KISS - I Was Made For Loving You | The story behind the song | Top 2000 a gogo

Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons from KISS tell the story behind 'I Was Made For Loving You'. A short documentary by Top 2000 a gogo (Dutch Public TV) from 2010.

[@buttgoomagoo6408]

Nothing says hard manly rock and roll like an assistant making sure your rhinestones aren't loose

[@Meowbay]

LOL, now that's funny!

[@internettoughguy]

Only bitches have loose rhinestones.

[@dannykrinkle4726]

Nothing says manly hard rock like a trendy disco song

[@maureenwagg5305]

We can't have them going on stage with loose rhinestones. Image is everything.

[@tomatosausage4258]

At least they stink & sweat like men :D

[@tommyboyce]

No mention of Desmond Child who wrote the music of the song. The episode that features him is much more interesting.

[@lex3374]

thx for the advice, just came back from watching it, that episode is amazing

[@marlonoreilly]

Pretty pathetic right? They are so full of themselves

[@cybersoil100]

Wow... Paul Stanley is a realist with brains, not just a rocker. I've also seen Gene Simmons on various TV shows over the years. He's a very smart person.

[@dmorris4460]

Gene is a dick with ears

[@rightuppercut1426]

Still a brilliant song after all these years

[@gregnettles3677]

man a saw them in concert when I was 13 that was in 83 in Lake Charles la.never forget it.

[@Popatop42]

First time i saw them was also in 1983, when i was 13 on the Lick it Up tour. My second ever gig. I have seen them 11 times all together.

[@mikelliteras397]

What a great song. The rock songs in a disco era that you could do the hustle to.

[@polarbear111000]

"If it's not broke, don't fix it." Words to live by.

[@Topsy_Krett]

I guess KISS should have lived by them when they ditched the makeup and completely changed their look in the 80s. Hehe.

[@sirlean-beautysubliminals-5515]

thing is, most humans are broke

[@Whistler4u]

Closest thing to real life "Spinal Tap"

[@kennethpace9887]

I'm convinced Spinal Tap was mocking Paul and Gene in a big way.

[@berniecasey7592]

Still Love this song since 1979 i was 12 or 13 now 55

[@ammortal]

Awesome video about the BeeGees, I mean Kiss...

[@georgeetboom7719]

What makes you say that 😂

[@BillyBatsonMarvel]

@@georgeetboom7719 Disco would be my guess.

[@thanksfernuthin]

When KISS got big I was in high school. I thought it was stupid. But then, over time I realized they had some pretty great songs. They weren't just a gimmick and I became a fan. Years later I'm in my apartment and listening to this song and my room mate walks in and says "Oh, yeah! DISCO KISS!". It was an insult... at least I took it that way. I turned to him to argue and realized I couldn't. He was right! That's exactly what it was. Still a very fun song though.

[@jk-76]

People keep this going. Nostalgia for their best years. Bunch of people who peaked in high school...

[@NeilRoy]

Yay! My favourite band as a teenager in the 1970s! I used to have their posters covering my walls and my ceiling as I had no more room for them anywhere else. Still love their music. Never had a chance to see one of their shows in person, that must have been amazing.

[@danieldietsche2954]

Love their attitude. Just put on a good show every night... don't preach BS! Mzrketing geniuses.

[@jannetteberends8730]

The make-up is an excellent way to hide that you getting old. When they started doing it they won’t have realized that, I suppose. And it always amazes me that they looked hardcore but this song is actually pretty middle of the road.

[@sellingacoerwa8318]

It was the 70's and disco was king and Kiss is nothing if not a shameless money machine

[@MichelLinschoten]

Middle of the road? Dude 😂 you need to look up their sales ...middle of the road you're ignorant asf .

[@SillyGoose2024]

Stanley: "we're a band, we're a brand.......and if you other two dare speak up during this interview I will have you flogged"

[@frontwing67]

Djeez, the guy they interviewed, he paid a 1000 euro's for participating in the meet and greet O_O

[@JDTremaine]

A fool and his money...

[@leesawford]

Now that’s a band that loves their fans ! Greedy fuckers !

[@uomunumerous2350]

@rory clynes They were ok before 1979.

[@uomunumerous2350]

@rory clynes Yup Paul and Gene. But try Ace Frehley's Kiss Solo Album. The only good one of the four. He's a true rocker

[@TheDAHLR]

the best hype ever - good luck to them - give the public what they want

[@krazeekalvin]

The only famous person that I met that I was a little star stocked over was Gene Simmons. Being a fan since I was a little shit to my current golden year's. It is a story how I got to meet him in the late 80's. Good memories that still brings a smile on my face.

