i dig your reactions, but im not even watching this one brother. this is when they sold out and i moved on from them. I HATED and STILL HATE DISCO. KEEP GOING BROTHER AND ILL KEEP WATCHING
Early Journey absolute killa " Nickel and Dime" from the album 'Next'. 1977. And Jamel, if you wanta gets real, real tripped out in a great mind blowin' way, try The Mahavishnu Orchestra! "Birds of Fire" would be a fine start. Do everyone a favor and trip dis!
I was 9 years back then and was listening to a lot of disco music ... So Kiss were the one making me listening to Rock and in the same year I discovered AC/DC for me ... I doubt I would have if not for this song.
This was a highly controversial move for KISS back in the day. Many of the hardcore fans hated that they made a disco record. Personally, I always dug this songs. Ace's solo rips!
Ok, ok...it wasn't a DISCO RECORD. It was a disco SONG, as in the one and only attempt at that genre to the best of my knowledge (and I speak as a life-long fan and member of the KISS Army who absolutely loves and respects the Band). My first KISS concert was the "Lick It Up Tour" in 1983 and the last time was February 11, 2020 in Columbia, SC with several others in between, so.........
@@DaveThomson I have no way of knowing what they were thinking at the time, of course but I wouldn't doubt that a bit given the rest of their catalog/KISS-tory... lol
This was the ring tone on my phone for when my wife called me. She's been passed for a little for over 2 years and I haven't been able to listen to this. But when I saw Jamel was reacting to it I decided to listen because he always shows such respect for music. He truly loves music. Thank you Jamel
I was a young teen when this song came out...everyone was calling KISS a sellout when this was released! I always kinda. Liked it! 🤷♀️ Truthfully? It WAS the Disco Era, so many rockers - hello, Rod Stewart - released dancey songs to have sales!
The movie Detroit Rock City is set in '78, and one of the lines in the movie is "If there's one thing KISS will never do it's release a crappy disco song." Which is a great line, knowing that I Was Made For Loving You came out in '79.
As a kid, I had one of those static cling boards that often had super heroes or whatever and you'd peel and stick them in different parts of the scene. I had 3 of them. One with Superman. One with Batman. And one with KISS. It was hilarious.
In 1978 I was 11 and in the 6th grade. My buddy and I each told our parents we were spending the night at the others house and we went and saw KISS at the Houston Summit. Tickets were $15. After the concert neither of us could go home so we ran the streets till morning. One of my favorite childhood memories.
I'm from Houston, too. It's crazy how different things were then compared to now. When we were 12 (1982) our folks used to take us to the Sam Houston Coliseum and drop us off to watch wrestling. They say "we'll pick you up around 10 or 10:30." They were always late and we'd just wander around downtown till they found us around midnight. You'd have the police called on you today for that 😂
I saw an interview with Gene Simmons and he said they absolutely HATE this song because of the disco feel. Apparently their record company insisted they do this song to stay relevant in the 70s. Funny that it's one of their biggest hits.
@@christopherharris3229 I saw them live about 10 years ago. Gene was animated and playing his part enthusiastically until they played this song. He stood still and seemed completely bored with it.😂
I think Paul was for it because creating and recording a disco song was a sure moneymaker at the time. I'm surprised Gene was sour on it cause he's the businessman of the group.
Only reason they did dynasty was they had to stay on tour. Gene and Paul both hated doing disco. Watch " Kiss: xtreme close up" for any questions you may have.
I hate on KISS because they flat out suck and I would rather have a hot poker jammed in my ears than listen to the garbage they put out and tried to brand as music.
Does anyone remember when nobody knew what KISS looked like without their makeup? Whenever they went out in public they wore handkerchief or bandanas over their faces. I think they finally revealed their faces in the 80s.
I sure do remember that! And I read a story years ago (I forgot where )that the reason they decided to put on full makeup was because as rockers, they were a lot older then their management thought would be popular for their fan base. Does anyone else know this story? You couldn't tell their age from all the makeup they had on😆
They had a “reveal“ on MTV to coincide with the release of the Lick It Up album. I guess that was ‘83? It was a big deal at time - finally we’d see what they looked like because you’re right, up to that point nobody knew because they were only seen in public with their faces covered LOL
Same here @MichelleRutherford but I just can't believe that our fellow KISS fans pointed to this one as Brother Jamel's introduction to "The Hottest Band in the World"...smdh
@@blgeiger71 I agree however what in the world would you recommend. I mean they only have 1000 ultra awesome songs haha. I recommend still know something and forever. Throw some years between the 2. It's really a super hard choice. Cheers
@@rootloggins3951 Cool, and yes they do have quite the extensive catalog to choose from! There's no way to narrow it down to just one or a few songs as "favorites" but as a huge fan since 1977 when I was only 6 years old I would have to start with "Deuce", the opening track from "Alive" along with a few others like "Love Gun", "I Stole Your Love", "Shout It Out Loud", Heaven's On Fire".....
@@anypoxynames that was not disco. That was early stage glam rock. Not that there is anything wrong with disco, but they were no more disco than ELO was. I don’t mean to butt in, but if you care to read the following reply, you can. If not, that’s cool. I rarely speak up, but it took my mind off my worries for a while, so I appreciated the challenge. All in kindness, all just discussion.
Love that movie. I watch it every time it's on tv. I always say to myself, if I was his mother, I'd be taking them to the concert and rockin' out with them.
