Susan Foreman | 5th June 2017 05:40 AM | Quote:
Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline
(Post 536340)
| There are a number of songs that either mention or are about Alice. These include (but are not limited to): - EXTREME - On the album 'Pornographitti', there is a song called 'When I'm President. It is a rock song with rapped lyrics. After the guitar solo, there is an interchange between the singer and the guitarist
Singer: "Go ask Alice."
Guitarist: "What did he say?"
Singer: "Remember, I want to be elected."
- THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - The album 'John Henry' contains a song called 'Why Must I be Sad', which is sung from the perspective of a kid who hears all of his unspoken sadness given voice in the music of Alice Cooper. There are a lot of song titles in it:
No More Mr. Nice Guy
I Love The Dead
I've Been thinking about it
Now I understand what he said
Ask Me now
I understand the words that Alice said
I kick the rocks beneath me
I squint at the sunset sad sad sad
Why must I be sad?
The rows of dandelions growing all around me
Why must I be sad?
No one knows these things but me and him
so I'm writing everything down in a spiral notebook
in the hopes that one day
other people will feel as low as this Welcome to my Nightmare
Dead Babies
Raped and Freezin'
You Drive Me Nervous
Elected
Generation Landslide
Under My Wheels
Muscle of Love
School's Out
Only Women Bleed
Billion Dollar Babies
- DANGEROUS TOYS - 'Scared'. The album, 'Dangerous Toys', actually carries the credit "...dedicated to Alice Cooper". The references are very subtle, and maybe you need to be a fan to actually get them!
Who is the man in the white vest?
I'm getting nervous, becoming a mess
Is he the doctor's man to take me away?
Or the same damn demon from yesterday?
Waking up is virtually impossible
Something in this story won't let me go
You know I'm shaking and I'm feeling sick
Guess I'm gonna need a vodka quick
Momma's lace and whiskey on the top shelf
Somehow they got caught up in my dream
Monsters on my right and cobwebs on my left
Scary man standin' right in front of me
Hey man, I think I like being scared
An' I wish you all were there Tomorrow, if I get my strength
I'll put my daddy's gun to use
I hate it, I hate it feels like I'm drowning
The man's tied me up and I think he's frowning
Black widow is his favorite bite
Why does the creature cling so tight
Makes her crawl on my face and neck
God, the man drives me a nervous wreck
Why am I starting to like this?
You know he hasn't hurt me yet
But it's different now, just a whim
Maybe I'm becoming his pet
Hey man, I think I like being scared
An' I wish you all were there
Man I really, really think, really think that I think
I like being scared
Other things to mention include: - The Scorpions - 'Speedy's Coming'
"Do you like Alice Cooper, do you like Ringo Star"
- Wednesday 13 - 'Something This Way Comes'
"Alice Cooper and G.I Joe, taught me everything I need to know
And when I hear 'HEY-HO', I scream 'LET'S GO', Baby.
There's something wicked, there's something wicked"
- Rob Zombie - 'Get Your Boots On! That's The End Of Rock And Roll'
"Well, Frank said to Alice
"Don't tell anybody that you didn't kill the chicken"
Let the illusion in Toronto survive
And live beyond what is always written"
- Dr Hook - 'Everybody's Making It Big But Me' features the lines
"Well I hear that Alice Cooper's got a foxy chick
To wipe off his snake, and keep him rich"
- The Royal Court Of China - 'Geared & Primed'
"I had a vision, I was Alice Cooper"
- THE WHO - Put The Money Down
"Before I walk on the water,
Put the money down, down, down,
There are bands killing chickens,
My hero's getting pushed around, 'round, 'round"
- Udo Jürgens song 'Er oder sie' (sang in German):
'Jeder Mensch ist er oder sie
Doch bei manchen weiß man das nie
Draus wird oft ein Star
Alice Cooper, David Bowie
Sind die zwei nun er oder sie
Das ist keinem klar.'
which roughly translates to
'Every human being is a he or a she
but with some you never know
those often become stars.
Alice Cooper, David Bowie
are these two a he or a she?
No one knows.'
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