Dannii Minogue - "We Could Be the One" + Neon Nights 20 & Girl 25
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Whether you think it is a bop or not, I will tell you one thing that is a fact We Could Be The One sits perfectly amongst these other gay classic and bops
I’ve made an Apple Music version of the playlist if anyone’s interested, but tailored to my taste and what songs I know, still 100 songs!
Not to put Dannii down, but do you realize the new jack swing craze was going strong way long before she released her debut album? Some were saying that it already sounded dated back in '89. If anything, she was late to the trend and I doubt anybody was influenced by her take on it...
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I love Dannii but I have to agree that it's a stretch to suggest her music was a driving influence behind the 90s house revival. Her sound in those first couple of albums didn't exactly lead the trend back in the day either, and that's fine - they're still enjoyable!
Personally I think Girl sounds like a very specific week in 1997. Outside of the singles it does little for me.
Neon Nights on the other hand sounds ahead of its time, except for "Who Do You Love Now" which sounds like someone just planked an almost-2 years old club tune at the almost-end of the album (which they did). Some of the video-game sounding moments that could fit in a classic Sonic level predicted where the later 2000's darker pop music would go before the doof doof in the club era kicked in at the start of the next decade.
Do we have any early streaming/download figures yet?
Jeez. Can you lot read? I never said that at all.
An assertion was made that We Could Be The One sounded like it was from Love and Kisses. I was defending the sound of Love and Kisses by saying the sound continued to be popular in recent years. I'm in no way saying that Dannii had any impact on the popularity then or now - only that it would not be a bad thing if it did sound like that era.
With all that said - I also pointed out that the song sounds nothing like Love and Kisses.
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Perhaps I should've relistened to Love & Kisses before making that comparison, but I was just saying that "We Could Be The One" sounded like a dated take on late 80s / early 90s pop song without anything to make it sound contemporary.
Obviously I'm in the minority here, but this retro-leaning pop does nothing for me. I'm glad that y'all are enjoying it though. I'm just used to Dannii being the cooler Minogue sister and didn't expect something so naff from her.
Obviously I'm in the minority here, but this retro-leaning pop does nothing for me. I'm glad that y'all are enjoying it though. I'm just used to Dannii being the cooler Minogue sister and didn't expect something so naff from her.
Sheesh - her PJ thread’s at 11 pages and the discourse has turned toxic and negative, this might truly be a musical comeback for Dann!
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It's a perfectly normal course of conversation though? Some loving it, some not. There's nothing toxic going on here.
It sounds like an 80s movie soundtrack song, a sound which she hasn’t really delved into in any of her albums, least of all Love and Kisses.
I love "We Could Be The One" for what it is, a standalone single for a TV show. It tickles me in the same breezy, summery 1980's spot that Jane Weidlin's "Rush Hour" does or No Doubt's "Don't Let Me Down". Not sure I'd be here for a full album cut from the same cloth.
The song got 32,296 streams first day which is actually pretty decent. For comparison the Kylie/Jake Shears song got 40k steams.
It’s just a joke.