Actually....while I enjoyed this song when I was a kid....I enjoyed it even more when I was a school teacher....and I used to play this song for the kids on the last day of school.....the kids really seemed to enjoy it. :)
We played Billion Dollar Babies in 1973 while in 4th grade class during share a song time and the teacher hated it. She hated Steppenwolf's "The Pusher" even more.
@@cannonball666 When I was in 4th grade, we used to play Cheech and Chong's "Sister Mary Elephant" before school; I will never forget "Class…class…SHUT UPPPP!"
I've seen Alice several times and it's always a good show. He kills himself through out the show and it always gives me chills when he's in his straight jacket reciting the line " I gotta get out of here" over and over because he's just so convincing. Quite the showman.
Here is a long story about "School's Out". Remember, I was 14. Last day of my Jr. High years... 1973. I had sat in back of last class of day for that entire trimester and unscrewed wall plate one day. ( I was bored and loved electronics, wired my own phone for my bedroom). Noticed there were many many wires. Found out later (another story) most were spare wires for the intercom system. Friend's dad was janitor. Had keys to all doors. We "borrowed" a key to door that was never used by his dad to gain entry. He'd never miss it. We snuck in very late the night before and saw which wires were not being used, after a few quick tests with me in Main Office and friend in room down the hall. (Remember, it was 1973. No cameras. Not even a simple alarm !? Just locked doors.) Picked four unused wires. 2 patched in to On/Off for main intercom switch, (with no Volume knob !? Intercom was either ON or OFF. I found that odd.)... overriding the OFF switch. (And yes, that could be done quite easily then).... Inside the wall plate of the room that I was going to be in at end of day, 2 wires went to intercom output, and one wire was cut (to be twisted together later) to intercom's On/Off. Next day, brought in cassette player, twisted back together the one wire to override the On/Off, alligator clipped the output from player to 2 wires that went to intercom. When bell rang, I pressed play. Then, the only song (recorded TWICE) on the tape played. Alice Cooper's "Schools Out". Blaring out through every speaker, inside and out ! They could NOT turn it off ! Sacrificed the player. Well worth it. Many suspected who did it... my friend and I NEVER told anyone until 3 years later...(after I got diploma !!!), at high school graduation party. A fun time was had by all. ;-)
He gave an interview as a tribute to Glenn, it was really touching and showed the love he had for him. He talked about going down the rabbit hole of Alzheimer's and the first signs. He talked about arranging a lesson with Glenn for Eddie Van Halen. It really shows his human side. It reminded me a lot about Marilyn Manson in "Bowling for Columbine" since he shows his intelligence.
Mike Simonian Alice Cooper legally changed his name to Alice Cooper, That was even said in this video, but anyway he will always be known as Alice Cooper
Alice played golf in my small Missouri town..went to local Wallyworld and signed autographs. cool guy and very intelligent..well spoken talented artist..thanks Fil
I had no idea he rescued the Hollywood sign. Thank you, Alice! I grew up in Southern California. That sign was part of my childhood. 😊 Great analysis, Fil, as always. I wonder if the kids in that audience realize what an icon they are watching🤘
Living where he does, I’ve run into him 4-5 times here and there over the years. In normal life, not a show, and he’s just the nicest, most genuine person you could ever hope to chat with.
My first concert was Alice Cooper in 1973 at the Philadelphia Spectrum. I graduated High School that year and Schools Out was his current album. It was a great concert. Thanks for the video sir.
Fantastic "commentary" mate, and so very well said about Alice Cooperand his songs, as well as his band. It was "G;en Buxton" of the Original Alice Cooper Group whom came up with the "School's Out" Riff. Alice always has stellar bands, but my favorite was the "Original Alice Cooper" Group!
The fact that Alice was a good friend of Groucho Marx and Glen Campbell shows that there was a lot more to Alice then what you saw on stage. He is actually a really nice and thoughtful person.
It was Sept 12th 1975, my wedding anniversary (my 1st wife ;) )and I called into my local for a quick drink on my way home from work, the landlord asked if I wanted 2 tickets for Alice Cooper "Welcome To My Nightmare" show at Wembley (then Empire Pool) for that same night as someone who couldnt make it had left them, well you dont look a gift horse in the mouth do you and even though I wasnt an Alice fan I accepted the tickets as I thought it would be a nice present for my wife. It was the best show I had ever seen in my life and probably still is, I was literally blown away by the theatrical side of the show, totally amazing and Ive been a fan ever since. Great analysis Fil
I have seen him about the same number of shows dating from 72 when he headlined with ZZTop as his warm up band to when I saw him last year when he opened for Deep Purple, and stole the show. Incredible front man. Used to love the theatrics from the boa constrictor, the guillotine and the dead baby doll, his shows were electric
My first show I seen of his was back in the late 80s. He stops here alot because his home town is not to far from here. The last show I seen of his is he opened up for motley crue on their farewell tour in 2015.
I used to see Cooper in Michigan starting in 1971 with the Love it to death album. His band at that time was so good even playing smaller venues that it was a joy to watch him. I still remember him swinging a 500 watt floodlight around and blinding the entire place lol. The guy could really sing
One of the best live shows I've ever seen back in the 1980's was Alice Cooper on New Year's Eve. He did magic tricks, he'd suddenly disappear and then reappear somewhere else on the stage, he was even beheaded at one point during the show. And, all the while, the music was absolutely fantastic. You couldn't ask for a better show. I always thought his re-working of Joni Mitchell's "Hello Hooray" which he used as his opening number for a time was absolutely genius.
Love Alice Cooper! When I was a teenager I would crank the car radio up whenever he came on, singing along and loving the way the music made me feel. To this day when I hear School's Out, or Eighteen, it takes me right back, ...I feel like a young rebel! "Under my Wheels "was another good one. Thanks Fil!
Alice Cooper is one of those rare performers who are as entertaining offstage as they are on. In interviews, Alice comes across as funny, articulate, intelligent, charismatic and down-to-earth. Not only has he created legendary songs and stage shows; he is also the kind of guy that you could just listen to him talk for hours. Mike Meyers used this side of Alice to great comic effect when he cast Alice in the film "Wayne's World." Alice is a true monster of rock!
I have played this song for my grandkids every June since they were in elementary school! Thanks, Fil for featuring one of my favorite rock stars! Actually, he is just a normal, nice guy!
