Kiley Dean - Kiss Me Like That

This is like second coming of aaliyah or something.

The unstoppable triage of Kiley Dean power: "Nowhere," "Keep it Movin," "Kiss Me Like That." Wrekognize.

Right here with you, Dee. One of the 5 best from the album and a lot like the flipside to 'Deliverance' - I'm totally convinced that Tim had this brilliant moment in early 2003 and started working on the Bubba and Kiley records back to back, trying to distill his vision of acoustic loveliness and other tricks into songs. I'm also certain that Kiley is what Sugababes might be like if they'd recorded their second album with Timba and Siobhan had stayed.

Dude, don't let Jess hear you talk about Aaliyah like this.

Also, since 'Nowhere' is a collab., I'd nominate 'Cross The Line' or maybe 'Busy' as replacements.

The keyboard melody! The acid squelch bassline! The singing, damn you all! The 'Try Again' snares (damn, tripped up there).

AIM me dj2xdee

I don't think I have AIM here.

I need a copy of this album ... i've only got the odd couple tracks.

Can someone hook me up?

I can't find it on soulseek at all.

That's messed up. I downloaded most of it twice, once on WinMX last year and again this year on Acqlite on the iMac. The sad thing is, I'm now working in Ghana and don't have either set with me and won't likely beofre November/December. But someone claimed it was on Soulseek on an old Kiley thread - check the archives.

thnx anyway - back to the song, its one of the greatest things i've ever heard.

Kiley's "War Song" has some of the worst lyrics since "Dear Mr. Jesus," but I still like it.

I think I'm short of either 'War Song' or 'America' at the moment.

I finally found a copy on slsk! Its great! So whats the word on why this wasn't released, when it will be etc?

"Kiss Me Like That" is still my personal favorite though.

Why is when I search for a copy on SLSK, I only find one guy sharing it with a 400 person waiting list?

AIM me dj2xdee
-- djdee2005 (esl...), August 31st, 2004.

I have no idea why this hasn't been released. Gist is Interscope felt she was too "black" as it were, plus she didn't hit big straight out the gate with 'Make Me A Song', which is of course a Timbotrack. So while they've been neutering the record and tossing out the odd single and compilation appearance, Beat Club's deal with Interscope has been under some presha and the record just hovers around release schedules indefinitely with no firm commitment.

And all it'd take would be to release 'Keep It Movin''!

I've just heard this, I didn't realise it was on my computer... it's beautiful. Also, so is "By Your Side", her duet with Utada Hikaru. I think the Aaliyah comparisons are pretty near the mark.

I feel like the aaliyah comparisons have more to do w/ the obviously strong relationship she has w/ Timbaland, rather than particular stylistic similarities.

She is a total and utter wonder. Let's talk about 'No' and 'Better Than The Day' next.

Dee otm (more or less), though it was generally founded in the 'Rock The Boat' quote in 'Make Me A Song' - Americans in not getting meta shock.

hm serge gainsbourg sample in "america."

i don't think much of "stay away from my boyfriend." i appreciate the attempt, and there are some strange things in there i would never have expected a contemporary r&b producer to use. but the arrangement doesn't really develop enough for me, and i just don't find the melody memorable. it seems uncomfortably suspended between the sort of sublime post-kitsch 'revisionist' girl group stuff à la julee cruise and something more...straightforward. the pro-tool'd doo wop backing vocals at the end are a neat touch though. sort of like a dada version of one of timba's early r&b tracks e.g. playa.

my fave kiley tracks are still : kiss me like that, keep it movin, and (why has no one mentioned this?) the title track ('simple girl'). though 'cross the line' is the best pro-abstinence song since 'let's wait awhile' (dig those backward snares!).

i guess at this point all these tracks are too old to sell as new singles, so i suppose they're scrapped until some 2025 'lost album' 'reissue'?

really bizarre that so much work was put into this record and nothing came of it. how often does such a thing happen in the music business?