Raise your fist and yell

Raise your fist and yell was my first lp from Alice. After hearing poison, I was quite impressed, so I thought I could have a try.

Well, well, well, this was the reborn from Alice...
my sister thought I was turning satanic because of prince of darkness, time to kill :-D :-D
and she did not know about roses on white lace and gail (maybe fry part II) ...
freedom, lock me up ...

In my eyes
Blood drops look like roses on white lace
They won't wash away
In my mind they're roses on white lace
Straight from the heart
So dead upon the bed




This sends me 15 years ago in time ...

8/10 great to have

Prime Cuts

This is a 2dvd from all Alice Cooper career until hey stoopid record (1991). It is kind of documentary with videos, like Kiss x-treme, but here we only have alice.In this sense it is less enjoyable than x-treme. (Alice is less understandable than Kiss, though Kiss reaches perfection)
I would complain only that I would have preferred a bigger compilation video (i missed some), but it is just asking more and more.

2 things. Video from poison.
-Why alice is showing the censored version?!
-Who the hell is that beauty? Somebody please help!!

Second dvd is annoying having to play snakes & chains. For me the trick explained to jump it out does not work ... Maybe from the dvd reproducer.

It was hell high priced, now you can find it quite cheap.

10/10 brilliant

Billion dollar babies

I do not have the expanded 2cd version this time! shame :-(
It is a great record, but mainly because there are the following hits, which justify the purchase:
Hello hurray, elected, billion dollar babies and no more mr nice guy.

Billion dollar baby Rubber little lady, slicker than a weasel Grimy as an alley, loves me like no other lover Billion dollar baby Rubber little monster, baby I adore you Man or woman living couldn't love you like me baby

These titles are awesome enough. The rest it more or less forgettable (maybe with the exception of i love the dead, yes).

I remember buying the record, more than 15 years ago. I did not know it was such good, although i already had a best of in k7.

10/10 classic status

Trash

This was my first alice cooper listening. And also one of the songs that introduce me in the unknown world of hard rock and heavy metal. Along with Van Halen and Bon Jovi. then came Guns n'Roses and all the universe opened it for me.
Poison was the anthem. But nearly all the songs are powerful, melodic, and sex. Spark in the dark, house of fire, why trust you, bed of nails.
Only my heart talkin' is a bit special for me, since was the song, along with L.A.Guns the Ballad of Jane which made my girlfriend feel sentimental, soo sentimental... it was not only big known ballads as Carrie, or Bon Jovi's which could show up some tears ...
Also I like the ballad hell is living without you
it is an almost perfect rock & sex record. Because all the songs are about sex ... or sound like sex ... or you just can not stop thinking about sex :-D.

10/10 brilliant

alice cooper goes to hell

another of the first records i bought... bought it with love it to death, this one was interesting, not as good as love... , but it has its own moments.
i was immediately hooked by i never cry (played live to this day, and a favourite from my girlfriend) and wake me gently. i found these two ballads different from all the crap the radio is throwing at every moment...
the title track go to hell is also a great one. you gotta dance, i'm the coolest i guess these were some experiments but not bad ones. also i liked didn't we meet.
it is obviously not as good as its predecesor, but i was glad i bought it :-). not indispensable but worth a listening

8/10 nice to have

Welcome to my Nightmare

Welcome to my nightmare I think you're gonna like it
I think you're gonna feel like you belong
A nocturnal vacation unnecessary sedation
you want to feel at home 'cause you belong
Welcome to my nightmare whoa oh oh oh

This is how it begins this masterpiece ...
devil's food, the black widow, some folks and only woman bleed
This is the first part of the show. No words to describe it.
Department of youth opens the second part, and it opened the last diamond tour 2005 I went to. Just awesome. a month before i saw the crÜe, and although they were great, they needed some rest ... but Alice was kickin' from song to song without not time for breathin' :-D that was non-stop high rockin'.
Years ago, and my favorite, Steven, which was played tooo :-) ... it always reminds to me classic horror movies.

I don't want to see you go I don't even want to be there
I will cover up my eyes and pray it goes away
You've only lived a minute of your life
I must be dreaming please stop screaming...

Alice was alive after renewing his band, and created a true classic record.

10/10 classic status

The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper

And this one you have to love it too. Alice Cooper is a legend and this box pays tribute to one of the most charismatics rock stars, and the one which combines to perfection music and theatrics.
4cds. Almost 80 songs. Nice and cool booklet. Is this so hard to understand what fans do we like?

