@slash: Credit to @slash Credit to @thelegendsofmusic Alice Cooper performing “School’s Out” Live in San Diego, California as part of the ‘Madhouse Rock’ tour. This song was inspired by a warning that used to come up in Bowery Boys movies where one of the characters declares to another, “School is out,” meaning “to wise up.” This particular set of characters featured in a total of 48 movies that ran from 1946-1958. The movies ran on American TV throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, eating up a lot of air time on independent stations. Alice Cooper happened to see one of these movies and in the film , the character Sach (Huntz Hall) did something dumb, which prompted one of the other guys to say, “Hey, Sach, School’s Out!” Cooper like the way the phrase sounded and used it as the basis for this song.
 Alice Cooper wrote this song with his guitarist Michael Bruce. At the time, “Alice Cooper” was the name of the band, not just the lead singer, and all members contributed to their songwriting. Bruce also wrote the group’s songs “Caught In A Dream” and “Be My Lover,” and co-wrote “No More Mr. Nice Guy” with Cooper. The chorus of children who sing on this was put together by producer Bob Ezrin. In 1979, Ezrin used another kid’s chorus when he produced “Another Brick In The Wall (part II)” for Pink Floyd. He liked the idea of hearing children’s voices on songs about school. In this song, they chime in while Cooper is singing the children’s rhyme “No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks.” They also come in on the bridge and outro. #Music #RockNRoll #AliceCooper #GlenBuxton #MichaelBruce #DennisDunaway #NealSmith iiii]; )'

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