💋Desmond Child on KISS's Mega Hit: 'I Was Made For Loving You' & His Explosive Fallout with Gene!"🔥

[@joebagofdonuts]

I remember seeing Desmond Child's name all over my Kiss albums as a kid - and not knowing anything about him, except that he wrote songs. So cool that we get to hear his stories.

[@Hun_Uinaq]

This man is a songwriting genius! So many hits! So many great songs.

[@kmoecub]

And for so many performers across multiple genres.

[@dcinsc7]

I remember as a kid this song coming out and loving it but the kids at my school hated it, so being a wuss, I pretended not to like it just to “fit in.” I would go home and listen to “Dynasty,” over and over. My favorites: “Charisma,” “Sure Know Something,” and “Hard Times.”

[@TheAgentAssassin]

HAHA same here , I thought the song was awesome. I think I was 9 yrs old when it came out. Herd mentality is definitely a thing. At 9yrs old though KISS was already kind of cheeky with all the make up stuff. I didn't ever take them too seriously. This wasn't like Slayer suddenly coming out with a song called "Dancing Queen" by Abba. This was band with dudes in make up and high heels, they were always kind of "gay" to me. Especially Paul.

[@cygnals524]

"Hard Times" is one of my favorites as well. I am a guitar player and in the 1980s my band played both "Hard Times" & "Rip It Out" my drummer was a huge Kiss fan & I especially liked the songs done by Ace. Great songs!! I remember liking Dynasty as well but didn't care what others thought. I was/am a Rush "Geek" so everyone hated what I was into anyway.

[@JeffTullock-yx1hd]

“Magic Touch”

[@castleanthrax1833]

I was never really a Kiss fan, but I'm Australian and can remember how huge that song was here. ✌️🇦🇺

[@williamthompson5504]

I haven't been getting my notifications for this channel. Great work as always. Sure Know Something is a much better song than I was made for loving you.

[@tonyw1416]

That was the first song that made me like Kiss. I then went back and started liking their catalogue.

[@Hun_Uinaq]

Same exact thing happened to me. I discovered Kiss in a true way later in life. I wasn’t allowed to listen to them in the 1980s when I was a kid. Too many adults around me thought they were devil worshipers and said their name stood for Kids in Satan’s Service. No lie. They really thought that. Anyway, one day I was listening to hard rock songs on my Amazon echo and that one came on and I was hooked. I started really listening to their albums and found song after song that really hit. They’re actually a great band.

[@419Koof]

Indeed it was huge here in Australia 🇦🇺

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Playing music is tough but writing music is insanely tough. This guy's got the juice.

[@joxyjoxyjoxy1]

Writing music isn't difficult. Writing music anyone else wants to hear is almost impossible.

[@tonymontana-uw1bq]

I could listen to this musical genius all day! Desmond Child is a legend.🤘☺️

[@jrnjohnsen3315]

Desmond Child! What a legend ❤️👍

[@brightbite]

And a genius!

[@williamthompson5504]

​@@brightbiteand a Fa8

[@kevinkaatz883]

Extraordinary song writer

[@MegaLoucon]

If Desmond says its revolutionary then damn well is. Alot of things kiss have done are revolutionary in the music business from their image, live shows, meet n greets, cruises & now avatars.

[@patg912]

Love all the interviews on here BSP,,,this is really interesting,,I've always recognized Desmond as a important song writer for past eras and decades

[@BACKSTAGEPASS.ROCK-NEWS]

Thank you its really appreciated brother!

[@rv9905]

It was a number 1 hit in the Netherlands

[@TheChadTI]

Paul did pop in on young bands in small clubs quite a bit, he always made an effort to keep his ear to the ground. Bad choice of words but....

[@LawrenceCarriere-z2m]

I've seen Desmond's name a lot of as a KISS fan but never knew this. Great interview!

[@jonasandersson3684]

6:50 "You're a very attractive and talented young man". I've heard Gene say that a lot of times. I guess it his favourite line. I think he uses that line regardless if the person is young or old, attractive or non attractive.

[@Darrylizer1]

Look at his song writing credits, Desmond is an absolutely amazing hit making machine!

[@nsbd90now]

Oh wow! I'm not a KISS fan at all... but I can DEFINITELY hear the Motown in the song now that it's been pointed out. Wild!

[@mht525]

The man who put Gene in his place. 👏✌️🤘⚖️🇦🇺

[@Craig-xf7ox]

Desmond Child.....the man who homogenized hard rock in the 80s and 90s.

