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Friday, May 28, 2004 11:54:18 AM - "KISS & Related Recordings Focus" Reviewed In KISS Collector
Thanks to Joop Van Pelt for the nice review of the "KISS & Related Recordings Focus" book in the new issue of KISS
Kollector (#48). Psst, it's on page 18... «Post A Comment»
Friday, May 28, 2004 10:17:07 AM - Japan Photos
Just a few photos from Japan. All (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa) from last night's concert... «Post A Comment»
Monday, May 24, 2004 4:56:42 AM - Peter Criss on Eddie Trunk
(From Blabbermouth) "
"Original KISS drummer Peter Criss made an appearance on the "Friday Night Rocks" show on New York's Q104.3 Friday night
(May 21) to discuss his departure from the group that he co-founded more than 30 years ago. The following are some
excerpts from that interview (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):
On why he isn't playing with KISS anymore:
"[We] finished the tour [with AEROSMITH] last December. [We went] home. The holidays came. We actually finished the last
show on my birthday, December 20th, which was really a gas it was a great way to finish the tour. Especially with the
great AEROSMITH I was really honored to be on a stage with such Hall of Famers. Man, talk about greatness it was
really cool.
The tour ended, to get back to it, and I got home. Time went on, time went on... My attorney tried to reach them, no one got
back to him. The word I'm hearing on the street [is that] they were trying to get in touch with me. Well, they have my
phone number. It seemed like the phone never rang. I was kind of hoping it would. It didn't ring. Time went by again, all
of a sudden the day finally came when the contract ran out. There was now no more contract, no extension... anything
nothing. So I posted on my site what I posted on my site, which I can't right now, I guess I can't remember word for
word, verbatim, but it was kinda, 'No one called me, no one got in touch with me.' To get right to it, I got a call from
Paul [Stanley] the following day after I posted what I had to post on my site, because I was flooded by [e-mails from]
a ton of people. And it got to be that they wanted to start a 'new' KISS. And I'm like, 'What do you mean 'new' KISS?'
It really got down to... He almost said I was too old to cut it, I couldn't play two hours anymore, they felt that their camp
wanted some younger blood, that they wanted to do new stuff... between you an me, a bunch of bunk. I didn't buy it for one
instant. I'm listening to this that I'm too old, I can't play this anymore, I was complaining... If I complained about
anything... I complained about a lot of things, and I have a reason to complain about anything I complained about I don't
just complain about everything. But the idea [and] the audacity that I, a founding member of the band that would not be here
today...
There is no more KISS. There is only one KISS, and that's Peter, Paul, Ace and Gene. There's nobody else that could ever
replace any of us. I don't take nothing away from those two guys [Paul and Gene] they are the men, they are the guys
but so are Ace and I, and we're just as important to the party. To be told I can't cut it is an insult to me and my fans
meaning my KISS fans, THE KISS fans who have made my life the best life I've ever had on this planet. I always say to
the guys, 'If not for you guys, I wouldn't have a wonderful life. I have a wonderful life.' But [Paul's] attitude [on the
phone] was pompous. 'We're gonna do new stuff. We're gonna do two hours. You don't wanna play two hours. It didn't seem
like you really wanted to stay on the tour anyway.' And I mentioned [to Paul], 'You know what? I really wasn't happy 100
percent of the tour 'cause Ace wasn't there.'
To be really honest with you, to me, without Ace, it just wasn't KISS, as far as I'm concerned. It wasn't the KISS that I
helped make KISS today. It was tough for me [during the last tour]. Again, I said to Paul, 'Look, I missed Ace, it wasn't
the same.' And his reply was, 'Well, that's the old KISS.' You know something, man?! If there was no old KISS, there would
be no 'new' KISS. What is the 'new' KISS? The KISS of the 20th century was Ace, Peter, Paul and Gene. So now the KISS of
the 21st century is Paul, Gene, Eric and Tommy? Still wearing the makeup, still playing the same songs? Maybe they're not
playing exactly the same songs that we played when we were together, so they're playing maybe some songs we didn't do...