[@apollozero]

Wow that wasn't much of a story, the song is about "Tonight." Ok.

[@Nightdare]

Well, at least it's honest Or you rather wanna listen to Lars Ulrich whining away, on and on with a bunch of sophisticated words, about what comes down to plain and utter mindless bullshit??

[@apollozero]

@@Nightdare No i would rather have a more detailed story, and there is more to it than that, some of these are fluff pieces.

[@jongilbertson2106]

It is also about being made to love someone.

[@DJDanceClassic]

no. it is about sex!

[@Jan1012adam]

I guess the band members didn't feel like talking about the song but just allowed to be be interviewed in a bunch but chose to see their female assistents giving us more info at least.

[@suzankaspers9089]

36 years fan of KISS

[@lisac.1339]

41 years here, "NO regrets"!

[@retromusicvideos4k10]

Great Story! Thanks 💯👌🌹✌☮💞🙏

[@krisiglehart3061]

A lot of people on here hating on KISS, good cover for your love of the band. You must like them and their music or you would have not clicked onto the video! And if not you just a troll!

[@colinlatham7905]

Na came for a larf

[@frenchabortion]

Desmond Child, Paul Stanley and Vini Pncia wrote this tune. Gene Simmons didn't even play on this recording. Paul Stanley played Bass and rhythm guitar. Ace Frehley played lead, then studio musician Anton Fig played drums and Vini Poncia played the synthesizer. So really it's 2 members of Kiss and two producers (Desmond Child teamed up and wrote and bunch of singles for Bon Jovi)

[@lws7394]

They were a boy band ?! Goodness me..

[@f.d.english5080]

Something about this song...love it

[@bamaboy6999]

The first album I ever bought kiss double live

[@nitramluap]

I used to speed skate to this in the 80s

[@irikanji]

Where dude... me too!

[@rods6405]

3:16 "If you are crazy enough to listen to a band who is gonna tell you how to end world hunger then you are crazy. We are not!"

[@rods6405]

@Realism I I did not say metal band neither did Kiss, but I understand. I think the Kiss boys were refer to B Geldof and Bono. God I love Americans when they tell it like it is!

[@tod3msn]

I think Paul saying we are not trying to save the world or educate anybody about anything is very honest and co0ol0. Gene is all about the put on and has a subtle sense of humor. And I'm really an Ace and Peter fan but these guys know where they stand in life and that is very cool.

[@katemaloney4296]

I remember loving to roller skate to this song when it came on at the rink. Heck, I still crank it up in the car when it comes on 40 years later! Yeah, some people diss this song, I love it! And God bless Gene and KISS for all they do for the veterans.

[@AndyAnimal]

I wish this told us the story behind the song.

[@addiepower]

I think the story behind the song is exactly what he said. I remember reading an interview with him once and he said he went to studio 54 and was dancing and had this bass tone thumping up his arse so he went home that night and wrote it! Had to have a back beat at 126bpm (disco tempo because thats what the heart pumps at when dancing this style) a disco hi hat, a disco bass and lyrics for the here and now! Voila.

[@kt1pl2]

They did. Disco was all about the "now" and sex. That inspired the song.

[@TonysMusic1974]

Two things: 1) This is barely about how the song was written . . .it's about KISS preparing for a show and why their shows are fun . . . . 2) They don't translate the fan talking.

[@Tvuvtctoj46fck]

That's cause they didn't write it. And what the lyrics are about... i guess they're about wanting to have sex tonight.

[@dionvanalem6996]

The fan talking says he's been a Kiss fan for 31 years, it's in his blood. He paid one thousand euro's for this meet and greet and it's the first time he'll get to meet the band, so it's worth the money for him.

[@project395vermilion]

KISS ARMY ALL THE WAY BABY!!!!

[@andrewpaton6075]

come on guys give the drummer some high heels ??

[@SmithCommaBenjamin]

He actually wears them. Only when he;s playing does he switch to normal shoes. Eric Singer is just that small (as most drummers are).

[@ya_boy_noobfucker4209]

SmithCommaBenjamin drummer here. Im about 6 feet.

[@dmorris4460]

@@ya_boy_noobfucker4209 BURN

[@stevesmith1512]

Mick tucker of the Sweet used to wear his platform boots drumming. Lol

[@DendyJungle]

This song owns

[@massapower]

WOW!! 😯 Doc McGee 😁👍🏻 KISS - THE HARDEST working ROCK Band BaBy 🤩🤘

[@motleycrue24]

Stanley in other words "disco wasn't corny it was about sex, and pushing the limits so that means it's cool!

