I’ll get to Alice in a minute. But this is the first of the month, so I have a new mini-micro-flash story on the Hot Flashes page. Go read it. I’ll wait.
Okay. Now, it’s an odd happenstance that both my Alices were introduced to me in the same year by the same person: my pal Jane Peyton, author of When Push Comes to Shove: Callie London’s Vampire Adventures. I can’t remember which Alice I met first, but now I present them to you. You may or may not already know them.
Alice #1
Alice Cooper is a guy, very deliberately edgy and kinda scary (at the time, anyway, in the — what — 60’s? (If you can remember them, you weren’t there.) Jane and I have many memories of Cooper concerts, near-death experiences and all, although Cooper himself saved Jane’s life at one of them. Good times. Good times. Cooper has also been in an episode of Monk as not-the-guy, and he does commercials. Here’s one:
Alice #2
The other Alice is Alice’s Restaurant Massacree by Arlo Guthrie. The song is around 20 minutes long, so I don’t expect A-to-Zers to have time to listen to it today, but save the link and check it out when you have time. You’ll be glad you did! Here’s the original and here’s a more recent, retrospective one, done in concert.
Remember: you wanna end war an’ stuff, ya gotta sing LOUD.
Today is Tuesday, so I’m posting at Fatal Foodies on the topic of an actual restaurant called Alice’s Restaurant.
A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: What happened to your main character 50 years ago?
MA
Jane
April 1, 2014 at 8:29amLove the Alice commercial! I’m shocked SHOCKED I haven’t seen it before!
I’m not sure of my happiest Alice memory, BUT the first time I heard Billion Dollar Babies, and realized sweet peaceful DONOVAN was singing the twist off their little heads chorus, I did officially freak!
Marian Allen
April 1, 2014 at 9:49amI remember when the crowd was pressing you against the front barricade and Alice STOPPED THE CONCERT and threatened to not start again until the crowd moved back and let you breathe!
Jane
April 2, 2014 at 11:51amOh my YES! Alice was quite the hero. The girl they plucked out of the crowd was worse off than me, but the barricade was getting ready to collapse, and YEOW! it was getting hairy.
Dianne Lynn Gardner
April 1, 2014 at 10:53amDo I ever remember Alice!! Boy howdy. Thanks for jogging my memory. You are a busy lady, look at all that you are writing! Nice meeting up with you again and as always, great blog!
Marian Allen
April 1, 2014 at 1:49pmThanks for stopping by, Dianne, and for the kind words about the blog. It does look like I’ve been busy, doesn’t it? Just goes to show: a sedentary stone gathers lots of moss. lol
Cathy Olliffe-Webster
April 1, 2014 at 11:22amFirst of all, nice micro-flash. Putting hope in knitting. Nice work, Marian. And everybody knows Alice Cooper is a guy, right? RIGHT? Young uns, today, I’ll tell ya…
Marian Allen
April 1, 2014 at 1:45pmWell, o’ COURSE Alice is a guy! I’m just so used to that, it didn’t occur to me to mention it. ~MA shakes her head at herself~
Debra Mauldin
April 1, 2014 at 12:44pmI was a big Alice Cooper fan, back in the day. Now, I’m more the type to listen to Arlo Guthrie. 🙂
http://mauldinfamily1.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/a-is-for-appetite-anxiety-and-asthma/
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Marian Allen
April 1, 2014 at 1:46pmHeh! As you see, I like ’em both. 😀
alberta ross
April 1, 2014 at 7:05pmFraid I was never a fan of Alice – I know shameful of me – also ‘fraid I do remember the 60s because shh don’t tell – I never did the drug thing – I was busy exploring world:) nice start yo yhe challenge:)
Marian Allen
April 1, 2014 at 9:10pmAlberta, I would never have been an Alice fan if Jane hadn’t made me listen to the lyrics. The messages in his songs are SO different that his presentation, it’s surreal! And don’t tell, but I’m not really a stoner; I just play one on the internet. lol
Mary Montague Sikes
April 1, 2014 at 8:37pmInteresting commercial. I don’t know much about music folks–sad, isn’t it?
Love your 60s comment, “If you remember them, you weren’t there.”
Mary Montague Sikes
Marian Allen
April 1, 2014 at 9:12pmMonti, Alice always had a great sense of humor, and never took himself too seriously. That’s part of his appeal to me. I didn’t come up with that 60s comment; I read it somewhere and it struck me funny. ~grin~
jean baldridge yates
April 3, 2014 at 9:18amNow I have found the right place to comment–so glad! Your entries are great!!! xox jean
one of my fave songs (along with Alice’s Restaurant) was and remains “Working Man” which Alice Cooper immortalized on the Muppets show. It is a very romantic song! xox jean
Marian Allen
April 3, 2014 at 10:08amOh, my goodness, Alice and the Muppets: A match made in heaven! lol
jean
April 3, 2014 at 10:43amhere it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMzIBNlXLwc
xox jean
Marian Allen
April 3, 2014 at 10:49amOh, thank you! <3