Setlist Thursday: KISS - Staples Center, Los Angeles - November 25, 2009

Every Thursday The Rock and Roll Guru provides brief commentary on a setlist from a recent or classic concert.

On the night before Thanksgiving, Kiss gave their fans the biggest of all holiday treats. A live internet concert broadcast from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. This was a first for the band and added another top name rock act to give a free internet concert (earlier this year Dave Matthews Band did so on Hulu.com). The concert is available for viewing through Kiss’ Facebook page (www.faccebook.com/Kiss), or on UStream (www.ustream.tv). Check it out. It’s worth the time and makes for a great distraction from all that year end work that needs to be done.

Setlist
Deuce
Strutter
Let Me Go Rock and Roll
Hotter Than Hell
Shock Me
Calling Dr. Love
Modern Day Delilah
Cold Gin
Parasite
Say Yeah
100,000 Years
I Love It Loud
Black Diamond
Rock and Roll All Nite
Encore
Shout It Out Loud
Lick It Up
Love Gun
Detroit Rock City

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KISS 2009 US Tour - Opening Night Setlist From Cobo Arena

Kiss kicked off the US portion of their “Alive 35” tour last night to the delight of a sold out Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The first thing I noticed about the setlist is that only 1 song from the new album was played, the single, Modern Day Delilah.

Paul Stanley said after the album is released, the setlist may change to include more songs from Sonic Boom. My guess is that they don’t want anyone hearing the songs before the record comes out. Hopefully that means we will get different songs in New York when I see them at MSG. In the meantime, while not my dream setlist, this is still one powerful setlist and has me looking forward to October 10th like never before.

Here is the opening night setlist:

Deuce
Strutter
Got To Choose
Hotter Than Hell
Nothin’ To Lose
C’Mon And Love Me
Parasite
She
Watchin’ You
100,000 Years
Cold Gin
Let Me Go Rock N Roll
Black Diamond
Rock and Roll All Nite
Encore
Shout It Out Loud
Lick It Up
I Love It Loud
Modern Day Delilah
Love Gun
Detroit Rock City

What do you think? Love it? Hate it?

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The Official KISS Biography Behind The Mask is available at AMAZON.

Friday's Rockin' Roundup - New Logo Edition

I’m working on creating a new logo for The Rock and Roll Guru, one that is designed by yours truly. The trouble is, I’m not much of an artist (in that form of art). When I was a kid, I used to draw a lot. I would spend hours replicating the comics, drawing my own action heroes, and endless amounts of cars and houses. I’ve been conjuring up my inner child for this project as I try to draw the perfect logo, one that I would be proud to use on my blog. It may take some time (and multiple designs), but it will certainly be a piece of artwork that I will be proud of. It will also be displayed on my header, on my twitter page, and wherever else the Guru can be found. I’m looking forward to unveiling the final artwork in the coming weeks.

Here’s what rocked this week:

Nine Inch Nails Plays The Downward Spiral in its Entirety
This is a great post/review of one of the “farewell” concerts from Nine Inch Nails that took place at Webster Hall in New York City. The review is great and the coolest thing is the setlist. Reznor decided as a farewell treat he would play his opus in its entirety. Wild!

Kiss Announces Alive 35 Tour Dates
Kiss has announced their tour dates and locations for the highly anticipated Alive 35tour. Tickets go on sale to the general public tomorrow at 10:00 AM for the first wave of shows. They are playing one show (so far) in my area. That’s on October 10th and I’ll be there for certain!

New Lynch Mob CD
You can read my review of the latest Lynch Mob CD, Smoke and Mirrors that I wrote for Hard Rock Hideout. Let me tell you, it was so great to hear Oni Logan singing with George Lynch again. The real Lynch Mob are back (sort of). Read the review.

Navigating Music On The Web
This is a great post about all of the music streaming sites that are available online and an in depth portrait of each. The obvious ones (like Last FM) I knew about, but this article lists a lot of services that I never heard of. A very interesting read.