What is going on?
Suzanne Mayfair
08.
Too much badluck surrounding Alice these days:
-suitcase full of precious tapes lost (then found) at the airport
-death of Renfield
-collapse of stage rigging in Russia
"Theatre of Death Tour" indeed.
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\m/
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sm
crazylittlechild73 at shaw dot ca
Jeff Walters
> Is this newsgroup still alive? The last time I got a message was September
> 08.
>
> Too much badluck surrounding Alice these days:
>
> -suitcase full of precious tapes lost (then found) at the airport
> -death of Renfield
> -collapse of stage rigging in Russia
>
> "Theatre of Death Tour" indeed.
>
It has been dead here for a long time. Good to hear from you though. I
was saddened to hear about Brian's death. I haven't been able to find
out anything about it but it is very sad.
Hopefully some people will begin writing again.
Jeff
Alexander_ The_Great
reply. Usually a good "fav album" poll gets people involved, but I don't
know now, it's been a while since even a decen thread was in this group.
The new CD "Along Came A Spider" is very good, in fact better than Dirty
Diamonds, but still, no buzz in here.
D
"Along Came a Spider" is really a great album. Nice guitar work by Slash
on one track is just icing on the cake. The overall quality of the
compositions really stands out - this isn't the one-riff makes a song
symptom that plagues so much modern music -- this is layered,
well-composed rock-n-roll not seen in a long time. Highly recommended.
Plus it has all that cool artwork, and it was even released on vinyl -
how cool is that?
-D
Will Tingle
> The overall quality of the compositions really stands out - this isn't
>the one-riff makes a song symptom that plagues so much modern music --
>this is layered, well-composed rock-n-roll not seen in a long time.
Personally I have a hard time forgiving the lazy writing on "wrapped in
silk":
I'll make that dream come true tonight,
Yes tonight,
Yes tonight,
Yes tonight,
Tonight's the night
It just sounds so... well, like a kid wrote it.
Some of the rest of the album is, a you say, great rock'n'roll but
,lyrically speaking, the serial killer concept dooms it to coming across
as an album that tries too hard to be Alice-esque
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The more I see of my dickhead half brother...
...the more I think Cain was onto somthing!
Will Tingle
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Alexander_ The_Great
Re: What is going on?
Group: alt.music.alice-cooper Date: Wed, Jul 15, 2009, 11:25am (CDT+6)
From: Wi...@YOUR.PANTSwillsbedroom.co.uk (Will Tingle)
typewriters. D <valleynos...@epix.net> said:
The overall quality of the compositions really stands out - this
isn't the one-riff makes a song symptom that plagues so much modern
music -- this is layered, well-composed rock-n-roll not seen in a long
time.
Personally I have a hard time forgiving the lazy writing on "wrapped in
silk":
I'll make that dream come true tonight,
Yes tonight,
Yes tonight,
Yes tonight,
Tonight's the night
It just sounds so... well, like a kid wrote it.
Some of the rest of the album is, a you say, great rock'n'roll but
,lyrically speaking, the serial killer concept dooms it to coming across
as an album that tries too hard to be Alice-esque
........I tend to agree. However, I could imagine writing dark lyrics
and songs for metal or hard rock, tend to get a little tougher at 62.
Your imagination's likely not quite what it used to be.
If I were writing songs at 62, they'd probably be titled "My aching
back"
"My aching knees" "Where's My Meds"
(lol) Not knocking Alice though, I hope he's still recording 5 years
from now.
D
> ........I tend to agree. However, I could imagine writing dark lyrics
> and songs for metal or hard rock, tend to get a little tougher at 62.
> Your imagination's likely not quite what it used to be.
> If I were writing songs at 62, they'd probably be titled "My aching
> back"
> "My aching knees" "Where's My Meds"
> (lol) Not knocking Alice though, I hope he's still recording 5 years
> from now.
>
>
A song titled "Where's My Meds" would be great. I can hear it now...
Where's my meds? Left for dead,
I'm just in a coma,
Don't leave me this way.
I'm normally mobile,
now movement is futile,
Please find my meds ... today!
Alice would do it justice...
-D