Kylie Minogue: Classic or Dud?

Good show, esp. "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", "Your Disco Needs You", er one or two others. The best bit was this Back to 1990 italo house and rave rivalism sequence! Smily faces and "Step Back In Time" and "What Do I Have To Do", but best of all, a rollicking piano vamp early house version of "Spinning Around"! Which was awesome! Now keep in mind that I usually loathe "Spinning Around" as being only one rung above the absolute nadir of bad millenial disco-pop ("Make Luv") (obv. there is loads of great millenial disco pop) and you'll get a sense of how stunning this transformation is.

Needs to be recorded and released properly!

"Chocolate" is a really great song
is it true it was prod. by kurtis mantronik??

im googling around now, apparently cathy dennis did some writing on this

i guess 'obsession' was the mantronik joint

no homo but i was about to do a kylie singles poll

"What Do I Have to Do?" FTW

new single rules

The name of the album is a reference to a book of poetry written by Billy Childish titled Poems to Break the Hearts of Impossible Princesses. The book was given to Minogue as a gift by Nick Cave, and she has said that the poems summarized where she was at that time in her life.

http://www.gamehotties.com/images/kylie-minogue/kylie-minogue.jpg

Love the new single, it really improves on the demo version with the added piano track. Kylie fans aren't really into it though.

why are her latest videos so damn bad? what has happened?

She is Brave and Plucky and Tragic (c. every British tabloid ever), and therefore will sell shiteloads no matter what cack she throws out because she's the People's Pop Princess. emperor's new clothes, and that.

In Your Eyes was a good vid (if you like big light installations) - can't think of any other good 00s Kylie vids

guess i'm the only person who likes 'wow' (the original more than the remixes too - mstrkrft one is a real case of them milking a tired formula)

I didn't know that the far superior 'In My Arms' was only released on the European market, confusing as the UK & Ireland market seems to need to be separate from the rest of the continent. WOW was terrible in all respects. sounded like someone messing with the volume alot. And the videos....sigh.

That video where there were lots of Kylies was alright - Come into My World, I think.

Was "Hmmm, someone's been listening to Goldfrapp" anyone else's first reaction on hearing 2 Hearts?

mine was "hmmm, someone's been listening to Chungking listening to Goldfrapp listening to and so on..."

forgot about the Gondry CIMW vid, but she's never been an artist for particularly good videos generally.

I like Wow too steve. Lots. Still unconvinced by 60% of new album though.

And yes, come into my world was a GREAT video, and I think can't get you out of my head had a fairly ace one too. Also, the barbarella pastiche for put yourself in my place. I mean yeah, she turns out plenty of very average promos, but she has flashes of greatness now and again.

RIP big popism.

What about the video for "Chocolate" with her dancers dancing on a hat she's wearing!? That was kind of fun.

I hope she releases "The One" as a single.

One can only hope. But if she keeps these four male dancers she's got lately, it might hurt our eyes no matter what.
I believe 'Slow' is the best in recent years, post Fever

I really like Slow as well.

Wow is the pick of this album.

Surprised people are so down on X; aside from the odd turd ("Nu-di-ty") I've found it pretty listenable.

What Goldfrapp tracks should I check out along the lines of 2 Hearts? (have never really had any time for them bar their remixes)

Kylie Minogue is SO much better than Goldfrapp; the new one is particularly grueling.

x is really quite good

What Goldfrapp tracks should I check out along the lines of 2 Hearts?

On top of my head: "Ooh La La" (from Supernature) and maybe "Strict Machine" (from Black Cherry).

'love affair' was the shit

Of course every time I go to buy a Kylie Minogue CD I feel like I have to compensate in some way, so I also grabbed Ace of Spades.
― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, May 31, 2004 12:31 AM (4 years ago)

Yeah, me too. I always pack a Kylie CD in with something credible, so people don't look down on me.
― Pack Yr Romantic Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Monday, May 31, 2004 12:37 AM (4 years ago)

Hah, I just picked up a couple Kylie discs this week that I'd been meaning to actually buy for a while. Also in my purchase? One of the new Joy Division remasters, some Roy Montgomery, a Godflesh EP, a maligned Cranes album (have a guess which!) and the new/posthumous UGK release.

"Love Affair" really was the shit, one of my favourites off Fever.

If I was Kylie I would be asking The Freemasons and/or Aeroplane to produce my next stuff. Sonics a la the "Paris" remix would be perfect for her.

"In My Arms" is at least in my top 3 Kylie singles.

'Slow', 'Can't get out out of my head' and 'Confide in me'

"Put Yourself in My Place", "What Do I Have to Do?", "In My Arms". Order varies.

Interviewed by Simon Price at the Quietus:

http://thequietus.com/articles/10473-kylie-minogue-interview

signs with Jay-Z

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/02/06/article-2274737-1764935D000005DC-106_634x632.jpg

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/06/kylie-minogue-roc-nation-jay-z-label_n_2631861.html

Minogue told Yahoo! UK in November that she has started an upcoming album. "I have started work on the next album," she said.

http://ossohvonb.tumblr.com/post/73831152244/kylie-minogue-into-the-blue

Was disappointed that this song has an "oh-oh-oh-oh" part like every other popular song these days, but she blows shit up on the chorus.

This has some really great moments.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/mar/10/kylie-minogue-kiss-me-once-album-stream

Agreed, really enjoying this album. The Tom Aspaul cover/remake seem better-suited to her voice than the original.

Think the album is just alright but there's some really good stuff lodged in-between the dross and the album is short enough that the lowlights don't stick around long enough to really grate.

I like Kylie's vocals more than Aspaul's but prefer the production of the original.

Uhh, Kylie's song with Giorgio Moroder is so good: http://www.sopitas.com/site/433045-escucha-la-colaboracion-de-giorgio-moroder-y-kylie-minogue-right-here-right-now/

Alternate link with single cover:

http://www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/giorgio-moroder-kylie-minogue-right-here-right-now/