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| From | scotthomewood@cs.com |
| Subject | Re: RRHOF & Alice Cooper |
| Date | Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:09:19 -0500 |
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Jimmy Cliff actually had a hit in the early '90's with a version of Johnny Nash's I Can See Clearly Now, at least 15 years after Cooper's last hit, which doesn't mean much but reggae has few legends and Cliff is definitely one of them.
"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?
Scott Homewood
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From: Holmes Online <bholmes_fm@msn.com>
To: audities@smoe.org
Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2009 1:50 pm
Subject: Re: RRHOF & Alice Cooper
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?
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cheers
b
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