Great movie, for those of you who missed it, you really missed it. Watching the movie of the concert brought me back to the days of my youth. The first album i ever bought with my own allowance was Kiss Double Platinum, I wore the needle out on my little one speaker record player, it was the 70's afterall people. For authenticity reasons i think, the movie stated that the footage and sound of the movie was not altered in anyway and was left exactly the way it was recorded in 1976. Really got the feeling of how things were back in 1976....and that one speaker record player
What was really inspiring was the footage from Cadillac Michigan and the Cadillac High School football team. The football team was stuck in last place, discouraged and disgraced, the team's coach decided that in an effort to motivate his team he'd play Kiss music in the locker room and rename all the plays using the names of Kiss songs. Wouldn't ya know, the team went from worst to first! Truely inspiring. The town of Cadillac invited Kiss to come to town and they threw them a parade and gave them a key to the city. Kiss then played a concert in the high school's gym and the next morning the town officials had breakfast with the band, all the town officials including the mayor were fully decked out in Kiss makeup. Nothing like seeing a 60yr old guy in Kiss face paint and a polyester 3 piece suit...it was the 70's afterall people.
So to try and draw on this inspirational event, I was blasting Kiss music on my ipod on the way to work today to try and inspire myself from the duldrums of my daily life sitting in my cubicle. No specific album, just all the Kiss songs i've ever downloaded, it is 2006 afterall people....damn the man! I must say, I'm feeling a little inspired..oh and it doesnt hurt that its friday either
I even did the Gene Simmons point to the top when I walked into the office this morning, because that's where i'm going, straight to the top. And i noticed what seems to be a water stain in the drop ceiling, need to call maintenance.
All in all it was a great movie and i'm looking foward to Kissology DVD set Vol. 1, vol's 2 and 3 coming in 2007 and knowing the marketing genius of Gene Simmons, vol's 4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10 will be soon to follow
