We're All Clones

About three weeks ago, I was radio surfing on my way to pick up one of my kids from one of their evening engagements. Thee was nothing interesting on the local radio so I went to WRIF in Detroit. They normally have something good playing. Although their morning show is awful. Those two are morons but I digress. The song that was playing was very catchy and it sounded vaguely familiar. Finally, Alice Cooper did his famous growling vocal intonation and I recognized the song as "Clone" from his 1980 album Flush the Fashion.

This was basically the end of the Alice Cooper era. He had been very successful during the 70's with his painted face and his shocking lyrics. He had settled from his early 70 metal into more soft and mellow songs. 1980 represented his forray into the New Wave of music. Alice the chameleon of rock and roll had changed his styles to what was current on the music scene but he missed this train by a few years. The Cars and Devo had already mined that vein and either moved on or broke up.

Clones is a catchy tune. It is very synthesized with New Wave keyboarding and heavy bass. The vocals are typical Alice with their witty observations and growly intonation. It was put out at a time when the word clone had some shock value to it. People were afraid of waking up and finding an exact duplicate replacing them. One that had no free will and would basically be a slave. So much for scare tactics. Check out the lyrics.

I'm a clone
I know it and I'm fine
I'm one and more are on the way
I'm two, doctor
Three's on the line
He'll take incubation another day

I'm all alone, so are we all
We're all clones
All are one and one are all
All are one and one are all

We destroyed the government
We're destroying time
No more problems on the way
I'm through doctor
We don't need your kind
The other ones
Ugly ones
Stupid boys
Wrong ones

I'm all alone, so are we all
We're all clones
All are one and one are all
All are one and one are all

Six is having problems
Adjusting to his clone status
Have to put him on a shelf
All day long we hear him crying so loud
I just wanna be myself
I just wanna be myself
I just wanna be myself
Be myself, Be myself

I'm all alone, so are we all
We destroyed the government
We're destroyed time
No more problems on the way
I'm through doctor
We don't need your kind
The other ones
Ugly ones
Stupid boys
Wrong ones

I'm all alone, so are we all
We're all clones
All are one and one are all
All are one and one are all
I'm all alone, so are we all
We're all clones
All are one and one are all
All are one and one are all

I love to stroll down memory lane. Of course, I went right to ebay and bought the CD. I know I could have bought it on line and not paid the extra cost but I have not gotten that savvy yet. I'll continue to do it old school.

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Cobb