Alice Cooper: A Change For The Better

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A Change for the Better In the span of a lifetime a person is introduced to thousands of new faces and stories, if it is a stranger on the streets or in a magazine, the choice a person is faced with is deciding what role you will allow them to play in their life. In my life I have discovered numerous people that have made a difference, but as I look back the one that stands out the most is Alice Cooper. I discovered him through music, but it wasn’t his enticing lyrics that caught my attention, instead it was the story he had to tell. In his songs he recites his lyrics with passion and laces each line with emotion as he recalls his torturing life. In all 41 songs he tells a different story from his life, and he does not do so lightly,

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