Alice Cooper "Eighteen" 1971 (Reelin' In The Years Archives)

[@johnjullien]

Im 65. My son at 18 borrowed all my Alice Cooper albums.

[@spbryant]

Big fan. My daughter used to work at a mall clothing store and Alice came in one day. She told him her dad was a huge fan. He tried on several shirts, and one of them he bought had Desperado on it. She bought one he tried on and gave it to me as a birthday present. Lol

[@1peanut]

50 years later and he still singing great and putting on great shows.

[@ellisknox9129]

I saw these guys in 1969 in Eugene, Oregon. A whole day worth of hippie bands, and then these guys got up. The Doors closed that night, but Cooper's the one that stuck in memory. He sang the Sunday funnies. He sang a song through a door. Nobody in the audience knew what hit them. A few months later at a record store in Portland I heard Sun Arise blasting over the store's speakers. Bought the album on the spot.

[@timprescott4634]

Ellis Knox Check your timeline. Sun Arise cover was on Live it to Death (1971). Hey, we’re all gettin’ old!😎

[@1Goobertron]

Alice Cooper - upstaging the main act since forever!

[@theunlawfulsponge5908]

Was that in toronto when he killed the chicken? The doors played there too

[@FYMASMD]

@@theunlawfulsponge5908 he didn't kill the chicken. Somehow the chicken was on stage. Cooper grabbed the chicken and threw it in the air thinking it would fly. It didn't. It landed in the audience who tore it to shreds. Zappa told cooper " let people think you did it" to help drive his image as a wild man...

[@JohnSmith-kw9yc]

@@FYMASMD Back in the early 70's there were so many stories about Zappa and Alice, suburban legends.

[@fieryjack6396]

I'm 80 and I still don't know what I want

[@moosejavian210]

+karen samedii ok.. well then I won;'t feel so bad not knowing at 60

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

Im 63 and I am heading the same way

[@mete3254]

Huge respect sir. FOREVER YOUNG

[@JohnBrown-hx8xo]

Fiery Jack lol

[@lawrencearansaspasstx4374]

My driver's license says that I'm 61, but I got 'em fooled, because inside I'm STILL 18!!!

[@petemccarry2326]

I don’t care who Vincent hires to play behind him, these guys were the best! Alice Cooper was a band, not a singer!

[@rustymachineshop9456]

Agree if not Glen Buxton Michael Bruce Dennis dunaway and Neil Smith. No one would ever heard of. Alice Cooper he dumped on them if you ask me. I was 16 when they split I almost quit listening to Alice.he never was as Rock and roll as he once was

[@sjs1555]

@@rustymachineshop9456. spot on

[@robiveevee840]

Agreed

[@michaelC7452]

Seen Alice Cooper countless times at Aquinas high School in Southgate Michigan

[@SydneyGreenstreet1227]

I saw him at the Burger King on Allen Rd.once.

[@michaelC7452]

@@SydneyGreenstreet1227 I seen the group called the rascals at Southgate shopping center outside of Wards...eons ago

[@michaelC7452]

Outside in Wards front parking lot

[@ann-cw8yh]

I was 18 when this song came out and I still love it and I am 70 now!

[@sketchyold]

71 now I bet.

[@mitchelsteiner8530]

Thank you You Tube! This was the year I first saw Alice. It was 1971, Gaelic Park, Bronx, NY. Alice was opening for Black Sabbath (touring to promote their second album Paranoid). The announcer said something like "straight from being kicked out of San Francisco, ladies and gentlemen, Alice Cooper"! The rest is history. Alice was unreal. I was only 16 and couldn't wait to be 18 so I could sing this song with meaning! Brought the house down. Nobody ever saw a "show" before. Alice put on a show. When he did the Ballad of Dwight Frye he ran around in a straight jacket. Unbelievable! We wouldn't let him get off the stage! Ozzy wanted to come on but we wanted more Alice!! Ran out and bought Love it to Death. I remember opening the album and just staring at the Alice's eyes! Been a die hard fan ever since!

