The only thing I don't like about KISS shows, even though I understand why, is that they have one setlist for the entire tour...but, I do understand that they do this because the whole show is scripted...the lights, the effects, the smoke, fire, explosions, etc... are probably all synchronized perfectly with the songs...which I assume takes a lot of work and they don't want to have to do it differently every night.
True, very true. I generally hate it when bands only have one setlist for a whole tour. Rush does the same thing and it makes me nutty because I would go see multiple Rush shows in a tour if I knew I was going to hear more songs each night. Yet, even though I love KISS, I don't mind that they only have one setlist because I'm simply not going to follow them around on tour. At the end of the day, maybe back to my original point, with all the spectacle of a KISS show, it melts your brain when you're there, but if you see it night after night, it probably loses its luster. So I still feel like I get my money's worth and then some...
At the same time, they've been around long enough that if they wanted to, they could easily have different sets each night without too much filler. Hmmmm... maybe you're right...
Yeah, all so true...I wouldn't follow KISS because it would just take the thrill away from it...
I was going to say RUSH does the same thing in having a set setlist throughout certain sections of tours leg. I've seen them over 30 times since Grace Under Pressure but even with that stiffness with their setlist i still can't get enough. In it's own way each show I can find something new which has challenged my knowledge of their songs which goes along with what new lighting effect they've come up with.
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Fanch, have you heard the new KISS? Any good? My friend is a die-hard and he says it's bad ass...sounds like something from the 70's (specifically Love Gun) era...
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
My 2 cents here... I have not heard the whole album more than once, but I really liked it. Sounds very modern, but classic at the same time and the quality of the songs is solid. Plus, I have 2 friends that are die-hard KISS fans (more than me) who both say that this is their best album since the original lineup was together. They played Modern Day Delilah (new track) at the show in Tampa last week and it's heavy and very cool... Plus, for once, KISS seem to be getting universally good reviews in the press for the new album; even SPIN gave it good marks. When you combine that with the value: $12 for the new disc, yet ANOTHER greatest hits collection from KISS, and a live DVD from South America last year, that's a great deal... Shows that KISS really is a band all about the fans... I would have expected them to charge $30 for a set like that...
Mesa 11/7/93 - Charlotte 10/4/96 - DC 6/14/98 - Raleigh 8/31/98 - Knoxville 9/6/98 - Columbia MD 9/18/98 - DC 9/19/98 - Columbia MD 9/4/00 - Phoenix 10/21/00 - Raleigh 4/15/03 - Phoenix 6/7/03 - Philadelphia 5/27&28/06 - DC 5/30/06 - Las Vegas 7/6/06 - San Diego 7/7/06 - LA 7/9&10/06 - Gorge 7/22&23/06 - Chicago 8/5/07 - PJ20 9/3&4/11 - Jacksonville 11/24/12 (EV) - Orlando 11/27/12 (EV) - Brooklyn 10/18&19/13 - Charlotte 10/30/13 - Memphis 10/14/14 - Ft Lauderdale 4/8/16 - Miami 4/9/16 - Jacksonville 4/13/16 - Hampton 4/18/16 - Chicago 8/20&22/16
My 2 cents here... I have not heard the whole album more than once, but I really liked it. Sounds very modern, but classic at the same time and the quality of the songs is solid. Plus, I have 2 friends that are die-hard KISS fans (more than me) who both say that this is their best album since the original lineup was together. They played Modern Day Delilah (new track) at the show in Tampa last week and it's heavy and very cool... Plus, for once, KISS seem to be getting universally good reviews in the press for the new album; even SPIN gave it good marks. When you combine that with the value: $12 for the new disc, yet ANOTHER greatest hits collection from KISS, and a live DVD from South America last year, that's a great deal... Shows that KISS really is a band all about the fans... I would have expected them to charge $30 for a set like that...
Damn, I was unaware of the deal you get for $12. Is it being sold exclusively @ Wal-Mart? For some reason I thought I had heard that...
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Yep, they did a Wal-Mart exclusive... Of course, KISS being KISS, the record sale is tied into all kinds of other KISS products: belt buckles, shirts, halloween masks, etc, etc...
You can buy the CD on Wal-Mart's website too, if you're like me and can't stand actually walking into one of their stores... But then you miss the majesty of the KISS Korners... :shock:
Mesa 11/7/93 - Charlotte 10/4/96 - DC 6/14/98 - Raleigh 8/31/98 - Knoxville 9/6/98 - Columbia MD 9/18/98 - DC 9/19/98 - Columbia MD 9/4/00 - Phoenix 10/21/00 - Raleigh 4/15/03 - Phoenix 6/7/03 - Philadelphia 5/27&28/06 - DC 5/30/06 - Las Vegas 7/6/06 - San Diego 7/7/06 - LA 7/9&10/06 - Gorge 7/22&23/06 - Chicago 8/5/07 - PJ20 9/3&4/11 - Jacksonville 11/24/12 (EV) - Orlando 11/27/12 (EV) - Brooklyn 10/18&19/13 - Charlotte 10/30/13 - Memphis 10/14/14 - Ft Lauderdale 4/8/16 - Miami 4/9/16 - Jacksonville 4/13/16 - Hampton 4/18/16 - Chicago 8/20&22/16
Yep, they did a Wal-Mart exclusive... Of course, KISS being KISS, the record sale is tied into all kinds of other KISS products: belt buckles, shirts, halloween masks, etc, etc...