It might be a disco song but it has stood the test of time. I used to go to roller discos and loved this song. 15 years later I went clubbing and it still filled the floor and still does at the nursing homes today.😂
This was my very first rock concert, I had a friend who is older than me and her mother worked at a record store as a manager. She got some free tickets and my friend asked me to go to the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville Tennessee to see kiss. I was so damn excited oh, there was only one problem. I was only 10 years old. I begged and pleaded with my parents to let me go and they finally relented. It was standing room only that night. We were short and couldn't see the stage very well, in addition ,there was too much marijuana smoke to see much of anything....lol.. my ears were ringing for 2 days.
Same here. I begged my dad for tickets when they came to town. I couldn't wait to go. I was about 15 at the time. lol Begged and pleaded and cried. I got my way. lol
Well ,for kids the image was so cool ,with the makeup and everything,but I'm pretty sure that my parents were not the only ones who thought they were the disciples of Satan....lol😆😂🤣
@@darcisavelli546 well I have to say that my fascination Kiss didn't last too long. I think preteens and early teenagers were a big part of their fan base. Now I would just consider them apart of the "Shock Rockers " of time, along with Ozzy Osbourne, and Alice Cooper.
I saw them with the same lineup. Great show. Skids weren't the same without Bach. Loved the 15 min version of Stranglehold though. I would've been 29ish.
This band was an utter phenomenon when I was growing up. Everybody knew exactly who they were, posters were all over the place, kids sang their songs in school and even came to parties in makeup like them. This song was Kiss at there best
Yes scene that sore I seen kiss with you original lineup since 1975 all at Madison Square Garden the worlds most famous arena. He was very polite and we had a good little conversation because she couldn’t do a line so people are outside around the corner. The book is kiss and makeup. It’s a good read check itikour
Every time I hear this worldwide hit it takes me back to 1979 when my friend and I saw a rock magazine article titled Kiss goes disco”. Immediately my friend said “Kiss goes disco my ASSCO!” 😂. Since then I’m proud to say my 18 year old son and I have met all four original members of our all time favorite band KISS!
Thanks Jamel! I saw KISS on their tour for this album. I was 14, and painted my face like Ace, and my buddy painted up like Paul. The show was awesome, and I will never forget it. The bonus for me was the opening act, Judas Priest. I lot of people did not know them, but I was already into Priest, and they put on an excellent performance. Most everyone was there to see KISS, and often booed Priest, and chanted “We want KISS,” which made me mad because I also very much also wanted to see and hear Priest, and they were stellar! Oh, the memories.
I remember the release of this album so well. We all put on our best platform shoes, elephant bell crushed denim pants, and headed out to party at the local "Kiss-co-tech". 🤩 🥳 Good times. 🥳 🤩
I heard Kiss perform this song live at Dodger Stadium in (I wanna say) 1998. Some friends from work invited me to the show. A memorable night I will never forget.
@@AaronRadioStudio Yes, the Live version as well as others, their first 3 albums were good but does not match the energy/intensity of them doing the songs live.
This is my all-favorite Kiss song!!! This song was a Top 20 hit in the summer of 1979!!! It peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart!!! Ace Frehely's guitar solo is the killer for this song!!!
I was about 9 or 10 years old when this came out and we all loved it and became Kiss fans on the back of it, in the way that children do - we had their names plastered over our books and tried to learn as much as we could about the band members from music magazines. We each had our favourites but everyone wanted to be able to touch their chin with their tongue like Gene Simmons
Definitely a song that was a sign of the times. With disco so big at that moment, a lot of rock bands did this (Stones, Queen) to try and remain relevant.
Stones Miss You not disco. Just had the four on the floor bass drum beat.. that alone does not make it a disco song. Disco tracks don’t have harmonica in them🤣
Disco Fever ! Everyone took a shot at the magic beats that were selling like McDonald's. Kiss, the Stones, even The Grateful Dead took a walk down "Shakedown Street"...
Hated this back in the day. Rockers like me despised disco and hated kiss for putting this out. Of course years later and some maturity we realise it's a pretty cool tune
I've lost count of the number of KISS concerts I've been to, but this song is always a fan favorite...and sounds so much better live. 1985, when I was 17, my best friend and I met KISS backstage...the highlight of my young life, lol.
I grew up listening to Kiss, some of the best memories I have with my dad, glad I got to see them in 96 with him before he passed away a few weeks after my 12th birthday. That being said, Live Kiss is the best Kiss.
So, not a member of the Kiss army by any stretch, but to me this was one of their best. To me, this song was their music and their glam campiness finally coalescing into something that made sense. Of course, I get why the average Kiss fan does not like this, and that's cool too, but this is a JAM.
Finally a KISS appearance! haha This was their stab at disco and turned out to be one of their bigger radio airplay hits. Even though they're a hard rock band, they dabble in lots of genres as you'll see if you dig deeper into them. Keep doin' your thing sir.
"a lot of people don't like disco" but a lot do! And I'm one of them. At 56 I still go to dance clubs twice a month to tear up the floor, and long may I continue doing it for nothing else brings me such unbridled joy!
@@scottferrell2806 yeah **Live** in the studio they don’t record live the record each person playing separately and mix it together.. that’s why they had a producer
@@scottferrell2806, wrong, Paul played bass in this song. Almost every band member (except Criss and St John) played bass in some songs (Thayer, for example, played bass in some 'Hot in the Shade' songs). Gene didn't play bass even in his solo album. He is a great player though, just don't feel insecure when somebody else plays a bass part.
