Originating in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1964, "Alice Cooper" was originally a band with roots extending back to a band called the Earwigs, consisting of Furnier on lead vocals and harmonica, Glen Buxton on lead guitar, and Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar and backing vocals. By 1966, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar joined the three and Neal Smith was added on drums in 1967. The five named the band "Alice Cooper", and Furnier eventually adopted it as his stage pseudonym. They released their 1969 debut studio album with limited chart success. Breaking out with the 1970 single "I'm Eighteen" and the third studio album Love It to Death, the band reached their commercial peak in 1973 with their sixth studio album, Billion Dollar Babies. After the band broke up, Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper and began a solo career in 1975 with the concept album Welcome to My Nightmare. Over his career, Cooper has sold well over 50 million records.
Cooper has experimented with a number of musical styles, mainly hard rock, glam rock, heavy metal, and glam metal, but also new wave (1980–1983), art rock on DaDa (1983), and industrial rock on Brutal Planet (2000) and Dragontown (2001). He helped to shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and has been described as the artist who "first introduced horror imagery to rock 'n' roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre". He is also known for his wit offstage, with The Rolling Stone Album Guide calling him the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer". Away from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur, and, since 2004, a radio disc jockey (DJ) with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper
Band studio albums
Pretties for You (1969)
Easy Action (1970)
Love It to Death (1971)
Killer (1971)
School's Out (1972)
Billion Dollar Babies (1973)
Muscle of Love (1973)
Solo studio albums
Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Alice Cooper Goes to Hell (1976)
Lace and Whiskey (1977)
From the Inside (1978)
Flush the Fashion (1980)
Special Forces (1981)
Zipper Catches Skin (1982)
DaDa (1983)
Constrictor (1986)
Raise Your Fist and Yell (1987)
Trash (1989)
Hey Stoopid (1991)
The Last Temptation (1994)
Brutal Planet (2000)
Dragontown (2001)
The Eyes of Alice Cooper (2003)
Dirty Diamonds (2005)
Along Came a Spider (2008)
Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011)
Paranormal (2017)
Detroit Stories (2021)
Road (2023)
Hell Is Living Without You
Alice Cooper Lyrics
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Thousand masquerades
You're hidden in the colors of a
Million other lost charades
In life's big parade
I'm the lonliest spectator
'Cause you're gone without a trace in
A sea of faceless imitators
Burning inside this
Hell is living without your love
Ain't nothin' without your
Touch me
Heaven would be like hell
Is living without you
Try to walk away
When I see the time I've wasted
Starving at a feast
And all this wine I've never tasted
On my lips your memory has been
Stained
Is it all in vain
Tell me who's to blame
I can't take another night
Burning inside this
Hell is living without your love
Ain't nothin' without your
Touch me
Heaven would be like hell
Is living without you
Nights get longer and colder
I'm down and begging to hold ya
On my own and I feel like hell
Is living without you
Hell is living without your love
Ain't nothin' without your
Touch me
Heaven would be like hell
Is living without you
Nights get longer and colder
I'm down and begging to hold ya
On my own and I feel like hell
Is living without you
The lyrics of Alice Cooper's "Hell Is Living Without You" describe the singer's immense longing and pain caused by a former lover's absence. Cooper compares his search for his loved one's trace to finding a needle in a haystack, describing his loneliness as a spectator in life's big parade, where he sees nothing but imitation of his former love. The singer explains how he can't take another night "burning inside this hell" caused by the emptiness of living without his lost love. He laments about the time he's wasted trying to walk away from the memories of his past relationship, and the feeling of being deprived of the pleasures he shared with his former lover.
As the song progresses, the singer's emotional state becomes more evident. It becomes clear that he is struggling with feelings of despair and regret, unable to move on from the memories and love he once shared with his lost partner. Towards the end of the song, the lyrics take on a desperate tone, with the singer describing how he feels down, begging to hold his lover, and how his life is nothing without their affection. He concludes that his life without his lover is: "Hell is living without your love. Ain't nothing without your touch me. Heaven would be like hell is living without you."
Line by Line Meaning
I can't find your face in a
You have disappeared from my life, and I can no longer recognize you.
Thousand masquerades
There are so many people in the world pretending to be someone else, that it is hard to distinguish one from the other.
You're hidden in the colors of a
You have hidden yourself from me amidst the many other things that are happening in the world.
Million other lost charades
You are just one of many things that I have lost, and it is hard to keep track of what I have lost and what I need to find again.
In life's big parade
Life is a constant journey with many different things happening at once.
I'm the loneliest spectator
I am alone in my grief and my inability to find you.
'Cause you're gone without a trace in
You left without leaving any clues as to your whereabouts or how to find you.
A sea of faceless imitators
There are many people pretending to be you, but none of them are the real you.
I can't take another night
I am unable to bear the thought of another night without you.
Burning inside this
I am consumed by a burning desire to be with you once again.
Hell is living without your love
My life is a living hell without you, because I love you so much.
Ain't nothin' without your
Without you, everything else in my life seems empty and meaningless.
Touch me
I need your touch to bring me back to life.
Heaven would be like hell
Even if I were to go to heaven, it would feel like hell without you there with me.
Try to walk away
I have tried to move on from our past, but I cannot forget you.
When I see the time I've wasted
All the time that has passed since we were together feels like a waste, because I am still alone without you.
Starving at a feast
I am surrounded by people and opportunities, but I am still hungry for your love.
And all this wine I've never tasted
There is so much that life has to offer, but I cannot enjoy it fully without you by my side.
On my lips your memory has been
Even though you are gone, your memory is still present in my mind and on my lips, as if I am speaking to you.
Stained
Your memory is tainted by the sadness and longing that I feel.
Is it all in vain
Is there any hope of finding you again, or am I doomed to be alone forever?
Tell me who's to blame
I do not know who or what is responsible for our separation, but I want to understand why it happened.
Nights get longer and colder
As time passes, it feels as though the nights without you get even longer and colder.
I'm down and begging to hold ya
I am so desperate for your love and affection that I am willing to beg for it, even though I know it might never come again.
On my own and I feel like hell
Even though I am surrounded by other people and things, I feel completely alone without you, as if I am in a living hell.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: RICHARD SAMBORA, ALICE COOPER, JON BON JOVI, DESMOND CHILD
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Phil
on Former Lee Warmer
Interesting. I like it! I am surprised someone covered that lesser known song of Cooper’s. I will have to check out more of Valery’s work.