Alice Cooper, Christian: The world belongs to Satan

CNS News ^ | 12/31/2014 | Michael W Chapman

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

As I said, read Job. And yes,the idea of God vs. Satan is unbiblical (you will not find this in the Hebrew Scriptures,BTW.) Now whose bible came first? The Jews’ Scripture came at least 2,000 years before the “New” Testament.

The notion of God vs.Satan is indeed of Pagan origin. You will not find this in the Torah or the Writings of the Prophets. These books came FIRST.

[Salamander]

And the tortoises and the goats?

;D

Best wishes for a great year for you, too.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

The fact that we humans are supposed to be evil. I don’t believe in such an absurd thing.

[Salamander]

Best moment in a concert, ever:

He was atop a huge staircase, singing “Vengeance Is Mine” and when he finished, the music suddenly stopped, he pointed at us all, suspended in that weird silence and then bellowed “REPENT!!!”.

He gets his digs in for God, a lot.

[catfish1957]

Back on topic: I still have Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out” on vinyl.

Do you still have the paper panties that came with the album?

[Salamander]

Vaudeville vs. freak show.

They toured together a couple years back and Alice never stopped tormenting Manson.

Their grudge started when Manson mouthed off about Alice and Alice’s reply was “Oh, you have a girl’s name and wear makeup. Why didn’t I think of that?”

Manson was livid.

And then Alice stole his thunder when Manson was singing “Sweet Dreams” on stage in Europe by swaggering in, unannounced and taking over the song, to insane applause.

It is to laugh.

[Salamander]

Partly due to his concern for the snakes’ health and partly due to the stupid Lacey Act, he no longer tours with a personal snake.

They have to find him a local one for every gig, now.

Which is how/why this happened.

http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Reptile-News/2013/03/04/Alice-Cooper-To-Help-Swiss-Reptile-Zoo/

[Salamander]

Brutal Plant and Dragontown are both heavily religious.

[Tired of Taxes]

I don’t think so. I had to do a search to find out what you meant. I probably bought the album in the late 70’s or early 80’s - not when it was newly released.

[Salamander]

Rollins is a noted snake keeper.

Hots, too.

[Olog-hai]

Guess you never heard their pre-Perry albums? Even Kansas needed to rip them off to come up with a hit.

The more I found out about Zeppelin, the less I ended up liking them, even in spite of their playing skills. They could have done without ripping off several artists and taking false credit (biggest example Dazed And Confused, but basically their first few albums).

[Gamecock]

The world belongs to God.
The war was won at Calvary.
All that is left is some insurgency by Satan.

[catfish1957]

Maybe my favorite 30 minutes of television from the '70's. At 15, I absolutely loved this stuff. Air date- November 24, 1972

Alice Cooper - In Concert Part 1

Alice Cooper In Concert Part 2

Also, Alice Cooper may have made the first true rock music video in 1972-

Alice Cooper- Elected

[Olog-hai]

It’s all over the Torah. Even the JPS version. Better re-read it. Job is crystal clear about Satan being God’s adversary—after all, the very word “Satan” is Hebrew for “adversary”, especially “attacker” particulary.

[catfish1957]

I am a near rock music expert of the '70's.

I loved early Journey. But putting them on par with LZ is downright ridiculous. The tandem of Page/Bonham alone is tough to top.

In exacting musicianship, they are close. But if musicianship alone were the factor, ELP would be considered the greatest band of all time. Which they are not.

[catfish1957]

The more I found out about Zeppelin, the less I ended up liking them, even in spite of their playing skills. They could have done without ripping off several artists and taking false credit (biggest example Dazed And Confused, but basically their first few albums).

Good points, but if you take that precept further, there are just so many ways you can crank out a blues riff. Hell, even the early blues legends were ripping each other off if that was the theme.

[catfish1957]

Alice added a few goodies in some of his albums. Another one of my favorites was the billion dollar bill from Billion Dollar Babies (which I still have).

Understand LP's with the original bill are worth a premium.

[Olog-hai]

On par? Nope, I put them above Zep, who ran out of ideas pretty quickly but still rode their hype even towards the 80s. “Dazed And Confused” is verbatim Jake Holmes’ song; “Whole Lotta Love” is verbatim Howlin’ Wolf’s “You Need Love”; “The Lemon Song” is Howlin’ Wolf’s “Killin’ Floor”, which Hendrix covered; “In My Time Of Dying” is a traditional one, but they falsely took credit for it (Bob Dylan and lots of others did versions of it).

Didn’t know this was suddenly about “the greatest band of all time”, besides, which is a title that no band can claim. If we were to talk number-one albums in a row, then even AC/DC has been in the running of late.

[21twelve]

“Didn’t know this was suddenly about “the greatest band of all time”...”

I know! I thought this thread was about who rules the earth - God or Satan?

I love Free Republic!

I wonder if their is a college somewhere that offers a course called “Alic Cooper and the Bible”? (I imagine there must be one somewhere on The Beetles and Spirituality).

[catfish1957]

Not a thread about the greatest band of all time. My point was that musicianship alone, does not dictate how great a band is.

And arguably (and I am a musician), can state that ELP collectively are the greatest musicians in the history of rock, but that does not translate to aesthetically to the product.