Sixpence None The Richer's 'Kiss Me'

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I like Kiss Me but I like the cover of There She Goes even more than the original. Was it really about Heroin?

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Sunday, 12 January 2003 22:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

yikes, I've never read the lyrics before! it is rahter sapphic isn't it? and they're xtians too...maybe it's time to reconsider my defiant anti-xtian stance. (actually, maybe it's just a defiant anti-xtian-rock stance...not that SNTR rock in any way, shape or form).

So yeah, always liked the song, Sundays yeah, B&S not so sure, didn't half go off them when I found out about the...oh never mind.

― Charlie (Charlie), Sunday, 12 January 2003 22:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I really can't take anyone seriously who claims this is 'blasphemy' or anything other than a prettified version of a tiresome song"

Ah, go buy a Corrs disc, Tom....the La's were great.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 13 January 2003 00:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sixpence None The Richer's album was packaged BACKWARDS, so that the back of the jewel case was the cover, the bastards. This makes them cunts and worth killing.

Lovefool by The Cardigans was much better, Kiss Me is just kind of wimpy, forgettable sacharine.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 13 January 2003 11:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm agreeing with Tom on damn near every thread today. Umm: "Kiss Me" sounds like the Sundays relocating to Dawson's Creek, which comes off as a fine thing, not to mention which the musette on it is great. Their version of "There She Goes" was just there and functional and not particularly good, which was mostly a bad thing because the song itself is in no need of extra covers (they're out there and there will be more): the only contribution Sixpence made to it was the vocal swoop and flutter on the second "goes," which was quite nice.

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 13 January 2003 17:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ooh I missed the boat with the Vanessa Carlton love, but she's fab as well. Seconded Nitsuh's Dawsons Creek mention!

Lovefool was RUB and certainly not in the same league as the above songs. Can you imagine Joey Potter walking along deserted Boston st/deserted Capeside pier whilst this plays? Obv ans = NO. However, My Favourite Game is something that could easily be played at a frat party hahaha Jack is frat boy hahaha.

I did larff on Jens radio show where she talks about REAL ROCK music and then goes on to play Tenacious D.

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 13 January 2003 17:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

never heard this song...but...sounds like the Sundays relocating to Dawson's Creek...is certainly enough to ensure i will dl it tonite

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 13 January 2003 17:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

I like Vanessa Carlton more, but I would due to it having BRILLIANT piano, whereas Sixpence None the Richer are more strum strum rather than biddly biddly bong.

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 13 January 2003 17:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

A Thousand Miles
Vanessa Carlton

(piano)
biddly biddly bong--
biddle biddle
biddly biddly bong--
boodle diddle daddle
biddly biddly bong--
biddle biddle
boodly diddly ding--

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 13 January 2003 17:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

(This = new Starry Sarah musical notation.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 13 January 2003 17:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

Vanessa Carlton in surprising link with dancehall shocka!!!

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 13 January 2003 17:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

I am hating everyone who is comparing "Kiss Me" to B & S because I really like it, largely because of the Sundays connection.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 January 2003 17:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

Death to Dawson's Creek rock. OF ANY SORT.

And any one Sundays song renders Sixpence irrelevant, but I am biased.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 13 January 2003 17:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

''Ah, go buy a Corrs disc, Tom....the La's were great.''

no they weren't. look its what richard ashcroft prob based his career on.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 13 January 2003 17:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

I miss Lee Mavers.

Classic Doom-e action on this old La's thread!

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 13 January 2003 17:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

b-b-b-but... ;-)

― zebedee, Monday, 13 January 2003 18:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

I hate it when they use 10 seconds of it on TV or in a movie (or on the She's All That DVD menus grrrr). But otherwise I really like it.

Vanessa Carlton "A Thousand Miles"

― Graham (graham), Monday, 13 January 2003 18:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sure, it's twee, but sweet. Like it, not love it. If more of their songs were played on the radio, I'd probably dislike the band a lot more (already been said enough times, but their version "There She Goes" adds extremely little).

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 13 January 2003 19:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

More Dawson's Rock Now!

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 13 January 2003 19:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

Vanessa Carlton's moustache c or d?

― chaki (chaki), Monday, 13 January 2003 20:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

''Classic Doom-e action on this old La's thread!''

the horror! the horror!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 13 January 2003 20:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

What Throwing Muses songs have YOU heard? Feh!

Well I was thinking of more of a Thowing Muses lite, a sort of relation ship OMC's 'How Bizarre' had with Beck.
My mind works in mysterious ways but I think the track it most reminds me of is 'Dizzy', but I don't have it to hand to confirm and I haven't heard it for years, probably before 'Kiss Me' came out.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 05:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

Well I was thinking of more of a Thowing Muses lite, a sort of relation ship OMC's 'How Bizarre' had with Beck.

No, because that relationship was "tons better than".

(Actually this is a good qn - which bands benefit from a 'lite' approach? Which don't?)

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 08:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

I like "Kiss Me" because it's bittersweet and nostalgic because it reminds me of 'She's All That' which reminds of Rachel Leigh Cook which reminds me of this girl I was friends with around the time of 'She's All That' who looked alot like Rachel Leigh Cook but then she moved away and after she moved I thoughy 'I wanted to fuck her but I never got the chance' so when I hear "Kiss Me" at Publix (which is like every time I'm there, they've got "Kiss Me" and Air's "All I Need" on a loop or something) I'll sigh. Her name was Kerry.

― James Blount, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 08:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

(what's with all the OMC hataz? I mean in NZ they were around for ages & "How Bizarre" wasn't really typical - early stuff like "We Are The OMC" or, say, "Land of Plenty" from the album are U&K, but um everyone overseas seems to refer to OMC as some sort of dilution of something unspecified (um even Tom in yr 90s singles I think?). . .)

