollar bills over the audience, Live Boa Constrictors on stage, and so on. Cooper had a huge alcohol problem, he drank openly on stage and would sometimes not be able to finish a concert performance, this was during concerts where the audience actually stayed and didn't walk out. There was no greater fear for teen ager parents than Alice Cooper, they protested against radio stations playing his music, against stores selling his records and there was even a serious plea to congress to have the government ban him. He sang about rich people's children being fake (Billion Dollar Babies), for kids to rebel against school (School's out), about arousing audiences (Hello Hurray), about abuse of women (Only Women Bleed) and when he had just about every adult over 30 disgusted with him, he sang about running for President in a gold Rolls Royce (Elected). You just listened to him sing about being a rebellious young man. It all seems like extra ordinary gimmicky, and it was, in my opinion, his music was actually quite great. Through his career he had the decency to not ever mention or call attention to his father because he didn't want his father to get in trouble with his church congregation and a fun fact is that Alice Cooper is a very good golfer (professional level), this from growing up in golf communities in Arizona.
Heh. The notification in my flow ---->. says that you posted this *18* minutes ago. Well done, RUclips! And the song is a classic, of course. I think I mentioned this before, but prior to 1975 "Alice" is the name of the entire band; it was only after the singer (originally Vince Furnier) split from the rest of the group that the name referred to him alone. So many of these early hits were written by others, notably lead guitarist Michael Bruce and/or bassist Dennis Dunaway. And thus early "Alice" is slightly different from later "Alice", since it's different people, essentially. "Caught in a Dream" probably won't get many reccs, but it should, Give it a try. And Vince/Alice is still singing today. Sure he'd rather be playing left field for the Detroit Tigers or playing golf, but he's made his peace with rock stardom, lol.
On March 18 1967 a band named the Spiders played a dance at my Junior High School in Tucson. 363 day later they played their first gig as Alice Cooper in Santa Barbara.
First concert I saw in high school and Billion Dollar Babies was the second album . I agree with the comment below that his vocals are just as good now as they were back then. I saw him last year and he was great and all the original members were great musicians especially G B on the guitar
This was most definitely my theme song when I was 18 in 1971. Didn't have a clue. Many years later, I found this entire Love It to Death album as great Halloween music.
I first listened to this in 1974. I been an Alice Cooper freak ever since. He's touring rite now. I'm goin to see him at Memphis Tn. On September 27th. He's near 70 now still rockin hard. You don't want to go thru life without seein his show. It'll brow yur mind. Check out Schools out an over 500 songs an 50 albums.🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
As an eighteen year old girl when this song was popular along with School's Out was really how I felt at that time. I was pretty self sufficient so I could fix my own car and I worked so anything I couldn't do myself I could pay to have done. Maybe if I had a dad I would have been more like Lex. When I was eighteen you were legally an adult so you could drink and smoke unlike today.
Once they got Bob Ezrin aboard, the original Alice Cooper group (not just the singer at that point) was the cream of the crop as far as '70s hard rock went. "Love it to Death" through "Billion Dollar Babies" is one of those magical album runs.
18 was an actual different world back then. 17 was legal drinking age, responsibility was expected. No where near problems with police or politics. Really wad magical time in history especially for music.😈🤘 gotta check out Million dollar babies!!!
Y'all really need to see a whole Alice concert. It's so 70's horror movie vibes. When he came here, they gave him the choice of performing in the huge arena or the smaller auditorium/theater. He chose the latter, even though it seated less people because he is all about the theatrical aspect. But, offstage, he is the sweetest, kindest man.
This was one of my favorite songs. When I was 16 years old I loved playing this song on my drums, I use to know everything about AC his real name, he got bitten by a shark. Alice Cooper #1 So many great songs
Johnny Depp in Dark Shadows "Ugliest woman I have ever seen" was so funny. now everytime my step-daughter I see Alice we say the line. Rock on Brad & Lex
The Schools Out album is a masterpiece, fun and full of excellent social commentary for the time. Alice Cooper is recognised as hiring the best musicians when recording,,,check the album for yourselves.
I saw these guys at Pirates World in about 1970. The same year I turned 18 and I could relate to the lyrics. They did a nice show with lots of theatrics.
I started listening to Alice Cooper with skepticism, thinking it was one of those cheesy “shock rock” acts. It is, but it’s more sophisticated and interesting than I thought it would be. “A Long Way to Go” is probably my favorite Cooper song. It has an aggressive punk sound to it.
