In Early December, I hooked up once again with Joey Suto of Rock Show Critique. The topic this time was KISS, and it has been so long since I talked about that band. My channel rarely features my favourite band. It’s hard to find interested parties. I was happy to do this show with Joey. I think it’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. Funny thing – after Ace passed, another channel did a Kiss song list, but it was top Kiss songs from the Ace albums. I let them know that I was peeved that I wasn’t asked to participate. “Who’s the biggest Kiss fan you know?” So I pledged to do a better show. With Joey, we did exactly that!
Not everybody is into videos, so for those who still enjoy the written word, here is my list: One song for every studio album, plus one song to represent the many extra tunes that Kiss have in their discography! Enjoy the list!
- KISS – Black Diamond
- HOTTER THAN HELL – Got to Choose
- DRESSED TO KILL – C’Mon and Love Me
- DESTROYER – God of Thunder
- ROCK AND ROLL OVER – Mr. Speed
- LOVE GUN – I Stole Your Love
- PETER CRISS – I Can’t Stop the Rain
- ACE FREHLEY – Rip It Out
- GENE SIMMONS – Mr. Make Believe
- PAUL STANLEY – Tonight You Belong to Me
- DYNASTY – Sure Know Something
- UNMASKED – Torpedo Girl
- MUSIC FROM THE ELDER – The Oath
- CREATURES OF THE NIGHT – Creatures of the Night
- LICK IT UP – A Million to One
- ANIMALIZE – Thrills in the Night
- ASYLUM – Secretly Cruel
- CRAZY NIGHTS – Turn On the Night
- HOT IN THE SHADE – Rise to It
- REVENGE – Spit
- CARNIVAL OF SOULS – Hate
- PSYCHO CIRCUS – Journey of 1000 Years
- SONIC BOOM – Say Yeah
- MONSTER – All For the Love of Rock and Roll
- EXTRA SONGS – Nowhere to Run (Kiss Killers)
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Cool list.
Happy to see tracks like Mr Speed, Million To One and Rise To It on a KISS list along with Nowhere To Run
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All my picks! I don’t think Joey picked any of those!
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I think for Psycho Circus I’d pick I Pledge Alligiance to the State of Rock N Roll
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In the video, that is the one that I called “the most cliche song title that Paul ever wrote.” LOL
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Agreed, but the drum beat is propulsive and fun
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Oh, man. This is a fun exercise. I’d have to think on this! The one off the top of my head is “Parasite” from Hotter Than Hell. Thrashing greatness.
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Parasite remains one of the GREATEST early KISS songs!
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Okay, I think we are in agreement on a lot of those songs. On Unmasked, I really love Naked City myself, but Torpedo Girl is pretty great. Glad to see A Million to One on Lick it Up, one of my all time favorite Kiss songs. Great list Mike!!
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Thanks Johnny! A Million To One has been the favourite since childhood! Bob Schipper picked that song back in ’85… 40 years ago!
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Great minds think alike.
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Bob was the greatest mind. Man I miss those days. Getting a Kiss album for the first time and picking favourite songs. When I got my final Kiss album (Rock and Roll Over, around 1987) I knew it would be the last time we could go back and do that. New Kiss albums were not the same. Bob didn’t like Crazy Nights or the albums that followed.
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This is clear “Easy as it Seems” slander :)
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I quite like that song!
But it appears more people respond to written lists than video lists.
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There are different audiences for different mediums. I do love a good video, but this was quick and easy to digest.
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Agreed. Maybe for some of the future list shows, I should always track the lists and do followup written posts.
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mostly lines up with my thoughts, although for Unmasked I may choose, Talk to Me or Is That You? over Torpedo Girl.
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Either could have made my list. But Torpedo Girl has that funky bassline and the crazy lyrics! I tried to avoid covers, so that disqualified Is That You?
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Thanks for this, Mike. I watched the show too, but it’s nice to have it here in case one wants to make it into a playlist oneself. Henry.
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