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It's always the one I have seen the merit in. Musically interesting and sometimes with a touch of Zappa.. Something Kiss related I can actually listen to all the way through without feeling the need to throw something at it.. FYI I'm not a Kiss fan at all.. tired glam rock that should have been forgotten in the 70's IMHO but hey.. whatever.
I love “Dance All Over Your Face”. Great groove. The rest of your choices would definitely be in my bottom 20%. Before I watched this I thought “There’d better be at least three songs from ‘Hot in the Shade’.” You didn’t let me down, brother.
@@SeanBlumenshine It was a great idea! I think it worked really well! Yeah, RUclips has been taking down a lot of Kiss footage lately. Gotta be careful. There is sometimes even danger in using just the music as well.
Man, I love that video. You explain your points clearly and they make sense whether we agree or not. I've been a Kiss fan since around 1990 and I side with you on some of these. I have no problems with ''Beth 2'' (Psycho Circus was definitely trying to be Destroyer 2) and Odyssey really sounds like Paul was vocally prepping for The Phantom but I still like it. I remember hating Do you love me for a while but came around when Unplugged came out. My list would probably have Love em Leave em (don't care for it) and Love is like a slap in the face ( I think Hot in the shade would be a better album if Love is like a slap in the face, Read my body and maybe two others weren't on it.) Nice video man, I just suscribed.
Oddessy is phenomenal as was the Elder album - the songs were incredible. The Elder is like Destroyer II on steroids. "Once upon, not yet, only know some day - countless stars we met - we met along the way..."
@rockarchiveschannel9390 Pauls version of Oddysey yes, blows away the original, and Pauls voice is main on it. Pauls could sing opera lyric in strong way, he´s a master.
I'm one of those that really like The Elder, but admittedly, not a great Kiss album in comparison to their catalog, but I dig the album in general looking past what we "expect" from Kiss. I think I may make a similar video to this, it would be interesting to try to really pick ten least favorites on purpose. I don't think I have ever taken a real critical look at stuff, I just sit back and enjoy them usually.
Agree. And I think taking any of the tracks out of context diminishes the track. Leave Music from the Elder out of the lineup, and I might be inclined to agree with the list.
The Elder is the Destroyer album - Part II on steroids. Great Expectations and Beth were loaded with orchestral sounds etc... The Elder has a speed metal song "The Oath" -- heavy heavy haunted song "Under the Rose" -- a super awesome, typical Ace Frehley song "Dark Light" --- and on and on --- you're assessment is way off.
The Elder album is phenomenal - KISS blew it by putting out two crappy disco albums in a row and lost lots of fans. They make an album of phenomenally structured and written music and it b ombs, bc they lost so many fans - most didn't give it a chance. It was the last KISS I ever bought, bc they hit their music pinnacle and they couldn't top The Elder - and haven't surpassed it yet.
Love theese kinda things! Made that Spotify playlist years ago, called "Kiss - least good". I'll post my version before watching. Mine has following songs (and many Kiss fans will think I'm crazy with certain entries): "Love Theme From Kiss", "Love 'Em And Leave 'Em", "Any Way You Want It", "Dark Light", "Mr. Blackwell", "Down On Your Knees", "No No No", "Bang Bang You", "Little Caesar", "Boomerang", "When Lightning Strikes" and "Outta This World"
Oh NO, NO, NO man!!! Youve chosen MY FAVORITE SONGS!!! No No No isnt that but I DO LOVE "Down On Your Knees", and "Any Way You Want It"! By the way "Any Way You Want It" is one of great songs by Dave Clark Five and I think that is just a joke-cover even though they lliked or hated the original its pretty cool. But "Down On Your Knees" is my personal top hit song from my childhood, so please take it back as soon as its possible! Thx. Sean I agree with you. Youre right there are some worse KIϟϟ songs. I LOVE Elder...and Odyssey's my favorite...but I heared many ppl dont think so.
@@hopparezimi4155 😁Ooops lol. Okay, Anyway You want It has a bunch of charm actually, and is quite catchy. Depends on my mood. Down On You Knees always pure trash though haha. I also love Music from the Elder for the most part, Odyssey is magical! So is Under the Rose and I'm Just A Boy to name a few
I was a teen in the late 80s, so my first album was actually Smashes, Thrashes & Hits. Bar Music From The Elder, I owned all the KISS albums up until Hot In The Shade. Although the golden era ended after Unmasked for me. So, long story short, I agree with you because those early albums are just the best
Hi, Sean! It appears you’re correct about the YT algorithm in relation to “negativity” lol Interesting video. I’m a sizeable KISS fan so figured I would chime in with my thoughts on some of your choices… I actually like Murder in High Heels and Dance All Over Your Face. But I have the opinion that The Elder would’ve made more sense if Manowar had recorded it 🤘🏻 (I admit though, I have only ever listened to that album once. Ever! I couldn’t bring myself to do it a second time) Anyway, as I said, interesting video. You got a new sub. Can’t wait to see what else you have done/will do next 👍🏻
Excellent list. I'm an original 1970s KISS fan, so your list pleases me greatly. For me, there's just no use for anything past 1983. And I could easily make this a Top 20 or 30. But this "Top 10 Worst" is right on the button. I don't think I would have, even, a Top 3 for the great 70s KISS. Nice job, Sean. Marc ⚡
Great video- pretty much agree with you not only on the songs but your take on Kiss in general. Huge Kiss fan- but depth of lyrics is hit and miss and they would be cancelled if they made some of these today.
I can agree with every song on this list. I remember having Animalize, Lick it Up, and Asylum on cassette and having to fast forward through those songs. And that demo of Love's a Deadly Weapon is so much better than the album version.
@rticle15 I'm not sure, but for me, things changed drastically when Creatures of the Night came out. I loved that album but it was a different band and I just lost interest in the subsequent albums. Maybe it was just me...
