Surfs up. grab9/13/2023 You see, I’ve always liked it, but this time I listened to the version from the recently released Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessions 1969–1971 box set, and with all the extra outtakes and unreleased material included with the box set, listening to it this time around, it really drove home the point how much better this album could’ve been. As usual.Īnyway, as to the album itself, I’ll tell you what, going back to Surf’s Up this time has made me change my opinion of the album a little bit. So as it turns out, I’m not as special as I thought I was. The original is much bigger, and currently resides at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. Except after doing a little research I discovered that there are actually a ton of copies around, and the one I saw was merely one of them. I had no idea it was so close to where I live, but there it was, live and in person. Sure enough, it was End of the Trail by James Earle Fraser, which inspired the cover of Surf’s Up. And coincidentally, it just so happens that a couple of weeks ago for our anniversary my wife and I went to the Dayton Art Institute (because what’s more romantic than looking at a bunch of old paintings?), and lo and behold, I came across a sculpture that looked suspiciously familiar: A few weeks ago I got a request to review the Beach Boys’ Surf’s Up, and given that I’ve reviewed pretty much all of the other Beach Boys’ post- Pet Sounds albums from the late 60s and early 70s except that one, it kind of made sense anyway. I could go on about the amazingness of Alice Cooper all day, but that’s not really why we’re here today. Excellent show, Alice still has it, unlike just about every performer his age he is still bringing it just as much as he did 40 years ago. But this time we splurged a bit and got good seats, and being able to see everything going on spoiled me a little, I don’t know if I’m ever going to be able to be a cheapest-seats-in-the-house kind of guy again. We got better seats than I usual get at a concert too, I’m usually a cheapest-seats-in-the-house kind of guy, mostly because I’m not rich. Generally it’s Ozzy Osbourne who gets the really impressive guitar players, but this time Alice came up with a real winner, she’s something else. I’ve always liked the solid and dependable Ryan Roxie, and Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner were legendary, and that weight lifter muscle man guy was kind of fun to watch, but Nita is on a whole other level. Seeing his guitarist Nita Strauss is a bonus, she’s an exceptional guitarist, easily the best guitarist Alice has ever played with. ![]() If any of you haven’t seen Alice Cooper live in concert, you better get tickets this time around, because you never know how much longer a 74 year-old-man is going to be touring. It was the 12th time I’ve seen him, and it was as phenomenal as any of the other times, maybe even the best of all of them. We had to drive through a snow storm to get to Cincinnati to see him, but it was worth risking our lives for. I’ve taken all of my kids to see him, it’s a family tradition. ![]() ![]() I saw him a week ago, my brother came up from Texas to see him with me, we took one of my sons along, and the show was fantastic. OVERALL (OUT OF 10): 7 (9 if you go with my revised tracklist)Īlice Cooper turned 74 yesterday.
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