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Alice Cooper
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So last night i watched the movie "Dark Shadows," and one of the highlights in the movie was the cameo by Alice Cooper. I'm familiar with him (as i think most people are), but not so familiar with his music. I only know the really popular songs (No more Mr. Nice Guy, Schools Out). I really enjoyed the songs played in Dark Shadows, songs i hadn't heard of, and i started wondering his impact on music. I used to think of him as sort of the flip side of the coin to Ozzy Osbourne. Is Alice Cooper a respect musician? Is there more to him than just School's Out? Did he contribute more to music than just a stage production a la KISS? Is he up there along side Pink Floyd, Zepplin, and other icons of the 70's?
"strange things happen all the time, and so it goes and so it goes. and the book says, 'we may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us'" - MAGNOLIA
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Re: Alice Cooper
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I saw Alice Cooper concert in the mid 70s in Michigan. It was one of the best concerts I went to. The guy is definitely strange that's for sure but I liked his music (at least from back then). I'm not familiar with any recent stuff). I have the "Love It To Death" and "Killer" albums, both excellent. My personal favorite (tho to the strange side), is 'The Ballad of Dwight Frye"(about a guy in a mental institution LOL). Other good tunes, Sun Arise, Black Juju and from the Killer LP, Dead Babies. Yea, I know. You probably didn't expect a response from me of all people, but I have fun memories of that packed concert. TIS
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Re: Alice Cooper
[Re: Giancarlo]
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10/09/12 07:48 PM
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I saw Alice Cooper concert in the mid 70s in Michigan. It was one of the best concerts I went to. TIS, i saw Cooper a couple of times back then in the 1970's. Great theatrical show, he really entertained his fans. A unique show to say the least. Favorite song he did was Generation Landslide and of course School's Out. Billion dollar baby was another good one. Cooper was drinking buddies with Jim Morrison. It was held at the local armory. We waited in line forever,packed like sardines.When the doors opened, my feet literally left the ground for a couple seconds as the crammed crowd carried me a few feet. Highlight was the Dwight Frye ballad in which Cooper had a hangman's noose around his neck and hung himself (kind of) LOL He started out in local areas. I remember hearing commercials and thinking Alice Copper was a girl. TIS
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Re: Alice Cooper
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10/10/12 07:51 AM
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The funny thing about the guy is that once upon a time, he was according to old angry white people one of the most dangerous influences to the children.
Same Old Angry White People who worried about NWA back in the day, now Ice Cube is shooting beer commercials and kids movies.
Way back (again in the 70s) they had a late night tv show called "In Concert." Cooper was to be one of the performances. My husband & I were waiting to see him perform when an announcer said they didn't "feel it was suitable for the Michigan audience." WTF We were so pissed off that I wrote a letter to the tv station. Never heard back btw. TIS
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Re: Alice Cooper
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10/11/12 10:53 AM
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My favorite Alice Cooper song is "I Never Cried."
I remember reading a list of rock stars, who were saiod to have the highest IQs. The list was topped by Iron Butterfly's Taylor Kramer (a nuclear scientist, who worked on the development of the MX Missle), and Erik Brann. Alice Cooper was third or fourth, albeit a distant third or fourth. Obviously he's not a rock star but i read that Quentin Tarantino has an IQ of 160 and is a member of MENSA. Jim Morrison was said to have had an IQ of either 147 or 149. Lilo, i didn't know that about Brian May. Pretty impressive!
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Re: Alice Cooper
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10/11/12 12:47 PM
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Actually, looks like the Stones concert was in Detroit (I don't remember them ever appearing in G.R. or I'd have gone). I'm not quite sure if the HUGE price of $2.50 (Discounted to $1.50) applies to the Cooper Concert or the others? Looks like the poster was an "announcement" rather than the official concert poster. I love being retired. I can look up all kinds of piddly bullsh*t just for fun. TIS
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Re: Alice Cooper
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10/11/12 12:51 PM
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Forget Alice Cooper. I would of loved to have been at that show with the Stones and Hendrix!
$2.50 was too expensive, they had to knock a buck off. Unbelievable! For sure. I love the Stones. Still $2.50, even back then, sounds awfully cheap. I don't remember paying that little for any concert. Yet, maybe it didn't seem that cheap back then. TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
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Re: Alice Cooper
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Poor Keith Richards . We should all be as poor as Keef. Him and Mick just announced a couple concert dates, a couple in London and 2 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Those guys have to be close to 70 years old but they just keep rockin! Another greatest hits LP in a couple weeks with a couple new songs. One is Doom & Gloom which they say sounds like the old stones. I haven't heard it myself though, so i can't vouch for it but i'd love to see them one last time before they hang it up.
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Re: Alice Cooper
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10/12/12 12:21 AM
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My first concert was here in Toronto. A Canadian all female band named Kittie. Of all the concerts to be my first.....what an unfortunate way to start it off. I was 16 and spent most of the night trying to protect my then girlfriend from this crazy guy who kept trying to push us into the mosh pit. He kept trying to offer us this mouth guard with acid strips in it. Thank god i followed that up with the Weezer/Pixies concert a couple of years later.
"strange things happen all the time, and so it goes and so it goes. and the book says, 'we may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us'" - MAGNOLIA
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