[@deputyduffy]

Ahhh, Gene's favorite song.

[@kuriaki71]

Love Kiss. But I hardly think the world 🌎 is looking to Kiss for social change.

[@RockinProfessor]

Probably the ONLY Kiss song I like......

[@mariozamprogno1654]

I don’t know why anybody likes this band

[@theedrstrangelove]

It was broken the second this song was released. And don't get me started on Music from the Elder.

[@jfn467]

Desmond Child is behind this song, the band was not really into it originally but eventually picked up on it in the end (good choice economically….).

[@IanCrouse]

I grew out of my KISS phase when I was around 13/14 and turned into a MetalHead. Iron Madien, Sabbath... However, I will say this... They are entertainers for sure. Amazing live show.

[@anitahand5699]

same here. i saw them about 4 years ago and i have to say their live show is one of the best i have ever seen, and i have seen a lot of concerts

[@stratabuser]

Lmao. Paul Stanley trying to justify Kiss's limp foray into disco as anything other than a blatantly commercial money grab is hilarious.

[@apollozero]

That limp foray probably still pays the bills today.

[@Milofchg]

It really was KISS doing Disco. As a 10 year old in the late 70's Chicago. I remember that song was hated so bad by the Rockers. The local rock stations refused to play it. As a Disco/(Chicago) House Music/Techno Electronic dance music life long fan. KISS REALLY hit a home run with this Rock "dance" track. People didn't see it at the time, but that was proof KISS was more than a gimmick or all about money which they always admit. It takes talent to crossover genres in the middle of a career peak. They really pulled off a Rock song that people could really dance to, and it really is a good song. Especially in the middle of the Rock vs Disco culture (we even say race war against Blacks, Latinos, and Gay people). You gotta appreciate what they did now looking back at it. Other bands that went Disco Queen "Another one bites the dust" Rolling Stones " Miss you", even Rod Stewart did a cheesy "Do you think I'm sexy". All hated songs for their time, but timeless looking back at them. They way I see it... They are Rock bands that said... We rock but we can do dance music and still stay rock. You never heard of any Disco band do a Rock song????

[@dynjarren7523]

M Riley It was actually smart at the time to make a Dance track or Disco Song! It was popular at the time and Rock n Roll originally started out as Dance music with the 4/4 Backbeat! Some how it morphed into listening music that you sat down to listen to with headphones 🎧! But originally it was danceable music! Although Disco burned out when they put Violins 🎻 on everything like Classical music even. That was the end of Disco. Disco is still alive only now they call it electronic or e or Club music. Same Thing!

[@SmithCommaBenjamin]

KISS changed with the music landscape. They went into thrash, metal, and grunge, over time. It seems they were always trying to copy bands that were one step ahead of them. Beetles, Zepplin, Ozzy, Metallica, Collective Soul, Nirvana, etc... the reunion tour was probably the best thing that ever happened to them, because they stopped trying to keep up, and relied on their back catalog for the last 20 years

[@BrianSmith-vl7xu]

also a big influence on what ZZ Top did in the 80's.

[@joop7381ep]

KISS ZO GOOD

[@eddierayvanlynch6133]

5:12 I'm here to chew gum and play drums, and I'm all outta drums. But, seriously, it's nice to see Tina Yothers working again.

[@fevolenko3995]

Excellent reference

[@hectorheath]

How do they maintain their wigs ?

[@lionheartroar3104]

Great song..doesn't need an excuse.

[@willsmith2161]

It is sad that Kiss only wants to meet rich customers instead of their true fans.... money talks to Gene & Paul and nothing else. Miss Ace and Peter.

[@hardluck8732]

true....but to be fair, don't a lot of bands do that now?

[@Vivalarosa45]

This is the only song from Kiss that I like. That's it.

[@dougefresh7765]

Gene looks like Grandpa Munster 😏

[@musicmangm7572]

I think Paul should come out already. Sorriest band ever!!

[@RococoAlmanegra]

We all know there's little depth to Kiss' music but Paul didn't have to announce it...

[@MrGiorgioud]

Paul looks, with every year passing, either with or without make-up, increasingly like an old-style kind and gentle Jewish grandmother, of the type one used to see on the Lower East Side way before gentrification occurred....

[@mickavellian]

GOD all my life I have know of these guys. and I do NOT KNOW one person in Queens NY (where they are from) who likes them. I mean NOT ONE!

