I agree. I feel this way about the song "somewhere only we know" as well. It is like a friend of mine once said about Belle and Sevastian: "it makes you feel nastalgic for a decade that never existed."
My girlfriend back in the 90s got me into music like this. We ended our relationship, then lost contact. I recently learned she passed away. Whenever I hear this I think of the fond memories and how different I’d be without ever hearing this.
When I was 14, I was listening to this song on the way home from a first date. 18 years later we're married and have 2 children. This song always brings me back to the day of our first date and how everything begun 😍
I was 12 years old when this song come out… I thought it was cute, but now 25 years later I understand how beautiful it is. So many memories… How years pass so fast 😢
I'm a 37-year old man, big, mean and ugly looking. The kind you'd think listens to thrash metal (and I do!) but this song is my secret favourite, a guilty pleasure. My life is my life and experience has taught me to expect differently but I can't seem to silence the little boy I used to be that believed in true love and gentle romance. C'est la vie.
@@carletto10 It's a nice song, but I don't see the similarity. Both in chord progression and melody they are different. This has an ascending chord change on the 1, while your song has a typical soul progression.
Lyrics Kiss me, out of the bearded barley Nightly, beside the green, green grass Swing, swing, (swing, swing) swing the spinning step You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress Oh, kiss me, beneath the milky twilight Lead me out on the moonlit floor Lift your open hand Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance Silver moon's sparkling So kiss me Kiss me, (kiss me) down by the broken tree house Swing me, (swing me) upon its hanging tire Bring, bring, (bring, bring) bring your flowered hat We'll take the trail marked on your father's map Oh, kiss me, beneath the milky twilight Lead me out on the moonlit floor Lift your open hand Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance Silver moon's sparkling So kiss me Kiss me, beneath the milky twilight Lead me out on the moonlit floor Lift your open hand Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance Silver moon's sparkling So kiss me So kiss me So kiss me So kiss me
(if you heard the gourdchat version, you'll get it) Kiss me (kiss me) Down by the melting tree stumps Kiss me (kiss me) Down on the dead gray grass Sniff sniff It smells so sickly sweet But every way it turn there's rotting meat
Hello everyone, just a quick note I've seen lot of people/bots post lyrics on popular songs to get likes and most of the comments are hatefull towards them...... I posted the lyrics for myself, even though i know the lyrics it's a better experience reading along and interacting with it. And many of you found it very useful, all the comments have been positive so far so thank you and have a nice life.
Hello. I truly hope you have been able to stop listening to this song as I've been battling with the kissmeitis for a couple of months now and I feel like my whole life is in shambles. If you have been able to make it stop, please reply and tell me. Everything around me is falling to pieces and I'm stuck here listening to this song while kissing. Please.
This song dropped at a time where life was simple, pleasant and fun. No noisy social media, no rampant smartphone drones about and no COVID. If you fell in love when this song entered your lives, then chances are, you’re still in love today. The innocence in this classic is timeless.
I fell in love with what I thought the world was. What I thought people were. As I grew I began to realize neither of those things were the ideas that I fell in love with. But I do still love them. I really wish we could be.....that. Beautiful and happy and caring. Understanding.
I have a bad memory due to an injury to the head from the military, but this song instantly triggers my memory. I remember being a child in the morning while my mother got ready for work. This would play all the time. It's one of the few songs that trigger such a strong memory
No sexual themes, gold chains or diamond rings. This is art. Naive, innocent ART in its purest form. And with that it becomes an instant timeless classic making you nostalgic for memories you never had.
I Got married in 2019 and this song was our song we danced to as husband and wife for the first time. Conicendently we both loved the song growing up and we agreed to use the song for our wedding. We have our first child 3 years old already and i would never change a thing. This song kick started my little family. ❤
This is just PERFECT. Her innocent and gentle image, the way this video clip was built, and the love and optimism this song is transmitting all over, everything is just SO sweet. This is one of the best songs ever, not just of the 90s.
I never thought much of this song back in 1998-1999 as a kid, but now as an adult it has such a special vibe and makes me so nostalgic to that era. This is actually an underrated masterpiece.
I feel exactly the same way. Back then songs would just be heard playing on some random radio and we never even knew the name of the singer or the band. I'm glad we can now search for all the stuff we experienced back then.
This song is like a downy blanket of effusive, playful, unconditional love. That descending chord progression that permeates throughout the song gives it this whimsical feel, like a wide-eyed child seeing the wonders of the world for the first time. Magical!
