ALICE COOPER - KILLER | REACTION

[@TacomaPaul]

I saw Alice in '75 Seattle Coliseum. He hung in the show. ;-)

[@randyhoman7631]

I'm 64 and hell yes I jammed to this 50 years ago and still do...I ordered all the Alice Cooper albums on CD years ago.

[@krisdoggett483]

1971 and '72 were great years for rock music. Whether your thing was hard rock, blues rock or progressive rock. Great stuff and I was only 3yrs old when this came out. My dad had a huge record collection and I grew up on all that great music.

[@catfatherb2072]

Best album EVER!!! Thanks for covering it! Subbed!

[@shyshift]

Killer was my first and favorite Alice Cooper album since 1971. Every song is essential.

[@mmayer4409]

Absolutely

[@DLT100]

all killer no filler : )

[@trailrunner919]

Killer & Love it to death are two of my all time favorite albums that I've been listening to since they came out and still love them to this day!!!

[@garybiggs9010]

I became a fan in 71 when I was 9. Hippie older brothers! LOL

[@trailrunner919]

Same 👍@@garybiggs9010

[@alexleblanc5217]

hey Chod---that ending was in the live show... He had the priest ..the gallows and they hung Alice. Quite a showman. The band is excellent. The original Alice band. Stay safe all.

[@Bassman2353]

After the executioner levered open the trap door and Alice got hanged, the theater went completely black (to that buzzing sound in the song). A moment later, Alice reappeared on stage in a white top hat and tails singing "(We've Still Got a) Long Way to Go" from the "Love It To Death" album, high-kicking across the stage. Let me tell you, it was electrifying! THE best R&R theatre ever! What a great show.

[@ptrlxc]

Most of us had just became teenagers when this album dropped, gone were the childhood games and things, we just became a teenager. Most of us just began growing our hair long, a remnant of the hippies (who were still around). We started buying our own albums, instead of listening to our bigger brother’s records, on his stereo. We got our own stereo. We got money to spend on what we wanted. And we spent time in record stores flipping through albums on what we wanted to buy, and this album Killer was one of the first group of albums we bought. I think that’s why this album means so much to us because it came out at a very important time of our young lives. Now we’re old farts thinking of all the wild stuff we did, and seen, and accomplished. This was an important milestone point of our life.

[@OzzybinOswald]

Great album.

[@SRG1966]

The story unfolds through music and sound: you hear the dying wails of the victim, the priest praying in Latin over the victim (or is it over the killer walking the last mile?), and then, you hear the trap of the gallows open and the killer's body fall. And then, just for a split second before death overwhelms the killer, you can hear the rope tightening around his neck. It's those tiny little touches that many people miss that make this such a great track. And of course when this was performed onstage, Alice was hanged at the end. No one else was doing anything like this. Thanks so much for diving into this great album. Alice's deep tracks deserve more attention from reactors, well done for leading the way.

[@mrhalfstep]

This is the artist that began the big theatrical stage performances that are just expected by fans these days. Before Alice, they just didn't exist. To see an actual Alice Cooper concert in the early 70s was something special that you weren't likely to forget or take for granted. I know I haven't. He staged his own hanging in this concert tour. The next song in the set, if I remember correctly, was "Halo of Flies".

[@scottlaughlin9897]

Can’t thank you enough Chod for doing this. This was a treat. Most Reactors do Schools out or Eighteen or Poison. The deeper stuff is his best stuff for sure. My fav. Is Steven. The musical changes in this song are great!

[@Bassman2353]

The impact on music (glam, punk, etc) and the concept of rock theatre and concert stage shows can hardly be overestimated. Another revolutionary album with major impact (on artists including Bowie, Talking Heads, U2, Coldplay, etc etc) and that pointed the way to entire new musical genres is "Another Green World" by Brian Eno. It is one of the few albums ("Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis comes to mind) that expanded the concept of what music could be and could do. It knocked my head sideways (in the best way) when I first heard it and is regarded today as a masterpiece.

