@@TheSunnycal Yeah, but it can also be literally HIS song... You're in a band hanging around, then hear your song and hurry up to the show... You know you made it...
@@nomisnestral6956 It's not. The lyrics literally explain it's about somebody listening to the band's song on the radio while driving to the show after drinking and smoking, except instead of making it there they get into a car accident and may or may not have died.
46 year old and was fortunate to see KISS two times! They truly rock! As much as The Demon gets his notoriety from the blood spitting and fire breathing, The Starchild deserves his own as well being the frontman and all. Between Gene, Paul, Ace and Peter they ruled the 70's! And beyond as well!🤘
The song is based on an actual fan that was killed in a car crash going to a KISS concert. If you listen to the original album version the track starts with a guy driving and listening to a different KISS song and ends with the songs of a car crashing. Everyone has songs that that they call “my song” or “this is my jam” that gets a person pumped up. That is what the “hear my song” lyrics are referring to.
There's actually a pretty tragic backstory about this song: This song was originally written about a Kiss fan that was killed in a car accident on his way to a Kiss concert In the version of this song from the original album that this song appeared "Destroyer", you'd hear the sounds of a car revving and at the end of the song, you hear tires screeching and the sounds of crunching metal
When it comes to recording music, new Technology (computer aided) doesn't mean anything. Bands back in the day had to master their instruments so they weren't wasting time and money in the very expensive studio. You couldn't just cut and paste garbage together digitally like they do with so many "Artists". It's 95% the skill of the musicians. Now anyone can record in their bedroom easily and with low cost. While that has allowed some great artists to get exposure, it's also spawned a lot of people with no passion making and releasing music with little thought or effort put into it. When you don't have to actually create music with an instrument, and you can just sample things other people already created to make your own 'music', you aren't going to get good music most of the time. The person making it isn't even bothered enough to learn how to play the instrument. They just cut and paste tracks together on a computer and that is why most new music sounds the same, because it is all cut and paste from a specific pool of existing music and samples.
@@hazepheno925 Yep. Today's music has very little soul. Where are the artists today that want to spend tens of thousands of practice hours to master an instrument? Technology had made people lazy and has sucked the soul out of the music. More image than talent these days.
@@hazepheno925 Very true. I especially hate it when you get musicians who have an ounce of talent still using backing tracks, especially drums, fir their recordings. With today's global reach via the internet and social media, how hard is it to reach out to other musicians (if you don't know any locally or you live in complete isolation somewhere on this planet) and ask them if they would like to contribute to your creation. It would sound more organic and others listening to it would appreciate the fact that you care enough to create something genuine rather than plugging into something video game. If you have the talent then please don't waste it on cheap fillers.
The first time I saw KISS they opened for Aerosmith. I was leaning on the stage and Gene came over and did his "biting the bass" bit. He slung fake blood all over four or five of us. We were all so stoned...never heard of KISS before that night. Before the show was over people were yelling for Aerosmith...lol I ran out and bought the only album they had out...KISS...the next day. But the next time KISS was in town they headlined and sold out the stadium.
The KISS album Destroyer came out in 1976, I first saw them live on 7/11/76. I remember the date because it was my 18th birthday and the show was on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band as the opener. KISS opened their show with Detroit Rock City, and the place just exploded, one week after the 4th of July 1876, there were still a few fireworks around. Plus KISS brought their own.
I was 4 and remember everyone decorating their bikes to ride in the bicentennial parade. I remember my babysitter always wore a Kiss shirt. The funny things we remember as little kids.
@@raymo6795 Nobody knew who Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band were, Night Moves came out a couple of weeks later. But they did get an encore, as an opener, for KISS!
@@bobschenkel7921 they just seemed to be unlikely to on the same ticket. I am not a huge Seeger fan, but he is to be respected for carving out his own nitsch…which can not be called hard rock, or metal ..certainly not glam.Rumor is that he does what he wants, not what record companies tell him and he is not about gimmicks.KISS openly admits that they formed for money and women.Bob Seeger is a singer, songwriter and musician. Paul and Gene are capitalists…but they have many fun tracks over the last 45 + years
If you want a song from Kiss that fits their look listen to "God of Thunder". When I first heard this as a kid I thought it was the heaviest song ever, in the seventies that is
If you go for a live version,try to find one from the mid-late 80's where Paul sings the verses in a minor key. In my opinion it makes a great song that much better.
When he sings, "I hear my song...", I don't think he means he's hearing his own song and getting off on it. I believe he means he's hearing a favorite song that's playing on the radio. He's singing in the first person, but I believe he's not singing about himself. The singer is referencing an incident. Probably writing by using "you" or "he" instead of "I" didn't work as well. He might have written in "I" for rhyming reasons, or he just wanted to put himself in that person's shoes.
"Kiss" was sort of my introduction to hard rock. Their album covers were appealing to a 13 year old.boy. Do you remember "Kiss meets the Phantom"....it was so stupid, but I loved it at the time...I would like to see them react to it.
Her take on the music of the older generation is hilarious. I know I could convince her that being forced to listen to Howard Cosell was the punishment for committing crimes against the State.