Alice Cooper and his band had just released Pretties For You, his first album. He was usually the first on stage in any three or four band lineup at the old East Town Theatre. He had no theatrics at this time except for some strings of Christmas tree lights. He played 3 weekends of every month. When Schools Out came out, a big hit of course and it is big every year still today at the end of any school year everywhere. He was playing as the headliner by now and I had a friend who was friends with a promoter who let us two mooks in the auditorium early afternoon to watch them set up. I was sitting alone a few rows out and Alice Cooper came over and sat down next to me. He looked like a regular type guy when off work. He introduced himself as Vince, shook hands and asked if I knew of any golf courses near there. I told him what I knew and he chatted for about 10 more minutes, then said thanks for coming to his show. I went to the concert and have seen him at least 20 times in all. A decade later I was watching a Pro Am Golf Tournament on TV and there he was, playing with pros. Apparently Vince is a scratch golfer and was considered a "ringer" in the match. His team won, the TV crew and the Pros he was teamed with were amazed at how good he was.
I can't tell you how much fun an Alice Cooper concert is. You just have to be there to fully understand. Incredibly good musicians always back up this rock legend. A treasure, and a class act. This man is loved. Extremely entertaining. This is one of those rock anthems that everyone likes. Excellent history on this eclectic artist who broke new ground. Fil nearly hitting 100k subs and truly deserves it. Tell your friends to join us in these awesome lectures where we are learning things right!
Saw Alice Cooper at the famous "Lulu's Roadhouse" many years ago (before it closed in the year 2000), in Kitchener Ontario. They put on an incredible show, with the theatrics included. If you closed your eyes, they sounded as good as the albums
You can tell if someone is musically clueless if they roll their eyes when you say Alice made some beautiful song ballads - including, and I'm not kidding, one called "Only Women Bleed."
Mary Ann from Billion Dollar Babies. My mam generally didn't like Alice Cooper's music but she loved that song. I didn't have the heart to tell her that Mary Ann was a man :)
Absolutely @ Bill Woo. A very close friend of mine died recently and Only Women Bleed was played at the funeral. It's a beautiful song, which is why it has been covered by some of the best,but Alice's original,(co-written by Dick Wagner) is untouchable. 👍🏽✌🏽🏴☠️🍻
@@silgen That's a great story my friend. I remember a comment about being a sicko for playing Dead Babies by a female co-worker. I had to explain that the song is about child abuse, and that perhaps she should listen to the lyrics properly. 👍🏽✌🏽🍻🏴☠️
Living in Toledo, Ohio in the early 70's The "Coop" and Bob Seger were based in Detroit, an hour up the road. They opened for all the "big" bands, ala' Yes and Jethro Tull all the time. It was an amazing time to be alive and hearing SO much talent at that time period !!! Already have my tickets to see him next month back in T-Town !!!
OMG I saw him live on the Welcome to my Nightmare Tour. Always strange and wonderful. Golfing buddy of Glen Campbell, glam rock/shock rock icon, son of a preacher man and ultimate showman and great muppet guest star.
Thanks again Fil for a thorough analysis of Alice. I have always liked his music, and started admiring him as a person when I saw him on the Golf Channel as a very good amature player, but also a very witty and bright person. He now has a radio show that he host every day, and I listen most of the time. He has great stories of hanging out with all of the top rockers of his time, and has a very amusing persona. You did a lot of investigating of his history that I was not aware of, and will continue being a fan.
1:33 THERE! row 482! I swear I see one brutha in the crowd! Well, speaking of longevity... this guy has to be in his 70s, yes? I think, and he's still belting out the rock. I mean, his voice is more raspy and a tad lower but he's still kickin it. I'll bet KISS got their idea for makeup from Alice Cooper. Bob Ezrin... that names rings a bell. I think he had something to do with KISS. Hey, you don't close your lips when you say "something". sommmmmmmmething. get that M in there, man! :) SoMMMMething in the way...... she MMMMMMooooves. practice that a while every day! It'll fix it! Or maybe MuMuMuMyyyy Sharonaaaaaa. :) This vids are now analysis/history vids. I like the little history facts you add in as well as the musical analysis. thank ya!!
When I lived in Hawaii, our local classic rock radio station would air Alice Cooper's nightly radio show, "Nights with Alice Cooper." He introduced me to so much music I didn't know about. Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, The Kinks mid-70's work, Love, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck-era Yardbirds, his own album cuts, you know, deep album rock that wasn't, and still isn't, being played on traditional "classic rock" radio. I'll be forever grateful to him. Always sounded like a smart, articulate guy. So different from his stage persona. If I ever meet him, for sure I'll bow down and say, "I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!"
Alice was close friends with Groucho Marx, which that on its own is awesome. But Groucho was close friends to Carl Burns and they both attended an ALice Cooper show and loved it. Marx and Burn were stars of Vaudeville and Alice was a fan of Vaudeville. It makes sense Alice's shows were so over the top and hilarious. If anyone is interested, Alice did an hour long interview recently with Pastor Greg Laurie. Remember, Alice is a Born Again Christian. Incredibly insightful and fun, seriously.
What a high it must be to look out a massive crowd and hear virtually everyone singing along to your song. I have to think that must be mind blowing no matter how many years you have stood on that stage. So cool.
It's called "Nights with Alice Cooper now (in the U.S. anyway). I really like listening to it. It's on for 5 hrs. each weeknight. He's been off of all alcohol and drugs for quite some time. I like his stories about the other rockers he knows. He's a real gentleman on his show and is fun to listen to.
I first saw Alice Cooper, I think it was 1972 on ABC's In Concert. This was the time of glitter/glam rock. So I had seen Bowie,T.Rex and Slade. Alice Cooper was not like them. His entrance to the stage was through in a side door of the arena being beaten by several cops with billy clubs. His t-shirt was torn and soaked with blood, someone handed him an Alice Cooper poster which he tore up and stuffed into his mouth and began to eat. He made his way to the stage with the Alice Cooper group. The band members persona all dressed in white, with placid expressionless faces, absolutely no emotion was presented. I wondered while watching if the band controlled him or this nut case controlled this band of zombies. The whole concert the band pretty much abused this crazy lunatic on stage. Their playing and theatrics were apparently well planned out and absolutely stellar. The show culminated with the song Killer (I think) and ended by marching a defiant and pissed out of his mind Alice to the gallows and hanging him. It disturbed the piss out me(being 11 at the time). So much so that I went out and purchased the Killer album the next day.
@@OspreyFlyer Oh I know. I remember. American television did alot back then. I remember a prime-time network Cat Stevens special as well as Wings Over America. I guess because there was only three channels.
@@OspreyFlyer but I guess that Alice Cooper show was late night Friday so that was a bit different. They definitely were not broadcasting Alice Cooper to middle America during prime time.
@@scottmcgregor562 Correct. I believe In Concert was broadcast after the late night talk show, about 11:30 pm or midnight. It was the last "regular" programming of the night.
When "School's Out" first came out in late April 1972 every kid I knew crank up the volume on the radio when this song was played. excellent job on analyzing this timeless song Fil.