[@janisrebecca6981]

OMG love love love... and live... no lip synch, fake guitar playing... wonderful!!

[@geothon]

I was born in 1971. AC fan since 1989. Listening to this in 2020. Seen Alice Cooper show 3 times. Was going to see him again at the Hollywood Bowl on May 31 2020... Oh well, there is always another year.

[@mikehoncho4480]

Just turned 36, this song is a fucking classic. Favorite song of my youth

[@boobieneedham8873]

This song was a hit when I turned 17... Close Enough!

[@joeysplats3209]

The very first record I bought was Muscle of Love, with the awesome faux-glue-messed cardboard cover and the hilarious inner sleeve. 1975, I think.

[@moorlock2003]

me 2

[@cosmogman]

I was 15. Like you, close enough.

[@theraceanalystphdprovingha4119]

"Talkin' bout my...G-g-g-g-g-Generation..."

[@lindabergman3127]

And this was my favorite album for years🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@TheRabidPosum]

Freaking classic. This is real rock.

[@johnnygorena5318]

Too bad todays soy boys can’t play like this, not to mention the lyrics that were written in the 70’s and 80’s will never be matched again ever…, those were the best times the best bands the best everything

[@ToddCiehomski]

As opposed to what?

[@TheRabidPosum]

@@ToddCiehomski rival sons, dirty honey. Some of the cheesy bands around today that try to repeat the past and suck at it. There are some great original bands, like Black Veil Brides. But they are few and far between.

[@AngelofAnguish]

AMEN or LIKEWISE!@@johnnygorena5318

[@jimdep6542]

@@ToddCiehomskiTaylor Swift

[@EliteRock]

Listen to Dennis Dunaway anchoring this whole song - ridiculously under-appreciated bass player.

[@rossb.4773]

Playing his unique Gibson "frog" bass...great bassist ;

[@rickvia8435]

One of the greatest.

[@StephenJacksonRerumFontis]

M R A Scott you are so right there! I learned bass listening to him.

[@daevidharvey7113]

The Best

[@cacornett58]

The guy was great!

[@stevendimmock4791]

Not seen this video before. Won't be the last tome I see it. Brilliant!!

[@rosariopresti9792]

Not only were you a boy but a very brave man teaching our young music, freedom, personal expression regardless just go for it!

[@whysoblutube]

Wow, loved the harmonica solo in the intro. Their image is a cross between New York dolls and spiders from Mars David Bowie. Loved it!

[@wyattk773]

I was really impressed with the interviews I saw with Alice Cooper. What a nice guy he is!

[@Mary-jz9vr]

Ima 60 year old woman who has been in love with Alice Cooper and loved everything he has ever done. I could watch him in concert read recipes and that would be just fine with me.

[@jinxymac1406]

Me too!

[@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825]

Mary I’m in love with him too, since 1970, since I was 12. Just can’t get enough of him. Hi again, Mary!

[@Mary-jz9vr]

@Frances Williams Hello Frances!

[@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825]

Mary You should check out Nights With Alice Cooper app, it is great fun. MANY beautiful pictures of Alice and you can hear him speaking on his station.

[@deborahlaird2177]

I saw Alice Cooper in 1972 and Dallas Texas was my first concert I've stayed a fan of Alice Cooper's band all this time love them

[@BryanEaton]

that must have been an incredible show

[@brettkoeshall2325]

One of my favorite Alice Cooper songs.

[@zyonsdream]

I own everything Alice has ever recorded, all the way back to when he was in The Spiders. His debut AC album Pretties for You still stands as a masterpiece today.

[@Mary-jz9vr]

I'm 60 years old, Alice Cooper was my fav way back. I've seen him twice. He's still my favorite. Have all his music on my iPod. And I still crank it up. Love you Alice!!!

[@teresapinegar6550]

Me too. Gonna teach my new grand daughter about Alice Cooper, AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith. Still like my music loud.

[@Deetroiter]

Absolutely love how raw this performance is. Thanks for sharing these historic videos with the world. Alice Cooper band in a basement in Detroit jamming out. Rock and roll!

