Anyone who can't appreciate the genius of this era of Alice Cooper band doesn't deserve ears.

@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825

3 жыл бұрын

This is my favourite era of Alice. The mystique, the strangeness, the impromptuedness. Alice was at his best in 1970 to 1975. When Shep and Alice planned the strangest promotional things, the group was the was the best. Then when Alice started hobknobbing with Hollywood greats, he started to go down hill then even before the drug issue ruined him. All Alices early bootleg concerts from 1971 to 1973 here on YT are awesome.Check out “Puke on a Piece of Apple Pie”. I had a guy post that for me in complete. You’ll love it to death.............

@WOODLASE

9 күн бұрын

@@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825 Gotta see that! Got a link?..

61 year old woman who has loved Alice Cooper from the beginning. Finally got to meet him. Best day of my life. Thank God he is still with us, doing concerts and putting out great music with the best musicians.

@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825

4 жыл бұрын

Mary You and I are about the same age, and I can’t get enough of Alice either. I have been infatuated with this man since 1970. I just loved his wilder days in his twenties. So impromptu the performances were because of the booze. Hi from Canada!

@Mary-jz9vr

4 жыл бұрын

@Frances Williams Hello fellow Alice lover. Thanks for the reply.

@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825

4 жыл бұрын

Mary Any time you want to talk is awesome. I’ll see your comments in other Alice videos in the future. You should join the Nights With Alice Cooper App. It is great fun, and there is many beautiful pictures of Alice to drool over. Hi again from Canada!

@dandemino2513

Жыл бұрын

Im right there with ya ! , at 66, alice still rule,s 👍 , awesome memorie,s, and still providing the awesome music !, EXTREME TALENT , THE ORIGINAL, TBE BEST, THE. COOP ! WILL ROCK FOREVER ! IN MY HOUSE 👍😄 ...drums & alice filled our house 40 yr,s ago 3 brother,s 3 drummer,s , alice providing every bass pounding beat, 🎸🎵🎶🥁 and still is 🥁👍😄

@nomanmcshmoo8640

11 ай бұрын

Glad you got to meet him! He is such a NORMAL AND COOL GUY!!!!!! I bumped into him in Phoenix many years ago...a gem of a fellow.

As a kid in a basement in Holly, MI to a 60 yr old adult, this music still hits me the same way. DAMN it's good!

@paulyabe

3 жыл бұрын

I lives in Holly. I'm 65 and very much remember I'm Eighteen being played at least once per hour on CKLW. Then this thing came along called FM rock radio. SC/Ballad was my first taste of the rest of the album.

@p.aaronjones4174

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulyabe I lived on Sherman St, went to Holly elementary until ‘71. Loved it there. Hung out with the Keely’s (Wally, Mark, Chuck & Dave) and Skip, Vince Saunders and Jim Carnes. ‘Coop, then Black Sabbath, of course the Beatles. mac’s Malt shop and the theater even had movies then. A great place to be a kid.

@gwynnmariedemoranville8072

Жыл бұрын

THATS WHY ALICE IS THE COOP !! MY LITTLE MONSTERS !!

@geneva760

Жыл бұрын

HA - same for the 64-year old KID. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA.

@deerfeeder3252

7 ай бұрын

My parents hated Alice cooper, it made me love him more! 50 years ago.....

Back when Alice Cooper was a band, not just a person!

I always get a little chill whenever it transitions from Second Coming to the Ballad of Dwight Fry.

@neilmartin99

4 жыл бұрын

Two words.......Bob Ezrin.

@jimpinkey8382

3 жыл бұрын

Totally- the transition between the two songs is so seamless that they are really parts of the same song

@toddswift8737

3 жыл бұрын

Bob Ezrin was ace on this album!

@Nick-fi1mc

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! Fantastic

@robinhammann6035

2 жыл бұрын

I do too .. love it

Guitar and piano lead in to Dwight Fry is one of the best pieces of music ever- absolute goose bumps!

@angelduran3141

5 жыл бұрын

Your so very right me too

@paulyabe

4 жыл бұрын

the last time I saw AC live I got goosebumps and tears started when Halo of Flies started

@greglapointe1311

4 жыл бұрын

I like the part where Glenn Buxton's guitar sounds like a siren, great track from a very good album.

