Alice Cooper - Only Women Bleed (REACTION)

[@timbaker6540]

John Lennon said that ALiCE was an extremely underrated song writer

[@mickrose4161]

He did not write this one tho. Etta James

[@MicheleJane]

Man, haven't heard this in a million years. Great song.

[@bluesrock1]

Alice Cooper in 1979 was one of the most entertaining shows I ever saw. It was a Broadway stage musical, with a kick-ass rock band.

[@alaina5958]

I just saw him aug 30th and even at 75 he put on a hell of a show!

[@wendyt7958]

A very different side of Alice for sure. Exposing a silent epidemic. For the time 1975, this was amazing

[@dwoehrma]

The double entendre is strong with this one. Surprisingly, it was all over radio back then. From the twisted mind of Alice, his first solo album.

[@damonhines8187]

Nice. Half forgot that one. Well assembled. Ensembled. Cheers.😊

[@megA_t.6532]

Great reaction! I had the 45 rpm record.of this song and the b side was a banger, 'cold ethyl'...necrophilia, boys! The master of R & R and the macabre.

[@2869may]

His ballads are his best work...! Please Do "I Never Cry" and "You and Me"...!

[@kennethbartlett4302]

Yeah his ballads are top notch and if you didn't know it was him you would probably never guess. A few other ballads...Wake Me Gently and How You Gonna See Me Now. Probably not technically ballads but could still be in that ballpark the tracks...Desperado, The Quiet Room and Millie and Billie.

[@marknairn6032]

The album ‘from the inside’ is well worth a listen.

[@gregsworkshop2]

This song forgets there are always a Yin and Yang that makes the world go around. I know some women who can dish out some serious hurt and pain without touching you.

[@damonhines8187]

Always liked this one best. Irresistible, irrefutable, invincible riff. 💪🏽 Watched them at work, Friday graveyard shift at a multilingual TV station in Toronto, after the Stones' 3-D broadcast, Eddie said the band name was based on his grandmother Pearl's homemade stuff. Said it equated to peyote and preserves. ✊🏼🤩🎶❤️🍁❤️✨️🕊

[@Timoeltejano]

I grew up in extremely rural north Texas-farm country/Bible belt. The local radio stations would not play this song. I only heard it once or twice back then because my uncle had a 45 of this song. Even at the ripe old age of 7 i understood the core meaning of it as being about a man who did as he pleases and his lady pays the price for "loving" him. Tragically, that same uncle was that man in the song. At his funeral, his fourth wife showed us scars on her arms and says that's all he left her. I hope there really is a hell. i love this song and can't help but picture his face and the evil grin knowing he was just like the husband in this song.

[@marrick1972]

Need to listen to Alice Cooper's "I never Cry".

[@JJReagan]

This is such a different sound from Alice in the beginning soft then hard at the end. The words so compelling and sad. Awesome choice been waiting for this one guys!

[@deborahcornell171]

I was fortunate to see Alice's "Welcome To My Nightmare" tour way back in '75. Giant spiders climbing on a huge cobweb backdrop...a Cyclops...a guillotine...dancing skeletons...it was like spooky Halloween fun (even though it was March). And then this poignant, beautiful song in the middle of it all. AND a beautiful ballerina was part of the show. Alice married her. 🩵✨️🩵✨️🩵✨️🩵✨️🩵✨️🩵✨️🩵✨️🩵

[@sandymiller3577]

I didn't see the show in '75, but went to a show a few years later. Best production I've ever seen in my life. But, I remember seeing the ballerina behind the screen when this song played.... It was really beautiful. I also heard he and the ballerina got married and are still married to this day. 👍

[@666bbdoll]

Saw it in '75 in Montreal, best visual show I've been to, not to mention the music was great.

[@derricktrottier6763]

I saw Alice on Halloween night 86 in Detroit... one of the best stage shows i've ever seen.. MTV was broadcasting the concert live that night too....was my senior yr of high school and me and my nest buddy camped out all night for tickets for the show.. it was soo worth it.

[@T-ShirtMagic]

Same - Vancouver Island, Canada. Front row so yes, partied all night covered 'head to toe' in fake blood. Thanks for the renewed memory Deb!

[@tonydelapa1911]

@@derricktrottier6763i live on other side of MI but had tickets for that show. Had knee surgery the day before and was unable to go. Have seen him 15 times though, never on Halloween though.

[@olly8]

Most women like me appreciate the TRUTH of this song. Was a gem since the first time I heard it. Showed a new facet of Alice Cooper. ❤

[@janishaldeman3339]

No shit

[@kellydelay18]

Huge rotation on the radio back in the day

[@BethTiner]

Do the Ballad of Dwight Fry for Halloween please. Definitely a live version. Someone on here will know which one is best.