@@Dave---M i dont think it's you. They definitely shifted sound a bit. But to me every album in the 80s had at least on greatest hits worthy song. I get that some folks didnt love it though
Great video Sean. From the 70s I'd add Love Theme From Kiss, Kissin Time, Then She Kissed Me. Their super fast songs were usually misses - I'd add No, No, No to that list.
Dude!!!! Odyssey is one of my very favorite kiss songs! Sure it’s not rock and roll or hard edge so much but what an amazing song. A masterpiece in my opinion. The elder itself with the exception of Mr Blackwell and escape from the island is an absolute masterpiece. But with Bob Ezrin at the helm, what else would one expect anyway?
@@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn Yup. I especially like MR. BLACKWELL. I think it was an older composition that he re-tooled for THE ELDER. It's got such a dirty, funky riff. It's both got a classic Kiss riff and also feels very unique. With different lyrics (non-conceptual), it would have fit well on earlier albums or even CREATURES quite well.
@@endeaver7954 Indeed. I'm not saying ODYSSEY is the greatest Kiss song ever...but it's a lot better than JUST A BOY, which is really cheesy. ODYSSEY has its cheesy moments (Paul is a little too melodramatic in his vocal performance) but it has a nice arrangement and really nice chords. The piano work is excellent.
Hi Sean! Another really good list. I am one of those people that could not stand the majority of the albums that were released in the '80s. Quite a dry spell. In my opinion, if you took all of the hits from the '80s and created one album, it would have really rocked! It's hard to really tell which album I hated the most, Hot in the Shade, Asylum, or Crazy Nights. I do remember liking Animalize, but I guess I'm going to have to blow the dust off of those CDs and re-listen to them with your take due to your video and see where my judging in 2023 opinion comes in at.
1. Read My Body 2. God Gave Rock And Roll To You II 3. Bang Bang You 4. Kissin' Time 5. Odyssey 6. My Way 7. Hooligan 8. Tomorrow And Tonight 9. Easy As It Seems 10. You're All That I Want
The 70s is where KISS rocked, I've always loved Destroyer the best, then Love Gun and then Alive and Alive 2 followed by Rock and Roll Over, Dressed To Kill and then Dynasty ..🎸😁👍🤘
1. Bang Bang You (this one is a crime against nature) 2. Christine Sixteen 3. Radar For Love 4. All of Unmasked 5. All of Carnival of Souls (except Jungle) 6. Domino 7. Thrills in the Night 8. All of Peter Criss '78 solo album 9. Modern Day Delilah (really, what do people see in this song?) 10. Secretly Cruel My Way is a bad Kiss song, but it's a good Journey song.
I can't disagree, especially since all of these songs come from the era after I lost interest in KISS. I would add "Tomorrow and Tonight", an obvious attempt to re-create the magic of "Rock and Roll All Nite".
It’s nice you didn’t go on a Peter and Ace bashing like a lot of over loyal fans do. TBF I used to like Kiss when I was a teenager where their basic and immature sexually charged lyrics were fun but 30 yrs later and all the politics, bitching, 23 year long farewell tour and backing track fiasco I have very little time for them. The fact that Gene and Paul rarely grew as musicians or writers shows that they are more interested in money over anything else.
Kinda ironic. In 70s KISS critics called them style over substance band, but they became like that only after they took make up off. The Kulick line up had looks, could deliver amazing live show but songs just werent there. The only no make up era album that I like is probably Revenge
Very solid list Sean. I would add “Burn bitch burn” in there somewhere. “ I wanna put my log in your fireplace”? Easily the dumbest line ever put in a song!
Dude. Impressive. In order to list the "worst" Kiss songs implies you listened to ALL of their songs. I couldn't even imagine what damage that did. Remarkable endurance!
Every band....even the mighty Beatles...released some trash...you see...bands are under pressure to put out an album whether they have anything or not...so they have to throw in some filler songs...
Spot on w/ Boomerang... I also love that you got in those two horrific ballads about a year apart in 97 and 98... I tend to like a lot of the 80's KISS - so the fact that I would have some other songs would be just based on opinion alone... But I love Odyssey... I like many of the other songs - Murder in High Heels, etc... What did you miss??? I Will Be There from COS??? There are a few other turds... But I did like your video and your research shows... Burn Bitch Burn doesn't get a mention??? I happen to dig that riff a LOT...
My Top 10 Worst KISS Songs (updated) 10. Beth 9. Rock 'N' Roll Hell 8. You Love Me To Hate You 7. My Way 6. Goin' Blind 5. Kissin Time 4. Then She Kissed Me 3. Torpedo Girl 2. A World Without Heroes 1. God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II
I agree with 9 out of 10 songs on the list. I really like Dance all over your face. I never take the lyrics too seriously in any Kiss song, and turned up loud it kind of gives me a Love it Loud feeling. The other 9 are songs I skip when playing an album.... Well, maybe with the exception of The Odyssey. I rarely play the Elder, but usually play it straight through when I do. My worst Kiss songs overall is anything Paul sings in his high, almost falsetto voice, which from the early 80s to present is a pretty high percentage.
I can agree with you on songs like Odyssey, I Finally Found My Way, Read My Body, and Murder In High Heels. I do love Boomerang (I can agree about the production tho) and Gimme More. Nothing Can Keep Me From You was a good song tho definitely had no place on the DRC soundtrack but it’d have been a good Box Set new track. I even like Love’s A Deadly Weapon tho not my favorite on Asylum (I admit I do prefer it over Uh! All Night). I admit I used to hate Cadillac Dreams, but I actually really like it now. I don’t have a top 10 least favorite KISS songs, but if I did, it would include most of the songs on Monster, Great Expectations, Then She Kissed Me, Torpedo Girl, Just A Boy (and Odyssey), Lonely Is The Hunter, Bang Bang You, Good Girl Gone Bad, Let’s Put The X In Sex, and We Are One. I was never a big fan of All Hell’s Breaking Loose. I know it’s kinda an 80s fan favorite, but it always annoyed me except for the chorus, especially because I thought A Million To One would have made a much stronger single/video.
