Kylie Minogue: Classic or Dud?

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I'm worried about the idea that breasts have teeth.

― Ally, Thursday, 16 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ilx like totally sux0r now!!!

― Ron, Friday, 17 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Can't Get You Out Of My Head is classic, and one or two others have been goodies too. I don't have much idea how much credit Kylie deserves for these or how much blame for the awful, awful ones. She generally looks cute, though that hardly makes her stand out from several hundred other pop stars.

― Martin Skidmore, Friday, 17 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

I'm really obsessed with the title track to Light Years all of a sudden. Hello, my name...is Kylie. I will be...your person - what the hell does it even mean? It's great.

― Ally, Sunday, 2 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i bought the 'rhythm of love' cd recently, because of 'what do i have to do'... but it's only driven home how great 'better the devil you know' is. i love the synthesiser male back up singer bits:

kylie: "i'll take you back again"
male synthesiser 'oh' noise: "oh oh oh oh oh"
kylie: "i'll take you back again"
male synthesister 'oh' noise: "oo-oo-oh...oo-oo-oh"

i wonder what he's trying to say?

― minna, Sunday, 2 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'oh'

― Josh, Monday, 3 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's also not often-mentioned that Kylie is also CLASSIC for that rapping diva in "Shocked". And also CLASSIC for the poncey dance-in-beret that Kylie does while said diva is in command of the song.

― Tim, Monday, 3 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

She's getting very credible if the Kid Kreme and Erick Morillo remixes of her new single are a sign of credibility and since Subliminal Records are so good then I think they are.

― Ronan, Monday, 3 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Being also vertically challenged, gotta go for classic, though "I Should Be So Lucky" should be shredded as a definite cringe-maker.

Thank god she got rid of the bad perm and reinvented herself....

― Nichole Graham, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

Put it this way;like her or love her,would you have her sing at your Wedding?

― Garry Coe, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A little POO! (in honor of Keiko) --> "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" [Blue Monday Remix] - That one's a classic. Dud: Didn't she do that "brand new dance" the "Locomotion" ... ? I could do without that song.

― Tim DiGravina, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

I just picked up Light Years today and I'm really digging it. 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, 31 May 2004 05:31 (twenty-one 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, 31 May 2004 05:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, and to prove I'm not taking the piss, Light Years is fantastic. Body Language sounds awful initially, but on repeated listening it really improves.

― Pack Yr Romantic Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 31 May 2004 05:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been looking for this for awhile, and I find myself unconsciously shifting slightly to the left if people come near to look as if I'm scoping out what Ministry has to offer.

agree on that last point too.

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 31 May 2004 05:42 (twenty-one years ago)

tom was the gybe of ilm

http://www.cstrecords.com/img/godspeed/mapofevilinvert.jpg

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 31 May 2004 07:32 (twenty-one years ago)

(i listened to can't get you out of my head today)

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 31 May 2004 07:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Even if its dated, Bomp had a better map.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 31 May 2004 10:54 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

I'm really enjoying body language right now.
It's weird to me that all you pop crazy daftpunkbasementjaxxmissyelliott loving types don't cotton to Kylie.
Same thing, isn't it?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 August 2004 06:05 (twenty years ago)

dude I love Kylie, I've got her last four CDs.

― Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 22 August 2004 06:10 (twenty years ago)

I dig it; upthread there's a lot of venom being spewed about her corporate plasticity.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 August 2004 06:13 (twenty years ago)

I like Fever enough to say classic without having heard much other stuff.
I like the "Slow" single, too.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Sunday, 22 August 2004 06:17 (twenty years ago)

Impossible Princess, Light Years, Fever, Body Language....all excellent.

― Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 22 August 2004 06:18 (twenty years ago)

Was Slow nominated for ILM best single? If not shoulda coulda woulda.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 August 2004 06:21 (twenty years ago)

It's weird to me that all you pop crazy daftpunkbasementjaxxmissyelliott loving types don't cotton to Kylie.

