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Like Sonic Boom, way to many songs that have Simmons singing. And Thayer, please. From listening to the samples, I don't think there's a memorable song

on it. When you stop writing about what you want, what you need, what you desire and what made you in the first place, your done. The edge just isn't there

any more. Take a bow, get back with Ace & Peter, do a 10 city farewell tour and hang up Ed's cod piece Gene.

No Surprize wrote:Like Sonic Boom, way to many songs that have Simmons singing. And Thayer, please. From listening to the samples, I don't think there's a memorable song

on it. When you stop writing about what you want, what you need, what you desire and what made you in the first place, your done. The edge just isn't there

any more. Take a bow, get back with Ace & Peter, do a 10 city farewell tour and hang up Ed's cod piece Gene.

I agree. Leppard should do the same thing though.

AR wrote:

No Surprize wrote:Like Sonic Boom, way to many songs that have Simmons singing. And Thayer, please. From listening to the samples, I don't think there's a memorable song

on it. When you stop writing about what you want, what you need, what you desire and what made you in the first place, your done. The edge just isn't there

any more. Take a bow, get back with Ace & Peter, do a 10 city farewell tour and hang up Ed's cod piece Gene.

I agree. Leppard should do the same thing though.

LOL. Thanks for the monday morning laugh Ed.

There's a lot to be said for their decision to be more inward looking, but the best the KISS albums have been where they have surveyed the landscape and made a concerted effort to be competitive; Alive, Destroyer,Love Gun, Rock N Roll Over, Creatures, Lick It Up, Revenge, Carnival Of Souls...

These three songs, however, are the tired efforts of 4 old men surfing the wave of brand recognition onto an increasingly deserted beach. Re-treading overly familiar riffs and lyrics so bad they could have been penned by anyone with English as their second, or indeed third language.

But what do they care? This stopped being about the music long ago. All they need to do nowadays is create an anodyne soundtrack for the corporate raider, weekend rock fans to read their $4,000 dollar KISS Monster books. Analysed in those narrow terms of course it's a success.

How many tunes are they going to pen with "Rock n Roll" in the lyric somewhere? Wait, let me count them, 55?

You need to let Stanley sing 90% of the tunes, PERIOD! If the others want to hum along, Learn to Harmonize motherfucker!

I'm ashamed that I ever called myself a fan. It's like the Hindenberg tragedy unfolding in slow motion.

Oh, the (almost) humanity...

I can sum up my review in three words:

SAVE YOUR MONEY!

No Surprize wrote:
You need to let Stanley sing 90% of the tunes, PERIOD! If the others want to hum along, Learn to Harmonize motherfucker!

Oh, the (almost) humanity...

Paul Stanley can't sing anymore. He's done.

Just like Joe Elliott......

AR wrote:

No Surprize wrote:
You need to let Stanley sing 90% of the tunes, PERIOD! If the others want to hum along, Learn to Harmonize motherfucker!

Oh, the (almost) humanity...

Paul Stanley can't sing anymore. He's done.

Just like Joe Elliott......

His voice is still better than Gene's even at 50%. Elliott would be better if he gave up the cigs and dropped down a dime or two. It sucks that most of the singers

and bands we grew up with are now older, but not better. Too much time elapsed between albums for both bands and with that, better days.

"Monster" is 99 times better than the "Songs in another dimension" cd. I listened to it, and there's not one song even worth buying. At least KISS didn't sell out

to the corporate mass's for a single in the top 40. I read Andrews review of "Monster" and I was surprised it was as high as it was and I think he was being way

to generous, and I suspect it was just for being around for 40 years. If "Monster" got a 85, Aerosmith's new one won't even be close.