Kiss - Destroyer (1976) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Stanley - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Ace Frehley - Lead Guitar Gene Simmons - Lead Vocals, Bass Peter Criss - Lead Vocals on "Beth", Drums Dick Wagner - Lead Guitar on "Sweat Pain". Produced by Bob Ezrin. Recorded at Record Plant Studios, NYC, NY, January - February 1976. Engineered and Mixed by Jay Messina and Corky Stasiak. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track Listing 1) Detroit Rock City (Stanley, Ezrin) 5:20 2) King Of The Night Time World (Ken Fowley, Mark Anthony, Stanley, Ezrin) 3:13 3) God Of Thunder (Stanley) 4:13 4) Great Expectations (Simmons, Ezrin) 4:21 5) Flaming Youth (Fowley, Stanley, Simmons, Ezrin) 2:59 6) Sweet Pain (Simmons) 3:20 7) Shout It Out Loud (Simmons, Stanley, Ezrin) 2:50 8) Beth (Criss, Stan Penridge, Ezrin) 2:45 9) Do You Love Me (Fowley, Ezrin, Stanley) 4:56 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Detroit Rock City (Stanley, Ezrin) 5:20 (Spoken by Gene Simmons): "... congressional reports. President Ford says that he's disappointed with Congress's performance. In Detroit, a Pontiac, Michigan youth was reported dead at the scene of a head-on collision on Grand Avenue this morning. The youth was reportedly driving on the wrong side of the boulevard when he struck a delivery truck and was catapulted through the windshield of his car. The driver of the truck is reported to be uninjured. The identities of both men are being withheld by local police. County legislative today are expected to really to the aid of striking longshoremen in hopes of ending the 9 month deadlock..." "...roll all night and party every day I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day" I feel uptight on a Saturday night Nine o'clock, the radio's the only light I hear my song and it pulls me through Comes on strong, tells me what I got to do I go to Get up Everybody's gonna move their feet Get down Everybody's gonna leave their seat You gotta lose your mind in Detroit Rock City Getting late - I just can't wait Ten o'clock and I know I gotta hit the road First I drink, then I smoke Start up the car and I try to make the midnight show Get up Everybody's gonna move their feet Get down Everybody's gonna leave their seat Movin' fast, doin' 95 Hit top speed but I'm still moving much too slow I feel so good, I'm so alive I hear my song playin' on the radio It goes Get up Everybody's gonna move their feet Get down Everybody's gonna leave their seat Twelve o'clock, I gotta rock There's a truck ahead, lights starin' at my eyes Oh my God, no time to turn I gotta laugh 'cause I know I'm gonna die Why Get up Everybody's gonna move their feet Get down Everybody's gonna leave their seat --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) King Of The Night Time World (Ken Fowley, Mark Anthony, Stanley, Ezrin) 3:13 It's so sad, livin' at home Far from the city and the midnight fun It's so bad, goin' to school So far from me and the dirty things that we do I'm the king of the night time world And you're my headlight queen I'm the king of the night time world Come live your secret dream It's so fine, lovin' with ease Far from the house and the family fights It's so fine, bein' with you Bein' with me makes everything alright I'm the king of the night time world And you're my headlight queen I'm the king of the night time world Come live your secret dream, alright It's so sad, you're not content Far from the music and the neon glow Ain't you glad we got the time Far from our folks, they'll never ever know I'm the king of the night time world And you're my headlight queen I'm the king of the night time world Come live your secret dream I'm the king, I'm the king, I'm the king, I'm the king I'm the king, I'm the king, I'm the king, I'm the king I'm the king of the night time world And you're my headlight queen I'm the king of the night time world Come live your secret dream --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) God Of Thunder (Stanley) 4:13 You've got something about you You've got something I need Daughter of Aphrodite Hear my words and take heed I was born on Olympus To my father a son I was raised by the demons Trained to reign as the one God of thunder and rock and roll The spell you're under Will slowly rob you of your virgin soul I'm the lord of the wastelands A modern day man of steel I gather darkness to please me And I command you to kneel Before the God of thunder and rock and roll The spell you're under Will slowly rob you of your virgin soul I'm the lord of the wastelands A modern day man of steel I gather darkness to please me And I command you to kneel Before the God of thunder and rock and roll The spell you're under Will slowly rob you of your virgin soul --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Great Expectations (Simmons, Ezrin) 4:21 You're sittin' in your seat And then you stand and clutch your breast Our music drives you wild along with the rest You watch me singing this song You see what my mouth can do And you wish you were the one I was doing it to And you watch me playin' guitar And you feel what my fingers can do And you wish you were the one I was doing it to Well, listen You've got great expectations You've got great expectations You're dying to be seen And you wave and call my name But in the day it seems that I'm a million miles away You watch me beatin' my drum And you know what my hands can do And you wish you were the one I was doing it to Well, listen You've got great expectations You've got great expectations You've got great expectations Then you feel these eyes from the stage And you see me staring at you And you hear between the lines my voice is calling to you Well, listen You've got great expectations (2) You've