Dear God... thank you for not making me grow up in the 1960s

[drcjsnider]

So tonight I was working on my 'play list' for my history of rock & roll class in the fall. I was looking at Girl Groups from the 1960s that I might want to highlight and one of the groups that stands out is the Crystals - who had two great songs 'Da Doo Ron Ron' and 'Then He Kissed Me.'

However, they also had this lovely item: 'He hit me and it felt like a kiss.' I was going to do some gender analysis anyways in the class, but this will probably bring some of the 'attitude' that was acceptable for women (and men) to display during the period better than lots of other examples I can dig out.

Below are the complete lyrics. Try not to gag.

He hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me but it didn't hurt me
He couldn't stand to hear me say
That I'd been with someone new
And when I told him I had been untrue

He hit me (da-da-da-ah) and it felt like a kiss (felt like a kiss)
He hit me (da-da-da-ah) and I knew he loved me
If he didn't care for me,
I could have never made him mad
But he hit me (da-da-da-ah) and I was glad

Yes, he hit me (da-da-da-ah) and it felt like a kiss (felt like a kiss)
He hit me (da-da-da-ah) and I knew I loved him
And then, he took me in his arms
With all the tenderness there is
And when he kissed me (da-da-da-ah), he made me his
(Da-da-da)