@williamthomasjuarbe7851

3 жыл бұрын

Durant ee duantique durantcester

@RobloxGirl385

3 жыл бұрын

Who plays the piano on this?

I Love it to Death!!

There is never more need for healing simplicity of Sun Arise than following the incomparable darkness of The Ballad of Dwight Frye. Alice Cooper is a master of drama and performance, and one of the first to take rock to a different place where it explored more uncomfortable social and psychological truths of living. As a human being, Alice cooper is a good soul and has a warm personality, and I encourage people to listen to his amusing interviews. His latest interview about his very close friend, the late Glen Campbell, is a moving tribute.

@Lengsel7

2 жыл бұрын

Is it healing? Or maybe he's just descended further into total madness....or maybe he's been lobotomized, and spends his days pressed against an institution's window, following the sun. That guitar solo seems pretty twisted

@Nick-fi1mc

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! You two are some different kind of thinkers, so dark lol 🤣🤣 I like it

Listening to this masterpiece, causes me to think that it may have been written for 2021..Our struggles as individuals and a world in unsettled times. Piano transition creates a magically flow.

@michaelschwartz7951

Жыл бұрын

Right?

Alice Coopers Greatest Hits was the first album I ever bought. I was 13 y/o and I was never the same after.

A Triple Shot of Brilliance

I love the original Alice Cooper band.

@alextrebek8293

3 жыл бұрын

me too

@bluecollar825

Жыл бұрын

So does Alice lol. These boys talents are waaay overlooked imho. They were theatrical sure, but they had the chops to back it up.

Fun Fact: The child's voice at the beginning was provided by Monica Lauer, a friend of the band. Neil Smith would cover it at live shows.

Second Coming is a masterpiece.

@paulyabe

3 жыл бұрын

Second Coming/Ballad was the first song I heard on FM rock radio that wasn't I'm Eighteen, which had been played relentlessly on AM radio (CKLW). The band & friends had been calling in requests to CKLW to play I'm Eighteen. Those were the days...

@ddbedguy

3 жыл бұрын

Incredible lyrics and music.

@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825

2 жыл бұрын

Do check out the live recording of “Second Coming” in March 1, 1971 recorded in the Rooster Tail club in Detroit. You will love it to death…………….

@paulyabe

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825 hmm

@ACG7001

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825 where can you find the recording

Sitting in my room as a middle teen in the dark with my home made flashing lights and my headphones on. One of the greatest piece of music of acid rock of all time.

@SDune

Ай бұрын

How true.😊

I bought this LP when I was 13. Now I am 55 and it is just as great as ever.

@poemsproseandmusingsofthei6014

8 жыл бұрын

Me TOO!

@poemsproseandmusingsofthei6014

8 жыл бұрын

Hey Mr. X, just for the hell of it...who are you voting for man???

@MrXrayis

7 жыл бұрын

Gary Johnson.sorry so late did not see this until now.Mr or Ms Poems ,Prose &Musings.

@TacomaPaul

6 жыл бұрын

Am 59, and I got this when I was about 14 !!! Freaked me out... in the best way possible.

@ArachnoDirge

6 жыл бұрын

That LP gets better every time!

I am so glad my father showed me this stuff when I was a 7. love it to death, killer, and billion dollar babies, the albums of my youth. JUST AS GOOD AS EVER.

Second Coming is so eerie and morose. Just beautiful. My favorite AC song ever. Heavy too!

Sixty and still Loving it to Death! A shame radio don't play this and so much more!

@Dan.Corkill

5 жыл бұрын

Deran Davis Truth!

@angelduran3141

5 жыл бұрын

62 I feel the same way!!.

@gmoney9068

Ай бұрын

In my opinion, Love it to Death was Alice Cooper's most underrated album.

I couldn’t believe this little dive bar had this on kareoke night. I delivered it in full fashion to the 7 people that were there, even doing the breakdown screaming from the floor. The DJ was suprised he’d never seen someone know it haha #memories

@BennSimonn

4 жыл бұрын

Did you use the Songbooks Online app by any chance? I was really surprised this song was in that app

@michaelmccurry9947

4 жыл бұрын

Great dive bar story. My kinda place.