I remember being about 15 or 16 years old and just waiting to turn 18 so I could sing the song properly. Made damn sure it was on my 18th birthday party playlist. It was pretty epic. lol ☮️ & Keep on rockin' on! 🤘😃
This was the band’s first hit all the way back in ‘71. Like Alice says, this song sounds like a complaint until he says I’m Eighteen and I like it. I’d recommend reacting to Halo of Flies from Alice Cooper. Such a stellar song and you’ll appreciate each and every band member and instrument and the vocals.
That just his normal voice. He sounds similar even when just talking. Saw him a few years ago and he still puts on a great show complete with all the theatrics.
Whoa.....I was going through all your stuff and saw you reviewed this!!!! I haven't watched yet, I'm about to, but I have always ALWAYS loved this one. Hell yeah!
Another Michigan boy that is one of the greats! Alice Cooper is such a character, but he's also a born again Christian, avid golfer, and perhaps the originator of "shock rock", which acts like Rob Zombie and others are sort of inspired by and carry on the mantle. As old as he is, he's still rockin' today, and he's been married since the 70s, making him one of the very few rockers to be purely devoted to his wife and not have been divorced. A very uncommon thing these days! He's a very sweet and kind guy, even though the reputation attached to the style would suggest otherwise.
Alice had a lot of great hits, but I think my favorite out of them all is I Never Cry. So many to choose from! Can't go wrong with any of Coopers hits!
Now you should watch the live version of ‘I’m Eighteen’ from a European TV show called Beat Club recorded in 1972. Being a teenager in the 70’s was epic.
How the band avoided Vietnam: In 1967, the guys from the band "The Spiders" and soon after that, "The Nazz", which later became "Alice Cooper" all got draft notices and were listed as 1-A, unrestricted eligibility. Thinking their college enrollment, which they dropped out of, would prevent them from being drafted, the guys did the next best thing. Dennis Dunaway (bass), Glen Buxton (guitars), and Vincent Furnier (later Alice Cooper) "went down to the draft board determined to get deferred" stated Alice in his book. "We figured we'd be so freaky, so outrageous that surely they'd have to throw us out. I drank Southern Comfort all night. It was six in the morning and we were whacked out of our heads, sitting in the induction room." Most of the guys were dismissed or moved to draft lottery status leaving drummer Neal Smith as the final guy eligible. "Neal was supposed to report to the draft board the next day," states bassist Dennis Dunaway. "They decided to go into the desert and have fun with weapons and beer. Neal and Alice were sitting on the hood of the car. Neal thought he shot a jackrabbit in the headlights of the car so he handed the gun to Alice and jumped off the hood and ran to find the jackrabbit. Alice accidentally fired a shot and it hit Neal in the ankle. This was not intentional, but it actually kept Neal out of the draft as he had lead in his body from the bullet. Neal had to wear Levi's with the jeans split up the side to accommodate his cast. He couldn't walk. He claimed the cast was better for pounding the kick drums." With Alice aghast, they got their stories together for the cops. "We all had gotten our draft notices and Neal tried to commit suicide. By shooting himself in the foot." (and no it definitely did not help his playing). With the draft problems now behind them, this cleared the way for "The Nazz" to ultimately become "Alice Cooper" and the rest is rock n' roll history.
Infamous, Alice, saw him at least 3 times including when I was 18. It was a wondrous age, Short, fast and so sweet. Don't know about now but just the middle of existence. Healthy. Crazy, lazy, dumb and young enough to get away with being all that. And this song by Alice will make you aware as to no wonder we did so bad in the Nam. It is one of my all time life remenicant songs. I smile, thanks!!
Oh man ya ain't lived until ya seen this guy ! Saw him in73 just before the ship went to Vietnam. This song came out when there was the draft and it seemed that much more relative!
Man, does this song bring back memories!! One of my favorite lines- ever- from a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech was Alice Coopers. "Now that we're in, we can't promise we won't embarrass you- because We're Alice Cooper, and it's what we do!"
He kept that voice up to today. Very good singer in that he can get different sounds, but the grit is natural. I am a big fan of his original band, like this is.
It's kinda surreal to hear him still do this song at 70+, but somehow he keeps it sort of credible. I guess you remember the feeling no matter how old you get.
Both sides of this album are huge & there sound had never been heard of. Alice said, "We stabbed the heart of flower power ". It's true & they were the 1st. B4 Black Sabbath or any other. Music got darker on the next album"Killer'. Halo of flies is an anthem & a must listen. They had hoped to get a James Bond soundtrack. Thanks !