(& "Kiss Me" is v.nice but I haven't listened to it in ages)

(but seriouslly, OMC as Beck-lite?!?!?!)

― Ess Kay (esskay), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 09:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

OMC weren't in my 90s singles though they were very good.

I'm saying Beck-lite is a good thing in this case Reclaim! "lite" from the hataz!

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 09:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

"How Bizarre" is as good a single as Beck ever released and I like Beck

― James Blount, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 09:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

Both my uses of 'lite' were positive here, I love that 'How Bizarre' track, and it had a great drawling quality which reminds me of about what I liked about Beck (I felt he went pants with Odelay bar a couple of great singles)

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 19:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

Listening to it right now: "Destination un-noooowe-unn", great stuff.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 19:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

OMC vs. The Streets

― James Blount, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 19:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

two weeks pass...

I just saw the ad for "How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days" and it features a cover of "Don't Dream It's Over" by Sixpence! Covers for movie soundtracks might be where this band is heading.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 15:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

Good grief.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 16:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 30 January 2003 02:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

re: Starry Sarah, last night I tried to look for the Vanessa Carlton song by typing biddley biddley boo into iTunes. Obviously it didn't find it cos I got the spelling wrong.

― Graham (graham), Friday, 7 February 2003 14:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

two years pass...

i adore this song. it sounds like something from loveless without all the noise!

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 26 January 2006 18:03 (eighteen years ago) link

so a really weak song, then?

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 26 January 2006 18:05 (eighteen years ago) link

sounds like the Sundays relocating to Dawson's Creek

still the most apt description

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 26 January 2006 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link

heard this song the other day in the store. i have to say, i dont mind it, it's an ok pop song.

― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 26 January 2006 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link

always thought it was lovely…

― veronica moser (veronica moser), Thursday, 26 January 2006 18:26 (eighteen years ago) link

I'll defend this one. Lovely song.

― Cracks (Crackity), Thursday, 26 January 2006 18:57 (eighteen years ago) link

I liked it the first time I heard it. Now...not so much. I liked the Sundays better, althought they haven't aged that well either. There's tons of twee that's much better that this.

― daavid (daavid), Thursday, 26 January 2006 23:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Haha, just the other night my friends were looking at using this song for their wedding reception dance and I mocked them so viciously they decided not to use it (though they're likely to pick something equally vile).

― Bn1 (Bn1), Thursday, 26 January 2006 23:40 (eighteen years ago) link

I like it when it comes on, but I've never suddenly wanted to hear it.

1000 Miles rules. Lyrics are WTF, but so many lyrics are.

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Friday, 27 January 2006 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link

like it

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 27 January 2006 16:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Love this song. Shamelessly.

― someteenpartying (someteenpartying), Friday, 27 January 2006 16:33 (eighteen years ago) link

It's catchy, I'll give it that. For this kind of sound, I still like Innocence Mission's 'Glow' best of all.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 January 2006 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link

I liked it at one time but 2003 is way too late not to be tired of this song, to say nothing of 2006. Subject yourself to one 'soft hits' radio station, people.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Friday, 27 January 2006 16:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, for heaven's sake. It's a pretty frothy pop song. If you hate pretty frothy pop songs, news flash: you'll hate it. And you don't get any astuteness points, or whatever, from saying so, or noting that it isn't fecking "Anarchy in the UK."

Evaluate it please in comparison to other hate pretty frothy pop songs--in which case it holds its own against anything Amy Grant or Sarah McLachlan ever did, so there.

― The Mad Puffin, Friday, 27 January 2006 23:38 (eighteen years ago) link

I dislike 'Kiss Me' for the simple reason that I don't like the melodic formula at the beginning of several phrases within each verse -- the single note, repeated, and isolated from the rest of the melody, and the annoying way she sings it all swoopy. For me that detail becomes a marker for how over-repetitive the song as a whole is (although I'll grant that 'There She Goes' is a much worse offender when it comes to over-repetition).

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 28 January 2006 01:12 (eighteen years ago) link

everything i've ever heard by this band has been gorgeous. this sort of pop is a total guilty pleasure for me.

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 28 January 2006 01:16 (eighteen years ago) link

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How about "Breathe Your Name"? The lyrics seem obviously Xtian; but I always thought it was clever how it fit on secular radio b/c it could be (mis-)heard as referring to romantic rather than religious rapture, if you weren't listening closely.

― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link

Yeah morrisp, compare the Amy Grant of "Unguarded" - love songs that could easily be read as romantic or religious as the audience required.

― too gashly (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link

or Michelle Branch's Everywhere.

― how's life, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link

donna lewis the goat

― lost in sublimation (Ross), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link

relistening to this properly and realising what a reserved vocal performance it is, I can imagine it makes a more fun song to inhabit as a listener that you can't do with a song by The Sundays in the same way

"Wrong Impression" is a great song but in an entirely different way - giddy and glossy and widescreen in a way "Kiss Me" struggles to reach and The Sundays aren't trying to

― boxedjoy, Thursday, 21 June 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link

re: giddy glossiness, compare "Break Out."

― ~ cows come home (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 21 June 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link

one year passes...

If you were music supervisor on a contemporary remake of She’s All That, which song would you have play when Laney comes down the staircase?

― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Sunday, 26 April 2020 00:00 (four years ago) link

"All That" by Carly Rae, obvi

― winters (josh), Sunday, 26 April 2020 00:44 (four years ago) link

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Sixpence None The Richer's 'Kiss Me' - who else loves it?