I was there. It was a great evening. Ace had been talking backstage that he was probably going to quit KISS. And, I think this was in-fact his last live performance with KISS, until the reunion tour.
Eric Carr and l had an incredible time one night in the middle of the Adirondacks with my gorgeous wife after a Foghat show - an incredible drummer and true gentleman. Oh, the stories l could tell. I'm just some fool from upstate NY, who because he could sing, and sing pretty well, got to do some cool shit with very famous and extremely talented people. RUclips: The Hittman, Brett Allen sings Bob Seger's Turn the Page... What a tragic loss... but then l've lost so many over the years. What a talent. RIP
I remember watching this live back in the day. This is a very rare live performance on network tv that demonstrates how great Ace was and so important to the band. Yes, he’s not a great technical player but he played with style, feeling and a certain bravado. Love how he shakes his head here as he belts out the notes. Ah the good ole days ! Thanks for posting !
He's as technical as is required. He has a great technique. Old school wins over neo classical clones because his solos are not meaningless notes on a scale played as fast as possible. They actually speak volumes and compliment the songs.
@@rushshukla4636 Agree. That's what I mean when I say he plays with feeling. All this modern day idea of "shredding" has no meaning for me. Give me guys like Frehley, Page, Schon, Howe and Lifeson all day long.
This was my first time seeing Eric Car live in KISS, and Fridays was my joint back in the day. I was a little disappointed with the album at first listen but the music kept calling me back to it. Still to this day I'll put the elder on and just push play and creatures also. This still brings a big smile to my face. Much love to the KISS family.
I recently read some info about Eric Carr online, as I did not know much about him. He was a very talented musician, very disciplined. He even picked his stage name, as he knew he would need a good one to be remembered by.
If that is an example of Ace’s unused solos he claims to still have.....Bring them on! Re-edit them back into the existing backing tracks and release as an alternate version. Throw some demos on there, and you have a true Anniversary release next year, 2021!
Yes Eric was a great drummer. Love his double kick and toms he did on the Oath. I like the Elder but could have been their return to hard rock if they did more songs like this, I, The Island and Mr. Blackwell. Could have been great like Creatures was. Love this performance!
This album was a challenge for Eric Carr because he forced kiss to play heavier because he was a badass drummer and they knew it. And they wanted to do this album a little bit softer but it's still rock with that Carr. Let's celebrate Eric Carr
It reminds me a little of Seven Seas Of Rhye by Queen crossed with Brighton Rock. Eric Carr is tremendous and Ace is crunching the riff to great effect. Paul sings a live rendition, its not supposed to sound like a record. Gene looks dangerous.
This the year I graduated high school, Stanton Blue Devils in Jacksonville Fla. The year of my first job working at PBS ch7, starting my KISS and BEATLES albums collection. Those were good times. Stay safe every one.
Eric was such a great hard rock drummer. His drum sounds so thick and the fills are very good. He is not overtly technical, which is a plus. This line up had so much potential.
yes this line up musically was one of the best, yet short lived from around 80-82 and only one tour....unmasked.....i think musically the best was with VV which was also short lived 82-84, but had 2 tours Creatures & Lick it up...
It really is such a tragedy that Eric Carr didn't have a lot of great material to work with when he was in Kiss. He seemed like a great drummer that could have elevated good songs into great songs. But when he was in Kiss it seemed like his drumming was elevating mediocre songs into good songs. I mean, Forever is a great ballad that he elevated to something truly special with his drumming. Creatures Of The Night is mainly as great as it is because of Eric having more creative control over what he played. The guy could have been the next John Bonham, but instead he was more like John Rutsey (great drummer who never showcased his full potential because of what he had to work with. Geddy and Alex weren't the same guys who wrote 2112 when he was with them).
@@marcoskazu_ I don’t know about deeply underrated, but The Elder is what it is. It’s a good record that has its moments and I’m ok with it being part of the Kiss discography.
Easy there. It's rated pretty accurately... I'm all for being non conformist and all, but it's a below average record with wonderful moments. If It were truly wonderful as a whole, more people would agree with the statement.
@@batzakkNah. Most people don’t listen to classical music these days. Many find it boring. But does that mean Bach or Beethoven’s work is sub-par? Not on your life. It’s hundreds of years old and music majors study it in college. It’s as the Romans used to say: De gustibus non est disputandum - In matters of taste, there is no dispute.
I used to watch it, too. This aired on January 15, 1982. 'Music from The Elder' was released on November 10th, 1981. I ran out and bought it immediately and *adore* the album to this day.
The solo albums weren't successful, followed by Dynasty, which was commercially successful but hated (probably undeservedly) by many fans, followed by the universally reviled Unmasked... so yeah, by the time they made The Elder there was zero patience left for an experimental fairy tale album. Had this been released before '79, I'm sure it would have been received much better. It's a good (but not great) album.
@@richardfinley4232 really? best album musically? WOW! ok just when i thought i heard everything from Kiss fans, you type this. interesting. this album for me is a throwaway. i think Unmasked has better songs and that's not saying much. this concept album was always a bad idea and the band should have listened to Ace(for once)
That isn't Ace, its Tommy Thayer. Ace and Peter were lucky enough to not be part of this lousy crap music. I am sure glad I had stopped listening to Kiss by this time as well.
@@rogerhickson7256 I was lucky to stop after Love Gun, then I picked Kiss up again 1982 so I was out the loop of these years with Unmasked, Dynasty and the Elder.
I remember watching this live...such a fun song and heavy as can be for that point in time. An awesome album that I still listen to today :D.....Like the blade of a sword I am forged in flames....classic!
