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A song fact missing from the site: Song: Cold Ethyl Artist: Alice Cooper Album: "Welcome to My Nightmare" Released: February 28, 1975 Facts: * This song was intended as a lighthearted satire on necrophilia (sex with a corpse) that Alice figured the kids would get, but the parents wouldn't (true!) * Ann Landers, in her column, decried the song's content. Alice Cooper then wrote to her, & it was published, that it was a lighthearted look at Necrophilia (as I typed above) Ann replied that it wasn't funny to her., but rather sick. *The song is actually a two-way meaning, alluding to Steven's battle with alcoholism (ethyl short for Ethyl Alcohol, & also pun of the dead woman's name Ethel (Steven is the imputed boy in Welcome to my Nightmare, having all the nightmares, & trying to fight his way back to waking.) * Steven is having a lifetime love affair with Ethel & Ethyl in this part of the "Nightmare" the album is presenting in its thematic journey Sources: I have the vinyl album, & I've read much in books & the internet in general Lyrics: I don't have authorisation to copy/share