I saw him a couple years ago on a double bill with Deep Purple. Edgar Winter opened who was okay. Then Alice came on. I always liked Alice, had a few albums but never considered myself a "fan". Let me tell you, he puts on an amazing show. It's part musical- part rock concert and there is not one boring second. He is an amazing guy- what is he like 70? Nita Strauss was great too running around getting chased by Frankenstein. Full of energy and a great player. When they were done, my thought was how on earth do you follow that? If you never saw Alice and he comes to your town it is a MUST SEE.
Been an Alice Cooper fan since 1972. Can't overlook 2 other earlier albums - Killer and Billion Dollar Babies. He is the total showman too. Thanks for this video Fil, incredible how you were able to do Alices career in less than a 24 hour video with so much info about him and the band and over 26 full length albums. Kudos.
Oh my gosh I just attended my first Alice Cooper concert last night in Pittsburgh PA. Couldn't have had more fun! Alice was GREAT and the band fantastic. So glad I'd listened to you Fil before hand. Made it even more enjoyable. Thanks!
What a showman. Hasn't lost a step. Great as ever, perhaps better. Saw him at the Missouri state fair with Blue Oyster Cult a few years ago. Still relive the concert. A significant emotional event. Thank you brother Fil.
Not only does Alice put on amazing shows (saw him 6x so far and around about town on occasion), a great thing about his shows (as well as The Who) is that they are usually cost conscious and at great venues.
Gosh Fil. What a fabulous teaching of what to think about when writing a tune! Thank you for breaking this down so much! P.s. Some don't realize Alice is a great philanthropist. He has a school to teach underprivileged children and also a charity for trafficking of Native women. He was not only responsible for upgrading Hollywood Blvd as well as the O on the Hollywood sign. He also did a public announcement on YT telling kids how to protect against covid. Hope you feel good today! (The show as told by Alice) that was emptied in ten minutes was one where he opened for Jim Morrison!
Growing up in the 60s and 70s Alice Cooper's song "Schools Out" was an anthem to us young teenagers that hated school and authority. For me personally, I hated school with a passion. It never got any better untill I got out. Then 10 years later I went to University and then I cared. Schools Out has a killer hook that grabs you like a fish on the line. It's one of those songs that I can remember when I first heard it and where I was at. Many years have passed and school sucks more now then when I was forced to go..... 👋🤣
What amazes me about this performance is that Vincent is old enough to be grandfather to virtually everyone in that vast audience yet they are all so into him--talk about bridging the generation gap!
I did see an Alice Cooper show in the early 70’s, but was really more into just the music. The first two albums are a hard listen, but the next five with the original band are still some of my favorites. I bought some of the his solo albums, but never really warmed up to them. Something was lost when the band broke up.
Alice has always had a talent for writing clever and interesting lyrics combined with a sense of humor. I became a fan back when he had the original band, glad to see him still touring and putting out new music.
I saw Alice Cooper on May 4, 1975 at the Niagara Falls Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY. It was a stop on his "Welcome to my Nightmare Tour." Great show, loved it. During the show, I specifically remember him opening a wooden chest on the stage and taking out a football jersey with the number 18 on it. The opening notes of "I'm Eighteen" began and away we went with that song. There was also a point in the show where there was an animated sequence projected on a large screen in the middle of the stage. Some demons or ghouls, or somethings, were chasing Alice around on the screen. He ran toward the screen in the animation, and then suddenly, the real Alice came barreling through the screen. Really fantastic. When he sang "School's Out," he had a cane that he was waving around and twirling, just like in this video. A highlight of my senior year in high school.
FIL, THANKS FOR COVERING ALICE, AND YOUR GREAT COMMENTS, I FIRST SAW HIM AT THE FAMOUS EASTOWN THEATER IN DETROIT WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD, WHAT A MEMORY, ROCK ON, COUSIN FIGEL
WOW Fil, you have made my evening! You brought back the the best memory I have of my last day of school in the 12th grade!! My school played that song over and over again the last day of school! Even the teachers were having a very Fun time dancing and singing it with us! Since we were the graduating the last song they played was our theme song for my class which was Areosmith Dream On. Rock ON School Is OUT!!!! by Alice Copper! BEST DAY EVER OF SCHOOL WAS MY LAST DAY AT SCHOOL! LOVE SCHOOL IS OUT FOR SUMMER, SCHOOL IS OUT FOREVER!!! Thank You FIL!!!!
Remember this song from the mid-70's. Never was one of my faves, but Fil's analysis and history is so enjoyable to listen to that it makes us revisit even songs we don't like as much as others. Great work Fil 👍 Btw, I notice in this performance that Alice didn't have Johnny Depp adding a guitar. I heard that Depp jams with him on occasion, but obviously there is wide gap between jamming with someone in a local club and the talent Cooper wants behind him in the band for an actual concert.
Neal Schier .....Yes!…with Johnny and Joe Perry too in their band the Hollywood Vampires! He started that band in 2015. I saw them in the summer of 2016……Awesome show! They are great together!!
That intro riff is on Glen Buxton's gravestone. I saw Alice Cooper in Northhampton Ma during the Welcome 2 My Nightmare tour. With Steve Hunter on guitar! It's a 1200 seat theater. There was a guy with his kid on his shoulders. Alice and the whole band serenaded the kid. Beautiful!
The first time I saw Alice -welcome to my nightmare. my mom volunteered to tag along with us. It was awesome. In My high school yearbook underneath my senior photo -my name was written. then underneath it says “Schools Out by Alice Cooper”. I’ve seen him live 3 times. He golfs near my home occasionally. Nobody bugs him. He seems like a great guy.
The first major-artist concert I attend, as a high school student, was an Alice Cooper concert at the Myriad in Oklahoma City, OK; we had to drive 9 hours to get there. 😊 Another great review, Fil. 👍
Great he'e still rocking. Knew of him in the early '70s, fave being the song Million Dollar Babies. Glenn Buxton i hope. Only album i bought (warped, used). Used the phrase 'welcome to my nightmare' during stressful times at work. friend was a better fan than me.
I used to watch him live at the Palladium in Michigan before he broke out. I think Zappa had a lot to do with refining his show. There is a photo of Zappa with his parents. On the wall was a painting that became the cover of "Alice Cooper Pretties for You."
Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter. The Alice/Reed connection. If there is live footage of Lou Reed performing “Rock and Roll” that would be awesome. One of my favorite live performances ever!
AC got his boost playing clubs around the Midwest in the early 70's. I saw him multiple times at a club in St. Louis County called Rainy Daze. I also saw Iggy and the Stooges, Rush and the Amboy Dukes there. I got to see AC do the routine of putting a baby doll in a guillotine and some of his other gags. I have been a huge fan since then.
The "shock" was just a fun embellishment. I have always been into this band for music. For notes. For melodies. The 3 shredders he keeps on the stage are nice, but it's the songs, dude. And he is an ubermaster of songsmithing. FYI, my favorite album, "Killer". A melodic symphony, in parts. Before you die, hear the song "Desperado."