I personally think this is great. I’m 15 and love kiss, and despite what people say, this performance deserves credit. Best lineup, Ace and Eric are great together
A shame he didn't reach them. Been a KISS fan since the early 70's, and truly love 'em. But Paul and a falsetto don't mix well. Pretty ballsy that he tried on live TV, probably knowing it wouldn't go well.
Somehow not easy, on the record he probably recorded two or three overdubs on different notes. They maybe were not too sure about the right one but Gene and Eric did a good work.
@@snakedoktor6020 Well he had probably blown his falsetto, which makes it hard to reach some notes because you have already started to belt up in that register (almos mixing) so you end up with a voice crack when you are trying to go just falsetto.
While in college in the early 90s my roommate and I had collected various bootleg copies of concert footage on VHS, most of KISS. We would play a drinking game where we had to drink anytime Paul did something “gay”, we rarely made it through an entire show. Lol. Good times.
Because when you target a certain audience and try to change the blow back will be bad. After this album they just got worse. The big hair stuff in the 80s sucked. They made mistakes on some songs on this album but they should have stayed the frickin course and kept trying to expand their sound. People say songs on this album are embarrassing. How about writing a song lick it up? Now that's embarrassing.
@@greggorup1006 When a 15 year old, I really liked this, somehow it seemed a daring move but one I could relate to. Would have been great indeed to see the best of the Elder expanded and incorporated into their early repertoire
@@leeknievel748 Hi Lee, to be correct, I was 16 come to think of it. I am from The Netherlands, there wasn't much hate around KISS during that time concerning The Elder. Maybe fans here were more open to new ideas and music from KISS.
“Non stop action”? lol. Sounds like this was written by KISS’ PR team at the time. My God, there’s flutes and shit in the album. When I think of non stop action I don’t think of flutes, lol.
saw this when it aired. Love this awesome album, challenging tune, well done. I bet that was Ace's favourite stage costume as it was so unencumbering and light. wish the people who made this album realised how great it is, none of them like it!
Love this outfit of Ace's...seems like he could move more "FREEHLEY" 😁👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘😁...IT IS A COOL OUTFIT AND I LOVE HIS SHOES...THOUGHT THEY WERE CONVERSE HIGH TOPS AT 1st!!!
seriously? its appalling. Probably the worst thing Ive ever heard him play in the 35+ years Ive been a Kiss fan. (although his solo on the live version of Dark Light was ghastly too lol)
@@dstrvyer69 lol, its hardly as though he`s standing on stage and this is the first time he`s ever heard the song is it! :-D . Its AWFUL. No clue, out of key, aimless slop. He could have done something WAY better if he`d actually bothered to practice something.
Their Elder era costumes remind me of the 3 Villains who came from Krypton in Superman II w/ Christopher Reeve.... Great Classic Movie by the way........
I iwas a little kid listening to kiss in 1970 i was born in 1968 im 56 years old and ive been listening to kiss a very long time a few decades ive been listening to kiss there my favorite band there not around anymore there the best.
@@davidstovall8573 Well for me Ace always bugged me because imo he plays sloppy and very unclean. Picking technique is a big mistery and he only uses 3 fingers on the fretting board which limits speed and diversity.
@@Dominicolous I agree with what you say about his playing. Critics have always said Jimmy Page is sloppy too but his colleagues say just the opposite. Joe Bonamassa said Page is the hardest player there is to copy. Anyway, I was drunk when I post the first reply about Ace. His sound takes me back to being a teenager and I do enjoy watching him sometimes.
Ace es un mísico que hace sencillo todo lo que es muy difícil. Sin gran técnica, desarrolla melodías sublimes. Siempre fue el alma de Kiss, hoy es monotonía pura.
I was listening to Music From The Elder the other day and was blown away how heavy it is. It features some of their heaviest and most progressive material. It's my new favourite Kiss album ATM. Love Paul's operatic vocals on here.
The only version with a guitar solo....thus proving Ace Frehley correct... Bob Ezrin shouldn't have cut out Ace's guitar solo because it's a good one...
I went to their reunion concert in Charleston, SC. I was not a Kiss fan but a brother of one. With that said I can say without a doubt Ace stole the show!
@@TheGodYouWishYouKnew Well I will say this with 100% confidence. Ace's guitar talent far exceeds Paul Stanley's vocal talent and as far as Paul Stanley on guitar they aren't even in the same universe.
KISSnWoNES Eric Carr is totally killing it here! As a kid, this was my first time seeing KISS on tv. I was 5. They blew my mind! Been a fan ever since. But I love all KISS members past & present, but as far as drumming goes, Eric Carr was my favorite KISS drummer. I love Peter Criss simply b/c he was the original. But no offense to anyone, but I do believe Eric Carr was light years ahead of Peter Criss as far as skills on the drums go. Don’t hate me! Lol...
Paul said it's a good album but not a good kiss album. It wasn't what they needed at the time, ace was finished because of it, fan reaction was bad for it and creatures, it was downward spiral.
Huh? Are you sure? The Elder is horrible. It was in '81 and still is today. This is not a rock album. This is not a Kiss record. Ace and Eric Carr knew it was a mistake but they were overruled. Gene and Paul will admit today the record is awful. COTN from '82 blows this record away. In this performance you can easily see that Paul cannot hit the high notes that he did in the studio and the breakdown section with the keyboards should've been edited out.