@richiedyno

4 жыл бұрын

@@BennSimonn I'm not sure, it was a DJ setup, I was just a (happy) patron.

@JamesAnicola

3 жыл бұрын

Ya man I no every word. Still brings chills.Seen him at spectrum.

@davesmith1199

3 жыл бұрын

I bet you killed it,Bro.....Remember the Coop.

Grabbed my Coat .. from the very first time I heard this track as a kid way back when I was mesmerised and still am .. don't know how you could call any song your absolute favourite but this certainly is one of my absolute favorite's .. but when you love music as much as I do you end up having hundreds of absolute favourites , what can I say 🍻🖖

Thank you for posting this! I always considered these three songs one piece...and it is fucking brilliant.

@barleycorn3384

6 жыл бұрын

sure enough!!

@richiedyno

6 жыл бұрын

The Guitologist here here

@baileyfurio2327

4 жыл бұрын

Agree on The second coming>dwight frye connection, but never put sun arise in there, tho its a great song. Hell The whole album, front to back, doesnt have one bad song I could think of! Straight classic!

@andymelendez9757

3 жыл бұрын

Yup!

@davidlincoln78240

3 жыл бұрын

Same here.

Saw Alice & crew perform this when I was 15 and this fabulous concert is still fresh in my memory. I'm 62 & still love this trifecta. Sun arise, children.✌

@m00nracer

4 жыл бұрын

where did you see this?

Relate to this song every day Alice Cooper saved my life

The originality, chemistry and creativity is unmatched to this day. A bonafide masterpiece!

My buddies and I used to get stoned, walk into Myer-Emco (D. C.) with this album under our collective arms and ask the sales guy to play all of side two through the Bose 901's in the store showroom. Walked out with huge smiles and then munched out at Ranch House. Those were the days, wow.

The 2 that don't like this must be rap fans. They're not used to hearing music and this is top of the line great music. He's always had a really tight band. Saw him back in 86 in Providence and it was phenominal

@WOODLASE

9 күн бұрын

Rap lovers have a distinct 'disconnect' and that why MANY of them end up behind bars...

It is a shocking piece of rock. It does not lose it with time. back in the eighties, I blasted it in the car on the way home on the west side highway with a girl --and she said how sad it was. ----And I agreed with her. ---why do you think I played it? Because life is sad, I said. --Not a date song. --She did hang with me for years. --Called me eccentric years later and we went our separate ways. ---------We all go our separate ways with rock. --You either see it or you don't. --And this is one to see.

The best way to listen to this trilogy is thru HEADPHONES IN THE DARK. That way you MISS NOTHING. Have listened to this hundreds of times. Never get sick of it. Alice is a genius, and I love him so much as a performer, creator, artist, and so much more.

I'm 56 this is no doubt my favorite album of all time

I played this album so much that I ended up having to buy THREE copies!!! I can't imagine any song other than Second Coming being worthy of preceding The Ballad of Dwight Fry. The band's musicianship had come together perfectly by this album. Glen Buxton's twilight zone guitar riffs punctuated perfectly by Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar and bassist extraordinaire Dennis Dunaway ... handing off to Neal Smith's drum marching band outro and climaxed with Bob Ezrin's timeless piano bridge... whew ...this was the greatest rock band of the early 70's, hands down.

@daviddoolin8893

8 ай бұрын

I had 3 copies also WHY? ,,,,,,,,,,,,Cause I,M 18,18, 18.

The fact that this isn't known, universally beloved or even on the radio is a shame!

@rickoursler2583

5 жыл бұрын

M Rich It was always well known and loved by AC fans everywhere. It got a lot of airplay too

@paulyabe

4 жыл бұрын

Haven't heard it on radio airwaves in decades, not even SiriusXM. It was the first cut I heard on FM when both LITD & FM were brand new. Before then it had been I'm Eighteen on CKLW-AM. I was not aware my heroes were so close ~ the Cooper Farm

@jackremington3397

3 жыл бұрын

Ballad of DF was played on a Santa Barbara, CA FM station last week at 2am...

This was one of my all time favorite songs Alice C. EVER did!!Still is after sooo long!!

I always loved the back cover of Bruce, Buxton, and Dunaway posing with their instruments.

@jed6403

Жыл бұрын

I'd stare at it sitting in a bean bag chair and listening as a kid in 74' wanting to be a Rockstar.

