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| From | "Vokes, Wesley" <Wesley.J.Vokes@fnis.com> |
| Subject | Re: RRHOF & Alice Cooper |
| Date | Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:55:15 -0600 |
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That's not really true, is it? Alice Cooper had a bit of a resurgence
in the 80's. Just a quick search shows that "Poison" hit #7 in the hot
100 in 1989. I see clearly that "I Can See Clearly Now" hit #18 in
1994.
I would venture that Alice's album sales remained a bit healthier than
Jimmy's through the 80's and 90's too.....
-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf
Of scotthomewood@cs.com
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 1:09 PM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: RRHOF & Alice Cooper
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?
Cheap Blog plug follows:
http://drbristol.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/five-more-enter-the-hall/
cheers
b
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