I aqm a huge Kiss fan. I have tried to count up the songs I love (over 40)... but I never thought to line up those that I do not love. And there are a lot of those too. You nailed it with your selection here. Thanks for the great video and insights!
You picked a bunch of songs/albums that I don't know. I'm an older dude and, like you said, you didn't choose any songs from the 70's. I did have the album Animalize on a tape that died years ago. When I decided to replace it, I only bought digital copies of the two songs from that album that I like. In general, while I like him as a musician, I'm not a big fan of songs that Ace Frehley wrote. One of my least favorite Kiss songs is "Save Your Love" from Dynasty.
"Filler songs", but some of them is still memorable and still unique even today. "Love's a Deadly Weapon"..Always liked this one. It's kind of the only "Power Metal'ish" song Kiss ever made.
My top 10 worst Kiss Songs: - Torpedo Girl - Under The Rose - I'm Alive - Bang Bang You - No, No, No - Let's Put The X In Sex - Read My Body - Little Caesar - I Confess - I Finally Found My Way
I heard tell they are saving these very 10 songs to open their final show with! (Dis)honorable mentions go to 'Bang Bang You', & the Simmons nursery rhyme 'Tunnel of Love', IMHO.
I know many fans like I Still Love You off of Creatures. The studio version on this is my least favorite. I do like the Unplugged arrangement much better. I totally agree with #5 and #6. Another of my least favorites is Torpedo Girl off Unmasked. Another one I didn't care for was the track "Lonely Is the Hunter 😔"
great video sean, i agree with this list totally and i like the articulate way in which you describe why you dont appreciate it. it was interesting to hear.
Great list. There’s definitely some clunkers in the catalog. I’ll be honest, there’s some songs that I secretly like, but I might be embarrassed if someone catches me listening to them. I sent you an email with a question and I would appreciate if you could respond if you have the time. Keep up the great work..
I bailed on KISS after Unmasked. When the only thing left for credibility with them was soon leaving with Ace Frehley. I was around 12/13. 1. Simmons had been dialing it in since at least 1975's Dressed To Kill. You can't beat what he contributes to KISS and Hotter Than Hell. In fact, if Hotter Than Hell had been recorded and mixed like Dressed To Kill OR KISS, I'd consider it the best album they ever put out. Everyone's contributing gold, Simmons, Stanley and Frehley are all giving good to great songs on Hotter Than Hell. There's no dropoff. Then you get to Dressed To Kill. This is where Paul Stanley has to pick up the slack when Simmons or Frehley don't have material that's beyond "Filler." And unfortunately Paul Stanley writes a lot of filler. "Love Her All I Can" is gold. "Rock Bottom" is great. Everything else he wrote on the album, is just kinda eh. But Simmons, beyond "She", isn't writing anything worthy of "Deuce" or "Watchin' You" here. And Frehley's "Getaway" is probably the Frehley song that rarely gets mentioned. The Criss vocal is great (he should have been their main singer) and the solo kicks ass, but the song is no Parasite, or Cold Gin, or Rocket Ride. Simmons started dialing it in on Dressed To Kill. On Destroyer he sets out to prove he's "more than just a tongue" (which he tried to prove again on his solo album. I personally call him a "sleazy genius". There's a guy there that has a lot of songwriting talent beyond his "image." But ... he can't escape that image.) Everything after Destroyer, is Gene just raking in the spoils (but they did work seriously hard to get where they wanted to go). Sometimes you'll get an Almost Human. Or a Christine Sixteen. Or a Calling Dr. Love. Maybe even Love 'Em and Leave 'Em. But the rest is just ... yeah. Dialed in. 2. Since I bailed in 1980, a lot of these albums I haven't heard. Not even "I Love It Loud" made me go back to them. But I did pick up, just out of curiousity, Animalize and Asylum. I thought "Heaven's On Fire" was alright. "Get All You Can Take" was kinda cool. "Tears Are Falling" was ok too, but there were just bands that were doing stuff like it, that were better. But I'm glad your list seemed almost entirely made up of post Ace Frehley KISS. I never bought The Elder, and I've listened to it. I won't be buying The Elder.
Odyssey is a hidden gem (like the whole "the elder"....if you wanna hear some real cramps just listen to Tomorrow and tonight Then she kissed me We are one God gave Rnr to you and every song that made Kiss sounding like an older version of Bon Jovi-Def leppard
Forever, Let's put the x in sex, and most everything after Animalize. Genes material on Animalize was pretty terrible though. I LOVE the 'lick it up' album but I kind of agree with "Gimme More". From classic KISS I'd have to say 'She', and 'Cold Gin' are both just plodding and really booooring. Similar for 'Firehouse'. I could live without hearing those three songs again. I LOVE 'Dance all over your face'. It's probably kind of a terrible song, but it was part of my first kiss experience as lick it up with my first album. I love that stupid song!
10. I Just Wanna 09. Dance All Over Your Face 08. When Lightning Strikes 07. Eat Your Heart Out 06. Odyssey 05. Back To The Stone Age 04. Take Me Down Below 03. Bang Bang You 02. Read My Body 01. Burn Bitch Burn
My least favorite songs or songs I just don't understand by KISS 1. Christine Sixteen (the fact its about a older man lusting over a minor makes my throat close up) 2. Mainline (sorry but Peter's voice isn't as good as Ace, Paul nor Gene) 3. Rock N' All Night (just overheard this song too many times that the radio needs to play songs from Destroyer or Hotter Than Hell) 4. Beth (do I need to explain that there's Shandi, and Forever?!) And thats about it I am sure there was a few songs from Revenge but I love Revenge (Unholy, I Just Wanna, Heart of Chrome, Paralyzed, Thou Shall Not, and my personal favorite Domino) i just haven't listened to all KISS's work but a great bunch.
