Alice Cooper Should Stick to Playing Golf and Not Music
Today marks the debut of Alice Cooper's 25th studio album, Along Came A Spider. Do you care? Should we even consider the 60-year-old author of Alice Cooper: Golf Monster's latest release about an icy serial killer, when we're now used to seeing him in tailored golf attire and commercials for Marriott Hotel's Residence Inn, Staples Office Supplies, and Bridgestone Tires (along with Richard Simmons)?
We know his legacy is rich; he's opened the door for many musicians. And he's much loved.
(Ozzy, despite his media exposure, still commands attention.)
But to reconcile the old persona and shock rock tactics of Along Came A Spider with this stage of his career is painful.
Serial killers. Really? Is that where we have to go now? Let him play golf and do commercials for large corporate entities that pay him well. He's earned it.
The occasional TV appearance, like his '70s stint on The Hollywood Squares, works too.
No more "dark" themes; just put down the mascara wand and lay off the eyeliner. You've made your mark; relax and enjoy the sunset years.
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Don't you think most of Alice Coopers audience knows he is a fairly normal guy most of the time? Just as we know Robert De Nero is not in the Mob, that "Gangsta" rappers are really middle class kids playing Street Thug, or that Beyonce's hair is a weave? We know its not real, that doesn't mean we can't enjoy the Halloween schtick.