Prodigal Son
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A few of you Kennelers seem to be into "shock-glam-heavy-hard" rock music, so I thought I would post my thoughts on the Alice Cooper concert that I attended on Friday (24/6/05) at the Enmore Theatre. For those who don't know, Alice Cooper essentially "laid the platform" for music artists like Iron Maiden, Mariyn Manson, Kiss, Black Sabbath etc.
It was a bit different to other concerts I have attended, as I'm more into "normal" rock, disco and R+B music rather than the likes of heavy rock and rap (although I like to listen to a bit of heavy rock and rap from time to time - after all, its always good to get a bit of variety in the music one listens to).
I was a bit surprised to see a fair pecentage of people in their 20s and late teens there (and chatting with a couple of them before the concert it turned out that they knew FAR more about the likes of Kiss, Alice Cooper, Jimi Hendrix etc than what I do!).
I noticed a lot of people were wearing T-shirts featuring the likes of Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper (as was to be expected!), Marilyn Manson, Megadeth, Kiss etc and that EVERY one of these T-Shirts were predominantly BLACK in colour! Also a handful of young (and not so young) men were dressed up like Alice Cooper, which added to the atmosphere. A couple of people I spoke to had travelled long distances to attend.
Anyway, started off with Billy Thorpe (a reasonable support act - best known for his song Most People I Know) starting off the show. After a short break Alice Cooper came on. The volume was louder than what I am used to at concerts (but tolerable). Alice (or should I say Vincent Furnier!) sang one song after another without any real break between songs. He gave a very professional performance, as one would expect from someone of his age (he would be in his mid 50s now) who has been doing this stuff for a long time. He gave a good rendition of his classics (Poison, Department of Youth, Schools Out, Only Women Bleed etc). I felt young again listening to Schools Out and Department of Youth - I loved those songs during my teenage years when I was at school!
Nonetheless, I had a couple of minor gripes. I found it a bit irritating (considering I had paid $130 for a ticket) that I had to stand throughout the concert to be able to see him on stage (I've never been to a heavy rock concert before, so I presume that everyone standing is par for the course - at any rate nobody complained about it so I just went with the flow). I was disappointed that I did not get to hear my favourite Alice Cooper song You and Me. I guess that because it is a more an R&B type song than his characteristic heavy rock he decided not to play it (it seemed to me the audience essentially wanted to hear heavy rock, so I can't blame him for wanting to "appease the masses" and stick solely to "heavy rock"). He went for about 1.5 hours, a reasonable length (although I'm more used to 2-2.5 hour performances from the likes of Elton John and Neil Diamond etc).
Even though heavy rock is "not my preferred cup of tea", overall I enjoyed the experience and I can "vouch" for Alice Cooper.
It was a bit different to other concerts I have attended, as I'm more into "normal" rock, disco and R+B music rather than the likes of heavy rock and rap (although I like to listen to a bit of heavy rock and rap from time to time - after all, its always good to get a bit of variety in the music one listens to).
I was a bit surprised to see a fair pecentage of people in their 20s and late teens there (and chatting with a couple of them before the concert it turned out that they knew FAR more about the likes of Kiss, Alice Cooper, Jimi Hendrix etc than what I do!).
I noticed a lot of people were wearing T-shirts featuring the likes of Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper (as was to be expected!), Marilyn Manson, Megadeth, Kiss etc and that EVERY one of these T-Shirts were predominantly BLACK in colour! Also a handful of young (and not so young) men were dressed up like Alice Cooper, which added to the atmosphere. A couple of people I spoke to had travelled long distances to attend.
Anyway, started off with Billy Thorpe (a reasonable support act - best known for his song Most People I Know) starting off the show. After a short break Alice Cooper came on. The volume was louder than what I am used to at concerts (but tolerable). Alice (or should I say Vincent Furnier!) sang one song after another without any real break between songs. He gave a very professional performance, as one would expect from someone of his age (he would be in his mid 50s now) who has been doing this stuff for a long time. He gave a good rendition of his classics (Poison, Department of Youth, Schools Out, Only Women Bleed etc). I felt young again listening to Schools Out and Department of Youth - I loved those songs during my teenage years when I was at school!
Nonetheless, I had a couple of minor gripes. I found it a bit irritating (considering I had paid $130 for a ticket) that I had to stand throughout the concert to be able to see him on stage (I've never been to a heavy rock concert before, so I presume that everyone standing is par for the course - at any rate nobody complained about it so I just went with the flow). I was disappointed that I did not get to hear my favourite Alice Cooper song You and Me. I guess that because it is a more an R&B type song than his characteristic heavy rock he decided not to play it (it seemed to me the audience essentially wanted to hear heavy rock, so I can't blame him for wanting to "appease the masses" and stick solely to "heavy rock"). He went for about 1.5 hours, a reasonable length (although I'm more used to 2-2.5 hour performances from the likes of Elton John and Neil Diamond etc).
Even though heavy rock is "not my preferred cup of tea", overall I enjoyed the experience and I can "vouch" for Alice Cooper.