To tell you the truth I put on Fever a ot more than say, Rooty or Under Construction.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Sunday, 22 August 2004 06:22 (twenty years ago)

"a lot more"

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Sunday, 22 August 2004 06:22 (twenty years ago)

she was probably sort of a dud when this thread got started, but she's not anymore. fever is pretty damned perfect, though i listen to "love at first sight" a lot more than "can't get you out of my head" (which i still like).

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 22 August 2004 06:28 (twenty years ago)

I like Kylie's rapping on "Secret".

― Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 22 August 2004 06:35 (twenty years ago)

Body Language is perversely addictive. I hate enjoying it but I can't help myself.

Fever is inconsistent. Light Years is all bliss, except that horrid ballad thing in the middle. You skip that obv.

― Sexual Air Supply (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 22 August 2004 06:52 (twenty years ago)

Has KM gone out of style, in a sense?

I mean, is her explosive commercial success of 2 years ago now eclipsed?

― the bellefox, Sunday, 22 August 2004 10:38 (twenty years ago)

i think it may have turned the corner yes, into what tho?

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Sunday, 22 August 2004 10:43 (twenty years ago)

ID FUCK HER FROM BEHIND REALLY FUCKING HARD SO SHE SCREAMS AND SHIT

― DANTE-SQUARED, Sunday, 22 August 2004 12:09 (twenty years ago)

that's quite a corner to turn into, yes.

― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 22 August 2004 14:03 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

I like the "Slow" single, too.
-- AaronHz, August 22nd

I finally downloaded it yesterday and I'm obsessed with it now.
It's even better than I remembered - that synth part, that bassline, the whispered backing vocals in the chorus...holy shit, it's the best song ever.

― It's hard to kill a horse with a flute (AaronHz), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 15:13 (twenty years ago)

The new song is quite, quite lovely, if a little short.

Any thoughts on 'Ultimate Kylie'? Mine are that the first disc is best used as a frisbee, but that the second is really pretty great. I'm surprised by how many of these I like. I can even cope with the Robbie duet and 'Spinning Around' in retrospect.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 15:22 (twenty years ago)

'Did It Again' deserves a revival

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 15:34 (twenty years ago)

the FUCKERS have fucked around with the chronology of YET ANOTHER best-of! IT MAKES ME SO MAD WHEN LABELS DO THAT.

Otherwise, quite good.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 15:36 (twenty years ago)

They haven't with the DVD.

The only Kylie thing I bought was "Some kind of bliss" the nice 7" single. It's not on this.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 15:40 (twenty years ago)

The title not being AKA Charlene is a Popinjustice

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 15:54 (twenty years ago)

I don't remember that single...must have been during my Kylie Denial years - when did it come out?

I am thinking 'I believe in you' might be my favourite single of the year. This is odd, really.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 15:58 (twenty years ago)

Her best singles were undoubtably I Wouldn't Change A Thing and her cover of Chairmen of the Board's Give Me Just A Little More Time, which I prefer to the original. of her recent stuff I like the one with the synth bit which sounds like Thieves Like Us which has several Kylies walking down a French street in the video. Can't remember the title, I'm having a "senior moment", sorry!

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 16:15 (twenty years ago)

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=tbn:2X7lEWYNvfIJ:home.tiscali.se/agnetha/images/singlar/impossible%2520princess/some%2520kind%2520of%2520bliss%25207.jpg
Some kind of bliss seven inch, recently.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 16:19 (twenty years ago)

'Come Into My World', which is alright.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 16:23 (twenty years ago)

"I Believe In You" is like the singles off Body Language but even better. My favourite Kylie is sadly v obvious, "Confide In Me".

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 16:24 (twenty years ago)

Yeah I love "I Believe In You" - it reminds me of Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle's "Your Love"!

Her vocals sound great on it, and it's got that icy siren quality that made Fever so brilliant.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 2 December 2004 00:34 (twenty years ago)

I like just about everything she's done except the "Loco-motion."