Wings of Pegasus should have an AKA “Time Machine.” (Not as catchy, I know). Yet every review you do has the ability to transport me back to those memories, often due to your in depth knowledge and history. You talk about how AC evoked such unusual (at the time) emotions. I can actually remember going to an AC concert during the Billion Dollar Babies tour with trepidation mixed with excitement; somewhat worried I would be grossed out and entertained. Fortunately, for me, it was all entertainment as he did most of the “gross” stuff it seemed with a healthy degree of camp. Like the MP Holy Grail Black Knight scene - gross yet hilarious. The original band was tight as spandex, and they played it hard. Thanks again, Fil, for the trip in your memory machine. You Rock,Brother!
His interview about Glen Campbell's death is touching. For a very long time, he has been a devoted family man. He plays golf almost every day. The record company supplied him nearly unlimited beer back in the day. His father was a minister, and he is a very religious man.
Have seen him about 5 times over the decades going back to the 70’s on the Welcome To My Nightmare tour. Had a great opportunity to do a photojournalism story a couple years ago at a concert in my home town. (He’s very nice) What was also great was taking my son to his concert last year-so many generations who enjoy him to this day. And Nita Strauss is so great to see with the band. Loved this video👍
Fil, thank you so much for analyzing Alice Cooper. As you said, when he came out in the early '70s he was very unusual and I've enjoyed him ever since. He is a dynamic entertainer whose stage image is very different from his real life. It's amazing that he can still put on such an energetic show. Another band that is somewhat similar to Alice is Ghost. They have many concert and live acoustic videos on TH-cam. Perhaps you could take an analytical look at them? They will also be touring in the UK starting tomorrow. Keep up the good work. It's been a pleasure listening to your insights.
Great reaction to Alice Cooper. I saw him in the 1970s and 2010. He puts on a great show both times. People dress up for these shows. In 2010 Rob Zombie was the 2nd act. Thank you.
I saw Alice Cooper in the mid 1970's - Front row - .The guy was a decade ahead of most other bands as far as stage presentation. Great music and even better stage show. Fun times !!
Awesome reaction Fil...very impressed with your knowledge of Alice Cooper...I grew up on Alice Cooper...so much fun...so much great music....I love Alice & cant thank him enough for so many great memories 🤟
Yeah! Alice Cooper in there with the bands that made 1971 such a great year. While the top 40 was playing "I'm Eighteen" during the day the underground radio (Google Clyde Clifford/Beaker Street) were playing "Ballad of Dwight Fry" off of Love It to Death at night. Then the Killer album came out in November--one of the best ever made. For anyone just now getting into Alice Cooper, it is worth listening to the whole album--especially "Halo of Flies".
Alice always had those killer guitars on his hard songs. Also underrated songwriter in terms of ballads. Truly one of the all time greats. Looks great at his age too. Presentation of this song perfectly unchanged from 1972! Thanks!!
Love Alice Cooper since 71 this song did for me Schools out and 18 with his Theatrics, Loved his concerts because of his use of Theatrics!! 🤯 King of Shock Rock!!
Alice was and is a great entertainer, I remember the summer after I got out of high school I would cruise down my home town’s Main Street with my windows down and my 8 track blasting “schools out”
At age 64, Alice has been part of the music of my life for decades. I remember even in junior high and high school that some of his wordplay was remarkably sophisticated compared to the often simple lyric themes. Even in the childish "School's Out," you get the puns on "class" and "principals" ("principles"). His social consciousness was also apparent in his early days.
Actually....while I enjoyed this song when I was a kid....I enjoyed it even more when I was a school teacher....and I used to play this song for the kids on the last day of school.....the kids really seemed to enjoy it. :)
I bet they did . You sound like a fun teacher ! 🤗
We played Billion Dollar Babies in 1973 while in 4th grade class during share a song time and the teacher hated it. She hated Steppenwolf's "The Pusher" even more.
cannonball666 Lol 😂!
Lol my 15 year old nephew loves Alice Cooper and Foreigner 😍😍😍
@@cannonball666 When I was in 4th grade, we used to play Cheech and Chong's "Sister Mary Elephant" before school; I will never forget "Class…class…SHUT UPPPP!"
I've seen Alice several times and it's always a good show. He kills himself through out the show and it always gives me chills when he's in his straight jacket reciting the line " I gotta get out of here" over and over because he's just so convincing. Quite the showman.
The Ballad of Dwight Frye one of the greatest rock songs ever. So scary and disturbing.
Alice Cooper is probably the most underrated songwriter of all time. Thanks for another great video Fil.
Bob Dylan once called him an underrated songwriter, I agree.
so is Michael Bruce ...
Agreed 💯 👍
Here is a long story about "School's Out". Remember, I was 14.
Last day of my Jr. High years... 1973. I had sat in back of last class of day for that entire trimester and unscrewed wall plate one day. ( I was bored and loved electronics, wired my own phone for my bedroom). Noticed there were many many wires. Found out later (another story) most were spare wires for the intercom system. Friend's dad was janitor. Had keys to all doors. We "borrowed" a key to door that was never used by his dad to gain entry. He'd never miss it. We snuck in very late the night before and saw which wires were not being used, after a few quick tests with me in Main Office and friend in room down the hall. (Remember, it was 1973. No cameras. Not even a simple alarm !? Just locked doors.) Picked four unused wires. 2 patched in to On/Off for main intercom switch, (with no Volume knob !? Intercom was either ON or OFF. I found that odd.)... overriding the OFF switch. (And yes, that could be done quite easily then).... Inside the wall plate of the room that I was going to be in at end of day, 2 wires went to intercom output, and one wire was cut (to be twisted together later) to intercom's On/Off. Next day, brought in cassette player, twisted back together the one wire to override the On/Off, alligator clipped the output from player to 2 wires that went to intercom. When bell rang, I pressed play. Then, the only song (recorded TWICE) on the tape played. Alice
Cooper's "Schools Out". Blaring out through every speaker, inside and out ! They could NOT turn it off ! Sacrificed the player. Well worth it. Many suspected who did it... my friend and I NEVER told anyone until 3 years later...(after I got diploma !!!), at high school graduation party. A fun time was had by all. ;-)
LMBO 😍 👈 that's hilarious 😂🤣
Alice is quite a normal guy .He used to play golf with Glen Campbell who was his neighbour.
Trinitarian Alice still plays golf, last summer we saw him in one of the Casino’s here in California
Another golf mate is guitarist Robbie Krieger.
