What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

The one that started it all. Spreading gossip and insults since 1998.

Moderator: Metal Sludge

User avatar
EyeDocOfRock
Playing Decent Clubs in a Bus
Posts: 1700
Joined: Mon Apr 17, 2017 2:14 pm

What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by EyeDocOfRock »

What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?
User avatar
rockker
Doing Package Tours in Theaters
Posts: 5118
Joined: Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:31 pm
Location: Middle of the Great White North

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by rockker »

Danger you
Danger me
Danger us
Kiss fans are like old men at the strip club. We know we're getting bilked but give 'em our money anyway. - Danko Jones
daveg
Doing Package Tours in Theaters
Posts: 5237
Joined: Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:19 am

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by daveg »

Let's Put the X in Sex / Burn Bitch Burn. Take your pick
User avatar
DavidLeeLarsUlrichRoth
Debut Album Goes Gold
Posts: 3808
Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2004 4:04 pm
Location: East Leroy, MI
Contact:

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by DavidLeeLarsUlrichRoth »

Read My Body :roll:
The population explosion would be less of a problem if lighting the fuse didn't feel so good.
User avatar
Psychobolia.com
Playing a Package Tour in Arenas
Posts: 13454
Joined: Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:17 am
Location: Paris, France, land of sleaze and cheese, wine and whine
Contact:

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by Psychobolia.com »

daveg wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:06 pm Let's Put the X in Sex / Burn Bitch Burn. Take your pick
Burn Bitch Burn is awesome.

I nominate Beth, that's pussy shit right there.
User avatar
HueyRamone
Playing First Stage at SludgeFest
Posts: 33994
Joined: Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:07 pm

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by HueyRamone »

Craycray Nites
LAglamrocker wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:07 pm You can tell Sleek had nothing to do with this…thats why it’s so entertaining
User avatar
kytepunches
Doing Package Tours in Theaters
Posts: 5229
Joined: Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:49 am
Location: America’s snowy Hat

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by kytepunches »

HueyRamone wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:46 pm Craycray Nites
That’s the correct answer. What an absolute embarrassment of a song, even by Kiss standards.
User avatar
Hatchets Molly
Headlining Clubs
Posts: 2553
Joined: Tue May 24, 2022 1:16 pm

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by Hatchets Molly »

kytepunches wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 3:13 pm
HueyRamone wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:46 pm Craycray Nites
That’s the correct answer. What an absolute embarrassment of a song, even by Kiss standards.
In 1987, I didn’t mind it. There was a lot of schlocky poppy songs by bands of the genre. I listened to it this weekend, instigated by this thread. It’s very weak and empty sounding. That doesn’t count the abysmal lyrics.
User avatar
Fat_Elvis
Cockblocked by Poison
Posts: 8622
Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:24 am
Location: In The Poolhouse

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by Fat_Elvis »

Boomerang.
Dyslexicheart
MSX Tour Support Act
Posts: 4178
Joined: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:31 pm
Location: Vancouver

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by Dyslexicheart »

Since I only consider "Kiss" to be in existence up to '78 or so, I'll have to go with either sucky Then She Kissed Me, or the lame Tomorrow and Tonight
CrankerBait
Playing Decent Clubs in a Bus
Posts: 1494
Joined: Thu Aug 22, 2019 9:20 am

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by CrankerBait »

KISS has quite a few cringeworthy songs, but I'll go with "Shandi" because several people have already voted for "Crazy Crazy Nights." "Let's Put the X in Sex" is also pretty shitty, even by KISS standards.
DangerZone
MSX Tour Support Act
Posts: 4744
Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:39 am

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by DangerZone »

they have many, but I’m voting for “My Way”
User avatar
Chip Z'Hoy
Playing First Stage at SludgeFest
Posts: 30691
Joined: Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:29 pm
Location: Between here and there

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by Chip Z'Hoy »

A lot of worthy contenders.

I understand the impulse to go 80's here. They made a lot of mistakes in the 80's.

But the correct answer is...

