strictly come dancing

[A_MichaelUK]

>the email I just got also says it's the Saturday show

The information is incorrect.

[While Heaven Wept]

Poison isn't my favourite live song, it never really sounds quite good enough live to me. I guess the original had so many layers of vocals it makes it hard to replicate.

[WickedYoungMan]

I don't think the song has had proper justice live in several years personally. Kind of done as a straight rock n' roll song and Alice sings the harmony part! Probably really the only song I have a complaint about arrangement wise in the set.

[ElectedPlus]

At the moment, Alice is featured on homepage of www.bbc.co.uk ahead of the strictly performance. An article about the weekend strictly halloween shows are here too:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/strictlycome ... cary.shtml

Nothing exactly new news, but thought it worth mentioning.

[The son of Don Quijote]

The only excellent live version of Poison I know is from Trashes the world tour. It just sounds anemic now when it doesn't have ten background singers or something. I think many Alice Cooper songs especially the likes I'm Eighteen, Guilty and No more mr. Nice Guy sound even better in a raw and energetic live form and many songs I'm not crazy about (in their studio versions) are good live. Poison however is a big exception. It is nowadays a low point of his otherwise excellent live shows.

[Guilty]

I really hope he sings you and me, and in my dreamworld, the nation would take this to their hearts and it would be xmas no1.
i am a man who is forced to watch strictly by "my lovely wife" (as are many of you on ere) joking aside if he did revive an old ballard it could be big with this show as a springboard to melting womens heart's
i cannot wait

[While Heaven Wept]

I really hope he sings you and me, and in my dreamworld, the nation would take this to their hearts and it would be xmas no1.
i am a man who is forced to watch strictly by "my lovely wife" (as are many of you on ere) joking aside if he did revive an old ballard it could be big with this show as a springboard to melting womens heart's
i cannot wait

As far as i'm aware, it's definitely gonna be Poison

[Baz]

I really hope he sings you and me, and in my dreamworld, the nation would take this to their hearts and it would be xmas no1.
i am a man who is forced to watch strictly by "my lovely wife" (as are many of you on ere) joking aside if he did revive an old ballard it could be big with this show as a springboard to melting womens heart's
i cannot wait

I couldn`t agree more.
Is Poison playing things a bit safe perhaps ?

[A_MichaelUK]

>Is Poison playing things a bit safe perhaps ?

It was the request of the makers of the show.

[kosciuskouk]

Never forced to watch it fortunately, requested to watch it tonight......Poison??....wish i hadn't bothered

[Baz]

>Is Poison playing things a bit safe perhaps ?

It was the request of the makers of the show.

That makes sense.

Brucie still rocks tho.

[recoop]

Well, I enjoyed it..think Alice changed a few words...what did anyone else think(if you are not at roundhouse of course)

[Baz]

It was OK, it was nice that the band were there also and not the usual studio musicians.

[Gunner]

Excellent performance from Alice and great song choice. I think there was 'help' in the chorus though. I think X-Factor missed out on the guest of the week - especially with it being Halloween.

[recoop]

re help with chorus, I am sure there were plenty of backing singers to do sing a long a alice..

[WickedYoungMan]

That was actually really cool I thought.

Sounds like the band also had some "help" as well. This version was too close to the studio version (even if it wasn't the studio version) for it to be performed by his current band. Seemed like the big tip off was the opening riff in which Keri's hands aren't even on the guitar for about a second while the riff played away, plus you didn't hear his Wah-Wah pedal that he's love with these days.

Having said that, great performance from Alice even if he still sang the harmony part on the chorus!

[Lisacooper91]

Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDkiucNBd5U

[A_MichaelUK]

>re help with chorus, I am sure there were plenty of backing singers to do sing a long a alice..

There were not.

[A_MichaelUK]

>(even if it wasn't the studio version)

That is correct.

[Gunner]

The chorus sounded very full for a guitar, bass, drums line-up. If it was totally raw and totally live it was very well executed indeed - better than other live versions I have heard. Backing vocals were in tune and the guitars seems particularly filled out - maybe it was just good technical hardware that they have.