Kiss! Hah.
This does shred in places, legitimately gets that meedlie-meedlie-meedlie-meedlie! thing cranking. And there's a fist pumping energy to it, sure. But what's exciting for a few songs inevitably degenerates into samey ham-fisted heavy-metal riffage.
Also, wow, does that crowd noise sound fake. Coupled with the specter of some controversy regarding what, on the disc, was actually recorded live, makes this sound more like an annoying studio album a lot of the time.
Stage banter highlights include:
"I got this feeling tonight's gonna be one of those hot nights!"
"I wanna know...how many people over here... ... ... ... like to party!? ...all right."
and, totally non-consecutively:
"I wanna know! How many people here like to take a taste of alcohol!? ...all right."
Charisma. There's dumb rock and roll and there's dumb rock and roll, and this is both.
Not to mention, most of the songs are about women: half about how they're deceitful destroyers, half of how they Got to Choose, Got Nothin' to Lose, and should C'mon and Love Me, all couched in this vague threatening slime.
If Kiss was a guy, he would be a total bro pickup artist / borderline date rapist. Pass.
2.5/5
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