― Hot Pants, Thursday, 2 December 2004 01:21 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Have you all heard 'Made Of Glass' - a Xenomania production that Kylie recorded but decided against making an A-side and has thus been passed to Rachel Stevens instead? It's leaked and is really good! I think it might suit RS better though.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 10 January 2005 22:14 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

'Made of Glass' is fantastic! Although I second the opinion that Kylie's vocals aren't that great. Does anybody know if it will still be included in the forthcoming Rachel Stevens album?

― daavid (daavid), Thursday, 3 March 2005 05:52 (twenty years ago)

'I Believe In You' is killing me. It reminds me (lyrically) so much of some early/mid 90s minor hit with similar lyrics. So similar in fact, I could swear Kylie lifted them wholesale, especially 'I don't believe I'd love somebody / just to pass the time'. I think it was some industrialish thing with monotone vocals. I initially thought male vocals, but the more I listen to 'I Believe In You' the more my memory of the song that's torturing me warps to resemble Kylie.

― minolta (minolta), Thursday, 3 March 2005 09:07 (twenty years ago)

'Made In Glass' is the b-side to next Kylie single (Giving You Up) so unfortunately it seems a bit improbable that Rachel's people will want/get it now.

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Thursday, 3 March 2005 09:21 (twenty years ago)

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The Montréal show was sensational. The B stage was total magic, and the post-2020 material hit extremely hard. And Confide in Me knocked me the hell out.

Have fun, Ned!

― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 22 April 2025 17:30 (two months ago)

Seeing her tonight!

― skip, Tuesday, 22 April 2025 23:14 (two months ago)

Will wave at you across the arena.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 April 2025 00:39 (two months ago)

Going to see her on May 2 in LA. I’ve checked out a few videos of the tour, she sounds pretty great, which is to be expected — her voice is arguably stronger now than it’s ever been.

― omar little, Wednesday, 23 April 2025 01:02 (two months ago)

In a word -- well, in a photo:

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― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 April 2025 15:48 (two months ago)

Highlights for me - Spinning Around, Slow, Locomotion. Love at First Sight turned into a great disco-rock-funk outro. Kylie’s charisma and professionalism are palpable. Her singing voice also seemed stronger than I remember from the 2011 tour.

The previous US tour was very Aphrodite-focused while this one came off as more of a career retrospective. Something for everyone, though the demographic in SF skewed Gen X first and early millennial second.

Hopefully she comes back soon!

― skip, Wednesday, 23 April 2025 21:50 (two months ago)

Curious what the request song was, I’ll be the one shouting “Fragile! or Somebody to Love!” on May 2.

― omar little, Wednesday, 23 April 2025 22:57 (two months ago)

She did a number of short solo snippets of requested songs: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/kylie-minogue/2025/chase-center-san-francisco-ca-b50b57e.html

I Should Be So Lucky got the mostly full treatment with guitar and backup vocals on the B stage.

― skip, Wednesday, 23 April 2025 23:09 (two months ago)

Which was very great since that was how I first heard of her, so it was a bit of a full circle moment.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 April 2025 00:35 (two months ago)

Her singing voice also seemed stronger than I remember from the 2011 tour.

despite her reputation, she’s always been a good singer, who has become an excellent one over time. as the years have gone on her voice has attained some richness and depth. I think I first really noticed her improvement on X, and I would say Disco, Infinite Disco, and Tension are the best she’s ever been. I mean that the singer of “I Should Be So Lucky” (a good performance) is the same singer as the latter album’s title track (total masterpiece of vocals) is simply remarkable.

― omar little, Thursday, 24 April 2025 20:46 (two months ago)

So we saw her last night in Los Angeles, and considering she’s going to be turning 57 this month, the amount of energy she has is crazy. Two hours almost nonstop, only pausing for costume changes. Really, really impressive and a ton of fun. Probably the most enthusiastic crowd I’ve seen in a really long time at a show. There were the obvious hits, and a few really excellent deep cuts. If I had to pick some highlights, there was a really epic performance of Confide In Me, Shocked, Tension, All the Lovers, Two Hearts, and maybe Slow most of all — the latter with an incredible arrangement.

― omar little, Sunday, 4 May 2025 02:02 (two months ago)

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