KISS were a whole vibe of their own, they even got their own Scooby Doo cartoon where they voice their own characters playing themselves, it doesn't get much more epic than getting to play yourself in a Scooby Doo cartoon,
hilarious!..Was that the episode after the Harlem Globetrotters?...as it turns out, there was no ghost, just some guy with a scary mask, who would have gotten away with it , except for those meddling kids
They had a popular comic book that was marketed as having a drop of their blood in the ink. If you don't think they are the most commercial/merchandise-heavy band out there, google the KISS Kasket
My favourite part of that movie is that judging on when it takes place, “early 2000’s” Paul was able to pull Daphne while being almost 60 lmao man is a chad
This isn't from Destroyer; it's from Double Platinum. The Destroyer version has a different beginning and ending that compliments the story in the lyrics.
My uncle played this for me when I was 6 years old. I was immediately hooked. Still to this day, this is one of my all time favourite rock songs from one of my all time favourite rock albums. Being a bass player, Gene Simmons has influenced me a lot. Especially the bass line in this song who is just one of the most groovy bass lines you will ever hear. Thank you for this great reaction video 👍
When he says I hear my song, he is saying it like the person he is talking about puts on the song that he likes best... not the singer listening to his own song. Kiss was an awesome experience. My first concert in 1976. They were fantastic! Gene really put on a show! This song came out that same year... 1976. I was made for loving you was a great song and so was Calling Dr. Love, Black Diamond, you really cant go wrong with anything they did.
You have to remember during the late 70's and 80's disco was coming alive and everyone was dancing at a club somewhere. And, everyone was a rocker back then.
This was a monster album in the day. There was a lot of pressure on the band to follow up the live album, which was hugely successful. They brought in Alice Cooper producer Bob Ezrin and delivered a great album.
This was the KISS sound in the 70's. In the 80's, they went a little heavier, then they changed with the times and went a little hair band-ish. They even released an alternative/grunge album in the 90's. An MTV Unplugged... before getting back together with the original members, putting the makeup back on and releasing an album, Psycho Circus. There's a *lot* of KISStory with these guys. ;)
@@irishgrl Have you Been to Maiden concert.....but fair call: my brother saw KISS Live and still remembers every detail 25 years on. Ydon't have to convince me BTW, i was there in the 70's when Alive and Alive II were released, man
yes, if you listen to the original version from the Destroyer album, they have an intro that really sets the stage for this piece. And Kiss has about 20 albums, but only one song written about a city - Detroit was where they made thier first breakthru... so this is a tribute to us Detroit fans.
Paul Stanley said: "On a previous tour somebody had gotten hit by a car and killed outside the arena. I remember thinking how weird it is that people can be on their way to something that's really a party and a celebration of being alive, and die in the process of doing it. So that became the basis of the lyric."
Kiss is a lot of things, but MOSTLY they're a party band. And this is one band you can listen to live without worry, as they had an incredible work ethic of making sure every song was perfect before they'd do it live, and they didn't improvise like most bands do.
Loved the video. I thought it was super cool that you were able to point to the solo sounding more simple but just overall nice. Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist, said that he would never write or play a guitar solo that he couldn't hum. It was about the melody, not the difficulty or skill it took to just "shred". Subsequently, he has some of my favorite guitar solos in history throughout different KISS songs and his own solo performances.
King of The Nighttime World, Do You Love Me,, Shout It Out Loud, Rock N Roll All Night, Beth, God Of Thunder, Hard Luck Women, Calling Dr Love, Great Expectations, New York Groove, Cristine Sixteen, Shock Me and Love Gun are some of my favorites. One of the cool things about KISS is that each of the four band members sing lead for certain songs. Try to do live versions when possible because they put on a hell of a show.
Awesome melodic solo that gets turned up when the 2nd guitar kicks in……I love double guitar harmonies……Judas Priest has some goods songs with double harmonies….”Hotel California” by the Eagles is a great double guitar harmony solo if you haven’t reacted to it…..I think you may have
Music class at school: Simon and Garfunkel, Beatles, Cat Steven's. My cousin: Hey, check this out, KISS ALIVE II (1977). Me: I like KISS, hard rock rules. DETROIT ROCK CITY: great song, great guitar solo, great energy,, but sad story though. An awesome live rock and roll show is what made KISS great! BTW: I thought "hear my song" just meant hearing my favorite song.
My first concert was a Kiss concert back in 2007 since then I really loved their music, By the way this song is about a fan that was going to one their concert but died in the road, Check out Love Gun 👌🔥
The last time that I saw KISS was about 2 decades ago. This was the opening song for the concert. It got everybody up out of their seats and into the concert right from the first song!
My first Kiss concert was 1977 with Motörhead opening. I couldn’t hear for hours after! Massive show and had the best time of my life! For me, you can’t beat the original four!🤘
I’d recommend you listen to the studio album version and let it play into the next song, it’s about a kiss fan going to a kiss concert and crashing on the way, killing him, I think when he says “I hear my song on the radio” it’s in the point of view of the kiss fan, it’s dedicated to him, he’s talking about getting drunk and high and speeding and crashing, dark but lit ass song
@@feldspar3858 Brad's plenty intelligent, he's just not a Rock person. He definitely likes simplicity, a drum machine a guy rhyming and maybe a couple of stolen riffs from great rock bands.
@@neillenet291 - Still seems empty minded and slow with a lot of rock stars. Instead of trying to figure out the meaning or the lyrics, focus on the music in terms of beat, how it sounds, and timbre.
