With their make-up and costumes, the band members took on the personae of comic book-style characters: the Starchild (Stanley), the Demon (Simmons), the Spaceman or Space Ace (Frehley), and the Catman (Criss). Due to creative differences, both Criss and Frehley had departed the group by 1982.
In 1983, Kiss began performing without makeup and costumes, thus marking the beginning of the band's "unmasked" era that would last for over a decade. The band experienced a commercial resurgence during this era, with the Platinum-certified album Lick It Up successfully introducing them to a new generation of fans, and its music videos received regular airplay on MTV. Eric Carr, who had replaced Criss in 1980, died in 1991 of heart cancer and was replaced by Eric Singer. In response to a wave of Kiss nostalgia in the mid-1990s, the original lineup re-united in 1996, which also saw the return of its makeup and stage costumes. The resulting reunion tour was highly successful, grossing $143.7 million, making it the band's most successful tour to date. Criss and Frehley subsequently left the band again, and have been replaced by Singer and Tommy Thayer. The band has continued with its original stage makeup, with Singer and Thayer using the original Catman and Spaceman makeup, respectively. In September 2018, Kiss announced that, after 45 years of recording and performing, it would be embarking on its ongoing final tour, the End of the Road World Tour, which started in January 2019 and concluded in December 2023.
Kiss is regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of all time, as well as one of the best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide, including 21 million RIAA-certified albums. Kiss also holds the title as America's No. 1 Gold record award-winning group of all time, having earned 30 Gold albums. Kiss has 14 Platinum albums, with three albums being multi-Platinum. On April 10, 2014, the four original members of Kiss were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Kiss was ranked by MTV as the ninth "Greatest Metal Band of All Time", and placed tenth on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" list, as well as being ranked as the third "Best Metal and Hard Rock Live Band of All Time" by Loudwire magazine.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_(band)
Studio albums
Kiss (1974)
Hotter than Hell (1974)
Dressed to Kill (1975)
Destroyer (1976)
Rock and Roll Over (1976)
Love Gun (1977)
Dynasty (1979)
Unmasked (1980)
Music from "The Elder" (1981)
Creatures of the Night (1982)
Lick It Up (1983)
Animalize (1984)
Asylum (1985)
Crazy Nights (1987)
Hot in the Shade (1989)
Revenge (1992)
Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions (1997)
Psycho Circus (1998)
Sonic Boom (2009)
Monster (2012)
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There are more artists with the same name:
2. Kiss (키스 or K.I.S.S.) was a Korean female pop trio. Their debut single "Because I'm a Girl" was a hit in 2001. The music video stars actress Goo Hyejin, and actor Shin Hyunjoon, which increased initial public interest in the song. The song remained a karaoke staple in Korea for many years. This helped to launch the career of Kiss, with an album quickly following. However, the group quickly disbanded afterwards, due to internal conflict that could not be resolved.
"Because I'm a Girl" has been covered by numerous artists, including Korean female duo 2NB.
3) Kiss (was a short lived Taiwanese group made up of three girls, Cai Pei Lin (蔡裴琳), Zhang Shuo Fen (张硕芬) and Wang Tingxuan (王婷萱), in the late 90’s early 2000. They only released one full length album (Let's Wait and See), and one CD single (Shut Up).
Dreamin'
KISS Lyrics
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Thinkin' about my day dreamin' boy
I'm just dreamin'
Thinking about my little bundle of joy
I'm just dreamin'
What else can I do
I'm just dreamin'
And I'm thinking about you
Oh, how I love you, how I love you
Oh, I want you to love me too
Babe I put no one above you
Ooo
I'm just dreamin'
Thinkin' about my day dreamin' boy
I'm just dreamin'
Thinking about my little bundle of joy
I'm just dreamin'
What else can I do
I'm just dreamin'
And I'm dreamin about you
Oh, how I love ya, how I luv ya
Oh, I want you to want me too
Oh, how I hug and kiss and haunt you
Boo!
I call your name, you never answer
I bang the pots and pans around in the kitchen
You don't seem to mind
How am I doing? Aw, poltergeist!
Thanks for never asking
This living with you, without you, is really blowing my mind
Boo hoo
Boo hoo
What's a poor ghost to do?
The lyrics to Kiss's song Dreamin' explore the idea of questioning one's life and existence. The first stanza encourages the listener to close their eyes and reflect on their life, asking if they like what they see. The singer then reveals that although their eyes are open, they feel blind to their surroundings as memories flood back. They want to know if a frozen river flows, which could represent the possibility of change in what seems static. The things said to the singer cause frustration and leave them lying in a cold, empty bed.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "I'm only dreaming" several times, emphasizing the fact that the singer may not be fully present in reality. They are stuck between the darkness and the light, unable to distinguish between daylight and the night. The next stanza sheds some light on the situation, describing the sunlight shining down on the singer's face, but again being trapped in a clouded mind. The singer's prayers go unanswered as they wait for the truth to be revealed, knowing that there is a fine line between what is real and what is desired.
The final stanza is more metaphorical, the singer compares their journey to sailing on the ocean, where getting lost in the haze does not matter as they hear the angels singing to them. The angels invite them to dream of what they never see, encouraging them to slip away. The lyrics to Dreamin' are thought-provoking as they explore the idea of being caught between what is real and what is imagined, questioning the meaning of life and existence.
Line by Line Meaning
Close your eyes and take a look at your life
Reflect on your life with introspection
Do you like what you see
Are you happy with your current state?
My eyes are open but I feel like I'm blind, it's all returning to me
Despite seeing, I have a sense of existential confusion as past memories flood into my mind
I want to know, does a frozen river flow
I wonder if even the impossible can occur
Things you said fill my head lying in a cold and empty bed
The memories of my lover's last words inundate my thoughts as I lay in a post-relationship void
I feel the sunlight shining down on my face, not a cloud in my mind
I am at peace, feeling the contentment bestowed by nature
I get my wake up but it never comes in time
Even when given warning, I cannot fully prepare for challenges
My prayers are spoken and I wait to receive, cause there's a fine line between the truth and how we want it to be
I must have faith in the unknown, as reality and desires blur together
I'm sailing like a ship on the sea, I don't care if I'm lost in the haze
I am adrift and uncertain, but content with the unknown
I hear the angels singing something to me, (?)come dream of me(?) that you never see, won't you come slip away
The ethereal realm speaks to me, beckoning me to explore my deepest desires that reality can't provide
I'm only dreaming between the darkness and the light
I am caught between the unknown and corporeal world
I'm only dreaming, oooh dreaming, can't tell the daylight from the night, I'm only dreaming, dreaming
My dream world is vivid and indistinguishable from reality, lost in my subconscious
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Written by: Naomi Nektare
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