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Great video Mike. KISS is my favorite band and Ace is the reason I started playing guitar. One thing that really made me gravitate towards him as a kid was his enigmatic personality since he never really talked. That was something that really made me feel this sense of similarity since i was a quiet kid. But then when i heard “Shock Me” for the first time, i was Shocked (pun intended) because it was the first time i ever heard his voice. It’s sad that Ace and Peter weren’t there for the last show but I’m really looking forward to Ace’s new solo album. I can’t wait for more videos in this new series!
Rock and Roll Over is my favorite KISS LP from that era but Love Gun shines because we finally get a song being sung by Ace! My "Best" to "Least Favorite" are 1. Shock Me 2. I Stole Your Love 3. Love Gun 4. Tomorrow and Tonight 5. Plaster Caster 6. Christine Sixteen 7. Hooligan 8. Almost Human 9. I Got Love For Sale 10. Then She Kissed Me. Unfortunately I think Paul, Gene and Ace held material back that could of made Love Gun so much better for their "Solo" LPs. Imagine "It's Alright" , "Radioactive" and "Rip It Out" all being on the Love Gun LP!
I love this idea for a series! I'm also a fan of Peter Criss' vocals. I'm honestly not super duper familiar with this album, but my ranking would be: 10. And Then She Kissed Me 9: Got Love For Sale 8: Plaster Caster 7: Hooligan 6: Almost Human 5: Tomorrow and Tonight 4: Christine Sixteen 3: Love Gun 2: I Stole Your Love 1: Shock Me
My favorite live KISS shows are the ones where they open with I Stole Your Love. Perfect encapsulation of what the band is: a great riff paired with Paul's vocals and a cool solo.
I think during Kiss Meets the Phantom movie they open with I Stole Your Love at the end of the movie during the band's Magic Mountain concert. The filming is kinda cool because the cameras and sound are on stage and you hear all the explosions as the band would and not the audience. It just sounds different. th-cam.com/video/_6o1ehmrosQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=G17ZhWmct5rArFz7
I absolutely LOVE this video Mike! I can't wait to hear your rankings on my favorite KISS album Rock And Roll Over (or actually any album you choose for that matter) 😅
An absolute pleasure to watch and listen to you extract your favorite parts of this epic piece of Rock history and no doubt an album that influenced thousands of musicians world wide. I experienced Kiss in 1974 on "midnight special" and "don Kirchner's rock concert". Then Live at New York Cities Madison Square Garden in 1977. Undoubtedly at their tightest performances ever😊
10. Plaster Caster 9. Got Love for Sale 8. Then She Kissed Me 7. Hooligan 6. Tomorrow and Tonight 5. Christine Sixteen 4. Almost Human 3. Love Gun 2. Shock Me 1. I Stole Your Love
10. Then She Kissed Me 9. Tomorrow And Tonight 8. Hooligan 7. Almost Human 6. Plaster Caster 5. Christine Sixteen 4. Love Gun 3. Got Love For Sale 2. Shock Me 1. I Stole Your Love Great video, looking forward to more of them.
Glad you picked my favorite band to start this series! You make me hear things I wasn't really aware of before. Love Gun is the best track, IMO. Thought it was a much simpler song but now I know better. Great video! Love when you add funny comments from your life. Makes the video entertaining, not just educational.
I love this album. Here is my song order best to worst 1. I Stole Your Love 2. Shock Me 3. Love Gun 4. Plaster Caster 5. Almost Human 6. Got Love for Sale 7. Hooligan 8. Christine Sixteen 9. Tomorrow and Tonight 10. Then She Kissed Me
Im glad you put Christine Sixteen lower than Mike did. That song is awful. I find it funny that Winger gets hated on for Seventeen but Kiss, in spite of literally writing about WANTING TO DATE A 16 YEAR OLD, are still beloved today.
Love this idea and love that you picked Love Gun as the first album to do it. Love Gun was the first album I ever bought with my own money. I was 7 in 1977 when I got it and it’s still my favorite KISS album. You pretty much nailed the top 4 on the album for me….Love Gun and I Stole Your Love are 1 and 1A for me. Fun.
Thoroughly enjoyable video, hope you keep doing more KISS albums in this format! Also, Hooligan definitely does not get enough love, but Almost Human is also a personal favourite of mine. It perfectly encapsulates Gene's wild persona imo
I saw KISS 17 times in all. In 1976-77 my neighbor had KISS Alive and that was my first taste. My first KISS album was Alive II when it was first released, and then I got Hotter Than Hell followed by Love Gun shortly after. Like you I had totally different tastes back then. I wouldn't listen to Hooligan or Then She Kissed Me. This is my current preference in order. I Stole Your Love, Almost Human, Shock Me, Love Gun, Got Love for Sale, Plaster Caster, Hooligan, Tomorrow and Tonight, Christine Sixteen, Then She(Walks by Moonlight) Kissed Me. I too saw KISS on the Hot in the Shade tour and was really happy to hear I Stole Your Love and I want You. My first KISS show was the 1979 Dynasty tour, my Last KISS show was 2009 Monster tour.