[@АндрейКривонос-й7ф]

Одна из самых любимых моих композиций в репертуаре Alice Cooper. Невероятно, но это 1971 год ! Да и ещё живая запись. Свобода во всём .. Слов нет..

[@davidlanham99]

I cannot resist the shock.

[@hectorsanchez1960]

Alice Cooper was my first rock concert and always will be

[@ritvand8592]

+hector sanchez , Mine too.

[@thestretch60]

Mine too.

[@theoos1957]

My first too! 1972 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. With the Phlorescent Leech and Eddie as support act 🤩

[@rachelxtc]

My first also!

[@moorlock2003]

Mine too! Long Beach Auditorium 1971. A thick haze of marijuana smoke hung in the air!

[@melaniefrench-ami2901]

Just introduced my 12 yr old grandchild to Alice Cooper. They loved it! Long live Rock n Roll!

[@mikeinindy2856]

This was a great band . Alice had one of the best lead singer voices, very underrated. I was introduced to rock music through this band. They had everything. Great songs, great gimmick (if you will) and a quality band. The albums Love it to death and Killer are fantastic albums.

[@chrisjenkins5846]

Lol he couldnt sing ....but it worked ...when your talking greatest lead singers ya talking the likes of Steve marriott

[@zyriuz2]

I mean this is fantastic as well but i just think that Alice Cooper post 1975 is underrated, this original band has had its reunions n things but it doesn't take away the good talent from sessions members and touring personell that has written and played on the other albums since, and i think for Beeing the only guy that kept this crazy show going ever since then he's put so much love and craftsmanship in the liveshows while keeping things running having some of the original banc come back every now and then to do some music, and that's just healthy some of these og members weren't cut out for the road and that's okay doesn't take away their musical talent in the studio or the song writing.

[@allbottledup9513]

@@chrisjenkins5846 He was a great lead singer, he just wasn’t traditional. He had a wonderful voice, but nothing like Marriott. Marriott had a real classic soulful voice. He was closer to Daltrey out of anybody from that time. I do think Daltrey was the best out of the 60’s-70’s singers though, so Alice wasn’t quite on the same level. Not the most traditional either but an unmatched power, the only ones who came close in my opinion were Marriott, Rodgers, and Mercury.

[@Pogieboy1]

This was the first pro band I ever saw perform. Very cool like it was yesterday.They were at The State Theater in Toledo Ohio. Never will forget it,I was 18 yrs old on the 18th of June watching my favorite band perform 18.

[@marcddailey]

My AC experience in Toledo was not so great. Drove 150 miles through a blinding snowstorm on a cold Friday the 13th in December 1973. The "Holiday Tour" it was called; Muscle of Love album was just released. ZZ Top opened (their only hit at the time was "La Grange," it was a hostile standing room only crowd at the Toledo Sports Arena. M80s and beer bottles flying everywhere. Cooper comes out and they open with "Hello Hurray." During the second song, someone hits a band member with a bottle. Concert immediately stops, band exits, bassist Dennis Dunaway cries, "And we came here just to have a good time!" House lights come on, everyone wondering when/if they are going to continue the show. Finally, after about a half hour, the announcement came that the show is over. (They waited that long to inform the crowd while they surrounded the arena with riot squad cops.) No refunds. (BTW back then, the ticket was $6.50, which today won't cover half of the service charge) It was a long, sad ride home in the piled-up snow. This incident is documented in the book, "Billion Dollar Baby" by columnist Bob Greene, who was traveling with the brief tour. So that was the last time I got to see the original AC band. Thanks for fookin memories Toledo! (Been to see the Coop several times in Dayton, where at least they are civilized.)

[@edgregory1]

+marc dailey I'm 59 and from Dayton. Saw Queen, Kansas and Aerosmith seperately downtown at Victory theatre before they were big.

[@marjoryrainey7039]

Pogieboy1 That's kool!

