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| Alice Cooper's Last Temptation |
Ps 33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.
 | Alice
Cooper's Last Temptation |
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He is and He's only getting started with Alice so watch and see."
(Excerpt from the Reviews below)
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| Sideshow | Lost In America | your web My Temptation | Unholy War | It's Me | ||||
| Nothing's Free | Bad Place Alone | Stolen Prayer | Lullaby | Cleansed By Fire | ||||
| Sideshow
back to top I ain't got no fun today
I
need a sideshow I pay
to see all the freaks I
need a sideshow, oh yeah And
the hunchback midget and his I
need a sideshow | Nothing's
Free back to top You,
me Sign upon the dotted line
From the rules and laws of morality
My boy, it's getting late
Sign
upon the bloody line From your conscience or
Free
to ignore the bore of authority And
when we're dead it's for eternity |
| Lost In America
back to top I can't get a girl
Lost in America I
got a mom but I ain't got a dad Lost in America Well,
I live at the 7-11 I
can't go to school Lost in America | Bad
Place Alone back to top I'm
a creature of the street CHORUS
They
call me Smoky Joe CHORUS We're cool, we're cold
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| your web My
Temptation back to top Don't
touch your lips Mercy
please, I'm on my knees Don't
call my name Mercy
please, I'm on my knees Come
to me Mercy
please, I'm on my knees | Stolen
Prayer back to top I
walk the streets alone You
showed me your paradise CHORUS
I
remember yesterday CHORUS You steal another minute from
my life I
take your words and try them on All
my words are spoken |
| Unholy War
back to top From the start of life
CHORUS You see my burning fuse
We'll fight, cause we ain't on the same side We're
in an unholy war, unholy war When I'm all alone - Unholy
yourshaking
in your boots CHORUS | Lullaby
back to top I was the boy who said all of
my prayers I
am the one who growls in your closet CHORUS
All
of my things that I play with in daylight You
showed me things little boys I
am the one who growls in your closet CHORUS I tell you right now
CHORUS I was the boy who said all of
my prayers |
| It's Me
back to top You took a first-class trip to
Paris It's
me, it's me You played
your cards, you felt the sorrow It's
me, it's me And me,
I'm sitting here And
if someday you realize When
you need something more It's
me, it's me | Cleansed
By Fire I
don't know but I've been told You
offer me the world and all its wealth CHORUS
Do you think I don't know who
you are CHORUS Cleansed by fire, cleansed by
fire What
about dark What
about truth Yeah,
what about me, little me |
Articles
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Hit Parader - December 1994
Alice Cooper has only one real
interest in his life. He may play around at golf, or fool around with acting,
but when he gets right down to it, his hobby, his music and his life are all virtually
one and the same. So when we approached Mr. Cooper about appearing in this month's
Hobby Shop, he naturally agreed - but only if he could write it, and it could
be about his new album The Last Temptation
The
Concept And The Comic: The Last Temptation is the first album I've done in a long
time that's a true concept album. Trash has a theme; Hey Stoopid has a theme;
but this is the first album that has such a definate storyline that I really didn't
think I could do justice by only putting it out on record.
Which is why the comic book accompanying the album is so important: it provides a vital link between the songs and the narrative, as opposed to writing an opera, where every single aspect of the story is told in the lyric - and then the songs don't stand up on their own.
This time the story was written first, and then we wrote the sings to the story line, rather than writing the songs and then saying, "OK, now we're going to invent the story from the songs."
So in order for the listener to really get the narrative, instead of doing a series of videos, we decided to do a comic book instead.
The Story And The Songs: The Last Temptation takes place in an average middle American town just about anywhere, where the kids have done everything, seen everything. That's where the first song (Sideshow) comes in. The kids are talking about how bored they are - until they stumble across this old vaudeville theater that they've never noticed before in an old part of town.
The Showman, who is the classic Alice character, is the head of the whole thing. He's the carnival barker, and he steps out of the shadows to invite them all into this theater, telling them if they do, they'll see things they've never seen before in their lives.
Because he's pretty frightening, none of the kids want any part of it, except for this one kid, Steven. He's always been called a chicken all his life, so he decides to finally prove them all wrong and go ahead and go in - and he's the only one who does.
As they look around the theater, the Showman lets Steven know that he can come in anytime, that the tickets don't cost anything, and that the show's all for him - except that Nothing's Free. Sort of like the fine print on a contract.
Then the rest of the show begins, with all the acts portraying all of the bad things going on in the world today, and how great they are! About the glories of drugs and being in a gang (Bad Place Alonbe). The glories of money (Lost In America). The glories of sex (You're My Temptation).
But there's something wrong: although they're having a great time, all of the characters portraying the supposed joys of life are all dead.
And then Steven realizes what the theater is really selling because, in one way or another, all of these things he's been shown lead to death.
