ALICE Says Covers Album Features A 'Jaw-Dropping' Lineup

[mestreech]

If sir paul is on the album and also on a Beatles song it would raise a lot of attention and I think the sales will easy double or triple the latest Alice albums.
Now I just hope for a cd/vinyl and a soon to be release.

[darkmenace]

Paul McCartney would certainly be jaw-dropping. I'm hoping Alice and Bob Ezrin can deliver some interesting interpretations of the songs. What I'm hearing is a lot more interesting than when I first heard Alice was working on a covers album.

I'm really hoping this album won't feature a cover or promotions with Alice in character. This seems like an album that should emphasize him as a rock star and not a gimmick since the focus is his relationships with other rock stars and icons.

[A_MichaelUK]

>you certainly don't know either.

His assessment was more accurate than yours was.

[RemarkablyInsincere]

If sir paul is on the album and also on a Beatles song it would raise a lot of attention and I think the sales will easy double or triple the latest Alice albums.
Now I just hope for a cd/vinyl and a soon to be release.

20 years ago this would almost certainly have stimulated album sales. Now that we're in the day and age of iTunes, where you can cherry pick the songs you want, I'm not so sure how much the dial will move. It will help no doubt.

It IS a big win for Alice. Anytime you can say Paul McCartney is playing on one of your albums, that's huge. How many have said that? Alice will definitely get a lot of mileage out of it in interviews, etc. The profile of the album is immediately raised.

I am really happy for Alice. It had to have been an unbelievably amazing moment in the studio. He deserves something like this.

I just pray Macca's higher in the mix than Ozzy on "Hey Stoopid".

[patrick]

interesting remark brought up : should Alice be in character on this cover cd ore just barely Alice (without makeup etc..)
I think from the point of view of being more recognisable, more identifiable with a known artist, "our" Alice would be better .
(An album with covers by let's say Vincent Furnier, even with Macca on it , wouldn't catch the eye(..) so well..)

[Devon]

My father is in the hospital now having jaw reattachment surgery after reading the McCartney news.

[Devon]

Are we putting the cart before the horse here? I read a longer article than the quote posted & it leaned more towards a McCartney album than a "one off" for Alice. Nice to dream though. Maybe cuts for both projects?

We've already had reports that Johnny Depp and Joe Perry are contributing to the new album, though. The quote didn't lean one way or the other, it just said it was a project that would be announced when the time was right. Plus Paul McCartney has a "New" album out and is on tour for it now.

[Toronto Bob]

>you certainly don't know either.

His assessment was more accurate than yours was.

no it wasn't.

[Daggers & Contracts]

Are we putting the cart before the horse here? I read a longer article than the quote posted & it leaned more towards a McCartney album than a "one off" for Alice. Nice to dream though. Maybe cuts for both projects?

We've already had reports that Johnny Depp and Joe Perry are contributing to the new album, though. The quote didn't lean one way or the other, it just said it was a project that would be announced when the time was right. Plus Paul McCartney has a "New" album out and is on tour for it now.

Did you read the News on the Homepage? Take a pill & chill.....

[pitkin88]

If sir paul is on the album and also on a Beatles song it would raise a lot of attention and I think the sales will easy double or triple the latest Alice albums.
Now I just hope for a cd/vinyl and a soon to be release.

Maybe sales of that one song via download might be more than others due to Maccas hard core fan base. I can't see it doubling or tripling the album sales though.

[pitkin88]

>I'm sure this is more jaw dropping to Alice than the fans.

We can always rely on you for a bit of cynicism.

There is a difference between cynicism and the truth which you obviously don't get. If the whole of Pink Floyd reunited and backed him up on a Floyd cover that might be considered jaw dropping. Maybe you could start a poll here and we can see how many jaws dropped when we heard the news.

Also, as you are so concerned about time wasting, could you please show who you are responding to. It is very wasteful having to re read a thread to see who you are quoting. I believe Mestreech has brought this up before.

[Toronto Bob]

>I'm sure this is more jaw dropping to Alice than the fans.

We can always rely on you for a bit of cynicism.

There is a difference between cynicism and the truth which you obviously don't get. If the whole of Pink Floyd reunited and backed him up on a Floyd cover that might be considered jaw dropping. Maybe you could start a poll here and we can see how many jaws dropped when we heard the news.

