This is one of those things that made the '70's a great decade for music . You could see KISS and the Grateful Dead play a show in the same week . Edit , some of my favorites from KISS , BlackDiamond , Deuce , Strutter , Detroit Rock City .
Yeah, this was a Peter Criss number to piano/symphony backing track, the rest of members chilled backstage. Some of their great, more rocking tracks: Shout It Out Loud, King Of the Night Time World, Detroit Rock City, Black Diamond, Shock Me, I Want You, I Love It Loud, Heaven's On Fire, Love Gun, Crazy Crazy Nights, Reason To Live (power ballad), Creatures Of the Night, Psycho Circus, Rock and Roll All Nite
The song BETH was placed on the B side because it was a balad and Gene thought it belonged on the B side various people had the album at home and after listening to it contacted a local radio station and asked the station to play it the disc jockeys were surprised and they contacted other local radio stations informing them about the song
Kiss has such a vast library to choose from, Beth was sung in the movie they were in back in '78 such a classic, if you're looking for another listen to "Forever" by Kiss
The band Kiss was started in 1973 and this song BETH was on there 4th album Destroyer and it was written by Peter and Stan Penridge who were in a band before Kiss and originally it was call Beck but Gene Simmons of Kiss you might want to change that to Beth cause they might they will think this song is about Jeff Beck. The Album Destroyer came out in 1976 .
They started in 1973 and just did their very last concert in November after 50 ears and yes it is a ballad and the drummer Peter Criss sang it as a solo,, God of Thunder Live is a great one
This song was the "b side" (for you youngsters, there was an "a" side and a "b" side on the 45rpm records that were singles from albums.) This song was the b side to "Detroit Rock City" and disc jockeys turned the record over and played this and it became a mega hit. Ladies, "Detroit Rock City" is rock.
Kiss broke big in 1975 w/ their double live album 'Alive!' and became famous for anthemic hard rock songs like 'Rock and roll all nite' ... It came as a huge surprise when 'Beth' became a huge hit single (#7 in the US charts) in 1976 from their 4th album 'Destroyer'... Kiss wanted to show that they could also make pop songs... Peter Criss (drums) had written a ballad song for his 1st wife Rebecca titled 'Beck' (before he had joined Kiss) when he was a struggling musician in NYC. The producer Bob Ezrin loved the song and asked Peter to rename it 'Beth' (Ezrin felt the name was more feminine) and hired the NY Philharmonic Orchestra to play it w/ Peter Criss singing lead. 'Beth' was not originally a single... but radio DJ's were given a copy of the single 'Detroit rock city' by Kiss, which had 'Beth' on the flip side. The DJ's played 'Beth' instead and it took off as a commercial single and made the 'Destroyer' album a platinum selling success. For Kiss concerts, the band would start an encore w/ Peter Criss coming to the front of the stage and singing 'Beth' to the ladies in the audience while the music played on tape... Later tours, Peter would hand out roses to the women in the front row while singing 'Beth'.
As for myself, the songs I like the most? God of thunder. Shout it out loud. Rock n roll all night. I just wanna. Love gun. Take it off. I was made for loving you. And that's just the hit songs that got a lot of air time. The truth is Kiss has so many many different awesome songs, I would never be able to list them all.
KISS formed in 1973. Beth is off of the Destroyer album, released in 1975. I have been a KISS fan since 1974... seen at least one show every U.S. tour, 71 total shows. I just flew to New York to see their final concert ever on December 2nd. My all-time favorite band.
This is definitely a ballad , and the rest of the ban not only hated it , they refused to perform it after it became their biggest hit . Additionally, we'd have been lucky if disco was dying when Beth came out .For something a little heavier by Kiss , try " Detroit Rock City " .
On Kiss MTV Unplugged they played it live acoustically, without piano/symphony elements. And they played it similarly on one of their later tours late 2010's, Alive 35 and/or Sonic Boom tour
Kisses first album that i know well was dressed to kill and had Rock and roll all night on it came out in 1972 this song Beth was on the Destroyer album from 1976. I bought it on cassette tape when i was a kid in the 80s and i played it so much i wore it out. I had two favorite song off that album Beth and Detroit Rock City. The other kiss song you have on your channel I was made for loving you also came off the Destroyer album.
I heard this song on the radio for a long time before finding out it was KISS. I was surprised. (The studio version is better.) "Rock and Roll All Nite" is quintessential KISS.
I was made for loving you was the disco song they wrote back in 1979 during the disco era. Paul Stanley said in an interview, that Disco songs were easy to write. Beth was a surprise hit to them. They thought it was going to be a dud, but it appealed to a different audience, and became a big hit. During a live Kiss concert, they play Beth just before their last song to settle the audience down. Then their last song of every concert is always Rock and Roll all night and party every day! Right after that, Paul Stanley then smashes his guitar, in two and throws both pieces out to the audience as a souvenir and says, "We love you, Goodnight".
**. Lady’s in music to check out ** I already mentioned theses 2 bass players Angeline Saris. “Come Undone” Tal Wickenfield “Cause we’ve ended as Lovers”(Jeff Beck Band) -live at Ronni Scott’s Now singer - Sass Jordon. “Am I Wrong”.
If you want to hear the whole band of kiss try KIss Unplugged Nothin to Lose they have the current line up at the time and past members as well one of the best performances of all time my thoughts only.
To see the REAL Kiss, I suggest you react to a live version of God Of Thunder, Strutter, Black Diamond, Deuce, Detroit Rock City or Rock And Roll All Nite.
