It even happened to Rudy Vallee!
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 12:15 am
I was once told a story by someone in the music business about how fame is fleeting. He spoke of how at one time Rudy Vallee was Elvis, The Beatles and Frank Sinatra all wrapped in one. INCREDIBLY successful and VERY popular! Yet, today he is probably more know for his appearance on the original Batman tv series as Lord Marmaduke Ffogg than anything else in his career. Basically, he is forgotten.
This brings me to something that I heard tonight that is very depressing. This board as we all know spends much time arguing about the original band and solo Alice. I've written several times that it's an unfortunate fact that due to the nature of things that no one outside of the hardcore fans know thatthere was an original band. Well...I was wrong. Not only do they not know of the original band--many--(much more than I ever imagined) never heard of Alice Cooper period.
My girlfriend teaches many art courses at a local university and this week she is doing an overview of the career and works of Salvador Dali. She highlighted his work with Alice as she thought the kids could relate and because she is also a fan. WELL....NOT ONE---NOBODY--NOT ONE kid/young adult knew who Alice Cooper was. They had no clue. She showed them pictures of him with Dali and then even went so far as to show a classic picture of him in full make-up--and again--NOT ONE of them recongnized him. She was floored and feeling very old and depressed.
I must admit it also has me feeling the same.
This brings me to something that I heard tonight that is very depressing. This board as we all know spends much time arguing about the original band and solo Alice. I've written several times that it's an unfortunate fact that due to the nature of things that no one outside of the hardcore fans know thatthere was an original band. Well...I was wrong. Not only do they not know of the original band--many--(much more than I ever imagined) never heard of Alice Cooper period.
My girlfriend teaches many art courses at a local university and this week she is doing an overview of the career and works of Salvador Dali. She highlighted his work with Alice as she thought the kids could relate and because she is also a fan. WELL....NOT ONE---NOBODY--NOT ONE kid/young adult knew who Alice Cooper was. They had no clue. She showed them pictures of him with Dali and then even went so far as to show a classic picture of him in full make-up--and again--NOT ONE of them recongnized him. She was floored and feeling very old and depressed.
I must admit it also has me feeling the same.