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When a person thinks of ballads, they probably think of Barry Manilow or Peter Cetera.

But there is one artist who’s done only a few ballads over the years and his were great sounding.

Alice Cooper.

Yes, seriously. For those of you who’ve never heard one of his ballads, click on these YouTube links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbGM3zGb918 - I Never Cry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd4s3xmP7lI - How You Gonna See Me Now?

A few years ago, I played “I never Cry” for some of the younger guys at work. They had no idea it was Alice Cooper. They thought he sounded great.


8 posted on 05/13/2011 9:25:14 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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I wonder if the younger guys you played I Never Cry for scratched their heads about the line "The TV was dead and gone". No one under the age of 30 has seen the Stare Spangled Banner played and a test pattern on TV in their life.


28 posted on 05/13/2011 9:37:29 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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Actually, I think “Only Women Bleed” is his best.


55 posted on 05/13/2011 9:48:53 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
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I concur. I have both of those songs on my iPod..... Besides Poison :)

MFO


63 posted on 05/13/2011 9:50:36 PM PDT by Man from Oz
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Yes old Alice Cooper is awesome, too.


91 posted on 05/13/2011 10:10:33 PM PDT by caddie
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I saw Alice on HDNet Concerts recently. It was a great set. I wish I had half his energy.


168 posted on 05/13/2011 10:55:29 PM PDT by SupplySider
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wow wow wow. Just listened to this, and it has the sound of a classic. Never knew he did anything like this.Just beautiful, beautiful melody line, beautiful hook, beautiful changes. this would have been a good song for the amazing James Durbin to do, if he weren’t already eliminated from American Idol.


276 posted on 05/14/2011 6:57:57 AM PDT by supremedoctrine (Burma Shave! (- sorry you missed the first six taglines--))
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