I'm 39 years old and Alice Cooper love it to death is one of the best albums ever recorded in my opinion

I'm 60 and Alice Cooper (the band, not so much solo Alice) is still one of my favorites. When I was 15 I saw the Billion Dollar Babies show from the front row!!! Awesome!!!!

THis is such a classic.....62 & still listening to the Coop.

@WOODLASE

9 күн бұрын

74 and 'still addicted'...

Holy Crap did we ever do alot of tripping listening to Alice.

@jamessholtz6016

4 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. When the band lived in "suburbia" of Detroit so did I. I first saw them on halloween in 1970 in Ann Arbor. Next literally in a barn loft (called the Loft) north of Detroit. Next Christmas Eve and Christmas at the Eastown. Such a light show they had then. And acid was plentiful.

@slick3858

3 жыл бұрын

Finally, someone who experienced Alice the way I did. I got to see Alice at the Cincinnati Gardens when this album came out. Tripping my brains out on some good chocolate mescaline, I got to see him chop his head off and hang himself! Or, it could have just been the mescaline!!

@p.aaronjones4174

3 жыл бұрын

As if you needed anything but your ears the first time hearing this.

This made my day …. 63 years old still rocking…. I guess I’m so old and I’m one of those people that say most of the music made nowadays sucks this actually had some meaning and purpose to it.

@jjhoughton2812

2 ай бұрын

Yungun😏

the best of Alice even his favorite

Thank you for this..takes me back...Killer and Love It To Death...best albums...brilliant....now 56 and still love these songs...

@Dykhopper

6 жыл бұрын

Don't forget EASY ACTION..my acid album!!

I remember in the late 70’s a local radio station, I think it was WABX, used to have people call in on what song they wanted to end the late night show with… this trilogy of songs won every night for over a year

@bobsimilar3304

Жыл бұрын

Whatever happened to Mark parento?

@rickkowalske4116

29 күн бұрын

Wabx gone but not forgotten

@davidadams-nf7bc

6 күн бұрын

More air aces? Coool!

ha!! I popped acid when listening to this album...Orange Sunshine....what a great trip!!!...Michael plays amazing piano here, very under-rated...

didn't get to hear this album until 87 ....and I have never been without it since. still have my tape copy from my buddy when we were 16. one of the best albums of all time. black juju and these 3....life changers!!!

One of my three favorite Detroit LPs, along with MC5's "Jams" and Iggy's "Raw Power"...!

Should have 1 million views !

one of the most under rated bands in history, both musically and with their influence on Rock for the ages. But......I like under rated, keeps the unworthy away.

@marsawaits7able

5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha...

@mike-st6vf

4 жыл бұрын

Well said. I'm sure they had their reasons for breaking up, but oh man...they were just peaking musically with BDB....what could have been. 6

@gogoyubari366

3 жыл бұрын

They are so underrated they sold millions of albums, sold out stadiums and were on of the biggest bands in the universe.

@l.salisbury1253

3 жыл бұрын

Other great "under rateds: the Sonics, the Fugs, David Peel, Velvet Underground, Flaimin' Groovies, Shaggs, Stooges, MC5, Modern Lovers, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, Dictators and Runaways...

@p.aaronjones4174

3 жыл бұрын

Radio complained they couldn't sell soap & feminine hygiene products playing that stuff...thus, you got sucky boatloads of David Essex.

It would be nice to walk upon the Water, I've just come back to show you all my words are golden......

One of the most macabre, chilling, unique pieces of music ever recorded. I've always loved Second Coming/Dwight Fry. The rich deep tone of the demented guitar segment after the "I gotta get outta here's" is eternally cool.

@ieronimo18

Жыл бұрын

Yes, my friends and I referred to Glen Buxton's tortured, wailing riffs as his "atonal twilight-zone instrumentals".

This album is definitely my favorite Alice Cooper album out of them all, the band finally figured out their sound and combined the horror with it perfectly along with Killer, but I always preferred this one

@bluecollar825

Жыл бұрын

It definitely deserves to be ranked. I don't think theres one song on the album that is a mandatory skip.💯

@jefffudesco9364

Жыл бұрын

I listened to this thru the early and mid 70s when all my friends older brothers had LOVE IT and KILLERS. Then i found it again thru hi skool in the mid 80s when the new wave went flat and heavy rock got silly. We were waiting for rock guitar to return for the 90s. Listening to LOVE IT and KILLERS thru my childhood was scary and probably bad for my pre-teen mind. The records were so cinematic and deep and enigmatic. Especially when the little girl asked, "mommy, is daddy ever coming home?"

