Okay, seriously, how many meetings have I sat through in my life?  Deary, deary, too many.  I swear there are meetings about meetings.  But this one — actually a press conference for the Kiss/Def Leppard concert tour — is pretty cool!  My particular favorite is the conversation between Lep’s frontman Joe Elliott and Kiss’ frontman Paul Stanley  about playing the hits true to form (~14:18-16:29), as opposed to playing a blues groove — something they won’t do and which he seemed to suggest was … boring.  Joe acknowledges the differences Kiss records had from other 70s records in that the records had five songs on each side instead of the more “indulgent” 70s records where a song could be an entire album side (Physical Graffiti, anybody?).  Joe likened Lep’s songs to the Kiss’ formula — tight, short (3ish minutes), pop-influenced, with strong guitar, strong drums, hooks and a good chorus.  And that truly was speaking to my heart Joe; that’s just the way I like it!  My surprise was Paul!  He was utterly, totally and absolutely cool, all while seeming approachable, echoing the same sentiment about playing hits, saying it’s a disrespect to the fans if they don’t do the songs the way the fans know the songs from the record (or cd, recognizing people might not remember records): “if it’s boring for us, either we’re ungrateful to you, or those songs sucked to begin with”.  I like a man with the courage of his convictions, in fact I like that more than anything, and Paul certainly has that!  Oh and he has some pretty cool shoes too, not to mention that high hair!