Tuesday
Dec172013
Vince Neil Sings Mele Kalikimaka (Seriously)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 12:01AM I was actually on vacation last week. I spent my time away from work on the Big Island of Hawaii. I believe everyone has a special "place" and Hawaii is that place for me. Anyway, I heard the Hawaiian Christmas song "Mele Kalikimaka" a ton of times over the past few days.
Imagine my amusement when I come across a video of Vince Neil and former American Idol contestant Jasmine Trias singing the song. Jasmine is from Hawaii, by the way. The duo did the performance together as part of a Toys for Tots benefit. Check it out.
Reader Comments (20)
At least he sang more than every third word of this.
I knew you'd be the one to pick up on the "what key?" question. I howled at that myself, to be honest.
Gary, I heard $immon$ is insisting Frehley and Cris not be included in either accepting their awards or performing. Can't this guy do the right thing, just this once?
I mean, just think about it, without the first reunion with those guys, they probably wouldn't be where they are today.
Let us not forget, it was the original line-up that brought them back to relevancy in the mid to late 90's. Without that happening, they'd be an even bigger joke than they are now.
As far as the performance goes, they should come out with the original line-up (in full make-up) for "Detroit Rock City" and "Shout It Out Loud" then Frehley and Cris should exit the stage as VINNIE VINCENT comes on with their current drummer to do "LICK IT UP". After that, they should be joined on stage by ALL the other members to perform an All-Star epic version of "Rock And Roll All Nite".
Gene must have read your comments this morning, Gary and DJ, hahaha!!!
At this point, Thayer & Singer have been in the band longer that either Criss or Frehley was.
I say induct the originals, the current players Singer & Thayer, and Bruce Kulick & Eric Carr.If they want to mention Mark St. John, or Vinnie Vincent, fine.. but neither should be inducted.
In all reality, they should confine the inductee list to strictly the original members. In all honesty, though I do love KISS' 80's output, it's the stuff done by the originals in the 70's, capped off by "Destroyer", that is truly worthy of recognition.
Also, I saw the original line-up on their reunion tour in '96 twice at Madison Square Garden and Cris did not s*ck a*s. Or if he did, no one noticed. One thing the crowd did notice is when he sang "Beth", their only #1 Hit (something I'm sure won't be performed here as it would overshadow Gene and Paul), as only he (or Rod Stewart, haha!!) can sing it.
Two questions... Who will give the induction speech? Alice? Iggy? Marilyn Manson? And will they perform "Rock And Roll All Nite" at the conclusion of their set or will it be saved out for the grand finale all-star jam at the end of the show?
p.s. Gary! You are right! Deep Purple AND Cheap Trick should BOTH be inducted!
Epecially since their original conception was to have "4 Alice Cooper's" in a band. And Figuratively, It was Alice who handed off the shock rock crown to KISS when he went solo.
Little known fact: At Casablanca Records' 1974 Launch Party, when it's 1st act,the unknown KISS was introduced, it was Alice that gave them their first press quote: "What these guys need, is a gimmick!".
My bet is R&RAN will be saved for the final all star jam.
Actually I meant to say Ace. I just put your name by accident. I was responding to your post, I just switched your names for some reason.
Sorry dude, Rock on!