@@russellmcbride1242 i liked Hotter Than Hell it has some nice hits like Parasite, Hotter Than Hell, Got to Choose Etc. But mainline isn't my cup of tea.
Two songs I would've included were Let's Put the X in Sex and I Was Made For Lovin' You. The former for it's painfully and laughably bad song title and lyrics, and the latter for alienating the entire fan base for being a disco song.
I have to agree their 70's era wok was far superior. Even their filler back then was better than 90% of what they have produced without Ace. And the arguing in the studio to reach the level of quality they had in the 70's is gone as the others in the band have little say in anything. Just look at the solo work Freddie Mercury did without the band arguing with him about the songs compared to an Queen record. The point here is the same. Original members demand a say, hired musicians keep quiet. As such quality tanks every time.
my ten worse KISS songs are: All for the Love of Rock & Roll - a song about getting someone to commit adultery. sounds casual and playful but the subject matter is not. Goin Blind - drags on too long and horribly out of place on the album Murder in High Heels - a horrible closer for this album. The album definitely needed a good "do ya love me" closer from Paul instead. Lonely is the Hunter - boring filler song from Gene Seduction of the Innocent - reminds me of Gene's solo albums Eat your Heart Out - lyrics leave little imagination what the song is really about, isn't "brilliantly done", and title doesn't fit well. Freak - song is a bit of a chore to get through Cadillac Dreams, Love's a Slap in the Face, Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell - more boring filler Gene songs
"See you in your dreams", "Tomorrow and Tonite" and studio version of "Hooligan" are some shit songs from the 70s I reckon. You're right about Hot in the Shade sounding like a demo. That's what you get when you gotta cut costs and have G&P produce together lol!
Psycho circus was such a huge disappointment, and I'm OFFENDED that Paul and Gene would think that we wouldn't even notice that ace and Peter weren't playing! I noticed IMMEDIATELY
I like Gimme More and Boomerang, but I agree with you 100% on Loves A Deadly Weapon. I don't like this Song at all and I'm glad that it is the first song on the B side, so I can skip it every time. Pauls demo is great and far superior.
Peter Criss solo is growing on me , love it
It's always the one I have seen the merit in. Musically interesting and sometimes with a touch of Zappa.. Something Kiss related I can actually listen to all the way through without feeling the need to throw something at it.. FYI I'm not a Kiss fan at all.. tired glam rock that should have been forgotten in the 70's IMHO but hey.. whatever.
I love “Dance All Over Your Face”. Great groove. The rest of your choices would definitely be in my bottom 20%. Before I watched this I thought “There’d better be at least three songs from ‘Hot in the Shade’.” You didn’t let me down, brother.
Hot in the Shade is just awful in a forgettable way
I like the editing style on this one! Super cool how you show footage of the vinyl spinning during clips of the music. That's a very nice touch.
Thank you very much! I figured it was a fun alternative to showing footage of the band which I am now scared to do lol.
@@SeanBlumenshine It was a great idea! I think it worked really well! Yeah, RUclips has been taking down a lot of Kiss footage lately. Gotta be careful. There is sometimes even danger in using just the music as well.
@@SeanBlumenshine when reporting the news, no one should fear repercussions of their subject.
Man, I love that video. You explain your points clearly and they make sense whether we agree or not. I've been a Kiss fan since around 1990 and I side with you on some of these. I have no problems with ''Beth 2'' (Psycho Circus was definitely trying to be Destroyer 2) and Odyssey really sounds like Paul was vocally prepping for The Phantom but I still like it. I remember hating Do you love me for a while but came around when Unplugged came out. My list would probably have Love em Leave em (don't care for it) and Love is like a slap in the face ( I think Hot in the shade would be a better album if Love is like a slap in the face, Read my body and maybe two others weren't on it.) Nice video man, I just suscribed.
Oddessy is phenomenal as was the Elder album - the songs were incredible. The Elder is like Destroyer II on steroids. "Once upon, not yet, only know some day - countless stars we met - we met along the way..."
Oddyssey, the greatest KISS song ever!!! ( And Paul voice is amazing!)
I just discovered, bout 20 min ago...Odyssey is a cover! Look it up...I remember when this album came out...I DID NOT KNOW THIS
@rockarchiveschannel9390 Pauls version of Oddysey yes, blows away the original, and Pauls voice is main on it. Pauls could sing opera lyric in strong way, he´s a master.
I can't believe there are people that LOVE The Elder? Seriously? 😂
@@JJSS-vg1qs You've probably never listened to KISS' Destroyer. It's ok. You don't really have a good ear for music. You'll be alright
Paul was trying to sing in a tragic style. The results were….tragic.
I'm one of those that really like The Elder, but admittedly, not a great Kiss album in comparison to their catalog, but I dig the album in general looking past what we "expect" from Kiss. I think I may make a similar video to this, it would be interesting to try to really pick ten least favorites on purpose. I don't think I have ever taken a real critical look at stuff, I just sit back and enjoy them usually.
Agree. And I think taking any of the tracks out of context diminishes the track. Leave Music from the Elder out of the lineup, and I might be inclined to agree with the list.
The Elder is the Destroyer album - Part II on steroids. Great Expectations and Beth were loaded with orchestral sounds etc...
The Elder has a speed metal song "The Oath" -- heavy heavy haunted song "Under the Rose" -- a super awesome, typical Ace Frehley song "Dark Light" --- and on and on --- you're assessment is way off.
The Elder album is phenomenal - KISS blew it by putting out two crappy disco albums in a row and lost lots of fans. They make an album of phenomenally structured and written music and it b ombs, bc they lost so many fans - most didn't give it a chance. It was the last KISS I ever bought, bc they hit their music pinnacle and they couldn't top The Elder - and haven't surpassed it yet.
I think "Mr.Blackwell" is the worst KISS song ever ....