[@marcribe6483]

I gotta say, there is a joy at watching you listening and understanding the artistic statements being made on an album such as this. Alice Cooper during 1971-1973 was every early teenager's rock star. Power chords with theatre, something never done, certainly not at that level. The live shows were shocking to the older hippies that didn't get it or wouldn't bother with it. Your comments after listening is generally always spot on and very well articulated. I would suggest, should you continue the Alice Cooper Band trail, to go backwards one album and do Love You To Death (also from 1971). Then skip to School's Out (1972) and finally Billion Dollars Babies (1973). These four albums are the holy grail of Alice Cooper. Other albums vary from nice to lukewarm. By 1974 the band had ended their tenure and Alice Cooper the solo artist begins (his real name is Vincent Furnier by the way). Thank you for doing this album. It made me smile.

[@kevinvegas1916]

Great work bringing us the Killer Album! These were the days!

[@spazimdam]

Excellent Chod! I subscribed to your channel because you did the whole Killer album! This was a great choice for your first whole album reaction. I bought the vinyl of this in the early 70s and just dug the shit out of it! My high school band covered a lot of Alice Cooper songs. Some of them are hard to figure out and to play, but they are a blast to play. In the stage show the last song concluded with the Alice character being hung. I think he started shock rock. The original vinyl even came with a poster of Alice being hung, I think I still have that. Now you need to explore other early Alice albums like the previous album Love It to Death and Billion Dollar Babies and Muscle of Love. They are all great progressive/shock rock.

[@leoscone4036]

Background: Frank Zappa is credited with giving Alice Cooper his first "break". As the story goes Frank saw Alice play and wanted to sign him immediately. Alice recalls that "Frank said, ‘Anybody that can clear a room that quick, I’ve got to sign.'” Blessings.

[@erdossuitcase7667]

I used to have a Zappa album with his discoveries on it. Alice Cooper was on it and the song was Refrigerator Heaven.

[@flyingburritobro68]

And they had zero success with Zappa with two terrible albums. They moved to Detroit and found their rock sound dropping the psychedelic nonsense. Producer Bob Ezrin was key in developing their sound and success with the Love It To Death Album.

[@balgus82]

He also said Zappa said he wanted to sign them because he didn't understand them.

[@-davidolivares]

Thank You for such a memory rush, me and my tiny record player on the floor with all my albums all around. Chicago 1&2, Grank Funk Live Album, Paranoid, Killer, Three Dog Night: Naturally, Sweet Baby James & Mudslide Slim by James Taylor. Then my neighbor Kevin brought over Aqualung. Oh, later I bought Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper, Great music times.

[@bluesmike1]

Awesome breakdown of "Killer"!!!!!!!

[@balgus82]

AC actually has a few albums that tell a story. Welcome to My Nightmare is a big one. Also The Last Temptation is one of my faves.

[@briancarter8697]

Yes, Latin prayer,before the gallows and yes live he does hang himself crazy! One of the best showmen ever!

[@ejohnson3837]

You need to watch this live concert.

[@brianjomansenstinesmith5132]

that bass again

[@gregharper1204]

Good job! You were rewarded seeing this through and I was rewarded seeing you craft a great reaction video. Great Alice Cooper. I am now a subscriber😊🎶

[@raymondbrush6442]

Billion dollar babies is the album that set the standard for Cooper. All his other album are compared to it. Personally Love it do death might be my favorite with his band but his best solo album is from the inside. You'll meet some interesting characters there

[@barryborden3398]

This is so good to see. I've been trying to get other reactioneers (lol) to understand that theirs radio Alice Cooper then theirs the Alice Cooper that the fans know and love! Welcome to my nightmare has some crazy to it as well! Great stuff here thanks for treating your ears!

[@timpwhit]

My introduction to Alice was "Billion Dollar Babies," 2 years after this album. I purchased it with what precious few funds my 15-year-old self could beg, borrow or steal, and proceeded to play the crap out of it for many weeks. Every song--"Hello Hooray," "Billion Dollar Babies,"" "Elected," "No More Mr. Nice Guy," etc."-- is a banger, both instrumentally and in terms of Alice showing his vocal range and just wailing his heart out with great emotion. For example, I love the smarmy, sinister tone he takes on when he starts out in a sly, almost-whispered snarl, then a full-throated yell in "Elected": "I never lied to ya; I've always been cool...I wanna BE ELECTED!!! Alice, MC5, Bob Seger, Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, Grand Funk...a lot of great rock artists came from my hometown area, Metro Detroit.

