Canadian Personal Finance Blog

When I was growing up in the early 70′s a friend of mine stayed up late and watched Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert and saw the group KISS for the first time and got me and a group of friends hooked into their music. I have been in the KISS Army for a while (off and on, there was that whole 80′s punk rock thing, but the less we speak of that, the less my kids cringe with agony).

What the heck does this have to do with money? This short vignette which is an intro for an actual CNN Money piece about Kiss Inc., and the business of Rock n’ Roll (well, KISS really isn’t rock ‘n roll, it’s more spectacle and a bunch of guys older than me milking as much money out of a concept as they can make).

Listen closely to Gene Simmons (aka Chaim Weitz) and how he talks about the money they make. I don’t begrudge the two old dudes (Gene and Paul Stanley) making their money, it just amazes me that people still go out and lay their money down to watch 2 senior citizens and two younger lads play music from 30 years ago (to quote Mark Knopfler, “… that ain’t workin’, that’s the way you do it, let me tell you those guys ain’t dumb, maybe get a blister on your little finger, maybe get a blister on your thumb…“).