He gave an interview as a tribute to Glenn, it was really touching and showed the love he had for him. He talked about going down the rabbit hole of Alzheimer's and the first signs. He talked about arranging a lesson with Glenn for Eddie Van Halen. It really shows his human side. It reminded me a lot about Marilyn Manson in "Bowling for Columbine" since he shows his intelligence.
Actually Alice Cooper is the name of the band.
Mike Simonian Alice Cooper legally changed his name to Alice Cooper, That was even said in this video, but anyway he will always be known as Alice Cooper
Loved that he and Glen Campbell were such good friends. Fil, I bet you can rock this riff!
Alice played golf in my small Missouri town..went to local Wallyworld and signed autographs. cool guy and very intelligent..well spoken talented artist..thanks Fil
Heard he checks out golf courses at each of his tour stops.
@Night-Sparrow Cairns Walmart....
A timeless classic, a remember all us kids singing this on the school bus the last day of school....
Did you play lead on the school bus
I know me too
The parents thought he was the devil.
Carmen Jones , I think his dad was a pastor..
I had no idea he rescued the Hollywood sign. Thank you, Alice! I grew up in Southern California. That sign was part of my childhood. 😊
Great analysis, Fil, as always.
I wonder if the kids in that audience realize what an icon they are watching🤘
I first seen Alice Cooper in 1972!! That was before people knew of him. My gosh what a concert. Loved it.
Living where he does, I’ve run into him 4-5 times here and there over the years. In normal life, not a show, and he’s just the nicest, most genuine person you could ever hope to chat with.
My first concert was Alice Cooper in 1973 at the Philadelphia Spectrum. I graduated High School that year and Schools Out was his current album. It was a great concert. Thanks for the video sir.
Billion Dollar Babies tour I believe.
Alice Cooper live in his prime was one great show. Not just visually. His band was bang on. Lots of great tunes. Glad i saw him in the mid seventies
Saw him in 2018. He was amazing as he was in 2009 and 2010. And in the 90s.
Fantastic "commentary" mate, and so very well said about Alice Cooperand his songs, as well as his band. It was "G;en Buxton" of the Original Alice Cooper Group whom came up with the "School's Out" Riff. Alice always has stellar bands, but my favorite was the "Original Alice Cooper" Group!
The fact that Alice was a good friend of Groucho Marx and Glen Campbell shows that there was a lot more to Alice then what you saw on stage. He is actually a really nice and thoughtful person.
It was Sept 12th 1975, my wedding anniversary (my 1st wife ;) )and I called into my local for a quick drink on my way home from work, the landlord asked if I wanted 2 tickets for Alice Cooper "Welcome To My Nightmare" show at Wembley (then Empire Pool) for that same night as someone who couldnt make it had left them, well you dont look a gift horse in the mouth do you and even though I wasnt an Alice fan I accepted the tickets as I thought it would be a nice present for my wife. It was the best show I had ever seen in my life and probably still is, I was literally blown away by the theatrical side of the show, totally amazing and Ive been a fan ever since.
Great analysis Fil
ps The lead guitarist I saw with Alice Cooper was Glen Buxton, the guy responsible for the "Schools Out" riff and original solo.
Glad to see so many other elderly folks still loving some Alice Cooper! He rocks hard.
The kids still play this last day of school. My son does.
Love watching you loving the music Fil. I watch to watch you and to listen!
Ryan Roxie, Tommy Henrikson, Chuck “Beasto Blanco” Garric, Glen Sobel and Nita “Hurricane” Strauss, ALL top notch musicians
My absolute favorite live show is Alice Cooper. I've seen him at least a dozen times. He's coming to town in like a month from now ao I'm there.
I have seen him about the same number of shows dating from 72 when he headlined with ZZTop as his warm up band to when I saw him last year when he opened for Deep Purple, and stole the show. Incredible front man. Used to love the theatrics from the boa constrictor, the guillotine and the dead baby doll, his shows were electric
My first show I seen of his was back in the late 80s. He stops here alot because his home town is not to far from here. The last show I seen of his is he opened up for motley crue on their farewell tour in 2015.
I'm jealous......i've only seen him once.....but absolutely incredible....!!!!! 😊😊
Excellent video as usual, Fil. A fan of AC since 1971 when my big sister brought the Killer album home.
Love Alice!!! I was such a fan as a kid, finally saw him live in 2016, he and the band were amazing!
Thanks for covering AC! I love his early stuff and original band! Seeing him on TV in 1972 was a game changer for me.
The TV show In Concert? That's the performance I remember.
I used to see Cooper in Michigan starting in 1971 with the Love it to death album. His band at that time was so good even playing smaller venues that it was a joy to watch him. I still remember him swinging a 500 watt floodlight around and blinding the entire place lol. The guy could really sing
One of the best live shows I've ever seen back in the 1980's was Alice Cooper on New Year's Eve. He did magic tricks, he'd suddenly disappear and then reappear somewhere else on the stage, he was even beheaded at one point during the show. And, all the while, the music was absolutely fantastic. You couldn't ask for a better show. I always thought his re-working of Joni Mitchell's "Hello Hooray" which he used as his opening number for a time was absolutely genius.
Love Alice Cooper! When I was a teenager I would crank the car radio up whenever he came on, singing along and loving the way the music made me feel. To this day when I hear School's Out, or Eighteen, it takes me right back, ...I feel like a young rebel! "Under my Wheels "was another good one. Thanks Fil!
It makes me very happy hearing these old songs😂🤣😂🤣😂😁👍
Alice Cooper is one of those rare performers who are as entertaining offstage as they are on. In interviews, Alice comes across as funny, articulate, intelligent, charismatic and down-to-earth. Not only has he created legendary songs and stage shows; he is also the kind of guy that you could just listen to him talk for hours. Mike Meyers used this side of Alice to great comic effect when he cast Alice in the film "Wayne's World." Alice is a true monster of rock!
Great review Fil, you keep the music alive and relevant. Thank you.
I have played this song for my grandkids every June since they were in elementary school! Thanks, Fil for featuring one of my favorite rock stars! Actually, he is just a normal, nice guy!
The best showman and concept artist ever Live, and cool enough to have a chat in the street once , amazing guy
Alice Cooper and his band had just released Pretties For You, his first album. He was usually the first on stage in any three or four band lineup at the old East Town Theatre. He had no theatrics at this time except for some strings of Christmas tree lights. He played 3 weekends of every month. When Schools Out came out, a big hit of course and it is big every year still today at the end of any school year everywhere. He was playing as the headliner by now and I had a friend who was friends with a promoter who let us two mooks in the auditorium early afternoon to watch them set up. I was sitting alone a few rows out and Alice Cooper came over and sat down next to me. He looked like a regular type guy when off work. He introduced himself as Vince, shook hands and asked if I knew of any golf courses near there. I told him what I knew and he chatted for about 10 more minutes, then said thanks for coming to his show. I went to the concert and have seen him at least 20 times in all. A decade later I was watching a Pro Am Golf Tournament on TV and there he was, playing with pros. Apparently Vince is a scratch golfer and was considered a "ringer" in the match. His team won, the TV crew and the Pros he was teamed with were amazed at how good he was.