Greatest band of all time. Brad asked “Is this their typical sound?” The best part about KISS is they don’t have a “typical” sound. All of their songs are different and each album has a unique sound. That’s why they are my favorite band, with the Beatles being a close second, for the exact same reason. You guys should DEFINITELY check out more KISS songs. God of Thunder, Forever, Hard Luck Woman, I was Made For Loving You, Shandi, Let Me Know, Creatures Of The Night, Naked City, Mr. Speed….SOOOOO many great songs and all of them are different.
It was on a record named "Destroyer" and it's such a classic they named a movie after it (which came out in '99). This song still stands up today and will NEVER get old.
KISS was the first concert I ever went to in 1977 when I was 5 for the Destroyer tour this song is from, and KISS was my last concert in 2000 which was the last tour of the original lineup. Ace Frehley is my hero, and the reason I started learning guitar at age 5.
Musically the 70s Rock decade was really something. 1972 Machine Head, 1973 Dark Side of the Moon, 1978 Van Halen Erupted, 1979 Pink Floyd The Wall. Cal Jam I & II. I made it to Cal Jam II and The Wall. Kiss exploded literally on stage and with the release of Kiss Alive I in 1975. The Kiss Destroyer studio album was a successful and slick follow up to the live album. Destroyer even included a hit song that was a ballad with piano !!!!! Shock and awe. Kiss had their niche and it worked $.
Great reaction, Kiss use to be my favorite band for years and is still very high on my list, also Kiss was my first ever concert in 2004 in Detroit Would like more Kiss Reactions Also this song is from 1976 And they have multiple different sounds because for most of their songs Paul Stanley (the singer in this one and the Rhythm Guitarist) or Gene Simmons(Bassist) are the lead singer, but they do have other songs where Ace Frehley(Lead Guitarist) and Peter Criss(Drummer) are the lead singer as well
I hear my song playing on the radio .. it's when you have a favorite song you'll say " hey that's my song y'all hush up ," and you turn it up loud and cruise . That's what it means
so many other incredible kiss songs you guys should check out. " I Love it Loud " , " Domino " , " War Machine " , " God of Thunder " , " God gave rock and roll to you " , " Psycho Circus " , " Within " , " You wanted the best "
Watched KISS in Colorado several years ago and they were going to fine the band thousands of dollars if they played past a certain time. They were rocking it out and Paul Stanley said he would write the city a check and they kept rocking. A member of the Kiss Army ever since.
All these old songs are what us seniors cruised to back in the seventies. Can't wait to see you react to some Boston. Start with More Than a Feeling. Studio version. The birth of that entire album is a story in itself.
It is a classic. You hear his car start up and him going through the gears and at the end you hear the collision in the original. It starts out with a news broadcast playing in someone's kitchen as they wash dishes, the news is talking about a fatal wreck, then you hear them go outside and get in their car start it up and the song is playing on the car stereo, then the song begins. Hard core metal fans generally look down on kiss but these guys rocked and had a lot of feel good up beat rock, not a lot of real message behind it just party and get laid stuff but when it was Peter, Paul, Ace and Gene, these guys rocked out. Even made a corny kiss movie I had to watch it soon as it came out when I was a kid... Thanks
Great reaction you 2. This is one of my favorite KISS songs. I believe it's about a dude pre-partying and then driving drunk heading to a KISS show that he never gets to because he is killed in a car crash. On the studio version you hear the crash at the end of the song. The ACE solo reminds me of a Clint Eastwood/Spaghetti western and I love it. My DAD bought me Destroyer and 2 other KISS records ("Rock and Roll Over" and "Double Platinum") for my 7th birthday back in 1978. I was also a member of the KISS ARMY back then too. \m/\m/
KIZZ .... Their Fan Base was called the KISS Army.... The follow Kiss around the world, purchased 100s of Millions in Posters, Shirts and Action Figures .... The Bass Player Gene Simmons AKA The Demon was the longest tongue in the Record Books... They were HUGE.... Gene also had a Reality Show for over 10 years... Kiss has it own Semi-Pro Football Team and Championed the UFL... They are bigger then you think....
That's not Peter Criss on drums , most of the songs are Anton Fig on drums, He was the drummer for David Letterman's Late Nite Show Band. He was also the drummer on all of Ace Frehley's early solo band. Also Ace did not play a lot of the solos on the Destroyer album, It eas one of the Kuilick brothers.
Kiss - Destroyer came out just before my 5th birthday in 1976, and was the first Kiss album I ever purchased. I was 5 years old when I was turned on to Kiss, and the first album I ever heard of theirs was "Rock and Roll Over," which also was released in 1976. Both great albums. I fell in love with Kiss at an early age because it was so different than anything else at the time. Lex, when you think of the 70s, you think of disco? Well, you should react to a Kiss song from their 1979 release "Dynasty," called "I Was Made For Lovin' You." Yes, Kiss put out a "disco-ish" song. Great reaction!
Deuce, Cold Gin, She, Got To Choose, Watching You, Black Diamond .. so many great songs from their first 3 albums!! I highly recommend listening to KISS Alive! from beginning to end to get a glimpse of the energy they bring to their concerts!!
This is the the appropriate song to hear as an intro to KISS. I can't think of a better one. Best thing in the world was seeing this live in Cobo Arena, Detroit! I thought the roof would come down.