"Unconditional love" is a contradiction in terms. It means causeless love - another contradiction in terms. To love is to value greatly, and can mean nothing else. You value for a reason, for a cause.
Thank you Lisa for bringing me back to this song, I used to listen to it when I was a kid, oh how time fly......This song bring back so many memories....it is still one of my favorite song of all time...
This song was playing when I started dating my girlfriend, now my wife. It was our first kiss. Now, when we hear the song, we look at each other and smile knowingly.
1999 seems to be the best year ever, I was born in 98 but music, cinema, art, video games, tv shows, everybody not on their phones, seems like a breath of fresh air idk
*shrugs* What's so shocking about it? lol The song came out in 99, not 2009, and it was listened to by a (portion of a) generation that isn't nearly as active on the internet today as successive generations---kids who never heard of this song. People listened to this shit on casette tapes lmfao And it isn't so much underrated as it is unheard of; amongst those who know the song and recognize it immediately, its rated perfectly high.
Kiss me, out of the bearded barley Nightly, beside the green, green grass Swing, swing, (swing, swing) swing the spinning step You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress Oh, kiss me, beneath the milky twilight Lead me out on the moonlit floor Lift your open hand Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance Silver moon's sparkling So kiss me Kiss me, (kiss me) down by the broken tree house Swing me, (swing me) upon its hanging tire Bring, bring, (bring, bring) bring your flowered hat We'll take the trail marked on your father's map Oh, kiss me, beneath the milky twilight Lead me out on the moonlit floor Lift your open hand Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance Silver moon's sparkling So kiss me Kiss me, beneath the milky twilight Lead me out on the moonlit floor Lift your open hand Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance Silver moon's sparkling So kiss me So kiss me So kiss me So kiss me
This song.... I see, smell and feel things that can't anymore.... Days long past.... But there they are. Everytime I hear this song. Music is so much more than we've ever given it credit for. Thank you for those lifting your voices for the benefit of others.
This song was the theme music of my 1998 School Ski Trip. It brings back such sweet memories - a seemingly endless bus trip; bitter cold pre-sunrise mornings where we ate cooked Spam on toast with baked beans; tiny little chateaus in the mountains where we camped in the middle of massive snowstorms and enjoyed hot chocolate in front of a fire with countless other tourists; a strange romance that blossomed out of nothing between two awkward teenagers on holiday. I'll never forget how much this tune and that time mean to me.
It reminds me so much of the 90s. That tail end of it. So nostalgic.. This song is so beautiful. She's All That with Rachael Lee Cook and Freddie Prinze. Jr. That 90s feeling. Makes you realize you only live moments. Gotta cherish them. Love is beautiful Today, I dedicate to my special lady. Times flies.
This song came out the same year my grandmother took me to work when she couldnt afford daycare but would go to the soda machine and buy me and my sister a soda. This song tastes like brisk iced tea
A fantastic song that will live forever. One of the most genius moments musically is the pause at 1:09. The power of a pause makes a live performance of this song resonate with a crowd. Well done to the writers and creators of this wonderful piece of musical art. 😀
I was 27 when I first saw this video. I was getting ready for work, at 3:40am, and making sure Mom was okay. As, I was walking towards her room, I heard her singing this song. Instantly a large smile spread across my face, and I bounced into her room singing with her. Every time she'd sing "Kiss Me" I'd bend down and kiss her on the cheek. She had been diagnosed with lung cancer just 3 months previously. So any, and every time her spirits were up became a 'trigger', for me, to raise the roof! I could care less about what time it was, or who was sleeping! Mom was happy & feeling good! I'd dance and sing, keeping the good vibes going until I had to go to work, or Mom tired out. Then we'd laugh until I had to leave. And, you know that that song played every work day at about the same time for at least 6 or 7 weeks! It was AWESOME!
I sung this song at my wedding. I'm no longer married but great memory. My good friend Alex Wilson played the keyboards for me and adjusted it to my key. 😊
Isn’t it great how music changes through the years? Most people my age remember this song well in the late 90’s. Even though this was considered a “one hit wonder” it’s still a great song. Music never dies and will always take you back to a place in time…..
I don't get why "one hit wonder" is considered a pejorative term. A lot of those bands are more "artistic" musicians that are so good they end up still penetrating into the commercial market almost by coincidence. Prefab Sprout, TalkTalk and Devo were one hit wonders even though they're considered to be amazing bands.