@@the_manmachine or reminds me of something that would fit on Gene's solo album
Odyssey...love it...I ABSOLUTELY love it
What about the Stallion and the bear tho? 🤔
I only listen to kiss albums from 1973 to 1983.The rest i gave away.
Yep 👍
Likewise, I only care about the stuff with Ace
That would be 1974 to 1984.
You missed out on some good albums and songs by kiss after '83
I would agree, with REVENGE being the only exception.
My personal opinion kiss was irrelevant once Peter and Ace left.
The Peter Criss songs were actually my favorite KISS songs. “Hooligan,” “Hard luck woman” and “Baby Driver” are hard rock classics!
I never looked into it but I always felt Hooligan was written by Gene or Paul for Peter, insulting in that light if you listen.
Hooligan is a great song, why his solo album surprised me, he seemed to sing the edgier songs and then he made an album of blah lol
Peter has a good voice
He was refering to solo album material of Criss
@@falconater68wow, now that would have been mean. So I looked it up and was relieved it was really written by Criss and Penridge
Their worst albums are “Crazy Nights”, “Hot In The Shade”, “Sonic Boom” & “Monster”!!! xoxo The Clarences
Love theese kinda things! Made that Spotify playlist years ago, called "Kiss - least good". I'll post my version before watching. Mine has following songs (and many Kiss fans will think I'm crazy with certain entries): "Love Theme From Kiss", "Love 'Em And Leave 'Em", "Any Way You Want It", "Dark Light", "Mr. Blackwell", "Down On Your Knees", "No No No", "Bang Bang You", "Little Caesar", "Boomerang", "When Lightning Strikes" and "Outta This World"
Oh NO, NO, NO man!!! Youve chosen MY FAVORITE SONGS!!! No No No isnt that but I DO LOVE "Down On Your Knees", and "Any Way You Want It"! By the way "Any Way You Want It" is one of great songs by Dave Clark Five and I think that is just a joke-cover even though they lliked or hated the original its pretty cool. But "Down On Your Knees" is my personal top hit song from my childhood, so please take it back as soon as its possible! Thx.
Sean I agree with you. Youre right there are some worse KIϟϟ songs. I LOVE Elder...and Odyssey's my favorite...but I heared many ppl dont think so.
@@hopparezimi4155 😁Ooops lol. Okay, Anyway You want It has a bunch of charm actually, and is quite catchy. Depends on my mood. Down On You Knees always pure trash though haha. I also love Music from the Elder for the most part, Odyssey is magical! So is Under the Rose and I'm Just A Boy to name a few
Definitely wouldn’t have No, No, No, Little Caesar, or Outta This World as top 10 worst KISS songs.
"Pour some sugar is a good song". 😂
I was a teen in the late 80s, so my first album was actually Smashes, Thrashes & Hits. Bar Music From The Elder, I owned all the KISS albums up until Hot In The Shade. Although the golden era ended after Unmasked for me. So, long story short, I agree with you because those early albums are just the best
The way you feel about the Peter Criss solo, I feel about The Elder.
I remember liking "Rip and Destroy" from Phantom.
Hi, Sean! It appears you’re correct about the YT algorithm in relation to “negativity” lol
Interesting video. I’m a sizeable KISS fan so figured I would chime in with my thoughts on some of your choices…
I actually like Murder in High Heels and Dance All Over Your Face. But I have the opinion that The Elder would’ve made more sense if Manowar had recorded it 🤘🏻 (I admit though, I have only ever listened to that album once. Ever! I couldn’t bring myself to do it a second time)
Anyway, as I said, interesting video. You got a new sub. Can’t wait to see what else you have done/will do next 👍🏻
Excellent list. I'm an original 1970s KISS fan, so your list pleases me greatly.
For me, there's just no use for anything past 1983.
And I could easily make this a Top 20 or 30. But this "Top 10 Worst" is right on the button.
I don't think I would have, even, a Top 3 for the great 70s KISS.
Nice job, Sean.
Marc
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Great video- pretty much agree with you not only on the songs but your take on Kiss in general. Huge Kiss fan- but depth of lyrics is hit and miss and they would be cancelled if they made some of these today.
I can agree with every song on this list. I remember having Animalize, Lick it Up, and Asylum on cassette and having to fast forward through those songs. And that demo of Love's a Deadly Weapon is so much better than the album version.
LOL Christine Sixteen didn't age well LOL Thank goodness
Yeah, we all missed Ace and Peter too.
What difference would they have made in the songwriting department?
@rticle15 I'm not sure, but for me, things changed drastically when Creatures of the Night came out. I loved that album but it was a different band and I just lost interest in the subsequent albums. Maybe it was just me...
@@Dave---M i dont think it's you. They definitely shifted sound a bit. But to me every album in the 80s had at least on greatest hits worthy song. I get that some folks didnt love it though
@@rticle15 Agreed! Thanks for the rational exchange.
Nope not all of us. If I could go back in time and watch any version of kiss It would be mid 80's. But everyone likes different stuff....so...
Great video Sean. From the 70s I'd add Love Theme From Kiss, Kissin Time, Then She Kissed Me. Their super fast songs were usually misses - I'd add No, No, No to that list.
Totally agree with each and every one of these you mentioned
Id take Simmons "loves a deadly weapon" any day over Paul Stanleys: "And then she kissed me" on Love gun.
Then she kissed me is a cover of the 60s classic.
He wasn’t wrong about the algorithm. This is one of his most viewed videos ever.
The highest since the Guitar Kisstory vids which were 2 years ago
Dude!!!! Odyssey is one of my very favorite kiss songs!
Sure it’s not rock and roll or hard edge so much but what an amazing song. A masterpiece in my opinion. The elder itself with the exception of Mr Blackwell and escape from the island is an absolute masterpiece. But with Bob Ezrin at the helm, what else would one expect anyway?
Hell, no! I love MR. BLACKWELL. It's got one of my favorite Ace solos ever. :)
SO...this guy picks odyssey? over just a boy??? what?