I'm 18, is it my body, ballad of dwight fry, undermy wheels, be my lover, desperado, dead babies, killer, school's out, elected, billion $ babies, muscle of love, teenage lament ... All the songs when this was 'Alice, the band'.
Welcome to my nightmare, only women bleed, department of youth, -oh, Steven's not in here :-( -, I never cry, go to hell, you and me ... from when it was 'Alice, solo'.
Pain, from the inside, see me in the mirror ... These ones belong to his dark part, his songs here were darker and stranger :-S
And finally we go to his second coming: he's back, freedom, poison, only my heart talkin', lost in america, it's me ... And finishes with stolen prayer...
I saw finally last year Alice in concert, and if you missed him, better watch out live at montreaux, and see how your jaws are on the floor.
And I still think Alice has not said his final word, since he has made since this box, Brutal planet, Dragontown, The eyes of alice and Dirty diamonds ... so be prepared for more :-D

10/10 for alice fans.

Love it to Death

Bought it by the wrong reasons... or not?
I loved poison, i think it was the first Alice song i heard. Found this one and say, ok let's try.
Freaky cover, isn't it? :-)
The style was very different (nearly 20 years in between), but it was a record that after few listenings, I couldn't help but to love it .. to death.

I'm eighteen, caught in a dream, black juju, long way to go, is it my body, second comming, hallowed be thy name, ballad of dwight fry... this is timeless, this will stand the test of time ever. Just a word to describe it: incredible

In 2005 Dirty diamonds tour, 3 songs still played from there, and since 71, Alice has done lots of records. The ones elected were 18, is it my body, and of course, for the theatric part, dwight fry.
This is a greatest hits record anyhow anyway

Maybe you do not like since it is ooold... Well, it may seem old, listen to Alice live playing this songs, and check if you still do not like it ... nevermind!

10/10 classic timeless

The last temptation

1994. The new record from Alice. Just a look to the cover art... wow, nice!
Could you believe the music is the follow up to Trash or Hey stoopid? ... no ... even better!

The last temptation is a real concept album whose main character Steven deals with the devil, who is trying to capture him for his purposes... (guess who plays the devil!) Based on a Neil Gailman comic, the lyrics follow the comic which follow the music brilliantly.

Not a weak song. Not a real classic one, as Billion dollar babies, School's out or Welcome to my nightmare, but 100% good damm songs, which, without reaching the classic status are worth of a perfect alice cooper record... Perfect hard rock melodic.

You, me
Understand
Shake my hand
Last chance, little man
Ain't it grand
It's a bargain, it's a steal
30 pieces of silver
And a deal's a deal
Sign upon the dotted line
I'll be yours and you'll be mine
Nothing's free

Nothing's free, cleansed by fire, you're my temptation, the ballad it's me, bad place alone -in which there is an interesting definition of the characters as explained in the comic, so the music follows-, stolen prayer, and the one who makes the show lost in America.

I also got the comic years later. since i only had part 1 and 3.
To read and listen ... on Halloween ;-)

Comic
9/10 great reading for Alice fans

music:
10/10 absolutely brilliant

brutal planet

alice cooper's follow up to my favorite the last temptation was not easy to keep up the level. instead of lowing it, alice got another record, not so good, but good enough.

brutal planet is rawer, straight to face, and in a modern way. it is not as dirty diamonds, which may seem an attempt back to 70s... anyway, the melodies are there. the hooks are there. and alice is back.
the song is pick up the bones. the song that justifies the bought of the record.

Collecting pieces of my family in an old pillow case
This one has a skull but it don't have a face
These look like the arms of my father so strong
And the ring on this finger means my Grandma is gone

but there are not only one good song, of course, we are talking of alice: brutal planet, gimme,
blow me a kiss -with really strange&funny lyrics-, sanctuary, it's the little things and 2000 ballad remake from the inmortal only women bleed in take it like a woman, pretty damned good

my version is 2CD, european tour edition -numbered, mine is 05173-, maybe that helped to get the record too... ;-)

8/10 nice to have

Humanary Stew

A tribute to Alice Cooper.
Well, that's is what i call a kiLler tribute record. Great rock stars paying homage to one of the greatest rock stars on earth. The dirty diamonds tour concert on which I was there :-) was incredible. Alice did not stop at all during the whole concert, and the theater part was incredible...

So, this is under my wheels by Def Leppard, school's out by Megadeth (please understand me, if i say marty friedman and dave mustaine, i mean megadeth's main part), Ronnie James Dio in welcome to my nightmare (impossible to choose a better song), black widow (Iron Maiden, in which bruce gives the intro the atmospherical way), and also we can mention Paul Gilbert, Glenn Hughes, Dokken, LA guns, Dee Snider, Zakk Wilde, Slash, Duff ... and in the rhythm guitar Bob Kulick -one of the mastermind behind this project- ... So if this is not a killer record filled up with stars, what is it?

10/10 shining