Adding to the list of things Weird Al Yankovic and Alice Cooper have in common, is they were my daughter’s first two major concerts. There is something amazingly magical about getting to share seeing an act with my child that I have been a fan of since I was her age. The Weird Al show we saw two years ago was amazingly fun, but lacked some important elements to make it a real rock concert.
It was much more of a light hearted atmosphere.
It was a much more sedate crowd.
The volume of the music wasn’t such that the base line could rattle fillings.
Therefore Alice Cooper’s “Raise the Dead” tour got the distinction of her first true Rock Concert. I’d call it a heavy metal concert, but Alice predates Heavy Metal by well over a decade, because he’s that awesome.
A warning: I’m going to overuse the word “awesome” even more than I usually do. Considering he performed an awesome rock stage show before I was born, and continues to be awesome today, this over use is completely justified.