[@rediron44]

The man who wrote the worst song KISS ever recorded. Terrible song.

[@ramieskola7845]

Back into toilet bowl? 😅

[@barbarosasmth2104]

He looks so young

[@berniecasey7592]

Great song brought me to KISS'79

[@syfman6]

I've always loved that song! 💚🎸

[@HappyMachorino-bd8no]

Paul and Desmond Child were "revolutionary". Schoolgirls who were taught, Rockmusic is dirty and primitive, all of a sudden at parties asked for KISS "I Was Made..." It was #2 in the charts. Guys who didn't want "Disco" were told: IT'S A LOVESONG. This song opened the doors for the acceptance of Rockbands. Paul/Desmond/Vini Poncia wrote a brilliant💎song.

[@dirkvanderpoel6797]

Here in Holland it was a number one hit for sure.

[@HappyMachorino-bd8no]

Yes, it was. In Belgium too, in New Zealand, Canada ... No 2 in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, South Africa...

[@SGobuck]

Yeah I wouldn't brag about writing the song that drove many of us into the arms of Ted Nugent and Van Halen.

[@one_with_kevrything9825]

That's your fault for not having a broader appreciation of music, not his.

[@muzikmonkeyman1]

I was into rock and roll back then, not that crap. Disco still sucks.That song along with most Pop music ( written for a potential payday) is pure shit and so is the music business.

[@toma.4808]

​@Mark3-16 many of them during the sammy era😂

[@tonystevenson26]

​@@Mark3-16people love those dumb songs ! 🎵

[@tonystevenson26]

​@muzikmonkeyman1 learn to dance, it helps !

[@charlesbronson4282]

Now he's livin' la vida loca...

[@patrickmoreau7592]

Great video

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

Just when I thought Paul Stanley was the most fruity man in the world, in walks Desmond Child.

[@vicesquadpunk]

Desmond’s solo album is fantastic, check out, 'I Don't Wanna Be Your Friend' duet with Joan Jet.. a truly beautiful song ❤️🔥

[@gokhanersan8561]

In the 80s kids hear a subliminally good song, and hurt their eyes trying to read those tiny song credits on cassette tape liners. Decades later those kids can actually hear Desmond Child in person. It must be one of the best things about that internet provided.

[@WineSippingCowboy]

Gene Simmons is crafty. In 1982, Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance wrote a song. They thought they gave Simmons a finished copy. But, he said no 👎 and added a 3rd verse. Thus, Rock and Roll Hell is listed as "written by Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance and Gene Simmons ". Adams and Vallance got schooled 🏫. But, they were younger, thus, more naive. Desmond Child hit it bigger in 1986, writing with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, and in 1987, writing with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. Bon Jovi and Aerosmith albums were recorded in Little Mountain Sound ⛰ Studios 🎙, Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦. Produced by the late Bruce Fairbairn, RIP, and engineered by Bob Rock.

[@wakeupslaveamerica]

Same thing like the drummer in Metallica

[@crissrails7539]

my fav KISS song

[@tonywaldon2596]

The elder album was a masterpiece I don't char what anney one thinks ❤🎉

[@JeffTullock-yx1hd]

My favorite Kiss album and the one I’ve listened to the most. The flow is amazing.

[@davedavid7061]

Some of us are the OG KISS haters when Beth came out

[@DMDvideo10]

Gene hates the song but pockets the money made from it...

[@MondoMiami]

Flame on.

[@RandomDudeFromSomewhere]

Great songwriter, and seems like a cool dude.

[@21stcenturyparagraphs]

Kiss secured management in 1974 and cashed their first million in late'75 when Alive! sold big. Beth and I Was Made For Lovin' You were the original band's big songs. Management found it more and more difficult to keep the band together and in 1979 it imploded when drummer Peter Criss was fired. After several line up changes, in 1990 Kiss hit the Top 40 with powerballad, Forever.

[@gardetto265]

Peter criss quit. he wasn't fired

[@gregv2k]

The song is a classic. I saw the Psycho Circus reunion tour twice and when they did I Was Made for Lovin You at both shows it got the biggest reaction from the crowd. The KISS Army may have been told to hate it in 1979 but it went to #1 and it sounds great to this day. It’s insane to pretend IWMFLY isn’t a rare jewel in KISS’s crown and one that all involved should be proud of. It doesn’t keep showing up on every compilation by accident.

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

It went to #1? On what chart?

[@shieldsymusic]

Being in Aus, and remembering the time, i can attest to the fact it was huge in Aus. Yes, Gene didnt even play bass on I Was Made.... Paul played it.

