Alice Babs & The Swe-Danes - Alice Babs & The Swe-Danes

Advantages: Very readable, interesting, absorbing
Disadvantages: Probably a fake

...GO ASK ALICE First published: 1971 Author: Anonymous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Go Ask Alice" was published in 1971, in the wake of a whole generation of American and British youths being caught up in the largely hippie drug culture....a drug culture which was somewhat different in mood, intent and practice, to that which exists amongst the young now in the 21st century. Parents on both sides of the Atlantic dashed out in their droves to buy this book, in the hope that their teenage offspring would read it and see the light, change their ways, and become fine, good and upstanding young citizens. For a spell in the early 1980s during the Thatcher regime, "Go Ask Alice" was removed from print in the UK, as it was believed the book gave the wrong message to the young, the philosophy behind the ban being... Read review

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Advantages: Great music, dares to be different
Disadvantages: Some stuff may be a little shocking

...My sister is obsessed with Alice Cooper and having spent so much time at my house over the last year she has roped me in too and I have to admit to thinking he is pretty amazing. I couldn't decide which of his albums to tell you about so I figured why not just review the man himself. A bit of background first. Alice was born Vincent Furnier in detroit in 1948. In the 60's he formed a band which was called "The earwigs". They changed their name to "The Spiders" and then "The Nazz". They then learned that there was another band of the same name and so they changed their name a final time and stuck with "Alice Cooper". Aparently there was no particular reason for this name, Vincent just happened to like it. The band released several albums and were rather successful until they split in the early seventies and Vincent began his... Read review

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Advantages: long shelf life, will put you through wide range of emotions
Disadvantages: Nothing else to explore after this discovery

...Alice always said she wasn?t a person with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) who could sing, She was a singer who just happened to have Cystic Fibrosis. So I am going to try not to dwell this point too much until I have told you about her music. No promises though, since it is a subject close to my heart. Alice?s songs were special for a number of reasons, she couldn?t have just got up at a karaoke night and sang the latest Britney Spears number, Her songs were written so she could breathe when she needed to, an important factor when you have considerably less lung capacity than most people. But they are mainly special simply because her voice is shatteringly amazing. Now much I would like to think that everybody with CF has wonderful singing voices, as my boyfriend will testify, we don?t. But when you spend so much time coughing you do tend to... Read review

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