vengeance video okt 1

runarh73 · Post by **runarh73** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:11 pm

found this on blabbermouth

Alice Cooper, appearing on CBS-TV's "Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" last night (Monday, September 29), was the victim, yet again, of corporate meddling in his rock 'n' roll. It's called censorship and Cooper, currently promoting his "Along Came A Spider" (SPV) album, has met this particular beast numerous times during his 40-year career.

The album tells the story of a serial killer and as part of the song, Alice was going to re-enact a piece of his video by picking a female victim from the audience to choke with a silk scarf during the band's live performance of "Vengeance is Mine". (Both the album version of the song and the video feature ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash.) What viewers saw was a truncated version of what actually happened. Unfortunately, the "murder" of one of his victims was just too much for CBS-TV's censors (although Ferguson loved it) and, as such, his request was denied.

In 1975, Alice Cooper starred in an ABC special, "Welcome To My Nightmare", also featuring Vincent Price, which caused the ABC censors to cut out all the violence that had been included in the originally delivered film.

The uncensored version of the new thre-song video including "Vengeance is Mine" can be seen on MySpace.com/AlongCameAVideo as well as YouTube.com/SPV and Imeem.com/AliceCooper starting Wednesday, October 1.

ElectedPlus · Post by **ElectedPlus** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:16 pm

How very interesting! Thanks very much for the heads up.

runarh73 · Post by **runarh73** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:50 pm

youre welcome...
i just hope its true....

ElectedPlus · Post by **ElectedPlus** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:19 pm

Has anyone heard of MySpace.com/AlongCameAVideo before?

I never have, but it's a working site. There's an 'along came a ... documentary' video yet to be posted too. Wondering what that's about.

WickedYoungMan · Post by **WickedYoungMan** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:19 pm

Looks new.

Dragonlady · Post by **Dragonlady** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:44 am

runarh73 wrote:found this on blabbermouth

A Alice was going to re-enact a piece of his video by picking a female victim from the audience to choke with a silk scarf during the band's live performance of "Vengeance is Mine".

Now wouldn't that be so cool if it also happened at live shows?

NotSoPerfect · Post by **NotSoPerfect** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:46 am

Something to look forward to in the ACAS show?

WickedYoungMan · Post by **WickedYoungMan** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:51 am

I don't understand why the censors would throw a fit over something so late in the night (and what sounds to be relatively tame by most standards.) This is especially hypocritical when they have far more gruesome, stomach churning shows much earlier in the evening like CSI, NCIS, and How I Met Your Mother.

Dragonlady · Post by **Dragonlady** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:54 am

Not So Perfect. It might be a bit disruptive if all the girls in the audience would start going "pick me, pick me !"

NotSoPerfect · Post by **NotSoPerfect** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:59 am

True....so maybe not an audience member....maybe just Calico. Could still be cool, though!

And I agree, WYM. What he wanted to do, what's normally on TV, and the time of the show.....I'm surprised it was an issue at all!

Dragonlady · Post by **Dragonlady** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:14 am

Hm, as if I wasn't daydreaming enough like that.... ah well, I've been doing this for 40 years now.

About the show, well at least it's good publicity.

recoop · Post by **recoop** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:43 am

sounds like an effective publicity stunt by Alice's management to me

WickedYoungMan · Post by **WickedYoungMan** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:51 am

I can imagine the strategy meeting behind that one.

killer_sheep · Post by **killer_sheep** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:47 am

do you want ribs with that ?

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