Who Remembers Vincent Damon Furnier aka Alice Cooper

Howard the Duck · 12-01-2011, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Have you heard his 1970s and early 1980s output? Because most of this is what you need to hear.

i have most of the singles on a comp

i really like Only Women Bleed

Unknown Soldier · 12-01-2011, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

i have most of the singles on a comp

i really like Only Women Bleed

Like always you need to listen to the albums, as the singles only tell part of the Alice Cooper story.

blankety blank · 12-01-2011, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

not a big fan or anything, i do love his 70s hit singles

i also had Hey Stoopid!, which was a bit patchy

That album spoke to me

He was actually huge when I was first able to buy my own records. School's Out, and Killer were two of the first LP's I ever bought with my own money. Catching chickens on a chicken farm. Boy, did the stink stick to you like glue! Five hours a night for 6 bucks.

Correction, sorry. It was 7 dollars

This was huge.

peace

blankety blank · 12-01-2011, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

i have most of the singles on a comp

i really like Only Women Bleed

Fantastic ballad, as well as I Never Cry. He is a very intelligent, and articulate man. Still. And, he loves golf like me.

Necromancer · 12-01-2011, 07:19 PM

This album was inspired by Cooper's stay in a New York sanitarium due to his alcoholism. Each of the characters in the songs were based on actual people Cooper met in the sanitarium.

sopsych · 12-04-2011, 05:26 PM

I really only like the Alice Cooper songs from the late 80's and early 90's. Trash is good. And the uncensored version of "Poison" is

I am turned off by the theatrics in his shows.

Unknown Soldier · 12-04-2011, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by wisdom

I really only like the Alice Cooper songs from the late 80's and early 90's. Trash is good. And the uncensored version of "Poison" is

I am turned off by the theatrics in his shows.

I bet you`re a Bon Jovi fan as well.

Alice Cooper without theatrics is like a burger without cheese, mayo and ketchup.......tasteless.

sopsych · 12-05-2011, 11:43 AM

Gee, thanks. Actually, not really. Most Bon Jovi songs are too bland for my tastes. Alice Cooper as a "hard rock" singer still used menacing lyrics and had dark music videos.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 12-05-2011, 12:05 PM

One thing I don't think Alice Cooper gets enough credit for was just how weird, fucked up and original they were when they first started.

I think people just see the classic rock Alice Cooper which is a shame because the Zappa influenced freak band era of the first couple of albums pisses over so many avant garde bands that are hero worshipped today.

In my experience it seems Alice Cooper is too mainstream for the outsider music fans to appreciate and this stuff is waaaaay too fucked up for the classic rock fans to get so it ends up being forgotten about.

I mean just check this shit out...

I would sell my mother to have seen that era of the band live.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 12-05-2011, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I think people just see the classic rock Alice Cooper which is a shame because the Zappa influenced freak band era of the first couple of albums pisses over so many avant garde bands that are hero worshipped today.

I like Alice Cooper, but what would ever classify him as avant-garde? Definitely the video you posted makes me just think of a watered down Hawkwind. Space rock, maybe. But in the 60s, no way avant-garde.

With that said, Alice Cooper's original band was a ton more talented than credit is due. I personally enjoy many selections, but this statement is a tad in the area of hyperbole.

12-01-2011, 07:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	Alice Cooper-From The Inside (1978) This album was inspired by Cooper's stay in a New York sanitarium due to his alcoholism. Each of the characters in the songs were based on actual people Cooper met in the sanitarium.

12-05-2011, 12:05 PM	#19 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	One thing I don't think Alice Cooper gets enough credit for was just how weird, fucked up and original they were when they first started. I think people just see the classic rock Alice Cooper which is a shame because the Zappa influenced freak band era of the first couple of albums pisses over so many avant garde bands that are hero worshipped today. In my experience it seems Alice Cooper is too mainstream for the outsider music fans to appreciate and this stuff is waaaaay too fucked up for the classic rock fans to get so it ends up being forgotten about. I mean just check this shit out... I would sell my mother to have seen that era of the band live. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

12-04-2011, 05:26 PM	#16 (permalink)
sopsych Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: indoors Posts: 722	I really only like the Alice Cooper songs from the late 80's and early 90's. Trash is good. And the uncensored version of "Poison" is I am turned off by the theatrics in his shows.

12-05-2011, 11:43 AM	#18 (permalink)
sopsych Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: indoors Posts: 722	Gee, thanks. Actually, not really. Most Bon Jovi songs are too bland for my tastes. Alice Cooper as a "hard rock" singer still used menacing lyrics and had dark music videos.