

This first-album highlight has one of the sexier riffs in Kiss' catalog with a Beatlesque breakdown and a chorus hook that finds Stanley pleading, "Get the firehouse 'cause she sets my soul afire / Get the firehouse and the flames keep gettin' higher." It also features sirens and a fire bell, fun sound effects to drive the point home (on one of those hook-and-ladder deals, it seems). The first verse explains why he calls her a parasite lady, the second finds him coming clean with, "I told her things I didn't want to say / I need her and I hope she'll understand." Built on a heavy Led Zeppelin-inspired guitar riff, it only has two verses. This is one of three songs guitarist Ace Frehley contributed to Kiss' second album, although he didn't sing it, handing off the vocal to Simmons. The mood is dramatic, but there's far more sex than drama going on as Stanley sings the praises of the one who pulls the trigger of his love gun, which we're pretty sure he did not buy at Wal-Mart. The title track to Kiss' sixth studio effort was a minor hit at best, but it's been played on every Kiss tour since 1977, the year of its release, and Stanley, who wrote it and sang it, has often said it's one of Kiss' best songs.
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"To my father, a son / I was raised by demons / Trained to reign as the one." It's a brilliant production as well, full of chatter and clatter and children's voices yelling things you can't quite make out through the wall of reverb. It's kind of weird that a song this associated with bassist Gene Simmons was actually written by Paul Stanley, who handed it off at producer Bob Ezrin's insistence during the sessions for "Destroyer." And Simmons makes good on the gesture with an ominous lead vocal of the sort it would take to lend the proper gravity and conviction to the task at hand. And that still leaves plenty of room for the raucous side of Kiss' catalog, including such chart-rocking triumphs as "Rock and Roll All Nite" and "Calling Dr. It made my list, in ridiculous proximity to "Hard Luck Woman," Peter Criss' other moment in the soft-rock spotlight. But the ballads are pretty divisive, especially "Beth," their highest-charting entry on the Billboard Hot 100.

And "Rock and Roll All Nite" is pretty much a shoo-in. "Detroit Rock City" might make every list. You could ask 100 Kiss fans to submit a list of Kiss' greatest songs and no two lists would be the same. I know life sometimes can get tough! and I know life sometimes can be a drag! But people, we have been given a gift, we have been given a road And that roads name is.You wanted the best, you got the best - or one man's take on what the best of Kiss would sound like. God gave rock and roll to you (to everyone he gave the song to be sung) Gave rock and roll to you, saved rock and roll for everyone Saved rock and roll God gave rock and roll to you (to everyone he gave the song to be sung) Gave rock and roll to you, gave rock and roll to everyone God gave rock and roll to you, gave rock and roll to you Gave rock and roll to everyone God gave rock and roll to you, gave rock and roll to you Put it in the soul You can take a stand, or you can compromise You can work real hard or just fantasize But you dont start livin till you realize - I gotta tell ya! Now listen If you wanna be a singer, or play guitar Man, you gotta sweat or you wont get far Cause its never too late to work nine-to-five You dont have money or a fancy car And youre tired of wishin on a falling star You gotta put your faith in a loud guitarĬhorus: God gave rock and roll to you, gave rock and roll to you Gave rock and roll to everyone (oh yeah) God gave rock and roll to you, gave rock and roll to you Put it in the soul of everyone God gave rock and roll to you, gave rock and roll to you Put it in the soul of everyone Do you know what you want? you dont know for sure You dont feel right, you cant find a cure And youre gettin less than what youre lookin for KISS God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II Lyrics