[@stevengill6927]

Thanks to my older cousin Mike for turning me on to Alice Cooper in the early 70s when I was 7 sadly Mike's gone now miss you cousin

[@alanwhetstone3922]

Etta James did a cover of this and it's the bomb well it is Etta James so

[@ML-un1oi]

@alanwhetstone3922 wow, I did not know that. I will definitely check it out!!Thanks

[@Sp33gan]

I remember this on the radio all the time. Fantastic song! La and Chi, if you want another great commentary on domestic violence, check out The Payolas' Where Is This Love from 1983. Biting and powerful!

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Vincent going deep. Yes, Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier) co-wrote the song with Dick Wagner. Wagner was a behind-the-scenes all-star. He and Steve Hunter did a lot of great work together. They did the guitars on Aerosmith's Train Kept a Rollin' and on Lour Reed Rock 'n' Roll Animal. You've GOT to do Intro/Sweet Jane from that album. The guitars are out of this world. BTW, this song is from Welcome to my Nightmare, Cooper's fist solo effort. Great stuff.

[@xr4tihonk]

You should do yourselves a favor and watch a live version of this. Him and his wife acting out this song on stage is even more powerful.

[@Bloodewing]

I was in junior high when this hit, and it was everywhere! This album is worth a run through for you boys. This song actually starts a macabre story that carries on in "Years Ago", "Steven", and "The Awakening". The whole album is twisted fun.

[@brianbosecke3676]

Hell yeah! La and Che - if you do choose to react to "Years Ago", "Steven", and "The Awakening" - PLEASE do them all at once, they all blend in together, genius music. Greetings from South Australia

[@JerseyBA62]

cold ethyl,some folks,be my love,im eighteen are must listens

[@BethTiner]

Ballad of Dwight Fry & I Love the Dead (Live in Paris 2017) HD has the best video and sound quality I have found so far.

[@karenmandeville7116]

Lita Ford did an excellent cover of this song also.

[@timbaker6540]

This album is incredible Great concept album Please listen

[@tedsmith7814]

Yep. The 70’s were different.

[@scottlaughlin9897]

Please do Steven next.

[@ML-un1oi]

La and Che, you are coming fast and hard with the excellent reactions!!! I am convalescing at home, and this is the best therapy that I can get ❤🙂👏🙏

[@AirplayBeats]

I got your emails yesterday. We are on it for you!!!

[@ML-un1oi]

@AirplayBeats Thanks, my friends 🙂🙏 Appreciate you!!!

[@gregmoore3952]

Just seen him last Sunday at the Hartman Arena in Wichita Ks, put on an awesome show, killer band and theatrics. Excellent fathers day gift from my son!

[@TheodoreWeiser]

Alice's writing credits were typically for his lyrics. He usually finds a guitarist for a collaborator who writes the music, and Coop supplies the lyrics. This one was co-written by Dick Winters. Cooper was one of the few rock artists to weather the "disco" storm. He did this by writing some beautiful ballads to get radio play, of which this was the first and probably the most important. "I Never Cry", "You and Me", and "How You Gonna See Me Now" . They are all pretty good

[@TheodoreWeiser]

* Only Women Bleed was cowritten by Dick Wagner, not Dick Winters (smh, Dick Winters was the guy from Band of Brothers, getting old sucks)

[@betseyr.9081]

Alice always has something relevant to say if you listen (and you guys did just that), two more from Alice you need to hear are “You and Me” and “I Never Cry”.

[@adk100m]

Appreciate the deep pull guys ... don't know how you're getting there, and/or who is advising you, but you're finding your way to quality cuts ... Keep going fellas.

[@mottjones2876]

Produced by Bob Ezrin, the king of melodramatic productions. He also produced Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Lou Reed’s Berlin.

[@mr.snicker-doodles7081]

...and KISS Destoryer!

[@neillenet291]

This songs shows that Alice Cooper has depth, not just hard rock. and Yes, Alice wrote it. Etta James' version is phenomenal.

[@scottlaughlin9897]

Vincent wrote it, Alice is the band

[@neillenet291]

@scottlaughlin9897 Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper to avoid legal problems over the ownership of the group name. Their last performance as a group was April 1974. In 1975 Cooper released his first solo album Welcome to My Nightmare. Also this isn't the Alice Cooper band, this is his solo band.

[@timr5490]

This song is a masterpiece.

[@billschafer9668]

I’m a big Alice Cooper fan. Check out their song Is It My Body from the third album Love it to Death. Really good.

[@Irockthere4]

The producer Bob Ezrin produced the first solo record from Peter Gabriel he also produced KISS and of course The Wall by Pink Floyd✌️

[@joeykopack]

Halo of flies next a masterpiece of a vibe, Early Alice Cooper

[@danclark745]

This has gotta be Dick Wagner at work, chorused picking, rock ballad...Wagner was great at this stuff..tip your hat to Detroit's 'The Frost'..the Coop and Lou Reed one of Rock's greats from a great Michigan scene

[@stevenmurano7863]

Thiscwas alice’s first solo record….and it is fantastic! Same band that appeared on Lou Reed’s Rock N Roll Animal album. You should do the whole album!

