Chop, Chop, Chop

GUS · Post by **GUS** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:09 pm

I can't be the first one to have noticed this, so I am sorry if it has been discussed before.

At the end of Chop, Chop, Chop Alice sings (well speaks)

She was standing on the corner with her bright red lips,

Her face was so white and pale. So Pale.

She had a black leather skirt, it was tight to her hips

And an anklet with a name. It spelt

M....A....R....Y Gail, Gail, Gail.

OK I appreciate that pale rhymes with Gail but????????

NotSoPerfect · Post by **NotSoPerfect** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:21 pm

The murderer is so obsessed with Gail that he sees her everywhere. So a woman with an anklet spelling a 4-letter name? To a whacked out psycho...any 4-letter name must be...Gail!

(Alice said this on NWAC, so for what it's worth, I'm not just makin' it up, but going by an explanation he's given.)

GUS · Post by **GUS** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:38 pm

Thanks for that info.

RemarkablyInsincere · Post by **RemarkablyInsincere** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:28 am

And all along I just thought Alice couldn't spell worth a darn.

Ravenred · Post by **Ravenred** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:38 am

I would love Alice to put in chop chop chop,Gail & Roses on white lace into a show

Si · Post by Si » Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:10 pm

NotSoPerfect wrote:The murderer is so obsessed with Gail that he sees her everywhere. So a woman with an anklet spelling a 4-letter name? To a whacked out psycho...any 4-letter name must be...Gail!

(Alice said this on NWAC, so for what it's worth, I'm not just makin' it up, but going by an explanation he's given.)

"Gail" is also Sheryl's middle name...

TeresofBlood · Post by **TeresofBlood** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:49 pm

Gail is such a wonderful song. I always wondered about that. Closure is awesome.

Shoesalesman · Post by **Shoesalesman** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:36 pm

With Kip Winger in the credits for Gail I wonder if he contributed with lyrics or the music. Could be both I suppose.

Shoesalesman · Post by **Shoesalesman** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:41 pm

I suppose clicking on Kip Winger under the Musicians tab would have told me that it was with the lyrics.

Shoesalesman · Post by **Shoesalesman** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:19 pm

Okay...there's another mention about Kip writing Gail, scroll halfway down on the same "musicians" link of Kip's...

http://www.sickthingsuk.co.uk/musicians/m-kipwinger.php

"This album was produced by Michael Wagner, and the sessions were a lot of fun. I got to write a little classical bit which ended up as "Gail."

Kip mentioning writing a classical bit makes me wonder if it was the music he influenced and not the words. Can anyone add to this if they know?

A_MichaelUK · Post by **A_MichaelUK** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:07 pm

>With Kip Winger in the credits for Gail I wonder if he contributed with lyrics or the music.

I think we can safely assume that Alice wrote at least the majority of the lyrics.

Swinger · Post by **Swinger** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:39 pm

Shoesalesman wrote:With Kip Winger in the credits for Gail I wonder if he contributed with lyrics or the music. Could be both I suppose.

Given that he plays keyboards on that song while Paul Horrowitz plays on the rest on the album does seems, to me at least, like it was the music he was involved with.

Shoesalesman · Post by **Shoesalesman** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:41 pm

Thanks guys!

Gunner · Post by **Gunner** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:40 am

I would love Alice to put in chop chop chop,Gail & Roses on white lace into a show

He did and it was great!

ConstrictorRules · Post by **ConstrictorRules** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:23 pm

Gunner wrote:
I would love Alice to put in chop chop chop,Gail & Roses on white lace into a show
He did and it was great!

What year/tour did he perform these songs in?

Thanks!

NotSoPerfect · Post by **NotSoPerfect** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:26 pm

I know he did them on the RYFAY tour. Not sure if they've been done since or not.

NotSoPerfect · Post by **NotSoPerfect** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:27 pm

Which was 87/88. You can see a setlist here.
http://www.sickthingsuk.co.uk/setlists/ryf.php

ConstrictorRules · Post by **ConstrictorRules** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:27 pm

Thanks! I forgot about the 'setlists' tab! Just saw that.

pitkin88 · Post by **pitkin88** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:07 am

Surely a candidate for one of the worst Alice Cooper songs of the 80's.

cooperrocks · Post by **cooperrocks** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:29 am

I respectfully disagree. I love the entire RYFAY album.

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