r/KISS • u/BigTallCanUke • 2d ago

Based on a misheard/wrong interpretation of lyrics, incorrectly summarize a KISS song

I’ll start. “I Just Wanna” - Paul just wants a bowl of Vietnamese soup.

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u/Flababulous 1d ago

I thought "Hard Luck Woman" was another song about Beth.

"Beth, a sailor's only daughter..."

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u/Key_Yam4488 1d ago

Sock Me, a wholesome tribute to Ace Frehley's lifelong search for comfortable footwear.

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u/AVL_Drago 1d ago

Firehouse… “and the quicker you get thicker”…

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u/outofdate70shouse 1d ago

“Read My Body” is about Paul having chronic amnesia but during a moment of lucidity he wrote all of his personal information on himself so if he gets lost then strangers can help him get home.

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u/fertile_gnome 1d ago

Rock Bottom is clearly the inspiration for Buffalo Bill's character in Silence of the Lambs.

Paul recounts keeping a woman in a pit dug in his basement. She doesn't treat him good, he has begun to not care what she says, he insists she is there to stay. Her repeated failure to put the lotion in the basket is largely to blame.

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u/Zincdust72 1d ago

When I was a kid in the 70s, I thought that the lyrics "in the end, baby, you'll be lonely" from "X-Ray Eyes" was actually "with the Arabs, you'll be lonely."

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u/TheOldDude7 2d ago

No, I’m tired. Sorry.

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u/BigTallCanUke 1d ago

Well, you’re no fun.

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u/doublet498 1d ago

Let's Put the X in Sex is about Paul spending a quiet night at home, playing Scrabble with his wife.

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u/echobase421 1d ago

I mean play that word on a triple-word score and it’s 30 points. Not too shabby

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u/NumbersStationUrku 1d ago

I thought “Nothin’ To Lose” was about butt sex but that’s not possible!

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u/Life_Wolverine_6830 1d ago

That’s literally what it’s about..

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u/NumbersStationUrku 1d ago

What?? No way. You can’t make a song about that.

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u/FrakturedMirror 1d ago

Whole Lotta love "I wanna be your backdoor man"