Alice Cooper Alice Cooper/Definitive Music Video Collection 1972-2000

Alice Cooper, the king of shock rock, has depicted madness and nightmares with his ever-changing visual images. This is the definitive video clip collection that gives a complete view of his transition. This work contains 28 songs and 31 takes of clips. This is a compilation DVD that collects PVs produced over the past 30 years, from 1972’s “School’s Out” to 2000’s “It’s The Little Things,” with the highest peak masters. The best thing about this work is the “quality” of the best existing masters and the “quantity” of the diverse clips, but the “composition” is also a key point. The themes are “DISC 1 = The Golden Warner Brothers Era” and “DISC 2 = The Metal Route in the 80s/90s,” and each is organized to function as a “best album to see with your eyes.” Now, let’s take a look at the highlights of each disc. [DISC 1: Warner Brothers Era (12 songs, 14 types)] The first disc contains 12 songs from her band days, “SCHOOL’S OUT (1972),” to the Italian movie “MONSTER DOG (1984),” in which she appeared during her semi-retirement. There are two types of “Elected” and “Department Of Youth,” so there are 14 clips in total. Two completely different types of “Department Of Youth” – Alice has been making clips since before MTV even existed. It’s great to have the full version of the best quality clips that are familiar from history videos, but there are also many clips that are rare in themselves. For example, “Department Of Youth.” The magazine collage-style clip is famous, but unlike the short edited history video, this one is the full version. In addition, a completely different stage scene clip is also included. You might think that it’s a live clip only on stage, but it’s a rare version with no audience and children appearing. The precious mid-period ballad hit era and the rarely seen clips from “Going to Hell” onwards are also delicious. The official YouTube channel has released the TV appearance performance, but this is the clip that was produced with Shioyu Shite-chan using studio audio. Also must-see are the two songs from “Lace and Whiskey”. The image quality of this one is a little lower, but it was a valuable clip that was appreciated just to see in the past. What’s more, the content is hard-boiled Alice disguised as a private detective! This is a treasure. Speaking of visualizing the world of the album, there is “Closed World”. It was a concept album based on the experience in a psychiatric hospital, and the clip for “How You Gonna See Me Now” beautifully depicts that world. The phantom Italian film “MONSTER DOG” The rarity explodes at the end. At that time, Alice stopped touring with “Special Forces” and semi-retired after “DADA”. At that time, she appeared in the Italian horror film “MONSTER DOG”. In fact, it was never released in theaters, and was first released in 1986 on rental video in the United States… a truly minor film. Alice decided to appear in the film because she thought, “If it’s not released in theaters, it’s a good opportunity for rehabilitation.” She also contributed two songs to the soundtrack, but there were no single releases at the time, and it was only in the 1999 box set “THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF ALICE COOPER” that they were released on vinyl, making them rare. Despite this, great clips were produced for both songs. Also, at the end of DISC 1, there is another version of “Elected.” This was released during the 2020 US presidential election, and it’s a masterpiece clip that makes it seem as if Alice is really campaigning. [DISC 2: Heavy Metal Era (16 songs, 17 types)] It was the rise of heavy metal in the 1980s that brought Alice, who had once disappeared, back to the music scene. The evil, heavy image and catchy songs perfectly matched Alice’s qualities. Moreover, the horror movie boom and the big break of MTV overlapped with this, and it was truly “the times that called for Alice.” DISC 2 of this work is a huge collection of such “metal era Alice.” The masterpiece clip that signaled the revival First, you must see “Be Chrool To Your Scuel” that appears at the beginning! Actually, it is not Alice, but a guest appearance on a TWISTED SISTER song, but this was the signal of Alice’s revival. AEROSMITH also started the journey of revival with a collaboration with Run-DMC on “Walk This Way,” and this song is one of them. The song itself is a perfect double bill with Dee Snider, and the appearance is also perfect as the Alice we know. Watching it back to back after the wandering at the end of DISC 1 makes my heart warm with the revival. As an Alice fan, I can’t thank Dee enough. Moreover, it is a super masterpiece as a clip. It was a time shortly after the revolution of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” but their vulgar tastes were in full swing, as if to say, “If it’s horror, we’re the ones for you!” Alice and Dee torture the zombies that swarm in droves, biting into their arms while singing, biting off their lips while kissing them, and shoving food into their throats. It’s not gory, but rather has a silly 80s feel that’s the best, and it’s a clip that will be the best of this album, which covers more than 30 clips. The MCA era, pushing movies and muscular beauty. Although this one song has made this video long, there are a series of must-see clips after that. During the MCA era, when they entered the LA metal scene, they also featured