That makes it different? That's a 'new' KISS? I don't buy it. And I've heard, actually, and I'm here for the very reason,
that the fans are just getting ripped off it's breaking my heart. If you go, OK, be the 'new' KISS. I'll take that. Take
the makeup off, put new songs out there, put a whole brand-new show up, put new lights, new sound, new bombs, whole new
vibe, brand-new look. I'll buy that. I'll take Eric, Tommy, Gene and Paul for the brand-new KISS. But it ain't the 'new'
KISS, man. And that's what galls me it's still the same old KISS that I was told on the phone, 'We ain't the old KISS
anymore.' Then what are you?
You know, Paul was like, 'We showed Peter the door.' Gene is, 'Well, we kept trying to get in touch with Peter.' I wish
the two of them would get together in a room and talk, since I know they don't talk to each other anymore and have not
spoken to one another for quite awhile they DON'T talk, they don't feel like they wanna talk to each other. This is a
very true fact. For Gene to say about me that I had to ice my elbows, which is terrific, my hand's terrific... I had a
pinched nerve to start that tour out with with a trainer they hired to get me in shape. The guy worked me hard... Nothing
against the guy, I like to work hard, I like to train hard, I like to play hard. I pinched a nerve in the back of my
neck right off the tour. Pain in the damn ass. I didn't like it, they didn't like it, but I didn't like it... I mean, I
really didn't like it because I was the guy in pain. Got a doctor, had an epidural in my spine so I could get up there
every night and kick ass on that tour. Days off, Gene's complaining that I'm in my room icing myself down. What am I
supposed to do? I have a pinched nerve. The doctor tells me, 'You got a day off, take it easy, put some ice on your...'
You know what, guys in sports, guys who play football, guys who play, take a day off put their hands in ice, put their
necks in ice, put their legs in ice. I play drums, it's a physical instrument. It takes a lot of endurance, I'm 58 I'm
not a kid anymore so it takes a little more. It's called pacing. So I figured, you got a day off, get a little room
service, get a movie to my room, put a little ice on my neck, go out tomorrow night, kick ass. What I did my days off... I
didn't even care what Gene did on his days off. As a matter of fact, Gene didn't even fly with us. Gene didn't travel with
us, Gene stayed in separate hotels. To say that I needed to do all this and that, so they let me go because I complained...
I complained for a lot of facts that I had to, when we would drive together, I had to sit in a car alone with my wife
because they wouldn't ride with me, or they'd let Gene sit with me 'cause Paul and Gene didn't talk to each other. So I'm
in a car, and Tommy Thayer and [manager] Doc McGhee and Paul Stanley and all the other guys are together on their car, and
I'm privy to nothing. I'm a founding member of this band I founded KISS as much as Gene and Paul and Ace did, and I love
'em all. But I founded this band as much as they did. To be so disrespected... OK, so they put the other guy up there in
my makeup, it's disrespectful. Take the damn makeup off and be who you are and quit using us. If you are the 'new' KISS,
then be the 'new' KISS. Get off the old track and be the 'new' KISS. To tell the fans that is wrong. And I'm here to put
that straight tonight. I'm tired of hearing about this. I'm not old. I'm in the best condition I've probably ever been in
in my whole life. They didn't even sit and have the respect to have a meeting with me or my attorney, to sit and let's
talk about it.
You know, there was a time that we sat together back in the day when we were really a band, THE band, ate the same crap,
shared rooms, Holiday Inns, dyed our hair blue, black in a bathtub, walked to Greenwich village, got hit with eggs, never
got any airplay, never got anything great, we were like the worst band considered in the world, but we hung in tough, we
went through it, we hung tight and we became whatever we became today. And I'm really proud of that. And I don't wanna
see it tarnished. And it breaks my heart to see it where it's going.
On where things went wrong following the band's "Reunion" tour in 1996:
It got back to the controlling issue. Controlling issue is a big thing for Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. Always has been.
Love to control everything. Like I said, if I had a day off and I took that day off to rent a movie, have a little room
service, take a little rest, make sure I'm ready to kick ass the next night, it's my business. If one guy wants to go to a
strip joint, that's his business I don't really care. One guy wants to go have dinner, fine. One guy wants to go
shopping, terrific. We had no problems with that on the 'Reunion' tour anybody could do whatever they wanted on days
off, everybody was happy. I was so happy to be back. It was such a great thing to get a second chance, I felt, in life.
