During the 90's was in many ways not the best time to be a fan of Miss Kylie Minogue. She did release a couple of excellent but somewhat unnoticed albums on Deconstruction and after she left the label in the late 90s a lot of people were writing her her career off.
Over here she was not well known to begin with. In fact, a lot of people had no idea who she was but some did manage to place her in Neighbours or knew her from "Where The Wild Roses Grow", which was a big hit over here. I was a school DJ (and later club DJ) in the 90s and used every opportunity to educate the poor public by playing everything from "I Should Be So Lucky" to "Better The Devil You Know" to "Step Back In Time" to "Confide In Me" to "Where's The Feeling" to "Limbo" to "German Bold Italic"! But it seemed that by the late 90s even the people around me that liked her were convinced that her career was over. Not me, however. I loved her albums but I felt that all she needed to be back on top was a change in musical direction. And that's exactly what she did!
2000 was the year of Madonna (who released her massive Music album) and Kylie, who made a Cher-like comeback with her album Light Years. I remember hearing the first few notes of "Spinning Around", thinking: "OMG, this is EXACTLY what she needed to do"! It instantly became one of my Kylie favorites - and more importantly, it became a huge hit for her. The song (co-written by Paula Abdul) became her first UK#1 since "Tears On My Pillow" back in 1990 and her first Australian #1 since "Confide In Me" back in 1994.
The song and the following singles from the album set the scene nicely for her follow up album Fever, which of course shot her to super stardom. Light Years remains one of my favorite Kylie albums and it's associated with the memory of finally seeing her live the year after, when she was doing the On A Night Like This tour.
The princess is gearing up for yet another comeback - her new single "Into The Blue" will have it's radio premiere on Jan 27th and new album is coming out later this year. But for now, let's celebrate the weekend by grabbing a drink or two, putting on our tightest hotpants and spin around!
3 comments:
Hey Mr DJ...Put some kylie on...I ♥ this post! Cheers! xoxoMM
One of Kylie's finest moments, to be sure - and thank heavens DJ Henry was there to educate the Vikings in loving Our Princess! Jx
I did my best ;) After her success last decade she has of course become a household name here (finally).
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