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- Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New album update
- Replies: 423
- Views: 218373
Re: New album update
My allegiance started to waver with BP and has been in decline since. I held on through DD but lost interest after ACAS and W2MN. Didn't get HV. Alice's song arrangements have become simple and predictable with no creative edge, which is exaggerated by his tendency to be light-hearted and funny whe...
- Fri Jun 02, 2017 6:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Paranormal Cover
- Replies: 86
- Views: 57268
Re: Paranormal Cover
I was hoping for a more artistic cover. Anyway, that's not really important. Hopefully the music will be better. I disagree. For the overall enjoyment of an album cover art is very important. The packaging of B$B and WTMN strongly enhanced both albums and albums like Constrictor and W2MN bogged dow...
- Thu May 25, 2017 7:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New album update
- Replies: 423
- Views: 218373
Re: New album update
Let us pray for an improvement...Dannorama wrote:...And, by "official portrait," I mean shots like these from the W2MN session. These are the go-to shots that publishers use to advertise upcoming shows, etc...
- Sun May 21, 2017 7:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ACG Nashville reunion
- Replies: 105
- Views: 69337
Re: ACG Nashville reunion
Alice is a performer that feels he needs to be doing something with his hands or literally to be "doing something" not just singing. Note how he always holds a crutch for 18 even though the song is so great it doesn't need any props. So when he came onstage without makeup or costume with MM in front...
- Mon May 15, 2017 4:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New album update
- Replies: 423
- Views: 218373
Re: New album update
So far I like the way this is being packaged. Paranormal is a great title and hoping for a cool album cover which by itself would be a vast improvement over W2MN. If we can't have a full reunion album (which is what I wanted) I like packaging the three songs as a special disc with live music. That's...
- Tue May 09, 2017 6:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Alice Album in 2 or 3 months
- Replies: 265
- Views: 149393
Re: New Alice Album in 2 or 3 months
I like the album title Paranormal. Praying for cool album art to go with it and hopefully nothing along the lines of W2MN. My main concern with Alice working with Ezrin is they try to be funny and silly a bit too much which I feel hurts the flow of some albums like W2MN. Alice has a solid satirical ...
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 4:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where are the Promotions people?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 21703
Re: Where are the Promotions people?
It's not a black and white thing. Most artists don't release music strictly for profit or strictly for enjoyment. It's a balance of both in varying degrees depending on the artist. I'm sure for Alice that both factors are important.
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 2017 is the 30th anniversary of Raise Your Fist and Yell
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25994
Re: 2017 is the 30th anniversary of Raise Your Fist and Yell
I agree with critics on this board that say RYFAY is better than Constrictor, but both are poor. Album cover is beyond embarrassing. Silver lining: Prince of Darkness.
- Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cindy Lang
- Replies: 37
- Views: 29859
Re: Cindy Lang
It's strange how some people get stuck in your mind as eternally young and it's jarring when reality sets in and you hear they died. She seemed like a fine woman.
- Fri Oct 28, 2016 5:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Neal Smith Video and Movie
- Replies: 29
- Views: 15804
Re: Neal Smith Video and Movie
I agree with everyone about how bad the movie looks but not about the song. It reminds me why Alice collaborating with the original band could be so interesting. You take the music and have Alice write different lyrics, get a good producer to record and arrange and it could be a very good song. Bett...
- Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shep Gordon:They Call Me Supermensch.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 22835
Re: Shep Gordon:They Call Me Supermensch.
It was Shep and Joe Greenberg (along with Leo Fenn) who harrassed Jack Richardson to the point where he sent Ezrin to see the band play, so your scenario isn't realistic. I probably didn't explain it well. My point was if Shep was never involved someone else would have noticed the potential of the ...
- Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shep Gordon:They Call Me Supermensch.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 22835
Re: Shep Gordon:They Call Me Supermensch.
If there never was Shep Gordon no one would have ever heard of Alice Cooper. This is a parlor game to be sure, but nothing wrong with parlor games! Here's another alternate reality: If Shep never meets Alice then the band is scrambling to find a manager so they can record with Frank Zappa. Recordin...
- Sun Sep 25, 2016 8:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shep Gordon:They Call Me Supermensch.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 22835
Re: Shep Gordon:They Call Me Supermensch.
Just in interviews he repeats the same false stories (chicken in toronto etc, Hendrix connection etc) but in addition to that, in my opinion, he engineered the breakup of the original band Pretty much for the same reasons I don't plan to read the book. Had I felt it would be an honest account I wou...
- Sat Sep 24, 2016 5:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mojo - Vote For Alice Cooper's Best Albums
- Replies: 41
- Views: 19127
Re: Mojo - Vote For Alice Cooper's Best Albums
Glad to see Dirty Diamonds made the list, I'm a fan of that album also. Here is my Top 10:
1. Billion Dollar Babies
2. Dada
3. Killer
4. Love it to Death
5. From the Inside
6. School's Out
7. The Last Temptation
8. Flush the Fashion
9. Dirty Diamonds
10. Welcome to My Nightmare
1. Billion Dollar Babies
2. Dada
3. Killer
4. Love it to Death
5. From the Inside
6. School's Out
7. The Last Temptation
8. Flush the Fashion
9. Dirty Diamonds
10. Welcome to My Nightmare
- Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Oh yeah--terminate the covers--NOW
- Replies: 28
- Views: 17009
Re: Oh yeah--terminate the covers--NOW
I agree on all counts. It beats covers in my book but not by a lot. So many other great choices out there. What a pleasant shock it would be to hear a live version of "Pass the Gun Around."kevinuk81 wrote:pitkin88 wrote:It's an awful song from a dreadful album. The lyrics are cringeworthy.
- Thu Aug 25, 2016 5:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Alice Cooper interview in the Austin Chronicle
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3086
Re: Alice Cooper interview in the Austin Chronicle
Just read another interview on the election promo and there was this quote by Alice: "The great thing about the original band is when we broke up, we didn’t have any bad blood at all. We were all still best of friends." He says this a lot and it's incredible the amount of denial or just plain fibbin...
- Thu Aug 25, 2016 5:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Oh yeah--terminate the covers--NOW
- Replies: 28
- Views: 17009
Re: Oh yeah--terminate the covers--NOW
One of my least favorite Alice songs but it sounds good live. Have to agree, would rather hear these songs than covers.
- Wed Aug 17, 2016 8:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sheryl Assaulted by Fan in Huntsville
- Replies: 40
- Views: 27636
Re: Sheryl Assaulted by Fan in Huntsville
Many people dislike Hillary Clinton especially here in Alabama to the point that this still wouldn't surprise me no matter who she was running against, and it is not just Trump supporters who hate her here. She has very few fans in this state compared to those who dislike her. Many on the far left ...
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 6:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sheryl Assaulted by Fan in Huntsville
- Replies: 40
- Views: 27636
Re: Sheryl Assaulted by Fan in Huntsville
I'm not taking any political side here but unfortunately Alice might need to suspend the political part of the show. It might be too risky for the performers. It's great satire but some people take politics far too seriously and can't seem to control their reactions. They demonize the candidate they...
- Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Alice's Platform
- Replies: 44
- Views: 28230
Re: Alice's Platform
Fittingly it looks like the picture being used in the Elected poster is from that bad cover art for W2MN. It seems like the cool stuff from the past is being updated with gimmick stuff running on automatic today.