*Killer* is the very essence of Alice Cooper. It's the yardstick by which every other Cooper album - band or solo - should be measured. A Grand Guignol roller-coaster ride of epic proportions, there's a wonderful mix of taut rockers and epic psychodramas. *You Drive Me Nervous* is primal rock 'n' roll. It stomps; it punches; the band are on fire, and Alice trademarks his best snarls & sneers. Ezrin's production is topnotch. Fabulous.
Since childhood Original Cooper band been close to my heart, except all the other splendidness this one really get me with its weird sound/melodie/use of the instruments and Alice teasing singin™
The Killer album is a lot of Alice Cooper purists favorite album, but Schools Out was the album that Alice, Glen, Bruce, and Dennis where hitting on all cylinders as far as their ability to play and write music. After that Glen got too drunk one night, and fell off the roof of a house, got hit by a truck, or something that was where the down hill slide for the original band started.
Definitely a great rock song from one the Alice’s greatest albums. I’d recommend doing their Love it to Death album after this one. It was the band’s 3rd album, but their first hit record because of I’m Eighteen and it was released earlier that same year, 1971. It’s refreshing that they worked constantly to put out great albums and toured so much and released so many albums in a short period of time. Alice today is getting back into that with releasing Detroit Stories last year(which is a great album btw) and will release another one this year and already has another album coming after that one….plus his current band is still touring extensively and putting on top notch theatrical rock shows.
I heard a mashup between “I’m Eighteen” and the song “Bridge of Sighs” by Robin Trower, and believing or not it worked. It was performed by Unknown Hinson (the voice of Early Cuyler on Squidbillies)
I've seen a lot of people, famous and unknown, that say 'Killer' is one of their favorite "heavy metal" albums, and almost every time, this is the song that they point to that _really_ drives home the metal tone of the album. I really hope that when you get to "Killer" that you'll play the entirety of "Dead Babies" first, and then have it transition. It just makes the end of the album such a masterpiece of shock rock. If you like Neal's drumming on this song (and who doesn't?), wait 'til you get to "Billion Dollar Babies". It has one of the most iconic drumlines in rock history. Not to mention it's a great duet between Alice and Donovan. Cool reaction! Thanks!
I can see people thinking of this as a 'metal' track or at least 'metal-er' but I've always seen this album as more progressive than metal or hard rock. It isn't just the wit and intelligence of the lyrics; that early band was really sophisticated with how they wrote arrangements for what could have been seen as pop or novelty songs.
Rock 'n 'Roll it is, but Alice Cooper stylee !! It's so difficult to chose an album for your next reaction and I know you're not there yet, lol, but there's some choice cuts on "Love It To Death" eg. "Ballad Of Dwight Fry", "Black Juju", "Caught In A Dream", well, the whole album!. Then there's "Billion Dollar Babies" and lots more besides. Too many to mention, obvs. I'm just happy to see you react positively to this amazing band and love and appreciate your enthusiasm. :-)
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Trips to the music site today. First trip was folks from Belew and Harrison's "Remain in Light" show. Extended second trip was Leo Nocentelli of the Meters. Cooper not bad. Tomorrow's shift starts at 4:15 am so it is nearly bedtime.
Yeah the original Alice Cooper band is killer, thus the album name makes total sense. I've always dug the shit out of this album. Now you should do their Love it to Death album the same way: all the songs, cuz they are all great. It came out right before Killer. Do it Justin!
What a great teen angst anthem. I related to the part about being criticized for my long hair. Back then, long hair on dudes was more a statement of beliefs than a fashion statement. I just felt like letting my freak flag fly,
Welcome to my Nightmare will always be my favorite Alice Cooper album of all time. But there are so many more, great albums by Alice. I've been to a few Alice Cooper concerts in my lifetime, the man can put on a show like no other... Absolutely fantastic. Thanks for the reaction JP, keep up the good work 👍
Hi Justin. This song is a "Killer" way to start side 2 of the album! Ha, Ha. 🤣 Seriously though it is one of my favorite tracks on an album that is a 10/10 perfect record. It's just so hard rockin'! I miss the days when vinyl with it's two sides was like a two act play. You'd have the starting track followed by the middle and then the end. Both sides were an opportunity to build a sonic story for the ears and the mind.
Totally agree, people complain, it’s not this, or it’s thaaat… it’s part of a freaking 2 part play, something that flows and ends wonderfully hopefully.