@richardroach4192

Жыл бұрын

I agree, my favorite by accident, every song is good, sometimes I can't get these songs out of my mind, shame it's never been played much.

@jamesmonroe4043

Жыл бұрын

So many years ago

@jamesmonroe4043

Жыл бұрын

I wish I could find the lyrics online, since it's been many years since I knew this album by heart if anyone knows how to do it let me know. Thank you.

Love it to Death is my favorite!...well written, well everthing! Beautiful and Kickass album.

I bought this mail order back in 1971 when I was 13 years old. It was My first purchase from a mail order Record outlet . Almost Every track Rocks and I still Love this vinyl even until this very day and always will. Thanks for posting this Masterpiece of music.

Three of my heroes: the original Alice Cooper group, my brother who introduced me to them, and Dan Corkill for posting these three songs together that belong together

@Dan.Corkill

7 жыл бұрын

WeAreAllOne ExceptForThatGuy, thanks for the comment! Happy New Year!!

I was 17 when this album came out. "Ballad of Dwight Frye" really impacted me then . It still stirs me a bit now.

@alandunn1836

Жыл бұрын

My brother got me started on Alice Cooper. My brother died from dynamite in 1975. This song has real meaning to me.

@harristurner6836

Жыл бұрын

I thought I was only one. My favorite song every (as a trio) or just Ballad O fDwight Fry. Prolly listened to it no kidding over 1000 times in my life (I'm 63) and I still get chills over it. The tormented feeling & sadness in song is near overwhelming. Since I bought "Love It To Death" at 11 years old for around $3 brand new off the shelf at local record shop, I've been hooked. I virtually have every album/CD he's made...even "Pretties For You" & "Easy Action" Wasn't very fond of some of his heavy metal stuff but grew to appreciate then too. I've seen him 8 times live. IMHO best artist ever

I've always adored the combination and contrast of these two songs. Brings me to tears.

@RichM0410

4 жыл бұрын

Free I’ve shed many tears to this... it’s so damn good... a masterpiece

@jeffe.198

4 жыл бұрын

@@RichM0410 I cry easily. Kindred spirit Rich. Stay safe.

@gm9831

3 жыл бұрын

It is three song that weave together

Omg!!! The soundtrack to my youth!!!

58, just learning these 3 again to play as a piece. Still has something!!!

I saw Alice in KC during the Trash tour. I was 13. This song trilogy is sort of a sad Anthem for me. I love Alice and Always will. Thank you for posting this the right way.

The way Alice themes his albums and the order he weaves a thread through the songs are just as brilliant as the song writing and musical composition itself!

@haleymay1119

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan Corkill! From Follow up Boss??

@haleymay1119

6 жыл бұрын

Oh I'm sorry. Your the uploader of this video. How rediculous of me to think you were the software developer hahaha! One too many pot brownies I guess. Thanks for the upload. This is one of Copper's best, and one of my top five favorite songs of his ❤😍

I haven't heard this in forever. What an amazing album.

@markcaruso3960

11 ай бұрын

But it never left my mind.

Saw AC in Rockingham, NC 1972. Peachtree Festival

I would love to sit down and tell him just how much these songs meant to me . Being that I was held up in a mental ward , these songs touch me , cut me to the bone . Even , even the ones I stold , I wanna get out of here , I GOTTA GET OUT. OF HERE

@cindydufala7646

4 жыл бұрын

william terry seems fitting today. The USA is closed. 3-21-2020. Lyrics have new meanings

glad to see I'm not the only middle aged 56year old old fart listing. 😃

@barleycorn3384

7 жыл бұрын

You may be, I'm only 59.

