JUST GOT BACK FROM ALICE COOPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Date: 28 Jun 2003 06:16:44 GMT
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I just got back from seeing Alice Cooper at the Del Mar Fair. Apparantly, Alice
filled in at the LAST MINUTE because Meatloaf cancelled for one reason or
another. This was one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. It was my first
time seeing Alice Cooper. The concert was a free one if you sat up in the
grandstand, but I didn't want to be a cheapskate, so I purchased a $35 ticket
and sat on the 3rd terrace, center stage (which were GREAT seats by the way).
The way the terrace was set up at the fairgrounds there are actually tables you
sit at with 4 seats, and you are served by a waitress, etc. Since I only got
one ticket (wife didn't want to go), I had the WHOLE TABLE to myself!! Anyway,
on to the show...
Have you seen the "Brutal Planet" DVD?? Well this show was NOTHING like it - it
was like 10 times better! - Virtually NO THEATRICS, almost no stage banter,
just one GREAT song after another. And what do I mean by that? ALL THE HITS.
All hits, except for the new stuff that would "fit in" side by side with the
hits (Little things, Gimme). There were no "bathroom break" songs to speak of.
And here's something a little interesting: before going to the show, I was
thinking to myself: What if he sang some of my favorite, but more obscure songs
like "Long way to go" and "Clones" - WELL DAMN HELL IF HE DIDN'T SING BOTH
"LONG WAY TO GO" AND "CLONES"!!!!!!!!!!! - I couldn't believe it. Really. About
the only thing more I could have asked for from this UNREAL SETLIST was "Model
Citizen" - but no complaints!!! Let's see here... some songs he did: Billion
Dollar Babies, Schools out, Under my wheels, Desperado, Lost in America, Gimme,
Little things, Welcome to my nightmare, Cold Ethel, I'm eighteen, Hello Hurray,
Elected, Be my lover, Poison, No more Mister nice guy, Halo of flies, ... and a
few other tunes that the name escapes me. I was of course expecting him to do
"GO TO HELL" but that was missing.
Alice threw 2 canes into the standing crowd below. After the show, I walked
down there and tracked down one of the guys and asked, "Did you catch that from
the stage" and he beamed proudly, "YEP. SECOND SONG, HELLO HURAY!" - I offered
to buy the cane from him (I'd have probably given him $100), but he declined. I
guess you just can't buy everything, hopes, dreams, memories.. I didn't
pressure him, I just said, OK well if you change your mind come talk to me. I
walked and got in line at the concession stand and this Arabic guy comes up to
me and says, "Excuse me, were you asking for a pick", he had a pick in his hand
and I thought he wanted to sell it to me, so I said, "Naa I just wanted the
cane" and he said, "Well I caught a pick, you can have it!" - so I took it,
thanked him and shook his hand. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY FUCKING COOL..
Really nice amber pick, and a GREAT souvenier for one of the greatest shows
ever.
On to the concessions. Compared to some prices I've seen, these were pretty
reasonable. I got three shirts (2 XL, and 1 XXL), one Alice Cooper hat, one
tourbook, and a "Welcome to my Nightmare" PILLOWCASE! They had 2 other shirts I
liked, but not in my size. The shirts were only $25. The tourbooks were only
$10. All told, I spent $110 - not bad for all that.
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