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Former good articleBillion Dollar Babies was one of the Music good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Current status: Delisted good article

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The comment here that "billion dollar baby" refers to movie "devil-children" is interesting and does make sense in relation to the song "Generation Landslide." However, in looking over the lyrics to the song "Billion Dollar Babies" I get the impression that in that song, it is about a person who buys a doll in a store and does, um, things with it that aren't quite normal. (dancing in the attic, if I'm too rough . . . ) I always figured the Billion Dollar Baby was the brand name of some doll for little girls that this weirdo purchases for his own deviant needs. He purchases it in a "dimestore" which I assume is a place where cheap baubles are sold. The Billion Dollar Baby is not a big brand name like Barbie but some cheap knock off. But it is meant to be a little girl's doll.


The only part of the song that I find doesn't fit with my interpretation are the lines "reckless like a gambler, million dollar maybe, fighting like a dog that's been infected by the rabies."

Alice has stated many times that the 'Billion Dollar Babies' of the title song were the band themselves, i.e. money-reckless snot nosed brats. --77.249.207.50 (talk) 23:28, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Info in article

Heres a bunch of info in this article that I think, with someone who has more knowledge on the info, can be used in the article.

  • Alice and the group considered themselves Billion Dollar Babies as the line in Generation Landslide contests: "And I laugh to myself at the men and the ladies/ Who never conceived of us Billion Dollar Babies!" They were at the peak of their career, where middle America considered them a threat to their children.
According to who? You? No Original Research allowed. 98.67.180.193 (talk) 16:26, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • The name Billion Dollar Babies refers to horror movies where the main evil character is a baby or child. (See: Devil-child movies).
Not according to Mr. Cooper himself. See interview quotes from him from the Seventies on this issue. 98.67.180.193 (talk)
  • The name was used by the original members (sans vocalist Alice Cooper) as a band name after the original Alice Cooper band split in 1974.
  • The Quadraphonic LP release varies not only in the mix, but in song versions used throughout the album. Some of these alternate versions also appear on the DVD-A release.
  • The title track is a playable track in the Xbox 360 version of the game Guitar Hero II.
  • In the Xbox 360 Guitar Hero II instruction manual Billion Dollar Babies is incorrectly labeled as Million Dollar Babies.
  • The song "Elected" was covered in 1997 by Iron Maiden lead singer and Heavy Metal icon Bruce Dickinson for the Mr. Bean movie, Bean
  • Glen Buxton did not play guitar on this record, according to drummer Neal Smith. Most of his sections were recorded by Mick Mashbir and Bob Dolan.
No, according to Michael Bruce he's on there, here and there. HOWEVER, the main lead guitar lines of this album were not done by him. It's obvious where Dick Wagner's and Steve Hunter's guitar is going on, such as the lead on the title track. Buxton was becoming a drug casualty by this time and was not reliable. 98.67.180.193 (talk) 16:26, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Billion Dollar Babies was the name of the band formed by the remaining members of the original Alice Cooper Group. They released an album entitled Battle Axe. Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, Bob Dolan and Mick Mashbir were the members.
  • The song Billion Dollar Babies was used on The Simpsons episode Monty Can't Buy Me Love.

If anybody can get this, that would be great. Whammies Were Here 22:57, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Donovan

The title track is far from being a 'duet with Donovan'. He provides a few backing vocals. --77.249.207.50 (talk) 23:25, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know this was posted almost 2 years ago, but really? There are only about two verses where he's not singing. Donovan definitely is half the voice of the song. 97.125.110.174 (talk) 08:27, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Hooray

The song Hello, Hooray was performed several years earlier in 1968 by Judy Collins on the album Who Knows Where the Time Goes. On that album it is also credited to Rolf Kempf. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.196.214.15 (talk) 06:33, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The assertion in the article that Rolf Kempf is an alias used by producer-songwriter Kim Fowley seems bogus, and needs to be backed up. It appears that Rolf Kempf is a real songwriter. See http://www.rolfkempf.com/press.html for more information. 72.196.214.15 (talk) 06:44, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Reviewer: CrowzRSA 03:58, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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As you can see, I have done a considerable amount of copyediting to this page. Before, It would fail 1B, 2A, 6A, and 6B. Now it just fails 6A Here is what you need to do before I pass this article:

Check. RG (talk) 23:14, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Check. RG (talk) 23:14, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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