Alice Cooper - Black Juju Live 1971

[chapelierfoudre]

Boys and girls, today is quite an anniversary : this performance is 40 years old today !!! Alice Cooper at the Espace Cardin, 2nd of November, 1971. The first Alice Cooper concert in France, in their first European tour, just weeks before "Killer" was released. Gee I was five month old back then ! lol It must have been such a magic evening. What we can hear in this film is so raw and wonderfully weird and eerie !!

[jhonen32629]

This song makes me wanna watch the Jungle Book. Weird I know

[LuneyTune72]

@jhonen32629 Maybe juju = voodoo = witch doctor = jungle = Jungle Book?

[hicksnewton1]

i saw him in 73 at rockingham speedway great concert

[TriptykalBabe]

Musically  sounds exactly like Pink Floyd..

[EvoVocalChick]

@TriptykalBabe They came out around the same time, they even lived together at one point.

[MorbidBliss22]

Can I have them perform this at my slumber party?

[TheMamaCat54]

It's cool to see the live performance! "Love it to Death" is one of the greatest albums of all time. I have it on a record, a cassette, a CD and on my iPod!

[Billhail]

Dont be suth a pedantic twat, enjoy the music. but yes I agree this version is the puppys gonads

[Billhail]

Dont be suth a pedantic twat, enjoy the music

[maxrevelationsmg]

Excelente video!!! Love it to death for me is the better album of Alice! Petty! That more oldest videos this era is so rare...

[luxxxcorp]

Who'd a thunk he's into weird theatre of the times.

[tarquin11x]

yes!

[iorixs]

sick demented humanity

[ILoveAliceCooper97]

This song creeps me out for no particular reason, that's why I'm listening to it at 12 in the morning while everyone else is asleep, the dead body in the closet... Just kidding!!!

[jokeris1]

I wish that when I do end up seeing Alice live, he'd perform this truly wonderful and mesmerizing song... Even though I already know he won't. I'm curious as to why he hasn't performed this song since the early 70's.

[LuneyTune72]

@jokeris1 Probably because it isn't a "crowd favorite."

[RhymeWirePoetry]

@LuneyTune72 It's still one of my favorites of his :)

[sxxydon]

@jokeris1 because he did a lot of drugs back then... He doesn't now so won't do it...lol

[BaronvonBlutwurst]

Like we wanted to have the performance spoiled by an Espanol.I only say that because he never meant a Chilango to have an opinion.

[LuneyTune72]

So underrated.

[ysbaddaden2003]

This shows one of the things the so called Death Metal and Black Metal bands never seemed to learn.

To be effective, a sense of pacing is essential in creating dynamic suspense and other worldliness.

[chapelierfoudre]

@ysbaddaden2003 Mmm, very well said indeed ! And in that song, the band reached successfully that particular goal ! No need here to employ loud 'heavy metal' effects ! A sonic appraoch Alice lost on last tours...

[LuneyTune72]

@chapelierfoudre You can blame his fans for that. Most people don't want to hear anything but the hits. Also, Alice's style changes a lot. He's done it all: disco, rock, glam, metal, country, pop, new wave, avant garde, heavy metal, male/female duet, etc.

[Dillbob1]

@LuneyTune72 and jazz and blues

[poppacapotis]

I went to see Alice in September, and the Greatest part of the night was when the bass player for the opening act introduced himself!!!! Dennis Duneway, I ran up to the stage to see if it was Him.

[chapelierfoudre]

Si je ne m'abuse, il s'agit du 1er concert du groupe en France, le 2 novembre, à l'Espace Cardin.

[neubus2]

1971?  MERDE!!!!

[jdg62269]

Yeah, Morrison was his friend, mentor, and hero.

[SykesMacab]

I wouldn't say hero...

[jdg62269]

Well, maybe hero is stretching it, but Morrison, and for that matter The Doors in general, were very inspirational in the conception of The Alice Cooper Band.

[LuneyTune72]

The Doors didn't influence the band musically or conceptually. It was Morrison's attitude and posture on stage that influenced Alice. The bands that influenced the band were The Yardbirds (their biggest influence), The Stones, The Who, The Beatles, and the Kinks. Most popular music in his teen years were big influences.

[jdg62269]

No, not at all. Do you ever listen to Alice's radio show? You seem to know it all. I know what I read and hear and The Doors influenced the Original Alice Cooper.

[LuneyTune72]

What do you mean no?...How about you're wrong? Yes I've listened to Nights With Alice Cooper almost every night for a year now. Also they were called the Alice Cooper Group when discussed as a band (for future reference). The Doors music didn't influence the band. "Desperado" was written FOR Jim, therefore Alice used Jim's style. But since I know how to play both band's music, and nothing in the 2 relate. If you ask Alice he'd prob say a lot of bands influenced him but mostly the ones I listed.

