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| From | "Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: RRHOF & Alice Cooper |
| Date | Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:50:23 -0500 |
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I didn't get a harrumph outta that man.
> * The "circus act" atmosphere of his early tours made him seem more
> showman than artist, in a period where rock music was supposed to be taken
> Very Seriously Indeed
Nothing wrong with rock theatre - and the original band (Bruce, Dunaway,
etc.) kicked ass. I would think doing something a little different would
work in his favor.
> * Not that many timeless/megaseller songs: "School's Out" was the only
> Alice Cooper single to make the Billboard Top Ten.
Lots of timeless songs never made the Top Ten. "I'm Eighteen" was every bit
the rallying cry that "School's Out" was, albeit not as bombastic, but how
many artists release two songs that become teen anthems? Plus there were
several other Coop tunes that got a crapload of airplay and he toured
regularly.
> * Decades of obscurity since the fame. RRHOF voters like to see a long-arc
> career, and Vincent Furnier has been playing golf instead.
"Decades of obscurity"...a little hyperbole there? Coop has been making
albums and touring for forty years; albeit his biggest sellers were in the
70s. Did The Hollies have a "long arc career"? When is the last time
recording artist Jimmy Cliff was a hot item?
Coop is one of my many HOF "WTF?"s, but if you're looking for name
recognition, record sales, fame and impact...why not KISS? Hit records...how
about The Monkees?
Cheap Blog plug follows:
http://drbristol.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/five-more-enter-the-hall/
cheers
b
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