They played it on the kiss kruise and it sounded fine and anyone who goes to a Kiss concert at least 90% of the people know the song and it would have been super cool to have something new added to the set it would have been exciting
I was born in 81 and thanks to a hard rock'n Dad grew up on Kiss. I still have my favorites today, everything from the gritty, raw power of the alive albums, to their glamour days, but it is my opinion that Eric Carr was the best thing to happen to this to Kiss and his material with them is by far my most favorite! He left this world much too soon and I can only Image what could have been! A legend!
I don't CARE what anyone thinks.. I personally think it's one of the best KISS albums ever!!.. Every song is really great, especially "A World Without Heros' and especially "I"..
I’ll always remember watching this the first time it aired. I love this song! It was a few days before my 11th birthday, and I was so excited that they performed my two favorite songs (this and “I” are my favorites) from this album during this episode of Fridays.
Eric Carr such an underrated drummer. His body of work should be held in legend status not just in the Kiss army. Definitely my favorite Kiss drummer, and in my top 5 all time.
Ten minutes ago I was watching video with Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt talking about various albums he bought recently. I was not suprised he spoke highly positive about Music from the Elder, especially The Oath and Under the Rose. This is truly great album, no matter what traditional hard rock/heavy metal fans have to say about it. It would be even better if Paul was not singing falseto on Oath and Just a boy chorus and if they keep original Ace's solos - that's why the live version of Oath is so much better IMO.
young Kiss fans in Scandinavia had a different concept of the band since they were isolated from what American fans said or thought back then. The Elder was also undoubtedly a big influence on a certain Thomas Forsberg as well..
What's amazing is this is 100% live with no backing tracks or auto tune and it's so much like the album. Paul is nailing it on the vocals and Eric Carr is super tight.
Yes exactly. This song is hard to sing live & Paul nailed it here!!! Love how Ace changed the solo from the album here. That's probably what he wanted to play on the album but was out voted & was made to play what Paul & Gene wanted him to play.
eric carr's drum set is the greatest of all Kiss set-ups and he kicks em hard...one of the best live drum solo's i ever saw in the Montreal Forum....and I saw em all......................
Kiss sounds so good. Love Ace. He gives it his all when playing. Gene looks good too. Oh the good ole days. Love this song. Paul's voice is amazing they way he hits those high notes.
Great sound here especially for TV. Totally live which is cool. Watch Ace right before his first solo..looks offstage and gives the soundguy the turn me up sign👍
I remember watching this when it aired….couldn’t wait. I was 11 years old, and my favorite band was gonna be on live television…performing. I still like the album to this day.
Kiss was a real Rock and Roll show! Never a boring moment. All the former Churches, speaking against, Kiss, as evil, is a laugh now. All it was , is modern day vaudeville.
When I was a kid, I got my first KISS album, Destroyer. A visiting preacher came to our church and informed us that KISS were satanic and we should burn their records if we had any. I asked my dad what he thought and he said they said all the same things about Elvis, who he loved so not to worry about that.
I was there. It was a great evening. Ace had been talking backstage that he was probably going to quit KISS.
And, I think this was in-fact his last live performance with KISS, until the reunion tour.
When you look at it from that perspective pauls behavior makes more sense and less villainous
Or.....did this all stem from what neil pointed out ?
Eric Carr and l had an incredible time one night in the middle of the Adirondacks with my gorgeous wife after a Foghat show - an incredible drummer and true gentleman. Oh, the stories l could tell. I'm just some fool from upstate NY, who because he could sing, and sing pretty well, got to do some cool shit with very famous and extremely talented people.
RUclips: The Hittman, Brett Allen sings Bob Seger's Turn the Page...
What a tragic loss... but then l've lost so many over the years. What a talent. RIP
The song is garbage
@@capnphuktard5445 In your opinion..
I remember watching this live back in the day. This is a very rare live performance on network tv that demonstrates how great Ace was and so important to the band. Yes, he’s not a great technical player but he played with style, feeling and a certain bravado. Love how he shakes his head here as he belts out the notes. Ah the good ole days ! Thanks for posting !
I also saw this live. I had no idea what the hell I was watching, but I knew it was something really cool!
"Ace is the ultimate guitarist of the true KISS"
I'm so sick of Ace disses. Keith Richards is not a great technical player. Ace is Killer and tight as fuck.
He's as technical as is required. He has a great technique. Old school wins over neo classical clones because his solos are not meaningless notes on a scale played as fast as possible. They actually speak volumes and compliment the songs.
@@rushshukla4636 Agree. That's what I mean when I say he plays with feeling. All this modern day idea of "shredding" has no meaning for me. Give me guys like Frehley, Page, Schon, Howe and Lifeson all day long.
Every era of Kiss , Ace always looks the coolest member of the band .
Even falling down and laying on stage...awesome.
💯 esp in the carisma video
Right the lightning bolt jumpsuit is badass
Ace is the best metal guitarist I in my opinion
He was the youngest of the group. Probably way more in tune with what was cool back then
Ace, as usual, makes the big difference. And Eric's drumming is so genuine.
LOL I think the opposite, as usual, Ace plays usual solo...
Watching this video while drinking a cup of coffee with a slice of hershey chocolate cake is priceless.
Minus the REAL Kiss drummer, Peter 😢
@@b5maddogPeter messed. He had to go! Carr is 5X the drummer Peter ever was.
yummy
I actually love this album and their look!!!
I miss Eric. It's great seeing him here.
He was kiss in there best years
This was my first time seeing Eric Car live in KISS, and Fridays was my joint back in the day. I was a little disappointed with the album at first listen but the music kept calling me back to it. Still to this day I'll put the elder on and just push play and creatures also. This still brings a big smile to my face. Much love to the KISS family.