The rest of the band hated this song and refused to record it which is why Peter sang it. He was the only one who showed up to the studio to record it.
ok, here are some suggestions: GENESIS "The Knife" (get the live version 1973) GRAND FUNK RAILROAD "Heartbreaker", live 1972 version BLUE CHEER "Summer Time Blues" BLUE OYSTER CULT "Cities On Flame With Rock and Roll" (live version 1981) URIAH HEEP "Sunrise" Live Japan 1973 RUSH "2112" live 1972 VANILLA FUDGE "I Need Love" IRON BUTTERFLY "IN A GADDA DA VIDA" AMON DUUL "Eye Shaking King" Live 1972 EDGAR WINTER & WHITE TRASH BAND "Tobacco Road" (Road Works live 1972 CD) EDGAR WINTER & WHITE TRASH BAND "Back In USA" (Road Works live 1972 CD) SAXON "Princess Of The Night" UFO "Doctor Doctor" live 1974 MOTORHEAD " Ace Of Spades" and "Overkill" TOAD "Pigs Walk" (live version) ACCEPT "Balls To The Wall" SCORPIONS "Catch Your Train" TED NUGENT "Great White Buffalo " VARDIS "100.000 mp" PAGAN ALTAR "Judgment Of The Dead" BLOODROCK "Breach Of Lease" live 1971 MOUNTAIN "Mississippi Queen" MANILLA ROAD "The Deluge" KISS "Gods Of Thunder" RAINBOW "Stargazer" (live in Cologne 1975) RAINBOW "Man On The Silver Mountain" (live on stage) PINK FLOYD "Ibiza Bar" VENOM "Black Metal" BENEMON "Child of Darkness" SAMSON "Hammerhead" With this list, you may have it for a while until you listen to all the songs.
If ya wanna see the whole band outta makeup check out “Lick it Up,” the music video. And yes they are a hard rock band…not metal really but rock m roll for sure.
I love the reactions. It's great to see three different generations reactions to awesome songs. Another I think you will like is by Elvin Bishop " Fooled Around And Fell In Love" live version 4k Midnight Special. Thanks!
Yeah a great ballad by the way that was Peter criss the drummer singing that's how talented they are all of them sing and play their parts very well great reaction ladies keep on rocking 🤟
Song was originally wrote as Beck for Peter's girlfriend Becky. The band thought that people might think he was singing about guitarist Jeff Beck so the song name changed. 1976 was not exactly the time of the rainbow despite the fact that their manager and other key people in behind the scenes were gay.
Yeah, the 2 songs you've reacted to are outliers in their catalog. If you want a rocking song I suggest God Of Thunder with Gene on vocals. Most of their stuff is harder edged, you just happened to react to a ballad and a disco song. Detroit Rock City, Love Gun, 100,000 years, Cold Gin, take your pick, all rocking tunes. God Of Thunder is my personal favorite of theirs.
Do they have hard songs???? Oh Lord. I suggest Detroit Rock City, Love Gun,, God of Thunder (Gene Simmons vocals), Duece, Shout it out Loud. The list goes on and on. Please do the studio versions first before the live, though.
They've got about two dozen albums packed with rock. Although I like Beth and Peter Criss, you've been listening to the wrong people for song suggestions. Listen to Side One of Dressed to Kill. (Or you can be like most reactors and bore us with the same three songs they react to.)
This is potentially theyr only ballad song,as far as my knowledge goes and i know alot of theyr songs over the years,so Beth and I Was Made For Loving You are theyr 2 most distant songs of theyrs. If you wonder what theyr sound is like,i would suggest songs like Kiss - I Love It Loud,Kiss - Heavens On Fire, Kiss- Lick It Up and even Kiss - Detroit Rock City for the future. It will defintly show you what they are known for.
Nah, Kiss has plenty of ballads, like: Goin' Blind, Hard Luck Woman, Shandi, Just a Boy, A world Without Heroes, Odyssey, I Still Love You, A Million To One, Tears Are Falling, Reason To Live, Forever, God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You II, Everytime I Look At You, I Will Be There, We Are One, I Finally Found My Way, to name a bunch of them
Yeah. Seen KISS at least over a 1/2 dozen times since the 70s. Last time was about 3 years ago with my 30 year old daughter in Concord Ca. She wanted to see them and as a good father I said sure. 😜. Def Leppard was with them. Great show
Love the channel ladies! Gene and Paul did not want this song on the album because KISS does not do ballads and Bob Ezrin the producer overruled them. Ended up being their biggest hit and it got girls interested for the first time in mass to the band.
please react songs: Tears aer faling, Forever, Sure know something, Detroit rock city from alive III, Love Gun live 1977, Creatures of the night, thanks
You need to go down the rabbit hole that is Iron Maiden. I would suggest Fear of the Dark from Rock in Rio, Hallowed Be Thy Name from Flight 666 or Beast over Hammersmith. The Trooper, Wasted Years, or Run to the Hills official videos. If you want a real fast rocker do Aces High official video. All these songs are great intros to the band. They are one of the best live bands I've ever seen.
Always liked this song, but prefer the studio version. Peter is not the greatest singer and is often off key, so lots of takes in the studio allow the producer to pick and choose the best ones and get a good result on the record.
Very Pretty song but Peter sounds like shit here. The band breaks for a short time while Peter does this. Do they have any upbeat songs ?OMG. Listen to.. Detroit Rock City..Lick it Uo... Psycho Circus...Cold Gin....Duece...Love Gun... Loud .. The best kisss song ever Strutter... get on it , stop asking where the band is they are taking a short break and of course the spaceman and devil guy have harder songs.
