Yes, for sure one of my favorites. I can’t recall if it was Beyond the Lighted Stage where I first learned about how Kiss would relentlessly tease Rush about Xanadu and specifically the “I will dine on honeydew” lyric. But I always loved that story. Especially as it was the era of them dressed in flowing kimonos.
I was supposed to see Primus play A
Farewell to Kings in 2020 and I had great seats. unfortunately, when it was eventually rescheduled, I couldn’t go, so that was a bummer. and yes, the video you shared from The Charismatic Voice is so great.
I think Ged talked in his autobiography about how he and Gene bonded over being weird Jewish kids who somehow lucked into being rockstars. Both are children of Holocaust survivors, so they probably had a lot of personality traits in common.
Kiss is far weirder musically then they are given credit for, imho. "Hotter Than Hell" is really weird. "Parasite" into "Goin Blind", weird. To my ears, even their catchy songs are weird. They took the stutter stop riffing of Free to a strange place.
Didn't realize it was a Coleridge poem. I actually think I prefer "Xanadu" to "...Kings". Weirder and lengthen but pretty much as catchy. At least to a certain type: Me
Yes, for sure one of my favorites. I can’t recall if it was Beyond the Lighted Stage where I first learned about how Kiss would relentlessly tease Rush about Xanadu and specifically the “I will dine on honeydew” lyric. But I always loved that story. Especially as it was the era of them dressed in flowing kimonos.
I was supposed to see Primus play A
Farewell to Kings in 2020 and I had great seats. unfortunately, when it was eventually rescheduled, I couldn’t go, so that was a bummer. and yes, the video you shared from The Charismatic Voice is so great.
The pairing of Rush and Kiss always seemed an odd match to me, but I’m glad they got along.
I think Ged talked in his autobiography about how he and Gene bonded over being weird Jewish kids who somehow lucked into being rockstars. Both are children of Holocaust survivors, so they probably had a lot of personality traits in common.
Kiss is far weirder musically then they are given credit for, imho. "Hotter Than Hell" is really weird. "Parasite" into "Goin Blind", weird. To my ears, even their catchy songs are weird. They took the stutter stop riffing of Free to a strange place.
Oh and I forgot to mention their own (failed) concept album. It's better than it gets credit for. But its also not exactly great.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5n3lkp6zBWg
I had no idea KISS had a concept album!!! That's amazing, thanks for sharing
Didn't realize it was a Coleridge poem. I actually think I prefer "Xanadu" to "...Kings". Weirder and lengthen but pretty much as catchy. At least to a certain type: Me
Totally valid. The whole album is a gem!