Alice Cooper - Dead Babies/Killer (Studio Version)

[msozzlover]

12:09 was when he hung himself. Saw that on stage in Chicago.

[cameron6072]

To the Trocodero56 don't blame Alice for your influences,blame a strict catholic education,Alice aint a catholic he is and always will be of no religion.

In real life he is a good proddy boy.

[Horicert]

That opening bass line is so damn compelling!

[dhoffmaneye]

Alice Cooper Group was phenomenal. Post ACG Alice was o.k.

[trappchevrolet]

This wasn't "a statement on child neglect" , when they performed their act onstage it was all just rock and theatre.But, what I wonder is, did I do shitloads of drugs because I listened to this or did I listen to this cause I did shitloads of drugs.

[1willhughes]

killer..the greatest tripping album EVER produced



[TheTrocadero56]

Now I know why I love Depeche Mode so much in my later years...it was listening to Alice as a kid in Catholic Elementry School in the Bronx. Dark, sick, mental with great lyrics and guitar riffs - everything a young urban Amercian boy needed while he wolfs down his grape jelly and Wonder Bread sandwiches!!! A misfit off center kid who listened to Alice on my 8 track cassette player...

Rock on Alice!!!

[triggerbow]

ya gotta love the music behind all of this twisted but great tune!!! alice rocks

[UnFathaMabLe]

My dad used to sing this to me when I was a toddler while he played his strat.

[Fattyhobo2000]

ahhh...exactly a year ago...

[mhardee]

"Little Betty at a pound of asprin" -- great first line!

[rumpraisin]

@mhardee A household with alot of headaches.

[DDayBlood]

this song is amazing but it's so damn depressing...

[CHBinAsheville]

This is about child neglect. Everbody was eating ludes, barbs, and snorting smack like crazy.

The number of students that died in my high school was scary. Shit the radio station in Miami, ZETA4 used to give daily mushroom reports. Seconal was rampant, getting stoned was the only constant.

[jeffro100]

@CHBinAsheville not much has changed. I <3 CANADA

[Skulldini]

@CHBinAsheville Yeah, and some were getting knocked off and bearing dead or defective babies too !

[caitybear1000]

i<3 this song and yes he is creepy ,but, in an awesome-tastic way!!!!!! XP

[Bopalena]

I like Tony Bennett's version better.

[GreenVixen1]

Haunting and creepy, but a statement about childhood neglect



[SuperStuey2]

Don't know why anyone would think this is cool...fucking sick...can't beleive I used to like it.

[iwantthisfuckingname]

@SuperStuey2 By todays standards, this is pretty tame. It really is a statement about child neglect, and at the time that was just starting to be focused on.

[telestrat2112]

DITTO!!!!! JKin Detroit.

[Hootowl54]

You got the lyrics a little wrong. It should be:

"Dead babies CAN'T take care of themselves

Dead babies can't take things off the shelf"

[HHNReport]

OMG!!! NOT A SINGLE DISLIKE!!! ALL HAIL ALICE!!!!!!

[RotnRoll77]

@HHNReport It's not that big of an accomplishment. As if people who don't like Alice would be looking up his obscure stuff.

[HHNReport]

@RotnRoll77 you'd be suprised . . .

[redneck6310]

Saintsfan glen played on the bdb tour but as you say steve hunter and dick wagner (from ursa major a band who backed coopers band the tear before) they had plexoglas boxes they stood in on sides of stage

[SuperCaroleEE]

At my last job every time I went out onto the slot floor for some reason this song popped into my head. Weird

[eddiepism]

This is their most classic album

[eddiepism]

A masterpiece

[RotnRoll77]

Dennis Dunaway is underrated as hell. Not sure if there's two n's in his name or not though.

[RJSoftware2000]

ahh decent, they played the segway into killer. I'm 53 and still listening. I get a Jones for this.

I play it infront of the youth at the Goodwill I go to. The black women are especially interesting to watch reactions.

Crossing their arms, slightly trembling, saying how it sounded evil. Protesting the music.