Alice Cooper, godfather of shock rock and stage shows.
And Rock and Roll golfer extraordinaire
Yep
Awesome! Love it Fil. Cheers from Australia.
I can't tell you how much fun an Alice Cooper concert is. You just have to be there to fully understand. Incredibly good musicians always back up this rock legend. A treasure, and a class act. This man is loved. Extremely entertaining. This is one of those rock anthems that everyone likes. Excellent history on this eclectic artist who broke new ground. Fil nearly hitting 100k subs and truly deserves it. Tell your friends to join us in these awesome lectures where we are learning things right!
Saw Alice Cooper at the famous "Lulu's Roadhouse" many years ago (before it closed in the year 2000), in Kitchener Ontario.
They put on an incredible show, with the theatrics included. If you closed your eyes, they sounded as good as the albums
You can tell if someone is musically clueless if they roll their eyes when you say Alice made some beautiful song ballads - including, and I'm not kidding, one called "Only Women Bleed."
Mary Ann from Billion Dollar Babies. My mam generally didn't like Alice Cooper's music but she loved that song. I didn't have the heart to tell her that Mary Ann was a man :)
Absolutely @ Bill Woo. A very close friend of mine died recently and Only Women Bleed was played at the funeral. It's a beautiful song, which is why it has been covered by some of the best,but Alice's original,(co-written by Dick Wagner) is untouchable. 👍🏽✌🏽🏴☠️🍻
@@silgen That's a great story my friend. I remember a comment about being a sicko for playing Dead Babies by a female co-worker. I had to explain that the song is about child abuse, and that perhaps she should listen to the lyrics properly. 👍🏽✌🏽🍻🏴☠️
Bill Woo I love that song!
Absolutely awesome. Sad and loaded with emotion.
❤Alice Cooper❤ All his bands were awesome. His first band was stellar! He still performs to this day. That's why I love him. Fil you rock!
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Living in Toledo, Ohio in the early 70's The "Coop" and Bob Seger were based in Detroit, an hour up the road. They opened for all the "big" bands, ala' Yes and Jethro Tull all the time. It was an amazing time to be alive and hearing SO much talent at that time period !!! Already have my tickets to see him next month back in T-Town !!!
Saw him the first time in 76, one of the best shows I ever saw, just a great Show
OMG I saw him live on the Welcome to my Nightmare Tour. Always strange and wonderful. Golfing buddy of Glen Campbell, glam rock/shock rock icon, son of a preacher man and ultimate showman and great muppet guest star.
He also had great shoes
" Steven " and " The Black Widow " from Welcome To My Nightmare are two of my favourites. That said, Welcome To My Nightmare as a whole, is no slouch.
Thanks again Fil for a thorough analysis of Alice. I have always liked his music, and started admiring him as a person when I saw him on the Golf Channel as a very good amature player, but also a very witty and bright person. He now has a radio show that he host every day, and I listen most of the time. He has great stories of hanging out with all of the top rockers of his time, and has a very amusing persona. You did a lot of investigating of his history that I was not aware of, and will continue being a fan.
First concert in 1971 in an outdoor hockey rink in the suburbs of Chicago at a YMCA IIRC. Maybe Elkgrove, Illinois. 18 and I like it!
1:33 THERE! row 482! I swear I see one brutha in the crowd! Well, speaking of longevity... this guy has to be in his 70s, yes? I think, and he's still belting out the rock. I mean, his voice is more raspy and a tad lower but he's still kickin it.
I'll bet KISS got their idea for makeup from Alice Cooper. Bob Ezrin... that names rings a bell. I think he had something to do with KISS.
Hey, you don't close your lips when you say "something". sommmmmmmmething. get that M in there, man! :) SoMMMMething in the way...... she MMMMMMooooves. practice that a while every day! It'll fix it! Or maybe MuMuMuMyyyy Sharonaaaaaa. :)
This vids are now analysis/history vids. I like the little history facts you add in as well as the musical analysis. thank ya!!
Thanks dude!
My first concert was Alice Cooper in 1973 in Mobile Alabama. Used to sing in rock bands and I liked singing Eighteen.
When I lived in Hawaii, our local classic rock radio station would air Alice Cooper's nightly radio show, "Nights with Alice Cooper." He introduced me to so much music I didn't know about. Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, The Kinks mid-70's work, Love, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck-era Yardbirds, his own album cuts, you know, deep album rock that wasn't, and still isn't, being played on traditional "classic rock" radio. I'll be forever grateful to him. Always sounded like a smart, articulate guy. So different from his stage persona. If I ever meet him, for sure I'll bow down and say, "I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!"
He opened up for Motley Crue a few years back. He’s still got it and his band was incredible.
Alice was close friends with Groucho Marx, which that on its own is awesome. But Groucho was close friends to Carl Burns and they both attended an ALice Cooper show and loved it. Marx and Burn were stars of Vaudeville and Alice was a fan of Vaudeville. It makes sense Alice's shows were so over the top and hilarious.
If anyone is interested, Alice did an hour long interview recently with Pastor Greg Laurie. Remember, Alice is a Born Again Christian. Incredibly insightful and fun, seriously.
What a high it must be to look out a massive crowd and hear virtually everyone singing along to your song. I have to think that must be mind blowing no matter how many years you have stood on that stage. So cool.
In early 2009 Alice Cooper hosted a Toronto weekly Saturday radio programme on Q107, called NIGHTS WITH ALICE.
We listen to Nights with Alice here in Niagara Falls think you can get the podcasts so a can listen too!
It's called "Nights with Alice Cooper now (in the U.S. anyway). I really like listening to it. It's on for 5 hrs. each weeknight. He's been off of all alcohol and drugs for quite some time. I like his stories about the other rockers he knows. He's a real gentleman on his show and is fun to listen to.
I first saw Alice Cooper, I think it was 1972 on ABC's In Concert. This was the time of glitter/glam rock. So I had seen Bowie,T.Rex and Slade. Alice Cooper was not like them. His entrance to the stage was through in a side door of the arena being beaten by several cops with billy clubs. His t-shirt was torn and soaked with blood, someone handed him an Alice Cooper poster which he tore up and stuffed into his mouth and began to eat. He made his way to the stage with the Alice Cooper group. The band members persona all dressed in white, with placid expressionless faces, absolutely no emotion was presented. I wondered while watching if the band controlled him or this nut case controlled this band of zombies. The whole concert the band pretty much abused this crazy lunatic on stage. Their playing and theatrics were apparently well planned out and absolutely stellar. The show culminated with the song Killer (I think) and ended by marching a defiant and pissed out of his mind Alice to the gallows and hanging him. It disturbed the piss out me(being 11 at the time). So much so that I went out and purchased the Killer album the next day.
