Over the weekend, while also obtaining the latest (and last) Centennial Bear from Build A Bear workshop, we took a quick swing by Sam Goody to get music. Not the wisest of choices, I guess--wow, they're really expensive. But, Brett wanted the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack (which is excellent, by the way), and on the way out, I picked up the latest Kiss Alive CD (Alive IV), from Melbourne, Australia--yay, impulse buy.
It's a two CD set, split up into three acts. The first CD has Act 1, just the band by themselves, and act 2, the band with the Melbourne Symphony Ensemble. Act 3 is with the entire Melbourne Symphony.
So, this morning, I picked the CD up and popped it in the car on the way to work. I have a pretty short commute, even when I stop at the grocery store first, so I only got to listen to three songs: Lick It Up, Psycho Circus, and Beth.
(Here's the part where my friend Steve calls me a heathen! Read on.)
I noticed it first, sort of, when I was listening to Lick It Up, then it became glaringly apparent during Psycho Circus--or shall I say Pthyco Thircuth? Holy shit, I thought, Paul Stanley sings like a fag who's got a serious problem with lots of steam escaping. I couldn't even appreciate the song, the lisp was just so...so OUT THERE.
I mean, really. I don't even think I can listen to the rest of it, it was just so...wow. I stopped concentrating on how the music sounded, and just waited for the next time he hit an 'S' sound. Bad. Bad me. :) I'm still shaking my head over it, though. I'll have to talk to Steve, see whether he noticed it. Course, if he didn't, I may well ruin it for him...heh. Poor guy. :)
Beth was the only song of the three that I heard any symphony accompaniment to. It sounds really cool that way, unsurprisingly, but again, I have a complaint with the voice. I've always known that Peter Criss doesn't have the voice that Stanley or Gene Simmons does, but it's really apparent when he tries to sing this very heartfelt power ballad and sounds...um. Squeaky? I mean, really, I know he wrote it and all, but if you're going to sing a love song...
I'll withhold judgment until I get to hear the rest, I suppose, but I just had to point this out. :)
Posted by Liz at August 12, 2003 07:27 AM