Wonder what is going on in their consious..?

RJ

[toogawnjawn]

I have been listening and like alice and ozzy since 1970, killer and master of reality were the first two used records that I bought from a head shop. The main stream never got the point of this song it is not about sacraficing babies, it was a way to shock people about child abuse like pat benatar's song hell is for children.

[1stSaintsFan]

@toogawnjawn...I started buying LPs in 1969. Some of the first LPs in the 70s were Black S "Paranoid", "Masters of Reality", AGC "Love it to Death", "Killer"...Got my first car at 15 with cassette and those recorded LPs tapes were constants in my diff. vehicles of years...Great songs, albums and classic bands...

[Henry8544]

I love the Alice Cooper band. I'm 25 and I've been listening to them for 4 years. And still evey time thier music blows me away.

[jcb31416]

First heard this album as a high-school sophomore. At a party, and one of the first times I drank and toked, the album side these songs were on was played over and over. It's permanently etched into my brain. Alice Cooper was a trailblazer.

[muddshshshark]

dropped windowpane first time i heard this

[JEDIALADDIN]

MR. COOPER!!!! The dingo ate me baby! Help me find the dingo, sir! If the dingo didn't eat me baby, then she will be raised by a pack of dingos!!! Help me find the dingo that took me baby!!! It's out there in the dark! HELP ME, SIR!!!

[1stSaintsFan]

Been a fan of ACG since "Love it to Death" came out new...Saw them first on Billion tour..Love it, Killer and Schools out...Classic rock n roll, No R n R hall of fame...Piss on their grave Alice...

[roxiestar74]

@1stSaintsFan They did get inducted in to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. OrIginal Alice Cooper Group was there except Glen Buxton since he's dead, but he was inducted too. What are you talking about?

[1stSaintsFan]

@roxiestar74 ....I did not get my comment out correct...No R n R hall of fame all these years....I saw ACG once on the Billion Dollar Babies Tour...Glen was on stage, but his guitar was unplugged. Hunter & Wagner, Bob Ezrin's Fav. Session guitarist were in the unseen wings playing most of the guitar parts...Glen was just a doped up mannequin...Glad there was the ceremony and it was a damn shame it took this many years...ACG showed many of the followers like Kiss, BVD, etc....the way....

[roxiestar74]

@1stSaintsFan I think they should have been inducted earlier too if that is what you meant. I was not born yet when the BDB tour happened but I have seen the film of that tour, Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper, and it looks awesome. I have also watched a lot of footage of them from around the time Killer and Love It To Death came out, and I wish I could have seen them play live then too. I also agree that there wouldn't be Kiss without ACG, and Kiss hasn't been inducted in RNRHOF yet.

[AscoliChaChaCha]

First show...1972 Wildwood Convention Hall. Wicked Props, only 1500 in attendance for a dance concert (no assigned seats). Two words....AWE SOME!

[wonderlin1]

@AscoliChaChaCha Sounds incredible

[omgmitzidis2]

King

[Denvermorgan2000]

The Tot mom must have been listening to this song.

[tylerzila]

you rock like no other

[Choctaw468]

First time I saw Alice was the "Welcome to my Nightmare" tour. Still the best concer t I've ever seen.

[MrAlpixoid]

The classical part at the end is a rip-off of something I've heard before..Vivaldi I think.

[putative3]

You are probably right Accordionman, she probably tried to pick him up! Dropped me like a ton of bricks soon after. To change the subject I heard a promo of W2MN and for me the song When Hell Comes Home could have almost have come from the Killer Album. Love it!

[putative3]

This would be around 1990 my girlfriend who worked for Island records at the time was in the Ritz having afternoon tea with her friend and Alice was at the next table with another guy. My girlfriend told me that Alice tried to hit on her. Thats all she said.

[redshaftedflicker]

My good friend witnessed Alice Cooper Band on this tour, me being 25 yrs his senior. He described this one as, "The song that knocked the world on its ass." Thanks, Jim

[ShellTrek]

If you want to see a Concert: See Alice Cooper!