I recently read some info about Eric Carr online, as I did not know much about him. He was a very talented musician, very disciplined. He even picked his stage name, as he knew he would need a good one to be remembered by.
He was a class act and I felt lucky to have met him several times and have a few drinks and chat!!
@@amerocker Eric could play guitar very well too.. He was an upgrade and the best drummer kiss ever had to this day.
Ace’s solo adds so much more to this than the album version.
If that is an example of Ace’s unused solos he claims to still have.....Bring them on! Re-edit them back into the existing backing tracks and release as an alternate version. Throw some demos on there, and you have a true Anniversary release next year, 2021!
Hear Hear!!
Playback 3:14
@Hartley Hare He was blazing on the Move on solo!
Ace’s solo is the best part. The rest kinda sucks except for Singer’s solid drumming. Gene really can’t morning. Paul is Paul, a solid rhythm player.
Gene`s bass playing is phenomenal in this one!
Kind of an iron maiden vibe on some of it .
@@williamsidas9349 Good call! Maybe he got some influence when they toured with Maiden just a year before they recorded The Elder.
Not even close. He's barely a musician. Now Eric? That's different
😂
@@DrJ-hx7wv -- So you're listening with your Comments Section, rather than your ears?
Eric Carr was such a great drummer, let us celebrate him!!
He was ok! He was perfect for Kiss, their music isn’t very technical so just about any drummer could sound good with them.
なるほど。彼らがコンサートでこの曲をやらないのは、動き回りながら歌える曲じゃないからだったのか。
I mean he was a ok drummer better than Peter but nothing beats the magic Ace, Peter, Gene, and Paul had
Yes Eric was a great drummer. Love his double kick and toms he did on the Oath. I like the Elder but could have been their return to hard rock if they did more songs like this, I, The Island and Mr. Blackwell. Could have been great like Creatures was. Love this performance!
This album was a challenge for Eric Carr because he forced kiss to play heavier because he was a badass drummer and they knew it. And they wanted to do this album a little bit softer but it's still rock with that Carr. Let's celebrate Eric Carr
What a killer riff for 1981!!! Love this album and loved it when it came out. It was magic!
The first time I've ever heard this song and I love it. Sounds f**king fantastic.
It reminds me a little of Seven Seas Of Rhye by Queen crossed with Brighton Rock.
Eric Carr is tremendous and Ace is crunching the riff to great effect.
Paul sings a live rendition, its not supposed to sound like a record.
Gene looks dangerous.
Yeah, I have to agree that the music is pretty damn good. Just not a fan of the vocals.
This the year I graduated high school, Stanton Blue Devils in Jacksonville Fla. The year of my first job working at PBS ch7, starting my KISS and BEATLES albums collection. Those were good times. Stay safe every one.
Yes, but too bad the screeching vocals ruined the song.
My first two albums in 1976 were Kiss Destroyer and Queen news of the world. Outstanding!!!!
Among my first albums were Kiss Double Platinum and Queen's Sheer Heart Attack! Didn't get them handed down to be until about '78 or so.
Paul looks like Cesar Romero's Joker on Batman 60's series
Delightful.....Boy Wonder!!!
Without the mustache of course...
LOL
Holy recall, he always did.
he was
Eric was such a great hard rock drummer. His drum sounds so thick and the fills are very good. He is not overtly technical, which is a plus. This line up had so much potential.
yes this line up musically was one of the best, yet short lived from around 80-82 and only one tour....unmasked.....i think musically the best was with VV which was also short lived 82-84, but had 2 tours Creatures & Lick it up...
Creature Of the night I love your Avatar. where can I see a larger pic of it?
It really is such a tragedy that Eric Carr didn't have a lot of great material to work with when he was in Kiss. He seemed like a great drummer that could have elevated good songs into great songs. But when he was in Kiss it seemed like his drumming was elevating mediocre songs into good songs.
I mean, Forever is a great ballad that he elevated to something truly special with his drumming. Creatures Of The Night is mainly as great as it is because of Eric having more creative control over what he played. The guy could have been the next John Bonham, but instead he was more like John Rutsey (great drummer who never showcased his full potential because of what he had to work with. Geddy and Alex weren't the same guys who wrote 2112 when he was with them).
Creature Of the night Musically, their best lineup included Eric Carr and Bruce Kulick
Creature of the night. When I was kid I was so pissed when Ace left I couldn't believe it. I was nine yrs back in 1980 I liked unmasked and Dynasty
The Elder is a wonderful and deeply underrated album.
@@marcoskazu_ I don’t know about deeply underrated, but The Elder is what it is. It’s a good record that has its moments and I’m ok with it being part of the Kiss discography.
Agreed
It's my favourite Kiss album.
Easy there. It's rated pretty accurately... I'm all for being non conformist and all, but it's a below average record with wonderful moments. If It were truly wonderful as a whole, more people would agree with the statement.
@@batzakkNah. Most people don’t listen to classical music these days. Many find it boring. But does that mean Bach or Beethoven’s work is sub-par? Not on your life. It’s hundreds of years old and music majors study it in college.
It’s as the Romans used to say: De gustibus non est disputandum - In matters of taste, there is no dispute.
I remember watching this when it aired, I loved it. Fridays was a great show to end the school week
What day was it on?
Really? How old are u?
I used to watch it, too. This aired on January 15, 1982. 'Music from The Elder' was released on November 10th, 1981. I ran out and bought it immediately and *adore* the album to this day.
