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Kiss has always been as much about the music as the spectacle for me. But for a long time I only knew this concert from a two-CD recording and a few photos, I have only now gotten to the video... And so... for two whole hours I just stared at what I was missing, fascinated and smiling from ear to ear. The imaginative arrangements of the songs (I can't imagine “Shandi”, “I Was Made for Lovin' You”, “Detroit Rock City”, or “Great Expectations” any other way, and the "ordinary" versions pale in comparison) are highlighted here by a riveting stage show, where the whole orchestra has Kiss painted faces and is clearly having fun in the clouds of smoke, flashes of lasers, spotlights, and fireworks (those who aren't playing are singing or at least stomping their feet). Just when you think you've seen it all, Gene Simmons soars high above the stage during a bass solo like some sort of crazed bleeding bat, and before a final shriek in sparks and confetti, the band is joined by the Melbourne Children's Choir for the wonderful “Great Expectations”. What a way to do it, again with painted faces. Meanwhile, thousands of people are going wild in the auditorium and I don't blame them at all. I can think for the hundredth time that symphony orchestra concerts have become a fad and everyone is doing them, but when a concert goes like this there's nothing to worry about.
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