I, and Mr Blackwell were the most 'KISS' songs of the whole album!
@@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn Yup. I especially like MR. BLACKWELL. I think it was an older composition that he re-tooled for THE ELDER. It's got such a dirty, funky riff. It's both got a classic Kiss riff and also feels very unique. With different lyrics (non-conceptual), it would have fit well on earlier albums or even CREATURES quite well.
@@endeaver7954 Indeed. I'm not saying ODYSSEY is the greatest Kiss song ever...but it's a lot better than JUST A BOY, which is really cheesy. ODYSSEY has its cheesy moments (Paul is a little too melodramatic in his vocal performance) but it has a nice arrangement and really nice chords. The piano work is excellent.
Hi Sean! Another really good list. I am one of those people that could not stand the majority of the albums that were released in the '80s. Quite a dry spell. In my opinion, if you took all of the hits from the '80s and created one album, it would have really rocked! It's hard to really tell which album I hated the most, Hot in the Shade, Asylum, or Crazy Nights. I do remember liking Animalize, but I guess I'm going to have to blow the dust off of those CDs and re-listen to them with your take due to your video and see where my judging in 2023 opinion comes in at.
1. Read My Body
2. God Gave Rock And Roll To You II
3. Bang Bang You
4. Kissin' Time
5. Odyssey
6. My Way
7. Hooligan
8. Tomorrow And Tonight
9. Easy As It Seems
10. You're All That I Want
Entertaining because of how articulate and well thought out your opinions are. Also, I agree with basically all these pics. You got a new sub 🤙
Glad you enjoyed! Thank you so much!
The 70s is where KISS rocked, I've always loved Destroyer the best, then Love Gun and then Alive and Alive 2 followed by Rock and Roll Over, Dressed To Kill and then Dynasty ..🎸😁👍🤘
"The stallion and the bear" lol! I'm never going to hear that song the same way again.
1 Domino
2 Spit
3 Murder in High Heels
4 Boomerang
5 Yes I Know
6 The Street Giveth
7 No, No, No
8 Paralyzed
9 Walls Come Down
10 Anything For My Baby
1. Bang Bang You (this one is a crime against nature)
2. Christine Sixteen
3. Radar For Love
4. All of Unmasked
5. All of Carnival of Souls (except Jungle)
6. Domino
7. Thrills in the Night
8. All of Peter Criss '78 solo album
9. Modern Day Delilah (really, what do people see in this song?)
10. Secretly Cruel
My Way is a bad Kiss song, but it's a good Journey song.
I actually like Cadillac Dreams, esp the brass section at the end. Just me though. Thanks for the vid.
Everything on the Elder, plus Beth.
There's 10 or more.
I can't disagree, especially since all of these songs come from the era after I lost interest in KISS. I would add "Tomorrow and Tonight", an obvious attempt to re-create the magic of "Rock and Roll All Nite".
It’s nice you didn’t go on a Peter and Ace bashing like a lot of over loyal fans do. TBF I used to like Kiss when I was a teenager where their basic and immature sexually charged lyrics were fun but 30 yrs later and all the politics, bitching, 23 year long farewell tour and backing track fiasco I have very little time for them. The fact that Gene and Paul rarely grew as musicians or writers shows that they are more interested in money over anything else.
Fantastic video. I really enjoyed it. I'm glad I stumbled across your channel, I'm now subscribed.
Don't really care what you think about kiss songs ,they are all great
Kinda ironic. In 70s KISS critics called them style over substance band, but they became like that only after they took make up off. The Kulick line up had looks, could deliver amazing live show but songs just werent there. The only no make up era album that I like is probably Revenge
Very solid list Sean. I would add “Burn bitch burn” in there somewhere. “ I wanna put my log in your fireplace”? Easily the dumbest line ever put in a song!
Dude. Impressive. In order to list the "worst" Kiss songs implies you listened to ALL of their songs. I couldn't even imagine what damage that did. Remarkable endurance!
I have listened to them all. He is pretty spot on
Every band....even the mighty Beatles...released some trash...you see...bands are under pressure to put out an album whether they have anything or not...so they have to throw in some filler songs...
Love your dry sense of humour Sean and your review style. I agree with every rating you've given except Odyssey.
Unmasked album was atrocious
Spot on w/ Boomerang... I also love that you got in those two horrific ballads about a year apart in 97 and 98... I tend to like a lot of the 80's KISS - so the fact that I would have some other songs would be just based on opinion alone... But I love Odyssey... I like many of the other songs - Murder in High Heels, etc...
What did you miss??? I Will Be There from COS??? There are a few other turds... But I did like your video and your research shows... Burn Bitch Burn doesn't get a mention??? I happen to dig that riff a LOT...
I actually liked the Elder, the whole album and “Dance all over you Face” is just fine.
All the other songs do most certainly sucketh.
My Top 10 Worst KISS Songs (updated)
10. Beth
9. Rock 'N' Roll Hell
8. You Love Me To Hate You
7. My Way
6. Goin' Blind
5. Kissin Time
4. Then She Kissed Me
3. Torpedo Girl
2. A World Without Heroes
1. God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II
I agree with 9 out of 10 songs on the list. I really like Dance all over your face. I never take the lyrics too seriously in any Kiss song, and turned up loud it kind of gives me a Love it Loud feeling. The other 9 are songs I skip when playing an album.... Well, maybe with the exception of The Odyssey. I rarely play the Elder, but usually play it straight through when I do.
My worst Kiss songs overall is anything Paul sings in his high, almost falsetto voice, which from the early 80s to present is a pretty high percentage.
Great video. "Hot in the Shade" is my least favorite KISS album, and "Cadillac Dreams" is the one KISS song I can't listen to.
Turn on the night and tomorrow are my 80's favorite 2! Nothing to do with this but thought I'd throw that in.