Because that's what it was to me a great second chance to maybe fix what was broken when we first just burst, when we
first kind of went our own way, when I left, when Ace left. It was not the best way, I feel, a band of our caliber and our
legacy should ever go. We should have never left on such... It happens... We know we're in a crazy business bands break up,
bands wanna go their own way. I was hoping in, you know... fantasy, hoping that it would all be so great... Maybe I'm
delusional, but I was hoping that we'd really all get back, we'd be brothers again, we're all sharing again, we're all
gonna be great.
The minute the 'Reunion' was over and it got to 'Psycho Circus', it all changed again. It all got... Now here comes an
album... I was really excited, I was like, 'Wow, we're finally gonna do a studio album together, as a band.' And I think
the fans felt the same way, 'Wow, KISS is finally gonna do a studio album, a great studio album.' The album came,
[producer] Bruce Fairbairn, rest his soul, great guy. All of sudden, they're like, 'It's all up to Bruce. Anything that
comes in, any kind of material is up to Bruce.' Well, I wrote a lot of pretty good stuff. [But I was told that] it wasn't
good enough. 'So you're gonna sing this ballad Paul wrote.' It got right back to that thing again, 'I control. You're
gonna do this, you're gonna do that. We'll pay you for the record and we'll say you played on it, but we don't want you
to tell the world you didn't play on it. We want you to tell the world you played on it.' I couldn't live with that. I've
gotta look in the mirror every day. And I sure wasn't gonna let my fans think I'm playing on something I'm not on I
won't do that. So that started it. And as far as Ace goes, if Ace didn't get anything on the album, he was gonna... again,
'I'm outta here.' So he got one song, and he made sure I sang. [The only song on 'Psycho Circus' where all four of us
appear together is 'Into the Void'], which was great. That was about the only moment for a minute there it felt, wow,
like the old days again we were back in the room. But my songs got rejected. It hurt, it really bothered me. I was
like, 'Let's work on it maybe, like we did with [previous producer] Ezrin. Nothing got rejected with Bobby. Everything
we did we did as a team, we did as a group. That's why I think 'Destroyer' was so huge. I think it was the best album we
ever did, because we were a band when we did it. When this came along, these two guys again, as far as I was concerned,
they took over, it was another controlling issue, 'We're gonna control the issue, you're gonna do what we tell you to do,
you're gonna play what we want you to play, we're gonna put our songs on it.'
As far as I was concerned, that album ['Psycho Circus'] was trash. I don't it was the best thing we... they ever did,
because I had nothing to do with it. Then we had to go out perform that album. I was against it because I wasn't on it
and I had to learn these songs from whoever else played on it, and it was kind of like I was a sideman. I felt like in
the beginning of 'Reunion', I was Peter Criss The Catman. By the time 'Psycho Circus' started again, I was Peter Criss The
Sideman. Ace was Ace Frehley The Sideman. By the time we got even lucky enough to get to 'Farewell', it was a nightmare.
It wasn't going well.
On his belief that money and greed is the sole reason Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are continuing to tour as KISS:
I really believe that. Flat-out. If it wasn't about the money, if it was for the fans, for KISS fans, then Ace and I would
be up there we'd be playing right now. Because that's what it was all about with the 'Reunion'. Let's get back together,
let's show the world really who was who at one time, let's show the people who've never seen us but really should see what
it's all about... By then, guys had kids, they had their own families, they wanted to bring them to the show we were so
excited about all this. It was like, 'Here comes KISS 1996.' We were all so high on that idea. And of course, yeah, the
minute the Benjamins come into scene, the minute the jets and the money and the big mansions in Beverly Hills, yada yada
yada... I really see, to me, the cancer, I call it. I don't pray to money, I pray to God. I love people. I don't get up and
have to think about, 'How can I make another buck?'
