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Alice Cooper, “Muscle of Love”: Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 No. 8 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Paul Brennan on Pixabay, Pexels, Sebastian Ervi, SHVETS production, Warner, Vinícius Caricatte]In the 8th edition of Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘, we explore the outlandishness behind the song “Muscle of Love” performed by Alice Cooper.  

Alice Cooper, Muscle of Love [📷: Warner]

Bring on the outlandishness!

Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 provides background information and insight into rock and metal songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  The records featured on Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 can be classic or brand new. In the 8th edition of Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘, we explore the controversy behind the song, 🎵 “Muscle of Love” performed by 🎙 Alice Cooper.


Theme & Lyrics  

pumped“Well, I must have come to that crazy age / Where ev’rything is hot.” Uh-oh! It’s adolescence when EVERYTHING changes! 🎙 Alice Cooper delivers an outlandish rock record, 🎵 “Muscle of Love”, that plays as a soundtrack the tumultuous time.  Of course, Cooper focuses on the biggest aspect of adolescence – hormones! “Muscle of Love” serves as the sixth track on Cooper’s 1973 album also titled 💿 Muscle of Love.

Bitmoji ImageBasically, Joey, the adolescent boy in “Muscle of Love,” has discovered his “Holy muscle of love!” Woo-hoo 🍆💦! “Muscle of Love” is rightfully categorized as a masturbation song. Exhibit A:

“I read Dad’s books like I did before

Now things are crystal clear

Lock the door in the bathroom now

I just can’t get caught in here.”

So, Joey understands the happenings in his Daddy’s dirty magazines.  Of course, in the old days, porn was consumed via magazines (these days, the internet suffices).  And of course, he goes and enjoys his “Gift from above.”


Final Thoughts 💭 

Bitmoji ImageWhat more can you say regarding “Muscle of Love”? Cooper delivers an assertive performance as only he can.  The theme is relatable to the nth degree.  Us men, well, we’ve been there when we discovered the power of our “muscle of love!”


🎙 Alice Cooper • 💿 Muscle of Love🏷 Warner • 🗓 1973

Alice Cooper, “Muscle of Love”: Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 No. 8 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Paul Brennan on Pixabay, Pexels, Sebastian Ervi, SHVETS production, Warner, Vinícius Caricatte]

 


the musical hype

the musical hype (Brent Faulkner) has earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in music (music education, music theory/composition respectively). A multi-instrumentalist, he plays piano, trombone, and organ among numerous other instruments. He's a certified music educator, composer, and freelance music blogger. Faulkner cites music and writing as two of the most important parts of his life. Notably, he's blessed with a great ear, possessing perfect pitch.