Alice Cooper and the Love Song
Alice Cooper selects his top tracks in an interview first broadcast in October 2017. There's the daily love song plus another round of PopMaster.
Alice Cooper, the legendary architect of shock-rock, chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from The Yardbirds and Eurythmics. His chat with Ken was first broadcast in 2017 and came at the time he was releasing his twentieth solo album entitled 'Paranormal'. It famously featured three tracks performed by the "classic" line-up of the Alice Cooper band - Neal Smith, Dennis Dunaway and Michael Bruce without Glen Buxton, who sadly died in 1997, plus Larry Mullen Jr. from U2, Roger Glover from Deep Purple, Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top, Swedish songwriter and session guitarist Tommy Denander, Tommy Henriksen, Steve Hunter and more.
Born Vincent Damon Furnier in 1948, Alice's remarkable career spans over fifty years and continues to rattle the cages and undermine the status quo, surprising fans and exuding danger. His stage shows feature numerous props including pyrotechnics, guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, reptiles, baby dolls and duelling swords. He has drawn equally from horror films, vaudeville and garage rock to pioneer a macabre and theatrical brand of rock designed to shock. The current pandemic has put his love of touring on hold, but he hopes to return all things being well in 2021.
Ken also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus another round of the hugely popular music quiz PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk
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Boz Scaggs
Lido Shuffle
- The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
- Premier.
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Joel Corry & MNEK
Head & Heart
- (CD Single).
- Perfect Havoc.
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Robert Palmer
Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You
- Now 19 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Chris Rea
On The Beach
- The Best Of Chris Rea.
- East West Records.
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Katy Perry
Smile
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The Bangles
Walk Like An Egyptian
- Take A Break (Various Artists).
- Columbia.
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Jackie Wilson
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
- Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
- Music Club.
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Jennifer Lopez
Ain't It Funny
- (CD Single).
- Epic/Sony.
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Record of the Week
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McFly
Happiness
- Young Dumb Thrills.
- BMG Rights Management (UK).
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Sheila & B. Devotion
Spacer
- Best Disco Album In The World...Ever!.
- Virgin.
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Gladys Knight & The Pips
The One & Only
- Gladys Knight & The Pips - Singles Al.
- Pro-Tv.
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Lola Lennox
Back At Wrong
- (CD Single).
- LaLennoxa.
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Clout
Substitute
- Hard 2 Get Hits - Various Artists.
- Disky.
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Kate Bush
Cloudbusting
- Remastered Part I.
- Fish People.
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The Rolling Stones
Scarlet (feat. Jimmy Page)
- Goats Head Soup (2020).
- Polydor.
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Toto
Rosanna (Album Version)
- Toto IV.
- CBS.
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Dua Lipa
Hallucinate
- Future Nostalgia.
- Warner Records.
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The Verve
Bitter Sweet Symphony
- Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Miley Cyrus
Midnight Sky
- Plastic Hearts.
- RCA.
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Album of the Week
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Erasure
Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)
- The Neon.
- Mute.
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Gabrielle
Rise
- Gabrielle - Rise.
- Go Beat.
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The Kingdom Choir
Real Love
- (CD Single).
- InterTalent Recordings.
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Rupert Holmes
Him
- (Single).
- MCA.
- 54.
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Tracks of My Years
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Eurythmics
Would I Lie To You?
- Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
- RCA.
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The Yardbirds
Train Kept A Rollin' - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Session 00/12/1965
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Taylor Swift
cardigan
- folklore.
- TS/Republic.
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Culture Club
It's A Miracle
- Culture Club - Greatest Moments.
- Virgin.
Broadcast
- Wed 19 Aug 2020 09:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2