They've got a lot of money, these guys [Paul and Gene], but yet... it should've definitely ended on the 'Farewell' tour. I
would have been happy to walk away with my head held high and said, 'Man, we did the best we did, we left with our heads
held high. We did the [Madison Square] Garden sold out four nights. We did Tiger Stadium, we did all this greatness. And
at least we left with class, and we left with pride.
To me, [the current KISS] a cover band. It's not KISS. I think Eric's a great guy and he's a good drummer. But as far as
Tommy goes, I see a guy who used to order my food after my concert, for what I wanna eat when I'm done playing, who, as
far as I'm concerned, paid no dues, paid nothing compared to what we paid through our careers as far as what Ace and I,
and Gene and Paul, went through, with the ridicule and the no airplay, got thrown off shows, and eventually almost got
thrown off the label. I mean, no one liked us back in the day. We really paid our dues to who we were today and who we are
today. This guy is now my road manager ordering my plate of spaghetti after a concert, next minute I'm looking over and
he's wearing, literally, an icon's boots, and it ain't Ace. And I'm lookin' over every night lookin' at this guy waving a
guitar around playing Ace's leads, Ace's licks, acting like Ace, becoming Ace, being Ace. You know, be careful what you
wish for, you might get it.
"Ace put more blood, sweat and tears into this band than anybody else will because he's an original member, a founding
member of KISS, and so am I. If anybody has a right to knock him, we do, I do, but to go up there with a road manager, I
think it's degrading. I think it's even wrong... The fans shouldn't even deserve that. To go backstage with an album that I
recorded on that I made famous and get a Tommy Thayer autograph and an Eric Singer autograph over a Peter Criss, Ace
Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley album, it's wrong it's downright wrong. And to pay money to go back and take a
picture with two impostors and two originals is wrong. And I don't care what I get for this or what comes back at me, I'm
talking from my heart. It's just not right for my fans. Maybe I'm the only voice coming out for them [the fans], saying
this. I know they feel the same way, because they're paying all their hard-earned bucks.
I remember Doc McGhee telling me when I first met him, 'I will not handle this band unless it's Gene Simmons, Paul
Stanley, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss in makeup, in boots, in full makeup, full warpaint.' He's still handling the band the
band that ha two impostors, two originals and is still playing. Why? What would be the reason? It must be money. I can't
think of any other reason." "... «Post A Comment»
Thursday, May 20, 2004 1:53:07 PM - More KISSFAQ Ebay Auctions
Some more rare/obscure stuff going up on Ebay:
Strutter / 100,000 Years US 7"
The majority of these rare final singles from Casablanca/Warner for the first album in 1974 have the b-side song-title
misprinted "100,00 Years". This very rare, the single is already the most difficult of the singles from the KISS album to
find especially in non-promo format, one has the correct track printing! And some said it didn't exist!
Christine Sixteen US 2:52 Filmworks 7"
This makes the 4th variation of this single only two of which share the 2:52 track timing.
Shandi US Promo 7"
This single has a layout variation to the more common version... «Post A Comment»
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 4:06:58 AM - Z02 to tour with KISS/Poison?
(From Z02) According to their website: "Brooklyn based trio, ZO2, has secured
the prestigious opening slot for this summers KISS/Poison tour. This would be an outstanding achievement for any band but
the truly remarkable fact is that ZO2 is as yet unsigned. The thrill of a relative unknown opening for such a legendary
act as KISS is outweighed only by the promise of platinum success that position often seems to fulfill. The slot has been
held by such musical heavyweights as AC/DC, Judas Priest, Bon Jovi, John Mellencamp.
ZO2s self-financed debut album, 'Tuesdays and Thursdays', produced by industry veteran Bob Held, is an amazing collection
of instant classics. The bands appeal is broad as they find fans with the audiences of Stone Temple Pilots, Audioslave
and Red Hot Chili Peppers and also tap into the rich, organic history of the 70s legends such as Grand Funk Railroad and
Humble Pie. With bands like the Darkness and Jett leading the current undeniable rock revival, ZO2 is closing in fast. The
band is enjoying early support from radio throughout the Northeast and as far west as Ohio."
