I'm surprised they didn't try to work the La-La-La with Fa-La-La-La-La-La from Deck the Halls...
Kylie Minogue
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I'm surprised they didn't try to work the La-La-La with Fa-La-La-La-La-La from Deck the Halls...
That quote is when Parlophone were thinking of releasing it as the debut LY track, so it was considered briefly before they decided to go with Spinning Around is my understanding. I'm so glad they went with Spinning Around - that campaign had the straights on board too, especially with the video.
In 2000, the only mainstream artist allowed to be knowingly camp in the UK charts was Robbie Williams. He could brazenly chuck a "I Will Survive" sample on a single and get away with it - he had the nations album buyers in his back pocket. Kylie? Not yet, and there's no way they would risk alienating the audience they wanted to attract four singles into her rebound. Also people forget that some other 80's singers tried to relaunch in Kylie's coattails with disco covers recorded with cheap production, completely missing the reasons why "Spinning Around" was narratively perfect for Kylie. "Please Stay" is a great song, it just got landed with a video that overdoes the kitsch and stuck with some anaemic mixing on the album version that's stuck in people's minds. The single mix/Ultimate Kylie version with the heavier bass and slightly punchier mixing/tempo is my go to.
I don't think "Your Disco Needs You" would have got much airplay beyond the chart shows in either it's LP version or its radio mixes.
Geri Halliwell could also get away with it, because she was selling 4x the amount of singles in her Schizophonic era compared to what Kylie was selling for Light Years, but Geri's career went off the rails after covering "It's Raining Men", so...
Is that on the Step Back In Time compilation (or anywhere else on streaming)? Don't think I've heard it before.
I suspect it's the same version on Step Back in Time as they didn't remaster anything for that, but I could be wrong. And BMG aren't the best at pulling the right files for compilations digital versions so they might have used the Light Years master. It's very subtle, it's not a major difference, it just feels like it's more dynamic than it does on Light Years because the bass is just slightly more present.
Shoulda been "Disco Down" for the Christmas single and "Please Stay" for the spring single.
They/Them
Disco Down suffers from the same issue as Your Disco. Please Stay was the best choice of single to end the Light Years era.
Are we ignoring the fact that Light years was the perfect 4th single and the sleek vibe of it was perfect to lead into 'Can't get...'.Would have rocked a nice radio remix as well.
Guy Chambers also spoke about it in the context of it being released in other territories and not the UK.
“The only thing that’s laced with some mixed emotions is that Miles Leonard, who was the head of Kylie’s label at the time, stopped it being a single in the UK. That was painful, it really was, because it should have been a single in the UK and it would have done really well.”
Is it true the single’s UK release was vetoed because it was considered “too gay” and “too camp”? “Absolutely – that’s what we were told, yeah,” Chambers replies.
And he'd have been right. No chance of wide radio play for "Your Disco Needs You" and the sales from her existing fan base getting it to about #11 on the charts for a single week would have ended their campaign right there and then. The UK music market was/is obsessed with credibility and perception, with too many industry gatekeepers that would have reacted with horror at that song.
Oh wow I had absolutely no idea there were two different versions!
But this makes sense (I do remember Robbie being massive at the time even though I was so young dd).
All this discussion has made me revisit Light Years and I forgot how much I enjoyed it. On A Night Like This is truly Kylie at her best, I think I might prefer the album to Fever actually.
Light Years is Kylie's best Parlophone album by a considerable margin.
I don't think it's a coincidence that Impossible Princess and Light Years are in my top 3 Kylie Albums. They are both 100% Kylie to a tee, just completely opposite sides of the coin. They are albums she absolutely HAD to make and without either of them, we wouldn't be Padaming right now, in fact we wouldn't have had Fever or anything else after that.
Fever is her weakest Parlophone album for me, whether that is because I got so sick of hearing it everywhere or not, I don't know, but for me, outside of the killer singles and a couple of other tracks, it's complete filler.
I don't think it's a coincidence that Impossible Princess and Light Years are in my top 3 Kylie Albums. They are both 100% Kylie to a tee, just completely opposite sides of the coin. They are albums she absolutely HAD to make and without either of them, we wouldn't be Padaming right now, in fact we wouldn't have had Fever or anything else after that.
Fever is her weakest Parlophone album for me, whether that is because I got so sick of hearing it everywhere or not, I don't know, but for me, outside of the killer singles and a couple of other tracks, it's complete filler.
I'd probably rank her albums since Light Years like this:
Body Language
Light Years
X
Aphrodite
Fever
Disco
Golden
I'd say apart from the top two they all move around though. I still need to listen to Kiss Me Once and her 90s albums which I've never listened to outside of the singles dd.
Body Language
Light Years
X
Aphrodite
Fever
Disco
Golden
I'd say apart from the top two they all move around though. I still need to listen to Kiss Me Once and her 90s albums which I've never listened to outside of the singles dd.
I'm least familiar with Kiss Me Once but I would rate her Parlophone albums as following
Light Years
Body Language
X
Kiss Me Once
Fever
Aphrodite
Light Years was such a perfect rebrand for Kylie, it rightfully launched her second imperial era.
Light Years
Body Language
X
Kiss Me Once
Fever
Aphrodite
Light Years was such a perfect rebrand for Kylie, it rightfully launched her second imperial era.
Body Language
Impossible Princess
Kiss Me Once
Kylie Minogue
Aphrodite
X
Fever
Golden
Rhythm Of Love
Light Years
Let's Get To It
Disco
(actual hell)
Kylie
Enjoy Yourself
Impossible Princess
Kiss Me Once
Kylie Minogue
Aphrodite
X
Fever
Golden
Rhythm Of Love
Light Years
Let's Get To It
Disco
(actual hell)
Kylie
Enjoy Yourself
Who hurt you?