KISS – Black Diamond

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  General Comment:Black Diamond is one of the best songs ever. Watch the Winterland San Francisco 1975 footage. Simply amazing. Criss belting out the vocals while hammering drums is a sight to behold.

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  General Comment:Black Diamond and Detroit Rock City. The two best songs KISS ever made. I was fortunate enough to see them three times IN THEIR PRIME with make-up!!!

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  General Comment:im guessing it means the picture of your life, is one way you could take it, like its only the begining of what's to come, but KISS also said they just wrote these lyrics with no real intention

  Flag SonofSimmons1994on May 29, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:i always understood "which has only begun" (which would make really sense),instead of "picture's only begun"...but maybe someone can explain the meaning of the latter and the sense it should make in the lyrics...english is not my native language.

  Flag ladiezroomon May 01, 2010   Link

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    picture, as in movie. like motion picture. Picture's only begun = this is the start of the story. And since he "left a good job in the city" that means it's the beginning of his problems

    Flag leemodon December 09, 2012  
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  General Comment:This song is about life on the street and how people in a higher financial class have an advantage over you hence "Got You Under Their Thumbs" and how some might have to sell themselves to buy diner for their family really sad song but a great one, Peter Criss is an excellent performer

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  Song Meaning:Black Diamond is a marking on a small glassine or plastic envelope used to sell drugs on the street.
  It is a branding symbol used by dealers. Each has his own mark. That way you can sort of tell
  the expected quality of the product. If you liked the last black diamond envelope you know
  what to expect and have a rough idea of the right dosage.

  Flag elegantpieon March 24, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:OMG,KISS HAS BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE, I LUV THEM. THRU MAKE UP TO UNMASKED AND KISS REUNION. I HAVE MY GUESS ON WHAT THIS SONG COULD MEAN, BUT WILL KEEP IT TO MYSELF, AND ONLY CAUSE I DONT LIKE A LIL BIT OF THAT CONFLICTS OF SUMTHIN THAT IS REALLY NOTHIN.

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  General Comment:It's taken me a few years but now I've finally realized how KISS is totally amazing. Although cowbellplz would even have to admit Gene Simmons is slightly more than "just a little but of a sell out" - he wrote the fucking book on it!

  Flag Spinning.Sunon August 17, 2007   Link

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    KISS aren't my favourite band, but their up there, and i only like 20 or so of their songs and have only heard a few more, so im not the most qualified person to comment, but I think KISS are in a class of their own when it comes to good old fashioned rock n roll, singing about partying, drinking alcohol, and beautiful women. and they do it extremely well, has anyone seen them live? they are absolutely awesome, fair enough gene is a bit of a sell-out, i'd call him a marketing genious, he has sold KISS's name so much that you can find anything and theres a kiss endorsed product somewhere, from figures to condoms to caskets, and look where he is, sat in a huge mansion with all the money he can think of, then goes out on the road and rocks out infront of thousands of people every night.
    
    ROCK ON KISS!!!

    Flag them3siahon August 04, 2010  

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    I don't think it's possible for someone to claim that any member of Kiss has "sold out" since the band was based off of marketing from day one. Don't get me wrong. I love Kiss. I've been a fan since I was 4 years old, and I'm not 36 years old. Sorry, the band formed not for any artistic expression, but to get woman, money and fame. Paul and Gene have expressed this in a multitude of interviews. That being said, how can you call the man a sell out?

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  General Comment:I'm afraid i dont quite see what the obvious reasons are... And Gene Simmons is amazing, if jsut a bit of a sell out.

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  General Comment:I refuse to listen to KISS on principal (for obvious reasons) so have only experienced this song through the version by The Replacements. I fully admit I've never heard 'Black Diamond' performed by KISS, but I still know it's approximately three thousand times more awesome than anything Gene Simmons had to do with. By the way Gene, nice reality show. Real original.

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    You are a fool.

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