[@H-mu4bo]

No band except the Beatles caused such a sensationv as when Kiss came to Australia in 1980. Kiss iceblocks, Norman Gunston doing "Kiss Army"....non stop hype, it was incredible.

[@tonystevenson26]

Interesting, I would redo the bass part , myself.

[@firesideshats]

Last time I saw Desmond he still had a pony tail lol

[@timwhite5562]

Using the "blaire witch project" filter i see. It's weird, like a disembodied head floating onscreen.

[@DrTomoculus]

Unfortunately, as far as "revolutionary" you got Trevor Rabin in 1977 with a song called Love Life, which melded classical, rock, disco and then reggae in its outro. Granted, it was not a hit, but he went into that territory, and IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HIT. PS - "I don't think I saw that many teeth in my lifetime." Desmond Child is a funny dude.

[@lucas8095]

Like most hardcore Kiss fans when I heard the song I hated it i thought they sold out to make money 😮

[@Robert-w7p1b]

I have always said that 1979 was the year kiss did disco and Donna Summer did hard rock (Hot Stuff)

[@ronaldnelson6692]

I think the song would have done better in the US if Ace and Peter had recorded it. If you listen to the live version with them, it sounds totally different.

[@kevinchandler179]

Anything with Peter and Ace always were much better!!!! Peter and Ace were amazing and fantastic!!!

[@thomasmurphy9348]

That song was hard to swallow from KISS..I remember the first time I heard the song..at a night club..didn't sound like KISS but it was definitely Paul's vocals. True that the song inspired the early to mid eighties..addicted to love..legs..that sound.

[@Triple3hot]

7:55 great lessons

[@dalemcmillen5065]

And of course, thank you different child for an hour. Lannihilating kisses coordinates core audience in 79 for real. We could have done without this dude

[@toma.4808]

Desmond is a brilliant songwriter. Never liked i was made for loving you

[@patrickyoung6054]

Twas the song that ended kiss for me

[@jondunmore4268]

yet you're still here....

[@Dr.Jekyll]

I think Desmond got it wrong here when he says Gene said they posted guards to keep outside Desmond out; it wasn’t for 1981’s The Elder, it was for 1992’s Revenge.

[@rockybalboa2526]

: / I REMEMBER WHEN THAT SONG CAME OUT AND I DIDNT HEAR ANY MOTOWN, BUT WHAT I HEARD WAS A LOT OF 70s DISCO. WITH ROCK GUITAR IN IT.

[@johnpatterson4272]

Gene always felt threatened by those he perceived as having greater talent than he. At the time I Was Made for Lovin' You perplexed many hardcore KISS fans as 'going disco', yet it got the most radio airplay of any KISS song. That justified many a KISS nerds' existence back in the day.

[@steveshattah]

Gene Simmons apologizing in four words on the answering machine is kind of like the Happy Days episode where the Fonz had to try 5 or 6 times to say he was actually wrong about something before it could come out of his mouth.

[@JacksonAxe]

My understanding was that Gene hated playing bass to IWMFLY, not the song. It's a relentless song on bass and his hand would sometimes cramp.

[@one_with_kevrything9825]

No, he always hated it. Sounded too feminine for his liking.

[@jondunmore4268]

Gene has made it clear he hates doing the "doo doo doo-doo "doo-doo-doooo" falsetto backing vocals as well.

[@tonystevenson26]

​@@one_with_kevrything9825And PAUL'S , NOT too feminine for him ?? 🤪 💃

[@HappyMachorino-bd8no]

​@@tonystevenson26 Ace was very feminine too. Like a girl.

[@issuesandtissues9280]

I like how he uses the word Motown instead of Disco lol

[@jondunmore4268]

because Motown is a separate genre from disco. Learn from the master.

[@issuesandtissues9280]

@@jondunmore4268 Really??

[@seanfay2848]

It was revenge not music from the elder where they said lock Desmond Child out of the studio.

[@mattskustomkreations]

Yeah, he’s way off on his timeline. The Elder was 80-81. His work with Bon Jovi & Etc was ‘86-‘87-‘88

[@rickfortine7454]

IF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY EVER HAD A GOD ... DESMOND CHILD WOULD BE THE ALL MIGHTY !!!

[@MondoMiami]

So many incorrect details. You didn’t have success with Bon Jovi and Aerosmith when KISS was recording the Elder in 1981.

