Hell yeah. That one was…not bad. Certainly the best ballad of that era. I can get behind all three singles from that album. Some nice pop sheen on everything. Better than all their minor key chanty songs they did on other albums to sound tough.WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 7:06pmHe gave it a B. I'm going to have to really disagree on that. D+ at best.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 5:43pmHoy sacrificed a decent chunk of his brain and GI tract reviewing it: viewtopic.php?p=640051#p640051WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 4:36pmhttps://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-reason-to-live/
For Heston.
Answer to the question posed in the article: because the song is a hot pile of dog crap.
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Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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The power ballad was definitely the go to for many 70's dinosaurs in the 80's. Some just did it better than others.matedog wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 7:18pmHell yeah. That one was…not bad. Certainly the best ballad of that era. I can get behind all three singles from that album. Some nice pop sheen on everything. Better than all their minor key chanty songs they did on other albums to sound tough.WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 7:06pmHe gave it a B. I'm going to have to really disagree on that. D+ at best.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 5:43pmHoy sacrificed a decent chunk of his brain and GI tract reviewing it: viewtopic.php?p=640051#p640051WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 4:36pmhttps://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-reason-to-live/
For Heston.
Answer to the question posed in the article: because the song is a hot pile of dog crap.
I've always been a sucker for there ones:
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Yeah, I'll say those are marginally better. Reason to Live is still way better than "Forever."WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 8:25pmThe power ballad was definitely the go to for many 70's dinosaurs in the 80's. Some just did it better than others.matedog wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 7:18pmHell yeah. That one was…not bad. Certainly the best ballad of that era. I can get behind all three singles from that album. Some nice pop sheen on everything. Better than all their minor key chanty songs they did on other albums to sound tough.WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 7:06pmHe gave it a B. I'm going to have to really disagree on that. D+ at best.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 5:43pmHoy sacrificed a decent chunk of his brain and GI tract reviewing it: viewtopic.php?p=640051#p640051WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 4:36pmhttps://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-reason-to-live/
For Heston.
Answer to the question posed in the article: because the song is a hot pile of dog crap.
I've always been a sucker for there ones:
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Doing more of a deep dive into PiL with Levene's passing and holy hell this drumbeat is so offkilter:
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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The song is very unsettling because everything seems out of sync with each other.
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The article is full of shit. The song never reached #4 in the UK at all, it made #33. It is fucking dire, and as I've always said, make up years and GGRARTY only for me.WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 4:36pmhttps://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-reason-to-live/
For Heston.
Answer to the question posed in the article: because the song is a hot pile of dog crap.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Sounds like it's jumping. Fucking awful too.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Not everything has to sound like Robbie Williams …
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I thought you were into "Crazy Crazy Nights," or is that like Wolt/Shandi?Heston wrote: ↑14 Nov 2022, 12:27pmThe article is full of shit. The song never reached #4 in the UK at all, it made #33. It is fucking dire, and as I've always said, make up years and GGRARTY only for me.WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 4:36pmhttps://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-reason-to-live/
For Heston.
Answer to the question posed in the article: because the song is a hot pile of dog crap.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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He loves all KISS. He just wants to pretend he's discriminating in his tastes, but, c'mon, he's full-on psycho circus.matedog wrote: ↑14 Nov 2022, 2:35pmI thought you were into "Crazy Crazy Nights," or is that like Wolt/Shandi?Heston wrote: ↑14 Nov 2022, 12:27pmThe article is full of shit. The song never reached #4 in the UK at all, it made #33. It is fucking dire, and as I've always said, make up years and GGRARTY only for me.WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 4:36pmhttps://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-reason-to-live/
For Heston.
Answer to the question posed in the article: because the song is a hot pile of dog crap.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Major contender for my favorite track on that album.
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"Four Enclosed Walls"—that drum pattern just imprints itself on the brain.
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Crazy Nights is quite fun, I must admit. Not sure how it was a monster hit over here but did zilch over there.matedog wrote: ↑14 Nov 2022, 2:35pmI thought you were into "Crazy Crazy Nights," or is that like Wolt/Shandi?Heston wrote: ↑14 Nov 2022, 12:27pmThe article is full of shit. The song never reached #4 in the UK at all, it made #33. It is fucking dire, and as I've always said, make up years and GGRARTY only for me.WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 4:36pmhttps://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-reason-to-live/
For Heston.
Answer to the question posed in the article: because the song is a hot pile of dog crap.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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"Banging the Door" for me.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
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