MikeL , WE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, BUT , FROM THE AGE OF 9 or 10 , I heard KISS emanating from my Brothers' rooms (Tho' NEVER on the radio.) , and it was cool to them , so , it had to be cool to me. We all went and saw them in 1976 , about a month shy of my 12th birthday , and it was a great time , but, in a couple of years , they were LESS than uncool.
Bob Seger opened for Kiss , when he was on the verge of not rockin', but , still doing what he wanted , for the moment...... Listen to "Live Bullet" , then listen to "Kiss Alive II" , and you'll see why Seger got kicked off the KISS tour . BECAUSE HE WAS BLOWING THEM OFF THE STAGE ! But soon, it was lame ballads , "Against TheWind' , "We Got Tonight", "Beautiful Loser" , ETC. , TO SAY NOTHING OF HIS WEAK LATER ROCKERS. "OLD TIME ROCK'N'ROLL" , "FIRE DOWN BELOW" , "WATCH HER STRUT", ETC. THIS was the man who gave us "Heavy Music" , "East Side Story" , "Get Out of Denver" , "Ramblin' ,Gamblin' Man", etc. ?
MikeL said:
I still have a soft spot for KISS. You have to keep in mind that I was in elementary school during their 70s heyday, and I loved their Marvel Comics image. They were the first band that I ever got into.
Now that I'm a little older and wiser, I can easily understand why so many people hated them so much musically. At their absolute best, they were just below mediocre. They had a few moments of genius, but that was it.
Still, I love watching live clips of them on youtube, because they were fun, if nothing else.
Johnny Bean said:
1. Seasons in the sun - Terry Jacks
2. Ive never been to me ?
3. The birdie song ?
4. Everything by Phil Collins
5. Everything by Madonna
6. Slayer, Death Metal all other soulless testosterone cocksucker horseshit
7. GG Allen - so bad he falls off the bottom end of this list
8. Al Jarreau
9. Neil Sedaka (im old enough to have been annoyed by my parent playing his "music")
10. Kiss
but the worst song in the histoy of the world is Streets Of Love by The Rolling Stones, its so bad that I fall into a coma wet my pants and then cant stop laughing for at least half an hour.