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This video, for the purpose of music history and education, is a tribute to the Alice Cooper band's career in the '60s and '70s. In 2011 they were ...
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This video, for the purpose of music history and education, is a tribute to the Alice Cooper band's career in the '60s and '70s. In 2011 they were deservedly inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. "Muscle Of Love" was released on their same-titled album in 1973. It was written by Alice and Michael Bruce.
The Alice Cooper band emerged through several incarnations before becoming the very successful line-up in the early '70s. In 1964 Vince Furnier (aka Alice), with several fellow high school students from Cortez High School in Phoenix, AZ started a group called The Earwigs; they were Vince, Dennis Dunaway (bass), Glen Buxton (guitar), John Tatum (rhythm guitar), and John Speer (drums). At first they couldn't play instruments but won a talent contest mimicking Beatles songs. Quickly learning instruments they renamed themselves The Spiders using a spider web as a stage backdrop. In 1965 they released a single "Why Don't You Love Me" (a Blackwells cover) which Vince learning the harmonica for this song.
In 1966 Michael Bruce replaced Tatum on rhythm guitar and the band had a local #1 radio hit "Don't Blow Your Mind." In 1967 they renamed themselves as The Nazz producing a couple more singles until discovering that Todd Rundgren already had a band of that name. At this time Neal Smith replaced Speer on drums and in 1968 they renamed themselves as the Alice Cooper Band. This line-up decided to be a uniquely styled band in contrast to the many psychedelic or "hippie" bands of the late '60s employing creative, spontaneous, glam outfits made by Dunaway's wife Cindy, and at times shocking stage shows. Their Toronto '69 concert which was videotaped shows their wild performance art and how Alice interacted with the band and audience in a way US audiences had not seen before.
Their first album Pretties For You, released in '69, wasn't very successful nor was their second album Easy Action in 1970. But in 1970 with new producer Bob Ezrin they had their first successful hit with "I'm Eighteen" on their 1971 album Love It Death, which eventually went Platinum. More good things were to come. During this time their shows moved in the direction of the familiar macabre, villainous figures with guillotines, dolls, snakes, and Alice's drippy black eye make-up. In '71 they had hits with "Under My Wheels" and "Be My Lover" from their album Killer, which too went Platinum. In the summer of '72 they released their School's Out album with its unique record cover and it went to #2 on the US Billboard chart. The same-titled single was their first biggest hit at #7 on the US charts.
Their success continued with their '73 album Billion Dollar Babies reaching #1 on the US album charts and went Platinum. Their '73 tour broke records previously held by the Rolling Stones. Their theatrics proved to be a wise decision but their catchy riffs, melodic and memorable lyrics on their hit singles proved they were not just a show. The album Muscle Of Love was the last album with this classic line-up produced by Jack Douglas and Jack Richardson which went Gold. The song "Muscle Of Love" also appeared on their Platinum '74 Greatest Hits album.
Their '71-'74 albums, four of them Platinum on the Warner Brothers label, cemented this group as a formidable force and original band of the early '70s. Sadly in 1974 they disbanded. Alice went on to have great success with Welcome To My Nightmare in 1975, also produced by Bob Ezrin. Today the former original band members remain musicians in their own right and have contributed to Alice's forthcoming Welcome2MyNightmare. Glen Buxton, who is on Rolling Stone magazine's All-Time Top 100 Guitarists list, sadly died October 19, 1997 at 50 yrs-old. RIP Glen.
The music in this video is the property of Warner Music Group and its subsidiaries. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
Check out alicecooper.com for much more information.
This is where they began: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RGiCN...
The Spider's hit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dtu8g...
Toronto Concert '69: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOl_Qc...
The music in this video is the property of Warner Music Group and its subsidiaries. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
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Muscle of Love is an album by Alice Cooper, released in 1973. It is the last studio album recorded by the original Alice Cooper band, and is a conc...
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Muscle of Love is an album by Alice Cooper, released in 1973. It is the last studio album recorded by the original Alice Cooper band, and is a concept album about teenage angst, life on the streets of New York City, and implied male prostitution.
Lyrics:
Aw, When you touch there, honey
Makes my blood perspire
You got my body flaming
Like a California fire
Pulsing, pounding, pushing
No longer in control
Heatwave in my brain
Smolder in my soul
You got me workin' up a sweat
Workin' up a sweat
I've been playing all night long
Time I was gettin' home
But I've got no place to get
Spontaneous combustion
Scientific fact
But your approach to friction
An unnatural act
Bells I hear ain't fire drills
I hope you understand
It's a bona fide five alarmer
Melting in my hand
You got me workin' up a sweat
Workin' up a sweat
I've been playing all night long
Time I was gettin' home
But I've got no place to get
Workin' up a sweat
Workin' up a sweat
Workin' up a sweat
Workin' up a sweat
Yeah, yeah
I've been playing all night long
'Bout time I was gettin' home
But I've, ooh
Dante's famed inferno
Was a trip to hell and back
But you and a bottle in a cheap hotel
Screams pyromaniac
Bandages came off today
Really feeling sick
The hardest part's explainin'
All those blisters on my - nose!
Workin' up a sweat
Workin' up a sweat
I've been playing all night long
Time I was gettin' home
But I've got no place to get
Workin' up a sweat
Workin' up a sweat
Workin' up a sweat
Workin' up a sweat
I've been playing all night long
'Bout time I was gettin' home
But I've, ooh
Workin' up a sweat
Workin' up a sweat
Workin' up a sweat
Workin' up a sweat
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to answer your question,I had to google the album you have.....I found Turn Off The Light Thru The Dark....It seems to be the same as what I got but it's only a single album,where my copy is a 2LP.
YES , THEY RELEASED ALL UFO ALBUMS WITH SCHENKER AS REMASTERED EDITIONS WITH THE LIVE TRACKS & UNRELEASED SONGS!
I WILL SEND YOU THE INFO TO YOUR INBOX SHORTLY!
AXE'
I sure would love to see another UFO reunion & new album with Schenker thou!
the music is so different ,when these guys like Schenker,Mogg,Way,Parker & Raymond walk into a studio to record ,they are there to create magic!
just my own personal opinion that is!
Take care man & thnx for stoping by!!
AXE'