Saw KISS twice in the 70’s ... once at the Fabulous Forum where Cheap Trick & Peter Frampton opened for KISS. And, Anaheim Stadium where Ted Nugent & Bob Seger opened for them! Both concerts were unbelievable!! Love the song GOD OF THUNDER🩸🩸Ace Frehley’s electric bolts from his guitar 🎉 Confetti falling all over the Forum during ROCK N ROLL ALL NIGHT 😻 BETH by Peter Criss. And definitely can’t forget Uncle Ted zip-lining to the Anaheim stage playing his guitar in a loin cloth!! Those were the days!! Ace Frehley’s sister is my hairdresser & says Ace is working on a solo project now & doing quite well. 👊 (boom)
KISS was one of several rock acts that put out a disco song. KISS, Rod Stewart, The Rolling Stones, all had hits during the disco era that were "disco adjacent" at the very least. This was mostly done on a dare, but they pulled it off. ~Be Blessed
After this song was released, I remember when they came to my town for their tour, a bunch of Kiss fans formed a picket line in front of the stadium entrance and they would carry 'NO DISCO' signs.
Kiss was with Casablanca Records, an American record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Republic Records. Under its founder Neil Bogart, Casablanca was most successful during the disco era of the mid to late 1970s. The label currently focuses on dance and electronic music under the direction of Rob Stevenson and Brett Alperowitz. "The Casablanca Singles by KISS...1974-1982" covers KISS' remarkable eight-year stay on Bogart's label, from their very first, "Nothin' to Lose" b/w "Love Theme from KISS", from their self-titled debut to their very first charted 45, "Kissin' Time". The band's subsequent string of hits included "Dressed to Kill"'s live version of "Rock and Roll All Nite" (#12 on Billboard's Hot 100), "Destroyer"'s "Shout It Out Loud" (#31) and the Top 10 ballad "Beth", "Rock And Roll Over"'s "Hard Luck Woman" (#15) and "Calling Dr. Love" (#16), "Love Gun"'s "Christeen Sixteen" (#25), Ace Frehley's solo hit, "New York Groove" (#13) and "Dynasty"'s "I Was Made for Lovin' You" (#11).
Please react to the rock band Cheap Trick: "Surrender", "I Want You To Want Me" (Live At Budokan), "Dream Police", "The Flame", "Ain't That A Shame" (Live At Budokan), "Voices", "Ghost Town", and "ELO Kiddies".
Despite their wild makeup, Kiss was one of the most commercial formula rock music bands of them all. Along with a charismatic front man, and spectacular pyrotechnic stage shows. Add in the marketing campaign, you couldn't escape their logo. More like savvy entrepreneurs than musical geniuses. The music is not terrible by any means. Good hard driving rock n roll. Sounds the best when you're 18, and drunk.
I was certainly the youngest girl in Italy I was 6 years old to buy this single ... Fascinated and at the same time troubled by this band. 'now ..... I'm fashion and sexy even at 70 years old. Gene Simmons is a myth that has upset my dreams as a teenager, the theatricality and the look of this mythical band is unique and will be forever!!!!!!❤️😈💋
You gotta give these guys props for all those years of rocking out on stage, with the hot lights, and pyrotechnics, all while wearing all that make up and heavy outfits.
I don’t care about the beat. I love listening to KISS 💋 no matter what it is! People can learn how to handle a little disco! That is what is great about growing up in the 80’s. I loves everything from disco to country!
This song reminds me of better days and hanging out with my girl neighbors that lived a couple doors down and they played this one a lot. This brings back great memories of just hanging out. This was their answer to disco. This is one of my favorite songs of theirs. From 1979.
1979 ~ The last time KISS was original & "cool." My 1st concert 12/1/79. All I see now, is huge disco balls & glitter. I truly appreciate your reactions, mate! Thank you.
KISS'S contribution to Disco! An entertaining and pretty damn good tune! Thanks for playing this one Jamel, I play this one acoustically. 👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
This played at my first ever ‘grown up’ party…think I was about 12. I don’t remember whose party it was, but I do remember this song. I was never a Kiss fan, but this song did blow me away at the time.
Your roller skating comments were dead on! I totally remember skating to this tune! Hell, I had it on single! Yeah, it's disco, but it just showed how versatile KISS really was. Have fun!
My dad was the president of Canteen catering in Oklahoma in the 70s. His office overlooked the Tulsa convention center. He catered for them several times during this era. He told me that he had them bring a full length mirror into the dressing room so they could squat in their skin tight leather pants. They didn't want to rip thier pants on accident on stage 🤣. He said looked like New York cab drivers without all the makeup. Dad said they were super nice to him always!
When I was 13 back in... Well a long ass time ago... I dressed as Gene Simmons for Halloween and just sat on my porch and scared the crap out of 3 girls who didn't see me sitting there which started my lifelong love affair with Kiss and Halloween and doing home haunts. A couple years ago my oldest son got me tix for my birthday to see KISS in concert... My first time ever seeing them in concert!! It was awesome and amazing and omg the things they were doing at their age! Cmon... Paul Stanley flying thru the air in his 70s?? Blew me away and was a lifelong dream come true, even if I was in the nosebleed seats❤️
KISS was my sister and I first concert way back in 1976 it was the Destroyer tour .... I was 14, Paul looks like he's wearing a sweater with all that chest hair! 😂🤣
Welcome to KISS! You can spend the next month just on them. This song is not representative of them though...it was an attempt to capitalize on the end of the Disco era. Not a bad song though! Next up for them: Detroit Rock City; Heaven’s on Fire; Crazy, Crazy Nights; Shout It Out Loud; Strutter.
I seen them in Concert when I was 8, I begged my parents so bad to see them, my older brother and his friends were going. My Dad finally broke down and said yes!! Let’s just say it changed my life and I was a Rocker Girl from that concert. I spent pretty much whole concert on my brother and his friends shoulders. I got a shout out from Paul Stanley the lead singer, I was on the shoulders of one of his friends who was 7’2”. Please listen to Beth
I am such a huge KISS fan I talked my wife into walking into our reception to this song not the best song by them but I was determined to have a KISS song at our wedding
Jamel A great Kiss song for you To react to would be , I WANNA ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT , From 1975 , The same year as Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen was Released
I saw Kiss on their Destroyer tour in 1976 * ( pictures) and I saw them again in 1979 w/ pictures and they played this song - and they nailed it- great reaction and I love ur videos!!!!!