This was the official class song when I graduated high school in 1976. Alice Cooper wore face paint before Kiss and was known for very theatrical performances for his concerts which included mannequins, snakes, and a guillotine.
A lot of glam rockers were wearign makeup before KISS started, just a 'bit' different than what KISS did though.
He still does! I saw him live a couple of weeks ago! Amazing!
The Amazing Randy created his stage show illusions & stuff. Randy was a popular 70's magician who Alice was friends with.
My old man graduated in 77 and it was schools out
KISS cant even tie Alice Cooper's boots.
Alice was 22 when this came out in 1970. He is 74 now. Looking forward to the updated version, “I’m eighty”.
Lol! I only want the original band to perform the updated version, except Buxtom has long passed. That being said, how fun would that be to watch and your post was great. Made me laugh.
He sings it with a crutch nowadays!
lol
80 80 80 and I bike it
@@TheZumph There's a parody video of this song out called "I'm 60" !!
Alice is so cool back in the day. Nice to hear him still relevant in music world today.
Alice is still super cool today. If I could spend a day with anyone in the world, it would probably be Alice.
Good music will always be relevant 😉
I saw him live a few years ago. With orianthi playing guitar for him. Incredible set.
Don’t get me wrong. I like a lot of new music. But a lot of youngins could learn a few things from him.
"I'm not Alice just call me Vince"
In the 70's, this was like the anthem for turning 18. On my birthday, my friends & I drove around drinking and blasting this song on the car stereo celebrating my 18th. Great memories.
I played this for my grandson last year on his 18th birthday and he didn't like it! Probably because his grandma likes it. 😄😆🤣
@@Howdyall No accounting for his bad taste in music. At least he has a cool grandma!
@@rossmacintosh5652 Thanks, dude.
@Brian H Haha! I just might show him these comments! To be fair, he occasionally plays some '60's/'70's music just for me.
I sang it long and loud when I turned 18, in the 80's. It is the epitome of teen angst
Alice Cooper is still rockin', but his band back when this album was recorded was stellar. Glenn Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, Neil Smith and Michael Bruce, plus Alice Cooper, aka Mr. Vince Furnier, were putting out a great album every year, and touring their asses off an making fans by the truck load. In fact, i'll be seeing Alice and his current band in the near future. Can't wait. Won't be my first AC show, nor my last.
I got to see Alice in 1977 but his Alice Cooper band had already broken up. That was a bit of a downer.
The Alice Cooper Group was great. Michael Bruce wrote so many awesome songs alone snd with AC.
@@josepha5885 The same for me. 1977, Boston Garden was my first show. Saw him later, on the Special Forces tour in good old Fitchburg, Mass.. Both shows rocked hard.
Saw the original line-up many times. For me, they were cutting edge.
My very first concert 1970 in Atlanta, with Ted Nugent and Brownsville Station. I believe the name of the band was Alice Cooper, then they started to refer Vince as Alice.
This was Alice Cooper's first hit single in 1970... it started when manager Shep Gordon saw the Alice Cooper band live and the whole audience left the room! Gordon thought the band was powerful to send a whole room of fans out the door... so what they needed was to 're-channel' their energy so that people would fill the room instead.
Gordon signed on to manage the Alice Cooper band, and brought in Canadian producer Bob Ezrin ( who would later work w/ Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, Kiss, Deep Purple, etc.) and he loved the 'freak show' and the music... Ezrin heard the song 'Eighteen' performed live and decided to polish the band in the studio and record it as a single. When it was released in late '70, "I'm eighteen" instantly connected w/ kids and adults... Alice Cooper had 2 albums that did not sell - but this single was a turning point as it hit the charts and became a teen anthem of the 70's.
Their label Warner Bros. suddenly demanded that Ezrin and Alice Cooper finish a full album, and that was released in 1971 - 'Love it to death'... which went platinum in the US. By 1972, Alice Cooper was playing arenas on tour w/ a wild stage show of macabre theatrics that became their attraction in concert and their songs were all over radio.