Always thought that Tomorrow and Tonight was a great little song and a fun solo to play. Deseves a little more love. Please do Rock and Roll Over next!
Huge KISS fan here as well. And Love Gun is probably my favorite studio album of theirs (ALIVE & ALIVE II eclipsing any of their studio stuff though). Anyway here’s my order. 1) Love Gun 2) Shock Me 3) I Stole Your Love 4) Christine Sixteen 5) Tomorrow and Tonight 6) Plaster Caster 7) Hooligan 8) Almost Human 9) Got Love for Sale 10) Then She Kissed Me
You must do more of these videos. I'm a lifelong KISS fan and Ace is what made me learn guitar.Everyone shakes their head about Then She Kissed Me.I heard it was something the record label made them do
This is not my favorite Kiss album but here's my ranking.... Great video idea. Kiss is definitely one of my all time favorites. 10. Then She Kissed Me 9. Christine Sixteen 8. Almost Human 7. Love Gun 6. Hooligan 5. Plaster Caster 4. Got Love For Sale 3. Shock Me 2. Tomorrow and Tonight 1. I Stole Your Love
Then She Kissed Me Plaster Caster Hooligan Got Love For Sale Almost Human Tomorrow & Tonight Christine Sixteen I Stole Your Love Shock Me Love Gun Fan since I was '76...didn't get to see them live until the Creatures tour. Love Ace Frehley so I hated to put Shock Me 2nd, but you gotta give credit where credit's due, Love Gun is a great song. Christine Sixteen may be cringy today, but it's a good song and when you actually were in your teens it made total sense.
This series is going to be fire. For the next one, I think you should do something from the late 80's MTV metal era (Skid Row, Winger, White Lion, etc.) since you're one of the few guitar TH-camrs who produce good content about MTV metal (I refuse to call it "hair metal" LOL). Or you could just go through all the Kiss albums. BTW, I know I'm in the minority, but I dig "Then She Kissed Me". And speaking of "I Stole Your Love", that's also the song first song Kiss plays when they appear for the first time in the greatest movie ever made (Kiss Meets The Phantom of the Park).
I just saw KISS’s last show at Madison Square Garden over the weekend on pay-per-view and it was really good, I’ve been a super avid fan but I do love a lot of their songs and my band played Cold Gin at one of our gigs and got to open for a local KISS tribute band (Destroyer) at our very next gigs since two of the guys from that band caught the latter half of our set and invited us to play with them at their next show
I remember reading an interview with Ace is a very old issue of Creem magazine talking about the recording of Shock Me. He said he recorded the vocals lying down because he was really nervous and laying down made him feel more relaxed. The interviewer then jokingly asked him if they were going to bring a mattress out on stage for him. He then said " nah, once I've got lying down, I'll get it standing up!"...CLASSIC ACE!!!
I am pretty shocked, your ranking was spot on compared to mine. I wrote em down before you got into your list and 1 for 1 nailed it. I almost swapped 1 and 2 as "I Stole Your Love" is up there on my all time Kiss list. I did notice something though. I, apparently, am a MUCH bigger Paul Stanley fan than I am a Gene Simmons fan, lol.
1. Love gun 2. Shock me 3. I stole your love 4. Plaster caster 5. Almost human 6. Hooligan 7. Tomorrow and tonight 8. Christine sixteen 9. Then she kissed me 10. Got love for sale
10. Then she kissed me 9. Christen 16 8. Tommorow and tonight 7. Hooligan 6. Plaster caster 5. Shock me 4. Got love for sale 3. Almost human 2. Love gun 1. I stole your love
Ace is why I picked up the guitar. Paul said that "Tomorrow and Tonight" was a rehash (his word) of "Rock and Roll All Night" and not anywhere near as good. It was the "Plaster Caster Sisters". One would keep the guy's, um, attention, and the other held the mold in place. "Christine Sixteen" would get you canceled today, but Gene also wrote it from the point of a guy in his late 80s or early 90s (not that anyone knows that from the lyrics) so the guy had zero chance.
For me, "...And then she Kissed me" is kind of a headscratcher. Although, "Almost Human" is actually one of my faves and arguably the heaviest song on the album but overall, "Shock Me" is my #1.
1. I Stole Your Love 2. Shock Me 3. Love Gun 4. Hooligan 5. Got Love For Sale 6. Tomorrow and Tonight 7. Almost Human 8. Christine Sixteen 9. Then She Kissed Me 10. Plaster Caster
10 Then She Kissed Me 9 Hooligan 8 Tomorrow and Tonight 7 Plaster Caster 6 Christine Sixteen 5 Got Love For Sale 4 Shock Me 3 Almost Human 2 I Stole Your Love 1 Love Gun
If you want to know how concussions and being electrocuted a couple of times has affected someone's brain in their life over a long period of time, sit down and have a talk with me. Lol. And by the way I play and sing and teach music for a living. It's pretty much been a big help actually.