[@Motownmike73]

Don't forget Mitch Ryder Tommy James and The Shondells ?The Romantic's, Enimen,Kid Rock, Jack White!

[@-davidolivares]

Wasn’t the physical Billion Dollar Babies album great, I don’t have it anymore but I remember it being awesome.

[@timpwhit]

@@-davidolivares Yes, the cover art was great. I've still got my copy, thank goodness, still get it out and play it occasionally.

[@richardworton4597]

Another great from Detroit. The Home of Rock and Roll. Baby!!!

[@detroitrocker4098]

Damn straight!! Arthur P!

[@richardworton4597]

@@detroitrocker4098 ikr. Name another city with so many great Rock and Rollers. Cleveland. Are you shitting me. Southeast Michigan. The Home of Rock and Roll. All the great live albums. Recorded at Cobo. I have seen so many greats at Cobo. And Harpos, Pine Knob, The Grande Ballroom, The Token, The Studio Lounge and so many more.

[@detroitrocker4098]

@@richardworton4597 Same here! Not another city with so much rock n roll history! The RRHOF is a joke anyway! Give me Cobo Hall and Pine Knob any day!!

[@richardworton4597]

@@detroitrocker4098 just Motown. Not to mention Mitch Ryder, MC5, Iggy,Seger,Ted, Alice and so many more. It's February. MAUI TIME.

[@daseguin]

Get the School's Out album

[@amarok9097]

Really enjoyed your review of the entire album.

[@ememnicholas565]

So glad you enjoyed Alice Cooper. My favorite albums are "Billion Dollar Babies" and "Welcome to My Nightmare."

[@alexleblanc5217]

Oh yeah, the ending with the slow church organ if you listen.. they repeat that refrain 13 times... steps up the gallows. the priest leading Alice up with the hang man following. 1972....See what you did man, you brought me right back there, I can remember it like yesterday. Thanks man.

[@williamdouglas1977]

Welcome To My Nightmare is another GREAT Alice Cooper album !

[@patrickdoake6022]

Killer tune killer album!!

[@kimberlysaffles9332]

This whole album is amazing! I never understood why nobody talks about it or reacts to it. I actually have this album on vinyl. Halo of flies was my favorite. Subscribed!

[@billholder1330]

Someone handed me this gun, and I gave it everything - I gave it EVERYTHING! ;)

[@johnbranham9941]

It was this song I believe when he'd perform on stage, that started the being led to the hanging tree. Then hanged. Saw this tour in 1975, it looked very real and scary as shit.

[@danielbritton8588]

I was thinking "Halo of Flies" when i clicked on. That tune is awesome.

[@Lamm139]

It makes sense to react to a whole Alice Cooper album because most of his albums are concept albums that tell a story about the evil character Alice Cooper (not the real person, he's a nice guy). You can see that when you watch him acting and singing on stage. At the of his concerts after introducing the band members he sometimes says: "And playing the role of Alice Cooper tonight: me!"

[@bryanjoiner7385]

Thanks for reacting to this album. Haven't listened to it since living in my parents basement back in the day. Great album !

[@richardbailey1295]

There is a great old performance video of this.........the guilty party was hung, as I recall.

[@richardbailey1295]

PS....I believe Alice was Beheaded once too.....

[@richardbailey1295]

Context is critical if the song is deep or complex. And in the 70's many albums were concept. Can't do much in 3 minutes.

[@davidbracher8322]

Always liked that album. A classic.

[@jacksaintjack2844]

This has to be a top 10 rock album of all time, if not #1.

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

Love It To Death, Killer, and School's Out... Alice Cooper was on a roll with these three albums

[@bryandouple5595]

Fantastic group of reactions to this album! Kudos too you for diving in and experiencing an entire concept album, which many artist did back then. Too bad our parents only paid attention to the sound & look, but ignored the content! I also wonder if you noticed the complexity of some of these songs, especially Killer, even though the melody sounds simple. Their use of guitar harmony notes and full chords was pretty cool! You should really check out Billion Dollar Babies!

