[Susan Foreman]

To finish the first side of the 'Billion Dollar Babies' album is a song entitled 'Unfinished Sweet', which is about the horrors of visiting the dentist

It's an experimental track, lasting six minutes and containing many different, seemingly unrelated ideas. Sound effects of a dentist drill --- nods to the famous James Bond musical sequence --- and then space age waves of noise for no apparent reason

On the 'Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper' DVD, this song is acted out as Alice having a cavity and having to get it drilled out. The dentist is played by the illusionist The Great Randi. It then cuts out of the concert and shows him chasing the tooth through the street. It wasn't originally going to be shown that way but to keep it rated PG they had to shoot the street thing and edit out the part where he gets "frisky" with the giant tooth brush

The line up for this live version is:

Alice Cooper - Vocalist
Michael Bruce - Guitarist
Glen Buxton - Guitarist
Dennis Dunaway - Bassist
Neal Smith - Drummer
Mick Mashbir - Guitarist
Bob Dolin - Keyboardist

05/10 - Unfinished Sweet (Cooper, Bruce, Smith)



"Oh
Candy everywhere, got chocolate in my hair
Aching to get me
Sticky sweet suckers in the Halloween air
Aching to get me
Saint Vitus dance on my molars tonight
Aching to get me
Aching to get me, get me. oh ...

I take it to the doc, guess he ought to know
La, da, da, da, da
Which ones can stay an` which ones gotta go
La, da, da, da, da
He looks in my mouth and then he starts to gloat
He says my teeth are O.K.
But my gums got to go

Oh...
Oh ...
Oh...
Oh...

I come off the gas but I'm still seeing spies
Aching to get me
And I can see them all through a glassy pair of eyes
Aching to get me
De Sade's gonna live in my mouth tonight
La, da, da, da, da
If the rotten tooth fairy is satisfied,
La, da, da, da, da,
Aching to get me, get me oh ... ""

To open side two is another bona fida classic - No More Mr. Nice Guy.

Alice apparently wrote this song about the reaction of friends and family toward his over-the-top stage persona. The maniac he plays on stage went over well with his audiences, but the folks in his mother's church groups were unsure how to handle it and were uncomfortable talking about it. This song was the shock rocker's declaration that the "gloves are off," and he's no longer going to apologize for his wild-man stage antics, as there are many worse things that he could be doing with his life.

Artistes as diverse as Magadeth and Pat Boone have covered the song

It was written around the time of 'Killer' but wasn't considered in line with the theme for either that album or 'School`s Out'

Apparently Alice wanted to sound like Roger Daltry and the band to sound like The Who

It's still very much a part of the Alice Cooper live show

Alice Cooper - Vocals and Harmonica
Neal Smith - Drums and Vocals
Dennis Dunaway - Bass and Vocals
Glen Buxton - Lead Guitar
Michael Bruce - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Piano and Organ
Bob Ezrin - Keyboards, Mini-Moog
Reggie Vincent - Guitar

06/10 - No More Mr. Nice Guy (Bruce, Cooper)



"I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing
'Til they got a hold of me
I opened doors for little old ladies
I helped the blind to see
I got no friends 'cause they read the papers
They can't be seen with me
Aand I'm gettin' real shot down
And I'm feeling mean

No more Mister Nice Guy
No more Mister Clean
No more Mister Nice Guy
They say he's sick, he's obscene

I got no friends 'cause they read the papers
They can't be seen with me
And I'm gettin' real shot down
And I'm, I'm getling mean

No more Mister Nice Guy
No more Mister Clean
No more Mister Nice Guy
They say he's sick, he's obscene

My dog bit me on the leg today
My cat clawed my eyes
Ma's been thrown out of the social circle
And dad has to hide
I went to church incognito
When everybody rose,
The Reverend Smith
He recognized me
And punched me in the nose

No more Mister Nice Guy
No more Mister Clean
No more Mister Nice Guy
He said Your sick, You`re obscene

No more Mister Nice Guy
No more Mister Clean
No more Mister Nice Guy
He said Your sick, You`re obscene"