As he leaves the theater, the Showman says to Steven, "Well, you can always come back tomorrow. Everybody always comes back because this is what it's all about!"
The Showman is tempting Steven on every level, causing him to have a mental battle with himself on the way home (Stolen Prayer). And although he thinks that, "Yeah, this is pretty cool; it's a lot more fun that what's going on in this town," he doesn't sucumb to it. He realizes that, as much fun as it looks, it's all wrong.
So Steven goes home that night deciding that he has to go back to face the Showman and actually go up against him in an Unholy War. But, in reality, it's really a war between Steven and his own passions.
As he goes to bed, Steven realizes that something's under his bed - and in the closet as well! Of course, it's the spirit of the Showman, come to torment him (Lullaby). When he finally does manage to fall asleep, Steven has a reaffirming dream (It's Me) that he is, in fact, doing the right thing.
The next day he awakes knowing that not only does he have to go back and battle the Showman, he also has to destroy the whole theater by burning it down to the ground (Cleansed By Fire).
Afterwards, Steven feels that he's done the world a great service by his actions and returns home - only to find the Showman waiting for him in the bathroom mirror! He tells Steven that he'll always be around to tempt him because, even though he's been hunted down for the last 6,000 years - as long as civilization itself has been around - he can't be gotten rid of that easily.
The Moral And The Message: The Last Temptation can be accepted on face value, or you can dig a little deeper.
It's all based on the question of whether or not Steven gives in to modern day temptation. In the 90s, there are certain words we avoid or think we've outgrown - words like Temptation, Sin, Redemption. These words are old world, but they're not dead. They're still very much apparent in our everyday life.
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/myway/61/hp-94-12.html
Lee Davey
Some FAQ
(Frequently asked Questions)
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Why does Alice Cooper have a page at NewSong Online?
I
was skeptical when I heard of Alice Cooper's salvation experience a few
years ago until I heard it from
an older and wiser brother in the Lord who
was
also a member of the counselor team at Church.
Still,
I hesitated to purchase the CD. I finally bought the CD around
Christmas time 1996. It's an
excellent sound (to those who like the old Alice
Cooper
style)and it deals with true life problems and situations. It has
mellow and hard stuff on it,
and would highly recommend it to any Christian
Rocker.
Well, I don't want to tell you all about it, you can read the lyrics
and listen to the real audio
sound files, then judge for yourself.
Whatever
you do or think...remember Alice is a real person like us and needs
prayer just like all of us.
John 8:7 Jesus said unto them,
He that is without sin among you,
let
him first cast a stone.
Dano/NewSong
Online Ministries
Who was - is Alice Cooper?
Alice
Cooper was originally a 5 man band, comprised of Vince Furnier
(later known as Alice Cooper
himself), Glen Buxton, Neal Smith, Dennis
Dunaway,
and Michael Bruce.
In
1974, after the release of their "Muscle of Love" album, the band
officially split. Also in 1974,
Furnier officially took the band's name as
Alice
Cooper, so he maintained all rights to the name of the band.
His first solo album was "Welcome
to my Nightmare".
So what happened to the tour for The Last Temptation?
Shortly
after the release of The Last Temptation, Alice signed with
Hollywood Records. Since Epic
would not support a tour for an artist on a
different
label, and Hollywood wouldn't pay for a tour where any successive
record sales would go
to another record label, it just wasn't practical
to
do a tour at the time. Alice had a few shows here and there like the tour
with the Scorpions in the summer
of 1996.
The
next full tour would not be until after the new album A Fist Full of Alice
was released.
There was a live album scheduled to be released, in April 1997.
The tentative title was A Fistful Of Alice. Also, if you heard that a live
album called Viva Alice was to be released on October 22, 1996, you know by
now it never happened. That was an early release date and title for AFOC.
Even though it was postponed, it still made many release date lists.
Reviews of The Last Temptation
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Alice
is the son of a minister but I have some insight on the real Alice
that might intrigue you. First
I should tell you that I am a Phoenix native
so
we regard Alice as our native son type hero.- anyway to the point
last Halloween (96) Alice put
on a benifit for the Solid Rock Foundation,
a
group He put together with Gerry Colangelo (owner of the Suns/
Diamondbacks) at America West
arena. At the event which featured
A.C
Green, Glen Campbell, and was hosted by local christian band
Everybodyduck, Alice took the
stage to talk to the audience about his
relationship
with his savior Jesus Christ, He had a short Q&A session
in which he talked about his
personal bible study habits and somewhat
renounced
his past (he never really took himself that seriously to begin
with) He said his new cd would
reflect the changes he's gone through.