[@bcancun123]

Damm he looked exactly like Gene when he imitated him 😂

[@Malama_Ki]

I had a couple hand me down kiss albums and dug the live energy and image. Imagine how disappointed I was to buy IWMFLY as my first record…. I got home and the look on my face must’ve matched my father’s disgust from such a fruity song. It’s true, imagine can get you in the door, but it takes substance to stay there.

[@501chorusecho]

no shortage of ego here....

[@whttiger5477]

Old news, he's trying to sell books, but that's ok...Desmond is a talented man.

[@daneph]

To this day I hate disco and hate they did that song

[@thewkovacs316]

disco is revolutionary?

[@timothyworkman1275]

Lol Kiss compared to James Jamerson playing Cmon

[@federicomazzoncini3542]

Gene's comment was at least ten years later than Child says. The Elder came out in 1981 and Child didn't have the success he mentions (Bon Jovi, Aerosmith) until 1986/87. It was around 1991/92 that Gene came up with the armed guards shtick when interviewed about promoting Revenge... the Desmond Child reference meant they had (again) got back to edgier stuff... Bullshit goes both ways...

[@joeyromero1299]

That is why Gene has no friends period ..Ace /Peter ,& other people said it too. Fact .

[@MrGrand2000]

Love how Paul touts himself as such a great songwriter,when in fact he wrote cheesy garbage a 5 year old could create

[@kurtp8833]

Disco Kiss...awful. Would have been more appropriate for the Spice Girls or Back Street Boys.

[@dirkjewitt5037]

Ace sang the best songs. Without him, Kiss sucks.

[@Ken15643]

"I was made", was the least Kiss-like song they ever did.

[@Timwarner-l2r]

Wonder how he feels about Paul Stanley an his ego lol

[@HappyMachorino-bd8no]

In an interview with Mike Brunn he acknowledged how Paul discovered him in the small bar and how much he learned from his "professor" Paul. Then when Paul recommended him to Bon Jovi, Desmond talked quite enthusiastically of him: how "sweet" this was of him etc. Desmond didn't say: Paul was nice. He said "sweet"🥰

[@skyboxsportsnews9323]

Asylum is perhaps the best non make up album.

[@jondunmore4268]

"Revenge" is.

[@skyboxsportsnews9323]

Go back and have another listen to Asylum. It's a great album.

[@kurtstergar1042]

Most successful kiss song? Gene is right that song sucks. But child's other collaborations with Paul were great.

[@Vincent-fo7xp]

Please

[@sspbrazil]

It’s mixing that Desmond Child has made so much money from writing some of the worst songs ever recorded. Anytime I hear a shitty song that sounds dated and cheesy from the 80’s and 90’s it can almost be assured that it was written by Desmond Child, this song was the beginning of that schlock.

[@blakewhittington4336]

That song was anything but revolutionary. Lol It lost many many real fans so this dude is delusional

[@goliathvassallo8334]

I understand that Desmond Child is a talented pop writer, but it all sounds a bit too cookie cutter, especially the 80's hits after I was made... I still very very much prefer the heavier more aggressive style of Gene Simmon's songs

[@grillybeen9047]

I’m with Gene, worst song done by kiss. Such a terrible song 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@joxyjoxyjoxy1]

Reminds me of how Neil Schon felt about Open Arms. Both were huge hits and just awful songs.

[@blackscorpion-h8i]

Desmond Child is the master of writing crap songs , he pretty much destroys everything he touches.

[@WooBino.]

Gene Simmons is a fake rock star.

[@michaelracicot233]

What does that mean

[@williewilliams8707]

@WooBino Please explain to this guy why you said that about Gene....

[@WooBino.]

@@michaelracicot233 Literally smoke and mirrors. 💋✨✨

[@michaelracicot233]

@@WooBino. probably not literally

[@domgauthier2612]

an impostor...

[@jimpomac]

A mediocre group of musicians, with no major hits, passing themselves off as God-knows-what. All big boots, facepaint and wigs, really. No substance. Lovely outfits though !

[@zodiacair]

100%.

[@Ben-nh9xw]

They are a perfect metaphor of America

[@danielc1978]

@@Ben-nh9xw ouch.....facepaint + costumes = America....I'm assuming you mean South America...?

[@HappyMachorino-bd8no]

And degrading a great band is more than "mediocre". It's primitive🤢

[@jasonb.7609]

thank you Desmond for helping to write the worst KISS song ever with ‘ I was made for loving you’ but Heavens on fire is killer though and Bon Jovi ‘you give love….’ great song.

