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Alice Cooper made an obscure lost masterpiece/monsterpiece of an album in the late 70s called From The Inside, inspired by his time in an asylum because he was drinking himself to death. Like the best and worst albums of the 70s it's super overproduced, coming across like Meatloaf or the Phantom of the Paradise soundtrack. But you know what? It works, and I dare you to and not come away with a couple of earworms. Aesthetically it's a mess, inspired by people he met or imagined in the hospital, and careens between sympathy for the subjects of his songs, and contempt/exploitation, because of course it does, because this is Alice Cooper and good taste is not on his menu. He is a divine idiot who has spent much of his career blacked out making things like this album. The are unbelievable. Make sure to read along with the songs, it's... an experience. Millie and Billie is the love song of two psychopaths and features the lines: Billie I dream of our children They're frightening and gruesome and sad And I don't want them growing inside me They're no price for the love that we have - have there ever been *less* tasteful words in a love song? Of course not, this is Alice Cooper. Bonus fact: Alice's partner in that love duet is Marcy Levy, who went on to change her name to Marcella Detroit and form She's the one with the short hair and high voice. The other one is Siobhan Fahey from This has been Alice Cooper Facts, thank you for reading. |
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shakespeare's sister - stay is one of the best gothpop-campy songs ever written and the is amazing re: alice cooper, i trust yr instincts, playing now |
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Nurse Rozetta I won't let her Catch me peering down her sweater Fantasizing silk suspenders on her thighs Nurse Rozetta make me better Secretly my eyes undress her Let me feel your tongue depressor ahahahgfsdj |
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that's right |
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I hope it's brought you the same blend of cringe and pleasure it has me. I think my favorite song is Jackknife Johnny, with its narratively incoherent but earnest reach for pathos laced with classic 1970s Hammond organ stabs. The strongest songs on the album are also the cringiest, where he's trying to get into sentimental Eagles territory. It's awful and I like it that way. |
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yeah i think jackknife johnny is the strongest cut, "all your friends sleep in boxes while you sleep in chains", wow, like, deep man 🤔 the last track is great too, "we're the lunatic fringe who rusted the hinge" is so dumb but so funny |
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It has shall we say quality control problems in the lyrics, which is a shame because the song ideas are fascinating, even innovative, then he throws clunkers like that in there. But then he has lines like "you was washing cars down in Dallas when the holocaust came" which neatly encapsulates the idea of some average joe having his life torn apart getting drafted into the hellscape of the Vietnam war. Either he needed to be a better artist to do this material justice, or have a tough editor to kick him in the ass. |
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Though if it were handled better he'd just be fuckin' Bono and it would be boring as shit, with the mawkishness unleavened by unintentional hilarity. |
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this thread reminds me of that meme where the guy is looking at another woman, and the other woman has 'Alice Cooper' written on her, and his open-mouthed missus has 'Lou Reed' on her. |
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could have both though, i will give it a go |
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actually i just made p stupid comparison and i hereby pre-empt anyone who takes issue...sorry... ...Didn't she eat a bat live on Stage? |
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no, that was lilly allen, and she ate her own fist |
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She built a papier mache recreation of the KLF burning a million quid...i#m not joking |
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interesting how that has been totally scrubbed from the web, she really did & posted pics to her insta |
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haha, actually, im fucking vibing on that right now... REALL fuckin sketchy |
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perhaps she's a magick mooch |
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