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From | scotthomewood@cs.com |
Subject | Re: RRHOF & Alice Cooper |
Date | Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:30:33 -0500 |
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Oops! Forgot about that one! I was thinking of one of his ballads that hit in the late '70's.....
Homewood
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Stupay <rstupay@hotmail.com>
To: audities@smoe.org
Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2009 3:10 pm
Subject: Re: RRHOF & Alice Cooper
ust for accuracy, Coop's last hit was "Poison" which went to #7 in the US in
989. Cliff's version of "I Can See Clearly Now" hit in 1993. I ain't so good
t the math, but...
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: RRHOF & Alice Cooper
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:09:19 -0500
From: scotthomewood@cs.com
Jimmy Cliff actually had a hit in the early '90's with a version of Johnny
ash's I Can See Clearly Now, at least 15 years after Cooper's last hit, which
oesn't mean much but reggae has few legends and Cliff is definitely one of
hem.
"Decades of obscurity"...a little hyperbole there? Coop has been making albums
nd touring for forty years; albeit his biggest sellers were in the 70s. Did The
ollies have a "long arc career"? When is the last time recording artist Jimmy
liff was a hot item?
Scott Homewood
-----Original Message-----
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 >
howman than artist, in a period where rock music was supposed to be taken >
ery Seriously Indeed
Nothing wrong with rock theatre - and the original band (Bruce, Dunaway, etc.)
icked ass. I would think doing something a little different would work in his
avor.
> * Not that many timeless/megaseller songs: "School's Out" was the only >
lice Cooper single to make the Billboard Top Ten.
Lots of timeless songs never made the Top Ten. "I'm Eighteen" was every bit
he rallying cry that "School's Out" was, albeit not as bombastic, but how many
rtists release two songs that become teen anthems? Plus there were several
ther 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 >
areer, and Vincent Furnier has been playing golf instead.
"Decades of obscurity"...a little hyperbole there? Coop has been making albums
nd touring for forty years; albeit his biggest sellers were in the 70s. Did The
ollies have a "long arc career"? When is the last time recording artist Jimmy
liff was a hot item?
Coop is one of my many HOF "WTF?"s, but if you're looking for name
ecognition, record sales, fame and impact...why not KISS? Hit records...how
bout The Monkees?
Cheap Blog plug follows: http://drbristol.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/five-more-enter-the-hall/
>
cheers
b
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