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i dig your reactions, but im not even watching this one brother. this is when they sold out and i moved on from them. I HATED and STILL HATE DISCO. KEEP GOING BROTHER AND ILL KEEP WATCHING
Please check out “Marooned” by Pink Floyd
They were criticized for this song by their fans for making a disco song. But I happen to love it brings back memories of when I was 13.
Early Journey absolute killa " Nickel and Dime" from the album 'Next'. 1977. And Jamel, if you wanta gets real, real tripped out in a great mind blowin' way, try The Mahavishnu Orchestra! "Birds of Fire" would be a fine start. Do everyone a favor and trip dis!
I was 9 years back then and was listening to a lot of disco music ... So Kiss were the one making me listening to Rock and in the same year I discovered AC/DC for me ... I doubt I would have if not for this song.
This was a highly controversial move for KISS back in the day. Many of the hardcore fans hated that they made a disco record. Personally, I always dug this songs. Ace's solo rips!
I agree with you. It's just to good not to like
Ok, ok...it wasn't a DISCO RECORD. It was a disco SONG, as in the one and only attempt at that genre to the best of my knowledge (and I speak as a life-long fan and member of the KISS Army who absolutely loves and respects the Band). My first KISS concert was the "Lick It Up Tour" in 1983 and the last time was February 11, 2020 in Columbia, SC with several others in between, so.........
@@blgeiger71 Wasn't this more of a sarcastic / tongue and cheek sort of maneuver? As in how easy it was to make a disco song.
Pretty sure that's Bob Kulick not Ace on the actual recording??
@@DaveThomson I have no way of knowing what they were thinking at the time, of course but I wouldn't doubt that a bit given the rest of their catalog/KISS-tory... lol
This was the ring tone on my phone for when my wife called me. She's been passed for a little for over 2 years and I haven't been able to listen to this. But when I saw Jamel was reacting to it I decided to listen because he always shows such respect for music. He truly loves music. Thank you Jamel
❤️❤️🤟my respect!
Thats sad, I hope yours doing better and allow yourself to listen to it again in her honor. RIP to your wife
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So sorry, hope you have "coincidences" that show you she's around
Yeah my ringtone for my wife is the bitch is back by Elton John
"I WASNT EXPECTING THE DISCO VIBE" -Jamal, 2021
" Neither was anyone else" - everyone else, 1979 - now
You win the internet today!!!
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I was a young teen when this song came out...everyone was calling KISS a sellout when this was released! I always kinda. Liked it! 🤷♀️ Truthfully? It WAS the Disco Era, so many rockers - hello, Rod Stewart - released dancey songs to have sales!
The movie Detroit Rock City is set in '78, and one of the lines in the movie is "If there's one thing KISS will never do it's release a crappy disco song." Which is a great line, knowing that I Was Made For Loving You came out in '79.
Baaahahahaaa! Dead. 🪦
Whenever someone says that KISS was EVERYWHERE in the seventies, they're not kidding. Even the discos were playing their music.
I remember their merchandise being everywhere. I loved their pinball machine
Especially this dumb song that turned all of us Kiss fans off. lol I kinda like it now but back in 79 I hated it. Kiss turned disco????? WTF??????
@@scottferrell2806 ikr 😳I hated it then but love it now!
As a kid, I had one of those static cling boards that often had super heroes or whatever and you'd peel and stick them in different parts of the scene. I had 3 of them. One with Superman. One with Batman. And one with KISS. It was hilarious.
@@jasonpayne5638 oh my I totally forgot about those!
Paul Stanley wrote in 3 mins to prove he could write a disco song. Good reaction, more Kiss Jamal
No it was 3 months
In 1978 I was 11 and in the 6th grade. My buddy and I each told our parents we were spending the night at the others house and we went and saw KISS at the Houston Summit. Tickets were $15. After the concert neither of us could go home so we ran the streets till morning. One of my favorite childhood memories.
The good ol days when you could get away with stuff like that ..... I miss those days .
Ah...The Summit!! I grew up in Alvin and made many concert memories there in my younger days!!’
MY BUDDY AND I USE TO DO THE SAME THING (SPENDING NIGHTS AT EACH OTHER'S HOUSE) MAN THOSE WERE SOME "COLD NIGHTS" IN ALASKA BACK IN THE 70S🥶😉
8 and trying to argue like my big brother about what they looked like
I'm from Houston, too. It's crazy how different things were then compared to now. When we were 12 (1982) our folks used to take us to the Sam Houston Coliseum and drop us off to watch wrestling. They say "we'll pick you up around 10 or 10:30." They were always late and we'd just wander around downtown till they found us around midnight.
You'd have the police called on you today for that 😂
"I wasn't expecting this!" Neither were any of the Kiss fans. LOL
rem this song coming out thought the guy on the radio was on drugs kiss this aint kiss????? lol
Damn.....just damn
Peter and Ace and the KISS army said the same thing. 🤣
Only thing less KISS was the Music From The Elder album.
@@bamachineLOL That's the only Kiss album I've heard all the way through. I actually like it. Of course I'm not what you'd call a big Kiss fan.
I saw an interview with Gene Simmons and he said they absolutely HATE this song because of the disco feel. Apparently their record company insisted they do this song to stay relevant in the 70s. Funny that it's one of their biggest hits.
