Billion Dollar Babies

Nope..!

This song was a tribute to their success with the Killer album "Dead babies". This was the beginning of shock-rock.

When Killer come out, the song Dead babies was their really first super-contraversial song. Alice Cooper already had learned (from the name) the negative publicity was best kind of publicity. The negative publicity of "Dead babies" hit the roof.

To me, Killer was Alice's best. Even still. Brutal Planet was pretty good and it's follow up album Dragon Town. But they still pale in comparison.

Dead babies, (incase you do not know) is a song about a child that dies due to parent's neglect.

The song is erie as it talks about such a cold blooded topic, sung almost in a pop music format. But gets heavier and heavier as it sweeps you away with orchastrated rock...

The song does make you want to cry. If your driving down the road you may want to pull over so you can hide your head.

I love how the song at the end winds up in a courtroom with people yelling "murderer murderer, hang him hang him" and then proceeds to the next song about a guy who murdered somebody.

RJ

I think the song has many meanings. The album Billion Dollar Babies came rigt after Killer which contained the song Dead Babies. Dead Babies was so controversal back then it brought them fame instantly. Maybe that was their billion dollar baby? So they capitolized on it.

The term Billion Dollar Babies means babies for profit. Black Market Child actors etc... This could mean almost anything profitable as he brings it up again in the song Generation Landslide also from BDB's "And I laughed to myself at the men and the ladies,who never concieved those Billion Dollar Babies"! La da da da da.

The song itself? I think he is fucking a baby doll!" I got you in the dime store no other little girl could ever hold you any tighter than me"

I guess it's slightly obvious that dear old Alice sings about what in Swedish is called "uppblåsbar barbara", an inflateable doll for sexual purposes. ( see lines such as "rubber little lady" and "Man or woman living couldn't love me like you, baby")

metallica fan, now i have: IT'S AWESOME, I like Metallica too!

but on there pages they have virtual punch-ups

... And, of course, Vincent adopted the old band name... So now HE'S Alice. :P

I tend to agree its about a condom. The album cover is a wallet and the "ring" on it was quite common in the day and it was what prevented their little babies and paternity suits. That being said there is a song from the thirties titled, I think, million dollar babies, and I have no idea what it was about.

omg i cant believe that no one has sed anything on how great this song is. ITS AWSOME!!!

wicked shit.... great song. metallica kicks ass, u listen to some good music (aerosmithlover).

Yeah, it's about a sex doll. And even though that subject really has nothing to do with anything, I've always thought of this song as the greatest horror rock song ever. I mean, it sounds like it should be, doesn't it?

Sarroth, the movie you are thinking of is The Omen.