Bob Held, incidentally, has previously collaborated with members of KISS using a demo of "The Game Of Love"
(Stanley/Held) recorded by Paul Stanley, Eric Carr, and Bruce Kulick on the 1998 "Garbo Talks" album... «Post A Comment»
Tuesday, May 18, 2004 4:47:52 AM - KISS on Rockline
(From Blabbermouth) "KISS will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline"
airing Wedneday, June 9. The live show begins at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET, and fans are encouraged to call in with
questions during the program at (800) 344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you, check out www.rocklineradio.com.
KISS and POISON will be teaming for the "Rock The Nation" two-month U.S. tour beginning on June 10 in San Antonio,
Texas"... «Post A Comment»
Friday, May 14, 2004 4:14:29 AM - Universal Masters Volume 2
Click cover for track details... «Post A Comment»
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - Happy Birthday Eric Singer
The KISSFAQ wishes Eric Singer a very happy birthday... «Post A Comment»
Sunday, May 09, 2004 6:11:57 AM - REVIEW: Gene Simmons' "Asshole"
Without any doubt the expectation for Gene Simmons' second solo album was that it was going to demonstrate his diversity
much as his first had in 1978. Now, 26 years on the album does exactly that, perhaps being rather too eclectic to be a
unified product. The album is very representative of the publicly crafted image of Gene Simmons: Over the top, over-blown,
and perhaps even pretentious. For the diehard fan of Gene who is very much aware of the sort of material he has written
throughout his career the album contains few surprises. Perhaps the biggest surprise is the over reliance on material from
other sources, especially when the diehard is aware of the quality material Gene has not recycled...
Read the full review, HERE... «Post A Comment»
Saturday, May 08, 2004 10:25:00 AM - setlist for Perth, Australia 5/8/04
Apparently the setlist for Perth, Australia 5/8/04:
Creatures Of The Night
Calling Dr. Love
I Pledge Allegiance To The State Of Rock And Roll
I Love It Loud
Christine Sixteen
Tears Are Falling
War Machine (Gene breathes fire)
Lick Ut Up
I Want You
Deuce
100,000 Years
Unholy (blood, bass solo)
Shandi (just Paul)
Detroit Rock City
Shout It Out Loud
Love Gun
I Was Made For Lovin' You (Paul flies)
God Gave Rock and Roll To You II
Rock And Roll all Nite... «Post A Comment»
Friday, May 07, 2004 8:23:32 PM - More Gene Simmons "Asshole" Samples...
More samples from Gene's album:
Weapons
Beautiful
Now That You're Gone
I Dream 1,000 Dreams
Everybody Knows (Japanese Bonus Track)
You're My Reason For Living (Japanese Bonus Track)
Check out KISSFAQ'S Asshole Central... «Post A Comment»
Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:23:51 AM - KISSFAQ'S ASSHOLE CENTRAL...
Featuring the unpublished KISS & Related Recordings and Album Focus, samples, lyrics, and more. Some current orders of the "KISS & Related Recordings Focus"
will be shipping with the expanded fanzine version of the feature... «Post A Comment»
Tuesday, May 04, 2004 6:58:40 AM - Gene Simmons "Firestarter" Promotional Single...
Here's the artwork for the "Firestarter" promotional single
Copies are already turning up on Ebay... «Post A Comment»
Sunday, May 02, 2004 6:44:44 AM - Gene Simmons Asshole full tracks...
Six full songs are available for download from cdfuturity. These include "Asshole,"
"Firestarter," "Black Tongue," "Waiting For The Morning Light," "Carnival Of Souls," and "Sweet & Dirty Love"... «Post A Comment»
Saturday, May 01, 2004 5:33:49 PM - Paul Stanley and Bob Kulick work on solo album...
(From: Blabbermouth)
KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley has been utilizing longtime KISS associate Bob Kulick's recording studio in Los
Angeles to track several songs for his upcoming solo album, Kulick revealed during a live phone interview on the "Friday
Night Rocks" show on New York's Q104.3 Friday night (April 30). Asked to describe the direction of the material Stanley
has been working on, Bob said that it was "too early" to tell exactly how the project will turn out, but that Stanley "has
never sounded better." With regards to whether the music will follow a more "rock" vibe or it will be more pop-flavored
than the KISS material, Kulick said that listeners can definitely expect some different-sounding things from Stanley than
they are normally accustomed to hearing, but "don't expect Paul to turn into [Oscar-, Grammy-, and Golden Globe-winning
singer-songwriter] Christopher Cross just yet." «Post A Comment»
Friday, April 30, 2004 3:47:13 PM - Gene's "Firestarter" lyrics
A cover of the classic Prodigy track with a few minor arrangement changes...
