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Kissin' Cousins (number 2)
Words & Music:
Giant/ Baum/ KayeCousins, kissin' cousins
Kissin's allowed 'cos we're proud to be cousins
What's a little teasin', huggin' and a-squeezin'
Between us cousins.
Oh it's so great to be one big family
And we show it, yes we show it
You see, we never feud, we're a happy brood
Folks all know it, yes they know it
Cousins, kissin' cousins
Honey we dress and we mess
We're just cousins,
Cousins, kissin' cousins
Cousins, kissin' cousins Recorded:
1963/09/29, first released on
Kissin' CousinsReactions
An enjoyable movie song and an enjoyable soundtrack overall.
A light, breezy short little tune. I actually preferred this one to the 1st version.
Elvis tried his best but was pissing in the wind with material like this.King of Rock n Roll? Not while singing this pap.
Sung beautifully ! I love this song ! I wish it was longer in length, though. I prefer this version.
A pleasant enough movie song, nicely sung in a breezy jaunty manner but hardly earth shattering - 3 stars. In retrospect whether us fans understand his mindset, it all contributed to Elvis making another million dollars and having a ball outside of film and recording studios.
I've always liked this Elvis movie song and I've never skipped it. I like the songs "Kissin' Cousins" and "Kissin' Cousins (Number 2)" equally.
I guess I'm the only one who enjoys "Kissin' Cousins-2" more so, than "Kissin' Cousins 1. However, both are very enjoyable. Elvis could have sang the phone book and I would have enjoyed it, and bought it !
This is a nice song, 3 stars. It was however a song from the first soundtrack album that is no longer enjoyable with horrible songs like Barefoot ballad. While all movies from Love me tender to Viva Las Vegas had something to offer both on screen and on LP, Kissin' cousins was a significant step back... and it would become worse with movies like Harem holiday and Double trouble.
A bland mediocre song of Tepper/Bennettesque proportions. Elvis had a really bad cold during the Kissin Cousin sessions and had to overdub all of his vocals. I think this was the first time this had happened on this kind of scale. The fact that someone like Elvis, who had always provided so much creative input into his music, was prepared to let an entire session happen without him even being present to discuss tempo, arrangements and so on, just shows how much interest he had already lost in soundtrack recordings by 1963. At best it shows how much creativity he was prepared to concede to budgetary concerns. In either case it was bad news for quality control. Elvis had always done his utmost on clunkers like "Ito Eats" and "How would you like to be" but by the time Kissin Cousins came around the proverbial turds began to receive substantially less polish in the studio from a disheartened Elvis.
I like this song, however, I agree with the #2 not being necessary. This was one of my favorite soundtrack albums; can't say the same for the movie.
Gotta say, I always loved that tune It makes me sing along, whle driving on a country road. Kissin's Cousins is an album I listened to a hundred times over the years. Always loved that Nashville 60's sound. Just a zest of joy for me. And there is a beautiful ballad on this album: Tender Feeling wich is an adaptation of a portion of the Musical Shenandoah.
This song led off the album. Unbelievable. Bad, very bad.
A below par song and soundtrack album and indeed film.
Personally, I like "Version 2" much better ! Not his best movie or album soundtrack. However the bonus songs, on the album were a nice treat, such as "Echos of Love".
Very weak title tune (sung over the credits) to Elvis' 14th movie (in release order). This recording sounds like it took place in a shed and the song itself is poorly written. Until this soundtrack, all of Elvis' recordings were quality productions, sure some of the songs were silly or below average, but Elvis sang them well and the finished product sounded professional. Unfortunately, "Kissin' Cousins" showed that you could make the same money with 1/3 of the effort. The album peaked at #6 and the movie made the top 30 for the year 1964. 1 1/2 stars at that is being kind.
There was no need for a number 2 , now was there.