I love her version of Bette Davis Eyes! It was like it was tailor made for her.
Kylie Minogue Rate: Part.3 - Parlophone ✴ (RESULTS) Runner-up and WINNER!!!!!
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It's a really great cover I agree. Wish there was a studio version of 99 Red Balloons too, that was amazing live.
Same, I'd been fuming all year with her haha. To quote my commentary:
Clever lyrics, lush adlibs, amazing video, really got her back on track after the skid mark left by 'Chocolate' (no pun intended).
Who'd of thought Kylie's Chocolate would give people so many skiddies?
Kylie's Chocolate just wouldn't flush for me.
I'm still fuming Music Will Always Love You never made it in any form on a Fever format, or single. Favourite unreleased Kylie track along with Change Your Mind.
Music Will Always Love You is way to divine to be left as a 30 second demo to listen too!
12.
Disco Down 8.66
Highest Score: 11 x 2 - @Mikey1701, @Booers
10 x 21 - @P'NutButter, @Markus1981, @heartmightmelt, @mrdonut, @SmashHitter, @Gotnomoretosay, @hawkings24, @VeryPSB, @AlmostFamous, @VivaForever, @ankh, @WhatKindOfKylie?, @Pop Gaz, @tylerc904, @Mjg0806, @thefaceofyou, @idratherjack, @Farnaby, @Andsov, @roblognick, @SophiaSophia
Lowest Score: 4.5 x 1 - @funkyg
- Came 2nd in the "fan favourite" poll on Kylie's site in 2004 (after 'Dreams')
Extended version (very 80's sounding)...
*ignore the screenshot
Anti Tour rehearsal...
Anti Tour performance...
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This is brilliant, like really brilliant. I've loved 'Disco Down' since my first play of Light Years in 2000... there is something about those bells that makes me feel really sad but then the track is so camp and upbeat you can't help but feel... joy? It's a bittersweet gem of a pop song.
Two 11's were awarded to this track, so the comments too are mostly positive...
Mikey firstly awards this his 11 - with huge compliments...
@Mikey1701 - The song that began my all-consuming love affair with pop music, and for that reason “Disco Down” deserves to be my 11. Criminally overlooked by all but the faithful, this should have been a single and still should be a live staple on tour. Undoubtedly, this deserves to be in everybody’s “Top 10 Kylie Songs” playlists- it’s that good.
"Pop perfection"
@mrdonut - A slice of pop perfection. It is impossible not to beam during the chorus - it’s just so Kylie. The bells are EVERYTHING. Kylie and bells are brilliant (see 'Kiss Me Once' also). This should have replaced 'Please Stay' as a single choice obviously.
@hawkings24 -It's actually quite a euphoric song and I really do like it a lot.
AF praises... basically the whole thing...
@AlmostFamous - freaking incredible, the quality on some of the Light Years songs impressed me then, they had the hits and still went further with some of it, you can tell everyone involved wanted to make it a success. "I always wonder where you are" gets me.
@One Stop Candy Shop - She does disco so well.
WKOK and camp... together?
@WhatKindOfKylie? - God what an absolute TUNE!!!! Kylie suffering heartache at the Disco and not quite getting it over it as hard as she tries. Oh the camp Disco Melodrama!!!!
Ray feels the masterpiece that was Impossible Princess should have sounded like this?
@Ray - This is an interesting one, because I always think of it as a rocky track, and then I play it and it isn’t. I think it’s the writing style, and the production is all electronic and basically this is what Impossible Princess should have been, but wasn’t.
@Sprockrooster - Hit and miss, but still danceable
Stale chorus for Hazey...
@DJHazey - The chorus is a bit stale and such a letdown for a song that is quite beautiful otherwise.
Lament for the lost single...
@Pop Gaz - The single that should have been, the perfect blend of camp-Kylie and disco-Kylie. The production stops it slipping into the realms of too-camp (which 'Your Disco' does do) and that chorus is undeniable, you just want to sing it at the top of your voice. Again, a majestic vocal from Kylie.
Joyous AND sad...
@tylerc904 - Gorgeous melody. Joyous and sad at the same time, like all the best songs.
@RRS - Although this is great song, I feel it missed a trick somehow and could have been so much better. It just falls a bit short of the mark for me, it’s just lacking that something extra that could have made it brilliant.
