Posted on 04/19/2021 8:10:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Alice Cooper’s career is full of bizarre and colorful moments, yet few rival the night he met - and pointed a gun at - Elvis Presley.
The incident took place in 1970, when the shock rocker received an invitation seemingly out of nowhere.
“I got a thing that said, ‘Elvis wants to meet you,’” Cooper recalled decades later on the BBC TV series Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
Cooper was one of four people summoned to the King’s hotel room at the Las Vegas Hilton that night. As he recalled, the others were Liza Minnelli, Chubby Checker and porn star Linda Lovelace.
The group rode up in an elevator together and was searched for guns when they arrived on Presley's floor, “which was kind of silly, because there were guns everywhere once you got in,” Cooper noted.
Shortly afterward, the rocker was face to face with the King. “He goes, ‘Hey, man. You’re that cat with the snake, ain’t ya?’" Cooper recalled him asking. "I said, ‘Yeah.’ He said, ‘That’s cool, man. I wish I woulda thoughta that.’”
Moments later, Presley beckoned at Cooper to follow him into the kitchen. “He opens the drawer, takes out a loaded .38, snub nose .38, puts it in my hand and he says, ‘I’m gonna show you how to take this gun outta somebody’s hand.”
The surreal experience of holding a loaded gun, pointed at one of the biggest stars in the world, wasn’t lost on Cooper. “The little devil here on my shoulder says, ‘Shoot him,’” the rocker joked. “The little angel over here says, ‘Don’t kill him. Just wound him.’”
Cooper’s inner dialogue didn’t last long: “Before I could decide what to do, I was on the floor. And he had his boot on my throat. And I’m going, ‘Argh! That’s good, Elvis.’”
Despite their strange interaction, Cooper held nothing but admiration for the King. “He was an amazing character," he recalled. "Very funny guy. But he was Elvis.”
“The surreal experience of holding a loaded gun, pointed at one of the biggest stars in the world, wasn’t lost on Cooper. “The little devil here on my shoulder says, ‘Shoot him,’” the rocker joked. “The little angel over here says, ‘Don’t kill him. Just wound him.’””
LOL. Alice Cooper is funny and has loads of stories.
*Alice Cooper ping*
Alice/Vince is one of my favorite rock personalities. I don’t think the surface of his rock monkey business has been scratched. Like the time Janis took a shine to him........
Sounds like a strange episode of Celebrity Hot Tub.
>>Cooper was one of four people summoned to the King’s hotel room at the Las Vegas Hilton that night. As he recalled, the others were Liza Minnelli, Chubby Checker and porn star Linda Lovelace.
When Elvis beckons, you show up.
Hell, the guy even crashed the White House and got an afternoon with Nixon. Unannounced.
Cooper is a good guy. Booze nearly killed him but finally got it behind him. Put out some good tunes too.
He was Glen Campbell’s golfing partner. I guess they hit it off as they were both reformed hell-raisers.
“I’m Eighteen!”
.
One of My Top 10
No more Mr. nice guy- Under my wheels.
I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing
‘Til they got a hold of me
I opened doors for little old ladies
I helped the blind to see
I got no friends cause they read the papers
They can’t be seen with me
And I’m gettin’ real shot down
And I’m feeling mean
That was hilarious. Good way to start a new day. 4/20, a national holiday for tokers.
for later
I wonder what he said to Linda Lovelace?
“I heard that your grandma went down on the Titanic.”
....killer
Yeah, he loves to tell that story.
Does a passable Elvis imitation when he does, as well.
“You that cat with the snake?”
I can see Elvis saying that.
:D
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