[@ben_jamin4529]

Alex Jones is the manager of Kiss????

[@rainbowbridge4766]

Have loved them since i was 4, now that im older (and they are too) they seem like arrogant sellouts. They behave like really unlikeable people. I mean they are legends but the way they handle that is far from legendary..

[@VisboerAnton]

They make their fans pay 1000 euros for a meet and greet, lol

[@OhanaFilms]

I was 9 when this album came out and even at that young age I was like "what the hell is this?"

[@deanrane1961]

Me too. We use to disco roller skate to this lol!

[@DVLTuber]

a thousand euros for like 5 mins with these guys. I think every Kiss fan doesn't like this song. I know I don't.

[@SLOPPEWALL]

Deep thinking and Kiss. Ya that’s going to happen.

[@stephenbrown4211]

This is about a girl singing Sure Know Something to me and me singing this song to her.

[@fatkhetburnell]

Desmond Child's comments to Top 2000 a gogo about this song were more interesting than this whole video. Leave it to Gene and Paul to turn a video that's supposed to talk about their song into a 5 minute plug for their band.

[@kuriaki71]

Doc looks like the Penguin from Batman Returns.

[@mightyminx6653]

Not one mention of Desmond Child... What has happened to Kiss.. I love em no matter what cause they got me thru alot of bull as a kid. That was until Lick it up. Dont get me wrong i loved a lot of songs here and there but the egos ...JESUS

[@loucontino4804]

I never liked their music from the very beginning. But, I respect the intelligence and genius of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley to make KISS a brand!

[@mbgrafix]

😲WHAT? ...Disco?? ...NO WAY!!! 🤨We-don't-play-disco! People mistakenly believe that the song is disco, but it absolutely is not! 🙄I mean...come on now....🤑WE ARE KISS!!!! ...and KISS does NOT play Disco! 😏When we play that style of music, it is KISSco!😘

[@hennyverheij5969]

They give wonderfull shows, but the last time i heared Paul singing? You'll have to stop a view years ago guys...

[@hectorheath]

"If it ain't broke,don't fix it". What about when it's worn out and past its use by date ?

[@kennethpace9887]

Kiss was warmed over ********* by 1979.

[@hugobernal4990]

Alguien podría traducirme el video?

[@wakkistefdakkimick2470]

The dutch band "Dragonfly" had this kind of make-up. They played brilliant psychedelic rock (Rudy de Queljoe on guitar), in the sixties. I always wondered if Kiss had their looks 10 years later from them or that it was coïncidence that they came up with the same idea. If the Kiss-boys had the Dragonfly-singles in their collection, they had at least a good taste for music-listening. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZy5c6ahftyXaNU

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

You should read Paul's book, "Face the Music." The guys in the band worked out the costumes by trial and error, on their own.

[@mr.z6776]

KISS was NEVER never influenced by this band.

[@detrechter5416]

Wow....the guy says (in Dutch) he paid 1000 Euro for a meet and Greet with Kiss...!

[@kissarmy305]

That's nothing nowadays you'll pay around 3500 euro to meet them🤷‍♂️.

[@gustavefrankfurter6462]

Paul spun that question like a politician! The truth is they sold out and made a disco song! It was on the 1979 Dynasty album, which was pretty awful, but came with a huge poster!

[@jonnuanez2843]

"If it's not broke, don't fix it". How about your voice, Paul?

[@jackking5567]

Something seedy about those men..

[@frostroxie2740]

Kiss Tribute band..... real KiSS died in 1979.... Fake ACE..... Fake PETER....!!!!!!

[@scoutrifle6827]

Yeah, you can tell it's not the originals because...well, they show up on time, know their parts and don't pass out during the show.

[@Ticonderous1]

Fair Ace and Cheater Criss ...

[@oldnerdreviews]

I could deal with the band member changes as long as they didn't put the Spaceman and Catman makeup on anyone new and the new members had talent. At least that is how I rationalize it. haha. As soon as they did that, it was KISS blasphemy in my book and they were no longer KISS. Of course, I would always prefer Paul, Gene, Ace, and Peter.

[@DMSProduktions]

Ash de Dutch vood zey: KISSH!

[@kurikokaleidoscope]

Nice

[@zenbear4149]

I thought this song was great. When I was 9. Happily I had no idea what it was about.

