Ten Worst Kiss Songs

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  • @Arttheclown1981
    @Arttheclown1981 Рік тому +25

    Peter Criss solo is growing on me , love it

    • @PaulaXism
      @PaulaXism Рік тому +4

      It's always the one I have seen the merit in. Musically interesting and sometimes with a touch of Zappa.. Something Kiss related I can actually listen to all the way through without feeling the need to throw something at it.. FYI I'm not a Kiss fan at all.. tired glam rock that should have been forgotten in the 70's IMHO but hey.. whatever.

    • @cryptoinvestorcryptoinvest5542
      @cryptoinvestorcryptoinvest5542 3 місяці тому +1

      I like Peter Criss’s solo album as well. Paul’s is my favorite. Ace’s is a close second. Gene’s has some great songs on it but as an album it’s not very good.

  • @tomerdahl9867
    @tomerdahl9867 Рік тому +19

    I love “Dance All Over Your Face”. Great groove. The rest of your choices would definitely be in my bottom 20%. Before I watched this I thought “There’d better be at least three songs from ‘Hot in the Shade’.” You didn’t let me down, brother.

    • @ghostpasha9076
      @ghostpasha9076 Рік тому +1

      Hot in the Shade is just awful in a forgettable way

  • @SteelViko
    @SteelViko Рік тому +22

    I like the editing style on this one! Super cool how you show footage of the vinyl spinning during clips of the music. That's a very nice touch.

    • @SeanBlumenshine
      @SeanBlumenshine  Рік тому +2

      Thank you very much! I figured it was a fun alternative to showing footage of the band which I am now scared to do lol.

    • @SteelViko
      @SteelViko Рік тому +1

      @@SeanBlumenshine It was a great idea! I think it worked really well! Yeah, UA-cam has been taking down a lot of Kiss footage lately. Gotta be careful. There is sometimes even danger in using just the music as well.

    • @RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy
      @RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy Рік тому

      @@SeanBlumenshine when reporting the news, no one should fear repercussions of their subject.

  • @mattskustomkreations
    @mattskustomkreations Рік тому +4

    Paul was trying to sing in a tragic style. The results were….tragic.

  • @JeffMcCormack777
    @JeffMcCormack777 Рік тому +17

    I'm one of those that really like The Elder, but admittedly, not a great Kiss album in comparison to their catalog, but I dig the album in general looking past what we "expect" from Kiss. I think I may make a similar video to this, it would be interesting to try to really pick ten least favorites on purpose. I don't think I have ever taken a real critical look at stuff, I just sit back and enjoy them usually.

    • @codacreator6162
      @codacreator6162 Рік тому

      Agree. And I think taking any of the tracks out of context diminishes the track. Leave Music from the Elder out of the lineup, and I might be inclined to agree with the list.

    • @turnsufficient4971
      @turnsufficient4971 Рік тому +1

      The Elder is the Destroyer album - Part II on steroids. Great Expectations and Beth were loaded with orchestral sounds etc...
      The Elder has a speed metal song "The Oath" -- heavy heavy haunted song "Under the Rose" -- a super awesome, typical Ace Frehley song "Dark Light" --- and on and on --- you're assessment is way off.

    • @turnsufficient4971
      @turnsufficient4971 Рік тому +1

      The Elder album is phenomenal - KISS blew it by putting out two crappy disco albums in a row and lost lots of fans. They make an album of phenomenally structured and written music and it b ombs, bc they lost so many fans - most didn't give it a chance. It was the last KISS I ever bought, bc they hit their music pinnacle and they couldn't top The Elder - and haven't surpassed it yet.

    • @the_manmachine
      @the_manmachine 11 місяців тому

      I think "Mr.Blackwell" is the worst KISS song ever ....

    • @JeffMcCormack777
      @JeffMcCormack777 11 місяців тому

      @@the_manmachine or reminds me of something that would fit on Gene's solo album

  • @bannersvault3102
    @bannersvault3102 Рік тому +8

    Man, I love that video. You explain your points clearly and they make sense whether we agree or not. I've been a Kiss fan since around 1990 and I side with you on some of these. I have no problems with ''Beth 2'' (Psycho Circus was definitely trying to be Destroyer 2) and Odyssey really sounds like Paul was vocally prepping for The Phantom but I still like it. I remember hating Do you love me for a while but came around when Unplugged came out. My list would probably have Love em Leave em (don't care for it) and Love is like a slap in the face ( I think Hot in the shade would be a better album if Love is like a slap in the face, Read my body and maybe two others weren't on it.) Nice video man, I just suscribed.

  • @OptimisticCynic715
    @OptimisticCynic715 Рік тому +7

    I remember liking "Rip and Destroy" from Phantom.

  • @turnsufficient4971
    @turnsufficient4971 Рік тому +23

    Oddessy is phenomenal as was the Elder album - the songs were incredible. The Elder is like Destroyer II on steroids. "Once upon, not yet, only know some day - countless stars we met - we met along the way..."

    • @maikcolinnait4641
      @maikcolinnait4641 Рік тому +4

      Oddyssey, the greatest KISS song ever!!! ( And Paul voice is amazing!)