Gene hated this song so much that Paul Stanley wound up playing the bass track for it. 😆
@@christopherharris3229 I saw them live about 10 years ago. Gene was animated and playing his part enthusiastically until they played this song. He stood still and seemed completely bored with it.😂
I think Paul was for it because creating and recording a disco song was a sure moneymaker at the time. I'm surprised Gene was sour on it cause he's the businessman of the group.
@@MisterMikeTexas yeah, but Gene said it felt like selling out. Maybe back then he cared more about the music than the money.
@@derekv6106 "Sure Know Something" also has a disco flavor.
People are going to hate on this one because of the disco beat. But I always liked it. This isn’t typical Kiss, so don’t get used to it.
I only hate on KISS because they have the most repetitive lyrics ever....
@@johnny85er I take it you never heard Get up and Boogie by the Silver Convention
@@johnny85er I felt a little that way with ZZ Top in the 80s.
Only reason they did dynasty was they had to stay on tour. Gene and Paul both hated doing disco. Watch " Kiss: xtreme close up" for any questions you may have.
I hate on KISS because they flat out suck and I would rather have a hot poker jammed in my ears than listen to the garbage they put out and tried to brand as music.
Does anyone remember when nobody knew what KISS looked like without their makeup? Whenever they went out in public they wore handkerchief or bandanas over their faces. I think they finally revealed their faces in the 80s.
I sure do remember that! And I read a story years ago (I forgot where )that the reason they decided to put on full makeup was because as rockers, they were a lot older then their management thought would be popular for their fan base. Does anyone else know this story? You couldn't tell their age from all the makeup they had on😆
They had a “reveal“ on MTV to coincide with the release of the Lick It Up album. I guess that was ‘83? It was a big deal at time - finally we’d see what they looked like because you’re right, up to that point nobody knew because they were only seen in public with their faces covered LOL
Do you remember when they said that KISS stood for Knights In Satan's Service? lol
Every concert I attended started with "Detroit Rock City" and ended with "Rick and Roll All Night "... enjoy 😉
INDEED lmaooo The two in Montreal I been to did anyways.
rick roll lmaooo
Not when they played in Detroit, that’s what they ended with.
Most concerts started with deuce, detroit rock city..or creatures of the night on some occassions...
I saw them on the Hot in the Shade tour and they opened with I stole your love. Great set that tour.
“Grab the roller skates and get the hell outta my way” You are THE best 🤣🔥
Card carrying member, of kiss army!! I'm here for it Jamel!
Me to brother
Same here @MichelleRutherford but I just can't believe that our fellow KISS fans pointed to this one as Brother Jamel's introduction to "The Hottest Band in the World"...smdh
@@blgeiger71 I agree however what in the world would you recommend. I mean they only have 1000 ultra awesome songs haha. I recommend still know something and forever. Throw some years between the 2. It's really a super hard choice. Cheers
@@blgeiger71 totally agree, love gin is my favorite but like zep I can't pick a favorite!!
@@rootloggins3951 Cool, and yes they do have quite the extensive catalog to choose from! There's no way to narrow it down to just one or a few songs as "favorites" but as a huge fan since 1977 when I was only 6 years old I would have to start with "Deuce", the opening track from "Alive" along with a few others like "Love Gun", "I Stole Your Love", "Shout It Out Loud", Heaven's On Fire".....
"If there's one thing KISS will never do, it's a bull**** disco song."
-Lex, "Detroit Rock City" movie
But they did and here it is in all its glory.
That movie is THE BEST
@@anypoxynames that was not disco. That was early stage glam rock. Not that there is anything wrong with disco, but they were no more disco than ELO was. I don’t mean to butt in, but if you care to read the following reply, you can. If not, that’s cool. I rarely speak up, but it took my mind off my worries for a while, so I appreciated the challenge. All in kindness, all just discussion.
@@Queen_of_Hearts-Sharnell Glam rock appeared in the early 70's. This was released 1979, just saying. Still can't stand it.
Love that movie. I watch it every time it's on tv. I always say to myself, if I was his mother, I'd be taking them to the concert and rockin' out with them.
Ace Frehley has to be one of the tastiest guitar players ever. The man feels every note!
He was everyone's favorite guitarist when I was a kid in the 70's.
I've seen Kiss, with and without Ace 18 times. I've seen Ace solo at least a dozen. The man ALWAYS brings it!
Ace solo club shows are awesome too... he is rock. Just so cool. And the best laugh in RnR
@@janes.1559 I love his laugh! 💯
KISS fan here! Ace Frehley’s sister is my hairdresser & friend. She says Ace is doing well & is working on a solo album! 💋💋
It might be a disco song but it has stood the test of time. I used to go to roller discos and loved this song. 15 years later I went clubbing and it still filled the floor and still does at the nursing homes today.😂
Their first and only attempt at a "disco" sound...they pulled it off..and. yes, a skating center staples at the time ;
Really, it's the chorus that sticks with you.
I think they did it just to say, "We can do that disco shit too.......SEE!"
Sure but as a very first introduction to Kiss? Who's the imbecile who thought that was a good idea?
I was never really a Kiss fan to be honest but, I loved this rocking disco song.
Please please please do ' Tears Are Falling' & 'Heaven's on Fire'.
Why? Both are good, but they're so far removed from KISS's best material.
'80's "hair band" Kiss sucks..
Don't forget Who Wants to be Lonely.
Both great songs !!
I always feel like a dork because this is the ONE Kiss song I like....but I freakin LOVE IT. Gets me moving every time.
This was my very first rock concert, I had a friend who is older than me and her mother worked at a record store as a manager. She got some free tickets and my friend asked me to go to the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville Tennessee to see kiss. I was so damn excited oh, there was only one problem. I was only 10 years old. I begged and pleaded with my parents to let me go and they finally relented. It was standing room only that night. We were short and couldn't see the stage very well, in addition ,there was too much marijuana smoke to see much of anything....lol.. my ears were ringing for 2 days.