"Room Service."
User avatar
roxxxtar
Cockblocked by Poison
Posts: 9958
Joined: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:09 pm

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by roxxxtar »

Sure I’m going to get shit, but the answer is Beth.
Song sucks and I sure as hell don’t want to hear your drummer sing it.
LAglamrocker
Playing First Stage at SludgeFest
Posts: 27743
Joined: Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:49 am
Location: Candyassland

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by LAglamrocker »

cold gin..horrible
black diamond..bad
strutter..awful
Beth..sounds so lame mega stupid
Jani Lane and Bret Michaels should form a band called "Nelson II"
User avatar
HueyRamone
Playing First Stage at SludgeFest
Posts: 33994
Joined: Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:07 pm

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by HueyRamone »

Chip Z'Hoy wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 7:09 pm
But the correct answer is...

"Room Service."
To that answer, I CAN say no.
LAglamrocker wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:07 pm You can tell Sleek had nothing to do with this…thats why it’s so entertaining
User avatar
HottKarl777
Headlining Clubs
Posts: 2145
Joined: Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:38 pm

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by HottKarl777 »

There are too many to count. When Paul put down the guitar he managed to make DLR look masculine in comparison so that era for sure.
User avatar
pieceofme
Signed to a Major Label Multi-Album Deal
Posts: 22469
Joined: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:49 pm
Location: Downtown Vancouver

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by pieceofme »

Nothing Can Keep Me From You
Image
GrayAntiMatter wrote:EVH


Zappa is pure cult status shit. He is to music what Bruce fucking Campbell is to acting....
User avatar
TheCULTofMANSON
MSX Tour Support Act
Posts: 4438
Joined: Wed Sep 21, 2005 2:05 pm
Location: Chapel Hill, NC

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by TheCULTofMANSON »

All of them
RockSkar wrote:
Patton could sing anything that those other singers have ever sang. But none of them could sing Patton's catalog.
Itwalksamongus wrote:
Dude - did you, like, just get ass-fucked by Patton or something? You're really off the hook here.
User avatar
Maalsa
Showcasing for A&R Reps
Posts: 550
Joined: Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:05 am
Location: Seattle
Contact:

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by Maalsa »

READ MY BODY

This amazing video proves it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blMQwBK9o48
"Golf... it's a boring game for boring people"
-George Carlin (1990-something)
User avatar
Love_Industry
Signed to a Major Label Multi-Album Deal
Posts: 18628
Joined: Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:49 pm
Location: Zasransk, Belarus

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by Love_Industry »

It Never Goes Away.

Yes, it's more embarrassing than both Nothing Can Keep Me From You and I Finally Found My Way to hear Paul sing about heartless, rich and greedy churches raping the needy.
Chip Z'Hoy wrote: ↑
LI is a gentleman and scholar but that “Parasite” take is wild!
User avatar
rubysdad
Playing Decent Clubs in a Bus
Posts: 1418
Joined: Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:39 pm
Location: Oz

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by rubysdad »

Fits like a glove.
User avatar
RhiannNightfire
Heartless Bipolar Bitch
Posts: 563
Joined: Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:08 pm
Location: McMinnville, TN
Contact:

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by RhiannNightfire »

Let's Put the X in Sex


Beth is pretty cringeworthy too though.
User avatar
Hatchets Molly
Headlining Clubs
Posts: 2553
Joined: Tue May 24, 2022 1:16 pm

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by Hatchets Molly »

Maalsa wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 11:27 pm READ MY BODY

This amazing video proves it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blMQwBK9o48
Has anyone ever seen Richard Simmons (Simmons, hmmmmm?) and Paul in the same room simultaneously?
TravisBicklesMohawk
Headlining a Theater Tour
Posts: 6657
Joined: Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:17 pm

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by TravisBicklesMohawk »

Gene's entire solo album, except for Wish Upon a Star, which SHOCKER he didn't write.
The Tao of Pooh
Image Image
User avatar
Zabooka
Playing Decent Clubs in a Bus
Posts: 1949
Joined: Wed Jan 25, 2017 7:27 am

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by Zabooka »

Great Expectations
User avatar
Chip Z'Hoy
Playing First Stage at SludgeFest
Posts: 30691
Joined: Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:29 pm
Location: Between here and there

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by Chip Z'Hoy »

pieceofme wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 9:17 pm Nothing Can Keep Me From You
I'm sticking with "Room Service" but I don't think we can convey in mere words for godawful this song is. It's VERY obvious that they were going for "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and failing at that big of a swing is just pathetic.

