Kylie Minogue is a world-wide phenomena.There can't be any long-time indie-disco kid who hasn't fallen for her charms over the years. If nothing else, nobody can deny that Can't Get You Out Of My Head is a stunning pop record that is a very close cousin to so many of the great electronica records of the 80s.
But as my dear friend Jacques the Kipper will hopefully testify, I have long been an advocate of the talent of probably the most famous Australian on the planet. So much so, that back in the early 1990s when a music magazine (I think it may well have been the long-defunct Select) printed a photo of Kylie cavorting on a bed with Bobby Gillespie, JtK got a t-shirt made with my head superimposed on the body on Mr G, with the words 'I Should Be So Lucky' printed underneath.....
Now I'm not going to sit here and argue that among the countless hit records dating back to 1987 there haven't been a few that are unlistenable. But overall, the magnificent easily outnumber the mundane, while there have been more sublime 45s than shite 45s. Oh and she was also single-handedly responsible for getting Nick Cave onto Top Of The Pops.
And among all the great acts that I've seen live over the year, I've rarely been so well entertained as when Mrs V took me along as a surprise to catch Kylie perform in March 2005 at the SECC in Glasgow.
I could have gone with any one of a number of singles and held my head up high, but given that last week I picked up a 12" promo copy of some dance mixes disc for £1, then I can say in all honesty that by ripping them from vinyl that I'm sticking to my principles:-
mp3 : Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me (Master Mix)
mp3 : Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me (The Truth Mix)
mp3 : Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me (Big Brothers Mix)
And here's the promo that should get many a red-blooded man all trembly at the knees.
9 comments:
Have you read paul Morley's book Words and Music? He basically claims that all music leads to "Can't get you out of my head", its the ultimate pop record. Its hard to disagree.
Like the T shirt idea
I couldn't agree more, JC.
My wife taped the video for "Breathe" (from Impossible Princess) off some Asian market music video channel back in 1998 and I became convert on the spot -- punk rock roots be damned.
Kylie's been a long time favourite in our house.
My favourite single being "Did It Again"
Wish she'd lay off the botox though
You posted this the same day of the announcement of a new Kylie album.
How's that for spooky.
Nothing wrong with a bit of Kylie. Quite a few bits Kylie actually...
This is a great record and she has done quite a few of them. However, as live music goes, it's a no for me; saw her a few years ago and it was showbiz not music. But I am a po-faced indie kid.
I hated all the PWL pap and secretly harboured a desire to write a good indie tune for her (didn't we all?) and then along came the James Dean Bradfield and Nick Cave. Unfortunately, I don't think they could actually tease any indie credibility from her. Shame. Her disco output is not really that much better aside from 'Spinning Around' and 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' and I think the latter is greatly improved by the 2 Many DJs' mash with 'Blue Monday'. She has a voice that only auto-tune could love.
Robert
I'd forgotten that t-shirt. That was probably a key moment in our musical relationship when we each admitted to enjoying a bit of Kylie.
But remember the Confide in Me single itself? Joy oh joy! The b-side (OK then, the other two tracks) were by St Etienne and Paddy McAloon. This album and Impossible Princess are both joys.
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