Rock veteran Alice Cooper is urging youngsters not to watch reality TV shows as he fears children will aspire to finding fame instead of carving out a proper career.
The musician admits he can't stand shows which give participants a fleeting moment in the spotlight.
In a blog for the Huffington Post, Cooper writes he worries young people are being unduly influenced by the lure of instant fame.
"There's one thing that really gets my horned goat in this grand scheme of things," he writes.
"Reality TV! Please, don't get your head turned in an Exorcist style and think it's the way to fame and fortune, kiddies!
"Believe me. I might be a rock star, all glitter, fake blood, make-up and theatrics (with awesome rock anthems of course) but you've no idea the hard graft and craft that's gone into my career.
"The problem is with wanting to be a reality TV star, you're only famous for a little while. You can't live on that fame forever. That's one of the major problems with the whole schtick."
Cooper even disapproves of TV talent shows such as American Idol and The X Factor as he claims they don't give talented artists a fair chance.
"The only thing I have against X Factor and American Idol and things like that is that they just keep putting out the same person," Cooper writes.
"They keep putting out these cookie-cutters that can go, 'Oh yeah, I can sing Barry Manilow!' Well, how about you write your own song?
"If Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop, David Bowie or myself were auditioning for American Idol, we wouldn't get past the first audition, because that's not what they're looking for. They're looking for the next guy that 10 years from now, is going to be a singer on a cruise ship ... That's really what their career is going to be, because there is no creativity in it."
Alice tells it like it is...
Alice tells it like it is...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Alice tells it like it is...
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Religion and politics
Although he originally tended to shy away from speaking publicly about his religious beliefs, Cooper has in recent years been vocal about his faith as a born-again Christian.[98]
Throughout his career, Cooper's philosophy regarding politics is that politics should not be mixed with rock music. He has usually kept his political views to himself, and in 2010 said "I am extremely non-political. I go out of my way to be non-political. I'm probably the biggest moderate you know. When John Lennon and Harry Nilsson used to argue politics, I was sitting right in the middle of them, and I was the guy who was going 'I don't care.' When my parents would start talking politics, I would go in my room and put on The Rolling Stones or The Who on as long as I could to avoid politics. And I still feel that way".[65] On occasion he has spoken out against musicians who promote or opine on politics; for example, in the run-up to the 2004 presidential election, he told the Canadian Press that the then crop of rock stars campaigning for and touring on behalf of Democratic candidate John Kerry were committing "treason against rock n' roll". He also added that upon seeing the list of musicians who supported Kerry, "if I wasn't already a Bush supporter, I would have immediately switched. Linda Ronstadt? Don Henley? Geez, that's a good reason right there to vote for Bush."[99]
KILL YOUR TELEVISION!
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
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