Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:22pmI'm not exactly proud of myself, but, nah, I'm okayish with "Lick It Up" as a dumb hard rock song (for the same reason I kinda like Ratt's "Round and Round"; it's stupid as fuck but it's enjoyably stupid as fuck). The video is appalling, but then KISS are appalling. Goes with the territory.revbob wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:16pmIm just now noticing your positive comments about Lick it Up. ? This is probably the most troubling comment Ive ever come across on this board. More troubling than this videoDr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 7:31pmTwo to four songs makes me generous? You are the Russian Olympic judge!
The KISS thread
Re: The KISS thread
Re: The KISS thread
Um per my scientific analysis last year, “Lick It Up” is a relative midtier single from 1984-1991.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:22pmI'm not exactly proud of myself, but, nah, I'm okayish with "Lick It Up" as a dumb hard rock song (for the same reason I kinda like Ratt's "Round and Round"; it's stupid as fuck but it's enjoyably stupid as fuck). The video is appalling, but then KISS are appalling. Goes with the territory.revbob wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:16pmIm just now noticing your positive comments about Lick it Up. ? This is probably the most troubling comment Ive ever come across on this board. More troubling than this videoDr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 7:31pmTwo to four songs makes me generous? You are the Russian Olympic judge!
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.
Re: The KISS thread
Id say this is generous too but then tou being you...matedog wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 9:55pmUm per my scientific analysis last year, “Lick It Up” is a relative midtier single from 1984-1991.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:22pmI'm not exactly proud of myself, but, nah, I'm okayish with "Lick It Up" as a dumb hard rock song (for the same reason I kinda like Ratt's "Round and Round"; it's stupid as fuck but it's enjoyably stupid as fuck). The video is appalling, but then KISS are appalling. Goes with the territory.revbob wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:16pmIm just now noticing your positive comments about Lick it Up. ? This is probably the most troubling comment Ive ever come across on this board. More troubling than this videoDr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 7:31pmTwo to four songs makes me generous? You are the Russian Olympic judge!
Re: The KISS thread
This would be analogous to finding out that I was a Phil Collins/Phish/royalty fan that hated Black Sabbath and only drank IPAs.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:22pmI'm not exactly proud of myself, but, nah, I'm okayish with "Lick It Up" as a dumb hard rock song (for the same reason I kinda like Ratt's "Round and Round"; it's stupid as fuck but it's enjoyably stupid as fuck). The video is appalling, but then KISS are appalling. Goes with the territory.revbob wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:16pmIm just now noticing your positive comments about Lick it Up. ? This is probably the most troubling comment Ive ever come across on this board. More troubling than this videoDr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 7:31pmTwo to four songs makes me generous? You are the Russian Olympic judge!
This is going to keep me up tonight.
And to be clear if that would come to pass kill me, kill me if only one of those things comes true.
- Heston
- God of Thunder...and Rock 'n Roll
- Posts: 38356
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 4:07pm
- Location: North of Watford Junction
Re: The KISS thread
Ridiculous to put Lick It up above stuff like Shout It Out Loud, Flaming Youth, Black Diamond and Let Me Know.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115977
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: The KISS thread
Nah, it's akin to you hearing a Phil Collins or Genesis song and thinking, "Sure, I suppose." I mean, the word "okayish" I used isn't exactly a full-throated expression of support. For dumb hard rock, it's fine. If I had to list my favourite 5000 songs, maybe it squeaks in?revbob wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 10:09pmThis would be analogous to finding out that I was a Phil Collins/Phish/royalty fan that hated Black Sabbath and only drank IPAs.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:22pmI'm not exactly proud of myself, but, nah, I'm okayish with "Lick It Up" as a dumb hard rock song (for the same reason I kinda like Ratt's "Round and Round"; it's stupid as fuck but it's enjoyably stupid as fuck). The video is appalling, but then KISS are appalling. Goes with the territory.revbob wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:16pmIm just now noticing your positive comments about Lick it Up. ? This is probably the most troubling comment Ive ever come across on this board. More troubling than this videoDr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 7:31pmTwo to four songs makes me generous? You are the Russian Olympic judge!
This is going to keep me up tonight.
And to be clear if that would come to pass kill me, kill me if only one of those things comes true.