PAUL played the bass track on Love Gun! Eddie Van Halen came up with the solo on Christine 16, Ace just copied it! Oddly enough, even tho we knew Then She Kissed Me was an old 60s cover, most of us Aussies back in the 70s & 80s still LOVED how KISS turned Ron Spector schlock into a 1/2 decent rock song!
The Love Gun solo is one of my favorite guitar pieces ever. Something about it is just so powerful. Listen to it from the "Smashes, Thrashes, and Hits" album where they take the vocals out so you can hear it better. And fun fact, if you listen to The Donnas (super underrated band btw) song "Not the One" you can hear the same part on her solo. Not sure it's intentional but she has cited Ace as an influence so it's possible.
My List: KISS LOVE GUN SONGS 1. I Stole Your Love 2. Love Gun 3. Plaster Caster 4. Christine Sixteen 5. Tomorrow and Tonight 6. Shock Me 7. Hooligan 8. Got Love For Sale 9. Almost Human 10. Then She Kissed Me
Love Gun was actually the 1st album I bought with my own money as a kid, much to my parents' chagrin when they saw the album cover. Personal favorite on this album was I Stole Your Love, but the whole album is great.
This was fun man …cheers! I got this when I was 11 on cassette for Christmas in 79…it was my 4th kiss album and I loved the rawer sound. Personally I’d give it an 8 as I reckon Gene was in top form here….plus Ace really started to shine with his vocals …the order ….1. I stole your love 2. Shock me 3. Almost human 4. Christine sixteen 5. Plaster Caster 6 . Love Gun 8. Got love for sale 9. Hooligan 10. When she kissed me
Love Gun was the first rock album I ever bought in 1978. It was on cassette but I played it to death then I bought the record album as the cover art of a cassette was nothing. I ogled the cover art and remember the inner sleeve with KISS written in blood. There was also a pop out "Love Gun" toy gun. My fave heavy songs were I Stole Your Love and Love Gun. But the best solo is clearly Ace's Shock Me. The best party song Tomorrow and Tonight. Like you, I could not understand Christine Sixteen but it is Gene's best song on the album.
Great album.... but I'd rank them like this: 10: Hooligan 9: Then She Kissed Me 8: Christine Sixteen 7: Tomorrow and Tonight 6: Got Love For Sale 5: Plaster Caster 4: Almost Human 3: I Stole Your Love 2: Love Gun 1: Shock Me
The Hot In The Shade tour was my first big show, too. Slaughter & Winger were the openers for me…Kiss & Reb Beach in my first show…not bad!!! I love Faster Pussycat too, tough.
Shock Me and I stole your love above all, with Christine and Hooligan second. I wore those out on the LP. Plaster third - the rest way down the list. Great idea on this video. Can’t wait for Rock’ Roll over and Destroyer.
Hot in the Shade concert was my actual first concert!!! I will never forgot that. It was storming bad and Paul was giving hell to everyone stuck out in the rain lol. If I remember correctly too, he was trashing NKOTB between songs lol
Maybe my favorite KI⚡️⚡️record! My very KOOL mom took 3 months to create the Paul Stanley costume on this cover for my Halloween costume. Like you Mike I had no idea about all the innuendo’s and my mom never led on either. Also I remember joining the Kiss army so early on that all the photos of each member were in black and white. Great series as well!
Of note, Paul played the 'Love Gun' bassline, not Gene. 10. Hooligan 9. Got Love For Sale 8. And Then She Kissed Me 7. Tomorrow and Tonight 6. Christine Sixteen 5. Plaster Caster 4. Shock Me 3. Love Gun 2. Almost Human 1. I Stole Your Love
I'm from Sweden and my first album was Animalize by KISS. I didn't know a lot of English so I had to ask my parents what the songs meant in Swedish. I still remember the look on my mum's face when I asked her about "Burn Bitch Burn"...:)
This is really hard because i#10 is the only dud. 10 The She Kissed Me 9 Got Love For sale 8 Tomorrow And Tonight 7 Love Gun (this song would be higher if the chorus wasn’t over top the guitar solo at the end) 6 Plaster Caster 5 Hooligan 4 Christine Sixteen 3 Almost Human (love the sound of this song) 2 I Stole You Love 1 Shock Me
I agree with your ranking, although I would move Almost Hunan up a notch or 2. Guess it all depends on your mood when listening. For some reason KISS is polarizing, it seems you either love them or hate them. Hopefully the haters can't deny the influence they had on other guitarists and bands. (Mike G : ), Dime, Shiftlett, McCready, John 5, and on). Maybe it was Ace that was the major influence, but he was a part of KISS.
This is one of the first KISS records I ever heard as a little kid that I rented from the library that I wore out. I Stole Your Love is such a great song and they actually played it live during their reunion tour for some shows, which was great. Good list. I have my #1 and #2 the same. IMO, you have Almost Human far too low and Hooligan way too high. Gene's vocals are just great in Almost Human. Thanks for pointing out that Buckcherry borrowed Shock Me. I never noticed that until you pointed it out - and it's totally obvious.
