Author Topic: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation  (Read 137246 times)

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #210 on: August 25, 2009, 02:03:21 PM »
What KISS fans are you referring to, Auntie?

Sorry, I meant "fans".




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Though I unabashedly and unironically like that Ace Frehley Dunkin' Donuts commercial.


In fact, the second biggest effect of this whole writing odyssey has been my newfound appreciation for Ace Frehley the person and Ace Frehley the guitarist.
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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #211 on: August 25, 2009, 05:52:16 PM »
Did youse KISS fans hear about the special show they're doing at Cobo arena in Detroit before it gets torn down?

If the entire tour was them doing ]Alive! in its entirety like at Cobo, I would almost consider driving to a nearby tour stop to see it. But I know i'd be aggravated with Eric Singer's need to "improve" on the drum fills during the "Cold Gin" intro.

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #212 on: August 25, 2009, 08:21:48 PM »
I heard some guy on a message board say that Peter Criss and Ace Frehley will be there.














Me.  On this message board.  Just now.  In this post.
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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #213 on: August 26, 2009, 10:01:22 PM »
#14 - Unmasked

CODA:  This is it for the studio albums, people.  I’m thinking of doing the solos one album at a time.  A Peter Criss song came up on my iPod this week and Jesus it was as bad as I remembered.  I’m looking forward to that.


Yes!

Please!

Do this!

And what was the tracklist on that tape? Do you remember?

Amiright?, I did some digging and found the tracklist to the KISS mixtape (I also put the track durations on the index card I kept with the tape):

Tape 1 Side A:

1.  Black Diamond (5:11) - KISS
2.  Firehouse (3:48) - KISS
3.  Goin' Blind (3:34) - Hotter than Hell
4.  Let Me Go, Rock and Roll (2:16) - Alive! (because I liked this version better)
5.  Rock Bottom (3:55) - Dressed to Kill
6.  Getaway (2:45) - Dressed to Kill (questionable choice, here)
7.  100,000 Years (11:52) - Alive!  (I must have been into drum solos and stage banter.  Of course I was!)
8.  Parasite (3:21) - Alive!
9.  Detroit Rock City (5:30) - Destroyer
10. King of the Nighttime World (3:15) - Destroyer
11. Beth (2:20) - Destroyer (cuts off)

Tape 1 Side B:

12.  Calling Dr. Love (3:41) - Rock and Roll Over
13.  Mr. Speed (3:18) - Rock and Roll Over
14.  Love Gun (3:27) - Love Gun
15.  I Stole Your Love (3:04) - Love Gun
16.  Christine Sixteen (2:45) - Alive II
17.  Shock Me (4:30) - Alive II
18.  Strutter '78 (3:41) - Double Platinum (quite the completist!)
19.  Hard Luck Woman (3:24) - Double Platinum
20.  Tossin' and Turnin' (3:58) - Peter Criss (only one song from each solo)
21.  New York Groove (3:01) - Ace Frehley
22.  See You In Your Dreams (2:48) - Gene Simmons
23.  Tonight You Belong to Me (4:39) - Paul Stanley
24.  Sure Know Something (3:59) - Dynasty


Tape 2 Side A: (I listened to this one much, much less)

25.  I Was Made for Lovin' You (4:29) - Dynasty
26.  Is That You (3:55) - Unmasked (only one song from Unmasked)
27.  A World Without Heroes (2:40) - Music from the Elder
28.  I (3:52) - Music from the Elder
29.  Creatures of the Night (4:01) - Creatures of the Night
30.  War Machine (4:21) - Creatures of the Night
31.  Cold Gin (4:21)  (here I started putting a few songs on that I felt had been left out because of the format)
32.  Shout it Out Loud (2:30)


Tape 2 Side B:
33.  Rock and Roll All Nite (3:37)
34.  Lick It Up (3:59) - Lick It Up
35.  Heaven's On Fire (3:18) - Animalize (the first KISS LP I owned)
36.  Thrills in the Night (4:18) - Animalize
37.  Tears are Falling (3:55) - Asylum
38.  Who Wants to Be Lonely (4:01) - Asylum
39.  Deuce (3:32)
40.  Hotter than Hell (3:11) (more overlooked songs to fill out the tape)

The next song, covered with white-out because the tape ran out, would have been "Ladies Room."


Fin.
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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #214 on: August 27, 2009, 06:25:39 PM »
Very disappointed in you, amiright?  .


