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 Criss and Frehley subsequently left the band again, and have been replaced by Singer and Tommy Thayer.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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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).
Hard Luck Woman
Kiss Lyrics
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I'd never have seen you cry
If not for our first hello
We'd never have to say goodbye
If never I held you
My feeling's would never show
It's time I start walkin'
I keep telling you hard luck woman
You ain't a hard luck woman
Rags, the sailor's only daughter
A child of the water
Too proud to be a queen
Rags, I really love ya
I can't forget about ya
You'll be a hard luck woman
Baby, 'till you find your man
Before I go let me kiss you
And wipe the tears from your eyes
I don't want to hurt you, girl
You know I could never lie
I keep telling you hard luck woman
You ain't a hard luck woman
You'll be a hard luck woman
Baby, 'till you find your man
Rags, the sailor's only daughter
A child of the water
Too proud to be a queen
Rags, I really love ya
I can't forget about ya
You'll be a hard luck woman
Baby, 'till you find your man
You'll be a hard luck woman
Baby, 'till you find your man
Oh yeah, bye bye, so long, don't cry
I'm just packin' my bags, whoa, leavin' you
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye, baby, don't cry
I gotta keep on movin', yeah movin'
Bye, bye my baby
Ooh, don't cry, lady, oh
The song Hard Luck Woman by KISS is a ballad that features an emotionally charged story of a sailor's daughter, known as Rags, who is portrayed as a strong and independent woman who is nevertheless struggling to find love. The singer of the song speaks to Rags, his lover, about how much she means to him, and how difficult it is for him to leave her. He describes the moments they have shared and the tears she has shed, and how much he wants to wipe those tears away and make things better for her. He tells her that even though she may feel like a hard luck woman, he believes in her strength and resilience, and he will continue to love her until she finds the man of her dreams.
The lyrics are very visual and poetic, painting a picture of a woman who is both beautiful and flawed, and of a man who loves her deeply, but cannot be with her forever. The chorus of the song is particularly poignant, with the singer telling Rags that she is not a hard luck woman, even though she may feel that way. He believes in her and knows that she will find her prince charming someday.
Overall, the song Hard Luck Woman is a heartfelt and touching tribute to the strength and beauty of women, and to the enduring power of love.
Line by Line Meaning
If never I met you
If it wasn't for our chance encounter, I would have never witnessed your moments of vulnerability
I'd never have seen you cry
Your true emotions would have remained hidden to me
If not for our first hello
If we never introduced ourselves to each other
We'd never have to say goodbye
We wouldn't be experiencing the pain of having to part ways
If never I held you
If I never embraced you
My feeling's would never show
The depth of my emotions wouldn't have surfaced
It's time I start walkin'
It's time for me to leave
But there's so much you'll never know
However, you'll never know certain things that I wish I could've told you
I keep telling you hard luck woman
I keep reminding you that life has been tough on you
You ain't a hard luck woman
But I want you to know that despite the hardships, you're still strong and beautiful
Rags, the sailor's only daughter
You, the daughter of a sailor who grew up by the sea
A child of the water
You're one with the sea and have grown up around it
Too proud to be a queen
You're too independent to be tied down and crowned as a queen
Rags, I really love ya
I have genuine feelings of love for you
I can't forget about ya
I can't just forget you and move on
You'll be a hard luck woman
But despite my love for you, you'll still face life's challenges
Baby, 'till you find your man
Until you find the person who could be your partner in life
Before I go let me kiss you
Before I leave, let me give you a kiss
And wipe the tears from your eyes
And let me remove the tears from your eyes
I don't want to hurt you, girl
I don't want to cause you any pain, girl
You know I could never lie
You know I wouldn't say anything that wasn't true
Bye bye, so long, don't cry
Goodbye, take care, please don't cry
I'm just packin' my bags, whoa, leavin' you
I'm just preparing to leave you and move on with my life
I gotta keep on movin', yeah movin'
I have to keep on moving forward in life
Bye, bye my baby
Farewell, my love
Ooh, don't cry, lady, oh
Oh, please don't cry, my lady
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: PAUL STANLEY
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