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The
King of Rock n' Roll
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DIAMONDS, the latest Alice Cooper CD, was
released a few days ago and its FANTASTIC! |
To
me Alice Cooper is the King of rock n' Roll.
I've been a fan of his since 1975 when I saw his
ABC-TV special WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE with
Guest Star Vincent Price. I am not into going to
concerts, so I heard all of his earlier stuff
from records, tapes and now CDs and DVDs. His
new CD just released is great and its wonderful
after all these years he is still producing
terrific music for his fans. Long Live Alice
Cooper!
Alice
Cooper and I had similar experiences with
religion growing up and yet we both, despite our
faith, opted to deal in "Shock Value"
in our creative expression. But despite the
surface ghoulishness of our art, beneath the
surface is a Christian Soul that comes through
despite ourselves. If you listen to all of Alice
Cooper's songs since the 1960s they all have a
religious message or observation in them. Like
me, Cooper was required to go to church alot
growing up and when he left his home to chase
after a rock n' roll career he at first was
rebelling against the church in ways only
another Christian might fully see. ALICE COOPER
GOES TO HELL 1976 was the most direct attack on
his faith. But as the years went by and he got
older he calmed down and in the last couple of
albums he is actually giving a Christian surmon
in his own way, often playing Satan to keep up
his evil image while singing lyrics that are
pro-Christian and God. I guess Alice Cooper and
I are both twisted because we deal in violence
and evil as material for our music and movie
endeavers but underneath what we do is a firm
belief in God and His teachings. Stupid people
won't see it though. They only see the most
obvious aspects of our work and don't have the
intellectual capacity to see deeper into my
movies or really listen to what Cooper is saying
in his lyrics. Despite his evil image,
Cooper's message is often pro-Christian.
If
you filmed THE BIBLE it would probably get an X
rating for all the violence, mass murder,
corruption and demons and people rising from the
dead. Its really not too far removed from what
Cooper and I do as entertainments.
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