All For the N's and &'s
When I listen to All For the Love of Rock & Roll (2012), I honestly ask myself why Kiss, in the course of their prowl through music history didn't also write a song called We're Gonna Rock You. Or even better: We'll Rock You (1).
I'm willing to bet that the verse sequence of an almost identically titled song by a certain British rock band must have been virtually waiting in yearning anticipation for decades just to get into the eager hands of Gene or Paul and be processed by them one day. And if that had already happened, that would not surprise me at all.
As I recall a follow-up album for Monster (2012) was announced around 2015/16, which unfortunately never went into deeper studio production, but I guess at least some demos must have been made for it. If I were to ask a statistical physicist or a medium to calculate or predict the probability of a song called "We'll Rock You" appearing on one of Gene's demos, I for one would know exactly what I'd be betting my money on.
I can literally read the credits in my mind's eye: Written by Gene Simmons (2).
Side Note:
(1) In some interview in a magazine in the 90s Gene said that the main difference between Kiss and Queen was the point of view, and if Kiss had written a song like We Will Rock You (1977) they would have called it I Will Rock You. What this could have to do with I Love it Loud (1982) is, of course, a story for another time. But I guess you understand what I was getting at above anyway.
(2) I'm kind of sorry that the name Eric Singer hasn't been mentioned once, although this is one of the rare opportunities for him to sing an album track. Next time, and there will most definitively be a next time .
I decided to use the Ram Jam version for this one. The links are both highlighted at their similar verses. Jesus, they even start at exactly the same second:
All For the Love of Rock & Roll (2012)
All For the Love of Rock N' Roll (1977)
