We’re listening to songs about kissing this week. This is one of the perpetual themes of pop music, so I’m going to try to play only artists whom I’ve never played on this show before. Send your song suggestions to symposiumofsongs@gmail.com!
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0:00
Faith Hill, “This Kiss” (Faith, 1998)
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5:07
Betty Everett, “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)” (You’re No Good, 1963)
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7:18
Cush, “Good Times” (New Sound, 2000)
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12:04
Reading: William Shakespeare, “How oft when thou” (Sonnet 128)
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13:40
Daryl Hall and John Oates, “Kiss on My List” (Voices, 1980)
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17:22
Slowdive, “Kisses” (Everything Is Alive, 2023)
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20:51
Faye Webster, “But Not Kiss” (Underdressed at the Symphony, 2023)
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24:50
Reading: Robert Graves, “The Kiss”
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26:18
Florence and the Machine, “Kiss with a Fist” (A Lot of Love. A Lot of Blood, 2009)
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28:19
The Crystals, “He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)” (single, 1962)
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30:50
Spiritualized, “She Kissed Me (It Felt Like a Hit)” (Amazing Grace, 2003)
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35:27
The Coasters, “One Kiss Led to Another” (single, 1956)
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38:17
Lefty Frizzell, “Always Late (With Your Kisses” (single, 1951)
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41:20
The Everly Brothers, “(‘Til) I Kissed You” (single, 1959)
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44:02
Reading: Leigh Hunt, “Jenny Kissed Me”
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44:39
Artie Shaw, “Between a Kiss and a Sigh” (single, 1938)
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47:43
Senseless Things, “Too Much Kissing” (Postcard C.V., 1989)
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51:30
The Go-Betweens, “Bachelor Kisses” (Spring Hill Fair, 1984)
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56:36
Seal, “Kiss from a Rose” (Seal, 1994)
