Friday, November 16, 2007

Put the Rock Back in Rock-A-Bye

For my friend Drew, the phrase “goodnight kiss” meant something else entirely. Drew’s parents used to sing the ever-so-soothing lullaby Rock ‘n’ Roll All Nite by KISS to put him to bed when he was younger. The rendition was sans face paint and smoking guitars, of course, but Drew claimed the performance was just as good. “It took me until I was about 10 to realize it was an actual song,” he says. “That was when my dad had me listen to some real KISS.

But unsurprisingly, KISS’s greatest hit didn’t always lull 6-year-old Drew to sleep. His parents would tuck him in around 9 o’clock. Drew would smile and say goodnight. “It was obviously very comforting,” Drew says. “But saying goodnight was never a big thing because about an hour later, I’d walk downstairs and end up watching Letterman with them.” Rocking a child, it seems, just makes him want to party all night long.

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