Bob Ezrin was a Newbie in 1971....barely out of High School. JACK RICHARDSON did a lot more work on Early Alice then your giving him credit for....no credit at all I must say. Stick to your Wikipedia knowledge!!! LOL
@@billiondollarbaby3276 What kinda crack r u on??? 😂
Bob Ezrin produced 'Love it to death'... The only reason Jack Richardson was credited was because Ezrin worked for his company Nimbus 9, and Richardson was just the "executive producer" (Meaning he was just a supervisor of the project 😂)
From what I read (not Wikipidia!), Jack Richardson hated Alice Cooper's music, and was not involved after 'Love it to death' became a hit in 1971 😁
Bob Ezrin handled Alice Cooper's production on 'Killer' and so on...
Laugh it up, ignoramus dingus🤣
You left out Zappa.
@@jackquarantillo5192 Cos Zappa failed to make Alice Cooper a success.
Zappa signed them then ignored them. The worst kind of support. @@sumonjamal1653
He was fantastic live. He always said he was not a singer, he was a performer
Right? His concerts were awesome!
Was?.. He's still putting on killer shows.
@@4tuneagent Damn STRAIGHT he does.
IS. I just saw him this year and it was awesome.
He IS fantastic live. :)
This song came out before I was 18. Very interesting in that it may have helped me to not be so in a hurry to grow up.
Seen him in the 80' and in 2019 just before the shut downs.
At his age 71 he still did a balls out rock show for 2 and a half hours.
Gave up drinking and took up God and golf.
Saw the Doobie Brothers on the 4th. 2 original members and 4 of them in their 70's.
Us old timers can still rock.
The old timers are the ones who rock the best.
Sounds awesome. I took up god too. Me and Thor have been besties since I found him. The other one, Jesus was threatening to torture me in fire forever over me just being me and enjoying sea food. But Thor will always love me regardless how much shrimp or fish I eat. Jesus can go to hell though since he loves it and created it lol
Don't be deceived. John 3:16 is probably the most famous verse but read the next verse. Jesus didn't come to condemn but so that people can be saved. He doesn't threaten anyone. Everyone has a choice as to where they spend eternity. What you eat or drink will not send you to hell.
@@krissanders987 Way to go, Kris - you made that special effort to come in here just to $#*+ on Christians.
@@spykatt What about Humpy Dumpty 👀👀👀👀
You 2 really need to see Alice in concert, even in his 70s he delivers every single time. Btw, please react to The Ballad of Dwight Fry from Alice Cooper... it gives you a 'unique' perspective.
Saw Alice for the first time in 84, a birthday gift for my mom. 😁👍
Still my favorite concert ever. Went on to see I was three more times since.
Epic stuff!
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@@ChroniclogicalJeff I go to see Alice every tour now cause he still provides the best show & music out there. I've seen him 6 times in the last 7 years and loved every show!
Watch the video for The Ballad of Dwight Fry
Saw Alice last Oct in Nashville. Awesome Concert!
1973 was a great year to be a senior. Not only did I turn eighteen but “Schools Out” had a special meaning for graduates! I truly was blessed to live through such a history of Rock!
Grew up listening to the Alice Cooper band. For me it's Caught in a dream, Ballad of Dwight Fry, Halo of flies.
Long Way To Go as well. Love It To Death was my first album I bought in about 72-73😎
I'd add "Sun Arise" to the list, so different from every other AC song yet still amazing.
@@flyingburritobro68 My first album too.
Billion Dollar Babies was the first album I bought. I was 12 and my mother was immediately worried. Came home to me listening to I love the dead. She went to see Alice with my youngest brother before I got to 😎😎
Every now and then i have an early Alice Cooper session, love it, proper 70s, have a few on vinyl
I've seen Alice in concert over 60 times. I saw him twice this year so far and I have two more shows coming up. At 74 years young he currently has the tightest, most talented band he has ever worked with. Alice is at his best. His show is a unique experience. You should catch him in concert before the opportunity passes. It's a combination of rock n roll and theatrics.
This is apparently the song Johnny Rotten sang at his Sex Pistols audition. Can definitely hear and see that in my mind.
I turned 18 right after this song came out. It really resonated at the time and it's still on my playlist along with a few other Alice tunes.
Alice Cooper’s still rockin’ it, puts on a heck of a show. Master showman, with one of the best backing bands out there.
This was kind of an anthem for those of us who served in Vietnam. I served two tours, 1965-66/ 1970-71. I was 18 during my first tour. The average age for a soldier in Vietnam was 19. "Old mans war, young mans fight".
Tom Boyte,
GySgt. USMC, retired
Bronze Star/Purple Heart.
One of the most underrated songwriters. I started listening to Alice Cooper when I was 5-6 years old. Desperado is a great song too. Hell any song off the Greatest Hits album is a banger.