    • @annielanham-vn2ov
      @annielanham-vn2ov Рік тому +1

      I just discovered, bout 20 min ago...Odyssey is a cover! Look it up...I remember when this album came out...I DID NOT KNOW THIS

    • @maikcolinnait4641
      @maikcolinnait4641 Рік тому +2

      @rockarchiveschannel9390 Pauls version of Oddysey yes, blows away the original, and Pauls voice is main on it. Pauls could sing opera lyric in strong way, he´s a master.

    • @JJSS-vg1qs
      @JJSS-vg1qs Рік тому +2

      I can't believe there are people that LOVE The Elder? Seriously? 😂

    • @turnsufficient4971
      @turnsufficient4971 Рік тому +2

      @@JJSS-vg1qs You've probably never listened to KISS' Destroyer. It's ok. You don't really have a good ear for music. You'll be alright

  • @DaP84
    @DaP84 Рік тому +6

    Love theese kinda things! Made that Spotify playlist years ago, called "Kiss - least good". I'll post my version before watching. Mine has following songs (and many Kiss fans will think I'm crazy with certain entries): "Love Theme From Kiss", "Love 'Em And Leave 'Em", "Any Way You Want It", "Dark Light", "Mr. Blackwell", "Down On Your Knees", "No No No", "Bang Bang You", "Little Caesar", "Boomerang", "When Lightning Strikes" and "Outta This World"

    • @hopparezimi4155
      @hopparezimi4155 Рік тому +1

      Oh NO, NO, NO man!!! Youve chosen MY FAVORITE SONGS!!! No No No isnt that but I DO LOVE "Down On Your Knees", and "Any Way You Want It"! By the way "Any Way You Want It" is one of great songs by Dave Clark Five and I think that is just a joke-cover even though they lliked or hated the original its pretty cool. But "Down On Your Knees" is my personal top hit song from my childhood, so please take it back as soon as its possible! Thx.
      Sean I agree with you. Youre right there are some worse KIϟϟ songs. I LOVE Elder...and Odyssey's my favorite...but I heared many ppl dont think so.

    • @DaP84
      @DaP84 Рік тому

      @@hopparezimi4155 😁Ooops lol. Okay, Anyway You want It has a bunch of charm actually, and is quite catchy. Depends on my mood. Down On You Knees always pure trash though haha. I also love Music from the Elder for the most part, Odyssey is magical! So is Under the Rose and I'm Just A Boy to name a few

    • @aaronshoaf4644
      @aaronshoaf4644 Рік тому

      Definitely wouldn’t have No, No, No, Little Caesar, or Outta This World as top 10 worst KISS songs.

  • @rticle15
    @rticle15 Рік тому +13

    I can agree with every song on this list. I remember having Animalize, Lick it Up, and Asylum on cassette and having to fast forward through those songs. And that demo of Love's a Deadly Weapon is so much better than the album version.

  • @nville8795
    @nville8795 Рік тому +23

    Odyssey...love it...I ABSOLUTELY love it

  • @olivertoeknuckleiii2093
    @olivertoeknuckleiii2093 Рік тому +12

    The Peter Criss songs were actually my favorite KISS songs. “Hooligan,” “Hard luck woman” and “Baby Driver” are hard rock classics!

    • @falconater68
      @falconater68 Рік тому +1

      I never looked into it but I always felt Hooligan was written by Gene or Paul for Peter, insulting in that light if you listen.

    • @SicillianmanDon
      @SicillianmanDon Рік тому

      Hooligan is a great song, why his solo album surprised me, he seemed to sing the edgier songs and then he made an album of blah lol

    • @Eddie-uf6bs
      @Eddie-uf6bs Рік тому +1

      Peter has a good voice

    • @DaP84
      @DaP84 Рік тому +1

      He was refering to solo album material of Criss

    • @derralle5705
      @derralle5705 Рік тому

      ​@@falconater68wow, now that would have been mean. So I looked it up and was relieved it was really written by Criss and Penridge

  • @whosoever9198
    @whosoever9198 Рік тому +5

    The way you feel about the Peter Criss solo, I feel about The Elder.

  • @fakenews3911
    @fakenews3911 Рік тому +82

    I only listen to kiss albums from 1973 to 1983.The rest i gave away.

    • @shandonsahm3343
      @shandonsahm3343 Рік тому +3

      Yep 👍

    • @FortressofShred
      @FortressofShred Рік тому +14

      Likewise, I only care about the stuff with Ace

    • @sueminter5152
      @sueminter5152 Рік тому +5

      That would be 1974 to 1984.

    • @conorbutler4808
      @conorbutler4808 Рік тому +15

      You missed out on some good albums and songs by kiss after '83

    • @jdenney79
      @jdenney79 Рік тому +5

      I would agree, with REVENGE being the only exception.

  • @soulbrother5435
    @soulbrother5435 Рік тому

    Kinda ironic. In 70s KISS critics called them style over substance band, but they became like that only after they took make up off. The Kulick line up had looks, could deliver amazing live show but songs just werent there. The only no make up era album that I like is probably Revenge

  • @thomasfield398
    @thomasfield398 Рік тому +23

    Dude!!!! Odyssey is one of my very favorite kiss songs!
    Sure it’s not rock and roll or hard edge so much but what an amazing song. A masterpiece in my opinion. The elder itself with the exception of Mr Blackwell and escape from the island is an absolute masterpiece. But with Bob Ezrin at the helm, what else would one expect anyway?

