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Post by AeroCooper on Aug 15, 2017 20:11:38 GMT -5
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Post by jj on Aug 15, 2017 22:02:19 GMT -5
I get what he is saying, and agree to a point. There are some bands that the playing of the music is so demanding in and of itself it takes all the concentration of the musician. These folks usually are not jumping around the stage. I am not knocking either type of band, I love the both!
I can remember seeing Dokken open for Aerosmith. George Lynch was great and had a natural showmanship without being cliched. Don Dokken sang great, but was a bore on the stage. He just stood there singing these rocking' songs. It was kind of weird.
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Post by RiffsOnRuts on Aug 16, 2017 2:34:28 GMT -5
This is being fixed. There's a ton of bands especially out of Scandanavia and other parts of Europe that have been bringing back the 80's style hair band Sunset Strip swagger. And they are doing a damn fine job of it. Its been going on for 10 -15 years or so. The bands are there its the fans. Rock fans need to buy and support this stuff. Europe's been leading the way with this but there are some US,Canadian, Aussie, bands getting back into it too. Also there a ton of bands doing AC/DC style tunes too and so well and that's stuff is full of swagger. Check out my threads for an intro to some of these bands: aeroforce2.freeforums.net/thread/2165/post-2005-growling-vocals-bandsaeroforce2.freeforums.net/thread/2553/ac-dc-genre-musicThe worst of introverted stuff I think is behind us. Most of that was the mid/late 90's with the plethora of cheap Nirvana imitations.
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Post by AeroCooper on Aug 23, 2017 15:37:42 GMT -5
Alice Cooper’s ‘Welcome to My Nightmare Special Edition’ Coming to DVDBy Michael Gallucci July 11, 2017 10:34 AM Alice Cooper‘s 1976 big-screen concert movie Welcome to My Nightmare is being released on DVD in a special edition that also includes the 1975 TV special Alice Cooper: The Nightmare. This marks the first DVD appearance of the ABC TV show that featured performances of every song from Cooper’s then-recently released Welcome to My Nightmare album, his first solo record after splitting from the Alice Cooper band. The set is due on Sept. 8. The program starred Cooper, as Steven, and actor Vincent Price as the Spirit of the Nightmare. It repeats the story heard on the concept album, and includes the classic songs “Only Women Bleed,” “Ballad of Dwight Fry” and the title track. The following year, Welcome to My Nightmare hit theaters, and gave fans a front-row seat to Cooper’s latest tour, which combined theatrics, horror props (spiders, skeletons and a cyclops) and plenty of songs from his career – including “No More Mr. Nice Guy,” “I’m Eighteen” and “School’s Out.” You can see the track listings for both Welcome to My Nightmare and Alice Cooper: The Nightmare below. Alice Cooper, ‘Welcome to My Nightmare Special Edition’ Track Listing 1) The Awakening 2) Welcome To My Nightmare 3) Years Ago 4) No More Mr. Nice Guy 5) I’m Eighteen 6) Some Folks 7) Cold Ethyl 8) Only Women Bleed 9) Billion Dollar Babies 10) Devil’s Food 11) The Black Widow 12) Steven 13) Escape 14) School’s Out 15) Department Of Youth ‘Alice Cooper: The Nightmare’ 1) Welcome To My Nightmare 2) Devil’s Food 3) Some Folks 4) Only Women Bleed 5) Cold Ethyl 6) The Black Widow 7) Years Ago 8) Department Of Youth 9) Years Ago (Reprise) 10) Steven 11) The Awakening 12) Ballad Of Dwight Fry 13) Escape 14) The Awakening (Reprise) Read More: Alice Cooper's 'Welcome to My Nightmare Special Edition' Coming to DVD | ultimateclassicrock.com/alice-cooper-welcome-to-my-nightmare-special-edition-dvd/?trackback=tsmclip
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Post by anaix3l on Aug 30, 2017 2:27:02 GMT -5
For those who haven't seen it yet... You've probably already seen the outside. Would have liked it if all was in a cardboard sleeve like other double discs I have. The inside looks like a bit of the Paranormal video. There's not much to the booklet from a quantitative point of view, but it's very Alice and it's very informative, for every song it says who wrote it and who played on it. So... since I have the booklet in front of me right now and I've seen people wonder about the original band contributions to this album, let's clear that! There are 12 (or 10 +2) new songs. Dennis Dunaway plays on five songs - Fireball, Rats, The Sound of A, Genuine American Girl, You and All Your Friends, out of which he co-wrote three (the odd numbered ones on the previous list). Neal Smith plays on two songs - Genuine American Girl, You and All Your Friends, out of which he co-wrote the first one. These two songs are on the second CD, which also contains the six live hits.
