Spiritualized - She Kissed Me (It Felt Like a Hit)
One of the more disturbing pop songs ever is The Crystals' "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)." Featuring lines like, "He hit me/ And I knew he loved me" wrapped in a classic Phil Spector production and presented in an entirely non-ironized manner, the song was protested and eventually pulled. The Crystals you might remember from songs like "Da Doo Ron Ron" and "Then He Kissed Me."
About forty years later, Spiritualized released "She Kissed Me (It Felt Like a Hit)".
Bear with me...
It's a rocker, stripped down (though not nearly to the "garage-rock" excesses that NME tried to make it) and straightforward. And the lyrics, aside from the title and a line in the chorus, don't directly reference The Crystals' song.
But isn't that a clever title? I think so.
The best part of the song, though, and the reason I like it enough to share it, is the last line, when Spaceman sings "Then she kissed me and it felt like this" and the band goes into the wonderfully understated improvisation of the song's climax. I'm a big fan of Spiritualized's free jazz work, and this hints at that, while keeping it just under the check of a consistent backbeat. It's great.
One of the more disturbing pop songs ever is The Crystals' "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)." Featuring lines like, "He hit me/ And I knew he loved me" wrapped in a classic Phil Spector production and presented in an entirely non-ironized manner, the song was protested and eventually pulled. The Crystals you might remember from songs like "Da Doo Ron Ron" and "Then He Kissed Me."
About forty years later, Spiritualized released "She Kissed Me (It Felt Like a Hit)".
Bear with me...
It's a rocker, stripped down (though not nearly to the "garage-rock" excesses that NME tried to make it) and straightforward. And the lyrics, aside from the title and a line in the chorus, don't directly reference The Crystals' song.
But isn't that a clever title? I think so.
The best part of the song, though, and the reason I like it enough to share it, is the last line, when Spaceman sings "Then she kissed me and it felt like this" and the band goes into the wonderfully understated improvisation of the song's climax. I'm a big fan of Spiritualized's free jazz work, and this hints at that, while keeping it just under the check of a consistent backbeat. It's great.
posted by Odorless Boatman at 10:45 PM
2 Comments:
while i was listening to the song i was like "hey this is okay, not too bad." then after that it went into "you know it's true" and i remembered that spiritualized could be way better. still, good song, very clever title.
Yeah, there are definitely heights to which Spiritualized have ascended that this song can't reach. Maybe their album this year will be better?
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