collaborations with movies. In particular, “He’s Back” uses a lot of scenes from the movie “Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives!”, which shows how well “shock rock and the 80s” matched. Of course, it’s the complete version with skits before and after. “Teenage Frankenstein” also includes two versions, one with scenes from the movie and one with live scenes. In the live scenes, muscular guitarist Kane Roberts is unusually cool, and the image is different from any other era. Even “Freedom” is included in a version with sound effects of smashing traps and tombstones. The Epic era is full of rare versions that are surprisingly unknown. Starting with “I Got a Line On You,” which was provided for the movie “Metal Blue,” the Epic era is back in full force. Clips from this era are also collected in the official DVD “THE ULTIMATE CLIP COLLECTION,” but the unknown versions are actually delicious. For example, “Poison (Uncensored Version).” In the normal version, a woman in bondage dancing, but in the “Uncensored Version” included in this work, her breasts and nipples are completely exposed. The best is “Only My Heart Talkin’.” The story is about Alice being dumped by a female fan, throwing away her backstage pass and leaving, but at the end a mysterious car appears. It gives the female fan another pass and takes her somewhere. This is all there is in the regular version, but in the version included in this album, the license plate of the car is “TYLER”, and the pass she is given has the words “AEROSMITH PUMP” clearly written on it. Yes, the highlight of this song is the participation of Steven Tyler. In the regular version, you don’t know where they’re going, but in this album, you can clearly see the original joke that “Alice got dumped and went to AEROSMITH…” (The license plate on the regular version is also “STEVEN”, so there are remnants of that). The Spitfire era approaches with horror again The final song of this album is the Spitfire era, which was dark and heavy with industrial metal. In a complete change from the Epic era, which had a somewhat healthy image, the clip also returned to a horror style like the MCA era. However, while the 80s were based on slasher movies, this is a psychological thriller that reflects the times. The bonus track on this release is “It’s The Little Things,” a rare clip that was only included in the now nostalgic enhanced CD version of “Brutal Planet.” The enhanced CD is treated as a bonus because the image quality is so poor that it cannot be compared to the DVD, but the content is a live clip that has been carefully crafted from the “BRUTALLY LIVE” footage. This is a collection of treasured footage spanning 31 takes and 2 hours and 2 minutes. After this, Alice returned to a straight rock style and stopped making clips, and when it came to video work, they moved exclusively to live videos. The next clip had to wait until “ALONG CAME A SPIDER” eight years later. The songs included in this release were from before that. It is the culmination of the era when they changed their image and produced a series of masterpiece clips. Each song is of the highest quality, and you can enjoy the transition by watching them in succession. DISC 1 can be enjoyed as a sequel to the early professional shot collection “THE EARLY VISIONS 1969-1972 (Shades 1260)”, and DISC 2 functions as a “moving best album” of the popular but unconsolidated metal era (perhaps because they moved from one record company to another) (Alice’s best works are all Warner 70s). The true value of shock rock is in the eyes. This is a definitive clip collection that is the best way to appreciate its charm. This is a compilation DVD that collects PVs produced over about 30 years, from the band era’s “School’s Out (1972)” to the industrial era’s “It’s The Little Things (2000)”, with the highest peak masters. The themes are “DISC 1 = Golden Warner Brothers era / DISC 2 = Metal route from the 1980s onwards”, and each is organized to function as a “best album to see with your eyes”. This is a shock rock epic that you can enjoy for two hours, including collaboration clips with TWISTED SISTER and the movie “Friday the 13th”, a hilarious version of AEROSMITH’s jokes, and the legendary movie “MONSTER DOG”. WARNER YEARS 1972-1984 / METALLIC YEARS 1985-2000 Disc 1: WARNER YEARS 1972-1984 (49:53)1. School’s Out 2. Elected 3. Hello Hooray 4. Only Women Bleed 5. Department Of Youth #1　★long version 6. Department Of Youth #2　★stage version 7. I Never Cry　★rare! 8. You And Me　★rare! 9. (No More) Love At Your Convenience　★rare! 10. How You Gonna See Me Now　★rare! 11. Clones (We’re All) 12. Identity Crisis　★rare! 13. See Me In The Mirror　★rare! BONUS TRACK 14. Elected (2020 Version) PRO-SHOT COLOUR NTSC Approx.50min. Disc 2: METALLIC YEARS 1985-2000 (72:09) 1. Be Chrool To Your Scuel (with Twisted Sister) ★Must see!! 2. He’s Back (The Man Behind The Mask) ★Jason appears! 3. Teenage Frankenstein (Movie Clip) 4. Teenage Frankenstein (Live Clip) 5. Freedom　★Sound effects included 6. I Got A Line On You 7. Poison (Uncensored Version)　★Breast version 8. Bed Of Nails 9. House Of Fire 10. Only My Heart Talkin’ (Tyler Version)　★AEROSMITH Pass version 11. Hey Stoopid 12. Love’s A Loaded Gun 13. Feed My Frankenstein 14. Lost In America 15. It’s Me 16. Gimme　BONUS TRACK 17. It’s The Little Things (Enhanced CD Clip)　★Super rare! PRO-SHOT COLOUR NTSC Approx.72min. PRO-SHOT COLOUR NTSC Approx.122min.(TOTAL)