Was it worth it?
Same here. I begged my dad for tickets when they came to town. I couldn't wait to go. I was about 15 at the time. lol Begged and pleaded and cried. I got my way. lol
Well ,for kids the image was so cool ,with the makeup and everything,but I'm pretty sure that my parents were not the only ones who thought they were the disciples of Satan....lol😆😂🤣
@@darcisavelli546 well I have to say that my fascination Kiss didn't last too long. I think preteens and early teenagers were a big part of their fan base. Now I would just consider them apart of the "Shock Rockers " of time, along with Ozzy Osbourne, and Alice Cooper.
I was 32 yrs when I went to my very first rock concert. It was Skidrow, Ted Nugent and Kiss. It was the most incredible thing I have ever seen
I saw them with the same lineup. Great show. Skids weren't the same without Bach. Loved the 15 min version of Stranglehold though. I would've been 29ish.
This song was the 'Kiss' answer to disco.
Kiss - Detroit Rock City
- Shout it Out Loud
- God of Thunder 🤘🤘🤘
Three of my favorite songs!
Y’all served him the Kissco first???😂😂😂😂 love it.
"KISSco"-love that. Don't let Gene see that. He'll grab it and copyright it.
@@jonnuanez2843 he probably already did lol I didn’t invent it I just heard it somewhere
@@mattcurti686 Knowing Gene, he'd probably make mirror balls with the KISS logo all around it and charge $80.
"Someone grab me the roller skates and get the hell outa my way!!" FLMAO😂🤣 "KISSCO"
That should be on some merch 😂😂😂😂
This band was an utter phenomenon when I was growing up. Everybody knew exactly who they were, posters were all over the place, kids sang their songs in school and even came to parties in makeup like them. This song was Kiss at there best
The first time I ever saw a concert in 1977 you should listen to Beth by kiss
My First Kiss concert November 1975 I was 16 years old.And the Rest is Kisstory.Kiss Army Forever!
Yes scene that sore I seen kiss with you original lineup since 1975 all at Madison Square Garden the worlds most famous arena. He was very polite and we had a good little conversation because she couldn’t do a line so people are outside around the corner. The book is kiss and makeup. It’s a good read check itikour
Every time I hear this worldwide hit it takes me back to 1979 when my friend and I saw a rock magazine article titled Kiss goes disco”. Immediately my friend said “Kiss goes disco my ASSCO!” 😂. Since then I’m proud to say my 18 year old son and I have met all four original members of our all time favorite band KISS!
Saw Kiss in concert 22 years ago, full makeup.. Awesome Awesome show 🔥😻
Thanks Jamel! I saw KISS on their tour for this album. I was 14, and painted my face like Ace, and my buddy painted up like Paul. The show was awesome, and I will never forget it. The bonus for me was the opening act, Judas Priest. I lot of people did not know them, but I was already into Priest, and they put on an excellent performance. Most everyone was there to see KISS, and often booed Priest, and chanted “We want KISS,” which made me mad because I also very much also wanted to see and hear Priest, and they were stellar! Oh, the memories.
Lick it up is another good one by Kiss
Lick It Up and Heaven’s On Fire are big rockers!!! Love em!!
I'm A Kiss fan and proudly LOVE this song! People felt that way about the Bee Geesh after they made the DISCO era!! Music transcends everything!
Kiss rule. Love gun is a good one of theirs.
I was 12 when this came out. Our neighbor had a stereo with flashing disco lights and they played this non-stop. That's where the action was, baby 😁
If I had to pick one Kiss song I would like to see Jamal do it would be Nothin' to Lose.
Yes yes and sure know something
Absolutely. Would love to see his interpretation of the lyrics.
Talk about freaky deaky! lol
@@nirvanaa5556 indeed
I remember the release of this album so well. We all put on our best platform shoes, elephant bell crushed denim pants, and headed out to party at the local "Kiss-co-tech". 🤩 🥳 Good times. 🥳 🤩
I heard Kiss perform this song live at Dodger Stadium in (I wanna say) 1998. Some friends from work invited me to the show. A memorable night I will never forget.
If u want to hear a great KISS song listen to Black Diamond
Replacements version awesome ruclips.net/video/S4RyjwIdwxc/видео.html
Best KISS song is “Black Diamond” off the Alive! album IMO
@@AaronRadioStudio Yes, the Live version as well as others, their first 3 albums were good but does not match the energy/intensity of them doing the songs live.
This is my all-favorite Kiss song!!! This song was a Top 20 hit in the summer of 1979!!! It peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart!!! Ace Frehely's guitar solo is the killer for this song!!!
Rosco (rock/disco songs) were not bad. Goodnight Tonight by Wings, Miss You by The Rolling Stones, Do You Think I'm Sexy from Rod Stewart, ...l
I was about 9 or 10 years old when this came out and we all loved it and became Kiss fans on the back of it, in the way that children do - we had their names plastered over our books and tried to learn as much as we could about the band members from music magazines. We each had our favourites but everyone wanted to be able to touch their chin with their tongue like Gene Simmons
Detroit Rock City - KISS
They were the first band on the label that would have bands like “the village people” they would eventually have gotten on the disco train lol
Definitely a song that was a sign of the times. With disco so big at that moment, a lot of rock bands did this (Stones, Queen) to try and remain relevant.
Yeah but Disco ended in 1980 Nu wave came in.