[@Enfield-1853]

Been a Alice Cooper fan since Billion Dollar Babies. His albums always had one of these songs on it. Check out "I Never Cry".😊

[@rickferguson2004]

He means they suffer emotionally and domestic violence

[@bastark6926]

As below, definitely a double entendre, i.e. menstruation, the ability to CARRY life etc.. Great message, great song. I'm thinking you have to do "Billion Dollar Babies" next IMO. Big contrast in sound from this one.

[@MrDirty-if7gc]

If you're looking for more like this from Alice, checkout -You and Me, it's one of my wife's favorite songs.

[@richiewest7495]

Classic!

[@dianelindquist9796]

I just saw Alice couple weeks ago, phenomenal live show! Unfortunately this song wasn’t part of the show, but I’ve always loved this song!

[@kennydixson7851]

Etta James covered this song. The first time I heard her singing this I was blown away.

[@whome1299]

One of the best concerts I've ever seen. 2016. I was not expecting it to be THAT good. Go see him while you still can, especially if Nita Strauss is on the tour. She's a guitar beast.

[@fenderchamp8241]

When this first came out and if you didn't know it was AC, people thought it was James Taylor.😂

[@alldayadventures5418]

BACK IN THE DAY... when this came out, the woman's lib movement really took this song to heart and used it in a promotional way. Known as the first tune to address this subject.

[@Friend_Of_The_Muse]

I hear Alice's Beatles influence all over this one. The ending sounds like it could be on Abbey Road.

[@sandyshoenberger2697]

I have always loved the music in this song. His voice is really beautiful too.

[@jimmymcintyre7944]

This is my favorite song by him. Came our in 1975 I think. Bought the album when it came out.

[@janishaldeman3339]

My mind didn't go there either. All these years later I see it differently.

[@victorjohnson7512]

Alice co-wrote this song with guitarist Dick Wagner. Another Detroit native who also played with Lou Reed and KISS.

[@chrino21]

Another good one: “How You Gonna See Me Now?”

[@dgator3599]

Just watched an interview of Alice Cooper and how he became a Christian. He's a heck of an entertainer.

[@UncleCharlie111x2]

Excellent reaction guys!

[@timbaker6540]

Cold Ethyl

[@tedsmith7814]

Bob Ezrin produced (also produced Pink Floyd @The Wall).

[@STAMPER-DESIGN]

Welcome to My Nightmare is the album this came from and it needs to be heard by Airplay Beats. Great review as always, thanks, gentlemen.

[@gregharmon3797]

Haven’t heard this in ages

[@JustSomeRandomMusicFan]

If you guys feel like delving into more Alice (he has an EXTENSIVE catalog from 1969 to now) I humbly suggest checking out his duet with Kesha, What Baby Wants, or maybe Burning Our Bed, which is sort of the inverse perspective of Only Women Bleed.

[@jewsbad]

I made my Mother a Fan of Alice with this song, she hated him because of songs like Dead Babys, but she did not know that song was about parents leavening pills where kids could get them. but i played this for her and she said i love this who is it and i said in a sarcastic voice ALICE!!!!!, but she was a fan after that.

[@KelE-mq8bv]

Love Alice to bits! Great person, good guy. His early stuff is the best.

[@genecase9464]

I'm glad you guys got to this. Like I've said elswhere, domestic violence wasn't talked about back then. What happened in the house stayed in the house. But we all knew. We knew which kids in school got slapped around at home and whose mother had to put up with things they shouldn't have to. Alice Cooper brought it out in the open. For another softer side of Alice Cooper, try "Edit: You And Me". a beautiful little diddy! Or, go back in time to the early 60's with George Jones "Wives And Lovers". Life for women was different back then. Have a great day!

[@pegajense]

❤❤ love me some Alice Cooper ❤❤ thank you!

[@TerryKrysinski]

A very successful ballad for The Coop,but--this album kicks butt. Dive in,guys! T

[@susiedawson3349]

I attended The Welcome to my Nightmare concert when this album came out. It was a huge production and great show. This is a song about domestic violence against women. This whole album is great.

