Alice Cooper: Brutally Live

Alice Cooper: Brutally Live (2000) Rating: NR

So for me personally, I seen Alice on his Dragontown tour a few years back. It was a good show, but nothing like this. Filmed on his Brutal Planet tour in London England, this concert is really good. The band seems to be really tight, there is good energy from both performer & audience. Many various costume changes (from the classic white jacket and top hat to a t-shirt reading "Britney Loves Me..." on the front "Dead" on the back). For me the show really picks up when he does "Dead Babies" (complete with the two headed "monster baby" which he proceeds to kill (it's a doll folks...settle down), followed by being put in a straight jacket during "The Ballad Of Dwight Frye" and ending with the guillotine during "I Love The Dead". I did find it odd that he takes the makeup off after the guillotine, maybe he's been doing that for some time, I'm not sure. Just an odd thing I happened to notice. He does all the songs you would expect him too (so that's good for the casual fan), although for me if I never hear "Poison" again, it's not soon enough. However he makes up for it by doing "Only Women Bleed". Camera wise it is shot really well. When I watch a concert DVD such as this there are two things that usually bother me. Either the constant changing between band members to where you have no idea what the fuck you're looking at, or the type of director who thinks he's directing "Citizen Cain" and not a rock 'n' roll concert. This one, at times does seem to switch between band members a bit, but for the most part it's pretty enjoyable. Early on in the performance the camera gets some great close up shots of Alice (in makeup) with a yellow hue around him. It's very creepy and really makes an impact. I would highly recommend this DVD to any Cooper fan. It's a fun watch!!!