The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

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The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by Dannorama » Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:52 pm

Let's make this thread more popular that the other one....

My vote (at the moment) goes to "My Stars." So many things to this song as a whole... that relentless piano run; those gigantic, hissing vocals; the imagery; the sound of the guitars and the drums... This song embodies pure rock power.

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by mr.barlow » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:19 pm

"Pass The Gun Around"

"My Stars" is a very close second. It's the best song from the original group and one of the best of his entire career. If I took away my personal sentiment attached to "Pass The Gun Around" I would agree that "My Stars" is his best!

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by Daggers & Contracts » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:26 pm

"Caught In A Dream"A Hard Rockin' ACG song - little did they know the "Nightmare" was around the corner!
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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by Toronto Bob » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:01 pm

My faves have to be Halo of Flies and My Stars but for those radio friendly type tunes I'm Eighteen and School's Out have to be among the best.

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by concolz » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:18 pm

We're spoilt for choice. Anyway, here's my 'best of the very beast' (for this week anyway!):-

ACG
Black Juju
Halo Of Flies
Dead Babies
My Stars
Elected

AC
Only Women Bleed
The Quiet Room
Pass The Gun Around
Pick Up The Bones
I Am Made Of You

If push comes to shove, then 'Halo Of Flies' - the ultimate pyschodrama of compositional inventiveness, a band firing on all cylinders and THAT voice. It's Alice Cooper in a nutshell.

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by mr.barlow » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:54 pm

"Steven" can be considered in the running too.

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by darkmenace » Sun Jul 06, 2014 12:43 am

This is really hard to narrow to one but I'll go with Billion Dollar Babies as my personal choice.

After that there are several vying for the top spot:

Ballad of Dwight Frye
Eighteen
Luney Tune
Hello Hooray
Hard Hearted Alice
Talk Talk (I think this is a great cover)
Clones
Former Lee Warmer
Pass the Gun Around
Dangerous Tonight
Might as Well Be on Mars
When Hell Comes Home

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by Spiner202 » Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:21 am

I don't think I can pick just one! He has far too many classics. If I had to narrow it down to 5, it would be:

I'm Eighteen
Steven
Poison
Dangerous Tonight
Might As Well Be On Mars

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by Janne » Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:34 am

3 best songs from the Alice Cooper group.

Desperado
My Stars
Generation Landslide


From solo Alice I really like Pass The Gun Around, Might As Well Be On Mars and Jackknife Johnny.

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by rtbuck » Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:35 am

Second Coming

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by VinceRaven » Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:08 am

Too many great songs to ever really settle on a best ever, but three that are always there or there abouts personally are Under My Wheels, No More Mr Nice Guy and Luney Tune, with the latter being the one I usually go for when pushed.

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by evil syd » Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:20 pm

There'a too many I love equally but if I had to do some soul searching..........
possibly these six are tied:

Ballad of Dwight Frye
My Stars
Dangerous Tonight......I was to happy to see it on a few lists. It's soooo underrated, the perfect vampire song!
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Post by AlongCameASpider27 » Sun Jul 06, 2014 5:25 pm

Easy for me...FREEDOM...always has been...always will be...the lyrics are just the perfect embodiment of rebellion and the video compliments Alice's angst and pure aggression of music with Kane's shredding of the guitar...
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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by concolz » Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:15 pm

There's not much from the last twenty years being mentioned, so in addition to my previous 'best' list, I'll add three later 'classics':-

Is Anyone Home
Wicked Young Man
The Saga Of Jesse Jane

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by mr.barlow » Mon Jul 07, 2014 12:15 am

concolz wrote:There's not much from the last twenty years being mentioned, so in addition to my previous 'best' list, I'll add three later 'classics':-

Is Anyone Home
Wicked Young Man
The Saga Of Jesse Jane

I embarrased to say that I forgot to list "Is Anyone Home" in my choices of favorite songs. It is one of the best songs Alice has released in the last 20 years. Thanks for pointing it out.

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by I'm Pain » Mon Jul 07, 2014 1:52 am

ACG - Hard to beat the one two punch of Second Coming / Ballad of Dwight Frye. I'll say that combo is more representative of the ACG then Halo of Flies...

Alice solo.. Like it or not - it's "Welcome to My Nightmare". That song is the essence of the character, and the perfect signature song.. Alice hit it right out of the ballpark with that one...

My personal favorites? ACG - Luney Tune. Alice solo - Pass the Gun Around.

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by cooperrocks » Mon Jul 07, 2014 1:50 pm

This one's hard. My favorite Alice song is probably "Nothing's Free."

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by MrD Returns » Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:46 pm

School's Out. The most perfect Rock and Roll song...ever.

Not really my personal favorite but I suppose if you had to put one AC song in a 1000 year time capsule...this would be it.

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by MrD Returns » Tue Jul 08, 2014 12:13 pm

And just for old times sake Danno...remember this.

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Re: The BEST Alice Cooper song of all time!!!

Post by tuneylune » Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:28 pm

CANNOT go with just one and while Danno had the right idea, it has to be spread out for Top 5....

ACG:
"Caught in a Dream"
"Halo of Flies"
"Luney Tune"
"Unfinished Sweet"
"Never Been Sold Before"
These are current, but could always change.

70's:
"Escape"
"Road Rats"
"Wish I was born in Beverly Hills"
"The Awakening"
"How You Gonna See Me Now"

80's:
"Talk Talk"
"Tag, You're It"
"Who Do You Think We Are"
"Teenage Frankenstein"
"No Man's land"

90's:
"Sideshow"
"Is Anyone Home"
"Might as well be on Mars"
"Stolen Prayer"
"Lost in America"

2000 and up:
"Brutal Planet"
"Wicked Young Man"
"Woman of Mass Distraction"
"I Know Where You Live"
"Pretty Ballarina"...awesome cover of the Left Banke original.
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