[@Cashcrop54]

Wow, haven't heard this one for some time and am regretting it! Always have been a big fan of Alice especially the original band like "Love it to Death", "Schools Out", and "Billion Dollar Babies". Love all Alices work but these earlier albums were awesome! Great review of this great early masterpiece.

[@tinyskier6250]

love that you're doing Coop ... not many do ... and you're doing more than the "hits" ... if you want to get deep and what made many of us love the Coop ... got to remember this was 1971, no one was playing this kind of stuff .... i had just turned 14 ... from Love it to Death ... Second Coming/Ballad of Dwight Frye .. play them as one ...

[@jefferfoxmustang5945]

Glad you enjoyed it. I was 13 the first time I heard it, and it scared the hell out of me. Wanted to return it to the store. Alice would do a hanging illusion on stage when they toured it.

[@geniousatqw]

Your music mirrors your mind 1971 Ft. Wayne Indiana Alice marches up to a gallows act on stage Fans explode! For a year afterwards all rock concerts are banned at that coliseum! We were just young rockers learning the ropes Time from ELO would be great for you to step through song by song

[@dougthePogingguitarist]

can you do a reaction to Speedy's Coming by The Scorpions

[@chrismaher5344]

Also Bob Ezrin had so much to do with the bands sound.

[@christianwilliamson9752]

My mom had welcome to my nightmare. I listenedo that on a stereo with those detachable speakers. Sounded amazing

[@BrianR.]

Thank you for this album reaction, it brought back so many memories for me.

[@marclaroche5083]

rest in peace Glen

[@realbser1956]

Alice was not one of my go tos during the 70’s, so going back to this album and listening to it with you was perfect for me. Great musicianship and I enjoyed it very much. Each song was different and I can see by the comments why Frank Zappa liked Alice. Thank you for taking the time to react to this Chod.🔥

[@marniethedyslexic6445]

Great reaction to the whole album🙌. I Love Alice Cooper. Absolutely loved watching and hearing it. Can’t wait to watch which album you do next. ❤️✌️🌼

[@pleasantvalleypickerca7681]

Chad my next recommendation for a full album listen is David Bowies -"The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars". It's a keystone album of "Glam" rock and probably Bowies most significant album. Like "Killer" it is a masterwork from beginning to end.

[@jurgenkloppshead8373]

Imagine a 'From the inside' or 'Goes to Hell' album reaction....at the end of the rainbow there's happiness.

[@weshoward450]

It truly is a Killer album! Even though the song "School's Out" gets overplayed, that is another great album that takes you on a wild ride. Billion Dollar Babies and Love It To Death would be good for reactions too. After the original band broke up and Alice went solo, he still has some great albums and many of them go with a theme throughout. Let's just dive right in!

[@dennispower5362]

NOW'S TIME FOR ALBUM No1... LOVE IT TO DEATH..👍✌️

[@anthonytice3028]

Actually album no3 but the first good one

[@MaryellenAzack]

GUTTER CAT VS. THE JETS Jazzy ode to west side story ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️ Cannot miss

[@King14000]

This was actually the first album I ever spent my Christmas money on when I was a kid in the 70's. Oh...the irony.

[@daseguin]

Long Way To Go from Love it to Death, and Ballad of Dwight Fry

[@ivansavoie3190]

The sound effect at the end as it gets closer to the end it sounds to me like it's saying more more more over and over.

[@davidlincoln78240]

If you want to listen to a concept album, listen to Tommy by The Who. I don't expect you to react to it. It's a double album, but for listen to it for yourself. And definitely listen to Alice Cooper's Love it to Death and Billion Dollar Babies.

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

Yes, Tommy is a classic. Also Who's Quadrophenia, & Small Faces Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

[@doplinger1]

Chod - great job reviewing this album! You had a lot of ideas and analysis that I had never considered before. I’m a big Alice fan, and while I like this album, he has at least 5 or 6 albums that I like better. He can get pretty dark, but it’s always well done. I hope you do more of his stuff!