You can buy the CD on Wal-Mart's website too, if you're like me and can't stand actually walking into one of their stores... But then you miss the majesty of the KISS Korners... :shock:
The Wal-Mart exclusive sucks...but I'll probably do it. I also can't stand to walk into a store...but I in general hate to give them my money, but they'll get me with this I guess.
...and the KISS Korner...how the hell could I pass that up.
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Yep, they did a Wal-Mart exclusive... Of course, KISS being KISS, the record sale is tied into all kinds of other KISS products: belt buckles, shirts, halloween masks, etc, etc...
You can buy the CD on Wal-Mart's website too, if you're like me and can't stand actually walking into one of their stores... But then you miss the majesty of the KISS Korners... :shock:
The Wal-Mart exclusive sucks...but I'll probably do it. I also can't stand to walk into a store...but I in general hate to give them my money, but they'll get me with this I guess.
...and the KISS Korner...how the hell could I pass that up.
Marketing geniuses, those boys in KISS... See? They even will get you and me to walk into a store that we hate... :twisted:
Mesa 11/7/93 - Charlotte 10/4/96 - DC 6/14/98 - Raleigh 8/31/98 - Knoxville 9/6/98 - Columbia MD 9/18/98 - DC 9/19/98 - Columbia MD 9/4/00 - Phoenix 10/21/00 - Raleigh 4/15/03 - Phoenix 6/7/03 - Philadelphia 5/27&28/06 - DC 5/30/06 - Las Vegas 7/6/06 - San Diego 7/7/06 - LA 7/9&10/06 - Gorge 7/22&23/06 - Chicago 8/5/07 - PJ20 9/3&4/11 - Jacksonville 11/24/12 (EV) - Orlando 11/27/12 (EV) - Brooklyn 10/18&19/13 - Charlotte 10/30/13 - Memphis 10/14/14 - Ft Lauderdale 4/8/16 - Miami 4/9/16 - Jacksonville 4/13/16 - Hampton 4/18/16 - Chicago 8/20&22/16
Fanch, have you heard the new KISS? Any good? My friend is a die-hard and he says it's bad ass...sounds like something from the 70's (specifically Love Gun) era...
Yes, it is a very good, solid album. Much of it has that 70's sound, without the album being re-writes of any of those albums from the era. There are a few tunes that echo 80's & 90's era Kiss (Stand, Modern Day Delilah, Say Yeah), but generally it is a 70's-sounding album. THey really did what they set out to do, and it really surpased my expectations - I expected it to suck. But, it very much does not.
Fanch, have you heard the new KISS? Any good? My friend is a die-hard and he says it's bad ass...sounds like something from the 70's (specifically Love Gun) era...
Yes, it is a very good, solid album. Much of it has that 70's sound, without the album being re-writes of any of those albums from the era. There are a few tunes that echo 80's & 90's era Kiss (Stand, Modern Day Delilah, Say Yeah), but generally it is a 70's-sounding album. THey really did what they set out to do, and it really surpased my expectations - I expected it to suck. But, it very much does not.
Just got this two days ago. I'm loving it...sounds like good, classic KISS. Tommy Thayer's guitar playing is unreal...sounds very great with the rest of the band...he really nailed the KISS sound...
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
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I was going to say RUSH does the same thing in having a set setlist throughout certain sections of tours leg. I've seen them over 30 times since Grace Under Pressure but even with that stiffness with their setlist i still can't get enough. In it's own way each show I can find something new which has challenged my knowledge of their songs which goes along with what new lighting effect they've come up with.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Damn, I was unaware of the deal you get for $12. Is it being sold exclusively @ Wal-Mart? For some reason I thought I had heard that...
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
You can buy the CD on Wal-Mart's website too, if you're like me and can't stand actually walking into one of their stores... But then you miss the majesty of the KISS Korners... :shock:
The Wal-Mart exclusive sucks...but I'll probably do it. I also can't stand to walk into a store...but I in general hate to give them my money, but they'll get me with this I guess.
...and the KISS Korner...how the hell could I pass that up.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Marketing geniuses, those boys in KISS... See? They even will get you and me to walk into a store that we hate... :twisted:
Yes, it is a very good, solid album. Much of it has that 70's sound, without the album being re-writes of any of those albums from the era. There are a few tunes that echo 80's & 90's era Kiss (Stand, Modern Day Delilah, Say Yeah), but generally it is a 70's-sounding album. THey really did what they set out to do, and it really surpased my expectations - I expected it to suck. But, it very much does not.
Just got this two days ago. I'm loving it...sounds like good, classic KISS. Tommy Thayer's guitar playing is unreal...sounds very great with the rest of the band...he really nailed the KISS sound...
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2