Stones Miss You not disco. Just had the four on the floor bass drum beat.. that alone does not make it a disco song. Disco tracks don’t have harmonica in them🤣
I LOVE IT LOUD has to be my favorite by KISS
Disco Fever ! Everyone took a shot at the magic beats that were selling like McDonald's. Kiss, the Stones, even The Grateful Dead took a walk down "Shakedown Street"...
Hated this back in the day. Rockers like me despised disco and hated kiss for putting this out. Of course years later and some maturity we realise it's a pretty cool tune
Right on
Check out "Sure know something" off the same album as "I was made for loving you". It has a cool video too!
THIS☝️
I saw kiss 1980,it was an unbelievable show,Peter Chris rose up on a pedestal banging the drums, 30 ft flames, they just rocked the house.. cA 🖒
It would not be Kiss without this song, I love it.
As a first time introduction to Kiss?
WTF
I've lost count of the number of KISS concerts I've been to, but this song is always a fan favorite...and sounds so much better live.
1985, when I was 17, my best friend and I met KISS backstage...the highlight of my young life, lol.
Yes, I was 12 years old when this came out and was an absolute staple at the roller rink. Skated to this a lot.
Hey we would've been classmates! 🤘😎
My first concert in the 70's KISS. What a show...A little disco never hurt anyone. Great reaction as usual.
Finally some KISS! You should try out the Unplugged version of I Still Love You.
Bam!
Good Lord, I saw KISS multiple times in the 80's and that song just exhausts me now.
I grew up listening to Kiss, some of the best memories I have with my dad, glad I got to see them in 96 with him before he passed away a few weeks after my 12th birthday. That being said, Live Kiss is the best Kiss.
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So, not a member of the Kiss army by any stretch, but to me this was one of their best. To me, this song was their music and their glam campiness finally coalescing into something that made sense. Of course, I get why the average Kiss fan does not like this, and that's cool too, but this is a JAM.
Finally a KISS appearance! haha This was their stab at disco and turned out to be one of their bigger radio airplay hits. Even though they're a hard rock band, they dabble in lots of genres as you'll see if you dig deeper into them. Keep doin' your thing sir.
Not a big Kiss fan but I always liked this song.
"a lot of people don't like disco" but a lot do! And I'm one of them. At 56 I still go to dance clubs twice a month to tear up the floor, and long may I continue doing it for nothing else brings me such unbridled joy!
Thank God Anton Fig was on his game with his drumming for this album...
And Paul Stanley was kicking ass on that bass. Gene didn’t like the song and it was one of the two albums where gene had the lesser amount of songs
Loved Anton’s drumming on Ace’s work!
@@Chicken_Wing91 Paul doesn’t play bass, Gene does.
@@scottferrell2806 yeah **Live** in the studio they don’t record live the record each person playing separately and mix it together.. that’s why they had a producer
@@scottferrell2806, wrong, Paul played bass in this song. Almost every band member (except Criss and St John) played bass in some songs (Thayer, for example, played bass in some 'Hot in the Shade' songs). Gene didn't play bass even in his solo album. He is a great player though, just don't feel insecure when somebody else plays a bass part.
Saw KISS twice in the 70’s ... once at the Fabulous Forum where Cheap Trick & Peter Frampton opened for KISS. And, Anaheim Stadium where Ted Nugent & Bob Seger opened for them! Both concerts were unbelievable!! Love the song GOD OF THUNDER🩸🩸Ace Frehley’s electric bolts from his guitar 🎉 Confetti falling all over the Forum during ROCK N ROLL ALL NIGHT 😻 BETH by Peter Criss. And definitely can’t forget Uncle Ted zip-lining to the Anaheim stage playing his guitar in a loin cloth!! Those were the days!! Ace Frehley’s sister is my hairdresser & says Ace is working on a solo project now & doing quite well. 👊 (boom)
Start with Detroit Rock City, Beth, Rock & Roll All Night!
KISS was one of several rock acts that put out a disco song. KISS, Rod Stewart, The Rolling Stones, all had hits during the disco era that were "disco adjacent" at the very least. This was mostly done on a dare, but they pulled it off. ~Be Blessed
After this song was released, I remember when they came to my town for their tour, a bunch of Kiss fans formed a picket line in front of the stadium entrance and they would carry 'NO DISCO' signs.
Lex: "Man, if there's one thing KISS will never do, it is a bs disco song".
Kiss was with Casablanca Records, an American record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Republic Records. Under its founder Neil Bogart, Casablanca was most successful during the disco era of the mid to late 1970s. The label currently focuses on dance and electronic music under the direction of Rob Stevenson and Brett Alperowitz. "The Casablanca Singles by KISS...1974-1982" covers KISS' remarkable eight-year stay on Bogart's label, from their very first, "Nothin' to Lose" b/w "Love Theme from KISS", from their self-titled debut to their very first charted 45, "Kissin' Time". The band's subsequent string of hits included "Dressed to Kill"'s live version of "Rock and Roll All Nite" (#12 on Billboard's Hot 100), "Destroyer"'s "Shout It Out Loud" (#31) and the Top 10 ballad "Beth", "Rock And Roll Over"'s "Hard Luck Woman" (#15) and "Calling Dr. Love" (#16), "Love Gun"'s "Christeen Sixteen" (#25), Ace Frehley's solo hit, "New York Groove" (#13) and "Dynasty"'s "I Was Made for Lovin' You" (#11).
Please react to the rock band Cheap Trick: "Surrender", "I Want You To Want Me" (Live At Budokan), "Dream Police", "The Flame", "Ain't That A Shame" (Live At Budokan), "Voices", "Ghost Town", and "ELO Kiddies".
Saw Cheap Trick open for KISS at the Fabulous Form in L.A. Fantastic!