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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #215 on: August 28, 2009, 09:44:14 AM »
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Tape 2 Side B:
33.  Rock and Roll All Nite (3:37)
34.  Lick It Up (3:59) - Lick It Up
35.  Heaven's On Fire (3:18) - Animalize (the first KISS LP I owned)
36.  Thrills in the Night (4:18) - Animalize
37.  Tears are Falling (3:55) - Asylum
38.  Who Wants to Be Lonely (4:01) - Asylum
39.  Deuce (3:32)
40.  Hotter than Hell (3:11) (more overlooked songs to fill out the tape)


It's pretty telling on their mid-80s decline that even the young Buffcoat (who climbed on board during that time) couldn't put together even one side of a tape of "hits" from that era without including some filler.

Were you also a fan of the mid-career slumping AC/DC during that time? I had a co-worker who was into this period of KISS records, but also brought to work his tapes of Angus and Co's least essentials: Fly on the Wall and Flick of the Switch.

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #216 on: August 28, 2009, 10:01:54 AM »
Very disappointed in you, amiright?  .




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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #217 on: August 28, 2009, 10:23:32 AM »
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Tape 2 Side B:
33.  Rock and Roll All Nite (3:37)
34.  Lick It Up (3:59) - Lick It Up
35.  Heaven's On Fire (3:18) - Animalize (the first KISS LP I owned)
36.  Thrills in the Night (4:18) - Animalize
37.  Tears are Falling (3:55) - Asylum
38.  Who Wants to Be Lonely (4:01) - Asylum
39.  Deuce (3:32)
40.  Hotter than Hell (3:11) (more overlooked songs to fill out the tape)


It's pretty telling on their mid-80s decline that even the young Buffcoat (who climbed on board during that time) couldn't put together even one side of a tape of "hits" from that era without including some filler.

Were you also a fan of the mid-career slumping AC/DC during that time? I had a co-worker who was into this period of KISS records, but also brought to work his tapes of Angus and Co's least essentials: Fly on the Wall and Flick of the Switch.


Yes, I was an AC/DC fan at that time, but I only bought Back in Black and For Those About to Rock (We Salute You).  I had not yet discovered the joys of Bon Scott's lyrics.

Mid period AC/DC sucked to me even then - it just all sounded the same, like pale retreads. 

I did see them in concert at Reynolds Coliseum - they rocked.  Cinderella opened!
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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #218 on: August 28, 2009, 04:24:39 PM »
Very disappointed in you, amiright?  .




Sorry!  I haven't checked general discussion in a while!

Thank you for this - I'm putting together the tracklist on my ipod TONIGHT!

Maybe I should give your tapes a Critical Reevaluation...

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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #219 on: August 28, 2009, 04:26:41 PM »
Very disappointed in you, amiright?  .




Sorry!  I haven't checked general discussion in a while!

Thank you for this - I'm putting together the tracklist on my ipod TONIGHT!

Maybe I should give your tapes a Critical Reevaluation...


I was just kidding... mostly.

My 12-year old self would have been afraid of Critical Reevaluation, but Today Me says sure!
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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #220 on: September 07, 2009, 05:41:52 PM »
I am sure that this amazing thread was responsible for a short audio-only dream I had this morning, which consisted of just a single sentence:

"A camera pan across the crowd during the band's performance of their hit ballad "Forever" clearly shows two males sharing sniffs off a bottle of amyl nitrate if slowed down"

I think it may have been in the voice of the Behind The Music guy, describing a live concert DVD.


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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #221 on: September 07, 2009, 06:08:21 PM »
I am sure that this amazing thread was responsible for a short audio-only dream I had this morning, which consisted of just a single sentence:

"A camera pan across the crowd during the band's performance of their hit ballad "Forever" clearly shows two males sharing sniffs off a bottle of amyl nitrate if slowed down"

I think it may have been in the voice of the Behind The Music guy, describing a live concert DVD.




Awesome. 

Peter Criss' dream, for one, has always been to inspire creativity of this type.  I don't talk about Gene's dreams.  Ace just dreams of being Ace Frehley, then wakes up and goes, "Cool."  Paul dreams of Paul.


If you all haven't downloaded "People Let Me Get This Off My Chest," I must recommend it AGAIN.  I heard Track 29 on iPod random and was frightened by the parallels with late-period Jim Jones.




He was really ON that night in Richmond, apparently.
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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #222 on: September 12, 2009, 03:37:37 PM »
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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #223 on: September 12, 2009, 07:33:04 PM »
McPhee, I had a wedding to go to this weekend, but I do have half of the Paul Stanley review done - up (relatively) soon.
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Re: KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation
« Reply #224 on: September 13, 2009, 08:00:14 PM »
buffcoat, I'm loving your reviews.  They're really great reads. 

Can't wait for the Paul review!
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