Fun fact about Alice: he loves playing golf ⛳ Hope to hear more of the classic Alice Cooper on here. Now that you've heard "Under My Wheels", you should check out the live version of it on video.
So Alice Cooper to me in the Love it to Death album and the Killer album was hitting on all cylinders. Very instrumentally satisfying. Alice has found his niche in the Rock era. He has a direction. His voice translates well to this genre of music. He controls his rawness of his voice by bringing it in or pulling it back to reflect the mood. And THE TRANSITIONS ARE FIRST RATE. This was my favourite album for quite a few years. As a whole this is very very good for my ears. With Alice he knew how to get himself noticed and because of that darker side of his persona and that screech of a voice Alice was getting followers they never had before. Reminds me a bit of Black Sabbaths rise to fame. Great musicians with some very dark themes. And of course the man himself Ozzy Osborne. A one man wrecking crew who kept his name in the papers. Brilliant Marketing strategy. These are the stepping stones and foundations of what’s to follow.
In case I ain’t as predictable as i wanna be when suggestin other records by undiscovered bands, i’d like to confirm that Aerosmith are the Alice Cooper alternative. I shall list my other alternatives as when the need arises. Make it JP. This? The Aero boys had soul. This don’t move me as it should. It’s good but it’s calculated n Cold. Thanks though! Never a dull moment. A great channel.
Your premise is faulty imo, because Alice Cooper and Aerosmith are not of the same stripe. AC is life portrayal stories and very theatrical. Aerosmith is more English blues rocked up a notch or two… till they went a bit radio poppy.
@@-davidolivares I think you have a point. As a child, Aerosmith excited the life out of me whereas Alice scared me to death. The psychological turbulence of my reaction could keep a whole conference hall of counsellors busy. I shall listen again. In fact, this whole process of re-evaluating the music of our past, (please no John Miles, that would do me in / finish me off) calls for a thick skin enabling one to admit YES i was wrong. But i still can't get to Love Close to the Edge (song) !! Ha! Is there a Boston in Lancashire , England? It also comes down to this: I really wanna know how much Aerosmith JP has actually heard as we may have a Phil Collins Brother Bear situation on our hands here which would make interesting visual entertainment on his voyage of discovery. Later
@@HippoYnYGlaw Early Aerosmith, I would enjoy, even the first couple comeback albums, after that nah. There’s several Yessie songs I can tolerate but don’t “love “… good talkin’.
I listened again. The "notch or two" you referred to is Crucial. This is Controlled and Muscular but is it's theatricality it's Achilles Heel? No! not at all. It's very good , don't get me wrong, but the *Wild Ness* of Aerosmith in 1977 just got to me to such a degree that this failed to hit the Top spot - in the same manner as the early BÖC LPS failed to do (I can remember as a kid laughing out loud to the tinniness of the studio version of Dominance & Submission ...?!) Yet as always I can now contradict myself once more by recollecting how messy and tinny and all over the place Joe & Brad were.. especially live. So, "has JP heard AEROSMITH ROCKS?" is my ultimate question, for, to neglect it is a trifle ...neglectful.:>) ROCKS sounds so complete that it is the Success Criteria to Gauge all other LPs by. AC & BöC have lots to offer in the meantime. Who else from the same early '70s American brigade? Thanks for allowing me to spin in the whirpool of fervent teenage discussion once more... Whitesnake was the favourite of a mate who lived down the road...I couldn't stand them. It affected our friendship...We used to squabble over who was "Heavier."!? Goodness gracious me. JP now knows what to play to really wind me up! Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City Please John Miles Come Back Come Back.
Alice's great expressive vocals. Grit throughout.
This whole album kicks ass. Top bass guitar album of all time.
Alice Cooper is among the fifteen artists in my seventies top five list.
lol... man it IS impossible to choose growing up under attack of the best music ever to hit the world 🌍💨
Loving this, it's the first Alice Cooper album I ever bought. Billion Dollar Babies and especially Welcome to my Nightmare are musts also.
*Killer* is the very essence of Alice Cooper. It's the yardstick by which every other Cooper album - band or solo - should be measured. A Grand Guignol roller-coaster ride of epic proportions, there's a wonderful mix of taut rockers and epic psychodramas. *You Drive Me Nervous* is primal rock 'n' roll. It stomps; it punches; the band are on fire, and Alice trademarks his best snarls & sneers. Ezrin's production is topnotch. Fabulous.
Again love ALICE
Yes, without a doubt one of the very best rock songs from Alice Cooper's vast catalogue !!! Anyway Killer is a successful album from start to finish.
