KISS

[Justiceforcedave]

I can confirm that KISS are in fact excellent and you're all totally bananas if you say otherwise.

[Neil]

1 hour ago, p.pete said:

 

No problems with you not liking them / wanting them to play from me, but the above read like you are fully expecting that they will actually play?

Seems quite likely to me right now. 

[RarerThanDandyB]

6 minutes ago, Neil said:

Seems quite likely to me right now. 

What slot do you reckon they'll take?

[stuie]

On 11/5/2022 at 11:31 AM, Neil said:

Emily's got more clue than to book gnr i n 2023, in 1993, maybe.

...

12 minutes ago, Neil said:

Seems quite likely to me right now. 

 

[Spindles]

4 hours ago, churlie100 said:

I love the war of Neil vs. Guns 'n Roses so much.

I am definitely on the side of Neil with this one.  I suspect they'll headline, as Elton is on Sunday so Saturday night's alright for shite then.

[Pear_Cider]

5 hours ago, Neil said:

Glastonbury has had Spinal Tap I think. 

Yes, either '07 or '09. Seem to remember it being a Sunday afternoon at the Pyramid.

Edited December 9, 2022 by Pear_Cider
On reflection it must have been '09. I don't recall the weather being as bad as it was in '07.

[EamerRed]

I'd take GnR all day long over KISS to be honest. Far more known bangers.

[Suprefan]

Legend slot. Except no pyro.

[rivalschools.price]

9 hours ago, aidenlangan95 said:

Wasn't Download meant to be their last UK show?

Oh my sweet summer child!

[The Nal]

People know about 2 Kiss songs. Would be a disaster.

Thought they were great when I saw them but it was a Kiss gig.

Edited December 10, 2022 by The Nal

[CaledonianGonzo]

Yeah - there big numbers may be radio staples in the US, but over here they have very little resonance.

[parsonjack]

22 minutes ago, The Nal said:

People know about 2 Kiss songs. Would be a disaster.

Thought they were great when I saw them but it was a Kiss gig.

 

7 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Yeah - there big numbers may be radio staples in the US, but over here they have very little resonance.

Inclined to agree with both of these points, but isn't there an element of this with many headliners?  I mean how many of the Metallica crowd could say they knew more than 2 - 3 songs?  To many Glastonbury is your opportunity to experience an act that you maybe wouldn't normally pay good money to see, and if said act is known for a 'show' or has a USP then even more so. 

KISS have that draw to rely upon....but I do also think that they'd struggle to hold the crowd for the full set and it ultimately wouldn't be regarded as a great booking. 

[Florian Saucer Attack]

All this talk of people only knowing 2-3 songs but surely most people will listen to headline acts they know they are going to see before going to a festival? Particularly if they only know a few songs

I have no sympathy for anyone who complains after seeing an act saying that they only knew a few songs but didn't make the effort to listen to said act beforehand. 

 

[a6l6e6x]

Love they are excellent but they do need their full stage set up

[chazwwe]

I genuinely want GnR to play just for Neil's meltdown.

[clarkete]

Wow is this discussion still going on? 

I'm not doing my homework to learn more than two kiss songs

1.  Them playing seems the daftest suggestion 

2. I'd just go and see something great instead

Edited December 10, 2022 by clarkete

[Justiceforcedave]

1 hour ago, The Nal said:

People know about 2 Kiss songs. Would be a disaster.

Thought they were great when I saw them but it was a Kiss gig.

I Was Made For Lovin’ You

Crazy Crazy Nights

At a push…

Rock N Roll all Nite

Their cover of God Gave Rock and Roll to You

Thing is it’s all about the blood, the fire, the zip line and the pyro. Not sure how much of that they’d get in a non-headline day time slot.

As the old saying goes: If KISS plays in the daylight without any pyro… do they even make a sound?

[Justiceforcedave]

Stick em in the Motorhead/ZZ Top slot! Any discussion of them headlining is nonsense.

[Gnomicide]

Speaking as a fan, they have some really great songs but also an awful lot of guff. I don't think anyone watches them for their artistic integrity or deep and meaningful lyrics, stick 'em in the rock slot for an hour and give us:

Detroit Rock City
Shout It Out Loud
Heaven's on Fire
Cold Gin
Lick It Up
God of Thunder
Hard Luck Woman
Love Gun
I Was Made for Lovin' You
Black Diamond
Beth
Rock and Roll All Nite

Edited December 10, 2022 by Gnomicide

[The Nal]

35 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Speaking as a fan, they have some really great songs but also an awful lot of guff. I don't think anyone watches them for their artistic integrity or deep and meaningful lyrics, stick 'em in the rock slot for an hour and give us:

Detroit Rock City
Shout It Out Loud
Heaven's on Fire
Play Video
Cold Gin
Lick It Up
God of Thunder
Hard Luck Woman
Love Gun
I Was Made for Lovin' You
Black Diamond
Beth
Rock and Roll All Nite

Yeah, bangers.

But out of that lot, Joe Deckchair would know I Was Made for Lovin' You and Rock and Roll All Nite? Maybe Shout It Out Loud?

[Florian Saucer Attack]

11 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Yeah, bangers.

But out of that lot, Joe Deckchair would know I Was Made for Lovin' You and Rock and Roll All Nite? Maybe Shout It Out Loud?

Joe Deckchair should have put on a greatest hits playlist before arriving if it will be an issue for them that they don't know a lot of the songs 

It is a ridiculous standard for an act that everyone in the audience needs to recognise most of the songs they play but the audience has not made an active attempt to do so.

People where complaining that they didn't know enough McCartney/Beatles songs during the first hour of his set. That's mostly on them, not McCartney

[Gnomicide]

19 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Yeah, bangers.

But out of that lot, Joe Deckchair would know I Was Made for Lovin' You and Rock and Roll All Nite? Maybe Shout It Out Loud?

Ironically, I Was Made For Loving You is one of their worst songs but probably their best known in the UK (that or Crazy Nights).

[balti-pie]

I do a particularly notable I Was Made For Loving You at karaoke. Including the falsetto bit, which is a right fuckin nightmare to sing. Paul Stanley will forever have my respect for that. 

[Ayrshire Chris]

Would rather have AC/DC , said that on the GnR thread

Edited December 10, 2022 by Ayrshire Chris

[she bangs the drums]

On 12/9/2022 at 11:42 AM, danbailey80 said:

One of the most overrated awful bands ever to walk the planet. Utter pathetic joke that tired 30 years ago. 

Who actually still finds that fucking makeup funny? Shit songs and the singer is a complete knob. 

Simple rightwing Americans love them though. 

Each to their own.

Spot on, absolute joke of a band. 

No chance they would headline Glastonbury, or have more chance of playing than Guns n Roses.