Ace making it up as he goes along and Eric just being brilliant as usual. Those two boys were good together 👍
I noticed that. It was so good.
@John Smith you’re right. Because it wasn’t his fucking solo to begin with. And made it better.
@John Smith that’s your response? Lol
@@poojockmcplop1038 it's old news and well known Ace only played guitar on 1 or 2 songs on this album.
@@poojockmcplop1038 go play in the road and make yourself useful for once in your life
I'm a big fan of The Elder. Loved the album.
I agree! This album is vastly underrated. It truly demonstrates the wide range and diversity of KISS's musical repertoire.
I think "Dark Light" is the best song KI⚡⚡ ever recorded.
escape from the island 👍💥
Love or hate the album, I think they deserve credit for trying something so different than anything they'd done before.
The solo albums weren't successful, followed by Dynasty, which was commercially successful but hated (probably undeservedly) by many fans, followed by the universally reviled Unmasked... so yeah, by the time they made The Elder there was zero patience left for an experimental fairy tale album. Had this been released before '79, I'm sure it would have been received much better. It's a good (but not great) album.
I think the ELDER soundtrack is their best album musically & thematically of them all, too bad the movie never got made.
@Johnny Wheels I agree Johnny... Creatures was their ballsiest album at the time since Rock and Roll Over.
@@richardfinley4232 really? best album musically? WOW! ok just when i thought i heard everything from Kiss fans, you type this. interesting.
this album for me is a throwaway. i think Unmasked has better songs and that's not saying much. this concept album was always a bad idea
and the band should have listened to Ace(for once)
@@richardfinley4232 their best album ever!
Eric's drumming is phenomenal.....love the rawness of it.
An actual LIVE LIVE performance! Love this song, haters gonna hate.
One of my favorite albums ever!
This album was one of the reasons Ace left KISS.
It was an experiment that failed, sadly.
What have you been smoking? Hold your horses..
Love the solo Ace plays live here. Better than on the record.
That isn't Ace, its Tommy Thayer. Ace and Peter were lucky enough to not be part of this lousy crap music. I am sure glad I had stopped listening to Kiss by this time as well.
Roger Hickson it’s Ace. Tommy Thayer didn’t start working with KISS until the mid to late 80s.
@@rogerhickson7256 You think Tommy Thayer was around Kiss 1981?
@@rogerhickson7256 I was lucky to stop after Love Gun, then I picked Kiss up again 1982 so I was out the loop of these years with Unmasked, Dynasty and the Elder.
@@rogerhickson7256 no, only Peter was gone at this point, it's still Ace here, but with Eric Carr on drums (Fox)
I remember watching this live...such a fun song and heavy as can be for that point in time. An awesome album that I still listen to today :D.....Like the blade of a sword I am forged in flames....classic!
I’m with you.
like the blade of a sword..
2d20+d4 to hit!🤘
I think this was Ace's most underrated outfit. It is a classic (LOVE those shoes!). KISS fan and collector since 1981.
I agree, this was the best badass outfit worn by Ace.
I personally think this is great. I’m 15 and love kiss, and despite what people say, this performance deserves credit. Best lineup, Ace and Eric are great together
Ace and Eric could have replaced and made a Van Halen killer. Ronnie James Dio, Ace Frehley, Eric Carr, Gene on bass.
@@skittykitty1000 what are you talkin about?
@@TheGravygun Ace and Eric could have replaced and made a Van Halen killer. Ronnie James Dio, Ace Frehley, Eric Carr, Gene on bass.
Paul playing and performing and working to hit those high notes, so impressive. Clearly an actual live performance. Well done boys.
Well, he tried lol. I do love the raw-ness of this performance
Clearly live!
A shame he didn't reach them. Been a KISS fan since the early 70's, and truly love 'em. But Paul and a falsetto don't mix well. Pretty ballsy that he tried on live TV, probably knowing it wouldn't go well.
Somehow not easy, on the record he probably recorded two or three overdubs on different notes. They maybe were not too sure about the right one but Gene and Eric did a good work.
@@snakedoktor6020 Well he had probably blown his falsetto, which makes it hard to reach some notes because you have already started to belt up in that register (almos mixing) so you end up with a voice crack when you are trying to go just falsetto.
Wow. Don't see too many TV appearances from the original makeup era where they actually are playing live. Very cool.
Who played the synthesizer here?
@@inlakesh555 Where do you hear a synthesizer?
Check out “The Midnight Special” from April, 1975. They played 3 songs live.
@@gjlujduring the bridge
Also the original line up had to fake their performances because of technical reasons pretty often on TV
Great Band, great Ace, I love this song.
While in college in the early 90s my roommate and I had collected various bootleg copies of concert footage on VHS, most of KISS. We would play a drinking game where we had to drink anytime Paul did something “gay”, we rarely made it through an entire show. Lol. Good times.
It amazes me none of them ever came out. Paul is/was bi, he was banging Jean Beauvoir for a short while. Probably just a trendy bi though.
😂
I always loved this album. Never understood all the the hate it revieved. This sounds great live with Ace on lead guitar.
Because when you target a certain audience and try to change the blow back will be bad. After this album they just got worse. The big hair stuff in the 80s sucked. They made mistakes on some songs on this album but they should have stayed the frickin course and kept trying to expand their sound. People say songs on this album are embarrassing. How about writing a song lick it up? Now that's embarrassing.
@@greggorup1006 When a 15 year old, I really liked this, somehow it seemed a daring move but one I could relate to. Would have been great indeed to see the best of the Elder expanded and incorporated into their early repertoire
If you picked this album up the week it came out, you should know the hate, how old are you if you dont mind me askin'?
