![]() ![]() They’ve re-worked one decade’s pop/hard rock staples and resold them to the next generation. Some bands, such as The Who and The Kinks, grew up with their audiences KISS has maintained the exact same image (despite this no-makeup phase) and song-writing perspective: Life’s a party - partake. ![]() In my review for the Boston Globe, I noted, of that song and intro, “Isn’t it nice that in this ever-changing world in which we live in, some basic values remain?” (This was slightly tongue-in-cheek. “This song is about titty bars,” is how singer-guitarist Paul Stanley introduced it, in case anyone might miss the thrust of what was about to come at them. Sample verse: “T ake it off, give it to me/Take it off, like you’d do me/I wanna see what’s inside / ‘Cause, you got nothin’ to hide.” ![]() I have no doubt it was marketed as the former.Īt any rate, KISS had roared through “Love Gun,” “Parasite,” “Strutter” and “100,000 Years” and now it was time for “Take It Off.” It’s not a complex song. Arena bands did this sometimes – David Bowie would do same four years later – but I can’t tell you if this was a special-up-close-treat-for-the-fans or an I-don’t-think-we-can-sell-out-an-arena-right-now situation. Their usual workplace in my part of the woods was the Boston Garden, but this gig was at the 1500-capacity Avalon Ballroom. It was 1992, and KISS was in the midst of a no-makeup, large club tour. Paul Stanley poster from his 1978 solo debut (Image: Casablanca Records) ![]()
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