[@Thebald1]

I've Kiss several times live and every time they kicked butt.. my favorite concert that I seen that really stood out was back in 96 at the Hampton Coliseum.. to me that Coliseum never fails with sound, I'm like the Richmond Coliseum that the music will bounce off the walls like crazy there.. I seen Alabama 2 times at the Richmond Coliseum and the first show was a total waste of money but they came back and it wasn't that bad... I think the Richmond Coliseum was more designed for shows like the circus and not music.. And I seen David Lee Roth solo at the Richmond Coliseum and man what a joke.. Even the Richmond Times-Dispatch made a joke about that concert the next day saying that the circus was in town.. Lol.. That was my first rock concert that the drummer did not do a solo and David Lee Roth cut the bass player off about halfway through his solo and sent out Steve Vai to finish it off.. later I found out that they did Lee Roth fired that bass player..

[@TreesOnTheBeach]

And the story behind this song is... there's not much of a story.

[@TheJosep70]

I was 9 when this came out and I already had no respect for them, clueless as I was.

[@lukebandy516]

Desmond Child wrote this song.

[@Top2000agogo]

Yes! We have interviewed him as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3nXl2lvrrqAY5Y

[@marcoprins4880]

Great story.. Except that KISS didn't write this song, Desmond Child did.

[@alexandergenov]

Thanks Paul! Crazy or not, Kiss is not my band indeed. I like music and art that set questions and provoke my thinking instead of imposing banal clichés. I came here accidentally after watching the story behing Kayleigh by Marillion (several times) which is actually the most moving story I've ever heard. But this here is complete crap.

[@beatlefan713]

Alexander Genov kind of funny you say that because I’ve heard of KISS but I don’t know who the fuck you just mentioned and don’t care 😂 gtfo here ya Kiss sold out but that’s the whole point of becoming famous right??? God people are fucking stupid

[@glynhall5407]

Am i the only one that notices the Miming mistake in the Video for this song???

[@euanelliott3613]

Gene grimacing, Peter trying to pretend he's enthusiastic about something he didn't play on, Paul having the time of his life, and Ace trying his best not to fall asleep with excitement. On the current lineup, Tommy doesn't look right in Aces makeup: his face is too square which makes him look like Herman Munster. Great musician though.

[@markhealey3660]

Eric is very short next to Gene! Wow!

[@AnubisXII]

I like Genes story about this this song better. It's much funnier. And I tend to side with Gene on this one. And you know what I just realized? I believe the oldest piece of clothing I own is a Kiss shirt. I think it's from the '79 World Tour.

[@neonskyline1]

I listened to an interview in the late seventies when Gene said KISS will be the biggest band in the World, didn't happen but nice try, almost ha

[@neonskyline1]

@morphing endorphins nowt wrong with kiss, better than a lot of "overrated" bands

[@platinumautoglasswindowtin88]

Short term gain, long term pain

[@mickjagr3538]

Yeh gene and paul did Ace and Peter chris dirty....my opinion....

[@0Imtheslime0]

The disco direction that Kiss took was basically a jump-the-wagon cash grab. I bet they all hate that they did it and want to forget they did. But the fact that they made a monster hit that is being played relentlessly on radio to this day, is something they just have to live with. Kiss is primarily a rock band. period.

[@aux8344]

Kissco at its finest

[@zeevogel]

"You can take a picture of Kiss and show it anywhere in the world and say: who is this? Someone looks and goes 'it's Kiss'." Well. I'm pretty sure that in Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea, Kazachstan, Papua, the whole of the African Continent, The middle East (I could go on for quite a while) no one has a clue who these grown men with makeup on and high heals are.

[@1516Spinola6040]

Disagree.

[@vicesquadpunk]

There was no story behind the song here....

[@unsuccessfullyjari]

"We are recognizable, so why would we change that?" Dude, years ago you sold albums without the heavy make-up and that failed miserably. Pfft.

[@flashboy2020]

Not really, some of the non-make up albums still sold millions.

[@gb7995]

Do some research man

[@g2macs]

I always have a good larf when it comes to the drummer, everyone else has full make-up whilst he has to go about like a rank old moggie that's been homeless for years.

[@Rushscored4]

😂 love it

[@RehabProjectSRCB]

He'll get to hot otherwise, drumming is ungodly exhausting

[@miranda4848]

if it's not broke you don't fix it.. is dat waarom ze een tijdje lang geprobeerd hebben zonder de kostuums en de make up ? Toen dat niet zo'n hit bleek te zijn.. toch maar weer snel terug gedraaid... ;-)

[@scootmcgoot570]

I bet those people paid a kings ransom for those autographs