    • @eaaivazian
      @eaaivazian Рік тому +7

      Hell, no! I love MR. BLACKWELL. It's got one of my favorite Ace solos ever. :)

    • @endeaver7954
      @endeaver7954 Рік тому +1

      SO...this guy picks odyssey? over just a boy??? what?

    • @Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn
      @Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn Рік тому

      I, and Mr Blackwell were the most 'KISS' songs of the whole album!

    • @eaaivazian
      @eaaivazian Рік тому +3

      @@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn Yup. I especially like MR. BLACKWELL. I think it was an older composition that he re-tooled for THE ELDER. It's got such a dirty, funky riff. It's both got a classic Kiss riff and also feels very unique. With different lyrics (non-conceptual), it would have fit well on earlier albums or even CREATURES quite well.

    • @eaaivazian
      @eaaivazian Рік тому +2

      @@endeaver7954 Indeed. I'm not saying ODYSSEY is the greatest Kiss song ever...but it's a lot better than JUST A BOY, which is really cheesy. ODYSSEY has its cheesy moments (Paul is a little too melodramatic in his vocal performance) but it has a nice arrangement and really nice chords. The piano work is excellent.

  • @ZE4MC
    @ZE4MC Рік тому +4

    Great video- pretty much agree with you not only on the songs but your take on Kiss in general. Huge Kiss fan- but depth of lyrics is hit and miss and they would be cancelled if they made some of these today.

  • @rooktheradical1
    @rooktheradical1 Рік тому +1

    Everything on the Elder, plus Beth.
    There's 10 or more.

  • @user-J.RPoole
    @user-J.RPoole Рік тому

    Fantastic video. I really enjoyed it. I'm glad I stumbled across your channel, I'm now subscribed.

  • @jimturner4937
    @jimturner4937 Рік тому +11

    "Pour some sugar is a good song". 😂

  • @emdeel5709
    @emdeel5709 Рік тому +1

    It’s nice you didn’t go on a Peter and Ace bashing like a lot of over loyal fans do. TBF I used to like Kiss when I was a teenager where their basic and immature sexually charged lyrics were fun but 30 yrs later and all the politics, bitching, 23 year long farewell tour and backing track fiasco I have very little time for them. The fact that Gene and Paul rarely grew as musicians or writers shows that they are more interested in money over anything else.

  • @V3ntilator
    @V3ntilator Рік тому +6

    "Filler songs", but some of them is still memorable and still unique even today.
    "Love's a Deadly Weapon"..Always liked this one. It's kind of the only "Power Metal'ish" song Kiss ever made.

  • @macdaddybender
    @macdaddybender 10 місяців тому +1

    I was a teen in the late 80s, so my first album was actually Smashes, Thrashes & Hits. Bar Music From The Elder, I owned all the KISS albums up until Hot In The Shade. Although the golden era ended after Unmasked for me. So, long story short, I agree with you because those early albums are just the best

  • @DF-ee8vt
    @DF-ee8vt Рік тому +2

    I can't disagree, especially since all of these songs come from the era after I lost interest in KISS. I would add "Tomorrow and Tonight", an obvious attempt to re-create the magic of "Rock and Roll All Nite".

  • @Goddzi
    @Goddzi Рік тому +4

    Hi, Sean! It appears you’re correct about the YT algorithm in relation to “negativity” lol
    Interesting video. I’m a sizeable KISS fan so figured I would chime in with my thoughts on some of your choices…
    I actually like Murder in High Heels and Dance All Over Your Face. But I have the opinion that The Elder would’ve made more sense if Manowar had recorded it 🤘🏻 (I admit though, I have only ever listened to that album once. Ever! I couldn’t bring myself to do it a second time)
    Anyway, as I said, interesting video. You got a new sub. Can’t wait to see what else you have done/will do next 👍🏻

  • @michaelpayne8000
    @michaelpayne8000 Рік тому +3

    The 70s is where KISS rocked, I've always loved Destroyer the best, then Love Gun and then Alive and Alive 2 followed by Rock and Roll Over, Dressed To Kill and then Dynasty ..🎸😁👍🤘

  • @Dave---M
    @Dave---M Рік тому +6

    Yeah, we all missed Ace and Peter too.

    • @rticle15
      @rticle15 Рік тому

      What difference would they have made in the songwriting department?

    • @Dave---M
      @Dave---M Рік тому

      @rticle15 I'm not sure, but for me, things changed drastically when Creatures of the Night came out. I loved that album but it was a different band and I just lost interest in the subsequent albums. Maybe it was just me...

    • @rticle15
      @rticle15 Рік тому

      @@Dave---M i dont think it's you. They definitely shifted sound a bit. But to me every album in the 80s had at least on greatest hits worthy song. I get that some folks didnt love it though

    • @Dave---M
      @Dave---M Рік тому +1

      @@rticle15 Agreed! Thanks for the rational exchange.

    • @tait316
      @tait316 5 місяців тому +1

      Nope not all of us. If I could go back in time and watch any version of kiss It would be mid 80's. But everyone likes different stuff....so...