IRJ got led on the right path by another Kylie obsessive...
@idratherjack - How I haven't worshiped at the altar of this song all my life I do not know. I inexplicably overlooked this song for years until @Mikey1701 took me to task over it. I have since seen the error of my ways and repented. What an amazing pop song, quite clearly ABBA-esque, which is no bad thing. One of a line long of "why on earth wasn't this a single?" during her Parlophone years.
Andsov is another who questions this not being a single...
@Andsov - Ah, here we are. An all-time top 10 for me I think. Why the HELL was this never a single? Did they not realize how amazing this song is? It has bells for fucks sake! It also has clever, nostalgic lyrics, a lovely melody and a genuine-sounding Kylie. A complete camp-fest and a delight to experience live on the Anti Tour.
Slo feels all the iconic Kylie tracks lead back to this?
@SloMover - It took me a few years to really appreciate this track. I've always felt that the sound of 'I Believe In You'/'The One'/'All The Lovers'/'Into The Blue' take their roots from 'Disco Down'.
Yes, Parlophone are fuckers...
@SophiaSophia - Why on earth wasn't this a single one of Parlophone's many fucked up decisions throughout the years.
Remorque praises the true disco of this song...
@Remorque - I like this one better than the disco songs that try to be real throwbacks to the disco sound. This one sounds like a proper disco song without wanting to be a 70’s naff television show’s opening score.
While Booers was the second of the 11 scorers, and they perfectly round the comments off...
@Booers - Only took 4 songs in to hand out my 11, but I know I haven’t peaked too soon as this really is the perfect pop song, it has everything that’s needed to have me brimming with pop joyfulness; the word ‘disco’ in the title, dancey but with melancholic lyrics a heartbreaking spoken bit (“even after all this time, I will always wonder where you are”) that gives me a little chill, retro/kitsch space age references, an ABBA riff, chiming bells. It really is marvelous and should have been a single, but in a way I’m glad it wasn’t as it feels like it’s my private moment with Kylie singing to me that the masses aren’t aware of!
Lovely
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Disco Down 8.66
Highest Score: 11 x 2 - @Mikey1701, @Booers
10 x 21 - @P'NutButter, @Markus1981, @heartmightmelt, @mrdonut, @SmashHitter, @Gotnomoretosay, @hawkings24, @VeryPSB, @AlmostFamous, @VivaForever, @ankh, @WhatKindOfKylie?, @Pop Gaz, @tylerc904, @Mjg0806, @thefaceofyou, @idratherjack, @Farnaby, @Andsov, @roblognick, @SophiaSophia
Lowest Score: 4.5 x 1 - @funkyg
- Came 2nd in the "fan favourite" poll on Kylie's site in 2004 (after 'Dreams')
Extended version (very 80's sounding)...
*ignore the screenshot
Anti Tour rehearsal...
Anti Tour performance...
________________________________________________________________________________________
This is brilliant, like really brilliant. I've loved 'Disco Down' since my first play of Light Years in 2000... there is something about those bells that makes me feel really sad but then the track is so camp and upbeat you can't help but feel... joy? It's a bittersweet gem of a pop song.
Two 11's were awarded to this track, so the comments too are mostly positive...
Mikey firstly awards this his 11 - with huge compliments...
@Mikey1701 - The song that began my all-consuming love affair with pop music, and for that reason “Disco Down” deserves to be my 11. Criminally overlooked by all but the faithful, this should have been a single and still should be a live staple on tour. Undoubtedly, this deserves to be in everybody’s “Top 10 Kylie Songs” playlists- it’s that good.
"Pop perfection"
@mrdonut - A slice of pop perfection. It is impossible not to beam during the chorus - it’s just so Kylie. The bells are EVERYTHING. Kylie and bells are brilliant (see 'Kiss Me Once' also). This should have replaced 'Please Stay' as a single choice obviously.
@hawkings24 -It's actually quite a euphoric song and I really do like it a lot.
AF praises... basically the whole thing...
@AlmostFamous - freaking incredible, the quality on some of the Light Years songs impressed me then, they had the hits and still went further with some of it, you can tell everyone involved wanted to make it a success. "I always wonder where you are" gets me.
@One Stop Candy Shop - She does disco so well.
WKOK and camp... together?