@@leeknievel748 Hi Lee, to be correct, I was 16 come to think of it. I am from The Netherlands, there wasn't much hate around KISS during that time concerning The Elder. Maybe fans here were more open to new ideas and music from KISS.
@@mathieubrekelmans206 Well, we were open to new ideas...................long as they were GOOD ONES!! lololol
The Elder is a great album of medieval style music, I love this album from beginning to end, it's nonstop action!!
I love it too.
Medieval? Have you actually listened to medieval music? Nothing like it.
Or northern medieval sound
Definitely a great album.
“Non stop action”? lol. Sounds like this was written by KISS’ PR team at the time. My God, there’s flutes and shit in the album. When I think of non stop action I don’t think of flutes, lol.
Not the biggest Kiss fan but this is why I loved the show Fridays. You would never see a band like Kiss on SNL.
saw this when it aired. Love this awesome album, challenging tune, well done. I bet that was Ace's favourite stage costume as it was so unencumbering and light. wish the people who made this album realised how great it is, none of them like it!
Love this outfit of Ace's...seems like he could move more "FREEHLEY" 😁👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘😁...IT IS A COOL OUTFIT AND I LOVE HIS SHOES...THOUGHT THEY WERE CONVERSE HIGH TOPS AT 1st!!!
January 15, 1982... in case anyone was wondering. Also RIP Eric Carr... probably the most genuine of all KISS members next to Ace.
That was when this aired on ABC-TV during that time
Thank you for that.
No lineup will ever matchup with the originals, especially on KISS Alive, which is still their best album ever!
@@MrAntiSellOut I'm British, and all the BBC ever gives us is Songs Of Praise.
(And the f**king license fee of course).
rdgSWwot Ace is overrated and lied constantly about being sober. So much for being genuine.
This album is deceptively heavy. This video has to be one of Ace’s greatest solo performances.
@@sjdss Neither of us can win the argument because it is all opinion. But this solo is not the one that appeared on the album.
seriously? its appalling. Probably the worst thing Ive ever heard him play in the 35+ years Ive been a Kiss fan. (although his solo on the live version of Dark Light was ghastly too lol)
Then i guess you have never heard the 75 promo of black Diamond
@@ginajames4564 appalling? really! ... for a live performance where he only gets 1 shot at the solo this stands as a great example of Ace's playing.
@@dstrvyer69 lol, its hardly as though he`s standing on stage and this is the first time he`s ever heard the song is it! :-D . Its AWFUL. No clue, out of key, aimless slop. He could have done something WAY better if he`d actually bothered to practice something.
Love that it is live, and Ace and Eric rocked it!!!!!!!!
Yeah man, they nailed it skinned it and served it up raw! Great performance!
Their Elder era costumes remind me of the 3 Villains who came from Krypton in Superman II w/ Christopher Reeve.... Great Classic Movie by the way........
Hahaha. .so true
Zod and his crew hahaha
Daniel Parra kneel before Stanley
which one is ursa?
@@vondernacht Gene lol🤣🤣🤣
I iwas a little kid listening to kiss in 1970 i was born in 1968 im 56 years old and ive been listening to kiss a very long time a few decades ive been listening to kiss there my favorite band there not around anymore there the best.
Omg!! Ace is just flawless...a true musician.
Just love him..😚
I agree. Ace is awesome. Not Jimmy Page but who is? Lol. Paul and Gene bug the shit out of me. Always have!
@@davidstovall8573 Well for me Ace always bugged me because imo he plays sloppy and very unclean. Picking technique is a big mistery and he only uses 3 fingers on the fretting board which limits speed and diversity.
@@Dominicolous I agree with what you say about his playing. Critics have always said Jimmy Page is sloppy too but his colleagues say just the opposite. Joe Bonamassa said Page is the hardest player there is to copy. Anyway, I was drunk when I post the first reply about Ace. His sound takes me back to being a teenager and I do enjoy watching him sometimes.
@@davidstovall8573 nothing can top nostalgia. True words ;)
Ace es un mísico que hace sencillo todo lo que es muy difícil. Sin gran técnica, desarrolla melodías sublimes. Siempre fue el alma de Kiss, hoy es monotonía pura.
I love this album, Music from the Elder. Eric Carr was a breath of fresh air for KISS. Miss the old days...
I was listening to Music From The Elder the other day and was blown away how heavy it is. It features some of their heaviest and most progressive material. It's my new favourite Kiss album ATM. Love Paul's operatic vocals on here.
This album always reminds me of playing D&D.
1980 that sounds about right. Great year for albums.
holy shit thats what i was thinking
I've had it on in the background during many sessions of D&D.
Say what you want but at least Kiss performed this LIVE !
Live and very well...
Well la di fricken daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Yeah, "not that good"... at it's best.
yup there was not tour for the turd known as the elder
The only version with a guitar solo....thus proving Ace Frehley correct... Bob Ezrin shouldn't have cut out Ace's guitar solo because it's a good one...
What a great garage band!!
I love the FitKiss look.
You mean “young” Kiss
This was Gene's first prototype of his current helmet hair look...
Like a lot of mideastern men he almost naturaly has an Afro
Black cotton candy.
it was a vary sad time...
Darth vadar helmet
😂😂
ACE always shines in these old clips
I went to their reunion concert in Charleston, SC. I was not a Kiss fan but a brother of one. With that said I can say without a doubt Ace stole the show!