"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
Re: The KISS thread
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑30 Mar 2023, 6:32amNah, it's akin to you hearing a Phil Collins or Genesis song and thinking, "Sure, I suppose." I mean, the word "okayish" I used isn't exactly a full-throated expression of support. For dumb hard rock, it's fine. If I had to list my favourite 5000 songs, maybe it squeaks in?revbob wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 10:09pmThis would be analogous to finding out that I was a Phil Collins/Phish/royalty fan that hated Black Sabbath and only drank IPAs.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:22pmI'm not exactly proud of myself, but, nah, I'm okayish with "Lick It Up" as a dumb hard rock song (for the same reason I kinda like Ratt's "Round and Round"; it's stupid as fuck but it's enjoyably stupid as fuck). The video is appalling, but then KISS are appalling. Goes with the territory.revbob wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:16pmIm just now noticing your positive comments about Lick it Up. ? This is probably the most troubling comment Ive ever come across on this board. More troubling than this videoDr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 7:31pm
Two to four songs makes me generous? You are the Russian Olympic judge!
This is going to keep me up tonight.
And to be clear if that would come to pass kill me, kill me if only one of those things comes true.
Okayish for phl collins or genesis? Not likely. Ive never listened to every Genesis song but it would likely have to be an instrumental or some other person singing for me to not hate it. My phone contains about 5000 songs, I would rather listen to any of them over KISS or the previously mentioned musical atrocities.
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115977
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: The KISS thread
It's an analogy. You said it'd be like revealing yourself to be a Phil Collins fan; I'm saying, no, it's like finding a Phil Collins song and thinking, "Meh, that's alright, I guess." I don't think me saying "Lick It Up" is okayish as inane 80s hard rock makes me a KISS fan by any stretch. It's like when a friend of mine interviewed Jello Biafra and I had him ask Jello what song he liked that was pretty embarrassing. Jello said, "I kinda like Glenn Frey's 'The Heat Is On.'" I don't think that makes Jello an Eagles fan.revbob wrote: ↑30 Mar 2023, 7:34amDr. Medulla wrote: ↑30 Mar 2023, 6:32amNah, it's akin to you hearing a Phil Collins or Genesis song and thinking, "Sure, I suppose." I mean, the word "okayish" I used isn't exactly a full-throated expression of support. For dumb hard rock, it's fine. If I had to list my favourite 5000 songs, maybe it squeaks in?revbob wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 10:09pmThis would be analogous to finding out that I was a Phil Collins/Phish/royalty fan that hated Black Sabbath and only drank IPAs.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:22pmI'm not exactly proud of myself, but, nah, I'm okayish with "Lick It Up" as a dumb hard rock song (for the same reason I kinda like Ratt's "Round and Round"; it's stupid as fuck but it's enjoyably stupid as fuck). The video is appalling, but then KISS are appalling. Goes with the territory.
This is going to keep me up tonight.
And to be clear if that would come to pass kill me, kill me if only one of those things comes true.
Okayish for phl collins or genesis? Not likely. Ive never listened to every Genesis song but it would likely have to be an instrumental or some other person singing for me to not hate it. My phone contains about 5000 songs, I would rather listen to any of them over KISS or the previously mentioned musical atrocities.
"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
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115977
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: The KISS thread
Meanwhile, apparently Ace has evidence that Paul and Gene were on the grassy knoll or faked the moon landing or something: https://bravewords.com/news/ace-frehley ... -some-dirt
But I did like this True KISS™ perspective:
But I did like this True KISS™ perspective:
Personally I don't give a shit as long as I'm getting paid by them.
"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
Re: The KISS thread
I did use the "relative" qualifier.revbob wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 10:05pmId say this is generous too but then tou being you...matedog wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 9:55pmUm per my scientific analysis last year, “Lick It Up” is a relative midtier single from 1984-1991.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:22pmI'm not exactly proud of myself, but, nah, I'm okayish with "Lick It Up" as a dumb hard rock song (for the same reason I kinda like Ratt's "Round and Round"; it's stupid as fuck but it's enjoyably stupid as fuck). The video is appalling, but then KISS are appalling. Goes with the territory.revbob wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 8:16pmIm just now noticing your positive comments about Lick it Up. ? This is probably the most troubling comment Ive ever come across on this board. More troubling than this videoDr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 7:31pm
Two to four songs makes me generous? You are the Russian Olympic judge!
Here was my final list of the song reviews (I rated the vids separately, but LIU was also midtier there too):
Song:
B All Hell's Breakin' Loose
B Heaven's On Fire
B Turn On the Night
B Crazy Crazy Nights
B Reason to Live
B Rise to It
C+ Lick It Up
C+ Who Wants to Be Lonely
C+ Uh! All Night
C+ Let's Put the X in Sex
C+ Hide Your Heart
C Forever
C You Make Me Rock Hard
D+ Tears are Falling
D Thrills in the Night
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.
