Profound wisdom. Thank you, Mr. Cooper.
I also understand he plays a mean game of golf.
Posted on 08/25/2004 12:10:37 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Shock-rock legend Alice Cooper calls rock stars campaigning for Democrat John Kerry treasonous morons.
The 56-year-old Cooper says he was disgusted to learn the likes of Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, R.E.M., Sheryl Crow, James Taylor and Dave Matthews were hitting the road for a series of concerts designed to help defeat President Bush.
"To me, that's treason," Cooper told the Canadian Press. "I call it treason against rock 'n' roll because rock is the antithesis of politics. Rock should never be in bed with politics."
"When I was a kid and my parents started talking about politics, I'd run to my room and put on the Rolling Stones as loud as I could. So when I see all these rock stars up there talking politics, it makes me sick.
"If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal."
"Besides," he continued, "when I read the list of people who are supporting Kerry, if I wasn't already a Bush supporter, I would have immediately switched. Linda Ronstadt? Don Henley? Geez, that's a good reason right there to vote for Bush."
As WorldNetDaily previously reported, Linda Ronstadt was escorted off the property of a Las Vegas casino after publicly supporting Bush-bashing film director Michael Moore, and singer Don Henley was subsequently booed on stage in Orange County, Calif., for expressing support for Linda Ronstadt during one of his own concerts.
Cooper, whose real name is Vincent Damon Furnier, is reportedly a strong Republican who joins Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at NBA games in Phoenix.
He continues his own summer rock tour, with upcoming dates in the Northeast, Canada, California and Las Vegas.
Only liberals bleed.
In related news, the NYTimes has uncovered numerous ties between Alice Cooper and the Bush-Cheney campaign.
We're gonna win this one, take the country by storm,
We're gonna be elected,
You and me together, young and strong,
We're gonna be elected, elected, elected,
Respected, selected, call collected,
I wanna be elected, elected.
I saw Alice Cooper in concert ohhh 10-12 years ago.... Well it was Alice Cooper, Judas Priest and ummm someone else... cant remember i didnt watch the opening act... OH I REMEMBER it was "dangerous toys" or something.
The infamous Cooper/Cheney Complex Ike warned us about.
"Madhouse Rock" Grand Forks, ND, 1978 or 1979, I forget the date but the show was incredible!
Go, Alice! Love ya to death, Baby!
lol
i think the one i saw was Monsters of Rock, it was in Indiana
Alright Coop!
Keep hittin' them straight! (He's a pretty damn good golfer and apparently a straight thinker.)
"If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are.
LOL! And I'll add: listening to Hollywood goons!
And I'll add; listening to old, fat, boring, hippies like Springsteen and his band of has-beens.
LOL! Springsteen has always tried to believe that "genius" label the liberal/psycho media tried to bestow on him-("the next Bob Dylan"). Unfortunately he is merely particularly ordinary!
Alice should form a counter-tour and call it "Welcome To Kerry's Nightmare"....;)
[ok...so "Elect Me" *is* going through my mind right now]...LOL!
My parents went bonkers when I started buying his records but I loved the guy!
Still do!
And Elvis Costello was "the next Bruce Springsteen", so was Costello actually Bob Dylan V. 3?.
Wouldn't it be better to be the -first- 'whatever'?...LOL!
Woops...."Elected".
[duh]
Yeh, it would be. Anyhow, I'm glad I never heard anyone of these "experts" in the "entertainment" media tell me there was a guy out there singing and moving who was 'THE NEXT ELVIS' or 'THE NEXT JIM MORRISON'. Please!
Uh...Billy Idol was the "next Jim Morrison"....:))
In fact he was tapped to play Jim in "The Doors" but wrecked his Harley right before filming started.
He was still too banged up to carry the lead and played a bit part instead.
[I think Billy was once touted as the "next Elvis" too]...LOL!
I can't help smiling at that. In my day our parents thought Alice Cooper was evil.
Profound wisdom. Thank you, Mr. Cooper.
I also understand he plays a mean game of golf.
"If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are."
Worth saying again.
Posted several of these quotes to Alice's entry on the IMDB... we'll see if they get posted.
http://imdb.com/name/nm0004840/
Kerry and his rock star supporters: Well ya know I need a houseboat and I need a plane, I need a butler and trip to Spain, I need everything the world owes me and I tell it to myself and I agree.
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