In 1974, the big bands were Zeppelin, Sabbath, the Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper... American rock bands like Kiss, Aerosmith, Blue Oyster Cult... were struggling to find an audience. But they kept recording & touring America and built a fan base. Finally around '75 - '76, their music broke big commercially on FM radio and opened the gates for other rock bands like Rush, Queen, Thin Lizzy, Lynyrd Skynyrd...
"Detroit Rock City" is a song by the American hard rock group Kiss, released on their 1976 album Destroyer. The song was written by Paul Stanley and producer Bob Ezrin. This song is an example of a very popular song that didn't make the music charts, well except for Detroit. I love it.
He’s saying he hears his favorite song on the radio. But I’ve been listening to Kiss my entire life. Lol. And their egos may lead you to believe they’d be talking about their own music. KISS ARMY THO BABY!!!!
Just saw them Sep 9 in Irvine CA (outdoor venue). Just before the encore, Paul says, we have to cut it short because a storm is coming. Half way through the first encore song Rock N Roll All Nite, thunder, lightening and pouring rain came down. So they only did the one song for the encore. It was epic!
This song was written about the ultimate high...going to a KISS concert. Followed by the ultimate low...dying in a car crash. Crazy! thats why on the intro you hear the person driving/speeding, and the end of the song you hear a car crash. #themoreyouknow :)
It's his song, it's his jam, it's his favorite song, not literally HIS song...
@@TheSunnycal Yeah, but it can also be literally HIS song... You're in a band hanging around, then hear your song and hurry up to the show... You know you made it...
@@nomisnestral6956 Its not tho
The abstract thinking is not strong in Brad.
And Lex misuses the word "literally" so often, he might have no chance to tell the difference.
thanks,i almost lost it...
@@nomisnestral6956 It's not. The lyrics literally explain it's about somebody listening to the band's song on the radio while driving to the show after drinking and smoking, except instead of making it there they get into a car accident and may or may not have died.
I am 55 years old and I'm still a proud member of the KISS ARMY. Love all their music. Arena Rock .
62 and still proud to be a kiss I'm from Detroit so we the first to get it.
@@raphaelhernandez4088 ¡Qué bonito nombre el tuyo, amigo!
Same, I'm 47 and a second generation. My mother is 67 and Kiss Army
KISS ARMY 4 LIFE
46 year old and was fortunate to see KISS two times! They truly rock! As much as The Demon gets his notoriety from the blood spitting and fire breathing, The Starchild deserves his own as well being the frontman and all. Between Gene, Paul, Ace and Peter they ruled the 70's! And beyond as well!🤘
I think by him claiming the song is his song - he means a favorite song of his. 'That's my song!'
Exactly! We allllll have “that” song 🙌🏼.
My song = my jam✌🏻💙🙏🏻
The song is based on an actual fan that was killed in a car crash going to a KISS concert. If you listen to the original album version the track starts with a guy driving and listening to a different KISS song and ends with the songs of a car crashing. Everyone has songs that that they call “my song” or “this is my jam” that gets a person pumped up. That is what the “hear my song” lyrics are referring to.
Brad,brad, brad, 🤣🤣🤣
Correct
There's actually a pretty tragic backstory about this song:
This song was originally written about a Kiss fan that was killed in a car accident on his way to a Kiss concert
In the version of this song from the original album that this song appeared "Destroyer", you'd hear the sounds of a car revving and at the end of the song, you hear tires screeching and the sounds of crunching metal
wonder if the movie Detroit Rock City depicts any of this. It was so long ago that I saw it I'm not sure. It was a good movie I think.
@@djC653 as far as I recall, the movie "Detroit Rock City" didn't depict any part of the backstory of the origin of the song's title
@@karlsmith2570 was going to assume it didn't but u know where that'll get me.
No it wasn’t. Completely fictional story.
I was waiting to see if someone talked about this...was going to mention it...you beat me to it
That bass sound is still so magical. Over 40 years auld and it still kicks arse even by today's technology. The whole band does. 🤘🏻🇬🇧🖤
True. Listen to all other bands and different genres... This was something else.
When it comes to recording music, new Technology (computer aided) doesn't mean anything. Bands back in the day had to master their instruments so they weren't wasting time and money in the very expensive studio. You couldn't just cut and paste garbage together digitally like they do with so many "Artists". It's 95% the skill of the musicians.
Now anyone can record in their bedroom easily and with low cost. While that has allowed some great artists to get exposure, it's also spawned a lot of people with no passion making and releasing music with little thought or effort put into it.
When you don't have to actually create music with an instrument, and you can just sample things other people already created to make your own 'music', you aren't going to get good music most of the time. The person making it isn't even bothered enough to learn how to play the instrument. They just cut and paste tracks together on a computer and that is why most new music sounds the same, because it is all cut and paste from a specific pool of existing music and samples.
@@hazepheno925 Yep. Today's music has very little soul. Where are the artists today that want to spend tens of thousands of practice hours to master an instrument? Technology had made people lazy and has sucked the soul out of the music. More image than talent these days.
@@hazepheno925 Very true. I especially hate it when you get musicians who have an ounce of talent still using backing tracks, especially drums, fir their recordings. With today's global reach via the internet and social media, how hard is it to reach out to other musicians (if you don't know any locally or you live in complete isolation somewhere on this planet) and ask them if they would like to contribute to your creation. It would sound more organic and others listening to it would appreciate the fact that you care enough to create something genuine rather than plugging into something video game. If you have the talent then please don't waste it on cheap fillers.
