AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |
Back to Blog
Tears are falling hearts are breaking1/11/2024 ![]() We see a couple more "tears" on the sternum of the girl, then as we get into the second verse Paul actually does start miming. Besides, at the end of the chorus Paul does a little dance and we get to see that he's wearing some pretty hot multicolored boots. It's Kiss without their makeup so, I know, enough kicking them while they're down. All of these different pieces move around all the damn time thoughout the video for an overall effect that can be easily described in two words (or rather, two compound words) - Pee-wee's Playhouse.Īnyway. Also, before I forget - there are a bunch of TVs scattered all around the set showing static, including a whole bunch hanging from the ceiling back by the "volcano". Since the backdrop doesn't even wrap around the entire stage, let alone the entire set, I'd like to think it's kind of tongue-in-cheek, "look, we're on a silly set," but based on Paul's outfit I'm going to venture a no. Behind him, there's a small "volcano." The backdrop for the set is sort of a red and black "sunset" thing. "Jungle vines" and "rope bridges" crisscross the stage, and there are some "plants" back by Eric. The platform is surrounded by a "moat" of dry, flat blue plastic which has a few more "rocks" scattered around it. (To avoid lengthy explanations like this for the rest of this video, let me just use quotes - imagine me making those stupid finger quotes - whenever I am trying to say something is mad fake). Kiss are on a stage that's about a 3' high platform made to look like it's made of rock. I'll try to get in all in in under a bajillion words. The first chorus gives us our first real look at the set, which I have avoided talking about thus far because it's a real beaut. Gene gives us a wink as we move into the chorus, and there we are. It falls into a cup of coffee, causing both cup and saucer to explode. This sounds like an outfit I would have chosen for myself in 1985, so I'll allow it.Īs Paul continues to sing and gesture dramatically (he's not miming, but enthusiastically pointing at the camera a lot, if you see what I'm saying), we see a tear run down the young lady from the beginning of the video's cheek. He's wearing a turquoise jacket, yellow and red belts (or sashes?), and purple pants. Their most recent addition, guitarist Bruce Kulick, has on a tent-like red top, and Eric Carr has (as per always) giant, giant hair and an almost equally giant feathered earring. Gene is next, but his outfit goes by a little too fast for me - it's much darker, gold, burgundy, purple, etc., and if I had to do a word association to describe his outfit I'd say King Tut, since he's all bejeweled and wearing a big flat collar/necklace thing. He's also wearing a lot of makeup - but no, this is 1985, remember, so I don't mean KISS makeup. He also has on neon green fingerless gloves with long yellow fringe hanging from them. He's wearing a neon pink jacket covered in some sort of pink and orange frippery and boasting enormous shoulder pads over a low-cut yellow tank top (the jacket makes me think of the old Shawn Michaels tag team The Rockers). As she nears him, full-color Paul whips his head around and the song begins in earnest.įirst we see Paul onstage. On second thought, he's probably just standing facing the corner with his hands at his waist - but see, you can see why I made that mistake.Īnyway, as she pulls the curtains down, it lets light in but also makes an insane amount of dust go everywhere (maybe the sheets were on because her floors were being sanded? But I think you'd have to just move the furniture out for that). She jumps up and starts tearing down the curtains, pulling their rods down and everything, and as she runs across the room we can see a non-sepia-tone Paul peeing in the corner. All of her furniture - a loveseat, several chairs, a small coffee table - is covered with sheets, and the back wall is all huge windows which are covered with gauzy curtains. gang always find themselves in on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?. It looks like the kind of place the Mystery Inc. Next we see the girl in her house, also sepia-tone. ![]() This is the backdrop to the song's heavy guitar opening, which continues as we hear Paul go "ah!" and then see a weird, sepia-tone shot of him reacting as if (verbally, if not physically) slapped. SAMPLE LYRIC "You look at me with your eyes in tears / and then it's raining / looks like it's raining / oh no / tears are falling"ĮXCESSIVELY DETAILED DESCRIPTION The video begins with two images flashing back and forth in rapid succession: a waifish looking video girl (come to think, she looks just like a less babe-a-licious version of the girl in Danzig's "Mother") looks into the camera, crying and Paul Stanley's neon gloved jazz hands. THE VIDEO Kiss, "Tears Are Falling," Asylum, 1985, Mercury ![]()
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |