I truly believe (all by my correct self) that these two albums on Zappa's label are more like my band THE CRYSTAL DREAM & NIRVANA, than anything else in history EVER!! I know what I am talking about!!
Thank YOU all! First place I have been redeemed!! Always what I had ready for him if I ever met him! Born in '67, I played this song I took liked (and was influenced by) MORE than ELECTED!........as early as 9th grade battle of the bands in high school!! Meaning!! WE were the greatest band that night in reality but clearly nobody got it! WE were humiliated, booed, and got stuff thrown at us!! Also played ASTRONOMY DOMINE! Yeah, in the early 80's! THIS here is my first acknowledgement EVER!! Most ALICE album rankings on RU-vid put these LP's way way way below the bottom!!
@@TheIndependentLens YEAH 👍 in the fact that the very first (pre first lp) single ties into the 2024 ALICE FOR PRESIDENT campaign! SURE that YOU are the retard, entirely in the dark!
One of my favorite Alice Cooper songs. Though actually, one of the more commercial sounding tunes on “Pretties for you “. Some other songs on that album, made them a legitimate avant-garde late 1960’s laurel canyon area rock band. That and “Easy Action “, are my 2 favorite albums of theirs. Though I think all 7 original Alice Cooper Band albums, are great. And a few of Alice Cooper the soli artist’s albums as well. This early stuff, was the most unique music of theirs.
Neil Smith is the only other drummer I've ever seen that holds his drumsticks the way Keith Moon did...that leading index finger-style, much like a little kid holds a bug by its wings... I've tried that and it takes all the power out of hitting the drums (for me, at least...); I have no idea how either of them ever made that work... looks coool, though... (w/3 o's...)
@@geothon Not from the footage at the GB memorial at AC's restaurant (or whatever it is); he played normal drummer-style. At least he never put explosives in his bass drums...(or did he...?)
Steven.....youre such a nice and naughty naughty boy. Is THIS what you do on your free time??? Tsk tsk...so loveable. Alice Cooper for....four....EVERRRRR!!!
Thanks for sharing! I have this on video tape, bought around the same time as I purchased Michael's book. I wish Mike had put out more music over the years, he's a really good songwriter.
Been a Cooper band fan for 50 years and have never seen this video. I've always wondered if that little blank spot in the sound during the instrumental was by design or if it was a screw up of some kind.
I won a CD copy of this show back when Myspace was a thing. I treasure that CD. I also got a GB memorial T-shirt from Janice back then. I ripped the armpit out of it, so it serves as a decorative amp cover these days. These guys were and are so cool.
This is the only Alice Cooper song from the pre-Warner Brothers period I really dig--and to me, it still stands up as one of their most KICK ASS songs! See--first, you have to be REFLECTED...then you become ELECTED.....then you become SEDATED (in that order!)
So many people think this song was ripped off to make the song Elected but really the song composition is completely different, the only thing similar is Elected rhymes with Reflected, I really don't think when writing Elected they where thinking about this song.
Love that part when Glen leans into the wha pedal near the end of the song. Brilliant, but I’m pretty sure nobody saw what they would come up with in 71. This album gives us some clues as to their progression to Love It to Death, but most everyone would be wrong.
This is one of the greatest videos I've ever watched, on RU-vid. BDB was my first album. I was singing Raped and Freezin' at five years of age. This rocks super hard.