[@marcddailey]

@Philip Holmes yes

[@jimdep6542]

@@marcddailey Wow.....what a drag ( sorry about the pun ). ... disappointment ! Which one of the band got hit ? On that same night, NYE 1973, I was 16 and hitch hiked 50 miles north up to Winterland in San Francisco to see Santana headlining with Journey (their first concert ever ) and Herbie Hancock opening for them. It was very rowdy there too, lots of fights, and was a cold and rainy night too.

[@garyclark608]

That was a great song in 1971, still is today. My favorite Alice Cooper song.

[@bullhunter45]

I am 67 and still don't know what I want and I could care!! life is good if you give it a chance!!

[@davespears2241]

I've always loved this music.

[@dvgayle1]

Underrated big time!

[@MNNMMNNMMNNM]

Was hearing it live yeastarday still kicking ass 44 years later

[@Aris_M39]

1:58 So sad this solo does not exist in the original studio version..

[@Knards]

As a kid of 20 in Michigan, I seen him do this song probably 20 times. This band was one of the tightest bands you would ever hear live

[@xsitied2708]

fav alice cooper song and the lives are always perfection

[@ingridthurner3651]

Wow, live! Ich habe Alice Cooper 2 x live gesehen, es war jedesmal magisch. ❤

[@StephenJacksonRerumFontis]

Nice to see them in their prime ... when Alice Cooper was a band 😀

[@mistercr0wbar400]

Totally agree... Love the horror gimmick but early-mid 70s is definitely my favorite version of Alice Cooper

[@janvrossink9593]

alice is my fav for more than 40 years

[@TIME42]

Original Alice Cooper Band was so good!

[@cfgp1964]

Great rythym section. Crisp and obviously what we are missing today.

[@lindafernandes8002]

63 going on 18.Seen them whenever they played in my state during high school.

[@klepetar]

thank you .. amazing performance..

[@Alexi7666]

Alice Cooper at his best.

[@paullevine1813]

Classic Alice Cooper in top form, Just gotta love those SGs...

[@69zenos1]

that is all they could afford!!!!

[@paullevine1813]

Not so . They played Les Paul's as well. There are plenty of old photos, plus the fact I saw them in 71 -72 &73 they used both. I mentioned it as I own both myself a 1972 LP & a 74 SG..By the time this was done they could afford both..

[@crlaw75]

SGs are a sharp-looking guitar.

[@crlaw75]

The bass player, Dennis Dunaway, had his Gibson EB-0 spray painted green and replaced the pickup with a Fender Precision bass pickup. He nicknamed it, "the frog".

[@guitarjon117651]

Lol. First thing I noticed was that they both have em!

[@garyberuck5636]

Seen Alice in 1975 . Nightmare tour ! I was 15 yrs old.. omg what a bad ass show it was . Alice is a cool dude

[@unclealice]

vince's solo career simply can't match what Alice Cooper (the band) did

[@waynejensen9634]

WAY ahead of their time! Helped me OUT in 1971!

[@strattuner]

his guitar player are seriously skilled,seriously

[@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825]

strattuner The late Glenn Buxton was a natural. RIP. Michael Bruce wrote a lot of the early songs.

[@gustavoferreira8057]

Good and classic old school....music for all generations!

[@barbarachanda7559]

I remember doing an English paper on this song in High School. Got an A+

[@keybuckley]

Whatever they were on this night I want some of it everyday for the rest of my life. Magic!

[@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825]

This song was released in the fall of 1970, as a demo before the “I Love it to Death” album came out. In a few months from now it will be 50 years old. WOW! !

[@whiteyboy6454]

What great song! Alice Cooper was soooo cool. Killer LP also great!

[@fatoldsun6197]

I seen Alice tripping back in the mid-70s scared the shit out of me lol

[@dahooliii]

One of his best songs.

[@ampheat]

a great guitar-oriented band with that Gibson-Marshall sound. great bass playing also.

[@jamesjennings6332]

I was eighteen when this song came out, I bought the album and our band learned the song. We were pathetic but thought otherwise. The album was the one with Alice's thumb through the jumpsuit!

[@nicknock5477]

Thumb cover- subsequently airbrushed out.