Great song by Alice Cooper the band.
Alice still tours and you should definitely go see him in concert. He always puts on a great show.
I've seen him in concert over 60 times. Saw him in concert twice earlier this year and have 2 more shows coming up in September. Kane Roberts is rejoining him since Nita Strauss just left the band.
Ooooh nooooo - Alice Cooper video or concert footage is a MUST
In his 70s and still puts on one of the best rock shows ever.
Saw Alice for the first time at the Fillmore East.. June 12, 1971… 3 bands for $5.50. Bloodrock was the headliner. No one knew who Alice Cooper was. They were the 2nd band after Glass Harp… They brought the house down with their theatrical rock. By the end of the show the lead singer had been in a strait jacket and then electrocuted in the electric chair… it was wild…
DAMN! I bet you wont forget that as long as you live. Alice Cooper is such a legend! What a time!
Ah, memories. Back in Sept. 1970 I saw Alice Cooper in concert with the MC5, and Iggy Pop and the Stooges (just called The Stooges, back then) at The Warehouse in New Orleans. "Love it to Death", the album premiering "I'm Eighteen", hadn't yet been released, but all the songs were played at that concert. That was one helluva night, I must say, especially for a young guy on acid. Oh, it was a scene, man. Great reaction, as always.
Now you see how he became a rock legend. This was the first big one. Still rockin over 50 years later. Always with a great band backing him up.. More Alice! . You are both wonderful..
I was 18 the year this first hit the charts. I blasted it daily.
Great song!
Alice Cooper, The Godfather of Rock!
Alice is still rocking in a band with Johnny Depp called the 'Hollywood Vampires'. I saw him back in 1969, when I was a teen myself.
As others have mentioned this was their big breakout hit. It was also from their THIRD album, back in the day when record companies gave bands more time to develop and find an audience. There's another song from the Love it to Death album you should check out titled The Ballad of Dwight Fry. I'll leave it to others to tell you about the real life Dwight Fry.
I was 9 when this came out...62 now.
Loved the bands aura on all cooper's originals.....the vocal s and theatrics sold copy...winning ever since.
My friends and I were 15 when this came out in 1971 and played this song and the album Love it to Death all summer long.
And Alice is one of the sweetest in the scene. Brilliant !
He was my first rocker that I brought home. The School's Out album and my mother hated it. I didn't have a record player in my room and had listen to my albums in the family's hi-fi in the living room. Good times!
The last day of classes my senior year of high school coincided with my friend's 18th birthday. We played the hell out of this song and "School's Out"!!
This song came out the year I turned 18 and it was an anthem that launched me into adulthood. Still love listening to it and all of Alice Cooper's awesome songs. Go down this rabbit hole y'all! Alice Cooper's journey to the dark side and back is one to be experienced through his music. Great reaction Brad & Lex thanks!
70s Alice Cooper is easily his best period.
100%
I saw Alice a few summers ago. He was touring with Marilyn Manson and they were both awesome. I've loved this song since I was 18 and still do.
Great choice! My fist year in college (1978-79) I sold my textbooks back to the book store in order to have enough cash for tickets to see Alice Cooper, and gas money because it was over 100 miles round trip. That was a Thirsday night. I had no classes Friday and played backgammon for money all day Sat and Sun. By Mon morning I had enough cash to go buy my books back for three times what they pakd me for them Thursday. Never missed a class or assignment. Good times.
That was my fjrst time seeing Alice live. Over the hears I have seen him another 15-16 time. Back in the day nobody sounded more like himself on stage z9compared to the records) than Alice. Some of his on-stage Ntics took things a little too far but it was like adult Halloween, and in the end the joke was always on him, or he was the victim of his own stories. Great songwrite and sense of humor - not to mention many kick ass band members over the years.
I am a life long Fan of Alice and the band. I first heard him was on his first album that my older sister owned and played at great dislike by my then traditional big band and country music loving parents. Since then I got to see Alice in live shows. I even got to meet Alice before one of his live shows. At his restaurant Cooper's Town in Cleveland Ohio. He was a very personable and wonderful man. He also was admired by old burlesgue performers such as Groucho Marx and May West who had seen his live shows and also became fans also. His stage shows were legendary with the props and employed live skits. Some where kind of gruesome but well thought out and performed. Now he runs a charity music program for young teenage kids and gives them a outlet other than a life of crime and drugs. His long term Wife and daughter both to this day perform in the stage shows and tours. After his long life of Drug and Alchol addictions.