I remember that In Concert performance. It was a big deal for network TV to broadcast such a spectacle! 😂
@@OspreyFlyer Oh I know. I remember. American television did alot back then. I remember a prime-time network Cat Stevens special as well as Wings Over America. I guess because there was only three channels.
@@OspreyFlyer but I guess that Alice Cooper show was late night Friday so that was a bit different. They definitely were not broadcasting Alice Cooper to middle America during prime time.
@@scottmcgregor562 Correct. I believe In Concert was broadcast after the late night talk show, about 11:30 pm or midnight. It was the last "regular" programming of the night.
@@OspreyFlyer another great one was Grand Funk Railroad and Freddie King.
When "School's Out" first came out in late April 1972 every kid I knew crank up the volume on the radio when this song was played. excellent job on analyzing this timeless song Fil.
When we first saw Schools Out in the UK on Top Of The Pops it was a historic moment. I would put it in the 3 most memorable TOTP performances ever.
I saw him a couple years ago on a double bill with Deep Purple. Edgar Winter opened who was okay. Then Alice came on. I always liked Alice, had a few albums but never considered myself a "fan". Let me tell you, he puts on an amazing show. It's part musical- part rock concert and there is not one boring second. He is an amazing guy- what is he like 70? Nita Strauss was great too running around getting chased by Frankenstein. Full of energy and a great player. When they were done, my thought was how on earth do you follow that? If you never saw Alice and he comes to your town it is a MUST SEE.
Been an Alice Cooper fan since 1972. Can't overlook 2 other earlier albums - Killer and Billion Dollar Babies. He is the total showman too. Thanks for this video Fil, incredible how you were able to do Alices career in less than a 24 hour video with so much info about him and the band and over 26 full length albums. Kudos.
not bad for a 71 year old classic rock icon....LOVE!!!
Alice puts on an amazing live show with decades of hits. Also love his cover band, Hollywood Vampires with Joe Perry on guitar.
Oh my gosh I just attended my first Alice Cooper concert last night in Pittsburgh PA. Couldn't have had more fun! Alice was GREAT and the band fantastic. So glad I'd listened to you Fil before hand. Made it even more enjoyable. Thanks!
What a showman. Hasn't lost a step. Great as ever, perhaps better. Saw him at the Missouri state fair with Blue Oyster Cult a few years ago. Still relive the concert. A significant emotional event. Thank you brother Fil.
Not only does Alice put on amazing shows (saw him 6x so far and around about town on occasion), a great thing about his shows (as well as The Who) is that they are usually cost conscious and at great venues.
Gosh Fil. What a fabulous teaching of what to think about when writing a tune! Thank you for breaking this down so much! P.s. Some don't realize Alice is a great philanthropist. He has a school to teach underprivileged children and also a charity for trafficking of Native women. He was not only responsible for upgrading Hollywood Blvd as well as the O on the Hollywood sign. He also did a public announcement on YT telling kids how to protect against covid. Hope you feel good today! (The show as told by Alice) that was emptied in ten minutes was one where he opened for Jim Morrison!
Generation Landslide is one of my all time favorite songs
I believe Dylan once said Alice was a very underrated songwriter
Your right about a song people could relate too. This song came out when I was a sophomore in High school in 1972. I loved it.
Growing up in the 60s and 70s Alice Cooper's song "Schools Out" was an anthem to us young teenagers that hated school and authority. For me personally, I hated school with a passion. It never got any better untill I got out. Then 10 years later I went to University and then I cared.
Schools Out has a killer hook that grabs you like a fish on the line. It's one of those songs that I can remember when I first heard it and where I was at.
Many years have passed and school sucks more now then when I was forced to go.....
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What amazes me about this performance is that Vincent is old enough to be grandfather to virtually everyone in that vast audience yet they are all so into him--talk about bridging the generation gap!
I did see an Alice Cooper show in the early 70’s, but was really more into just the music. The first two albums are a hard listen, but the next five with the original band are still some of my favorites. I bought some of the his solo albums, but never really warmed up to them. Something was lost when the band broke up.
Alice has always had a talent for writing clever and interesting lyrics combined with a sense of humor. I became a fan back when he had the original band, glad to see him still touring and putting out new music.
I saw Alice Cooper on May 4, 1975 at the Niagara Falls Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY. It was a stop on his "Welcome to my Nightmare Tour." Great show, loved it. During the show, I specifically remember him opening a wooden chest on the stage and taking out a football jersey with the number 18 on it. The opening notes of "I'm Eighteen" began and away we went with that song. There was also a point in the show where there was an animated sequence projected on a large screen in the middle of the stage. Some demons or ghouls, or somethings, were chasing Alice around on the screen. He ran toward the screen in the animation, and then suddenly, the real Alice came barreling through the screen. Really fantastic. When he sang "School's Out," he had a cane that he was waving around and twirling, just like in this video. A highlight of my senior year in high school.
FIL, THANKS FOR COVERING ALICE, AND YOUR GREAT COMMENTS, I FIRST SAW HIM AT THE FAMOUS EASTOWN THEATER IN DETROIT WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD, WHAT A MEMORY, ROCK ON, COUSIN FIGEL
YES ! The good-old days of the Eastown theater, what a rocking place that was!
WOW Fil, you have made my evening! You brought back the the best memory I have of my last day of school in the 12th grade!! My school played that song over and over again the last day of school! Even the teachers were having a very Fun time dancing and singing it with us! Since we were the graduating the last song they played was our theme song for my class which was Areosmith Dream On. Rock ON School Is OUT!!!! by Alice Copper! BEST DAY EVER OF SCHOOL WAS MY LAST DAY AT SCHOOL! LOVE SCHOOL IS OUT FOR SUMMER, SCHOOL IS OUT FOREVER!!! Thank You FIL!!!!
Kathy Irvine ... Copper is an element.
Enjoy the music, it's about an era that is gone but not forgotten. And very muched loved!
@@JW...-oj5iw Sorry misspelled Cooper.
Remember this song from the mid-70's. Never was one of my faves, but Fil's analysis and history is so enjoyable to listen to that it makes us revisit even songs we don't like as much as others. Great work Fil 👍
Btw, I notice in this performance that Alice didn't have Johnny Depp adding a guitar. I heard that Depp jams with him on occasion, but obviously there is wide gap between jamming with someone in a local club and the talent Cooper wants behind him in the band for an actual concert.
Interesting.
Neal Schier .....Yes!…with Johnny and Joe Perry too in their band the Hollywood Vampires! He started that band in 2015. I saw them in the summer of 2016……Awesome show! They are great together!!