@bigswingface5847

7 жыл бұрын

A few comments from a 60 year old die hard Jazzer: I remember Coop from my high school days, we all loved them, of course. Looking back on it and listening to these records now, it's sure great to hear them with a LOT more musical knowledge than I had then. I think this band is the most under rated band in pop music history. Each of these guys were excellent musicians (they put the Beatles to shame, sheer talent wise, but, so did several other bands). One more thing - - - can anyone tell me, WITHOUT looking it up, who Dwight Frye was? You may be surprised to find out he was a real person.

@brianleblanc7893

7 жыл бұрын

I Believe He Was A Silent Screen Movie Actor?

@robertschaffer6284

6 жыл бұрын

brian leblanc he played Igor in the original Frankenstein with Boris Karloff

@bigswingface5847

6 жыл бұрын

He also played Renfield in the original Dracula with Lugosi as well as Igor, both from 1931 if memory serves.

This Combo always breaks my heart in the best way...

the good old days

Blow me away, time and time again!!

Does everybody know that Alice is a Christian still doing his thing? Praise the Lord!!! I'm 66 and he still sounds as good now as then. God got ahold of this man... Imagine that!!!🙏🏼📖👍😎

@l.salisbury1253

4 жыл бұрын

Check out his album "Brutal Planet" (2000)- the ONLY album in existence that'll appeal to fans of Pantara... and Billy Ghram!

@donhavard6525

4 жыл бұрын

Dave DeVita you have to ruin it with your Christian bullshit.Fuck off.

@MrMacca-zg2bw

4 жыл бұрын

@@donhavard6525 Shut up he's not ruining anything! He's just saying that he's a christian. you don't have to say anything back!

@rickyhicks1927

3 жыл бұрын

Amen! Live him!

@Lengsel7

3 жыл бұрын

@@donhavard6525 Praise be to God, and God Bless America. Have a great day.

I listened to Cooper as an adolescent in the 1970s. I was obsessed with this trilogy, but couldn't explain why. But it was clearly set apart from the rest of the music of its day. The chorus of Dwight is classic. So brash, confident, theatrical.

Great memories of my youth!

The son of a preacher, who would have thunk it. Absolutely Beautiful piece of Brilliance agreeing with Everyone.!!!

Yes they do belong together. Thanks Dan.

Most fabulous early Alice Cooper!!

PERFECT - ORIGINAL COVER PHOTO TOO!

Love It To Death was the first Alice Cooper LP that I got my hands on. I couldn't believe music like this existed (all we had was AM radio)! This sounds better each time I listen. DCorkill--I love this trio of AC songs. Huge thank you. I play these every week now.

Love It to Death is the third album by the American rock band Alice Cooper, released in March 1971. It was the band's first commercially successful album, and is considered to be where the band first consolidated its aggressive hard-rocking sound. The album's best-known track, "I'm Eighteen", was released as a single to test the band's commercial viability before the album was recorded.

Just saw AC in the steel city....1990 was 1st time. He still kills it. Awsome Show!

When this LP was released, I was 12. And Alice and rest of the boys were the only Rock that played this type of music. The Ballad Of Dwight Frye was, is and will always be a masterpiece of Shock-Theater-Rock. The Love It To Death is, to me, the greatest album recorded between 1970 and 1976. Don't forget, also from Detroit were Iggy And The Stooges and The MC5. Detroit Rocked back then like no other city in America!

@TheMuddobber55

6 жыл бұрын

jean giroux Not to mention Bob Seger (presellout) Ted Nugent Rare Earth n Frigid Pink to name a few others. We lived in the rockinest city in the country ALL the bands knew if they could make it in Detroit they would be huge! Check out the old Grande Ballroom line ups from back then!

@gritdog4107

5 жыл бұрын

Frank Zappa is in that generation Heard Frank and Alice had a gross out contest Frank shit on stage and Alice ate it

@lyndamadden1604

5 жыл бұрын

Dwight Fry was a real guy..google it

@JTKOZEK

5 жыл бұрын

Did not happen. That rumor just won't die.

@zolarczakl3880

5 жыл бұрын

@@gritdog4107 The rumor went just the other way. Alice took a shit on stage and Zappa, not to be outdone, ate it. But none of that happened. In the very beginning of his autobiography The Real Frank Zappa, Zappa says "For the record, folks: I never took a shit on stage, and the closest I ever came to eating shit anywhere was at a Holiday Inn buffet in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1973." Frank Zappa was a great musician and composer.

Genius.

