Ballad of Dwight Fry (6:42)
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Dwight Frye was a character actor known for his work in early classic horror movies such as “Dracula” and “Frankenstein” made in the 1930’s in Hollywood. His most familiar work was as the bug-eating “Renfield” who was Dracula’s man-servant, although he worked in many other films up until his death in 1944 at age 43. As a tribute to an actor he grew up watching in horror movies, Alice Cooper included a song entitled “Ballad of Dwight Fry” (without the final “e”) on their 1971 album Love It to Death. It is sung from the point of view of a character such as the actor might have played, a man in the throes of insanity who may have committed murder. One interesting note is that David Byrne of the Talking Heads cites this song as an example of what they were trying to create with their first single, “Psycho Killer.”
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SonnyJoeFoxx wrote:
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lee_malone wrote:
Saw an absolutely amazing version of this song last July in Zottegem, where the song ended up in "I Love The Dead" and consequent hanging of Alice on stage! The crowd went mad and it just formed the icing on the cake after an exceptional performance that night. I will cherrish my movie clips during the concert forever.
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-stain- wrote:
Absolutly amazing track
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TheAmericanRuse wrote:
This kind era Cooper is the best Cooper in my opinion. More listening needs to be done!
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cap_surgeon wrote:
melvins made a perfect cover of this song
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Remi2306 wrote:
perfect song, along with black juju and Is it my body, my favourites.
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magicalspring wrote:
brilliant song!
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darkphilli wrote:
its insane but it makes sense to me
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Slavomir wrote:
Nice song
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legghiu wrote:
great one
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pilgrimage145 wrote:
More plays, one of his best, bar none!
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MajorSkalle wrote:
Cooper's best track. No doubt.
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slaverunner wrote:
Holy maddening amounts of awesome to be found in this song.
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TepMoc wrote:
amazing
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Blvd_Nights wrote:
this song is so sweet..
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