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The problem is that the whole lifestyle that they promote is sinful. Most of the songs have bad lyrics. Some are very indecent, like "Lick It Up". It's even funny to some extent.

If you listen to some Kiss songs as an adult for entertainment, that is still a poor choice, but it probably won't harm you as much. On the other hand, if somebody younger than 20 or so listens to Kiss, it may have disastrous effects. We become very attached to the art we consume when we are young.

More cerebral rock songs might be ok, but I wouldn't allow my son to become a Kiss fan, since it is the more basic and dirty kind of rock.

Still, I think that Detroit Rock City is a great rock song.

In my misguided youth, I listened to enough evil music to last 10 lifetimes...

So, take this for what it is worth... And I know you ain't no youngin either.

I think you might just like the "beat", and maybe the chorus, but what the song is really about is EVIL...

Here are the lyrics:


. congressional reports. President Ford
says that he's disappointed with
Congress's performance. In Detroit, a Pontiac,
Michigan youth was reported dead at the scene
of a head-on collision on Grand Avenue this morning.
The youth was reportedly driving on the wrong side
of the boulevard when he struck a delivery truck  - - Remember this for the end.
and was catapulted through the windshield of his
car. The driver of the truck is reported to be
uninjured. The identities of both men are being
withheld by local police. County legislatives today
are expected to rally to the aid of striking
longshoremen in hopes of ending the 9 month deadlock ..."

"...roll all night and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day"

I feel uptight on a Saturday night
Nine o' clock, the radio's the only light
I hear my song and it pulls me through
Comes on strong, tells me what I got to do  - -    His "song" tells him what to do = demons
I got to

Get up
Everybody's gonna move their feet
Get down
Everybody's gonna leave their seat
You gotta lose your mind in Detroit Rock City  - -    Which isn't just an expression for the possessed/damned.

Get up
Everybody's gonna move their feet
Get down
Everybody's gonna leave their seat

Getting late
I just can't wait
Ten o'clock and I know I gotta hit the road
First I drink, then I smoke
Start up the car, and I try to make the midnight show - - Endorsement of drinking and doing drugs before driving.

Get up
Everybody's gonna move their feet
Get down
Everybody's gonna leave their seat

Movin' fast, doin' 95
Hit top speed but I'm still movin' much too slow  - - Reckless driving much? But clearly it is also a veiled reference to more drugs.
I feel so good, I'm so alive
I hear my song playin' on the radio
It goes

Get up
Everybody's gonna move their feet
Get down
Everybody's gonna leave their seat

Twelve o'clock, I gotta rock
There's a truck ahead, lights starin' at my eyes
Oh my God, no time to turn
I got to laugh 'cause I know I'm gonna die  - - He is the guy from the beginning - the devils lead him to his death - his last words - blasphemy.
Why

Get up
Everybody's gonna move their feet
Get up
Everybody's gonna leave their seat - - He was literally catapulted from his seat and died...


So if this song isn't Satanic - I don't know what is...

I suggest if you like the beat so much finding a YouTube download of the instrumental version - but considering that you probably wouldn't be able to get the lyrics out of your head...

I did not know this much about the lyrics. I have never been a Kiss fan. I just know a few songs.

A lot of times I don't really notice the lyrics of a song, since I am not a native speaker of English. What I like about this song is the riffs, the in front of the beat drumming, the solo, etc...

On a moral level, merely listening to a song that is about a bad thing might not be a sin. I mean, we can watch a movie about a bad person, but it is not per se a sin. There are many movies with evil characters that have a positive message. I am not being liberal here, I am just trying to see the moral implications.

The song describes a young man who was possessed or at least influenced by demons and commited ѕυιcιdє. Merely listening to it does not look like a sin to me, but if a young man listens to such songs everyday, sings it, collects posters of these evil musicians and so on, it will certainly have a very bad effect on his life. Entertainment is not just about the art, it promotes values (or a lack of them), habits and a whole lifestyle. The Kiss lifestyle is not pleasing to God, that is for sure.