The first time I saw KISS they opened for Aerosmith. I was leaning on the stage and Gene came over and did his "biting the bass" bit. He slung fake blood all over four or five of us. We were all so stoned...never heard of KISS before that night. Before the show was over people were yelling for Aerosmith...lol I ran out and bought the only album they had out...KISS...the next day. But the next time KISS was in town they headlined and sold out the stadium.
Never been a KISS fan, but this song ROCKS!!
The KISS album Destroyer came out in 1976, I first saw them live on 7/11/76. I remember the date because it was my 18th birthday and the show was on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band as the opener. KISS opened their show with Detroit Rock City, and the place just exploded, one week after the 4th of July 1876, there were still a few fireworks around. Plus KISS brought their own.
Bob! that is a fun story. You are saying that Bob Seger opened up for KISS ? That is rich.
Yes. Seger opened for KISS on that tour. Not sure why that’s “rich”, but it’s true.
I was 4 and remember everyone decorating their bikes to ride in the bicentennial parade. I remember my babysitter always wore a Kiss shirt. The funny things we remember as little kids.
@@raymo6795 Nobody knew who Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band were, Night Moves came out a couple of weeks later. But they did get an encore, as an opener, for KISS!
@@bobschenkel7921 they just seemed to be unlikely to on the same ticket. I am not a huge Seeger fan, but he is to be respected for carving out his own nitsch…which can not be called hard rock, or metal ..certainly not glam.Rumor is that he does what he wants, not what record companies tell him and he is not about gimmicks.KISS openly admits that they formed for money and women.Bob Seeger is a singer, songwriter and musician. Paul and Gene are capitalists…but they have many fun tracks over the last 45 + years
The 70's was such a broad era for music...
Lex was surprised because she liked it! Welcome to the KISS army, LOL!
One of my favorite bands, been listening to them for 40 years.
There's still a lot of KISS ARMY out there since 1974 and still Touring in 2021
Yeah, and we are all grey haired. There's gunna be a lot of black tshirts in the old folks home of the coming years
🖐🏻 I’m another one from the KISS ARMY
If you want a song from Kiss that fits their look listen to "God of Thunder". When I first heard this as a kid I thought it was the heaviest song ever, in the seventies that is
Strutter, I Stole Yer Love, and Sure Know Something are my favs...live of course!
War Machine
100,000 Years
KISS is more visual ... You have to see them perform to get the full KISS experience..
This song NEEDS to be experienced with a Live version.
It was great live when I saw them like 17 years ago
The live from dodger stadium video from 1998 is good
i say the destroyer version is better bcos it has the newscast and the car wreck to give more of an explanation to the song
If you go for a live version,try to find one from the mid-late 80's where Paul sings the verses in a minor key. In my opinion it makes a great song that much better.
Na man it’s gotta be live from the 70s back in their prime, that’s where the magic of this song comes to life 🤘🏻
When he sings, "I hear my song...", I don't think he means he's hearing his own song and getting off on it. I believe he means he's hearing a favorite song that's playing on the radio. He's singing in the first person, but I believe he's not singing about himself. The singer is referencing an incident. Probably writing by using "you" or "he" instead of "I" didn't work as well. He might have written in "I" for rhyming reasons, or he just wanted to put himself in that person's shoes.
Nearly every reaction Lex will say something hilarious. "It's like something your Great Grandma would bump to." We love you Lex!!!
"Kiss" was sort of my introduction to hard rock. Their album covers were appealing to a 13 year old.boy. Do you remember "Kiss meets the Phantom"....it was so stupid, but I loved it at the time...I would like to see them react to it.
Her take on the music of the older generation is hilarious. I know I could convince her that being forced to listen to Howard Cosell was the punishment for committing crimes against the State.
KISS were a whole vibe of their own, they even got their own Scooby Doo cartoon where they voice their own characters playing themselves, it doesn't get much more epic than getting to play yourself in a Scooby Doo cartoon,
hilarious!..Was that the episode after the Harlem Globetrotters?...as it turns out, there was no ghost, just some guy with a scary mask, who would have gotten away with it , except for those meddling kids
They had a popular comic book that was marketed as having a drop of their blood in the ink.
If you don't think they are the most commercial/merchandise-heavy band out there, google the KISS Kasket
@@toddsonnier3763 Also “ KISS meets the Phantom”. Perhaps the silliest movie ever made.
You jst mentioned my all-time favourite..... thnk you kindly 🤗🤗🤗
My favourite part of that movie is that judging on when it takes place, “early 2000’s” Paul was able to pull Daphne while being almost 60 lmao man is a chad
The 70's was MUCH MORE than just disco. There was rock, hard rock, glam rock, soft rock, contemporary and country.
I thought I was the only person that absolutely loved that guitar solo. It's not complicated but it really speaks to the soul
Probably the happiest sad song I’ve ever heard.
Have you ever been in your car , and one of your jams comes on and you're like HELL YEAH! This is what this song is about.
"My Song"... That was our way of saying "my Jam"... My Favorite Song.
This isn't from Destroyer; it's from Double Platinum. The Destroyer version has a different beginning and ending that compliments the story in the lyrics.