Fire...
(Hey, hey, hey)
[Verse]
I'm the trouble starter, punky instigator
I'm the fear addicted, danger illustrated (hey, hey, hey)
[Chorus]
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter (hey, hey, hey)
You're the firestarter, twisted firestarter (hey, hey, hey)
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter...
[Verse]
I'm the bitch you hated, filth infatuated
Yeah, I'm the pain you tasted, feel intoxicated (hey, hey, hey)
[Chorus]
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter (hey, hey, hey)
You're the firestarter, twisted firestarter (hey, hey, hey)
[Break]
Fire...
(Hey, hey, hey)
[Verse]
I'm the self inflicted, my detonator
Yeah, I'm the one infected, twisted animator (hey, hey, hey)
[Chorus]
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter (hey, hey, hey)
You're the firestarter, twisted firestarter (hey, hey, hey)
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter (yeah...)
(Hey, hey, hey)
Fire... (hey, hey, hey)
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter...
I prefer the original, but not a bad effort at genre-hopping... «Post A Comment»
Friday, April 30, 2004 3:47:13 PM - Gene's "Sweet And Dirty" lyrics
Originally written in 1976 as "Jelly Roll" Gene's made some changes and completed the song which dated with this title to
1997/8...
[Verse]
As I'm walking around Wall Street corner
I turned to see you comin' my way (I'm on fire)
[Verse]
I look up, I see your eyes are burning
They're burning right through my head (Looking so good)
Whoa!
[Chorus]
If I'm built for speed, you're built for love (aw)
You're too much of a good thing but it's much too good
My sweet and dirty love...
[Verse]
You talk to me, but just the same
You brought me back to life again
[Chorus]
[Break]
I can't control myself
I'm about to lose my health
Can't get enough
Sweet and dirty love...
[Guitar Solo]
And this heart of mine
Wants you all the time
This ain't no fairy tale
I can't get enough
My sweet and dirty love...
(aw)
Cool Gene recycling machine. A shame it wasn't used on "Psycho Circus"... «Post A Comment»
Friday, April 30, 2004 3:47:13 PM - Gene's "Asshole" lyrics
This was posted last month. A cover of a track written by the band Shirley's Temple...
[Verse]
You think that you're so cool
That you're nobody's fool
But you've got a personality (yeah)
Just like a bucket full of pee
[Chorus]
How does it feel
To be a real... Asshole
You're such a creep
You look like a sheep (ba-baah)... Asshole
[Verse]
You know you've got no shame
And you've got such a stupid name
And one day you'll finally shut your trap
'Cause you are the cream of the crap
[Chorus]
Asshole...
Asshole...
You're such an asshole...
[Break]
You always look like an idiot
This may be news for you
You are the king of all stupidness
Maybe I'm an asshole too
Maybe I'm an asshole too
Just like you
[Guitar Solo]
You're such an asshole...
[Chorus X2]
You're such an asshole...
Maybe I'm an asshole too
Maybe I'm an asshole too
Gotta say I prefer Shirley's Temple's version... «Post A Comment»
Friday, April 30, 2004 3:47:13 PM - Gene's "Carnival Of Souls" lyrics
Dating to the mid-1990s and also recorded for "Psycho Circus," this makes most of the tracks on "Carnival Of Souls" sound mellow...
[Verse]
Hey you standing over there
Come inside, and outside
Sit back, you're going for a ride
And do you know?
And do you care?
You never cared anyway, anyway
Television, inquisition, incision
[Chorus]
Round and round it goes (round and round it goes)
This carnival of souls...
[Verse]
You bought a load
You die alone
Still marching to the same old song
Well there's a price
Well there's a fee
Well at least the goddamn air is free
And do you know?