[@williampetrovic5427]

You also have to take into consideration that this album came out right in the middle of the peace & love era. It showed the dark side of humanity when all these other bands were running around with flowers in their hair. At it's time, it was very much the opposite the status quo. Very anti hippie.. I always though that the Punk movement that hatched in the late 70s actually started with this band.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

Loved this album, and "Schools Out". Played the hell out of both cassettes in my first car. I was going thru a lot that was maybe just magnified by Teen Angst, but it helped with that anxiety. Jethro Tull's THICK AS A BRICK is the consummate 'concept album'.

[@pleasantvalleypickerca7681]

Chad this really is an important album. The social issues it touches on are still relevant. Not just a hard rock classic. Back then we bought the vinyl. We had Side one and Side two! It was like a two act play back then. Getting older isn't fun, but I feel blessed to have been young then buying classic albums!

[@NoBSchannel313]

My favorite off this album is Halo Of Flies.

[@ATAH69]

Like I had mentioned in the comments when you did the song Yeah Yeah Thanks again for doing this, Firstly not many reactors would, Which is unfortunate. They have No idea what they're missing! Keep up the good work while listening to great music! There's many of Alice Cooper's early stuff that are worthy of full album reactions Love It To Death, Billion Dollar Babies, Muscle Of Love, Lace And Whiskey, Welcome To MY Nightmare. Alice Cooper Goes To Hell. To name a few, If not doing reactions I do suggest you have a listen to them during your own time. Thinking you will enjoy them all As each one of these album's also have their own unique sound & story. Lastly, Great job on this album reaction, Totally happy that you enjoyed it. Take Care, From Canada

[@Emilyoffgrid]

Awesome reaction! You must react to his other 1971 release “Love it to death” 😀 can’t wait!

[@jeffretipton6887]

great reaction dude loved this aloha

[@georgec8984]

When you have a chance the next album from Alice should be love it to death

[@Blair19]

Great album.. AC's best album "Love it to Death": Whole 2nd side is epic!!

[@EdwardVodika]

I love Glenn guitar work. It that old 50s amp he used.

[@brunacardoso4231]

I really liked this journey, Alice Cooper is my favorite artist/band and I think another full album you would like to react is Welcome to my nightmare, and if you want to react to just one more song I would say "Pass the gun around" from the Dada Album, is a song with a lot of strong fealings into. Argh is so hard for me to choose just one or two from Alice, just react to all of then, hahaha

[@richardbailey1295]

So many albums.....I could recommend Apostrophe by Frank Zappa!!!!!

[@johndrx165]

They would take him to the gallows at the end of this song. Wild live show.

[@moefeaux1442]

Chicago's first "Chicago Transit Authority" would be an awesome album to do. Every song is a winner including "Poem 58" that you've reacted to already.

[@lancecornell9978]

Early and great work with stereo mixing. Grea6 guitar chops. A bit of this seemed like it had black Sabbath influences. I also saw the hanging illusion show in 71. It was wild!

[@daseguin]

PINK FLOYD ANIMALS You will be amazed

[@Steve-cm2ys]

Detroit guy or not I could never really get into Alice Cooper. Always liked "Steven" though. And some others.

[@bobmessier5215]

This song is great, but it always creeped me out.

[@messibessi11]

Okay so I want you to do welcome to my nightmare

[@wild8757]

Check out the songs “schools out” or “only women bleed” or “welcome to my nightmare” or “18” all by Alice Cooper💣🔥🎸🥁

[@christianwilliamson9752]

Was like 78 79

[@johnlillis1161]

now that was cool doing the whole Album now if you want to do another one nothing better then The J.Geils Band Blow Your Face Out Live Album now that would be cool thanks

[@bangmon1000]

This is my first time listening to any of the songs from this album. I did enjoy it. I look forward to what other albums others are going to suggest and of course I have a few suggestions, but I will hold myself to one. How about something from the 80s Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love". You already heard the first song for the album "Running Up that Hill". Here is the wiki to see if it interests you: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hounds_of_Love kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqOsm6aXbZqIjM0