[stratman123]

I've always heard that Alice and Morisson were friends and hung out, it's just strange that as famous as the Doors were at the time that there wouldn't be at least ONE photo of the two together. I doubt they were that close.

[LuneyTune72]

They were very close friends. A reason you won't find many photos of Alice and Jim is cus they only knew each other for a couple of years, Jim died in 71 so not many pictures were gonna surface. I own about every Alice picture out there (1000s of em) and the reason is that there aren't that many pics of the band or Alice from that era or before except on stage or at parties, and Jim never performed on stage with them that I know of.

[stratman123]

I read that Morrison and Glen Buxton were big drinking buddies. After a night of heavy drinking, Morrison had to go straight to a photo shoot, and Buxton had to loan him the shirt he was wearing! It might be the one on the cover of Waiting for the Sun.

I have seen film footage of Morrison and Harrison Ford in the same shot. He was a roadie, or help build the stage or something, but you could see Ford very briefly.

[LuneyTune72]

Wow that's crazy but not unlikely cus Glen was one of the heaviest drinkers, putting Alice to shame. I will forever miss Glen RIP guitar god =[. It's so depressing knowing that there will never be a full Alice Cooper Group reunion. Another Glen story is that he sold one of his guitars to non other than Jimi 'Hendrix. The ACG knew everyone, they even roomed with Pink Floyd for a while in their early years.

[stratman123]

There's a great site on Alice, if you haven't checked it out yet it's sickthingsuk. co. uk

[LuneyTune72]

Hahahaha of course I've been there, I'm his biggest fan (well me and my friend). I know every Alice fact, own every picture, 2000 songs, you name it I know it or have it hahaha, well except his mascara (Whiplash). from the 1970s ad. The only reason I don't have that is cus I'm only 17.

[stratman123]

I was Alice for Halloween about 12 years ago. Man, I wish I had pictures. People took a bunch, but I never got a copy. My old band used to do School's Out, I sang it a played guitar.

You mentioned Jimi Hendrix. I wonder who came up with the intro to Elected, and if they realized how close it was to Hendrix's Dolly Dagger?!

[LuneyTune72]

Mike wrote a lot of the guitar riffs for the band, Glen did the soloing (which was his specialty). Mike also wrote most of the music and hits, for example the song "Be My Lover" is about Mike encountering a woman in a bar. Although Alice did think of the concept for "School's Out" and of course many other songs. I think a huge reason Alice has lost some of his spotlight is because the original band broke up. The band doesn't get enough credit as Alice does.

[fuzzleredmenn]

You are so right, the original Alice Cooper Group were among the finest bands ever, and although I respect Alice a great deal and enjoy much of the work he has done since, I dont think anything comes close to the original, the stuff from Killer to Muscle Of Love especially, what a great run of albums! Although the first two are underrated in my opinion.

[foppa123]

I'm sure they ripped Jimi's riff off.

[LuneyTune72]

It's possible but do you realize how many bands do that? Listen to Readymade by RHCP and Breadfan by Budgie.

[foppa123]

around the world, don't you mean?

[LuneyTune72]

Yes sorry it is around the world.

[stratman123]

Another thing-I always wondered it Jim Morrison was making a vague reference to Alice in the song Not to Touch the Earth, when he sings "The minister's daughter's in love with the snake...". I know Alice wasn't a daughter, but he does have a daughter's name!

[LuneyTune72]

Ya I knew that Dolly Dagger thing, Mike Bruce came up with that riff and Alice has discussed it before on his radio show (not knowing if it was an influence). The truth will never be known. The key of the songs are different and the notes are too far apart. It happens to me too when I write riffs, you may have been listening to a song earlier and somehow you start writing something similar to it subconsciously. Not intentionally.

[LuneyTune72]

I don't know if that was about Alice but it sounds very close to Alice, wow good call. I know that "Roadhouse Blues" references to what Alice said to Jim when they were recording Morrison Hotel and that was "I woke up this morning and grabbed myself a beer."

[kelvinkloud]

this is like morrison at miami.. reminds me of the song lamerica

[ogrebattle22763]

Wow man this is excellent vintge Alice Cooper!

Great video man! Just great!

[MyStars72]

Adding it as a favourite would have worked too.

Thanks for jacking my video.

not cool

[LuneyTune72]

HAHAHA! Dude check the description, I know you were joking though.

[LuneyTune72]

Shit I pressed remove instead of Reply, well hahahaha to what you said though.