@@loripond1839 That's really cool!!
That intro riff is on Glen Buxton's
gravestone.
I saw Alice Cooper in Northhampton Ma during the Welcome 2 My Nightmare tour. With Steve Hunter on guitar!
It's a 1200 seat theater. There was a guy with his kid on his shoulders. Alice and the whole band serenaded the kid. Beautiful!
Check out Alice's record Warner Brothers Presents the Alice Cooper Show. The guitar work was way ahead of its time
The first time I saw Alice -welcome to my nightmare. my mom volunteered to tag along with us. It was awesome. In My high school yearbook underneath my senior photo -my name was written. then underneath it says “Schools Out by Alice Cooper”. I’ve seen him live 3 times. He golfs near my home occasionally. Nobody bugs him. He seems like a great guy.
The first major-artist concert I attend, as a high school student, was an Alice Cooper concert at the Myriad in Oklahoma City, OK; we had to drive 9 hours to get there. 😊
Another great review, Fil. 👍
Glad you picked this he is a Phoenix native. Two concerts in Tucson in the 70s Extremely intelligent man.
Glen Campbell’s golf buddy. What a unique performer!
Great he'e still rocking.
Knew of him in the early '70s, fave being the song Million Dollar Babies. Glenn Buxton i hope. Only album i bought (warped, used).
Used the phrase 'welcome to my nightmare' during stressful times at work. friend was a better fan than me.
g mat Billion
Only Women Bleed and Ballad of Dwight Fry for me :D but i love a lot of him ^^
I used to watch him live at the Palladium in Michigan before he broke out. I think Zappa had a lot to do with refining his show. There is a photo of Zappa with his parents. On the wall was a painting that became the cover of "Alice Cooper Pretties for You."
Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter. The Alice/Reed connection. If there is live footage of Lou Reed performing “Rock and Roll” that would be awesome. One of my favorite live performances ever!
AC got his boost playing clubs around the Midwest in the early 70's. I saw him multiple times at a club in St. Louis County called Rainy Daze. I also saw Iggy and the Stooges, Rush and the Amboy Dukes there. I got to see AC do the routine of putting a baby doll in a guillotine and some of his other gags. I have been a huge fan since then.
The "shock" was just a fun embellishment. I have always been into this band for music. For notes. For melodies. The 3 shredders he keeps on the stage are nice, but it's the songs, dude. And he is an ubermaster of songsmithing.
FYI, my favorite album, "Killer". A melodic symphony, in parts. Before you die, hear the song "Desperado."
Desperado is classic!
Oh Desperado is an awesome song👍😁😁
@@kenlee5015 No doubts about that 👍👍👍👍
@@lindabergman3127 So are you, Linda :)
Loony Tune and Blue Turk off of School's Out as well
Wings of Pegasus should have an AKA “Time Machine.” (Not as catchy, I know). Yet every review you do has the ability to transport me back to those memories, often due to your in depth knowledge and history.
You talk about how AC evoked such unusual (at the time) emotions. I can actually remember going to an AC concert during the Billion Dollar Babies tour with trepidation mixed with excitement; somewhat worried I would be grossed out and entertained. Fortunately, for me, it was all entertainment as he did most of the “gross” stuff it seemed with a healthy degree of camp. Like the MP Holy Grail Black Knight scene - gross yet hilarious.
The original band was tight as spandex, and they played it hard.
Thanks again, Fil, for the trip in your memory machine. You Rock,Brother!
His interview about Glen Campbell's death is touching. For a very long time, he has been a devoted family man. He plays golf almost every day. The record company supplied him nearly unlimited beer back in the day. His father was a minister, and he is a very religious man.
Have seen him about 5 times over the decades going back to the 70’s on the Welcome To My Nightmare tour. Had a great opportunity to do a photojournalism story a couple years ago at a concert in my home town. (He’s very nice) What was also great was taking my son to his concert last year-so many generations who enjoy him to this day. And Nita Strauss is so great to see with the band. Loved this video👍
Fil, thank you so much for analyzing Alice Cooper. As you said, when he came out in the early '70s he was very unusual and I've enjoyed him ever since. He is a dynamic entertainer whose stage image is very different from his real life. It's amazing that he can still put on such an energetic show.
Another band that is somewhat similar to Alice is Ghost. They have many concert and live acoustic videos on TH-cam. Perhaps you could take an analytical look at them? They will also be touring in the UK starting tomorrow.
Keep up the good work. It's been a pleasure listening to your insights.
Great reaction to Alice Cooper. I saw him in the 1970s and 2010. He puts on a great show both times. People dress up for these shows. In 2010 Rob Zombie was the 2nd act. Thank you.
I saw Alice Cooper in the mid 1970's - Front row - .The guy was a decade ahead of most other bands as far as stage presentation. Great music and even better stage show. Fun times !!
Great Alice Cooper. He is definitely different. Thank you Fil
Love Alice Cooper ❤ always a legend ✌
Alice just keeps on rolling n rolling along..
Never stops..
Saw him live a few years ago, one of the most fun times I ever had. He has such a stage presence you don't see enough, one Hell of an entertainer!
Awesome reaction Fil...very impressed with your knowledge of Alice Cooper...I grew up on Alice Cooper...so much fun...so much great music....I love Alice & cant thank him enough for so many great memories 🤟
Thanks so much.. this was so interesting,. didn't know this about Alice Cooper
Yeah! Alice Cooper in there with the bands that made 1971 such a great year. While the top 40 was playing "I'm Eighteen" during the day the underground radio (Google Clyde Clifford/Beaker Street) were playing "Ballad of Dwight Fry" off of Love It to Death at night. Then the Killer album came out in November--one of the best ever made. For anyone just now getting into Alice Cooper, it is worth listening to the whole album--especially "Halo of Flies".
Saw the original band in Seattle. Together they were a real machine. A bunch of jocks that could rock!
Alice always had those killer guitars on his hard songs. Also underrated songwriter in terms of ballads. Truly one of the all time greats. Looks great at his age too. Presentation of this song perfectly unchanged from 1972! Thanks!!
Love Alice Cooper since 71 this song did for me Schools out and 18 with his Theatrics, Loved his concerts because of his use of Theatrics!! 🤯 King of Shock Rock!!
Alice was and is a great entertainer, I remember the summer after I got out of high school I would cruise down my home town’s Main Street with my windows down and my 8 track blasting “schools out”
At age 64, Alice has been part of the music of my life for decades. I remember even in junior high and high school that some of his wordplay was remarkably sophisticated compared to the often simple lyric themes. Even in the childish "School's Out," you get the puns on "class" and "principals" ("principles"). His social consciousness was also apparent in his early days.
I saw Alice Cooper in 78 and he put on one of the greatest rock shows I have seen, the stage show was insane