Jud (moderator) said on March 31, 2005 06:18:

yes saw her yesterday in Vienna :)

First: she IS small and thin! She has such tiny hands hihi :P

Second: I enjoyed most of the show, some of the newer tracks sounded a bit lame, but all in all it was a nice show. And note that I write show with all the glitter and feathers and dancers and all, because that’s what it is. I am not that fond of such planned-to-the-last-second shows because I like artists who improvise (and after seeing Melissa Etheridge on stage any other artist becomes very very small), and Kylie didn’t move a finger if it wasn’t part of the show ... until the latests songs. I don’t know if it was because she sang the Your Disco Needs You in German and people seemed to wake up then, and Kylie looked like having more fun (she did during the whole show but you could anyway feel a change in the atmosphere). My fave were the last two songs because she talked more to the audience and improvised a little bit.

It was fun to hear all those old songs live - took me back in time...

The only really negative thing was the sound, which was horrible. I had never been at this venue before so I don’t know if it is the place, or the position of the speakers (rather to the sides of the stage, which is quite wide) together with the fact that we were front row, on the right of the stage, somewhere in the middle of the catwalk (very great spot to see the concert from, and you do need to be close if you want to see Kylie :P), but the sound was rather bad, it was a bit like echoing all the time and you couldn’t hear the voices 100% clear. Maybe soundcheck-ers had a bad day?

The supporting act, Melody Club, were ok, but due to the crappy sound I hardly understood a word :O Neither of what the guy spoke nor what he sung. The sound got better when Kylie stepped on stage but it still wasn’t as it should, at least for me (and I have been in front row before with other artists in other shows and I know being front row doesn’t mean extremely bad sound quality...)

Jud (moderator) said on March 31, 2005 15:12:

something that hit me quite a lot: somebody threw a soft-toy to the stage (a cute red devil :)), it landed in the middle of the catwalk... I understood that Kylie walked around it while performing the songs but I didn’t quite get why she didn’t pick it up when she walked from the beginning of the catwalk back to the stage to join the dancers + band to say hi, she was walking on the catwalk, waving and blowing kisses and saying thanks for all bla bla, she again walked around it, didn’t even look at it .. it’s not that there were 101282 toys on the stage, only that one cute thing..

Re. Kylie’s voice. I must admit I was amazed she sounded LIKE in the albums! Many artists have different voices in albums/live but Kylie sounded rather the same, might be technology.. but I doubt it - she shouted a couple of times “yeah!!” and that proved she DOES have a high voice :O

Re. shows / “rock-concerts”. I prefer rock shows because I like a) shows that differ one to the other and b) that the artist reacts on the audience, listens, looks, pays attention - and isn’t standing there as a robot not doing any move more than what’s in the script.

I guess you can get what I mean if I tell you that after seeing Melissa live in Hamburg we had the urge to see her again, we HAD TO, so we traveled extra to München for that. I would have gone to more shows if we had had the chance/money to. On the other hand, even I enjoyed the show so much and it was great to see Kylie live, I wouldn’t go to another of Showgirl shows.

Again, I guess I am totally spoiled with Melissa Etheridge (even Marie sometimes) - Melissa just grabs anything people want to give her :P she reads the posters / signs aloud, she takes presents and comments on them - once she even put it high so people at the back could see it... What can I say, she’s my fave live artist. Punkt :)

Sparvogamarie said on April 1, 2005 19:22:

I’m not that surprised Kylie didn’t pick up the toy, in Australia she has quite a reputation for being rude to fans. I grew up near her town so I heard a lot of stories of her being really rude to fans. We had an expression when I was in the 6th grade “Kylie Min-o-gue spits on you” because she was so rude. They also had a thing on the radio where ppl could ring in and tell about meeting a celebrity, and someone called and said how Kylie was out with her boyfriend Jason Donovan, and this person asked for an autograph and she said no. The person asked Jason and he said “Yes of course” and was very kind about giving the autograph so then Kylie had to sign too but she was making a face the whole time!

Sparvogamarie said on April 2, 2005 09:35:

She might have changed since then, she was a total bitch earlier in her career but if she was smart she would have realised that it’s not so good for business ;) Plus of course she’s older and wiser now. And of course it depends, I have met Per several times and he was a jerk. I’ve heard from other people that he is sweet and friendly, so I guess you have to meet people at the right time.

ncurran said on April 4, 2005 08:12:

ive also only heard good things about kylie being nice to her fans. From what Ive heard shes always very polite.
as for her sister...she has a very different reputation is a bit of a diva. Listening to not only the fans, but also people within the british music industry and the media....everyone seems to love kylie, so i very much doubt that she is stuck up or rude.

Judith, as for not picking up the toy...i dont know why she didnt, but i can tell you that i gave her a red rose in Glasgow, and she said thankyou and waved it around for half of the encore.

Jud (moderator) said on April 4, 2005 15:20:

I didn’t want to pick on Kylie, I like her a lot, she belongs to my teenager time, I think she was my first idol before Roxette.. and I had a great time at the show and all.

I was only shocked that she ignored the toy, specially because I had heard she is so sweet and nice to fans. I was only wondering, now I got a reply and explanation: she is still the nice little cute sweet sexy Kylie and she only had a bad day :)

I must say the Austrian crowd wasn’t THAT good, people here are rather like “what will others say” or “what if somebody I know sees me jumping around” ;) I guess the mood got to Kylie too :S

PS: does she take drugs? :S

NickNL74 said on April 4, 2005 22:49:

@ Judith... didn’t mean to give you the impression I thought you were picking on Kylie, because actually I didn’t think that at all!
Just being enthusiastic her.. lol
No worries! :-)

animalkingdom said on April 5, 2005 07:49:

“Did you know Kylie was the biggest selling female artist of the ’90?”

