Posted on 08/24/2004 1:26:47 PM PDT by PaulaB
Shock-rock legend Alice Cooper calls rock stars campaigning for Democrat John Kerry treasonous morons.
The 56-year-old Cooper says he was disgusted to learn the likes of Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, R.E.M., Sheryl Crow, James Taylor and Dave Matthews were hitting the road for a series of concerts designed to help defeat President Bush.
"To me, that's treason," Cooper told the Canadian Press. "I call it treason against rock 'n' roll because rock is the antithesis of politics. Rock should never be in bed with politics."
When I was a kid and my parents started talking about politics, I'd run to my room and put on the Rolling Stones as loud as I could. So when I see all these rock stars up there talking politics, it makes me sick.
"If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal."
"Besides," he continued, "when I read the list of people who are supporting Kerry, if I wasn't already a Bush supporter, I would have immediately switched. Linda Ronstadt? Don Henley? Geez, that's a good reason right there to vote for Bush."
As WorldNetDaily previously reported, Linda Ronstadt was escorted off the property of a Las Vegas casino after publicly supporting Bush-bashing film director Michael Moore, and singer Don Henley was subsequently booed on stage in Orange County, Calif., for expressing support for Linda Ronstadt during one of his own concerts.
Cooper, whose real name is Vincent Damon Furnier, is reportedly a strong Republican who joins Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at NBA games in Phoenix.
He continues his own summer rock tour, with upcoming dates in the Northeast, Canada, California and Las Vegas.
I seen a couple of his concerts late 70's and early 80's. He puts on one heck a show, and the music was right on.
"When you believe in God, you've got to believe in the all-powerful God. He's not just God, He's the all-powerful God and He has total control over everyone's life." Alice Cooper
I'm not sure about this, but didn't he graduate from Moon Valley high? One of my first apartments when I moved into town (Phoenix) was across the street from Moon Valley and my brother was always telling me that's where Alice Cooper went.
ROTFL! Priceless.
Alice Cooper is the King of Rightwing cool, no doubt about it. He once said (and I'm paraphrasing here) the the original Alice Cooper group drove the stake through the heart of the peace and love, hippie, movement of the late 60's early 70's. His 2003 release, "The Eyes of Alice Cooper," absolutely smokes.
'Don't Fear the Reaper' - best damn song of all time.
I think Lars says that he stays out of American politics because he's Danish. I can respect that.
Rock on, Vince.
I discovered the interview while I was testing out my new Gibson Les Paul. :-)
I can see you smiling from here.
My husband has an old Black Beauty Les Paul double cut-away (or something like that) but it will take considerable cash to restore it.
So we admire it quietly.
Keep the bass down; we're trying to type. 8~)
Excellent idea. Hope the RNC has some foresight.
Thanks Alice for the great quote. Mr. C4E, a rock musician, will get a kick out of this one. I like Alice Cooper's back-to-school commerical too. LOL
Red
The RNC really needs to turn up the wattage in big way. So far it been lame and this should do it. After AC's "Elected" then follow up with ZZ-TOP's "We'er Bad, We'er Nation Wide". This will let America know that they are not dealing with the lame party of John long face "I'm a war criminal, no wait a minute I'm a war hero" Kerry.
Oh, I thought the guy in the Staples commercial was Steven Tyler. Gee, how could I get those two mixed up?????????
Yes...I don't know how totally committed to faith he is but I did read where he credited God for changing his life in addition to the drug rehab he went thru. He has been clean and sober for years and he actually looks like he is enjoying life more than he ever did during his "bad" years!
You bet. I still have some classic vinyl, but I never listen to them anymore (no turntable). Today's kids wouldn't know what all that stuff is!
When men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think he'll know
I do quite frequently. I still have my beautiful Yamaha YS-211 turntable setup in a corner of my living room. I've played just about every LP I own for my kids at one time or another. They actually like some of it.
I got a real laugh earlier this year when Limp Bizkit did a cover of The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes". My son was listening to it one day and I said, "Hmmm...that's a catchy tune."
My son replied, "Yeah, it's new from Limp Bizkit."
I motioned for him to follow me as I went to my collection and pulled out "Who's Next" and set the needle on "Behind Blue Eyes".
I told him that this was written and recorded by The Who in November of 1971. The look on his face was priceless.
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