Strange looking man with so much talent helped so many people for so many years In music !
Alice STILL puts on one of the greatest stage shows ever produced.
I saw Alice live April 2022 man still has it, it was a great show
One of those songs you may not hear for a long time and as soon as you do the lyrics come right back to you in your head.
This is and was a iconic teenage song! I remember singing it loud in the car after school! Love Alice!!
You guys should react to more Alice Cooper…
"No More Mr. Nice Guy", "Welcome to My Nightmare", "Desperado", "Be My Lover", "Billion Dollar Babies", "Elected", "Muscle of Love", "Only Women Bleed"
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And the ever-popular “Halo of Flies”!
"The ballad of Dwight Frye" is my fav song by Alice Cooper band. I've never heard anything like it its fantastic! I like the original song from the album (Love it to death) with the band, not the live versions which he changes a lot.
Black Widow
Absolutely!
Black Widow with the full Vincent Van Price intro!
I would call it a Whiskey Voice. One of my favorite songs.
I was 17, not quite 18 when this came out and I identified very strongly with the lyrics. They felt so real to me and my life at that time.
She’s just precious!
I absolutely love when Brads lil bro visits and watches,, jams,,and review's with us.....awwwssum.....my fam,,,, is first n foremost in my life ABSOLUTELY....
Saw Alice open for Motley Crue on the 2015 Farewell Tour wasn’t blown away how good he was at his age…great show
I remember listening to this song (and album) when it came out, and I was in high school. I still love this song. School’s Out was another favorite.
Old music, specially from the 60's, 70's and 80's offers so much variety and diversity that it will continue to offer new material for your channel for a long time to come and I am, sort of, reliving it through your channel, so an internal smile arises when I see the thumbnail pop up of your next video reacting to Alice Cooper.
Alice Cooper has from the mid 80's on, in a way, wiped away his own legend as he has cleaned up, as a person, rather nicely. The foundations of good person morals were always there as he grew up in a house of a church leader (his father).
Young people today will have a hard time imagining the sheer level of controversial that Alice Cooper was, circa 1975. Today it is quite common for musical artist to portray a dark side, be rebellious, anti social, against the grain, provocative, over sexualized but in the 70's this was different, yes, The Rolling Stones for example, from Britain had long hair, may have occasionally partaken in illegal substances and overall seemed like a wild, rowdy bunch, but Alice Cooper took things to a different level; wearing black eye shadow make-up when no men did, ages before KISS and Marilyn Manson, having Hundreds of plastic doll babies on stage that he would rip the arms and legs off of, confetti style raining fake US Dollar bills over the audience, Live Boa Constrictors on stage, and so on. Cooper had a huge alcohol problem, he drank openly on stage and would sometimes not be able to finish a concert performance, this was during concerts where the audience actually stayed and didn't walk out. There was no greater fear for teen ager parents than Alice Cooper, they protested against radio stations playing his music, against stores selling his records and there was even a serious plea to congress to have the government ban him. He sang about rich people's children being fake (Billion Dollar Babies), for kids to rebel against school (School's out), about arousing audiences (Hello Hurray), about abuse of women (Only Women Bleed) and when he had just about every adult over 30 disgusted with him, he sang about running for President in a gold Rolls Royce (Elected). You just listened to him sing about being a rebellious young man.
It all seems like extra ordinary gimmicky, and it was, in my opinion, his music was actually quite great.
Through his career he had the decency to not ever mention or call attention to his father because he didn't want his father to get in trouble with his church congregation and a fun fact is that Alice Cooper is a very good golfer (professional level), this from growing up in golf communities in Arizona.
Quite popular in early 70s, good singer.. I always dug this groovy song. I believe he's still performing in 2022.
Heh. The notification in my flow ---->. says that you posted this *18* minutes ago. Well done, RUclips!
And the song is a classic, of course.
I think I mentioned this before, but prior to 1975 "Alice" is the name of the entire band; it was only after the singer (originally Vince Furnier) split from the rest of the group that the name referred to him alone. So many of these early hits were written by others, notably lead guitarist Michael Bruce and/or bassist Dennis Dunaway. And thus early "Alice" is slightly different from later "Alice", since it's different people, essentially.
"Caught in a Dream" probably won't get many reccs, but it should, Give it a try.
And Vince/Alice is still singing today. Sure he'd rather be playing left field for the Detroit Tigers or playing golf, but he's made his peace with rock stardom, lol.