[theimmortaldave92]

are you sure this is all one song?

[ghostwhiskey]

@theimmortaldave92 absolutely

[ghostwhiskey]

@theimmortaldave92 wait im sorry,i didnt realise "dead babies" and "killer" were paired up here. my mistake,its definately not one song

[putative3]

In the 80's Alice Cooper tried to pick up my girl in the Ritz in London!

[Accordioman]

@putative3 Was this drunk married Alice? Or post recovery married Alice. Or married but cheatin Alice. Or single Alice. He's pretty dedicated to his wife and kids and God and golf. Sure you girl wasn't trying to pick him up?

[mojoceratopsofficial]

This album is one of the best progressive rock albums of all time, such a timeless classic, it was a very big influence on me as a musician. thanks for sharing this. kids go buy this album!!!

and not to sound spammy , but check out my band if you like complex rock stuff! -James.

[shelley496]

love alice cooper!!!! ROCK ON GUYS!!!!!!!

[TheEnormousPianist]

I saw that concert too Alice at the Hollywood Bowl, even got to meet Kim Fowley writer/producer of this madness - so cool. Killer is one of the best concept albums ever.

[deadguywon]

Great music!! Still have the original lp of this. My brother saw this in concert back when it first came out. BIG TIME CLASSIC!!!

[pinkhairedkitty]

shnake

[deracinated1]

back n' the day...lol we would turn down the TV and put an album on. that was the best MTV ever.

[oldcrap100]

Can someone just load the song "Killer"(studio version)??I dont know how to or I would do it...I cant find it anywhere on youtube..I cant believe no-one has yet..Its a great song and a "killer" album!!!

[Bopalena]

I like Tony Bennett's version better.

[mercury4011]

@Bopalena doris day also does a stunning live version..

[knation320]

Do people realize that this song is not actually about killing babies??? It is about neglect that results in a childs death. It is one of my favorite songs but it is so sad that there are parents out there like that. :(

[henkah]

@knation320

It basically is about child abuse.Not neglecting.

Some crucial lines:

"Little Betty ate a pound of aspirin she got them from the shelf upon the wall

Dead babies can't take care of themselves dead babies can't take things off the shelf

Well we didn't want you anyway lalalalalalalalalalala

Dead babies can't take care of themselves dead babies can't take things off the shelf

Well we didn't love you anyway lalalalalalalalalalala

[knation320]

@henkah Not that it has anything to do with the point I was making. Its a good song that is very sad.

[henkah]

@knation320 well it least he says you have to thread your childeren the way it use to be and take CARE of them!It is a good sad song. I had the album, along with other albums back in the 70's.

[knation320]

@henkah ive heard most of his music. My dad got me into it. Hes amazing!!!! Alice Cooper is one of my all time favorite artists.

[henkah]

@knation320 One of my daughters went to a live concert of him back in 1991 Rotterdam Holland.He's hasn;t been here very often.

[Cjl13]

@henkah It's more neglect, it's basically the parents saying "Oh our baby died, well that's ok now we don't have to deal with her and we can back to our lives before that thing took all of our free time."

[henkah]

@Cjl13

well neglecting is child abuse too. At least it is in the NETHERLANDS

[Skulldini]

@Cjl13 I have one question though, .. WHAT is an "agrophile"? I tried looking it up in the dictionary but it wasn't included there. Is it someone who has sex with plants or something ? Perhaps you or somebody els here may know ?

[9bukowski]

@Skulldini  Agrophile - something which thrives or lives in cultivated soil .

[OvertheTop02]

@henkah

The lines you quoted are neglect, which is a form of abuse. A baby taking medicine off a shelf is neglect because you weren't there to stop it. Anyways, no point and arguing, a great song either way.

