Creating your own “Worst Of Kiss” album is a fun concept. I could certainly come up with some variations on that theme! In this Contrarians episode, Marco and Bret each picked five songs for their Lazy Nights: The Worst of Kiss compilation. Marco did one side, Bret the other. And Bret is right that you could pick all Gene songs! But that wouldn’t make for a real Kiss compilation.
Marco and I have some disagreements here. I’m more in tune with Bret. See what you think!
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I think I could make a box set.
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I could probably make a double. But not a box set. To do that, you’d have to be a BNL fan or something.
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I’m OK with that.
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I know you are! That’s why I’m screaming in my head right now. You can’t see it but I am. LOL
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lol, I’m just teasin’! We all enjoy different things.
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You REALLY enjoy different things! LOL
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Oh, I don’t think so. Kiss is just one of those bands that has never connected with me. Hardly enough to label me as a contrarian, lol
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Well, contrarian to me. I think we are a dyad in the Force, perhaps. I’m the light side obviously while you are Adam Driver.
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Ick, no. I’m watching old Star Trek reruns while waiting for a new season of Orville to start, thanks. lol
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I’ve been watching the Trek movies on Netflix with VPN. I think I have access to almost all of them that way.
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Cool. Sarah and I watched them during the Christmas holiday on Blu-ray/DVD. That Genesis arc is still the greatest thing ever.
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As long as you don’t include Trek 5 as part of it.
Watching Trek 5, I noticed a couple interesting shots that Shatner came up with, but it really seems like someone’s directorial debut that’s for sure.
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Oh, I don’t. Genesis is 2-4. Shatner was out of his element, for sure.
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I can understand why they had to let him do it. And I believe he truly did the best he could with the budget at hand. But he was no Nimoy or Nick Meyer.
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The core of the idea Shatner had, to make a statement about TV evangelists, was great. Just sloppy execution all around.
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Although that’s in there with Sybok and his followers, I don’t think the message translated to the screen. Although there’s really no explanation given for how Bones managed to retain his free will, other than he’s one of the core 3 cast members and had to remain with Kirk and Spock. LOL.
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Yeah, like I said. Terrible execution.
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Swing and a miss.
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I will say the novelisation, as they often were back then, was vastly superior to the movie. Things were explained in a much more logical detailed way. I don’t recall if there were rock men in the novel but I do know the God planet was completely different. The motives of the characters were fleshed out far better especially Sybok.
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I never read it but that sounds interesting.
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If you find the old books kicking around a garage sale for 10 cents, consider it a cheap summer read.
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I have most of the novels downloaded onto my PC. I’m sure it is on there. Just need to move it onto my Kobo.
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I had no idea they were available that way but makes sense. I also have the James Blish adaptations of the TV series episodes
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Yep, I have those too. Their listed under “Bantam episodes”.
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As a kid at the lake with no cable or VCR, those Blish were as close to Star Trek as I could get and I loved them. Warm memories. I had a few of the old Gold Key comics from the early 70s, those were a mixed bag.
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I would read them at the cottage too. I’d pick the thickest ones I could find, more bang for my buck. They were usually the non-numbered ones. Enterprise: The First Adventure and Strangers from the Sky are the ones I remember most. I had to read them a few times or it was nothing, lol. Strangers from the Sky was all about humans making first contact with Vulcans. Then “First Contact” came out, making all non-canon. Thanks Picard, lol
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I had both of those! Also The Lost Years.
I remember reviewing a couple for English class. Lol
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Oh by the way I don’t know if you saw but I ordered a Japanese copy of ZZ Top Rhythmeen. It was the cheapest of the Japanese CDs available so I figured “Why not”?
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Cool. What is the extra song on it?
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“Isn’t Love Amazing”. I ordered 4 CDs from the seller in Japan I like, including 2 Scorpions and 1 Maiden.
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Oh yeah, I had that on a rarites CD I made back in the napster/limewire days. Not a bad track.
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Awesome. Looking forward to it. Who knows if I’ll ever “get them all” but when I’m looking to fill a shopping cart to justify shipping from Japan, there are always ZZ Top options out there.
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It would be nice if they put all the extra tracks and what not on a boxset like AC/DC had. Just don’t make it too expensive, lol
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Probably issues with multiple record labels I assume? Maybe not.
But yes I agree fully, even just a regular compilation with this material would be fine by me.
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Could be. Or they just don’t care, lol
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Tell us how you really feel Kev! lol
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lol, peace and love! Peace and love!
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bahaha
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That would be fun. I could come up with a compilation easily.
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We should both come up with ideas and post them on the same day?
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I know one song I’ll have that you won’t…can you guess it?
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I’m with Bret on this.
Genes songs don’t do it for me and his biggest song was written by Paul Stanley and his other one big one was written by Brian Adams and Jim Vallance.
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I surely don’t know enough about them to even attempt such a thing.
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I bet you could!
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I’d have to go back and listen again. It’s been a while since I played any KISS!
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