Imo very unique sound and production for the time! Hard to find something that sounds like it from the 70s. Love that kiss had their own sound and didn't follow the trendy grawly Ted Nugent, AC/DC type psychadelic hard rock sound of the 70s. Not saying there's necesarily anything wrong with that sound. 1. I Stole Your Love 2. Love Gun 3. Plaster Caster 4. Christine Sixteen 5. Tomoorow and Tonight 6. Got Love For Sale 7. Shock Me 8. Almost Human 9. Hooligan 10. Then She Kissed Me Also would appreciate these types of videos but longer and more in depth. Do more Kiss or other classic rock and metal!
I never really thought about listing these songs like this, but aside from Buck Cherry clearly using Shock me, I can almost guarantee that Black Sabbath was influenced by Love gun when they wrote Heaven and Hell. The wrif is so similar, but played slower.
Damn - I haven't listened to this album in a looong time. I was a HUGE Kiss fan up until Lick It Up and by then I was getting into stuff like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Black Sabbath and all that. Now I listen to Kiss and realize how heavily they were influenced by Chuck Berry! Seriously, Kiss is Chuck Berry with heavier guitars. Now that I'm an old fart I realize that's the key to Kiss' distinctive sound. Anyway, my favorite Kiss albums are Hotter Than Hell, Destroyer, and Rock And Roll Over.
Fun new video concept, I need more. And I love to hear you talk about KISS and Metallica. We hade the same kind of start in music it seems, as favorite bands growing up. KISS first and then Metallica. Only that I found out about KISS in 1996 at 4 years old ;) And have been a fan since and seen them twice, just last year actually.
Oh yes, Love Gun. One of my favorite KISS album's. I'm sorry I haven't been commenting or watching streams, I have been really busy but I can't try to catch up soon!
Always thought they messed with tape speed or eddie used a deck in need of service ,i know some bands did this for effect back then and no pro tools either just tape splicing and retracking multi tracks so errors more common then when people were partying more .Could you cover some hotter than hell cuts sometime? Thanks.
Fun video. Christine Sixteen was super fun when I was a young teen. When I got older and realized it was written by adults, not so much. Also, I grew up in a church so KISS was off limits since, you know.. they were Knights In Satans Service... I had to steal tapes from the church library and have kids at school copy albums on them, for me..
You're on the right track with the girls, just got the wrong person! A few years ago, I went to a KISS Con and had a chance to speak to Ken Kelly, the artist who painted the Love Gun album art. He said he needed to fill the bottom of the cover with more, so he added the girls. They all look alike because they're all his wife!
Awesome video! I also thought those chickypoos were all a bunch of Paul Stanleys. I also had finicky taste at age 7, especially with Kiss. I also questioned Christine Sixteen. For me it was running around kindergarten in 1978 telling all the girls to meet me in the ladies from. I also thought the same thing with tomorrow and tonight in relation to The brady Bunch. We're definitely brothers from another mother!
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Mike - this is a great idea for a series. Would even take a more in depth analysis and more musical parts. Excellent video!!
Thanks. Kinda weird to have every album ever at my fingertips. This is gonna be a long series. Hehe.
Love Gun, and Destroyer, are probably my favorite KISS albums. They're definitely my favorite costumes. RIP Eric Carr.
Great video Mike. KISS is my favorite band and Ace is the reason I started playing guitar. One thing that really made me gravitate towards him as a kid was his enigmatic personality since he never really talked. That was something that really made me feel this sense of similarity since i was a quiet kid. But then when i heard “Shock Me” for the first time, i was Shocked (pun intended) because it was the first time i ever heard his voice. It’s sad that Ace and Peter weren’t there for the last show but I’m really looking forward to Ace’s new solo album. I can’t wait for more videos in this new series!
Awesome comment❤
Rock and Roll Over is my favorite KISS LP from that era but Love Gun shines because we finally get a song being sung by Ace! My "Best" to "Least Favorite" are 1. Shock Me 2. I Stole Your Love 3. Love Gun 4. Tomorrow and Tonight 5. Plaster Caster 6. Christine Sixteen 7. Hooligan 8. Almost Human 9. I Got Love For Sale 10. Then She Kissed Me. Unfortunately I think Paul, Gene and Ace held material back that could of made Love Gun so much better for their "Solo" LPs. Imagine "It's Alright" , "Radioactive" and "Rip It Out" all being on the Love Gun LP!
I love this idea for a series! I'm also a fan of Peter Criss' vocals. I'm honestly not super duper familiar with this album, but my ranking would be:
10. And Then She Kissed Me
9: Got Love For Sale
8: Plaster Caster
7: Hooligan
6: Almost Human
5: Tomorrow and Tonight
4: Christine Sixteen
3: Love Gun
2: I Stole Your Love
1: Shock Me
totally agree with this one
Your list is awesome but I would have to place Plaster Caster much higher...one of my favourites😊
My favorite live KISS shows are the ones where they open with I Stole Your Love. Perfect encapsulation of what the band is: a great riff paired with Paul's vocals and a cool solo.