[@jasonb.7609]

@SRG1966 haha, you almost have a point there, but Ill take she so European over I was made… anyday.. funny comment though. As a kid I would stare at that cover for hours..haha, sucks to have found out later that Peter is nowhere on that record, or Ace. Saw Ace at a Theatre show last February, did the Shock me solo, guitar smoking a few feet from me, absolutley insane! Then he gave me a couple of fist bumps, couldnt believe I touched Ace..haha, over 50 and felt like I was a kid!

[@metalzonemt-2]

I guess you haven't heard Murder in High-Heels.🤮

[@jasonb.7609]

@@metalzonemt-2 That Chorus is a bit weak, Ill give ya that, I dug the verse riff and will take it anyday over I was made….. I mean disco was cool but to mix it with KISS is just out of bounds and always falls flat live. But, at least we agree we Love KISS! haha right on and Happy New Year!

[@metalzonemt-2]

@@jasonb.7609 Yeah, back at you.

[@jasonb.7609]

@@metalzonemt-2 thank you, oh and dig the icon you have..lol, I still have that pedal..haha

[@realmarixstone]

I never agree with anything Gene says. But, with this, I couldn’t agree more, I was made for loving you is a lame ass, gay song. And KISS should be embarrassed for making Dynasty, the Elder and Unmasked.

[@kevinchandler179]

Ha, this is all crap 💩!!! I love how Peter and Ace said, what the fuck is this disco bullshit!!!! And, my two favorite were right!!! It is not the most successful Kiss in history, Beth was and as far as fan favorites Hard Luck woman and Black Diamond!!!! Try again, if it wasn't Peter singing it wasn't their best!!!! Lol 😂😂😂

[@mooch514]

Gene hated the song because it was far off a usual kiss song, he was the demon. It wasnt the kiss sound

[@zodiacair]

"I was made..." sounds like a crummy over-hyped, overplayed disco / rock track, far from anything Motown. As far as Kiss goes, they were in the right place at the right time. A very business savy band. As far as talent they're very shallow and crude imo. I never reach for Kiss (even though I have just a couple albums lying around) when I'm in the mood to listen to classic rock. There are FAR too many better bands out there that get my attention.

[@jimilove7773]

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[@danielc1978]

Then move along, please....

[@rockybalboa2526]

: / HEY, IN THE PICTURE OF THE ALBUM "THE ELDER"? THERE IS A PICTURE OF DRUMMER ERIC CARR, AND THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT ALBUM COVER FOR THAT ALBUM. PETER CRISS WAS THE ORIGINAL DRUMMER IN THE 70s AND FOR THAT ALBUM.

[@ExileOnMyStreet]

Eric Carr was the drummer on Elder, Peter was out of the band by 1981. Criss hadn't played drums on a KISS record since 79's Dynasty (only one song, Dirty Livin'). He is credited as drummer on Unmasked in 1980 but it's Anton Fig on drums.

[@rockybalboa2526]

@@ExileOnMyStreet Ok, well, in 79 i was 9 and my mother bought me the album "the elder" and it looked exactly like the cover with the 4 band members, except peter criss was in the picture, not eric carr!

[@rockybalboa2526]

@@ExileOnMyStreet I know this is a fact. I think what had to have happened, is somewhere back in time, after eric joined the band, paul and or gene, or maybe management, changed the picture on

[@rockybalboa2526]

@@ExileOnMyStreet that album cover. the picture of the door knob was not on the original album cover, it was the 4 of them looking pretty scary, but with peter not eric.

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

​@rockybalboa2526 how could your mom buy The Elder for you in '79 when it didn't come out until 1981?

[@JokersWild70]

I just despise that song. KI$$ didnt need to do disco

[@stephenmccagg]

Revolutionary mega hit? One of the worst KISS songs ever off of one of the worst KISS albums ever!

[@iSiberianHusky]

Hey, he stopped wearing that horrible wig.

[@SHENDOH]

🤮

[@michaelorleans5396]

Awful

[@whatarefriends4]

Can’t argue with success but man the song is awful

[@TT64NOVASS]

Not into Disco , F××k KISS !

[@LaserRanger15]

Never liked Kiss that much and I know the hardcore fans called this song a disco tune, but I actually like it more than the rest of their stuff. I know the Kiss army won't agree but more power to them for being loyal, super fans.

[@StanBurns]

The song sucked !!!! Disco b s !

[@Unitedfruitco]

Gene hated it probably because he had trouble with the bass line. Spoiler alert….He is a shitty musician.