KISS: An Album-by-Album Critical Reevaluation

[mcphee from the forum]

look at this sad thing

[buffcoat]

look at this sad thing

There's only two more to go... I guess I've been holding off because it will be sad when I finish.

But I will start working on it, now that there's been one offhand comment about it.

[buffcoat]

Ace Frehley review coming sometime in 2011.

[pierre]

Wow.

[Alex_from_the_woods]

Gene Simmons: "It was like landing on Planet KISS.......(looks directly at the camera) which incidentally we own as a trademark."


Oh, Gene, you scamp

[buffcoat]

I can't wait until I write it!

[Sarah]

This might as well go here:  A friend of mine who works for the TSA just called me all a-twitter because she'd just encountered Gene Simmons, whom she adores, for reasons even she doesn't understand.  She said she was so excited to see him all she could say was, "Oh my god."  To that, Shannon Tweed, through whose bags my friend was rummaging, said, "Honey, the first time I met him, that's what I said."  At that, GS quipped, "And you still say it from time to time."  He then did a little jig as he moved toward the gate.

Fin

[buffcoat]

This might as well go here:  A friend of mine who works for the TSA just called me all a-twitter because she'd just encountered Gene Simmons, whom she adores, for reasons even she doesn't understand.  She said she was so excited to see him all she could say was, "Oh my god."  To that, Shannon Tweed, through whose bags my friend was rummaging, said, "Honey, the first time I met him, that's what I said."  At that, GS quipped, "And you still say it from time to time."  He then did a little jig as he moved toward the gate.

Fin

I would have enjoyed the little jig very much.  The question about Gene Simmons is, if he took off the wig, kept his tongue in his mouth and left off his girdle, do you think he'd stand out from the other rich senior citizens in Florida or Southern California?

Mick Jagger would still be Mick Jagger.

[Sarah]

For my friend, it was the voice that identified him. 

[dave from knoxville]

For my friend, it was the voice that identified him.

Yes! I understand he looks like Tim Conway.

[Sarah]

I specifically asked about his hair, which she said was impressively helmetlike.  I was hoping she made the obvious joke about handling his family jewels, but she didn't perform his body search so it didn't occur to her.

[buffcoat]

Not a happy, KISS-loving board: http://www.kissawol.com/Forum/index.php?topic=7924.0

[Spalding]

Not a happy, KISS-loving board: http://www.kissawol.com/Forum/index.php?topic=7924.0

Holy Smokes. It's nice to find out that I probably can't even qualify for a Kiss-ologist license, not being as deep as that crew. Glad to find out Peter's next solo LP will feature the track "Hard Knock Rockers," although the board members are pining for a jazz trio album from him.

[ChrisRawk]

I'm trying to figure out who would round out Peter Criss' jazz trio.

Also he covered 'Send in the Clowns' on his last record.  Yep.

[Rick in Salt Lake]

I'm trying to figure out who would round out Peter Criss' jazz trio.

Clerly one of the former Old Skull "kids" could lend a hand-- at least when they're not lending their talents to Spyro Gyra...