Written by: Beck
Alice Cooper talks sense.
In the eyes of Alice Cooper, all the rock stars campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry are guilty of one thing: treason. The shock-rock legend, a staunch Republican who attends NBA games in Phoenix with Arizona Senator John McCain, was disgusted when he learned of plans by Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, R.E.M. and other bands to hold a series of concerts aimed at unseating U.S. President George W. Bush.
"To me, that's treason. I call it treason against rock 'n' roll because rock is the antithesis of politics. Rock should never be in bed with politics," says the 56-year-old Cooper, who begins a 15-city Canadian tour on Aug. 20 in Thunder Bay, Ont.
"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."
I get sick of listening to celebrities talking politics. The vast majority of the time, they don't have a clue what they're talking about--from either side of the political spectrum. To paraphrase Kid Rock (again--who knew?) speaking on the Iraq war, "George Bush doesn't tell me how to do my job, I hardly think I'm qualified to tell him how to do his."
Yeah, I don't have much of a point to make. Mostly I just wanted to quote the Alice Cooper interview.
(Hat tip:
Aaron's Rantblog)