I can agree with you on songs like Odyssey, I Finally Found My Way, Read My Body, and Murder In High Heels. I do love Boomerang (I can agree about the production tho) and Gimme More. Nothing Can Keep Me From You was a good song tho definitely had no place on the DRC soundtrack but it’d have been a good Box Set new track. I even like Love’s A Deadly Weapon tho not my favorite on Asylum (I admit I do prefer it over Uh! All Night). I admit I used to hate Cadillac Dreams, but I actually really like it now.
I don’t have a top 10 least favorite KISS songs, but if I did, it would include most of the songs on Monster, Great Expectations, Then She Kissed Me, Torpedo Girl, Just A Boy (and Odyssey), Lonely Is The Hunter, Bang Bang You, Good Girl Gone Bad, Let’s Put The X In Sex, and We Are One.
I was never a big fan of All Hell’s Breaking Loose. I know it’s kinda an 80s fan favorite, but it always annoyed me except for the chorus, especially because I thought A Million To One would have made a much stronger single/video.
I aqm a huge Kiss fan. I have tried to count up the songs I love (over 40)... but I never thought to line up those that I do not love. And there are a lot of those too. You nailed it with your selection here. Thanks for the great video and insights!
Love that Pink Ranger/ Kimberly wall art.🖖🖖
You're very good at these ranking shows, hope to see more.
10? ... I can name you 100.
You picked a bunch of songs/albums that I don't know. I'm an older dude and, like you said, you didn't choose any songs from the 70's. I did have the album Animalize on a tape that died years ago. When I decided to replace it, I only bought digital copies of the two songs from that album that I like. In general, while I like him as a musician, I'm not a big fan of songs that Ace Frehley wrote. One of my least favorite Kiss songs is "Save Your Love" from Dynasty.
"Filler songs", but some of them is still memorable and still unique even today.
"Love's a Deadly Weapon"..Always liked this one. It's kind of the only "Power Metal'ish" song Kiss ever made.
My top 10 worst Kiss Songs:
- Torpedo Girl
- Under The Rose
- I'm Alive
- Bang Bang You
- No, No, No
- Let's Put The X In Sex
- Read My Body
- Little Caesar
- I Confess
- I Finally Found My Way
MANYTHNX man🔥 really enjoy these videos
I heard tell they are saving these very 10 songs to open their final show with! (Dis)honorable mentions go to 'Bang Bang You', & the Simmons nursery rhyme 'Tunnel of Love', IMHO.
Decent list but Great Expectations is literally worse than all of these combined
I know many fans like I Still Love You off of Creatures. The studio version on this is my least favorite. I do like the Unplugged arrangement much better. I totally agree with #5 and #6. Another of my least favorites is Torpedo Girl off Unmasked. Another one I didn't care for was the track "Lonely Is the Hunter 😔"
Sean, I totally agree with you. After 1983 I couldn't get into Kiss.
great video sean, i agree with this list totally and i like the articulate way in which you describe why you dont appreciate it. it was interesting to hear.
Great list. There’s definitely some clunkers in the catalog. I’ll be honest, there’s some songs that I secretly like, but I might be embarrassed if someone catches me listening to them. I sent you an email with a question and I would appreciate if you could respond if you have the time. Keep up the great work..
Great video, I've been a KISS fan since 1978. Will you tell me where you got your shirt?...I've been trying to find one like that 😀
I bailed on KISS after Unmasked. When the only thing left for credibility with them was soon leaving with Ace Frehley. I was around 12/13.
1. Simmons had been dialing it in since at least 1975's Dressed To Kill. You can't beat what he contributes to KISS and Hotter Than Hell. In fact, if Hotter Than Hell had been recorded and mixed like Dressed To Kill OR KISS, I'd consider it the best album they ever put out. Everyone's contributing gold, Simmons, Stanley and Frehley are all giving good to great songs on Hotter Than Hell. There's no dropoff. Then you get to Dressed To Kill. This is where Paul Stanley has to pick up the slack when Simmons or Frehley don't have material that's beyond "Filler." And unfortunately Paul Stanley writes a lot of filler. "Love Her All I Can" is gold. "Rock Bottom" is great. Everything else he wrote on the album, is just kinda eh. But Simmons, beyond "She", isn't writing anything worthy of "Deuce" or "Watchin' You" here. And Frehley's "Getaway" is probably the Frehley song that rarely gets mentioned. The Criss vocal is great (he should have been their main singer) and the solo kicks ass, but the song is no Parasite, or Cold Gin, or Rocket Ride. Simmons started dialing it in on Dressed To Kill. On Destroyer he sets out to prove he's "more than just a tongue" (which he tried to prove again on his solo album. I personally call him a "sleazy genius". There's a guy there that has a lot of songwriting talent beyond his "image." But ... he can't escape that image.) Everything after Destroyer, is Gene just raking in the spoils (but they did work seriously hard to get where they wanted to go). Sometimes you'll get an Almost Human. Or a Christine Sixteen. Or a Calling Dr. Love. Maybe even Love 'Em and Leave 'Em. But the rest is just ... yeah. Dialed in.
2. Since I bailed in 1980, a lot of these albums I haven't heard. Not even "I Love It Loud" made me go back to them. But I did pick up, just out of curiousity, Animalize and Asylum. I thought "Heaven's On Fire" was alright. "Get All You Can Take" was kinda cool. "Tears Are Falling" was ok too, but there were just bands that were doing stuff like it, that were better. But I'm glad your list seemed almost entirely made up of post Ace Frehley KISS. I never bought The Elder, and I've listened to it. I won't be buying The Elder.
I understand why people bag on the Elder. But I absolutely love The Odyssey, Under the rose, and the oath.
I agree with every song you mentioned. But still like Christine Sixteen , especially the Vegas version.
Odyssey is a hidden gem (like the whole "the elder"....if you wanna hear some real cramps just listen to
Tomorrow and tonight
Then she kissed me
We are one
God gave Rnr to you and every song that made Kiss sounding like an older version of Bon Jovi-Def leppard
Once again..people bring up The Elder and DON'T put Mr Blackwell on the list...I find that very odd. Your list isn't bad though.