Since childhood Original Cooper band been close to my heart, except all the other splendidness this one really get me
with its weird sound/melodie/use of the instruments and Alice teasing singin™
The Killer album is a lot of Alice Cooper purists favorite album, but Schools Out was the album that Alice, Glen, Bruce, and Dennis where hitting on all cylinders as far as their ability to play and write music. After that Glen got too drunk one night, and fell off the roof of a house, got hit by a truck, or something that was where the down hill slide for the original band started.
Definitely a great rock song from one the Alice’s greatest albums. I’d recommend doing their Love it to Death album after this one. It was the band’s 3rd album, but their first hit record because of I’m Eighteen and it was released earlier that same year, 1971. It’s refreshing that they worked constantly to put out great albums and toured so much and released so many albums in a short period of time. Alice today is getting back into that with releasing Detroit Stories last year(which is a great album btw) and will release another one this year and already has another album coming after that one….plus his current band is still touring extensively and putting on top notch theatrical rock shows.
I heard a mashup between “I’m Eighteen” and the song “Bridge of Sighs” by Robin Trower, and believing or not it worked. It was performed by Unknown Hinson (the voice of Early Cuyler on Squidbillies)
Can’t wait to hear you get to the title track, Killer, soon. You have to do Billion Dollar Babies album next.
Glad to see you continue with this, one of my favourite albums. Hoping Kimono My House comes back soon.... (and then Propaganda....)
Kimono next week :)
I've seen a lot of people, famous and unknown, that say 'Killer' is one of their favorite "heavy metal" albums, and almost every time, this is the song that they point to that _really_ drives home the metal tone of the album.
I really hope that when you get to "Killer" that you'll play the entirety of "Dead Babies" first, and then have it transition. It just makes the end of the album such a masterpiece of shock rock.
If you like Neal's drumming on this song (and who doesn't?), wait 'til you get to "Billion Dollar Babies". It has one of the most iconic drumlines in rock history. Not to mention it's a great duet between Alice and Donovan.
Cool reaction! Thanks!
I can see people thinking of this as a 'metal' track or at least 'metal-er' but I've always seen this album as more progressive than metal or hard rock. It isn't just the wit and intelligence of the lyrics; that early band was really sophisticated with how they wrote arrangements for what could have been seen as pop or novelty songs.
@@stpnwlf9 Interesting. For some reason this one hits me as more of a garage track. But hey, what do I know?
@@hotblackdesiato3022 I would agree with you about this track. I really meant the album as a whole.
Rock 'n 'Roll it is, but Alice Cooper stylee !! It's so difficult to chose an album for your next reaction and I know you're not there yet, lol, but there's some choice cuts on "Love It To Death" eg. "Ballad Of Dwight Fry", "Black Juju", "Caught In A Dream", well, the whole album!. Then there's "Billion Dollar Babies" and lots more besides. Too many to mention, obvs. I'm just happy to see you react positively to this amazing band and love and appreciate your enthusiasm. :-)
Ty CC :)
One of my favourite tracks on the album for sure....
What an original band they were. That whining distorted guitar is great. All Alice's best material was with these guys
A Manhattan is made with whiskey (usually rye), sweet vermouth, and bitters, and is garnished with a maraschino cherry. And yes, eat the cherry last after it's soaked in whiskey. It's a classic cocktail.
Trips to the music site today. First trip was folks from Belew and Harrison's "Remain in Light" show. Extended second trip was Leo Nocentelli of the Meters. Cooper not bad. Tomorrow's shift starts at 4:15 am so it is nearly bedtime.
Sleep well and enjoy!
@@JustJP I did. Time to start getting ready to earn my free t-shirt.
Yeah the original Alice Cooper band is killer, thus the album name makes total sense. I've always dug the shit out of this album. Now you should do their Love it to Death album the same way: all the songs, cuz they are all great. It came out right before Killer. Do it Justin!
What a great teen angst anthem. I related to the part about being criticized for my long hair. Back then, long hair on dudes was more a statement of beliefs than a fashion statement. I just felt like letting my freak flag fly,
Wish I could grow some long hair sometimes :D
Welcome to my Nightmare will always be my favorite Alice Cooper album of all time. But there are so many more, great albums by Alice. I've been to a few Alice Cooper concerts in my lifetime, the man can put on a show like no other... Absolutely fantastic. Thanks for the reaction JP, keep up the good work 👍
Ty Sandy!