  • @scottlucas9551
    @scottlucas9551 Рік тому +7

    Dude. Impressive. In order to list the "worst" Kiss songs implies you listened to ALL of their songs. I couldn't even imagine what damage that did. Remarkable endurance!

    • @RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy
      @RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy Рік тому

      I have listened to them all. He is pretty spot on

    • @richardlawson6787
      @richardlawson6787 Рік тому +3

      Every band....even the mighty Beatles...released some trash...you see...bands are under pressure to put out an album whether they have anything or not...so they have to throw in some filler songs...

  • @OldMovieRob
    @OldMovieRob Рік тому +1

    "The stallion and the bear" lol! I'm never going to hear that song the same way again.

  • @dimebagdave77
    @dimebagdave77 Рік тому

    MANYTHNX man🔥 really enjoy these videos

  • @theonlyjamiebourgeois9703
    @theonlyjamiebourgeois9703 Рік тому +1

    Forever, Let's put the x in sex, and most everything after Animalize. Genes material on Animalize was pretty terrible though.
    I LOVE the 'lick it up' album but I kind of agree with "Gimme More".
    From classic KISS I'd have to say 'She', and 'Cold Gin' are both just plodding and really booooring. Similar for 'Firehouse'. I could live without hearing those three songs again.
    I LOVE 'Dance all over your face'. It's probably kind of a terrible song, but it was part of my first kiss experience as lick it up with my first album. I love that stupid song!

  • @Prof_Tickles92
    @Prof_Tickles92 Рік тому +1

    He wasn’t wrong about the algorithm. This is one of his most viewed videos ever.

    • @SeanBlumenshine
      @SeanBlumenshine  Рік тому +1

      The highest since the Guitar Kisstory vids which were 2 years ago

  • @DrTomoculus
    @DrTomoculus Рік тому

    I bailed on KISS after Unmasked. When the only thing left for credibility with them was soon leaving with Ace Frehley. I was around 12/13.
    1. Simmons had been dialing it in since at least 1975's Dressed To Kill. You can't beat what he contributes to KISS and Hotter Than Hell. In fact, if Hotter Than Hell had been recorded and mixed like Dressed To Kill OR KISS, I'd consider it the best album they ever put out. Everyone's contributing gold, Simmons, Stanley and Frehley are all giving good to great songs on Hotter Than Hell. There's no dropoff. Then you get to Dressed To Kill. This is where Paul Stanley has to pick up the slack when Simmons or Frehley don't have material that's beyond "Filler." And unfortunately Paul Stanley writes a lot of filler. "Love Her All I Can" is gold. "Rock Bottom" is great. Everything else he wrote on the album, is just kinda eh. But Simmons, beyond "She", isn't writing anything worthy of "Deuce" or "Watchin' You" here. And Frehley's "Getaway" is probably the Frehley song that rarely gets mentioned. The Criss vocal is great (he should have been their main singer) and the solo kicks ass, but the song is no Parasite, or Cold Gin, or Rocket Ride. Simmons started dialing it in on Dressed To Kill. On Destroyer he sets out to prove he's "more than just a tongue" (which he tried to prove again on his solo album. I personally call him a "sleazy genius". There's a guy there that has a lot of songwriting talent beyond his "image." But ... he can't escape that image.) Everything after Destroyer, is Gene just raking in the spoils (but they did work seriously hard to get where they wanted to go). Sometimes you'll get an Almost Human. Or a Christine Sixteen. Or a Calling Dr. Love. Maybe even Love 'Em and Leave 'Em. But the rest is just ... yeah. Dialed in.
    2. Since I bailed in 1980, a lot of these albums I haven't heard. Not even "I Love It Loud" made me go back to them. But I did pick up, just out of curiousity, Animalize and Asylum. I thought "Heaven's On Fire" was alright. "Get All You Can Take" was kinda cool. "Tears Are Falling" was ok too, but there were just bands that were doing stuff like it, that were better. But I'm glad your list seemed almost entirely made up of post Ace Frehley KISS. I never bought The Elder, and I've listened to it. I won't be buying The Elder.

  • @waynerowlinson6177
    @waynerowlinson6177 Рік тому +6

    I agree with 9 out of 10 songs on the list. I really like Dance all over your face. I never take the lyrics too seriously in any Kiss song, and turned up loud it kind of gives me a Love it Loud feeling. The other 9 are songs I skip when playing an album.... Well, maybe with the exception of The Odyssey. I rarely play the Elder, but usually play it straight through when I do.
    My worst Kiss songs overall is anything Paul sings in his high, almost falsetto voice, which from the early 80s to present is a pretty high percentage.

  • @ThePatcore
    @ThePatcore Рік тому +4

    Id take Simmons "loves a deadly weapon" any day over Paul Stanleys: "And then she kissed me" on Love gun.

    • @michaeldy3157
      @michaeldy3157 Рік тому +2

      Then she kissed me is a cover of the 60s classic.

  • @fredacuneo5180
    @fredacuneo5180 Рік тому +1

    I actually like Cadillac Dreams, esp the brass section at the end. Just me though. Thanks for the vid.