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115977
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: The KISS thread
Some moments to report from my KISS lecture (rather, the top 3 quiz at the end) …
• The first two guesses got R&RAN and DRC, so that took care of that.
• But I asked them to keep guessing to see if anyone would get "Strutter." Everything that people said I just snorted exaggeratedly.
• One person guessed "Black Diamond," to which I said only if it's by The Replacements.
• Another was "Heaven's On Fire," to which I said the only tolerable makeupless song was "Lick It Up," and I heard one guy say to another, "That's a good one."
Good times, good times …
• The first two guesses got R&RAN and DRC, so that took care of that.
• But I asked them to keep guessing to see if anyone would get "Strutter." Everything that people said I just snorted exaggeratedly.
• One person guessed "Black Diamond," to which I said only if it's by The Replacements.
• Another was "Heaven's On Fire," to which I said the only tolerable makeupless song was "Lick It Up," and I heard one guy say to another, "That's a good one."
Good times, good times …
"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
Re: The KISS thread
The Heaven's On Fire guess was correct.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 Mar 2023, 3:26pmSome moments to report from my KISS lecture (rather, the top 3 quiz at the end) …
• The first two guesses got R&RAN and DRC, so that took care of that.
• But I asked them to keep guessing to see if anyone would get "Strutter." Everything that people said I just snorted exaggeratedly.
• One person guessed "Black Diamond," to which I said only if it's by The Replacements.
• Another was "Heaven's On Fire," to which I said the only tolerable makeupless song was "Lick It Up," and I heard one guy say to another, "That's a good one."
Good times, good times …
*taps list in previous post*
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.
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115977
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: The KISS thread
*Checks own, superior notes* Nope.matedog wrote: ↑31 Mar 2023, 3:32pmThe Heaven's On Fire guess was correct.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 Mar 2023, 3:26pmSome moments to report from my KISS lecture (rather, the top 3 quiz at the end) …
• The first two guesses got R&RAN and DRC, so that took care of that.
• But I asked them to keep guessing to see if anyone would get "Strutter." Everything that people said I just snorted exaggeratedly.
• One person guessed "Black Diamond," to which I said only if it's by The Replacements.
• Another was "Heaven's On Fire," to which I said the only tolerable makeupless song was "Lick It Up," and I heard one guy say to another, "That's a good one."
Good times, good times …
*taps list in previous post*
"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
Re: The KISS thread
Both sings suck a smelly hobo cock but Hoy is the less horrible in this case.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 Mar 2023, 3:41pm*Checks own, superior notes* Nope.matedog wrote: ↑31 Mar 2023, 3:32pmThe Heaven's On Fire guess was correct.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 Mar 2023, 3:26pmSome moments to report from my KISS lecture (rather, the top 3 quiz at the end) …
• The first two guesses got R&RAN and DRC, so that took care of that.
• But I asked them to keep guessing to see if anyone would get "Strutter." Everything that people said I just snorted exaggeratedly.
• One person guessed "Black Diamond," to which I said only if it's by The Replacements.
• Another was "Heaven's On Fire," to which I said the only tolerable makeupless song was "Lick It Up," and I heard one guy say to another, "That's a good one."
Good times, good times …
*taps list in previous post*
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115977
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: The KISS thread
Let it be noted that revbob has expressed a preference for "Heaven's On Fire."revbob wrote: ↑31 Mar 2023, 5:35pmBoth sings suck a smelly hobo cock but Hoy is the less horrible in this case.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 Mar 2023, 3:41pm*Checks own, superior notes* Nope.matedog wrote: ↑31 Mar 2023, 3:32pmThe Heaven's On Fire guess was correct.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 Mar 2023, 3:26pmSome moments to report from my KISS lecture (rather, the top 3 quiz at the end) …
• The first two guesses got R&RAN and DRC, so that took care of that.
• But I asked them to keep guessing to see if anyone would get "Strutter." Everything that people said I just snorted exaggeratedly.
• One person guessed "Black Diamond," to which I said only if it's by The Replacements.
• Another was "Heaven's On Fire," to which I said the only tolerable makeupless song was "Lick It Up," and I heard one guy say to another, "That's a good one."
Good times, good times …
*taps list in previous post*
"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