Is that why no car crash at end?
@@davidbarrows8833 yes.
Only real Kiss fans know that shit 🤘
The Destroyer version is better
That's a very good catch. This is the Double Platinum version.
Kiss has some disco/rock music. This song has a sight disco feel.
I Was Made For Lovin' You, is pure disco Kiss...and is awesome!
My uncle played this for me when I was 6 years old. I was immediately hooked. Still to this day, this is one of my all time favourite rock songs from one of my all time favourite rock albums. Being a bass player, Gene Simmons has influenced me a lot. Especially the bass line in this song who is just one of the most groovy bass lines you will ever hear. Thank you for this great reaction video 👍
When he says I hear my song, he is saying it like the person he is talking about puts on the song that he likes best... not the singer listening to his own song. Kiss was an awesome experience. My first concert in 1976. They were fantastic! Gene really put on a show! This song came out that same year... 1976. I was made for loving you was a great song and so was Calling Dr. Love, Black Diamond, you really cant go wrong with anything they did.
You have to remember during the late 70's and 80's disco was coming alive and everyone was dancing at a club somewhere. And, everyone was a rocker back then.
This was a monster album in the day. There was a lot of pressure on the band to follow up the live album, which was hugely successful. They brought in Alice Cooper producer Bob Ezrin and delivered a great album.
This was the KISS sound in the 70's. In the 80's, they went a little heavier, then they changed with the times and went a little hair band-ish. They even released an alternative/grunge album in the 90's. An MTV Unplugged... before getting back together with the original members, putting the makeup back on and releasing an album, Psycho Circus. There's a *lot* of KISStory with these guys. ;)
My friend Loves Kiss. I tease him by calling them Disco Clown Metal. He laughs through gritted teeth.
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Pfft! KISS IS THE BEST LIVE SHOW EVER!
@@irishgrl Have you Been to Maiden concert.....but fair call: my brother saw KISS Live and still remembers every detail 25 years on.
Ydon't have to convince me BTW, i was there in the 70's when Alive and Alive II were released, man
Don't forget their disco album
Bands like Kiss helped kill rock n roll.
yes, if you listen to the original version from the Destroyer album, they have an intro that really sets the stage for this piece. And Kiss has about 20 albums, but only one song written about a city - Detroit was where they made thier first breakthru... so this is a tribute to us Detroit fans.
Paul Stanley said: "On a previous tour somebody had gotten hit by a car and killed outside the arena. I remember thinking how weird it is that people can be on their way to something that's really a party and a celebration of being alive, and die in the process of doing it. So that became the basis of the lyric."
My favorite KISS song! 🔥⚡⚡⚡
They made several different type sounds in the 70s, KISS, that is
Kiss is a lot of things, but MOSTLY they're a party band. And this is one band you can listen to live without worry, as they had an incredible work ethic of making sure every song was perfect before they'd do it live, and they didn't improvise like most bands do.
Loved the video. I thought it was super cool that you were able to point to the solo sounding more simple but just overall nice. Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist, said that he would never write or play a guitar solo that he couldn't hum. It was about the melody, not the difficulty or skill it took to just "shred". Subsequently, he has some of my favorite guitar solos in history throughout different KISS songs and his own solo performances.
You really need too watch them live ! They put on one of the greatest shows in rock. ! The explosions the make up the energy they have it all!
KISS !!!!! ❤❤❤❤
King of The Nighttime World, Do You Love Me,, Shout It Out Loud, Rock N Roll All Night, Beth, God Of Thunder, Hard Luck Women, Calling Dr Love, Great Expectations, New York Groove, Cristine Sixteen, Shock Me and Love Gun are some of my favorites. One of the cool things about KISS is that each of the four band members sing lead for certain songs. Try to do live versions when possible because they put on a hell of a show.
Live versions of the originals.
Also a great movie !!!! a must watch !!!!!
At 16 years old I love this song I'm now 63 and still love this song Once a week you gotta hear it Especially to drive-in a fast car
Awesome melodic solo that gets turned up when the 2nd guitar kicks in……I love double guitar harmonies……Judas Priest has some goods songs with double harmonies….”Hotel California” by the Eagles is a great double guitar harmony solo if you haven’t reacted to it…..I think you may have
Music class at school: Simon and Garfunkel, Beatles, Cat Steven's.
My cousin: Hey, check this out, KISS ALIVE II (1977).
Me: I like KISS, hard rock rules.
DETROIT ROCK CITY: great song, great guitar solo, great energy,, but sad story though.
An awesome live rock and roll show is what made KISS great!
BTW: I thought "hear my song" just meant hearing my favorite song.
My first concert was a Kiss concert back in 2007 since then I really loved their music, By the way this song is about a fan that was going to one their concert but died in the road, Check out Love Gun 👌🔥
The last time that I saw KISS was about 2 decades ago. This was the opening song for the concert. It got everybody up out of their seats and into the concert right from the first song!
My first Kiss concert was 1977 with Motörhead opening. I couldn’t hear for hours after! Massive show and had the best time of my life! For me, you can’t beat the original four!🤘
I’d recommend you listen to the studio album version and let it play into the next song, it’s about a kiss fan going to a kiss concert and crashing on the way, killing him, I think when he says “I hear my song on the radio” it’s in the point of view of the kiss fan, it’s dedicated to him, he’s talking about getting drunk and high and speeding and crashing, dark but lit ass song
The song is about a fan who died in a car crash. The song is from his view point. There was a movie made about this.
