Posted on 08/26/2004 8:47:42 AM PDT by onyx
Alice Cooper: Fellow Rockers are Treasonous Morons
Rock and roll legend Alice Cooper called fellow rock stars campaigning for presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) "treasonous morons." Cooper, 56, told the Canadian Press that he was appalled that follow musicians Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, R.E.M., Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, and Dave Matthews are performing a series of concerts in hopes of defeating President George W. Bush in the November 2 election.
Cooper, whose real name is Vincent Damon Furnier, is reportedly a strong Republican and fan of Bush who joins Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) at NBA games in Phoenix.
"To me, that's treason," Cooper said. "I call it treason against rock and roll, because rock is the antithesis of politics. Rock should never be in bed with politics".
Cooper continued, "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."
"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," Cooper explained. "So when I see all these rock stars up there talking politics, it makes me sick.
Concluded Cooper, "Besides, 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."
Ronstadt was recently escorted off the property by the president of the Aladdin Hotels in Las Vegas after espousing her liberal political viewpoint by publicly supporting leftist, Bush-bashing film director Michael Moore. Her action prompted Aladdin President Bill Timmins, who attended the concert, to ban Ronstadt from the property. Aladdin staff checked her out of her room and escorted her to her tour bus.
Henley was booed on stage at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Orange County, CA, for expressing support for Ronstadt during one of his recent concerts. Later in the show, Henley, a former member of the Eagles, suggested his next song could be sung as a duet by President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Written by Randy Newman, "Political Science" has the U.S. dropping nukes on nearly every other part of the world.
Meanwhile, the GOP announced Monday that the country duo Brooks & Dunn will headline the entertainment at the Republican National convention next week in New York. Other talent includes country singer Lee Ann Womack, Christian rock band Third Day, and gospel vocalist Donnie McClurkin.
Actually, he has written much worse. Check out the lyrics to I Love The Dead....or just take my word for it.
I love the Coop.
He's always been ahead of the typical rocker curve. Lived in Phoenix instead of LA, plays golf, votes GOP. Too bad he's no longer current - only us old farts know who he is!
He produced some of the best hard rock to reach AM radio in the early 70s, that's for sure.
Obviously you know nothing about Alice Cooper. Never had any satanistic overtones. Refreshing that he is still relevant in 2004, relentlessly skewering the entertainment world's vacuous phonies.
Alice Cooper for President
"A troubled man for troubled times"
Victoria... thought you'd appreciate this.
How are you doing, Victoria?
Has School started yet?
You, sir, are absolutely hilarious to suggest that Alice Cooper "never had any satanistic overtones." (your quote)
Obviously you have never read ANY of Alice's lyrics. For your edification, please read the following lyrics from Alice's 1973 release "Billion Dollar Babies". (song title is "I love the dead"
I love the dead before they're cold
They're bluing flesh for me to hold
Cadaver eyes upon me see nothing
I love the dead before they rise
No farewells, no goodbyes
I never knew your rotting face
While friends and lovers mourn your silly grave
I have other uses for you, Darling
We love the dead
We love the dead, Yeah
You should really check out this site, has all of his lyrics.
http://www.darklyrics.com/a/alicecooper.html
Concluded Cooper, "Besides, 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."
Good to see you, Jay! Summer classes are over, and I get just a few days off until I start teaching Spanish the week after next.
How are you doing my friend? Long time no see.
Not Alice. Even some of his earlier songs were spiritual. He does act out the part of a sadistic maniac, but if you read the lyrics they have or imply that there are grave consequences to such behavior. He was criticized for blood and guts in his shows, not Satanism. BTW, he is a devout Christian, some of his earlier songs indicate that he had at least a glimmer of belief then.
Actually, Cooper is a born again Christian.
I realize that Alice Cooper is old but what does this make the Stones? Cooper is on target with this.
Let me rephrase that. I didn't mean Cooper is old old but that he is mature, not some young teenage rocker.
I have tickets to see Brooks and Dunn at the York Fair - September 10th. Looking forward to it.
I saw Toby Keith 2 years ago at the York Fair - loved his show - he talked a lot about the Peter Jennings thing.
I hope Brooks and Dunn tell us about their experience at the convention.
The difference is, he's not going on a whirlwind cross-country tour to influence the vote.
Please see my post #28 in which the lyrics to his 1973 song I love the dead are reprinted for your edification. A link to all of his lyrics is in post #29.
That he is born again or a devout Christian today is irrelevant to what he was doing in the early '70's, which was the point of my original post on this topic. Actually my point was that the mainstreamer of this kind of dark sensibility in rock music is now the darling of the right. I still wonder how this would play over on the Religion forum.
Please tell what the "grave" (LOL) consequences that are implied I love the Dead? And before you try to give me the Christian interpretation of the song, remember the stage act that went along with it. Not something you'd be likely to see staged at a "contemporary Christian church service".
If Marilyn Manson came out in favor of GWB and the war in Iraq, would he(?) become favored as well?
Not to split hairs, but necrophelia doesn't necessarily equal satanism. Cooper wrote some pretty outrageous stuff, but there was always a tongue & cheek quality to it. Heck, I had a copy of Billion Dollar Babies but as a thirteen year old never at any time took the stuff on it seriously. Lyrics aside, the guy put out some pretty good music.
I answered the question by saying that he is a Christian now.
I listened to a lot of Alice Cooper back then, and he never invoked any kind of satanism in his music. It was all a horror show much like the old 1950s horror movies. In fact, Vincent Price narrated the album "Welcome to My Nightmare."
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