I think during Kiss Meets the Phantom movie they open with I Stole Your Love at the end of the movie during the band's Magic Mountain concert. The filming is kinda cool because the cameras and sound are on stage and you hear all the explosions as the band would and not the audience. It just sounds different.
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I absolutely LOVE this video Mike! I can't wait to hear your rankings on my favorite KISS album Rock And Roll Over (or actually any album you choose for that matter) 😅
An absolute pleasure to watch and listen to you extract your favorite parts of this epic piece of Rock history and no doubt an album that influenced thousands of musicians world wide. I experienced Kiss in 1974 on "midnight special" and "don Kirchner's rock concert".
Then Live at New York Cities Madison Square Garden in 1977.
Undoubtedly at their tightest performances ever😊
10. Plaster Caster
9. Got Love for Sale
8. Then She Kissed Me
7. Hooligan
6. Tomorrow and Tonight
5. Christine Sixteen
4. Almost Human
3. Love Gun
2. Shock Me
1. I Stole Your Love
10. Then She Kissed Me
9. Tomorrow And Tonight
8. Hooligan
7. Almost Human
6. Plaster Caster
5. Christine Sixteen
4. Love Gun
3. Got Love For Sale
2. Shock Me
1. I Stole Your Love
Great video, looking forward to more of them.
Glad you picked my favorite band to start this series! You make me hear things I wasn't really aware of before. Love Gun is the best track, IMO. Thought it was a much simpler song but now I know better. Great video! Love when you add funny comments from your life. Makes the video entertaining, not just educational.
I love this album. Here is my song order best to worst
1. I Stole Your Love
2. Shock Me
3. Love Gun
4. Plaster Caster
5. Almost Human
6. Got Love for Sale
7. Hooligan
8. Christine Sixteen
9. Tomorrow and Tonight
10. Then She Kissed Me
Im glad you put Christine Sixteen lower than Mike did. That song is awful. I find it funny that Winger gets hated on for Seventeen but Kiss, in spite of literally writing about WANTING TO DATE A 16 YEAR OLD, are still beloved today.
Alright, now that we have Love Gun out of the way, I need your definitive ranking for Music from the Elder lol
Love this idea and love that you picked Love Gun as the first album to do it. Love Gun was the first album I ever bought with my own money. I was 7 in 1977 when I got it and it’s still my favorite KISS album. You pretty much nailed the top 4 on the album for me….Love Gun and I Stole Your Love are 1 and 1A for me. Fun.
Thoroughly enjoyable video, hope you keep doing more KISS albums in this format!
Also, Hooligan definitely does not get enough love, but Almost Human is also a personal favourite of mine. It perfectly encapsulates Gene's wild persona imo
It would be awesome if you did a video on how to play Love Gun, particularly the solo.
Kiss had a great career, now it was their last show!
Maybe
Love this! 🤘🏻🔥 I knew a KISS video was coming 😁
I saw KISS 17 times in all. In 1976-77 my neighbor had KISS Alive and that was my first taste. My first KISS album was Alive II when it was first released, and then I got Hotter Than Hell followed by Love Gun shortly after. Like you I had totally different tastes back then. I wouldn't listen to Hooligan or Then She Kissed Me. This is my current preference in order. I Stole Your Love, Almost Human, Shock Me, Love Gun, Got Love for Sale, Plaster Caster, Hooligan, Tomorrow and Tonight, Christine Sixteen, Then She(Walks by Moonlight) Kissed Me. I too saw KISS on the Hot in the Shade tour and was really happy to hear I Stole Your Love and I want You. My first KISS show was the 1979 Dynasty tour, my Last KISS show was 2009 Monster tour.
Good video, like the format. Top 3 of the album : 1-I Stole Your Love, 2-Love Gun, 3-Almost Human
I’m a guitarist but I love the Love Gun bass line - so catchy and cool
Always thought that Tomorrow and Tonight was a great little song and a fun solo to play. Deseves a little more love. Please do Rock and Roll Over next!
Sounds LIKE Paul wrote it back in the 1960s!
Huge KISS fan here as well. And Love Gun is probably my favorite studio album of theirs (ALIVE & ALIVE II eclipsing any of their studio stuff though). Anyway here’s my order.
1) Love Gun
2) Shock Me
3) I Stole Your Love
4) Christine Sixteen
5) Tomorrow and Tonight
6) Plaster Caster
7) Hooligan
8) Almost Human
9) Got Love for Sale
10) Then She Kissed Me
You must do more of these videos. I'm a lifelong KISS fan and Ace is what made me learn guitar.Everyone shakes their head about Then She Kissed Me.I heard it was something the record label made them do
This is not my favorite Kiss album but here's my ranking.... Great video idea. Kiss is definitely one of my all time favorites.
10. Then She Kissed Me
9. Christine Sixteen
8. Almost Human
7. Love Gun
6. Hooligan
5. Plaster Caster
4. Got Love For Sale
3. Shock Me
2. Tomorrow and Tonight
1. I Stole Your Love
Great video! I would put Almost Human higher on the list. I feel that's a highly underrated song.