No. Not true.
Yes there was a movie called Detroit Rock City but it wasnt about the subject of the song(car crash). It is actually a comedy.
He's not singing about himself, he's singing about someone driving down the road and hearing their favorite song.
Brad’s not that bright.
@@feldspar3858 Brad's plenty intelligent, he's just not a Rock person. He definitely likes simplicity, a drum machine a guy rhyming and maybe a couple of stolen riffs from great rock bands.
@@neillenet291 - Still seems empty minded and slow with a lot of rock stars. Instead of trying to figure out the meaning or the lyrics, focus on the music in terms of beat, how it sounds, and timbre.
@@feldspar3858 that's what I said a while back, stop worrying about meanings and what type of genre, just tell us if you like the song or not.
i love the synchronized guitars "solo"
Kiss had a very unique sound. There was nothing in the 70s that even remotely sounded like them. I really like their music.
70's Arena Rock
This still stands the test of time 45 yrs later another kiss classic
The magic of KISS is live, You gotta hear these songs with the live KISS image
I don’t care where you are, this song needs to be played LOUD 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Greatest band of all time. Brad asked “Is this their typical sound?” The best part about KISS is they don’t have a “typical” sound. All of their songs are different and each album has a unique sound. That’s why they are my favorite band, with the Beatles being a close second, for the exact same reason. You guys should DEFINITELY check out more KISS songs. God of Thunder, Forever, Hard Luck Woman, I was Made For Loving You, Shandi, Let Me Know, Creatures Of The Night, Naked City, Mr. Speed….SOOOOO many great songs and all of them are different.
I saw them in Dallas. we had front row center tickets (as sophomores in HS). such amazing entertainers!
The Album is called KISS DESTROYER. It came out in 1976. One of top songs that kiss still plays in concerts.
It was on a record named "Destroyer" and it's such a classic they named a movie after it (which came out in '99). This song still stands up today and will NEVER get old.
Thank you, you must see this live, I'd really love to see that reaction. Much to you both.
KISS was the first concert I ever went to in 1977 when I was 5 for the Destroyer tour this song is from, and KISS was my last concert in 2000 which was the last tour of the original lineup. Ace Frehley is my hero, and the reason I started learning guitar at age 5.
Musically the 70s Rock decade was really something. 1972 Machine Head, 1973 Dark Side of the Moon, 1978 Van Halen Erupted, 1979 Pink Floyd The Wall. Cal Jam I & II. I made it to Cal Jam II and The Wall. Kiss exploded literally on stage and with the release of Kiss Alive I in 1975. The Kiss Destroyer studio album was a successful and slick follow up to the live album. Destroyer even included a hit song that was a ballad with piano !!!!! Shock and awe. Kiss had their niche and it worked $.
Great reaction, Kiss use to be my favorite band for years and is still very high on my list, also Kiss was my first ever concert in 2004 in Detroit
Would like more Kiss Reactions
Also this song is from 1976
And they have multiple different sounds because for most of their songs Paul Stanley (the singer in this one and the Rhythm Guitarist) or Gene Simmons(Bassist) are the lead singer, but they do have other songs where Ace Frehley(Lead Guitarist) and Peter Criss(Drummer) are the lead singer as well
I'm 22 ( 23 in October ) and I LOVE KISS!!
I've seen them live once and enjoyed it❤
My first concert ever was KISS at Madison Square Garden in NYC, July 25, 1979 !!!
I hear my song playing on the radio .. it's when you have a favorite song you'll say " hey that's my song y'all hush up ," and you turn it up loud and cruise . That's what it means
HEY, I'm only 52 and I've "bumped" to this back in the day.
Classic old school KISS.
We need more classic KISS on this channel.
so many other incredible kiss songs you guys should check out. " I Love it Loud " , " Domino " , " War Machine " , " God of Thunder " , " God gave rock and roll to you " , " Psycho Circus " , " Within " , " You wanted the best "
Black Diamond!
Watched KISS in Colorado several years ago and they were going to fine the band thousands of dollars if they played past a certain time. They were rocking it out and Paul Stanley said he would write the city a check and they kept rocking. A member of the Kiss Army ever since.
Been a kiss fan since 75 and this song epitomizes kiss to me. This song was released in 76.
All these old songs are what us seniors cruised to back in the seventies. Can't wait to see you react to some Boston. Start with More Than a Feeling. Studio version. The birth of that entire album is a story in itself.
It is a classic. You hear his car start up and him going through the gears and at the end you hear the collision in the original. It starts out with a news broadcast playing in someone's kitchen as they wash dishes, the news is talking about a fatal wreck, then you hear them go outside and get in their car start it up and the song is playing on the car stereo, then the song begins. Hard core metal fans generally look down on kiss but these guys rocked and had a lot of feel good up beat rock, not a lot of real message behind it just party and get laid stuff but when it was Peter, Paul, Ace and Gene, these guys rocked out. Even made a corny kiss movie I had to watch it soon as it came out when I was a kid... Thanks
Great reaction you 2. This is one of my favorite KISS songs. I believe it's about a dude pre-partying and then driving drunk heading to a KISS show that he never gets to because he is killed in a car crash. On the studio version you hear the crash at the end of the song. The ACE solo reminds me of a Clint Eastwood/Spaghetti western and I love it. My DAD bought me Destroyer and 2 other KISS records ("Rock and Roll Over" and "Double Platinum") for my 7th birthday back in 1978. I was also a member of the KISS ARMY back then too. \m/\m/
KIZZ .... Their Fan Base was called the KISS Army.... The follow Kiss around the world, purchased 100s of Millions in Posters, Shirts and Action Figures .... The Bass Player Gene Simmons AKA The Demon was the longest tongue in the Record Books... They were HUGE.... Gene also had a Reality Show for over 10 years... Kiss has it own Semi-Pro Football Team and Championed the UFL...