  • @Awesomemusic19
    @Awesomemusic19 Рік тому +9

    Entertaining because of how articulate and well thought out your opinions are. Also, I agree with basically all these pics. You got a new sub 🤙

  • @nealwoolrich7431
    @nealwoolrich7431 Рік тому +3

    Great video Sean. From the 70s I'd add Love Theme From Kiss, Kissin Time, Then She Kissed Me. Their super fast songs were usually misses - I'd add No, No, No to that list.

    • @richgrasby5294
      @richgrasby5294 8 місяців тому

      Totally agree with each and every one of these you mentioned

  • @CathyLahn
    @CathyLahn Рік тому +1

    Excellent list. I'm an original 1970s KISS fan, so your list pleases me greatly.
    For me, there's just no use for anything past 1983.
    And I could easily make this a Top 20 or 30. But this "Top 10 Worst" is right on the button.
    I don't think I would have, even, a Top 3 for the great 70s KISS.
    Nice job, Sean.
    Marc

  • @alstrickland7520
    @alstrickland7520 Рік тому +2

    Unmasked album was atrocious

  • @jeffrykopis5468
    @jeffrykopis5468 Рік тому

    I liked Lick it Up, Animalize, and Asylum when they first came out. Crazy Nights was just ok. I hated Hot in the Shade. But all of them had TOO much jangly guitar, and no bottom end. Paul's opening songs were always over the top, bombastic, frenetic, but had no GROOVE. Vinnie, Mark, and Bruce all had that Yngwie Disease, just puking out billions of notes, none of them catchy or memorable.

  • @robertweaver5285
    @robertweaver5285 Рік тому +1

    Hi Sean! Another really good list. I am one of those people that could not stand the majority of the albums that were released in the '80s. Quite a dry spell. In my opinion, if you took all of the hits from the '80s and created one album, it would have really rocked! It's hard to really tell which album I hated the most, Hot in the Shade, Asylum, or Crazy Nights. I do remember liking Animalize, but I guess I'm going to have to blow the dust off of those CDs and re-listen to them with your take due to your video and see where my judging in 2023 opinion comes in at.

  • @PaladinCecil
    @PaladinCecil Рік тому +1

    Two songs I would've included were Let's Put the X in Sex and I Was Made For Lovin' You. The former for it's painfully and laughably bad song title and lyrics, and the latter for alienating the entire fan base for being a disco song.

  • @alcirbrito3323
    @alcirbrito3323 Рік тому

    My top 10 worst Kiss Songs:
    - Torpedo Girl
    - Under The Rose
    - I'm Alive
    - Bang Bang You
    - No, No, No
    - Let's Put The X In Sex
    - Read My Body
    - Little Caesar
    - I Confess
    - I Finally Found My Way

  • @AndrewCalvetti
    @AndrewCalvetti Рік тому

    Spot on w/ Boomerang... I also love that you got in those two horrific ballads about a year apart in 97 and 98... I tend to like a lot of the 80's KISS - so the fact that I would have some other songs would be just based on opinion alone... But I love Odyssey... I like many of the other songs - Murder in High Heels, etc...
    What did you miss??? I Will Be There from COS??? There are a few other turds... But I did like your video and your research shows... Burn Bitch Burn doesn't get a mention??? I happen to dig that riff a LOT...

  • @theharryoshow4646
    @theharryoshow4646 Рік тому

    Mine was always 100,000 years. I've seen Kiss close to 30 times in my life, and I call it my bathroom song. I have others as well but this was my number one dislike. Even when I was a kid at 13 buying Kiss Alive I fell asleep during that tune.

  • @AzRoadRunner78
    @AzRoadRunner78 Рік тому

    I can agree with you on songs like Odyssey, I Finally Found My Way, Read My Body, and Murder In High Heels. I do love Boomerang (I can agree about the production tho) and Gimme More. Nothing Can Keep Me From You was a good song tho definitely had no place on the DRC soundtrack but it’d have been a good Box Set new track. I even like Love’s A Deadly Weapon tho not my favorite on Asylum (I admit I do prefer it over Uh! All Night). I admit I used to hate Cadillac Dreams, but I actually really like it now.
    I don’t have a top 10 least favorite KISS songs, but if I did, it would include most of the songs on Monster, Great Expectations, Then She Kissed Me, Torpedo Girl, Just A Boy (and Odyssey), Lonely Is The Hunter, Bang Bang You, Good Girl Gone Bad, Let’s Put The X In Sex, and We Are One.
    I was never a big fan of All Hell’s Breaking Loose. I know it’s kinda an 80s fan favorite, but it always annoyed me except for the chorus, especially because I thought A Million To One would have made a much stronger single/video.

  • @adamwilliams3963
    @adamwilliams3963 Рік тому +1

    I always thought there were stinkers on Love Gun. Christine 16. Tomorrow & tonight and Then She Kissed Me. If they had put All American Man, Rocket Ride Larger Than Life on Love Gun, it would’ve been one of the greatest rock albums ever recorded.

  • @kenking7260
    @kenking7260 Рік тому

    I aqm a huge Kiss fan. I have tried to count up the songs I love (over 40)... but I never thought to line up those that I do not love. And there are a lot of those too. You nailed it with your selection here. Thanks for the great video and insights!