Then She Kissed Me
Plaster Caster
Hooligan
Got Love For Sale
Almost Human
Tomorrow & Tonight
Christine Sixteen
I Stole Your Love
Shock Me
Love Gun
Fan since I was '76...didn't get to see them live until the Creatures tour. Love Ace Frehley so I hated to put Shock Me 2nd, but you gotta give credit where credit's due, Love Gun is a great song. Christine Sixteen may be cringy today, but it's a good song and when you actually were in your teens it made total sense.
11:51 Paul Stanley played bass on that track
Amazing video!
This would be mine
1. Plaster
2. Shock me
3. Love gun
4. I stole
5. Christine
6. Almost
7. Tat
8. Glfs
9. Hooligan
10. Tskm
🤘😎 BRO!!! Love Gun taught me “triplets” too! You’re the first person besides me that I’ve ever heard say that!
Hi Mike, just saw your "Let me Know" video, instant sub. Great observations!
This series is going to be fire. For the next one, I think you should do something from the late 80's MTV metal era (Skid Row, Winger, White Lion, etc.) since you're one of the few guitar TH-camrs who produce good content about MTV metal (I refuse to call it "hair metal" LOL). Or you could just go through all the Kiss albums. BTW, I know I'm in the minority, but I dig "Then She Kissed Me". And speaking of "I Stole Your Love", that's also the song first song Kiss plays when they appear for the first time in the greatest movie ever made (Kiss Meets The Phantom of the Park).
I just saw KISS’s last show at Madison Square Garden over the weekend on pay-per-view and it was really good, I’ve been a super avid fan but I do love a lot of their songs and my band played Cold Gin at one of our gigs and got to open for a local KISS tribute band (Destroyer) at our very next gigs since two of the guys from that band caught the latter half of our set and invited us to play with them at their next show
I remember reading an interview with Ace is a very old issue of Creem magazine talking about the recording of Shock Me. He said he recorded the vocals lying down because he was really nervous and laying down made him feel more relaxed. The interviewer then jokingly asked him if they were going to bring a mattress out on stage for him. He then said " nah, once I've got lying down, I'll get it standing up!"...CLASSIC ACE!!!
I am pretty shocked, your ranking was spot on compared to mine. I wrote em down before you got into your list and 1 for 1 nailed it. I almost swapped 1 and 2 as "I Stole Your Love" is up there on my all time Kiss list. I did notice something though. I, apparently, am a MUCH bigger Paul Stanley fan than I am a Gene Simmons fan, lol.
Got love for sale needs more love!!
Gene Simmons actually didn’t play bass on the song Love Gun. It was Paul Stanley.
DUDE! I’m sitting here, tripping out at every point you make because I had the EXACT SAME questions and observations when I was a wee lad!!!
I only got to see them once, but I got to see the original four on their 1999 reunion tour
1. Love gun
2. Shock me
3. I stole your love
4. Plaster caster
5. Almost human
6. Hooligan
7. Tomorrow and tonight
8. Christine sixteen
9. Then she kissed me
10. Got love for sale
10. Then she kissed me
9. Christen 16
8. Tommorow and tonight
7. Hooligan
6. Plaster caster
5. Shock me
4. Got love for sale
3. Almost human
2. Love gun
1. I stole your love
Love gun is one of there best. Christine sixten and tomorrow and tonight are my Personal Favorite. Hooligan is the Most underrated Peter criss Song
Great video Mike!
Ace is why I picked up the guitar.
Paul said that "Tomorrow and Tonight" was a rehash (his word) of "Rock and Roll All Night" and not anywhere near as good.
It was the "Plaster Caster Sisters". One would keep the guy's, um, attention, and the other held the mold in place.
"Christine Sixteen" would get you canceled today, but Gene also wrote it from the point of a guy in his late 80s or early 90s (not that anyone knows that from the lyrics) so the guy had zero chance.
For me, "...And then she Kissed me" is kind of a headscratcher. Although, "Almost Human" is actually one of my faves and arguably the heaviest song on the album but overall, "Shock Me" is my #1.
1. I Stole Your Love
2. Shock Me
3. Love Gun
4. Hooligan
5. Got Love For Sale
6. Tomorrow and Tonight
7. Almost Human
8. Christine Sixteen
9. Then She Kissed Me
10. Plaster Caster
10 Then She Kissed Me
9 Hooligan
8 Tomorrow and Tonight
7 Plaster Caster
6 Christine Sixteen
5 Got Love For Sale
4 Shock Me
3 Almost Human
2 I Stole Your Love
1 Love Gun
If you want to know how concussions and being electrocuted a couple of times has affected someone's brain in their life over a long period of time, sit down and have a talk with me. Lol. And by the way I play and sing and teach music for a living. It's pretty much been a big help actually.
PAUL played the bass track on Love Gun!
Eddie Van Halen came up with the solo on Christine 16, Ace just copied it!
Oddly enough, even tho we knew Then She Kissed Me was an old 60s cover, most of us Aussies back in the 70s & 80s still LOVED how KISS turned Ron Spector schlock into a 1/2 decent rock song!
