Time
to get your facepaint on, dig out the platform shoes and fake chest
hair, and arm yourself with your love gun…..Yep, the See Hear crew
are back to discuss the Hanna-Barbera production, KISS Meets The
Phantom of the Park.
Bernard,
Tim, and Maurice are privileged to be joined by Mike White of the
brilliant Projection Booth podcast to talk about the cultural
phenomenon that was KISS in the 1970s. What does any self-respecting
pop culture icon do? Why, make a quick cash-in film, of course!!!! Is
this film in the same league as A Hard Day’s Night? Ummmm……..not
exactly….
The
film is set in an amusement park where KISS are going to perform a
series of concerts, but they are at the mercy of a mad scientist (do
films have any other kind?) who clones KISS to….ummmm…..take over
the amusement park.
As
well as the film, we talk about KISS as a band, Paul Stanley’s
delightful concert banter, and how would they have fared if they’d
never put on the makeup and cod-pieces at the start. We find
connections to the Marx Brothers, Spinal Tap, and Gilbert Gottfried’s
favourite Vincent Price movie (att: Frank Santopadre). Tune in and
find out how we weave it all in.
Our
huge thanks to Mike White for suggesting the film and joining us for
this episode. If you haven’t checked out The Projection Booth,
rectify that situation IMMEDIATELY. Download episodes
from http://projection-booth.com
Also,
huge thanks go out to Rhys Lett of the local Kiss tribute act Dressed
To Chill. As you may deduce from the name, they do acoustic lounge
versions of Kiss songs. He has kindly allowed us to play their
version of C’mon and Love Me, which we play as the show’s outro.
If you need music lessons and live in Melbourne, check out Rhys’
school Eastern Suburbs School of Music at http://www.essm.net.au/
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