I
would be surprised to see a radical national "coming out" about his
christianity very soon as he
really is a shy person under the persona as
you
probobly know. But look just under the surface very closely and you'll
see he's not the same man he
used to be. Everything I have told you about
you
can verify. There was a feature story on this in the Arizona Republic a
few days before haloween. I'm
sure You can get the Solid Rock
foundations
Address through the web. I had the pleasure to meet at the
show
and found him to be a nice man. It takes a lot of guts to admit your
past mistakes and to publicly
testify that Jesus is Lord. He is and He's only
getting
started with Alice so watch and see."
Review
by George Lindbloom from Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
"As a Christian who loves rock & roll and heavy metal, I was just
amazed to "discover" Last Temptation just last month! The CD is an
incredible story with deeply profound, spiritual and rocking songs. I
must admit I was never really an Alice Cooper fan back in the 60's and
70's, but I am now! To God be the glory!"
Review by ??? from ???
"I'm 16 years old and I discover you at 1995 with the album The Last
Temptation. I like it, most of all Stolen prayer and Cleansed by fire. I
don't listened you in others albums but I think you are a excelent music.
The letters are real and truth and I like it's."
Review by ??? from Spain
"I just want to get a few things off my chest. I have been an Alice
Cooper fans for quite a long time now, and I wish everyone would
quit freaking out over Alice becoming a Christian. C'mon, he's still
the same old Alice. I personally thinks that it is great that he still
performs all of his old and new material despite his new found life-
style. Alice knows how importent his fans are. And furthermore,
anyone who does not like The Last Temptation is not a true Alice
fan. Because Temptation is the first album since the 70's that actually
sounds like old Alice. The Last Temptation is brilliant. Christian or
not, long live Alice Cooper."
Review by Tim Biancoveli from Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.
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"I'm the general manager of a
midwest christian radio station.
We
currently have Alice'C "Cleansed By Fire" in our music rotaion.
I would really like to get some
more information about Mr Cooper
and
his conversion. I sometimes am bothered by some peoples
response
to his conversion and then i'm reminded of my own. All
things
are possible through christ who strengthens us. I just hope
that people don't try to make
alice "perform" like so many christians
do
of recent converts."
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Comments by Mike Myers (KFGQ AM & FM) from Boone, Iowa, U.S.A.
"Responding
to the recent criticism toward Coopers performance and
creativity:
I think Cooper has improved and matured with age and
Christianity
has not hurt the man but has helped him. His last studio
release
"The Last Temptation" was in the tradition of WTMN and FTI.
Cooper's voice and performance
is better than ever. For those who
think
hes not shocking enough, its all been done before (Manson is
not the first). The "true Shock
rocker" Alice is a believer in Christ
instead
of being just another artist making money off of Satanic
propaganda
(don't take much brains to do that).. Theres a big
difference
between good Horror and Sci-fi and just bad depressing lyrics."
- Comments by Richard Kid from
???
"THIS IS TO ALL YOU MOAN & GROANERS. You can NEVER
question an artist. It is ones
interpretation of their own veiw. If you
don't
like ones view, don't listen to them. Who says you are right.
If Alice wants to talk about
GOD he has every right. There is always
going
to be 2 sides of the coin. When people mocked him of being a
satanist-you all stood by him.
There was never a problem then! You
were
never really fans to begin with. You would like him for his
CREATION. AND what the hell
does age have to do with anything?
It
can only work for him not agaist. "EXPERIENCE".
ALICE
I believe knows exactly what he's doing. I see no problem
with
what he's doing now vs. then. Everyone changes. Look at your
life begining till now-are you
the same? NO. So why would you expect
ALICE
not to develope also? Alice is not even preaching on the album.
So whats everybodys gripe? Everyone
just remember these new bands
with
make-up, horror/theatrics and so on... - were created by none
other ALICE COOPER! (very underrated!)
- Comments by Lark from
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Alice certainly doesn't
care what anyone has to say about his
conversion
(actually, this page is the first I've heard about this, but
if it's what he wants,
good for him). No one minds that Elvis was a
Christian,
why worry about The Coop. a lot worse things could
happen
to him.'I just come back to show you, all my words are golden,
So have no gods before me, I'm
the light.' From Second Coming
(Love
it to Death)."
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Comments by Steve H. from Saskatchewan, Canada
"I'm 16
and i beleive in satanism. I dunno but i think what it means is
exactly what i feel like.I've
been an Alice fan for 3 years now. I think
he's
great but i have to agree with those that don't like his new "pro-
christian" attitude. He can
be a christian all he wants, and admits it
to
the world but i'm bugged by his now "obsession" of telling it
everytime he can. He still is
great and is a legend but young people are
starting
to lose a lot of interest with him and if he starts trying to tell us
about jesus and all that. Let
me tell you it won't help his case. Anyways
that's
what i have to say."
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Comments by Helldog from ???
Some
of the comments on here were used by permission from:
http://www.pathcom.com/~omega/alicecoop.html
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