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Written by Gene Simmons and Bag, who just happens to be signed to Simmon...
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Written by Gene Simmons and Bag, who just happens to be signed to Simmons Records. According to Gene, "Bag, who's the first new artist on Simmons Records, wrote that. I reshaped the song a bit and also added the bridge. I was struck by the poignancy of 'look at me with my makeup messed, I'm so ugly, I've never been kissed. We all feel that way, sometimes" (GeneSimmons PR).
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A track based on an unused Frank Zappa riff and vocal which Gene origina...
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A track based on an unused Frank Zappa riff and vocal which Gene originally wanted Frank's sons Dweezil and Ahmet to appear on. Regardless of whether the track is developed Gene would be the first licensee for Frank material from Extraordinary Teamwork which manages the licensing of Frank's unreleased music. By the terms of the license Zappa will have to be given a co-writing credit on the song. According to Gene, "it's very dark, very sort of King Crimson, 'In the Court of the Crimson King'-kind of sound, with 7/8 time" (Billboard.com). While Dweezil would play guitar on the recording, both Gail and Ahmet would appear on backing vocals.
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Originally written in 1977 by Gene and Bob Kulick. Part's of the song wo...
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Originally written in 1977 by Gene and Bob Kulick. Part's of the song would be updated while Gene was recording the song, "The song's bridge came to Gene when he was working on overdubs in the studio. His father had passed away two years earlier, and the lyrics deal with his feelings towards his father's passing" (KISS Kollector). According to Gene, "Singing on that song is my daughter, Sophie and two of her friends from school. I wanted kids to be singing on the chorus, it's kinda like Pink Floyd did on The Wall album. I played bass on it. Jeff Diehl, a guy from Indiana, did the rest. He sent me a tape of what Garth Brooks or the Beatles would sound like doing KISS songs. I heard this, loved it, asked if he wanted to try a track. By phone I told him how I wanted it to sound. Think of it as I'm Houston and there's a lot of satellites orbiting and I had to keep track of all of them. This record was put together in a very bizarre way with a lot of different people, and tracks being cut in a lot of different places with different musicians" (Gene Simmons PR).
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This is a song by the Norwegian band Shirley's Temple, written by guitar...
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This is a song by the Norwegian band Shirley's Temple, written by guitarist/vocalist Frank Tostrup, which Gene purchased for use on his solo. The song was originally released as the title-track of the band's September 2002 EP on Capitol/EMI and would also become the title of Gene's album. The band were inspired by KISS and have recorded a cover of "God Of Thunder" for a Norwegian KISS tribute due in 2004 while the rest of their future seems undecided. Gene would make minor lyrical changes to the song changing "But you got a personality / Just like a bucket of pee" in the first verse to "But you've got a personality (yeah) / Just like a bucket full of pee." In the chorus "Dumb as a sheep... Asshole" would be changed to: "You look like a sheep (ba-baah)... Asshole." The second verse would be changed from "You've really got no shame / You disrespect my name / Does lying make you feel alright? / Then tell me, how do you sleep at night?" to "You know you've got no shame / And you've got such a stupid name / And one day you'll finally shut your trap / 'Cause you are the cream of the crap." Additionally, a third verse would be omitted completely: "Your humor value reaks / I'll bet your self-esteem is weak / One day you'll get it in your life / 'Cause you're the cream of the crop." Shirley's Temple provide the backing music for Gene's recording, so it is possible that he simply recorded his vocals over an instrumental track.
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