Classic Rock recently caught up with KISS frontman Paul Stanley, who discussed some of the band's songs. An excerpt from the article is available below:

"I Was Made For Loving You"

Stanley: "'I Was Made For Loving You' came out of a time when the band was a bit lost: we’d reached a point where we had kinda forgotten why we were Kiss, and why we loved doing what we did. We were all, in some ways, drunk on success: there were sycophantic friends around, there were drugs, there was alcohol, there was every kind of vice that fame brings with it. At the time, I think we had maybe lost some of our rock edge and were a bit more concerned about getting peer acceptance, and that’s always a poisoned idea, because you should never forsake the people who love you for ones who don’t.  It was written at a time when I was hanging out at (infamous NYC nightclub) Studio 54, and I was thinking ‘Gee, I could write one of these songs.’ All the songs at Studio 54 seemed to be about ‘tonight’ – about having a good time in the present rather than thinking about the future – and so I went home, set the drum machine to 126 beats per minute, and got to work. Like many of the songs on Dynasty, it didn’t particularly sound the way I had hoped, but nonetheless it was great song, and a huge worldwide hit. But if it’s not to everyone’s taste, I understand."

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Shortlist.com caught up with KISS frontman Paul Stanley, who revealed songs from his ultimate playlist. Stanley runs through the following favourites:

- sad song
- movie soundtrack
- song from his childhood
- song that no one else knows
- club anthem
- lyric from a song
- current song
- wedding song
- one hit wonder
- song from his own music

An excerpt from the playlist is available below:

Favourite Song From Your Childhood

Stanley: "I would probably go with 'Summertime Blues' - Eddie Cochran. I got into rock and roll rather early. So, while a lot of other kids were outside playing games and cowboys and indians or whatever, I was fascinated with the rock shows that were on. We had Alan Freed, who coined the phrase 'rock and roll' and we also had Dick Clark. And they always had great entertainment. Artists and bands of the time, whether it was Little Star, or Chuck Berry or even Conway Twitty, all these people. Eddie Cochran was great because I remember seeing him and thinking - if it's possible - he's a more dangerous Elvis. He took that whole thing a little further - he was less acceptable and there was more 'rogue' to him and more defiance. In some ways, he was closer to Jerry Lee Lewis than he was to Elvis. If you mixed Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis I think you got Eddie Cochran."

Go to this location for Stanley's complete playlist.