I actually never liked that song until they covered it......what really sold me was how Ac3 turned the strings part into the solo.....way badass.
The Love Gun solo is one of my favorite guitar pieces ever. Something about it is just so powerful. Listen to it from the "Smashes, Thrashes, and Hits" album where they take the vocals out so you can hear it better. And fun fact, if you listen to The Donnas (super underrated band btw) song "Not the One" you can hear the same part on her solo. Not sure it's intentional but she has cited Ace as an influence so it's possible.
It's totally the same but a little faster
My personal fav is tomorrow and tonight its so fun and relaxing song
Tomo and tonight is one of Ace’s best solos.
My List:
KISS LOVE GUN SONGS
1. I Stole Your Love
2. Love Gun
3. Plaster Caster
4. Christine Sixteen
5. Tomorrow and Tonight
6. Shock Me
7. Hooligan
8. Got Love For Sale
9. Almost Human
10. Then She Kissed Me
Almost Human is my favorite song on Love Gun
Great review. Love this album. I got this as my first 8 track when I was 6.
Love Gun was actually the 1st album I bought with my own money as a kid, much to my parents' chagrin when they saw the album cover. Personal favorite on this album was I Stole Your Love, but the whole album is great.
Cool video, like this idea. I never realized that Tone Loc sample was Kiss.. I feel stupid.
Keen to see more in this series
This was fun man …cheers! I got this when I was 11 on cassette for Christmas in 79…it was my 4th kiss album and I loved the rawer sound. Personally I’d give it an 8 as I reckon Gene was in top form here….plus Ace really started to shine with his vocals …the order ….1. I stole your love 2. Shock me 3. Almost human 4. Christine sixteen 5. Plaster Caster 6 . Love Gun 8. Got love for sale 9. Hooligan 10. When she kissed me
Love Gun was the first rock album I ever bought in 1978. It was on cassette but I played it to death then I bought the record album as the cover art of a cassette was nothing. I ogled the cover art and remember the inner sleeve with KISS written in blood. There was also a pop out "Love Gun" toy gun. My fave heavy songs were I Stole Your Love and Love Gun. But the best solo is clearly Ace's Shock Me. The best party song Tomorrow and Tonight. Like you, I could not understand Christine Sixteen but it is Gene's best song on the album.
Great album.... but I'd rank them like this:
10: Hooligan
9: Then She Kissed Me
8: Christine Sixteen
7: Tomorrow and Tonight
6: Got Love For Sale
5: Plaster Caster
4: Almost Human
3: I Stole Your Love
2: Love Gun
1: Shock Me
My first KISS concert was on the Hot in the Shade tour too with those 3 bands
Fun video. I got into Kiss around Alive II.
The Hot In The Shade tour was my first big show, too. Slaughter & Winger were the openers for me…Kiss & Reb Beach in my first show…not bad!!! I love Faster Pussycat too, tough.
Your one of the best musicians I've ever seen but I'm just never been a kiss fan at all but each to their own
Shock Me and I stole your love above all, with Christine and Hooligan second. I wore those out on the LP. Plaster third - the rest way down the list. Great idea on this video. Can’t wait for Rock’ Roll over and Destroyer.
Hot in the Shade concert was my actual first concert!!! I will never forgot that. It was storming bad and Paul was giving hell to everyone stuck out in the rain lol. If I remember correctly too, he was trashing NKOTB between songs lol
Maybe my favorite KI⚡️⚡️record! My very KOOL mom took 3 months to create the Paul Stanley costume on this cover for my Halloween costume. Like you Mike I had no idea about all the innuendo’s and my mom never led on either. Also I remember joining the Kiss army so early on that all the photos of each member were in black and white. Great series as well!
Ace was insecure in the studio singing Shock Me so he did it lying on his back with the lights out!👍 Great ranking!
Of note, Paul played the 'Love Gun' bassline, not Gene.
10. Hooligan
9. Got Love For Sale
8. And Then She Kissed Me
7. Tomorrow and Tonight
6. Christine Sixteen
5. Plaster Caster
4. Shock Me
3. Love Gun
2. Almost Human
1. I Stole Your Love
This is a GREAT, GREAT video Mike!!!!! I SO hope you keep doing these kinds of videos?
I'm from Sweden and my first album was Animalize by KISS. I didn't know a lot of English so I had to ask my parents what the songs meant in Swedish. I still remember the look on my mum's face when I asked her about "Burn Bitch Burn"...:)
This is really hard because i#10 is the only dud.
10 The She Kissed Me
9 Got Love For sale
8 Tomorrow And Tonight
7 Love Gun (this song would be higher if the chorus wasn’t over top the guitar solo at the end)
6 Plaster Caster
5 Hooligan
4 Christine Sixteen
3 Almost Human (love the sound of this song)
2 I Stole You Love
1 Shock Me
Pretty much agree with your list, but I'd put I Stole Your Love as number 1. It probably is my favorite Kiss song altogether, or at least one of them.