  • @kingfisher-theemptinessout3582
    @kingfisher-theemptinessout3582 Місяць тому

    I love this video. Mainly because I only agree with you on two or three songs. Some are even favourites to me. But when I hear your motivation I’m like ‘Yeah, I hear you. I even agree with you on some points.’ I would have added other songs. Probably the whole Sonic Boom and Monster albums too. The only Kiss albums I never bought. I love the eighties Kiss, but they definitely were kings in putting fillers in the albums too. But the really great songs stand out. Cool video!

  • @fmbbeachbum8163
    @fmbbeachbum8163 Рік тому +1

    Simple answer, every song without Peter & Ace

  • @JoeBlow-bd1eg
    @JoeBlow-bd1eg Рік тому

    Great video, I've been a KISS fan since 1978. Will you tell me where you got your shirt?...I've been trying to find one like that 😀

  • @Stewozz98
    @Stewozz98 Рік тому

    I agree. 80's Kiss is essentially garbage. Thought it then and my whole attitude since has not wavered. Unlike ZZtop who openly admitted they changed their original sound to sell records and make money Kiss (Stanley/Simmons) believe what they were doing was what we all wanted. Personally it wasn't until 1992's Revenge was released that I and I believe the true diehard Kiss Army Vets got back on board with what our Painted Warriors were trying to sell. No one ever said being a KISS fan was going to be easy. They most certainly live up to that.

  • @marcocappa3738
    @marcocappa3738 Рік тому

    Odyssey is a hidden gem (like the whole "the elder"....if you wanna hear some real cramps just listen to
    Tomorrow and tonight
    Then she kissed me
    We are one
    God gave Rnr to you and every song that made Kiss sounding like an older version of Bon Jovi-Def leppard

  • @josephbrandonrovito2576
    @josephbrandonrovito2576 Рік тому +4

    great video sean, i agree with this list totally and i like the articulate way in which you describe why you dont appreciate it. it was interesting to hear.

  • @jonstreng7850
    @jonstreng7850 Рік тому +1

    I know many fans like I Still Love You off of Creatures. The studio version on this is my least favorite. I do like the Unplugged arrangement much better. I totally agree with #5 and #6. Another of my least favorites is Torpedo Girl off Unmasked. Another one I didn't care for was the track "Lonely Is the Hunter 😔"

  • @sidgarrison9023
    @sidgarrison9023 Рік тому

    Just subscribed. I like your input, interesting pov’s. I don’t want to miss any more from you.

  • @johnnyguitar6639
    @johnnyguitar6639 Рік тому

    7:07 reminds me of a slow version of Don't lift us up were we belong

  • @michaelbarnett862
    @michaelbarnett862 11 місяців тому +1

    Don't really care what you think about kiss songs ,they are all great

  • @wayne1167
    @wayne1167 Рік тому

    I would have added :
    Tomorrow and Tonight.
    And then she kissed me.
    Great Expectations
    Hooligan
    I Still Love You
    X Ray Eyes
    Magic Touch
    Mainline
    All The Way
    Let Me Know

  • @annielanham-vn2ov
    @annielanham-vn2ov Рік тому

    Psycho circus was such a huge disappointment, and I'm OFFENDED that Paul and Gene would think that we wouldn't even notice that ace and Peter weren't playing! I noticed IMMEDIATELY

  • @sunintheroom
    @sunintheroom Рік тому +1

    .."easy as it seems" and "escape from the island"..fillers.. :)

  • @joevargo3323
    @joevargo3323 Рік тому +1

    I listen to Odyssey every night before I go to sleep.

  • @BazookaToe
    @BazookaToe Рік тому +6

    The best years of KISS were obviously their first few albums in the 70’s when they were doing their own thing. They would then go on to just trying to remain relevant, whether it was Disco, concept album, pop schlock, etc.
    The songs you played off Hot in the Shade are the first time I’ve heard them, as I had already given up on this band.

    • @bace9381
      @bace9381 Рік тому +3

      Agree, most 80s albums were rubbish

    • @Victorseafog
      @Victorseafog Рік тому

      You really think gene Simmons wrote cold gin? The dude who never drank. Maybe it was another shopped song bought and paid for from some mid Atlantic/ ne band.

    • @Victorseafog
      @Victorseafog Рік тому

      Kiss couldn’t write shit.

    • @BazookaToe
      @BazookaToe Рік тому

      @@Victorseafog, Gene didn’t write Cold Gin - Ace did.

  • @scottcayouette6829
    @scottcayouette6829 Рік тому +1

    I have to agree their 70's era wok was far superior. Even their filler back then was better than 90% of what they have produced without Ace. And the arguing in the studio to reach the level of quality they had in the 70's is gone as the others in the band have little say in anything.
    Just look at the solo work Freddie Mercury did without the band arguing with him about the songs compared to an Queen record. The point here is the same. Original members demand a say, hired musicians keep quiet. As such quality tanks every time.

  • @markg0410
    @markg0410 Рік тому

    Is it just me, or does "Read My Body" borrow a LOT from Skinny Puppy's "Stairs And Flowers" (Def Wish Mix)?