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Post by VoodooMedicineMan on Sept 11, 2017 21:58:26 GMT -5
I'm really digging this album. I knew it was in the pipeline but didn't know it had been released. It's streaming on Amazon Prime, I listened to it a few times and bought a copy which I've been listening to in my car the past few days.
Michael Bruce also plays on the two Neal Smith songs mentioned above, along with Dennis Dunaway. So Genuine American Girl and You and All Your Friends feature the 4 surviving members of the original band. I'm actually surprised how much I like this record, after a few spins, I'll go as far as to say it's as good as anything he's released since From the Inside. Much better than Dirty Diamonds and Along Came the Spider. I really liked Brutal Planet when it came out, but that compressed industrial sound from the early 2000's hasn't aged well. Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011) was a good mix of songs, but wasn't as cohesive as an album. This one still has a good variety to it, but the songs fit together very nicely in my opinion.
The 2 tracks with the original band are a real treat. Genuine American Girl has Alice playing the role of a vain chick who is has an overly inflated opinion of herself. Catchy tune with funny lyrics and a classic sound to it. Then Me and All of My friends has more of the classic Alice Cooper band sound, but it's much too short. Paranormal, Fireball, Rats and the Sound of A are other standout tracks, although the whole album is fairly consistent and solid.
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Post by anaix3l on Sept 12, 2017 0:24:25 GMT -5
I'm really digging it too. I didn't pay that much attention to the news that he's putting out a new album until I heard Paranoiac Personality, but hearing that really grabbed me. Then I heard snippets of Paranormal and Genuine American Girl on that radio show he was on and that was when I got really excited about the album since all I had heard so far sounded so promising. As for where I'd rank it... complicated. I like a lot of his stuff (obviously, I wouldn't travel across the continent to see him not once, but twice if I only liked 5 songs or something) and he's been insanely prolific. There was always something I liked from every album. There's very good stuff from the the very early days or from his low days in the early '80s and, while I'd file some of his mainstream stuff under "if I never hear this again, it will be too soon", I still find most of Trash and Hey Stoopid to be fun to listen to. The early '00s I still have a huge soft spot. I still love Brutal Planet. And Dirty Diamonds was the first album he put out after I discovered him, within weeks. I still love the title track and have very vivid memories of listening to it during those days. I didn't have internet at home back then and a friend was out of the country, so he gave me his apartment keys so I'd go there regularly, check that all was alright (he said the people next door were kinda dubious), keep the cat company and well, browse away... The room with the computer had dark red curtains and red carpets, matching that album cover so well... isn't it strange what I end up remembering?
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Post by bartman2001 on Sept 12, 2017 16:24:27 GMT -5
I like Brutal Planet a lot. I'm glad to see he has a spot in the current setlist for the title track. Dragontown was the one that kind of disappointed me when it came out. I saw the Brutal Planet tour before buying the album and went out and bought it right away. So I had big hopes for Dragontown. That said there is little Alice I flat out do not like maybe a few songs here and there and of course some albums - Songs I like better than others.
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Post by anaix3l on Sept 21, 2017 20:25:53 GMT -5
Well, my friend in Dublin told me something has arrived in the mail for me... yes, a ticket! I chose to have that one delivered to his place because I thought it would be easier, but apparently it took them 2.5 months to send it. From the same city. While I received the one for Berlin within 3 working days. In Romania. In any event, glad this finally happened!
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Post by bartman2001 on Sept 21, 2017 21:23:32 GMT -5
^^ Spend the night with sounds so much better than last on a bill of three.
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Post by anaix3l on Oct 16, 2017 14:04:25 GMT -5
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Post by anaix3l on Oct 19, 2017 12:13:09 GMT -5
3 weeks left! Seriously can't wait...
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Post by VoodooMedicineMan on Nov 4, 2017 19:20:43 GMT -5
Alice was on Jimmy Kimmel on Halloween Night. He did a very cool version of the Ballad of Dwight Fry backed by the Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl dressed up as a bearded David Letterman for Halloween). That song is always a treat to hear.
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Post by AeroCooper on Nov 4, 2017 20:11:44 GMT -5
^ Awesome performance. Alice still sounds incredible approaching his 70s.
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Post by bartman2001 on Nov 5, 2017 11:02:27 GMT -5
Alice was on Jimmy Kimmel on Halloween Night. He did a very cool version of the Ballad of Dwight Fry backed by the Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl dressed up as a bearded David Letterman for Halloween). That song is always a treat to hear. Another awesome performace from Alice. I love The Ballad Of Dwight Fry. A vivid song about going insane that has on many occasions over the years since I was a teenager KEPT me from doing just that. A also love the meshing of the spider eyes snake makeup from AC.
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