Also, as you are so concerned about time wasting, could you please show who you are responding to. It is very wasteful having to re read a thread to see who you are quoting. I believe Mestreech has brought this up before.

The Floyd thing is interesting, I heard somewhere the Floyd and Alice used to be really good chums so one never knows.

For me, I'd love to hear Rush backing Alice on a new cover of 7 and 7 Is and have Flo & Eddie do What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are

[A_MichaelUK]

>no it wasn't.

Unfortunately for you, it was. You don't want it to be, but he guessed correctly.

[A_MichaelUK]

>There is a difference between cynicism and the truth which you obviously don't get.

The "truth" is that a lot "fans" have been impressed by this information. You said that is not the case.

>If the whole of Pink Floyd reunited and backed him up on a Floyd cover that might be considered jaw dropping. Maybe you could start a poll here and we can see how many jaws dropped when we heard the news.

It isn't scientific but just look at some of the posts here, on Facebook and also how the information has been picked up by other media outlets. Obviously, "jaw dropping" isn't meant to be taken literally, but you can't deny it has caused a lot of comment and that people are interested. If the story was about Will Sergeant, I don't think anyone would care. Also, as I already pointed out, you don't know who the other intended contributors are.

>Also, as you are so concerned about time wasting, could you please show who you are responding to.

Since you have problems remembering who said what, literally just a few posts previously, I'll do that.

[Devon]

Did you read the News on the Homepage? Take a pill & chill.....

Yes I did. Did you? Tell us where it suggests it's for a McCartney project or "leans" toward it then? Simply because Joe Perry was bragging about working with Paul McCartney?

On the other hand, I backed up what I said at least and I have no problem going even further for you. Robby Krieger of "The Doors" has stated he is part of this project and that Johnny Deep is involved. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/d ... ore-678646

Orianthi confirmed that roughly a month ago that she and Joe Perry have just contributed to Alice's new album (and it sounded like this happened fairly recently.) http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/F ... anthi.aspx

By the way, you might think twice before telling a moderator of this forum to "Take a pill & chill" especially when there was no hostility in my post toward you.

[RemarkablyInsincere]

While we're naming names, let's not forget Micky Dolenz. While I don't believe it's been confirmed, how could he not be on the album?

His photo at The Whiskey with Alice a week or two ago in front of the "Hollywood Vampires" plaque doesn't exactly hurt the assumption, either.

[Lucius Morthem]

In Chile, the radio stations do not give a crap about Alice Cooper (sad but true) Now that this rumour of McCartney being on it, Alice is back on the news, the radios talking 'bout him, playing his music... So if the rumours got far enough to a place that doesn't care about him, I'd consider it jaw dropping

[kevinuk81]

Wonder if Elton John is involved in some way?

[Daggers & Contracts]

By the way, you might think twice before telling a moderator of this forum to "Take a pill & chill" especially when there was no hostility in my post toward you.

My bad. I apologize. However, neither of the articles you posted are the one I read. Now, the writer may have taken the quote and "ran" with it but it does lean toward a McCartney project.
http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=879107

[mr.barlow]

From an album that was much maligned by a lot of fans this could turn out to be a HUGE album in Alice's career.

This could be a work of Shep's marketing genius. It touches all demographics and can appeal to a broad range of people. Also, it's selling songs that are already well known--an established and successful commodity.

Think about it--you have a member of THE BEATLES performing on a Beatles song. That alone is good for a nice chunk of sales --even if it is for the single song. You then have one of the most successful actors in the history of Hollywood with an enormous fervent fan base that includes people of all ages--but most importantly young girls and women (some of whom would never buy an Alice Cooper record or song). You have members of Aerosmith which brings in somemore of the older hard rock audience. Then a member of The Monkees--whio also have a fervent cult fan base. And who knows who else is still to be announced.

This to me is a perfect album for the digital download era. Each song can stand alone. Each song can be uniquely marketed to fans of each individual artist who appears on each song. This can be done through Facebook, Twitter, etc. Just think of every member of Johhny Depp groups on Facebook getting something in their newsfeed about their dear Johnny having a new record out with Alice Cooper. If just 20% of them bought an individual download of the song the numbers would be incredible! Ohh...lets not forget the fan groups of a little band called The Beatles. It's niche marketing at it's best!

And there are those that doubt the genius of Shep Gordon!