  • @timjonesvideos
    @timjonesvideos Рік тому

    I heard tell they are saving these very 10 songs to open their final show with! (Dis)honorable mentions go to 'Bang Bang You', & the Simmons nursery rhyme 'Tunnel of Love', IMHO.

  • @ladypalomino3151
    @ladypalomino3151 Рік тому +1

    Sean, I totally agree with you. After 1983 I couldn't get into Kiss.

  • @BNatoAk
    @BNatoAk Рік тому +1

    Turn on the night and tomorrow are my 80's favorite 2! Nothing to do with this but thought I'd throw that in.

  • @chefpegleg1
    @chefpegleg1 Рік тому

    Not one song from Crazy Nights? What?

  • @Bop7324
    @Bop7324 Рік тому

    I couldn’t narrow it down to just ten. Basically everything from 1983 to present day with the exception of Rock n Roll Hell.

  • @steveramsey6562
    @steveramsey6562 Рік тому +1

    You're very good at these ranking shows, hope to see more.

  • @gr8handsftl
    @gr8handsftl Рік тому

    1 Domino
    2 Spit
    3 Murder in High Heels
    4 Boomerang
    5 Yes I Know
    6 The Street Giveth
    7 No, No, No
    8 Paralyzed
    9 Walls Come Down
    10 Anything For My Baby

  • @bannersvault3102
    @bannersvault3102 Рік тому

    I just downloaded Apple Music and was working on Kiss playlists (I'd say mostly complete albums that I take songs out of) and came back to give some hate to Bang Bang You. 😂

  • @AQMusic10
    @AQMusic10 Рік тому +2

    Great list. There’s definitely some clunkers in the catalog. I’ll be honest, there’s some songs that I secretly like, but I might be embarrassed if someone catches me listening to them. I sent you an email with a question and I would appreciate if you could respond if you have the time. Keep up the great work..

  • @Kissfan96dr
    @Kissfan96dr Рік тому +1

    my ten worse KISS songs are:
    All for the Love of Rock & Roll - a song about getting someone to commit adultery. sounds casual and playful but the subject matter is not.
    Goin Blind - drags on too long and horribly out of place on the album
    Murder in High Heels - a horrible closer for this album. The album definitely needed a good "do ya love me" closer from Paul instead.
    Lonely is the Hunter - boring filler song from Gene
    Seduction of the Innocent - reminds me of Gene's solo albums
    Eat your Heart Out - lyrics leave little imagination what the song is really about, isn't "brilliantly done", and title doesn't fit well.
    Freak - song is a bit of a chore to get through
    Cadillac Dreams, Love's a Slap in the Face, Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell - more boring filler Gene songs

  • @timgreene8432
    @timgreene8432 Рік тому

    I agree with every song you mentioned. But still like Christine Sixteen , especially the Vegas version.

  • @tysonwilliams4467
    @tysonwilliams4467 Рік тому

    Im grateful you didn't include any tracks from the first six albums. Granted there are some filler tracks here and there but i find them more tolerable than the ones here.

  • @DavidSchriek
    @DavidSchriek 7 місяців тому

    Love your dry sense of humour Sean and your review style. I agree with every rating you've given except Odyssey.

  • @grego7345
    @grego7345 Рік тому +3

    For me it's, "Burn Bitch Burn" or really, any Gene song from, "Animalize" through , "Crazy Nights."

  • @martinmarrero3996
    @martinmarrero3996 Рік тому

    I put gene's solo last because Peter didn't use celebrities on his album as gene did.

  • @stevenmay2937
    @stevenmay2937 Рік тому +4

    kiss ended in 1977.. at least for me

  • @firedlake4165
    @firedlake4165 Рік тому

    "or else this will just be a video of me bullying Peter Criss"
    Me who's been a massive Peter Criss fan since I was 4 years old: 😐😳🥺😡

  • @nightreaper1824
    @nightreaper1824 Рік тому

    The Odyssey needed another take. It was a bit uppity for KISS. I am a fan of concept albums such as Welcome to My Nightmare or Operation Mindcrime. What was the odyssey (protagonist's goal) of The Elder? I'm a writer and I'm not getting it.

  • @wussupitsmeyaboi1210
    @wussupitsmeyaboi1210 Рік тому +1

    My least favorite songs or songs I just don't understand by KISS
    1. Christine Sixteen (the fact its about a older man lusting over a minor makes my throat close up)
    2. Mainline (sorry but Peter's voice isn't as good as Ace, Paul nor Gene)
    3. Rock N' All Night (just overheard this song too many times that the radio needs to play songs from Destroyer or Hotter Than Hell)
    4. Beth (do I need to explain that there's Shandi, and Forever?!)
    And thats about it I am sure there was a few songs from Revenge but I love Revenge (Unholy, I Just Wanna, Heart of Chrome, Paralyzed, Thou Shall Not, and my personal favorite Domino) i just haven't listened to all KISS's work but a great bunch.

    • @russellmcbride1242
      @russellmcbride1242 Рік тому

      I think Mainline is great! (Baby won't you give it to me one time!) The lead, the groove.... I dig that whole album!🤘

    • @wussupitsmeyaboi1210
      @wussupitsmeyaboi1210 Рік тому

      @@russellmcbride1242 i liked Hotter Than Hell it has some nice hits like Parasite, Hotter Than Hell, Got to Choose Etc. But mainline isn't my cup of tea.