got great expectations, do you want to play the role You've got great expectations, you'd even sell me your soul --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Flaming Youth (Stanley, Simmons, Ezrin) 2:59 Whoo yeah My parents think I'm crazy and they hate the things I do I'm stupid and I'm lazy, man, if they only knew How flaming youth will set the world on fire Flaming youth, our flag is flying higher and higher and higher My uniform is leather and my power is my age I'm gettin' it together to break out of my cage 'Cause flaming youth will set the world on fire Flaming youth will set the world on fire Flaming youth, our flag is flying higher and higher and higher How flaming youth will set the world on fire Flaming youth, our flag is flying higher and higher And higher and higher and higher and higher and higher --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) Sweet Pain (Simmons) 3:19 Ahh My leathers fit tight around me My whip is always beside me You want the same thing every day I'll teach you love a different way You'll learn to love me and my sweet pain My love will drive you insane Ahh, sweet pain, my love will drive you insane And pain has got its reason And if you don't stop your teasin', baby I'm gonna show you now You'll get your lovin' anyhow, anyhow And you'll get to love me and my sweet pain My love will drive you insane Ahh, sweet pain, my love will drive you insane Ahh, you get to love me any way I say Ahh, you get to love me and my sweet pain Oh Pain has got its reason You find it pleasin', yes you do, yes you do And I'm gonna show you how You'll get to love me anyhow, anyhow and You'll get to love me and my sweet pain My love will drive you insane Ahh, sweet pain, my love will drive you insane Sweet pain, my love will drive you insane Sweet pain, my love will drive you insane Ahh, sweet pain (sweet pain), my love will drive you insane Sweet pain (sweet pain), my love will drive you insane --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) Shout It Out Loud (Stanley, Simmons, Ezrin) 2:48 Well, the night's begun and you want some fun Do you think you're gonna find it (think you're gonna find it) You got to treat yourself like number one Do you need to be reminded (need to be reminded) It doesn't matter what you do or say Just forget the things that you've been told We can't do it any other way Everybody's got to rock and roll, whoo, oh, oh Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud If you don't feel good, there's a way you could Don't sit there broken hearted (sit there broken hearted) Call all your friends in the heighbourhood And get the party started (get the party started Don't let 'em tell you that there's too much noise They're too old to really understand You'll still get rowdy with the girls and boys 'Cause it's time for you to take a stand, yeah, yeah Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud You've got to have a party Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud Turn it up louder Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud Everybody shout it now Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud Oh yeah Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud Hear it gettin' louder Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud And everybody shout it now Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) Beth (Criss, Stan Penridge, Ezrin) 2:45 Beth, I hear you callin' But I can't come right now Me and the boys are playin' And we just can't find the sound Just a few more hours And I'll be right home to you I think I hear them callin' Oh, Beth, what can I do Beth what can I do You say you feel so empty That our house just ain't a home And I'm always somewhere else And you're always there alone Just a few more hours And I'll be right home to you I think I hear them callin' Oh, Beth, what can I do Beth what can I do Beth, I know you're lonely And I hope you'll be alright 'Cause me and the boys will be playin' All night --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Do You Love Me (Fowley, Ezrin, Stanley) 4:56 You really like my limousine You like the way the wheels roll You like my seven inch leather heels And goin' to all of the shows, but Do you love me, do you love me Do you love me, really love me You like the credit cards and private planes Money can really take you far You like the hotels and fancy clothes And the sound of electric guitars, but Do you love me, do you love me Do you love me, really love me You really like rock'n'roll All of the fame and the masquerade You like the concerts and the studios And all the money, honey, that I make, but Do you love me, do you love me Do you love me, really love me Your backstage pass and black sunglasses Make you look just like a queen Even the fans, they know your face From all of the magazines, but Do you love me, do you love me Do you love me, really love me I want you to (do you love me, do you love me) I need you to (do you love me, do you love me) And you know I'm so tired of everybody sayin' it And you know (do you love me, do you love me) I just gotta know if you really really really really love me (do you love me, do you love me) So come on, do you love me (do you love me) I need you to Do you love me (do you love me) I want you to Do you love me (do you love me) I need you Really love me (do you love me) I wanna know Do you love me (do you love me) do you, do you Do you love me (do you love me) I just got to have some love (do you love me, do you love me) I just got to have some love (do you love me) I just got to have some love, love, love, love, love (You've got great expectations) I'm telling you people We're just gonna have ourselves A rock and roll party ---------------------------------------------------------------------------