@WhatKindOfKylie? - God what an absolute TUNE!!!! Kylie suffering heartache at the Disco and not quite getting it over it as hard as she tries. Oh the camp Disco Melodrama!!!!
Ray feels the masterpiece that was Impossible Princess should have sounded like this?
@Ray - This is an interesting one, because I always think of it as a rocky track, and then I play it and it isn’t. I think it’s the writing style, and the production is all electronic and basically this is what Impossible Princess should have been, but wasn’t.
@Sprockrooster - Hit and miss, but still danceable
Stale chorus for Hazey...
@DJHazey - The chorus is a bit stale and such a letdown for a song that is quite beautiful otherwise.
Lament for the lost single...
@Pop Gaz - The single that should have been, the perfect blend of camp-Kylie and disco-Kylie. The production stops it slipping into the realms of too-camp (which 'Your Disco' does do) and that chorus is undeniable, you just want to sing it at the top of your voice. Again, a majestic vocal from Kylie.
Joyous AND sad...
@tylerc904 - Gorgeous melody. Joyous and sad at the same time, like all the best songs.
@RRS - Although this is great song, I feel it missed a trick somehow and could have been so much better. It just falls a bit short of the mark for me, it’s just lacking that something extra that could have made it brilliant.
IRJ got led on the right path by another Kylie obsessive...
@idratherjack - How I haven't worshiped at the altar of this song all my life I do not know. I inexplicably overlooked this song for years until @Mikey1701 took me to task over it. I have since seen the error of my ways and repented. What an amazing pop song, quite clearly ABBA-esque, which is no bad thing. One of a line long of "why on earth wasn't this a single?" during her Parlophone years.
Andsov is another who questions this not being a single...
@Andsov - Ah, here we are. An all-time top 10 for me I think. Why the HELL was this never a single? Did they not realize how amazing this song is? It has bells for fucks sake! It also has clever, nostalgic lyrics, a lovely melody and a genuine-sounding Kylie. A complete camp-fest and a delight to experience live on the Anti Tour.
Slo feels all the iconic Kylie tracks lead back to this?
@SloMover - It took me a few years to really appreciate this track. I've always felt that the sound of 'I Believe In You'/'The One'/'All The Lovers'/'Into The Blue' take their roots from 'Disco Down'.
Yes, Parlophone are fuckers...
@SophiaSophia - Why on earth wasn't this a single one of Parlophone's many fucked up decisions throughout the years.
Remorque praises the true disco of this song...
@Remorque - I like this one better than the disco songs that try to be real throwbacks to the disco sound. This one sounds like a proper disco song without wanting to be a 70’s naff television show’s opening score.
While Booers was the second of the 11 scorers, and they perfectly round the comments off...
@Booers - Only took 4 songs in to hand out my 11, but I know I haven’t peaked too soon as this really is the perfect pop song, it has everything that’s needed to have me brimming with pop joyfulness; the word ‘disco’ in the title, dancey but with melancholic lyrics a heartbreaking spoken bit (“even after all this time, I will always wonder where you are”) that gives me a little chill, retro/kitsch space age references, an ABBA riff, chiming bells. It really is marvelous and should have been a single, but in a way I’m glad it wasn’t as it feels like it’s my private moment with Kylie singing to me that the masses aren’t aware of!
Lovely
...
Bye
I am truly sorry for your loss. Thank you for leading me into the light with Disco Down.
Now this is an injustice what kind of horror is this where DISCO DOWN leaves before Can't Get You out of My Head.
They/them, he/him
My impact.
I don't quite know how to describe Disco Down. My grandmother brought the album on cassette in 2000 just as I realising I was gay and I couldn't ask for a better soundtrack for that turbulent but ultimately euphoric period of my life. Disco Down's heart wrenching lyrics and that spectacular production hooked me right away and I fell in love. I will never not cherish it.
Oh and @Sprockrooster don't think I haven't seen your commentary. We're so over we need a whole new word for it.
God, I just realised tomorrow we'll crack the top 10! Bloody hell that's flown!
It really feels like only 5 minutes ago we were wading through Christmas songs and Body Language B-sides!
Gutted. Disco Down is one of those songs that can either make you laugh and dance or cry and dance. Such an amazing song.
They/them, he/him
A depressing time for all involved.
I bitterly regret all the years I wasted not listening to Disco Down.