Hi Justin. This song is a "Killer" way to start side 2 of the album! Ha, Ha. 🤣 Seriously though it is one of my favorite tracks on an album that is a 10/10 perfect record. It's just so hard rockin'! I miss the days when vinyl with it's two sides was like a two act play. You'd have the starting track followed by the middle and then the end. Both sides were an opportunity to build a sonic story for the ears and the mind.
Totally agree, people complain, it’s not this, or it’s thaaat… it’s part of a freaking 2 part play, something that flows and ends wonderfully hopefully.
Fun fact about Alice: he loves playing golf ⛳
Hope to hear more of the classic Alice Cooper on here. Now that you've heard "Under My Wheels", you should check out the live version of it on video.
So Alice Cooper to me in the Love it to Death album and the Killer album was hitting on all cylinders. Very instrumentally satisfying. Alice has found his niche in the Rock era. He has a direction. His voice translates well to this genre of music. He controls his rawness of his voice by bringing it in or pulling it back to reflect the mood. And THE TRANSITIONS ARE FIRST RATE. This was my favourite album for quite a few years. As a whole this is very very good for my ears. With Alice he knew how to get himself noticed and because of that darker side of his persona and that screech of a voice Alice was getting followers they never had before. Reminds me a bit of Black Sabbaths rise to fame. Great musicians with some very dark themes. And of course the man himself Ozzy Osborne. A one man wrecking crew who kept his name in the papers. Brilliant Marketing strategy. These are the stepping stones and foundations of what’s to follow.
Top toon. Compact too.
In case I ain’t as predictable as i wanna be when suggestin other records by undiscovered bands, i’d like to confirm that Aerosmith are the Alice Cooper alternative. I shall list my other alternatives as when the need arises.
Make it JP.
This? The Aero boys had soul. This don’t move me as it should. It’s good but it’s calculated n Cold.
Thanks though! Never a dull moment. A great channel.
Your premise is faulty imo, because Alice Cooper and Aerosmith are not of the same stripe. AC is life portrayal stories and very theatrical. Aerosmith is more English blues rocked up a notch or two… till they went a bit radio poppy.
@@-davidolivares I think you have a point. As a child, Aerosmith excited the life out of me whereas Alice scared me to death. The psychological turbulence of my reaction could keep a whole conference hall of counsellors busy. I shall listen again.
In fact, this whole process of re-evaluating the music of our past, (please no John Miles, that would do me in / finish me off) calls for a thick skin enabling one to admit YES i was wrong.
But i still can't get to Love Close to the Edge (song) !!
Ha! Is there a Boston in Lancashire , England? It also comes down to this: I really wanna know how much Aerosmith JP has actually heard as we may have a Phil Collins Brother Bear situation on our hands here which would make interesting visual entertainment on his voyage of discovery.
Later
@@HippoYnYGlaw
Early Aerosmith, I would enjoy, even the first couple comeback albums, after that nah. There’s several Yessie songs I can tolerate but don’t “love “… good talkin’.
I listened again. The "notch or two" you referred to is Crucial. This is Controlled and Muscular but is it's theatricality it's Achilles Heel? No! not at all. It's very good , don't get me wrong, but the
*Wild Ness* of Aerosmith in 1977 just got to me to such a degree that
this failed to hit the Top spot - in the same manner as the early BÖC LPS failed to do (I can remember as a kid laughing out loud to the tinniness of the studio version of Dominance & Submission ...?!) Yet as always I can now contradict myself once more by recollecting how messy and tinny and all over the place Joe & Brad were.. especially live. So, "has JP heard AEROSMITH ROCKS?" is my ultimate question, for, to neglect it is a trifle ...neglectful.:>) ROCKS sounds so complete that it is the Success Criteria to Gauge all other LPs by.
AC & BöC have lots to offer in the meantime. Who else from the same early '70s American brigade?
Thanks for allowing me to spin in the whirpool of fervent teenage discussion once more...
Whitesnake was the favourite of a mate who lived down the road...I couldn't stand them. It affected our friendship...We used to squabble over who was "Heavier."!? Goodness gracious me. JP now knows what to play to really wind me up! Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City Please John Miles Come Back Come Back.
When I think of Rock'n Roll, I think of "Under my wheels" !
Same album...
Thats a good one
I want to make a nice sandwich for Mr. Cooper one day.
Euphemism?
@@pentagrammaton6793 no
Three in a row… someone wake me up.
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