[henkah]

@OvertheTop02 Right no point at arguing. Still Neglect and/or leaving a child alone at home is abuse too. Not phsycally but mentally. Then these things can happen. But he also sings "Dead babies can't take care of themselves dead babies can't take things off the she",that last part and "Well we didn't love you anyway lalalalalalalalalalala" so she wasn't wanted anyway. They didn't care she died.Nevertheless It is a great song.

[Smudgefizz]

1) "Love it to Death" has always been my favorite Alice Cooper album since it first came out, but listening to all the tracks from "School's Out" & "Killer" here on YouTube for the first time in almost 40 years made me remember how good these albums were too! As a young kid I saw Paul Revere & the Raiders & the Monkees, & the first album I bought was Black Sabbath “Paranoid” in '70. But when I turned 13 in 1971, I went with my friends to my first real “rock” concert, Alice Cooper…

[Smudgefizz]

2) …We went to the concert stoned on Orange Sunshine acid, & I always remember hallucinating an elephant walking through the crowd. This was Alice's "Killer" tour with the guillotine thing. I'm realizing lately how lucky my generation was to have had such great music while we were growing up.

[Cjl13]

Casey Anthony sings this as she walks free.

[daven58100]

@Cjl13 Yeah, total bullshit.  I thought of this song this morning and was going to post a comment dedicating this to that bitch. You beat me to it.

[kjknucklehead]

What's easier to unload? A truck load of bowling balls or a truck load of dead babies? The dead babies, you can use a pitchfork...

[kjknucklehead]

How did the Dead Baby cross the road? Nailed to the Chicken....

[pouikthelarve]

Tout simplement sublime et un véritable bonheur de suivre ses lives !

[sebby4298]

whats funnier than watching a baby spin on a washing line?

stopping it with a hammer

[SgtPepper9537]

Q: whats the diferance between a dead baby and cancer?

A: cancer is no laughing matter...LOLOLOL

[googoobh]

This song was more than a little controversial back in it's day and it still is a cool ass , but harsh jam.

[namamatherlfth]

this is indeed the first video i have seen on youtube that at this very moment does not have a single dislike thus proof that Alice cannot be beat

[Robikus]

@namamatherlfth I am tempted to dislike it simply to refute your comment, create more chaos in the world, and simply to satisfy my contrary nature. But I can't bring myself to do it, you're right, Alice is just too damn cool!

[sharoneoceanlane]

wow I threw this album out when I got pregnant in 1973 !!!!

[TheSection59]

@sharoneoceanlane

so what became of yours baby now ?

can it take care of it self now ??

you gave it everything ???

did he take what he found and came all around ????

[Tomaso1957]

I haven't heard this for 30-plus years. Forgot it existed. Thanks for sharing it.

[CultofJ]

still my absolute favorite album, and 'killers' is a big part of why I like it so well. But it's great from beginning to end.

[Skulldini]

What IS an agrophile ?

[stathagranak]

0 people disliked thats fuckin sweet. i guess everyone likes children better dead.

[Howler129]

The rock hall finally did something right. This band started it all and it's great to hear them playing together again. This song is great and so is the whole killer record.

[foolcicle13]

The guitar makes me MAD as HELL!

Dont it make YOU MAD too?

I love it

Love it dam you

[poeman333]

The guitar in this song is so freakin' great!

[CrazyNative4]

sad song

[666HellsFace666]

haha Alice and Robin Trower are not in the hall of fame and mj the molester that didnt even play rock and roll/contributed in its demise...fk the hall of fame

[RichieEastside]

@666HellsFace666 Well in all fairness Michael Jackson is dead, that has a lot to do with this kind of stuff. 

[lesterclaypool1]

My wife and I were talking about the big outpouring of emotion at the death of MJ not too long ago and I asked my wife whose death she might actually mourn. I'm now prepared for her to be completely unconsolable when Alice passes.

[pinballwizard150]

the rock n'roll hall of fame DOES NOT deserve a performer like Alice Cooper

[SuperMisheru]

Ah, yes. Every time I hear these two songs together, I always picture myself being the killer killing the baby and getting hanged for it afterwards. Oh Alice - U Y SO AWESUM??