He was the only real talent the band ever had
Rick Jones LOL! Aceholes say the darndest things
@@TheGodYouWishYouKnew Well I will say this with 100% confidence. Ace's guitar talent far exceeds Paul Stanley's vocal talent and as far as Paul Stanley on guitar they aren't even in the same universe.
Brandon Lee check out Detroit rock city live Australia 1980 really good sound sold made mega bucks
Rest in peace Eric Carr
talbot Yes, May he Rest In Peace :(
eric &♠are the best of💋band!! 😎👍👍
I love Music from The Elder, I love this song!
This song makes me want to check it out .. i have only believed the critics for years
@@SGED392 It's not a simple Kiss album...is conceitual with a different aproach...but i love it since the first audition...
@@SGED392underrated album!
@@SGED392 It's the best song from a crappy album ! 💩
The song is ok but I hate the elder in my opinion even worse the monster
There kicking ass here! Love Ace's goofy solo.
Eric Carr is fucking awesome here!
He is fabulous, but his drums sound awful. They weren't mixed very well.
KISSnWoNES Eric Carr is totally killing it here! As a kid, this was my first time seeing KISS on tv. I was 5. They blew my mind! Been a fan ever since. But I love all KISS members past & present, but as far as drumming goes, Eric Carr was my favorite KISS drummer. I love Peter Criss simply b/c he was the original. But no offense to anyone, but I do believe Eric Carr was light years ahead of Peter Criss as far as skills on the drums go. Don’t hate me! Lol...
Kick-ass song and performance!
Gene looks he's about to invite me to a Tupperware party and Paul is trying to take me to his jazzercise lessons.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
🤣😂😅😆that's too funny!!!
Yeah.....A little Extra Sugar In The Tank!
Paul's butt beads...
This is the best fucking comment I've ever seen 😂😂😂👏👏👏
watching Fridays was the highlight of my week when I was a kid, and KISS was my favorite band
Me too I watched Fridays in my high school days I loved it
I love this album💜KISS did what it wanted to do like always. I don't understand why some people don't like this
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I wish Gene & Paul would admit how awesome this album is.
Paul said it's a good album but not a good kiss album. It wasn't what they needed at the time, ace was finished because of it, fan reaction was bad for it and creatures, it was downward spiral.
If not for the dumb contrived lyrics it would be in their top 3 musically for sure.
Amen! Way before its time. But hardcore kiss fans at the time were like...wtf? Now we get it 😎💪👍
@@bassmanjohn4052 no we don't...it's horrific...if you want kiss listen to kiss alive
@@booknooky9436 exactly!! It’s literally just the lyrics and vocal stuff that ruined it. Music is awesome!
One of the best KISS´songs! The Elder is surely one of the most underrated albums ever...
Huh? Are you sure? The Elder is horrible. It was in '81 and still is today. This is not a rock album. This is not a Kiss record. Ace and Eric Carr knew it was a mistake but they were overruled. Gene and Paul will admit today the record is awful. COTN from '82 blows this record away. In this performance you can easily see that Paul cannot hit the high notes that he did in the studio and the breakdown section with the keyboards should've been edited out.
@@javtimestwo Tastes are tastes. Andá a joder a otro lado.
In my opinion, the only good song on the elder, the rest is crap
The Elder RULES!!! Some of their heaviest and lightest songs on the same album. The Oath is a fucking BANGER
@@terjeandreassen6146 Just a Boy, Odyssey, Under the Rose, I, A World Without Heroes, Mr. Blackwell... Some nice gems there, my friend!
As a Kiss fan I still sink into my chair watching this. Lol
Looking forward to Ace's box set with The Elder cuts using his solos
Paul's hair with the bandana makes him look like a middle-aged soccer mom who got out of an aerobics class.
And with his leggings costume too
Lot of regrets from the 80's. sweat/head bands are just the beginning
He sings like one here.
....from the 80’s😆🤣
GOLD!! They all look stupid with short hair, esp Gene, haha
Love Eric's drumming on this! Awesome! R.I.P. Brother 🥁🔥❤️✝️👍
This should be the 2nd song after their opener on the end of the road tour 2019 / 2020 and jaws would drop from excitement !!!!!
No cause barely anyone would know this song and we don't want to see another song lip synced or sung horribly
Paul could barely pull off the live vocals then. No way now.
I would. Anything to get Say Yeah ! or Crazy Nights off the setlist.
Geezus some people wouldn't know sarcasm if it punched them in the face.
They played it on the kiss kruise and it sounded fine and anyone who goes to a Kiss concert at least 90% of the people know the song and it would have been super cool to have something new added to the set it would have been exciting
They put in a good performance here. They were always great live and still are. Saw them this year 2020, right before pandemic.
I was born in 81 and thanks to a hard rock'n Dad grew up on Kiss. I still have my favorites today, everything from the gritty, raw power of the alive albums, to their glamour days, but it is my opinion that Eric Carr was the best thing to happen to this to Kiss and his material with them is by far my most favorite! He left this world much too soon and I can only Image what could have been! A legend!
The elder, great álbum
The elder, underrated album ever. Is a magnifecent album and so heavy.
I don't CARE what anyone thinks.. I personally think it's one of the best KISS albums ever!!.. Every song is really great, especially "A World Without Heros' and especially "I"..
Falsetto...ehh
It ain't no Hotter Than Hell👎🏻
It's not underrated. It's possibly their worst, and it's rated accordingly by the majority of fans.
But it was the start of the end.
Aces solo was 🔥 and Eric was awesome and kept the tempo down and not crazy fast like he tended to do back then. Great performance! 👍
I love Ace's long solo in towards the end of the song
Yes! Probably soloing Ezrin cut out. Ace smokes!