Back in the day when they brought albums out every year.Suppose that’s why they added the cover songs.Love I Stole your love
I agree with your ranking, although I would move Almost Hunan up a notch or 2. Guess it all depends on your mood when listening.
For some reason KISS is polarizing, it seems you either love them or hate them. Hopefully the haters can't deny the influence they had on other guitarists and bands. (Mike G : ), Dime, Shiftlett, McCready, John 5, and on). Maybe it was Ace that was the major influence, but he was a part of KISS.
Love gun number 3
Shock me number 2
Christine 16 number 1
(Not because of the lyrics, I just like the groove of the song)
This is one of the first KISS records I ever heard as a little kid that I rented from the library that I wore out. I Stole Your Love is such a great song and they actually played it live during their reunion tour for some shows, which was great. Good list. I have my #1 and #2 the same. IMO, you have Almost Human far too low and Hooligan way too high. Gene's vocals are just great in Almost Human. Thanks for pointing out that Buckcherry borrowed Shock Me. I never noticed that until you pointed it out - and it's totally obvious.
Tomorrow & Tonight has one of Ace's best solos & it's an easy solo to sing along to.
Imo very unique sound and production for the time! Hard to find something that sounds like it from the 70s. Love that kiss had their own sound and didn't follow the trendy grawly Ted Nugent, AC/DC type psychadelic hard rock sound of the 70s. Not saying there's necesarily anything wrong with that sound.
1. I Stole Your Love
2. Love Gun
3. Plaster Caster
4. Christine Sixteen
5. Tomoorow and Tonight
6. Got Love For Sale
7. Shock Me
8. Almost Human
9. Hooligan
10. Then She Kissed Me
Also would appreciate these types of videos but longer and more in depth. Do more Kiss or other classic rock and metal!
Went to the Love Gun Tour in '77. Best KISS tour as they were peak KISS.
I love Shock Me, great Baroness song
I never really thought about listing these songs like this, but aside from Buck Cherry clearly using Shock me, I can almost guarantee that Black Sabbath was influenced by Love gun when they wrote Heaven and Hell. The wrif is so similar, but played slower.
Damn - I haven't listened to this album in a looong time. I was a HUGE Kiss fan up until Lick It Up and by then I was getting into stuff like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Black Sabbath and all that. Now I listen to Kiss and realize how heavily they were influenced by Chuck Berry! Seriously, Kiss is Chuck Berry with heavier guitars. Now that I'm an old fart I realize that's the key to Kiss' distinctive sound. Anyway, my favorite Kiss albums are Hotter Than Hell, Destroyer, and Rock And Roll Over.
Your guitar tone is pretty spot on for Kiss
I agree with your top ten but would move Got Love For Sale to #4. That song kicks ass!
Spot on.
Agree with every word you said. 👍
Fun new video concept, I need more. And I love to hear you talk about KISS and Metallica. We hade the same kind of start in music it seems, as favorite bands growing up. KISS first and then Metallica. Only that I found out about KISS in 1996 at 4 years old ;) And have been a fan since and seen them twice, just last year actually.
And Ace Frehley being my first love as my favorite guitarist, and still am. So it was fun that you did that 10.000 Volts video as well :)
Oh yes, Love Gun. One of my favorite KISS album's. I'm sorry I haven't been commenting or watching streams, I have been really busy but I can't try to catch up soon!
Always thought they messed with tape speed or eddie used a deck in need of service ,i know some bands did this for effect back then and no pro tools either just tape splicing and retracking multi tracks so errors more common then when people were partying more .Could you cover some hotter than hell cuts sometime? Thanks.
Fun video. Christine Sixteen was super fun when I was a young teen. When I got older and realized it was written by adults, not so much. Also, I grew up in a church so KISS was off limits since, you know.. they were Knights In Satans Service... I had to steal tapes from the church library and have kids at school copy albums on them, for me..
I totally agree with your list except I'd (today) swap 2 with 1
You're on the right track with the girls, just got the wrong person!
A few years ago, I went to a KISS Con and had a chance to speak to Ken Kelly, the artist who painted the Love Gun album art. He said he needed to fill the bottom of the cover with more, so he added the girls. They all look alike because they're all his wife!
Dude, Almost Human is bad ass!! Number 8????? I need to put you in a nice big Piledriver on a Steel Chair lol
Love this, you definitely have to do some more kiss records! Curious on your ranking of the first album.
The song "Love Gun" as your number one choice is not bad. I kinda like it.
Awesome video! I also thought those chickypoos were all a bunch of Paul Stanleys. I also had finicky taste at age 7, especially with Kiss. I also questioned Christine Sixteen. For me it was running around kindergarten in 1978 telling all the girls to meet me in the ladies from. I also thought the same thing with tomorrow and tonight in relation to The brady Bunch. We're definitely brothers from another mother!
FYI, Paul Stanley played the bass on the song Love Gun
Agree with most of your video though I'd swap 1 & 2 and also put Hooligan above Shock Me. I kinda like 'Then She Kissed Me' ...
Awesomeness !