The Alice Cooper Thread - Page 44

Susan Foreman · #**431** 19th November 2016, 03:33 PM

I know it means nothing, but Alice played Bloodstock in 2012

The only headliners that have been announced at the moment are Amon Amarth

Susan Foreman · #**432** 21st November 2016, 06:26 AM

APPENDICE #3: Self Indulgence - The Final Lap

Top 50 Alice Cooper Songs

Over the years, Alice has recorded over 270 songs. Some of these have become classics, while others have been forgotten as soon as they were put on vinyl. Here is a list of my favourite 50, but as anyone who has ever posted in the Top Ten Tuesday thread knows, five minutes after I have pressed 'enter', I will have changed my mind!

They are listed in chronological order, and I have highlighted the 10 that I consider to be the best of the best. (I have cheated on Chop, Chop, Chop/Gail/Roses On White Lace and included all three as one of the best):

Levity Ball
Reflected
Mr. & Misdemeanor
Caught In a dream #6
Long way to go
Is it my body
be my lover #2
halo of flies #8
desperado
dead babies
killer
guttercats vs the jets/street fight #10
elected
billion dollar babies
no more mr. nice guy
generation landslide
working up a sweat
man with the golden gun
Welcome To My Nightmare #3
Department Of Youth
Cold Ethyl
Escape
Go To Hell
Guilty #7
From The Inside #4
Wish I Was Born In Beverley Hills
Nurse Rozetta #9
Millie And Billie
Serious #1
For Veronica's Sake
Pain
Who Do You Think We Are
For Britain Only
Prettiest Cop On The Block
I Love America
Teenage Frankenstein
The World Needs Guts
Freedom
Chop Chop Chop/Gail/Roses On White Lace #5
Brutal Planet
Wicked Young Man
Blow Me A Kiss
Disgraceland
Dirty Diamonds
Vengeance Is Mine
Caffeine
I'll Bite Your Face Off
The Underture

You have probably noticed that there are 4 major omissions from my list - I'm 18, The Ballad Of Dwight Frye, Schools Out and Poison. These are essentials songs, and should be on the list, but familiarity breeds contempt! I have heard them so many times, I am bored with them!! They are always played live and it seems that two on them are on every rock compilation I own, and crop up in every teen comedy film I have ever seen

Closing

So, here I am, sitting on a sofa in the dark, listening to the rain hammering down outside. Somehow that seems appropriate. I started this overview on April 1st, 2015 and 19 months later I have reached the end. To quote The Grateful Dead, 'it's been a long, strange trip'. I have chronicled a band moving through many different musical genres - psychedelic head-trip, glam, storytellers, heavy metal, industrial, pop metal. I have highlighted the ups and downs of a man who has been both a musical innovator and a musical imitator. I have shown how fast the music industry moves and how Alice influenced an entire musical movement, but after taking a couple of years off, returned to discover he had been left behind. I have shown how a man who constantly sings about the darker side of life, breaking many subject taboos, has become one of the most respected and respectable people in an industry that is more known for turning on people. Lastly, I hope I that I have introduced some people on the forum onto songs that they had never heard before

Alice Cooper - I salute you Sir. Long may you continue to rebel, defy authority, get killed on stage and give fun to millions!

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**433** 21st November 2016, 10:04 AM

You haven't finished just yet, Susan.

We do need a buyers guide.

You have to rank the albums and dvd's in order of preference.Saying which are the essential, (classics) the superior (Reputation cementing), the good (those worth exploring) and the ones to avoid (if any).

Then you're done... until he's back of course.

Justin101 · #**434** 21st November 2016, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

You haven't finished just yet, Susan.

We do need a buyers guide.

You have to rank the albums and dvd's in order of preference.Saying which are the essential, (classics) the superior (Reputation cementing), the good (those worth exploring) and the ones to avoid (if any).

Then you're done... until he's back of course.

I concur

I might try and do my top 10 favourite Coop songs as well, and will probably miss out the 4 you have too, for the same reasons Susan.

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**435** 21st November 2016, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justin101

I concur

I might try and do my top 10 favourite Coop songs as well, and will probably miss out the 4 you have too, for the same reasons Susan.

I can't really do a top 10 as i don't have all his albums. Nowhere near in fact. Just from Welcome to My Nightmare onwards really. Comps of old songs don't count.

Susan Foreman · #**436** 21st November 2016, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

You haven't finished just yet, Susan.

We do need a buyers guide.

You have to rank the albums and dvd's in order of preference.Saying which are the essential, (classics) the superior (Reputation cementing), the good (those worth exploring) and the ones to avoid (if any).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justin101

I concur

Must admit that when I started this overview, I didn't think it was going to be like the mafia - 'just when I think I'm out, I get dragged back in again'!