[@WayneHawk-h2u]

Welcome to my Nightmare is a concept album that on the surface is about the nightmares of a little boy named Steven. The songs for the most part connect through Stevens nightmare. On a different level it's about a grown man's psychotic delusions. The 2nd half of the album primarily. This song, "Only Women Bleed" is about domestic abuse but in Steven's psychotic state it's the point when he actually murders his wife. It's followed up by "Cold Ethyl". A rocker that's about necrophilia. But this is the point when Steven stuff's his wife's body into a freezer. You guys really need to listen to the whole album from beginning to end to get the story. Especially , what's come to be known as the "Steven Trilogy" which is comprised of the songs "Years Ago, Steven and The Awakening". Super creepy. Upon it's release in 1975 I recall it wasn't widely favored by the music critics of the day but has since become known as a masterpiece and one of the most influential albums of all time.

[@sandymiller3577]

I would love it if they did "Years ago, Steven and The Awakening". That would blow them away.

[@jenniferbabros1985]

Yes it was all over the radio..love it❤

[@kristinemckee9279]

Forgot about this one…thanks for bringing it back.

[@2869may]

"I Never Cry" and "You and Me"

[@kerryknight228]

Halo of Flies is incredible ✌️

[@JoeandAngie]

Love this song. Live "The Aluce Cooper Show" is superb. His backup band has Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner on guitars. Over the top

[@barbaraarmstrong5253]

Steve Hunter was a high school classmate of mine. Great guitar player.

[@JoeandAngie]

@barbaraarmstrong5253 one of my all time favorite guitarists. Lucky you!

[@genecase9464]

I remember back in the 70's he (and other acts with stage shows) took some criticism for their performances focusing more on the stage act and not the music. So Alice Cooper wrote Only Women Bleed and Me And You to show he can write deeper songs as well. "Edit: You And Me" takes a 180 and is about domestic LOVE not violence. 🙂

[@susiedawson3349]

Yes! Domestic violence.

[@Zennofobic]

kinda reminds me of the ending part of Sabbath's "The Writ"

[@TeresaMount-t9o]

The story so true, love this song even if so sad. Thanks guys.

[@DM-hk4cw]

Coop is an excellent songwriter often dealing with tough subjects. His song " Dead Babies" deals with child abuse and "Steven" deals with mental illness. I've seen his show and the songs make sense when seeing the band act them out. He's more complex than what folks know. Brilliant artist. "Only Women Bleed" is masterful and sad.

[@bobdelp2023]

NIIICCCE GUYS!!! 👍😊

[@rpmfla]

I used to get my infant niece to go to sleep by singing her this song.

[@joanfisher1079]

In Alice's own words, no it was not about a woman's menstrual cycle. The sing was written fir the Welcome to My Nightmare Tour because he needed to include a ballad in his show. He said he does this to this to this day where he Includes a ballad women will love in his recordings and for his show. The si g is about how women feel emotionally and bleed frim the heart, mind and soul and men don't. At the time of its rekease Feminists protested the song misunderstanding the lyrics.

[@JoeandAngie]

Cannot believe you don't have quadruple the number of subscribers! Best reactors out there. Even if my comments do seem to be shadowbanned.😅 Never a like, a dislike or a middle finger lol

[@AirplayBeats]

Thanks for rocking with us!!

[@gregharmon3797]

Throughly enjoying your channel

[@RayEvans-j1q]

This is the beginning of Alice’s solo career! Great album!

[@SimpsonMusicProductions]

I also think it's about a woman's need to procreate. Her monthly cycle might be part of the titles meaning too. This is how it's been from the beginning until the current digital Bizarro World 😢

[@KennyCamaro2364]

Laa and Chee. Real tear jerker by Alice. Huge hit when it came out. Housewife’s all over the country we’re shocked that the guy that has the snake sang such a song.

[@DavidF-y4t]

People tend to think mostly of Alice's rabble-rousing, shock-rock image and the big anthems. But he also did songs with a lot of meaning and emotion, and is underrated as a writer.

[@IAMCAVE]

Ya’ll got to find the long version of this song. Same album but longer version.

[@chrisoakley5830]

These type songs were very good by Alice, his producer, Bob Ezrin pushed him to do songs like this.

[@danmayberry1185]

Never got DV out of it, although it describes abusive relationships. More bleeding as a metaphor for being vulnerable and paying a price.

[@selectronium]

i believe MOST people hear "black eyes" and "relationship" and NOT think of domestic violence. it is DV when it is between domestic paartners/spouses. or were you being sarcastic? i do misunderstnad jokes sosmetimes.

[@danmayberry1185]

@@selectronium Not a jokey topic, really. The verses cite different examples of how women suffer, from being left alone, to more extreme cases. I should say it isn't all about DV.

[@SolarTiger]

Bob Ezin's practice run...

[@marksanders8028]

Please catch Etta James version of this song. It is unbelievable.

[@damonhines8187]

Can't go wrong or find fault with the Dan. 😊❤

[@artharrison9586]

It’s kinda funny that he was all “shock rock” and snakes and stuff but came out with this. Makes you wonder if maybe he witnessed something in his life that made him think about it.

[@morbiouslenoir]

It's the Koop!