Purchased 1972. Still my ATF. from a time when albums had 1 maybe 2 hits then throwaways, LITD has best 4 closing tracks ever. And it has legitimate HITS! original ACG one of the best R&R bands ever.

the 2 songs that changed my musical life june, 1971 ... 14 years old

Amazing, only gets better and better over time, love this song

Detroit,Grande Ballroom...

Here for Dwight Fry!

Such a classic album and addictive trilogy. , Saw them on the "Killer' Tour early '72, Capital Theater, Passaic, NJ. Sold out and one of the greatest concert/shows I well recall. Seeing and hearing them 'live' was amazing. Video can't convey how great their performances were. Thanks Dan Corkill for uploading this - Appreciate it !

Thank you for posting this.

Amazing peice of work.

perfect blend damn i forgot hey thanx

Thank God For Alice Cooper ! Thankyou For Helping Me See The Darkness In Myself And For Also Helping Me Awaken To The Light Of God. Thankyou For All This LoVe 🙏✨💜🙏✨

AWESOME transition COOPER ROCKS. NICE post!! 😁☝👌🤘💖💣💥

These three tracks HAVE to be played back-to-back for the full impact! NO bout a dought it: "Luv It to Death" is one of the three GREATEST Detroit LPs along with MC5's "Kick Out the Jams" and Iggy's "Raw Power">..!

The best Alice Cooper album. The music was never the same without the rest of this band. When I was younger I never realized how great of musicians these guys are. Bass,drums guitars are excellent.

Don't feel like looking for my killers vinyl atm, so glad this is up as one track, one of my all time favorite single album sides

This is such an ill closing medley to a great album. The production is awesome, little touch of the beatles, some stooges and a whole bunch of inspiration on the boys part.... goodness gracious. on my vinyl set up, stuff really sounds nice

This was mad genius !! The scariest shit to come down the pike since Joan Crawford & Bette Davis !! Back when they were drinking &/or doping I would have KILLED to have spent an evening with & between Alice & Ozzy - my mad heaven !! God bless them both !!

If you can imagine being 16 yo and both LITD & FM rock radio stations were brand new, and if you've read DD's book or lived it, you know about I'm Eighteen and CKLW-AM. When I first heard Second Coming/Ballad on a Detroit FM station, I was transformed. Little did I know they were living nearby, on the Cooper Farm. This was during the time when LZ, Black Sabbath, and GFR were also ruling the FM airwaves, but there was something special about the original Alice Cooper group.

thanks four generations of Cooper fans. brought a tear to. my eye.

@ou-rb2gv

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Secrest may be you should stay away from hot wings if it gives gas that bad.

I already knew this tune. However, I sat in jail once for 17 days b4 the charges were ultimately dismissed. There was this guy who kept yelling to the guards: 'I gotta get out here! I gotta get outta here! I gotta get... outta here!' He said it every time they passed - wow....

Why do you people think this band resonates with so many people? For me i would spin Killer album everyday my older brother was at school. I was too young for school then. but i still remember listening to Killer at home with my mom. Not sure if she enjoyed it like i did. Maybe i\ll ask her. Never been or will be a band with their depth or sound. Still lovin it to death!

@cryptaud

6 жыл бұрын

They just have that energy, the pure, powerful, specific feeling in all of their music that can't be replicated, and for those of us that it resonates with, can't really be topped at all either. Whenever I listen to them, I just feel put into a different world almost.

all bands have their defining masterpiece album and for AC this is the one

@paulyabe

4 жыл бұрын

I first heard Second Coming/Ballad on FM radio when both were brand new. It did something magical to me. After that it was the poster from Killer on my brothers bedroom wall. Our mother was horrified. It was great.

@paulyabe

4 жыл бұрын

@Michael M. I recently learned that our Dad made him take it down.

@paulyabe

4 жыл бұрын

@Michael M. LITD was beginning of '71, Killer later in '71

@christophergreen1594

2 жыл бұрын

He's a preachers kid! What do you expect?

@christophergreen1594

2 жыл бұрын

Fucking genious album!

Man when I was like 14 or so I started listening to Alice and carried his music with me to Germany and when I turned 18 well you know what was rocking on the old Pioneer. I had a set of Bose 901's and it was great. Never forget it.