] "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.

[ That's a fair statement, but to say that music and politics can't be joined I guess just proves his point about rockers being morons... maybe he was just self projecting.

I mean, he's talking about Bruce fucking Springsteen, here! I've heard one or two of the Boss' songs and, well, I'm pretty sure they were about politics, or at least about social conciousness. He wrote "Born in the USA" for gods sake... I think he's into politics, just a little. Is Alice Cooper saying that Springsteen sucks? He better not tour in New Jersey anymore.

I'm not gonna say there's no place for vapid, content-free music designed for pure entertainment (a la Alice Cooper), but most of the best stuff has some inherent meaning about life, relationships, culture, society, etc. etc. Not to mention Rock has a long history of political activism. It's not the opposite of politics... if anything, you might say it's anti-authority, or rebellious, but that's hardly inconsistent with having an opinion.

Anyway, Alice Cooper can shut it, mostly... that's pretty much how I've always felt about him talking, or singing. -k]

Alice slams anti-Bush rockers