Me Me Monday #29
29. I wasn't a member of the Kiss Army as a child
So sue me. Ever been with a group of friends who all dig on some new fad or musical group... to the point of being nauseating? Ever want to just smack them on the head and say, "Shut up already!!" ? Sometimes, you really want to belong, but if you're too far behind the game, then playing catch up can be really hard to do.
I suppose it was a bit that way with me and KISS.. and 'rasslin'... All my buddies in Hawaii all LOVED KISS. Card-carrying members of the KISS Army all. Me? I didn't even know who the hell they were, to be quite honest. I was pretty sheltered at that age in a lot of ways. 'Rasslin was almost as popular with my friends as it apparently is around these Southeastern parts. Ricky Steamboat. The Nature Boy, Ric Flair... oh yeah, my buddies loved that crap. Me? I guess I was too busy watching Japanese anime' to care... as for KISS...
I'll never forget how excited they were when "the Kiss MOVIE" was announced - KISS as superheroes. What more could you ask for as a near-teen boy?? I mean, they were ROCK GODS and they already had the outfits and makeup and whatnot, right? (And according to some, Gene Simmons did indeed have superhuman powers... all related to that 47-inch tongue of his... go figure)
Me? I decided to watch it just to see if I could figure out what the whole KISS deal was... and all I can say about that made-for-TV (with all the cheesiest of special effects) movie? CRAP. It was C.R.A.P. No, wait, it was KRAP with a K !! I could barely get through watching 10 minutes of that hideous hunk of shite.
So I simply tuned out from KISS. I never enlisted in the KISS Army. Nope. Of course, it wasn't long till the overfascination with KISS changed to something else, for which I was greatly pleased, at the time. I guess that's just the way it goes with kids, eh?
Now, of course, years later I go and listen to KISS and I have come to find a true appreciation of the very CHEESE they put out. They really could put on a show and they really did target their audience well. Perhaps it was the movie - Detroit, Rock City - that settled that old score for me. I can believe it now. I can believe in the KISS Army.
Back then? I was just a day late and a dollar short...
posted by wopanese @ 12:40
4 Smack Me:
I'm with you on this one. I never could get into KISS when I was younger, some of it being I got tired of hearing about them. Now though I hear a song and I find out its KISS (thats how not into KISS I was, I don't even know the songs, lol) they don't sound that bad.
plum - dr. love. Very cool. For me? Detroit, Rock City... and Strutter... that's what sold me. If I could join the KISS Army now, I would. Gotta love that slick cheese. Oh, Cold Gin is another - there's a really good cover band that goes by that name - it's not THE SAME, but they are definitely worth a look, if you need KISS fix... I mean, if your hubby no longer jams out those tunes.
shari - tastes just change as you get older. I hated the Doors after my freshman year - cause EVERYONE was playing them. Very tiresome. Maybe it's just my need to be different that does it. Now that the Doors craze is mostly over, I dig on 'em. Guess I'm just that way.
I like Cold Gin, the alcohol, with either oj or tonic...does that count? :)
jodi - anyway you like it... I used to love Sloe Gin... notice the "used to". It's not as pleasant on the second trip as the first.
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