The most remarkable thing about that song is how overproduced it is while simultaneously being completely tuneless and unmemorable. The world's biggest Kiss fan could not sing that chorus for you.

I actually had it mixed up, just now, with "I Finally Found My Way," their Psycho Circus attempt at recreating the "Beth" magic that is just as tuneless and unmemorable. I was going to talk about how awful of a singer Pete Criss is and then remembered it's another dogshit song entirely.
User avatar
HueyRamone
Playing First Stage at SludgeFest
Posts: 33994
Joined: Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:07 pm

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by HueyRamone »

Chip Z'Hoy wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:24 am
pieceofme wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 9:17 pm Nothing Can Keep Me From You
I'm sticking with "Room Service" but I don't think we can convey in mere words for godawful this song is. It's VERY obvious that they were going for "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and failing at that big of a swing is just pathetic.

The most remarkable thing about that song is how overproduced it is while simultaneously being completely tuneless and unmemorable. The world's biggest Kiss fan could not sing that chorus for you.

I actually had it mixed up, just now, with "I Finally Found My Way," their Psycho Circus attempt at recreating the "Beth" magic that is just as tuneless and unmemorable. I was going to talk about how awful of a singer Pete Criss is and then remembered it's another dogshit song entirely.
This Room Service thing of yours is odd. While I could see someone thinking it was nothing great, it's just a fun, innocuous song by young guys about fucking, done in the same-ish style as the rest of that album.

How you could find that more egregious than any of the soulless, pure money grab drek done in their later years when they were just bitter money grubbing assholes happy to shit on the fans for the $ is strange to me. Strange, I say.
LAglamrocker wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:07 pm You can tell Sleek had nothing to do with this…thats why it’s so entertaining
User avatar
pieceofme
Signed to a Major Label Multi-Album Deal
Posts: 22469
Joined: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:49 pm
Location: Downtown Vancouver

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by pieceofme »

TravisBicklesMohawk wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:05 am Gene's entire solo album, except for Wish Upon a Star, which SHOCKER he didn't write.
Of course you like the Disney song. :lol:
Image
GrayAntiMatter wrote:EVH


Zappa is pure cult status shit. He is to music what Bruce fucking Campbell is to acting....
User avatar
pieceofme
Signed to a Major Label Multi-Album Deal
Posts: 22469
Joined: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:49 pm
Location: Downtown Vancouver

Re: What is the most cringeworthy song by the band KISS ?

Post by pieceofme »

HueyRamone wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:29 am
Chip Z'Hoy wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:24 am
pieceofme wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 9:17 pm Nothing Can Keep Me From You
I'm sticking with "Room Service" but I don't think we can convey in mere words for godawful this song is. It's VERY obvious that they were going for "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and failing at that big of a swing is just pathetic.

The most remarkable thing about that song is how overproduced it is while simultaneously being completely tuneless and unmemorable. The world's biggest Kiss fan could not sing that chorus for you.

I actually had it mixed up, just now, with "I Finally Found My Way," their Psycho Circus attempt at recreating the "Beth" magic that is just as tuneless and unmemorable. I was going to talk about how awful of a singer Pete Criss is and then remembered it's another dogshit song entirely.
This Room Service thing of yours is odd. While I could see someone thinking it was nothing great, it's just a fun, innocuous song by young guys about fucking, done in the same-ish style as the rest of that album.

How you could find that more egregious than any of the soulless, pure money grab drek done in their later years when they were just bitter money grubbing assholes happy to shit on the fans for the $ is strange to me. Strange, I say.
Maybe Chip Z'Hoy is Jon Wurster


https://www.avclub.com/jon-wurster-on-w ... 1798232770
Image
GrayAntiMatter wrote:EVH


Zappa is pure cult status shit. He is to music what Bruce fucking Campbell is to acting....
Post Reply