And do you care?
You never cared anyway, anyway
Television, inquisition, incision
[Chorus]
Round and round it goes...
This carnival of souls...
[Guitar Solo]
Television, inquisition, incision
[Chorus]
Round and round it goes (round and round it goes)
This carnival of souls...
I'm getting a headache... «Post A Comment»
Friday, April 30, 2004 3:47:13 PM - Gene's "Black Tongue" lyrics
Even though, as mentioned below, the riff for "Black Tongue" has previously been released as "Black Napkins" on Frank's
"Zoot Allures" (1976) album, the mix of archived Frank and Gene is an interesting mix...
Frank:
"Alright kids, here's a real rock 'n roll song"
[Verse]
Frank says...
If everyone says your hair's too long
Or else it's far too short...
Don't ever afford yourself for anyone else of course
If anyone says, when you play guitar,
It's always much too loud
You can tell them to stick it
You won't get far if you're not far out
[Chorus]
My black tongue's coming right out of me
Drowning out my misery
Black tongue is coming out
My black tongue's always hanging out of me (that's right)
I'm going down in history
Guitar, one time...
[Verse]
Frank says...
If everyone says you're much too old
You're out of style...
Just tell them you're doing their sister and mommy every once in a while
And if everyone says you've got a big mouth,
You refuse to shut-up
Just tell them to kiss your behind
Just tell them to kiss your behind
[Chorus]
My black tongue's coming right out of me
Drowning out my misery
Black tongue is out
My black tongue's always hanging out of me
I'm going down in history
Guitar...
[Guitar Solo]
Black tongue is out...
Frank:
"Listen, you guys don't give a shit what we play, you just wanna make noise"
My black tongue's coming right out of me
Drowning out my misery
My black tongue's always hanging out of me
Going down in history
My black tongue's always hanging out of me
Drowning out my misery
My black tongue's always hanging out of me
Going down in history
Frank:
"Take notice of what these weirdos are saying, what they are doing. You never know, they might know something you don't know, huh?"
Pretty interesting stylistically... «Post A Comment»
Friday, April 30, 2004 3:47:13 PM - Gene's "Waiting For The Morning Light" lyrics
Gene, being his usual diverse self, without the constraints of the definition of "KISS" delivers a song which has more in
common with Robbie Williams or a James Bond theme song... The lyrics to "Waiting For The Morning Light," the music for
which was co-written with Bob Dylan back in 1992, which retains the original title lyric of "Laughing When I Wanna Cry:"
[Verse]
I waiting for the morning light
Then every night I wonder why
I always try to play it cool
I mean hello, but say goodbye
And I can't help myself
I'm wide awake all through the night
Keep waiting for the morning light
[Chorus]
And here I'm all alone
Sitting by the telephone
And I wonder why, I wonder why, I wonder why
I keep laughing when I wanna cry
And I wonder why
[Verse]
Every day seems like there's no tomorrow
And every night I wonder why
Do I always seem to say it too
When things don't always turn out right
And there you sit inside my picture frame
But it's not the same
Ever since you said good bye
[Chorus]
And here I'm all alone
Sitting by the telephone
And I'm wide awake, still wide awake, all through the night
Keep waiting for the morning light
[Break]
I always try to play it so cool
And I don't know why...
Gotta keep on smiling
Gotta keep on laughing
When I want to cry...
I do believe it
[Chorus]
And here I'm all alone
Sitting by the telephone
And I wonder why, I wonder why, I wonder why
I keep laughing when I wanna cry
Ooh, sing it...
Sing it
Lot's of "oooh's" and harmonizing on the track. Pretty cool IMO... «Post A Comment»
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:08:34 PM - Another Asshole Samples
Hear a sample from Gene's cover of the classic Prodigy track, FIRESTARTER. Don't know if this is
the release mix since I don't really "hear" Dave Navarro on the track
Also a bit more of BLACK TONGUE. While it has been suggested that the song is based on an
unused Frank Zappa riff/vocal, Frank had actually recorded and released the instrumental "Black Napkins" (Zoot Allures)
which contains the riff... «Post A Comment»
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