Alice from people who know him say is very intelligent,gentle and caring.His voice keeps on after fifty years like he was "18"
On March 18 1967 a band named the Spiders played a dance at my Junior High School in Tucson. 363 day later they played their first gig as Alice Cooper in Santa Barbara.
First concert I saw in high school and Billion Dollar Babies was the second album . I agree with the comment below that his vocals are just as good now as they were back then. I saw him last year and he was great and all the original members were great musicians especially G B on the guitar
This was most definitely my theme song when I was 18 in 1971. Didn't have a clue. Many years later, I found this entire Love It to Death album as great Halloween music.
I was lucky to see Alice several times when I was young. A great rocker and fantastic performer. Loved your reaction.
I first listened to this in 1974. I been an Alice Cooper freak ever since. He's touring rite now. I'm goin to see him at Memphis Tn. On September 27th. He's near 70 now still rockin hard. You don't want to go thru life without seein his show. It'll brow yur mind. Check out Schools out an over 500 songs an 50 albums.🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
As an eighteen year old girl when this song was popular along with School's Out was really how I felt at that time. I was pretty self sufficient so I could fix my own car and I worked so anything I couldn't do myself I could pay to have done. Maybe if I had a dad I would have been more like Lex. When I was eighteen you were legally an adult so you could drink and smoke unlike today.
I like his songs as much today as I did in 1976. Maybe even a little more now that I think more about the lyrics.
Once they got Bob Ezrin aboard, the original Alice Cooper group (not just the singer at that point) was the cream of the crop as far as '70s hard rock went. "Love it to Death" through "Billion Dollar Babies" is one of those magical album runs.
He signed a friend of mine's high school yearbook " I won't forget you when I'm rich and famous".
I remember playing this song on vinyl when I turned 18 way back in 1975, seems like yesterday.
My favorite song by Alice. It was a go to when I was 15.
18 was an actual different world back then. 17 was legal drinking age, responsibility was expected. No where near problems with police or politics. Really wad magical time in history especially for music.😈🤘 gotta check out Million dollar babies!!!
Y'all really need to see a whole Alice concert. It's so 70's horror movie vibes. When he came here, they gave him the choice of performing in the huge arena or the smaller auditorium/theater. He chose the latter, even though it seated less people because he is all about the theatrical aspect. But, offstage, he is the sweetest, kindest man.
Alice was about 21 when he recorded this song! He's still doing live concerts and singing this song and has'nt skipped a beat at age 74!!
This was one of my favorite songs. When I was 16 years old I loved playing this song on my drums, I use to know everything about AC his real name, he got bitten by a shark.
Alice Cooper #1
So many great songs
Johnny Depp in Dark Shadows "Ugliest woman I have ever seen" was so funny. now everytime my step-daughter I see Alice we say the line. Rock on Brad & Lex
The Schools Out album is a masterpiece, fun and full of excellent social commentary for the time. Alice Cooper is recognised as hiring the best musicians when recording,,,check the album for yourselves.
When this song came out, I was 18 yrs old....so cool!
I saw these guys at Pirates World in about 1970. The same year I turned 18 and I could relate to the lyrics. They did a nice show with lots of theatrics.
I started listening to Alice Cooper with skepticism, thinking it was one of those cheesy “shock rock” acts. It is, but it’s more sophisticated and interesting than I thought it would be. “A Long Way to Go” is probably my favorite Cooper song. It has an aggressive punk sound to it.
Man I loved this !! I have not heard this song in years !!!
Alice Cooper-Ballad of Dwight Fry. From same album as Eighteen
I remember being about 15 or 16 years old and just waiting to turn 18 so I could sing the song properly.
Made damn sure it was on my 18th birthday party playlist.
It was pretty epic. lol
☮️ & Keep on rockin' on!
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This was the band’s first hit all the way back in ‘71. Like Alice says, this song sounds like a complaint until he says I’m Eighteen and I like it. I’d recommend reacting to Halo of Flies from Alice Cooper. Such a stellar song and you’ll appreciate each and every band member and instrument and the vocals.
Alice still sings like this today. When he isn't touring he is a member of the band "Hollywood Vampires" with Johnny Depp.
I saw Alice Cooper at the Chicago Amphitheater in the early 70's. Fun times.
That just his normal voice. He sounds similar even when just talking. Saw him a few years ago and he still puts on a great show complete with all the theatrics.