    • @russellmcbride1242
      @russellmcbride1242 Рік тому

      @@wussupitsmeyaboi1210 I like that cow bell and the outro cymbal crash. One my favorite Kiss tunes. But I hear you.

    • @wussupitsmeyaboi1210
      @wussupitsmeyaboi1210 Рік тому

      @@russellmcbride1242 if u wanna talk cowbells Nothin to Lose and Firehouse thats the shit right there.

  • @markmcclellan1316
    @markmcclellan1316 8 місяців тому

    1. Bang Bang You (this one is a crime against nature)
    2. Christine Sixteen
    3. Radar For Love
    4. All of Unmasked
    5. All of Carnival of Souls (except Jungle)
    6. Domino
    7. Thrills in the Night
    8. All of Peter Criss '78 solo album
    9. Modern Day Delilah (really, what do people see in this song?)
    10. Secretly Cruel
    My Way is a bad Kiss song, but it's a good Journey song.

  • @blackscorpion-h8i
    @blackscorpion-h8i Рік тому

    1. Read My Body
    2. God Gave Rock And Roll To You II
    3. Bang Bang You
    4. Kissin' Time
    5. Odyssey
    6. My Way
    7. Hooligan
    8. Tomorrow And Tonight
    9. Easy As It Seems
    10. You're All That I Want

  • @richardlawson6787
    @richardlawson6787 Рік тому +1

    Just listen to the elder...every song on the album is beyond terrible

  • @denismikulicin3433
    @denismikulicin3433 Рік тому

    Hi Sean, I also am a big kiss kiss fan? Or used to be, i saw them first time here in Sydney back in 1980 I got into kiss as a teenager in the seventies & bought every album but stopped at unmasked. It just seems that every song since then just sounds as slap together fill in songs just to get another album out, sure I like the odd song but my play list now only contains albums with the original members.

  • @joncraven6532
    @joncraven6532 Рік тому

    Kiss sucks, although I will always love them for introducing this guy to music when he was eight years old.

  • @mkp3824
    @mkp3824 Рік тому

    I don't know a lot of the non-makeup songs that weren't popular enough to get played in concert. Except for "Animalize." I had that one. But "Crazy Nights," "Lick it up," "Hot in the Shade," etc, never had the album. So, I mostly stick to the old stuff and the live albums. (Alive III is underrated. One of my favorites). So, even though they're my favorite band, I've never heard these songs on this list. (I'm up to number 5, now).

    • @jfrsnjhnsn
      @jfrsnjhnsn Рік тому +1

      Lick it Up is worth having just for Fits Like a Glove.

  • @xalleem8117
    @xalleem8117 Рік тому

    The whole Elder album can compile a list on its own...😂

  • @JIMJAMSC
    @JIMJAMSC Рік тому

    Fan since 77. Only 10 is tough but 5 would be Detroit Rock City,Rock and Roll all Night, Love Gun, Dr Love and both Kiss Alive 1 and two.

  • @Tigerwolf291
    @Tigerwolf291 Рік тому

    Can't argue with this list. Around that time when the makeup came off I felt that was a huge mistake and distanced myself from the group a bit although they had some good songs during the no makeup era for sure.

  • @roberthaizlip4057
    @roberthaizlip4057 Рік тому

    There was a love story in Detroit rock city movie so a ballad totally made sense on the soundtrack..

  • @keithworx
    @keithworx Рік тому +1

    Props to you Sean for even LISTENING to this era of the band...from 1980-1996 they were horrible...

  • @joyjohnson9819
    @joyjohnson9819 Рік тому

    Dude love this. My BFF who is a classic trained musician. Our favorite game pick the worst KISS song.

  • @scottbakanumba1heathen313
    @scottbakanumba1heathen313 Рік тому

    Definitely "Kissing Time" from their debut. I understand wasn't included on original pressings of the LP but later added after a kissing contest.

  • @wbfwbl8434
    @wbfwbl8434 Рік тому

    Good list 👍 What happened to your KISS album reviews?

    • @darkraven5459
      @darkraven5459 Рік тому

      He finished the series i'm pretty sure

    • @wbfwbl8434
      @wbfwbl8434 Рік тому

      @@darkraven5459 yeah I know but I liked to revisit those video's and I can't see those on the channel

    • @darkraven5459
      @darkraven5459 Рік тому

      @@wbfwbl8434 oh Sean told me that they got taken down for copyright issues for some reason

    • @wbfwbl8434
      @wbfwbl8434 Рік тому

      @@darkraven5459 copyrights ... I just love those m....s who sit behind their desks and try to show they are doing important work for those big corps. Same shit like the consulting advisors who take money for delivering a list of people to drop. Because of shit like this I'm not against piracy

    • @SeanBlumenshine
      @SeanBlumenshine  Рік тому

      There’s a community post on my channel explaining it in more detail but I got a copyright strike on my Hotter Than Hell review so I took them all down to avoid potentially losing the channel.

  • @jdyork471
    @jdyork471 Рік тому

    I wish Let’s Put The X in Sex had made it on your list.