[@skrozar2000]

This is friggin awesome, first album I ever bought was love it to death!!!!!!

[@gregcrowe8885]

Thank You for sharing

[@threerings1345]

If Alice's daily alcohol intake in his drinking prime really was what he has claimed then he is some kind of goddamn superhero.

[@lynnmiller3937]

Excellent! True Rock and Roll!

[@stevendimmock4791]

Just read Ellis Knox's comment. Oh man I'm so jealous. What a memory to have, wish I'd been with you.

[@bobwright663]

Superb...loved the early Coop

[@nikkismith5975]

love this Alice rules

[@bobhowell9388]

saw them in 71 at the warehouse in new orleans....blew my fucking mind

[@justinlivak9307]

My 18th Birthday Thanks Dad Love Ya Pops

[@wearealloneexceptforthatgu7848]

I love this bluesy version. I hate the advertising obscuring the coolest five guys on the planet.

[@justaflamingo]

I love this clip! Love the raw and rough sound and I've been a fan since then. But Alice is totally wasted! haha!

[@Rhubarb_Tea]

Looks pretty baked. The makeup helps concealing his half-closed eyelids. Sounds great btw

[@kellykerby5172]

News flash........everybody was baked back then :) And the best part was there was no politcal correctness. Things were real.

[@akatripclaymore.9679]

We are all living in the middle of doubt...?2023?

[@marcofioravanti4176]

I´m came here from Nita Strauss / Coffee with Ola, googling the younger Alice Cooper, discovering this song "18" for the first time. Am I the only one, feeling a little "Bob Dylan"esque attitude in Alice Coopers performance, here and there?

[@georgeharleydavidsonrider156]

Great video. Who is watching in 2020 .

[@waybacksongsbnaeger]

Love this song. Or should I say: "I LIKE IT!!!!!!"

[@marjoryrainey5761]

I like your comment😊

[@lindabergman3127]

Fantastic is the understatement of the year 😍😍😍😍👍👍😍👏👏👏

[@johngoodenberger1354]

So I read the description, and saw Ted Nugent was also on there. Now I'm excited.

[@Pozer714]

Nice footage I've never seen, really nice!

[@647warner]

Love the glam rock of the 70s

[@MartinSpagg]

Still gets me going ❤

[@enna1913]

Wow--truly live. Very worthwhile. Buxton was actually still plugged in...

[@bullhunter45]

Saw Alice Cooper start the WHO Tommy Tour Just an incredible Alice with a very trippy set!!

[@paulyfortissimo]

My favorite song ever. Even though I'm now 59.

[@kristineburbey4710]

I never saw this clip before, great

[@benjiderueil]

merci pour la vidéo

[@billjannusch]

Absolutely awesome!!!!!

[@bobhowell9388]

saw them in 1971 at the warehouse in New Orleans...one of my top 5 concerts ever

[@McGovern1981]

Up there with Lemme and the rough voice 🙂

[@errolwaguespack7196]

Thanks

[@Sliver222]

Grew up with Alice Cooper Greatest Hits. Love the album. Top 5 all around albums I own. Hate his newer stuff and this video I really have a hard time seeing over the original studio song!

[@liberalmind]

I graduated from high school, turned 18 and registered to vote 3 months after the 26th Amendment became law in 1971. This song became my anthem.

[@suzanneelizabeth9862]

Wow that is wonderful

[@rayjohnson2387]

I was a kid when this came out... didn't really know what it was about... but I knew I liked it

[@Aris_M39]

2:57 This silly dance by Alice 😂😭

[@aleksandrpetrovichkydrin]

22.10.'22., city Minsk, Beloryssia ❤️, thenks, merzy, danke, Gracias, Dziakyiu, spasibo, ❤️🔥😎🎸,with atom music.

[@daviaraujo8443]

Best Performance

[@rosariopresti9792]

See mr. Cooper we love you and your accomplished career. Thank you

[@Kevin_747]

Takes me back. Wish I still had this on 8 track!

[@HDramboDwango]

I was only 11 years old then but I would be 18 then if I could!