Check out this performance from the one and only Alice Cooper,it’s from The Old Grey Whistle test way back in the early seventies.It has to be one of the most subversive things the Beeb ever broadcast.Apart from the fact That Mr C is still one of the coolest people on the planet,and is clearly the father of Noel Fielding
There are several things to watch out for while this plays.First off,how much does the drummer look like Joni Mitchell?
Its got to the stage i now tell anyone who will listen that how its a little known Rock Fact that Joni used to drum for Alice in the early days.
Second,watch the guitarist as he launches so earnestly into his solo,just as it comes to an end he glances over in Alice’s direction and pulls this peculiar face that i think is meant to signify something like,’that was amazing,i am therefore superb’,but instead comes across as a hilarious gurn,brilliant!.
The third thing comes straight after,as Alice starts singing the verse,he begins to wank the mic stand,theres a good ten seconds of this before the floor manager finally wakes up from whatever sordid little dream he’s been having and the camera zooms in to hide the offending limb.You can almost hear him screaming into the cameraman’s headphones,”zoom in,zoom in!!”…ah,the Beeb at it’s best,and to think, we pay our license fees to be treated to this.
