par Etienne Wilkens » 18 Août 2009, 17:26
Classic Rock a posé une oreille sur 6 des 11 titres de Sonic Boom. Apparement le disque est un bon melange de toutes les periodes de Kiss, du commercial des 80's au son rock'n'roll des premiers albums. Voici un petit titre par titre pour 6 d'entres eux (en nglais, flemme de faire la traduction, de plus mon niveau est pas top, si je comprend ce qui est dit, une bonne traduction m'est totalement impossible) :
Here's our quickfire reaction to the six songs we heard:
Modern Day Delilah
Based around a lumbering, War Machine-style rhythm, Paul Stanley's high-pitched vocals sound top-notch and timeless, almost like they've been sampled from Kiss Alive! There's a further ear-popping blast from the past when Mr Eisen howls (in his inimitable style): 'Listen!' (Or, more accurately: 'LISSEN!') Meanwhile, Tommy Thayer's guitar work is straight out of the Ace Frehley riff book - page 37, paragraph five, to be precise. At a concise 3:35 in length, this is a perfect slam-bang beginning to the new album.
Russian Roulette
Gene Simmons takes the vocals on this one; it's an archetypal lumbering, loping, pummelling offering, made all the better by the addition of a signature 'ah-ah-ah-ah' chant-line. Simmons's vocals sound a little bit more refined than you might expect (we prefer it when he's gruff and grumbling) but that's a minor gripe. The lyrics are simplistic but effective: 'This is Russian Roulette... one pull of the trigger is all you're gonna get... you feel the hunger and it's much too much... go on take a bite.' To a fan of classic Kiss, that's sheer poetry.
Never Enough
You're know you're on to a winner immediately as this one begins with a time-honoured Stanley shout of... wait for it... 'Woah-yeah!' This is a much jauntier offering than the preceding two tracks, recalling the more commercial, 1980s side of Kiss. The song has a real reach-for-the-sky spirit, full of uplifting phrases such as 'rules just for breaking', 'life for the taking' and (you guessed it) 'love 'til I'm shaking'.
Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect)
Another three minutes of perfection - and if you're worried about the brevity of some of the tracks, don't. Remember, the key to a great Kiss song - whether it's Strutter, Shock Me or Shout It Out Loud - is 'don't outstay your welcome'. This is a light-hearted, hyper-commercial ram-raid of a tune with Simmons at the mic-stand again, offering a growling 'YEAH' (capital letters, natch) followed by the inevitable invitation: 'C'mon baby, take off your clothes.' There's no word on whether Simmons kept his T-shirt on during the 'session', however.
Stand
Our favourite so far; a proper, dyed-in-the-wool anthem recalling the crowd-rousing grandeur of God Gave Rock'N'Roll To You. Stanley delivers the words 'Stand by my side, I'll be next to you/Stand by my side, we'll make it through/Stand by my side, we'll get by, you and I' with consummate Starchild passion. This one just grows and grows... and then offers a neat false ending with some soft, CSN&Y-style harmonies (yes, really) before picking up the pace once more.
I'm An Animal
Full of giant, stalking menace, this is based around a dense, Zeppelinesque riff. Thayer plays a marvellous slick-but-stumbling Frehley solo, and you can rest assured the lyrics - 'I'm an animal and I'm free... I'm an animal in the street' - don't refer to an old lady with her poodle off the leash. Late in the song, the band issue the urge: 'Stand up, raise your fists.' Little do they know, we've been doing that since track one...
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