No, I didn’t...and that is because she CERTAINLY WAS NOT!!! Hello!! Which planet are you living on?

“She sold way more than Madonna, Celine Dion or Mariah Carrey”

Unbelievable cr*p...Exactly what were the singles/albums that made her outsell the artists behind such mega sellers as “Ray Of Light”, “Let’s Talk About Love” (including “My Heart Will Go On”), “Music Box” (including “Without You”) by Madonna, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey.’

Do you have any specific details but your own, sort of, questionable word?

NickNL74 said on April 5, 2005 20:17:

Not sucking this outta my thumb! :-)

“Videos:
iFilm Kylie Minoque Video Showcase
iFilms offers a fantastic showcase of Kylie’s videos. Keep in mind that despite not releasing albums in the U.S. Kylie was the biggest selling female artist worldwide in the ’90s, bigger than Mariah or Madonna. These videos are a testament to her international appeal.
iFilm, November 05, 2004 “
See link below.

http://www.mp3.com/kylie-minogue/artists/4215/listings.html

Mariah sold more than Celine, so I added her (Celine) to that fact myself.

Can’t remember where I read the fact she has more top 10/20 singles than Madonna in the UK. Thought it was on her official website.. I’ll keep searching. Even I was very surprised since I had no idea she was doing so well at that time.

LaMan said on April 5, 2005 20:58:

MARIAH was the biggest selling female artist of the 90s, not Kylie!! This is a fact.

Jud (moderator) said on April 5, 2005 21:06:

btw I remembered something funny from the show. By the end, after singing Can’t get you out of my head I think, she read a sign somebody was holding which said something like “shake it the way you know” .. and she read it out loud and was like “what should I shake? my head?” (and shaked her head) :P she laughed and then she shaked her sexy ass :D

NickNL74 said on April 12, 2005 16:05:

Not that much Kylie fans here?

realsuga said on July 17, 2005 15:29:

I’m an Irish Rox fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Probably the only one, lol. I actually saw Kylie twice (right @ the front both times! The gods were kind with my tix....Dublin & London). The show was a very tightly and meticulously choreographed show. I agree sometimes it lacked spontaneity but one thing’s for sure....Kylie’s voice.....and that back catalog of hits alone testifies her brilliance & longevity.

realsuga said on July 17, 2005 17:29:

I love the Impossible Princess album.....Breathe is sensational. Very sexy song & a gr8 dance tune too!

LaMan said on July 19, 2005 13:23:

which one was more popular Princess or Kylie Minogue? how do you like Falling Pet Shop Boys wrote to her?

ncurran said on July 19, 2005 14:46:

LaMan, “which one was more popular Princess or Kylie Minogue? how do you like Falling Pet Shop Boys wrote to her?”

Well commercially, no doubt about it, the Kylie Minogue (94) album was more successful, apart from in Australia where Impossible Princess was one of her biggest selling albums. “Falling” is OK, but i think it could have been produced better. I prefer Kylie’s other collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys “In Denial” from their “Nightlife” album.

Personally, out of the 2 albums I prefer Impossible Princess. Kylie Minogue (94) is a good album, but in a different kind of way to IP. At that time when she left PWL in 1992, for her first record with deConstruction, there was a deliberate attempt to make her sound more adult. Hence the fact that on this album she worked with many different writers and producers, and the outcome was a very well polished record, but nothing too exciting or groundbreaking apart from maybe Confide in Me which is fantastic. One EXCELLENT point about this album is the vocal production. Her voice is stronger on this record than any other that she has recorded.

As for Impossible Princess, it is a totally different kind of record. There wasnt the same planning/A&R involvement in the making of this album. Kylie was basically left to her own devices to make and record this album. Of course this was a good thing, but at that time I’m not really sure that she herself knew what kind of wanted to record. And that my only criticism of that album, is that it isnt very cohesive. The tracks that she recorded with the Manic Street Preachers, kind of stand out from the more contempary dance tracks.
However, she did write all the lyrics herself (mostly when she was on a roadtrip in america i think), and a lot of the music. Its definitely much more personal than any of the other work she has done, and it makes the whole album a lot deeper. Its the kind of album i like to listen to while reading the lyrics at the same time. There are also some fantastic tracks on it, but i think there were a lot of factors which contributed to it being a big flop. Mostly the whole releasing of the singles and album was a big mess. The album was delayed and eventually came out 6 months after it was originally planned and the whole promotion was a big mess. I also think the release of Some Kind of Bliss was a big mistake. Limbo, Too far, or possibly even Drunk would have been much better choices

ncurran said on July 19, 2005 18:44:

Where the wild roses grow was a minor hit in the UK. It is a personal favourite of kylie’s i think, and the video is fantastic! She actually sang a snippet of it on the latest tour during “Red Blooded Woman”, which was quite ironic actually as lots of fans see it as being her most creative and RBW as being her biggest sellout. It did (kind of) work though

LaMan said on July 19, 2005 20:26:

I´ve got this very nice “Hits +” alike collection of songs from both albums mentioned.

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00005TSTN.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

LaMan said on July 25, 2005 15:16:

No one likes Finer Feelings?

http://xlorieu.free.fr/Photos/Kylie%20Minogue/kylie17.jpg

LaMan said on July 26, 2005 19:34:

How do u like this one: (album, no pic of Kylie with hardly nothing on lol).
http://www.wikimusic.de/files/article/news/1101232513/400x600/ultimatek_...

btw there is one song I can´t stand... “Kids”. It´s useless.