Artist: KISS
Album: Alive III
I have loved this song from the moment that I first heard it. To me, it exemplifies everything that I love about stadium rock, and especially KISS. It’s got the hook, and the big, booming chorus, and the intro builds expertly. This is a song that was made to be sung along to in a stadium.
This particular song has always stood out as one of their best to me. There’s nothing complicated or fast here, but sometimes simplicity is best. The harmony in the chorus especially stands out to me–it really gives the song a lot of punch. This song is about delivering its message straight up.
Plus, you just have to love the subject matter. No matter what’s wrong, a little rock and roll can make it better. For someone like me, who escapes from their day-to-day life through rock music, this song is pretty much a battle cry. Because of that, I was always able to identify closely with this song. This is definitely on the playlist that I keep for cruising in the car–for some reason the tempo of this song is especially well suited to driving.
This is really one of my favorite songs of all time. Something about it has always appealed to me, and in some ways I’m finding it really hard to put it into words. But I love singing along with this–all I can say is that it just plain rules.
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