They are bigger then you think....
He means his favorite song, KISS loved Detroit because it was one of the first cities the sold out a concert in.
Kiss! Paul and Gean. Love ya buds. Take care. Much respect.I am grateful for you both
The 1960's was the decade of the Monster and Sci-fi movies and Kiss was the right spectacle at the right time which fed off of that genre.
Gotta love the drums by Peter Chris.Lex is a closet headbanger.Love it!!!!
That's not Peter Criss on drums , most of the songs are Anton Fig on drums, He was the drummer for David Letterman's Late Nite Show Band. He was also the drummer on all of Ace Frehley's early solo band. Also Ace did not play a lot of the solos on the Destroyer album, It eas one of the Kuilick brothers.
@@SM-ri2df nope. Its peter criss. Dont talk about what you dont know. Producer bob ezrin complemented peter on his hard work on this album
Kiss - Destroyer came out just before my 5th birthday in 1976, and was the first Kiss album I ever purchased. I was 5 years old when I was turned on to Kiss, and the first album I ever heard of theirs was "Rock and Roll Over," which also was released in 1976. Both great albums. I fell in love with Kiss at an early age because it was so different than anything else at the time.
Lex, when you think of the 70s, you think of disco? Well, you should react to a Kiss song from their 1979 release "Dynasty," called "I Was Made For Lovin' You." Yes, Kiss put out a "disco-ish" song. Great reaction!
Kiss WAS A "WHOLE VIBE"! They were "Showmanship". The costumes, the painted faces. Impact!
My friends and I would play this when we heading to local dragstrip for the races.
They were big 70s and 80s, had a disco song, went without makeup, then wore it again and did a farewell tour this year and last year supposedly
Deuce, Cold Gin, She, Got To Choose, Watching You, Black Diamond .. so many great songs from their first 3 albums!! I highly recommend listening to KISS Alive! from beginning to end to get a glimpse of the energy they bring to their concerts!!
This was written about a fan who died on the way to one of their concerts
If you guys haven't watched the movie Detroit Rock City, you need too! It's a classic. Also, wouldn't mind another song by STP - plush? 😏
Yeah, that's great film. When i first watched it so resonate with me, except one thing - we didn't fight with disco guys we fight with rappers ^)
I didn’t know you guys liked rock. Wow. So much out there to discover.
You gotta check Kiss' ''I Still Love You'' live performance, that is legendary
From MTV Unplugged
YES! From Unplugged! Great vocal from Paul on that one.
*1976 Lex!*
*You know when a song comes on the radio and you say to your friends, "Woo Hoo! I love this song! This is 'my' jam!"*
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This is the the appropriate song to hear as an intro to KISS. I can't think of a better one. Best thing in the world was seeing this live in Cobo Arena, Detroit! I thought the roof would come down.
In 1974, the big bands were Zeppelin, Sabbath, the Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper... American rock bands like Kiss, Aerosmith, Blue Oyster Cult... were struggling to find an audience. But they kept recording & touring America and built a fan base. Finally around '75 - '76, their music broke big commercially on FM radio and opened the gates for other rock bands like Rush, Queen, Thin Lizzy, Lynyrd Skynyrd...
Listening to my kiss records in the 70’s. Got me thru. Kiss alive kiss alive 2
"Detroit Rock City" is a song by the American hard rock group Kiss, released on their 1976 album Destroyer. The song was written by Paul Stanley and producer Bob Ezrin.
This song is an example of a very popular song that didn't make the music charts, well except for Detroit.
I love it.
He’s saying he hears his favorite song on the radio. But I’ve been listening to Kiss my entire life. Lol. And their egos may lead you to believe they’d be talking about their own music. KISS ARMY THO BABY!!!!
damn i miss this show
What can I say......It's KISS in the 80s they had by far the Best Stage Show!!! Amazing!! I even learned God of Thunder on my Guitar!!! Soooo Cool!!
Just saw them Sep 9 in Irvine CA (outdoor venue). Just before the encore, Paul says, we have to cut it short because a storm is coming. Half way through the first encore song Rock N Roll All Nite, thunder, lightening and pouring rain came down. So they only did the one song for the encore. It was epic!
This song was written about the ultimate high...going to a KISS concert. Followed by the ultimate low...dying in a car crash. Crazy! thats why on the intro you hear the person driving/speeding, and the end of the song you hear a car crash. #themoreyouknow :)
He's not talking about hearing his own song, he's talking about his jam. He hears his favorite jam and it picks him up
I'm not a huge Kiss fan but I did go to one of their concerts once. Best concert I've ever been too.
That guitar solo @ 4:43 takes you around the world and back baby in a close of eyes