Forever, Let's put the x in sex, and most everything after Animalize. Genes material on Animalize was pretty terrible though.
I LOVE the 'lick it up' album but I kind of agree with "Gimme More".
From classic KISS I'd have to say 'She', and 'Cold Gin' are both just plodding and really booooring. Similar for 'Firehouse'. I could live without hearing those three songs again.
I LOVE 'Dance all over your face'. It's probably kind of a terrible song, but it was part of my first kiss experience as lick it up with my first album. I love that stupid song!
Here's 4 of my least liked Kiss songs: Uh all night, Lets put the X in Sex, Rock Hard and Read My Body.
For me it's, "Burn Bitch Burn" or really, any Gene song from, "Animalize" through , "Crazy Nights."
I was made for loving you baby, is the major beginning of Kiss's decline.
10. I Just Wanna
09. Dance All Over Your Face
08. When Lightning Strikes
07. Eat Your Heart Out
06. Odyssey
05. Back To The Stone Age
04. Take Me Down Below
03. Bang Bang You
02. Read My Body
01. Burn Bitch Burn
I love half of the kiss songs and the other half are alternative kiss song that I love on a different way.
"Torpedo Girl" has to be mentioned. It's just ridiculous.
I'm at the Odyssey part of the video.
My guy this is a huge fricking insult. 🤣🤣
Personally, I thought some of their “misogynistic lyrics” was kinda necessary in some of their bangers from the 70s and early 80s. It made them fun.
Hard to disagree with any!
They all make “Plaster Caster” sound legendary.
Actually kinda surprised "Let's Put the X in Sex" didn't make the list lol
Just going to say it, never been a fan of Bang Bang You… Other than the cleverness of the title it’s dreadful.😖
My least favorite songs or songs I just don't understand by KISS
1. Christine Sixteen (the fact its about a older man lusting over a minor makes my throat close up)
2. Mainline (sorry but Peter's voice isn't as good as Ace, Paul nor Gene)
3. Rock N' All Night (just overheard this song too many times that the radio needs to play songs from Destroyer or Hotter Than Hell)
4. Beth (do I need to explain that there's Shandi, and Forever?!)
And thats about it I am sure there was a few songs from Revenge but I love Revenge (Unholy, I Just Wanna, Heart of Chrome, Paralyzed, Thou Shall Not, and my personal favorite Domino) i just haven't listened to all KISS's work but a great bunch.
I think Mainline is great! (Baby won't you give it to me one time!) The lead, the groove.... I dig that whole album!🤘
@@russellmcbride1242 i liked Hotter Than Hell it has some nice hits like Parasite, Hotter Than Hell, Got to Choose Etc. But mainline isn't my cup of tea.
@@wussupitsmeyaboi1210 I like that cow bell and the outro cymbal crash. One my favorite Kiss tunes. But I hear you.
@@russellmcbride1242 if u wanna talk cowbells Nothin to Lose and Firehouse thats the shit right there.
Two songs I would've included were Let's Put the X in Sex and I Was Made For Lovin' You. The former for it's painfully and laughably bad song title and lyrics, and the latter for alienating the entire fan base for being a disco song.
I have to agree their 70's era wok was far superior. Even their filler back then was better than 90% of what they have produced without Ace. And the arguing in the studio to reach the level of quality they had in the 70's is gone as the others in the band have little say in anything.
Just look at the solo work Freddie Mercury did without the band arguing with him about the songs compared to an Queen record. The point here is the same. Original members demand a say, hired musicians keep quiet. As such quality tanks every time.
Oddyssey is the greatest KISS song. The greatest!!!
(And the voice of Paul Stanley in it is amazing)
Dude love this. My BFF who is a classic trained musician. Our favorite game pick the worst KISS song.
I’ve never heard the songs on the majority of your list and after hearing them I NEVER want to hear them again so GREAT JOB 👏 👏👏
Just subscribed. I like your input, interesting pov’s. I don’t want to miss any more from you.
Awesome, thank you very much!
my ten worse KISS songs are:
All for the Love of Rock & Roll - a song about getting someone to commit adultery. sounds casual and playful but the subject matter is not.
Goin Blind - drags on too long and horribly out of place on the album
Murder in High Heels - a horrible closer for this album. The album definitely needed a good "do ya love me" closer from Paul instead.
Lonely is the Hunter - boring filler song from Gene
Seduction of the Innocent - reminds me of Gene's solo albums
Eat your Heart Out - lyrics leave little imagination what the song is really about, isn't "brilliantly done", and title doesn't fit well.
Freak - song is a bit of a chore to get through
Cadillac Dreams, Love's a Slap in the Face, Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell - more boring filler Gene songs
"See you in your dreams", "Tomorrow and Tonite" and studio version of "Hooligan" are some shit songs from the 70s I reckon. You're right about Hot in the Shade sounding like a demo. That's what you get when you gotta cut costs and have G&P produce together lol!
Psycho circus was such a huge disappointment, and I'm OFFENDED that Paul and Gene would think that we wouldn't even notice that ace and Peter weren't playing! I noticed IMMEDIATELY
Any five songs from Hot In The Shade and any five from Crazy Nights. There's your top 10 worst KISS songs right there.
Great list. Add "Fits like a Glove" (worst chorus in the history of music) and your list will be perfect :)
I like Gimme More and Boomerang, but I agree with you 100% on Loves A Deadly Weapon. I don't like this Song at all and I'm glad that it is the first song on the B side, so I can skip it every time. Pauls demo is great and far superior.
Just listen to the elder...every song on the album is beyond terrible
"or else this will just be a video of me bullying Peter Criss"
Me who's been a massive Peter Criss fan since I was 4 years old: 😐😳🥺😡
7:07 reminds me of a slow version of Don't lift us up were we belong