First Slice Of Vincent

"Leaving Lepidoptera - please, don't touch the display, little boy, aha cute! Moving to the next aisle we have arachnida, the spiders, our... finest collection. This friendly little devil is the heptothilidi, unfortunately harmless. Next to him, the nasty licosa raptoria, his tiny fangs cause creeping ulcerations of the skin. And here, my prize, the Black Widow. Isn't she lovely?.. and so deadly. Her kiss is fifteen times as poisonous as that of the rattlesnake. You see her venom is highly neurotoxic, which is to say that it attacks the central nervous system causing intense pain, profuse sweating, difficulty in breathing, loss of consciousness, violent convulsions and, finally.. death. You know what I think I love the most about her is her inborn need to dominate, possess to the smaller and weaker male of the species. In fact, immediately after the consummation of her marriage she kills and eats him - oh, she is delicious.. and I hope he was! Such power and dignity - unhampered by sentiment. If I may put forward a slice of personal philosophy, I feel that man has ruled this world as a stumbling demented child-king long enough! And as his empire crumbles, my precious Black Widow shall rise as his most fitting successor!"

For anyone who has followed Alice Cooper, this should be an obvious connection. This is the opening monologue The Black Widow from Welcome To My Nightmare is a delight to listen to and exposed another generation to Vincent Price. He was later exposed to the next class of music aficionados when Michael Jackson had him do a repeat performance on his Thriller album (yes album). Of course Alice was a pioneer again.


Alice has been doing his usual summer tours and still puts on a great show. I heard that he is going to be opening for the Rolling Stones sometime soon. Of course the Stones are hailed as the gods of rock and roll both for their longevity and creativity but I think that their overall impact on the art of rock and roll pales in comparison to Alice. The makeup, the theatrical shows, the shock rock and general pushing the envelope made him an icon that inspired numerous beginners to pursue a career in the musical arts. Here is the rest of The Black Widow. Enjoy!


The Black Widow

These words he speaks are true we're all humanary stew
if we don't pledge allegiance to the black widow
The horror that he brings the horror of his sting
the unholiest of kings the black widow
Our minds will be his toy and every girl and boy
will learn to be employed by the black widow
Love me yes we love me
love him yes we love him
love me yes we love him ahahahaha
He sits upon this throne and picks at all the bones
of his husbands and his wives he's devoured
He stares with a gleam with a laugh so obscene
at the virgins and the children he's deflowered
Love me yes we love me love him yes we love him
love me yes we love him ahahahaha
Our thoughts are hot and crazed our brains are webbed in haze
of mindless senseless daze the black widow
'cos these speaks he says are true we're all humanary stew
if we don't pledge allegiance to the black widow
The black widow

Icool

Cobb