Hi Paul. One of my favorites KISS Albums is Lick It Up. Until last weak when I could get the great KISS Animalize Live Uncensured Video after a lot of years- I was thought that Young and Wasted was sung by Gene Simmons. What a surprise when I saw Eric Carr perform that tremendous hit. I heard the original version to verify if it was Gene or Eric who sing that song. The voice is from Gene Simmons, I guess. Who really sings Young and Wasted??? and, if it's Gene, why let Eric performed it. It's only a little doubt, not a critic. Both versions are great. I was very happy when I was Eric performing the song. Greets to Mexico Rock City and Merry KISSMas... the best wishes.
Response:
Interesting question! On the album Gene sang that song. Eric always wanted to sing as much as possible on stage, but the problem was his recorded voice didn�t suit most songs, so he asked if he could sing YAW on that tour. The timbre and sound of someone�s voice is less critical in a live situation than when recorded. And although it would have been great to have featured Eric singing more on albums, it ultimately (even then we tried) didn�t work. That being said, his contributions overall were, and remain enormous. |
