Friday, June 03, 2005

Kylie Minogue

Just a few words to wish Kylie a successful recovery. Last week, the popular Australian pop-star was diagnosed with the early stages of breast cancer. She underwent an operation and is currently resting at her home in Australia.
I became a Kylie fan during her post SAW (Stock Aitken Waterman) era, in the early 90's. She released a single "Confide In Me" featured on an import music program on WDRE. A later single, "Some Kind of Bliss", was a collaboration between her, and Manic Street Preachers (one of my favorite bands). Another huge hit for her was a duet with Nick Cave, "Where the Wild Roses Grow".
Even though she abandoned her "Indie" leanings for straight-on dance with the excellent albums "Light Years" and "Fever", I continued to be a huge fan. Worldwide, she is as popular as Madonna, but in the USA, she was/is mostly overlooked. For anyone uninitiated, be sure to pick up her 2CD compilation "Ultimate Kylie" which features most of her hits, including the great new singles "I Believe in You" and "Giving You Up".

2 comments:

Steve said...

'I wanna funk. I wanna funk. I wanna F-f-u-f-u-n-k...'

Scott was a big Kylie fan and we would always pop on her peppier hits. Then we'd bop in the car to Locomotion and just have a grand ol' time.

We even saw her live at the taping for Last Call with Carson Daly. It was nice seeing her up close and personal, dancing away.

Best of Kylie, our thoughts are with you.

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