He sounds like 15 year old after two weeks of owning his first guitar... You just have no taste...
you have no taste....go back to bed....you punk ass kid......fuck off!!
you damn young key board warrior who know's nothing about good music.....smdh!
Michael Kelly I like this solo, too. Toward the end. The very end. Like when it’s done.
Eric Carr is Phenomenal!
He died of cancer
@@Elcucky163 thanks debbie downer....
I’ll always remember watching this the first time it aired. I love this song! It was a few days before my 11th birthday, and I was so excited that they performed my two favorite songs (this and “I” are my favorites) from this album during this episode of Fridays.
I love this album! I'm glad they took the chance !
As always, Ace Frehley was the best part of Kiss here, and he was with a foot out the door by then.
I thought he sounds the best I have heard him play, space man forever
I like Ace. But Paul & Gene are KISS. Obviously.
@John Smith well I certainly like Frehley 's Comet over most of the 80s and 90s KISS albums
It was Eric Carr that kept him around a little while longer. He loved Eric, but he knew he couldn't function in the KISS system any longer.
Should have been just called "The Elder". In any case, they kicked ass!
Ace still delivered the goods!!
Love the elder a classic kiss album can't understand why they don't play more of this album live the fan's would love it
Eric Carr such an underrated drummer. His body of work should be held in legend status not just in the Kiss army. Definitely my favorite Kiss drummer, and in my top 5 all time.
I love this album!
Great drums
The late great Eric Carr one of the best drummers ever very underrated rest in peace Eric
Pretty sick of hearing the word "underrated" too
I am ashamed that I don’t remember this version of Kiss. WOW. Great live performance
Love that solo!!!!!
This really sounded great live. The Oath is the best song on The Elder!
I like I believe in me
This was their swansong,
Ace left after this
Dark Light
Oh really??
One of the cleanest versions ive ever seen.!! Thank you.! Love ALL makeup years..❤😂😅😊
Ten minutes ago I was watching video with Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt talking about various albums he bought recently. I was not suprised he spoke highly positive about Music from the Elder, especially The Oath and Under the Rose. This is truly great album, no matter what traditional hard rock/heavy metal fans have to say about it. It would be even better if Paul was not singing falseto on Oath and Just a boy chorus and if they keep original Ace's solos - that's why the live version of Oath is so much better IMO.
young Kiss fans in Scandinavia had a different concept of the band since they were isolated from what American fans said or thought back then. The Elder was also undoubtedly a big influence on a certain Thomas Forsberg as well..
“(Music from) The Elder” is a really fine album.
Just not a good KISS album.
What's amazing is this is 100% live with no backing tracks or auto tune and it's so much like the album. Paul is nailing it on the vocals and Eric Carr is super tight.
Yes exactly. This song is hard to sing live & Paul nailed it here!!! Love how Ace changed the solo from the album here. That's probably what he wanted to play on the album but was out voted & was made to play what Paul & Gene wanted him to play.
@@jameshughes6049 yep this is what Ace wanted on the album plus atleast the song sounded more Kiss like with him doing this here
@@RoktheNation yeah it sounded good too!!
@@jameshughes6049 yeah all Bob Ezrin did was push Ace away from the band by cutting lots of his guitar work out of the Elder songs
@@RoktheNation yeah I know, Ezrin & Ace didn't get along from the Destroyer recording sessions.
Great clip. Eric totally killing it. The was a transitional moment for sure. Those falsetto pieces are tough.
eric carr's drum set is the greatest of all Kiss set-ups and he kicks em hard...one of the best live drum solo's i ever saw in the Montreal Forum....and I saw em all......................
They looked like they were getting ready to pop in a disco fitness dance tape in the VCR.
sickb2200 Paul Stanley looks like Ronald McDonald trying to start a band
Hey, headbands were all the rage in 81!!
😂
Heeeeheeeeheeee!!!
Kiss sounds so good. Love Ace. He gives it his all when playing. Gene looks good too. Oh the good ole days. Love this song. Paul's voice is amazing they way he hits those high notes.
Hell yeah Eric Carr
Ace was flawless.
So damn powerful! Love this song! ❤
Eric and Ace were still killin it though💚
Great sound here especially for TV. Totally live which is cool. Watch Ace right before his first solo..looks offstage and gives the soundguy the turn me up sign👍
The guy in the audience didnt even try to sound like he wasnt reading cue cards
That was Gene’s mother and step father. FYI.
Temper T oh neat!!
Louie De Palma Gene tells the story about it in his autobiography.
Soooo kiss sucks
@@neojournalyst I was pretty sure Genes mom had dark hair.
I credit them for taking a chance on a concept record.
I remember watching this when it aired….couldn’t wait. I was 11 years old, and my favorite band was gonna be on live television…performing. I still like the album to this day.
Kiss was a real Rock and Roll show! Never a boring moment. All the former Churches, speaking against, Kiss, as evil, is a laugh now. All it was , is modern day vaudeville.
When I was a kid, I got my first KISS album, Destroyer. A visiting preacher came to our church and informed us that KISS were satanic and we should burn their records if we had any. I asked my dad what he thought and he said they said all the same things about Elvis, who he loved so not to worry about that.
If this record was released with no mention of it being a concept album, it would be considered one of their best.
I've played songs from this release for MANY people.And didn't tell them who it was.They liked them.
Then went.😮🤯
Wrong
@@MrSpaceace1999 Every track on the album is superb, I guess you are more into bieber.....
Not by me it wouldn't