KISS play the Olympics: The very depth of their career?

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Not too far a strangled, desperate cry from Paul McCartney's cringe-conjuring, brow-furrowing, fist-clenching a cappella duet with Terry Bradshaw at the StuporBowl, Kiss's hackneyed airing of "Rock'n'Roll All Night" on a rotating ice-platform at the close of the Olympics Ceremony (surrounded by preening ice-skaters) was possibly the most embarassing milestone in their seemingly endless tailspin towards the obliteration of any shred of dignity left within their once arguably credible name. With the possible exception of the Pepsi commercial they did with that noxious, curly-haird fetus, I have never been more ashamed to call myself a one-time fan of the grease-painted proto-metal primates.

Or am I just taking this all a wee bit too seriously?

Did you see it? Did you not shudder with disgust?

― Alex in NYC, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

no, i think its a superbly apt and appropriate thing for kiss to do. i think its fab!

― gareth, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Subthread: Playing at the Olympics = No longer cool?

― Lord Custos, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The only thing I noticed about the Olympics was that cutie Apolo Ohno. He's my new boyfriend, by the way.

― Sean, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Did you see it? Did you not shudder with disgust?
Hey, Platform boots don't come cheap. They needed the money!
Another subthread: If they had let Boris Grebenshekov play, would that have made the Russians happy?

― Lord Custos, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Kiss seemed like an island of quiet dignity and modest old-school show biz in the context of the giant talking dinosaur heads and day- glo paint-splattering session.

― fritz, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Dear god, no wonder I didn't watch. Dinosaur heads?

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes yr too serious Alex. That's why we're here though.

Grease paint- yawn. Flashpots. On a stage. Being towed slowly across an ice rink- that's kinda great! In a stadium. Standing next to Kristi Yamaguchi-wtf. With a USA flag-plz. With GIANT ANIMATRONIC DINOSAURS looming in over the rim of the stands-rox0r. Such a ridiculous pomp of empire display hasn't gone down in almost two millenia, I wouldna been shocked if they released lions and threw some doping violators in the ring with 'em. Can a EPO'd nordic dude outrun 400 lbs of feline fury?

Perhaps KISS' high artistic standards have been compromised. Cynicism aside, I (mostly) stopped worrying about the artistic credibility of pop phenomena (among which I would classify KISS) when I was 17, and before that I couldn't hear a note of KISS' music without veins popping out on my forehead. So I thought last nite was potentially (i.e. if I'd been there and on drugs) the best "evah". If only that T Rex could have been made to spew flames, and perhaps treat Gene like Ozzy once did the bat. No, change that from Gene to Moby, you'd like to think that little idiot knows better. YAY SLOC!

We can all go back to worrying about the artistic credibility of bands that matter like The Strokes now. Insert smiley emoticon here.

― Hunter, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

jbj's ironic mullet was pretty cool...

what, it wasn't ironic?

― Geoff the, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Happy Trails" sung by swaying, Cute Little Pink Kids (tm): Dud.

― Joe, Tuesday, 26 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Olympics, Sholympics. I wanna see KISS do the Super Bowl half-time show!

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Tuesday, 26 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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