Alice Cooper: 'I want my shows to take you as far away as possible from politics'

While no one was looking, Alice has been preaching the Gospel of redemption in his albums for a very long time.

At one concert, he came out on a huge scaffold and launched into “Vengeance Is Mine” from the “Along Came A Spider” album.

It’s powerful song and when he finished singing, he paused for a second and screamed “REPENT!!!”

The audience was stunned.
You could have heard a pin drop.

ACAS is full of his faith.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3gcNMKZQKI

And then, on his Welcome To My Nightmare 2, he gave us this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjoCsJEcUs0

Brutal Planet and Dragontown are both about sin, salvation and redemption.

Brutal Planet is one of his best songs and I was elated when he played it in a show, as he rarely does it live, anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-FhWTvfg5A

Alice always plays the bad guy onstage...but he also makes sure the bad guy gets his due punishment.

His shows are clever, subtle morality plays.

And just to lighten this up a bit, from the crazy “Special Forces”, I offer this, just because.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtUAIHxqX-E

I agree...many people may not realize they're being preached to during one of his shows. However, I've got to imagine at this point, most of his fans know he's a Christian but he's not overtly preachy about it. In many ways, I prefer Alice's "proselytizing" approach vs that of Ted Nugent.

Like I said elsewhere, Alice and his band were MUCH better than Iron Maiden when they opened in 2012. The stage show was also better. To be fair, I've seen Iron Maiden three times and it was an off night for them, but they ARE Maiden: Alice and his band won the night. In fact one of the little DoodleBobs felt the same way.

What I liked about Alice live was that I didn't feel like I was getting something that was "forced." I felt like I got a genuine performance from the heart. I can't say I've had many of them my lifetime - the Scorpions, Zappa and The Who we're also genuine, as well as Judas Priest this last tour and a few smaller acts. Most of the time, though, I'm getting millionaires on autopilot - (what passes nowadays for) Van Halen and Metallica sit atop that throne. As Daltrey said, give me a bum note and a bead of sweat any day...that's what Alice delivers.

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.