Despite their wild makeup, Kiss was one of the most commercial formula rock music bands of them all. Along with a charismatic front man, and spectacular pyrotechnic stage shows. Add in the marketing campaign, you couldn't escape their logo. More like savvy entrepreneurs than musical geniuses. The music is not terrible by any means. Good hard driving rock n roll. Sounds the best when you're 18, and drunk.
Try “Hard Luck Woman.” Sort of a KISS country song
of all the songs in the Kiss catalog, this one divides us the most. you either hate it or you love it, there is no middle ground on it. I love it
React to more kiss!!!
I was certainly the youngest girl in Italy I was 6 years old to buy this single ... Fascinated and at the same time troubled by this band. 'now ..... I'm fashion and sexy even at 70 years old. Gene Simmons is a myth that has upset my dreams as a teenager, the theatricality and the look of this mythical band is unique and will be forever!!!!!!❤️😈💋
You give me a great big smile on every video. How about PEACHES AND HERB...REUNITED? Love ya! Mary
You gotta give these guys props for all those years of rocking out on stage, with the hot lights, and pyrotechnics, all while wearing all that make up and heavy outfits.
This is what happens when a hard rock act attempt to write a disco song.
hahaha! And I was a die hard kiss fan! lol
Yeah. They nailed it. Right up there with The Stones' Miss You.
They get a sonically and melodically near perfect track? 🧐
I don’t care about the beat. I love listening to KISS 💋 no matter what it is! People can learn how to handle a little disco! That is what is great about growing up in the 80’s. I loves everything from disco to country!
This song reminds me of better days and hanging out with my girl neighbors that lived a couple doors down and they played this one a lot. This brings back great memories of just hanging out. This was their answer to disco. This is one of my favorite songs of theirs. From 1979.
1979 ~ The last time KISS was original & "cool." My 1st concert 12/1/79. All I see now, is huge disco balls & glitter. I truly appreciate your reactions, mate! Thank you.
KISS'S contribution to Disco! An entertaining and pretty damn good tune! Thanks for playing this one Jamel, I play this one acoustically. 👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
This played at my first ever ‘grown up’ party…think I was about 12. I don’t remember whose party it was, but I do remember this song. I was never a Kiss fan, but this song did blow me away at the time.
Kiss and Rush are my Favorite two Bands. Kiss 1 was my first Album in 1975. 💗 Rush was my first concert in 1978. 15 yrs old. 🤘
"Grab me the roller skates and get the Hell out my way!!" LOLZ!!!!
Your roller skating comments were dead on! I totally remember skating to this tune! Hell, I had it on single! Yeah, it's disco, but it just showed how versatile KISS really was. Have fun!
Seeing them live was surreal... This brings back memories from that show! Blew my mind!
I loved when a band stepped out of their box. Albums that fans didn't care for were usually my favorites.
My dad was the president of Canteen catering in Oklahoma in the 70s. His office overlooked the Tulsa convention center. He catered for them several times during this era. He told me that he had them bring a full length mirror into the dressing room so they could squat in their skin tight leather pants. They didn't want to rip thier pants on accident on stage 🤣. He said looked like New York cab drivers without all the makeup. Dad said they were super nice to him always!
Ace and Paul were cab drivers for a bit.
Thank you brother Jamel for making me smile!!!!!Thank you for doing a reaction to America’s greatest and most successful American band ever KISS!
easily my favorite song from KISS. it's one of my go to songs to start my groove. this and "I believe In a thing called love" by the darkness
When I was 13 back in... Well a long ass time ago... I dressed as Gene Simmons for Halloween and just sat on my porch and scared the crap out of 3 girls who didn't see me sitting there which started my lifelong love affair with Kiss and Halloween and doing home haunts. A couple years ago my oldest son got me tix for my birthday to see KISS in concert... My first time ever seeing them in concert!! It was awesome and amazing and omg the things they were doing at their age! Cmon... Paul Stanley flying thru the air in his 70s?? Blew me away and was a lifelong dream come true, even if I was in the nosebleed seats❤️
I remember in 1978, I was 6 yrs.old and terrified of them. Fast forward to the 80's and I really appreciated them and their music.
I've seen them live five times. They give it their all every show and truly appreciate their fans ❤
KISS was my sister and I first concert way back in 1976 it was the Destroyer tour .... I was 14, Paul looks like he's wearing a sweater with all that chest hair! 😂🤣
Welcome to KISS! You can spend the next month just on them. This song is not representative of them though...it was an attempt to capitalize on the end of the Disco era. Not a bad song though!
Next up for them: Detroit Rock City; Heaven’s on Fire; Crazy, Crazy Nights; Shout It Out Loud; Strutter.
I seen them in Concert when I was 8, I begged my parents so bad to see them, my older brother and his friends were going. My Dad finally broke down and said yes!! Let’s just say it changed my life and I was a Rocker Girl from that concert. I spent pretty much whole concert on my brother and his friends shoulders. I got a shout out from Paul Stanley the lead singer, I was on the shoulders of one of his friends who was 7’2”. Please listen to Beth
FINALLY!!!!!! been watching for a long time and been looking forward to you finally getting around to some KISS!
The concerts were so incredible, proud to have seen 2 in the mid to late 70s, man am I old or what.
I am such a huge KISS fan I talked my wife into walking into our reception to this song not the best song by them but I was determined to have a KISS song at our wedding
Jamel A great Kiss song for you To react to would be , I WANNA ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT , From 1975 , The same year as Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen was Released
Oh my High School days!!
I saw Kiss on their Destroyer tour in 1976 *
( pictures) and I saw them again in 1979 w/ pictures and they played this song - and they nailed it- great reaction and I love ur videos!!!!!
Crazy Crazy Nights was one of my first introductions to KISS... that and God Gave Rock And Roll To You