Legendary shock rock vocalist is not just a guess: he was friends with Lennon to the point where the two participated in a drinking group together
You Beatles They announced the end in 1970, but it was something that seemed to have been defined since the previous year. There were so many internal conflicts — especially among creative leaders John Lennon and Paul McCartney — that the situation seemed irremediable.
And the group never met again. Lennon He ended up tragically murdered in 1980, which forever prevented any return. McCartney and he, however, reconciled at some point in the 1970s. That said, could they have gotten back together if John hadn’t you left so soon?
For Alice Cooper, Yes. The legendary vocalist addressed the issue in an interview with American radio QFM96 (via Blabbermouth). And this is not just a fan’s guess, since he was friends with Lennon since the late 1960s — the two were part of a drinking group called Hollywood Vampires — and maintained its link with McCartney.
“You Beatles absolutely would have come back. Here’s the big thing about them. Back when they hated each other and were breaking up, if anyone from them vampires — our drinking club — said something bad about Paul, John I would punch that person. Because he was his best friend. If someone said anything bad about John for Paul, Paul it wouldn’t come to blows because it wasn’t his style, but he would leave the room; he would just leave. Because you’re not allowed to talk about someone else’s best friend.”
As the feeling between the two never ended, Cooper thinks that, at some point, they would have understood each other and worked together again. A turn of Beatles, Of course, it would also involve a “green light” from George Harrison and Ringo Starr, but having the band’s two leaders in common agreement already means a lot for a possible recovery.
Another point highlighted by Alice is that, in the 1970s, Lennon and McCartney They wanted to give their careers new directions. The hiatus was necessary.
“They were best friends no matter what was going on in the whole thing. One went one way and the other went the other. I think that John wanted to address a more political and Paul I didn’t like it very much. John I was always trying to get myself into politics, and I said: ‘John, you are trying to save the world. I’m just trying to entertain people.’”
Alice Cooper, John Lennon and Paul McCartney
The aforementioned Hollywood Vampires drinking club — which in the 2010s became a band led by Alice Cooper, Joe Perry (Aerosmith) and Johnny Depp — existed in the 1970s. Cooperan inveterate alcoholic at the time, was the leader of the club, which brought together several stars.
The fixed members were Alice, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon (The Who), Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) and Harry Nilsson. They used to meet at The Speakeasy and Tramps bar in London, England, and Rainbow Bar and Grill in Los Angeles, United States. There were also “special appearances” by names like John Lennon, Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) and Iggy Pop (The Stooges), who joined their friends whenever possible to socialize.
In case of Cooperhis drinking went too far, to the point where he had to go to rehab in the 1980s. Since then, the singer has remained sober.
As already mentioned, decades later, Hollywood Vampires became a band. His first album, self-titled and released in 2015, featured several special guests. One of them was himself Paul McCartney, that appeared in the retelling of “Come And Get It”, a composition signed by himself Beatles and originally released by Badfinger in 1970.
In a 2018 interview with Ultimate Classic Rock (via the Igor Miranda website), Cooper praised the talent of McCartney to the point of saying that the Beatles They would never be giants without him.
“He is not just a Beatleshe is the’ Beatles. John and I drank together and everything, but he’s the guy who was most tied to music. I think if Paul McCartney wasn’t in us Beatles,John I would be in a bar band forever. Paul likes to play a lot. When he comes in and sits down at the piano, he says, ‘OK, Alice, sing the middle part, I’ll sing the other part and you can double on that.’ And I think, ‘What?’ (laughter). I’m singing with PaulMcCartney, how crazy is that? He’s the musician I respect most of all.”
Source: Rollingstone

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