Whoa.....I was going through all your stuff and saw you reviewed this!!!! I haven't watched yet, I'm about to, but I have always ALWAYS loved this one. Hell yeah!
So many GREAT artist from the Motor City! 🎸
Another Michigan boy that is one of the greats! Alice Cooper is such a character, but he's also a born again Christian, avid golfer, and perhaps the originator of "shock rock", which acts like Rob Zombie and others are sort of inspired by and carry on the mantle. As old as he is, he's still rockin' today, and he's been married since the 70s, making him one of the very few rockers to be purely devoted to his wife and not have been divorced. A very uncommon thing these days! He's a very sweet and kind guy, even though the reputation attached to the style would suggest otherwise.
Alice had a lot of great hits, but I think my favorite out of them all is I Never Cry. So many to choose from! Can't go wrong with any of Coopers hits!
Now you should watch the live version of ‘I’m Eighteen’ from a European TV show called Beat Club recorded in 1972. Being a teenager in the 70’s was epic.
How the band avoided Vietnam:
In 1967, the guys from the band "The Spiders" and soon after that, "The Nazz", which later became "Alice Cooper" all got draft notices and were listed as 1-A, unrestricted eligibility. Thinking their college enrollment, which they dropped out of, would prevent them from being drafted, the guys did the next best thing. Dennis Dunaway (bass), Glen Buxton (guitars), and Vincent Furnier (later Alice Cooper) "went down to the draft board determined to get deferred" stated Alice in his book. "We figured we'd be so freaky, so outrageous that surely they'd have to throw us out. I drank Southern Comfort all night. It was six in the morning and we were whacked out of our heads, sitting in the induction room." Most of the guys were dismissed or moved to draft lottery status leaving drummer Neal Smith as the final guy eligible.
"Neal was supposed to report to the draft board the next day," states bassist Dennis Dunaway. "They decided to go into the desert and have fun with weapons and beer. Neal and Alice were sitting on the hood of the car. Neal thought he shot a jackrabbit in the headlights of the car so he handed the gun to Alice and jumped off the hood and ran to find the jackrabbit. Alice accidentally fired a shot and it hit Neal in the ankle. This was not intentional, but it actually kept Neal out of the draft as he had lead in his body from the bullet. Neal had to wear Levi's with the jeans split up the side to accommodate his cast. He couldn't walk. He claimed the cast was better for pounding the kick drums."
With Alice aghast, they got their stories together for the cops. "We all had gotten our draft notices and Neal tried to commit suicide. By shooting himself in the foot." (and no it definitely did not help his playing).
With the draft problems now behind them, this cleared the way for "The Nazz" to ultimately become "Alice Cooper" and the rest is rock n' roll history.
Infamous, Alice, saw him at least 3 times including when I was 18. It was a wondrous age, Short, fast and so sweet. Don't know about now but just the middle of existence. Healthy. Crazy, lazy, dumb and young enough to get away with being all that. And this song by Alice will make you aware as to no wonder we did so bad in the Nam. It is one of my all time life remenicant songs. I smile, thanks!!
Lex would ESPECIALLY like "Desperado" if she likes that gritty western feel.
Oh man ya ain't lived until ya seen this guy ! Saw him in73 just before the ship went to Vietnam.
This song came out when there was the draft and it seemed that much more relative!
I was never much of an Alice Cooper fan, but I'm Eighteen and School's Out hit the nail on the head.
I really love how 8 seconds into the vid, you've started listening. Awesome, and one of the reasons I'm a subscriber.
Alice Cooper is a Rock icon.
Man, does this song bring back memories!!
One of my favorite lines- ever- from a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech was Alice Coopers. "Now that we're in, we can't promise we won't embarrass you- because We're Alice Cooper, and it's what we do!"
We were just turning 18 when this song was released and they had just dropped the drinking age to 18. We Loved this song!!!
He kept that voice up to today. Very good singer in that he can get different sounds, but the grit is natural. I am a big fan of his original band, like this is.
This was the first "show" concert I ever attended.
It's kinda surreal to hear him still do this song at 70+, but somehow he keeps it sort of credible. I guess you remember the feeling no matter how old you get.
Both sides of this album are huge & there sound had never been heard of. Alice said, "We stabbed the heart
of flower power ". It's true & they were the 1st. B4 Black Sabbath or any other. Music got darker on the next
album"Killer'. Halo of flies is an anthem & a must listen. They had hoped to get a James Bond soundtrack.
Thanks !