[gajaga789]

Killer provided my all time scariest moment. I listened to the album for the first time at 17 when I had just gotten my license to drive. It was around 11 P.M. one night and decided to drive around and listen to the whole record. I guess I had never heard the end of Killer before because I turned the volume all the way up thinking the album was over and wanted to catch every last note. Luckily the road was empty cause I almost veered off the road when I heard the last 30 secs at full blast!

[clubmidnightsun]

Love this song. I did a vid using pics from the album cover and calender that came with and WMG blocked it.

[Syzygy60]

Gods r a dime a dozen

[KatfaceSmith]

6 years i learned to play this song on guitar and a day later i found out my sister was pregnant.... that was kinda weird

[suckmymonkey22]

Alice Cooper you are my god! :D i think im going to get offline and pop my killer cd in right now!

[crhymes104]

this song isnt just some sick joke, it actually has a meaning to it, think about the lyrics, and read them, it isnt alice cooper joking around about dead babies

[Robmont1953]

great artist and top class entertainer eat your heart out bieber

[rob99rst]

the the album is a must have.

[robbiedaug]

True story:

I was a huge Alice Cooper fan since i was about 11.

When i got married, i sang this song to my wife one day, I asked my Swiss wife if she had heard of Cooper, she didn't know of them. So i sang this song to her. When i got to the part that said," Well, we didn' t love you, anyway." She screamed, "That's HORRIBLE!" She hated it, cringed and told me to never sing this song again.

A year later, our own baby, the second child, died at one year old of sudden infant death syndrome.

[KSitz77]

@robbiedaug yeah well the evil forces are stronger than people know.....

[fuzzymoonsquirrel]

@robbiedaug Bad vibes dude

[2ndnickthegreek992]

@robbiedaug I'm very sorry to hear it mate, may you have a big and nice family from now on. See it as a coincidence, because God would never smth like this happened.

[robbiedaug]

@2ndnickthegreek992 Thanks.

That was 18 years ago. Alice Cooper is old, man.

[Daltonjabs]

im pretty sure the song dead babies started the whole dead baby jokes so thank u alice cooper 4 starting such a legendary joke plus thanks 4 the awesome song

[clash64]

these are my 2 favorite songs off of one of my favorite albums

[TheQuatermassPit]

Killer is one of my fave songs of all time, thanks for posting it!!

[TheJadeunderhill]

bought this record new when it first came out and it sounds so fresh today that i have reordered on play .com to add it oi my collection again

[swine74]

one of the coolest album endings ever

[rob99rst]

the whole album is a must buy and listen

[MmeLEnfer]

Goodbyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee little Betty - this song is the definition of epic. The way it builds... utterly amazing.

[THEseether666]

Iced Earth brought me here

[1216saab]

Ominous sounding!

[thebugthug]

sucks 2 b betty!

[TheQuatermassPit]

@thebugthug

What the fuck are you talking about knob end? Make sense at least if you are going to use the English language.. Fucking text moron!!!!!

[DreamInTheMagma]

This is the best and the scariest moment for me while listening to Killer. I really love those two songs. And also 'Halo of Flies', this is AC Group at its best, they came up with music no one else's could compare! And of course, all the other songs recorded for Killer are excellent.

[lungsounds]

well hey..... I'm thinking about a Cooper cover band... full theatrics would Alice be insulted?

[spadge321]

a good idea man , as long as you do it with intergrity,, try telling the audience that the real Alice ripped you off and tryed to kill you,, call it

the vincent furnier poltergiest revival show,,

[ovelonse]

Im eighteen!!

[ovelonse]

Dead babies is my favorite song for Vicent!!

[TheQuatermassPit]

@ovelonse Shame you can't spell Vincent!!!

[ovelonse]

@TheQuatermassPit sorry i dont born in english country

[CezzCooper]

I totally LOVE this song. Yet somehow, it makes me a little sad

[Ahdeem123]

Alice Cooper Rocks