Barking Spiders Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I've always considered Danni 100 x more sexually appealing than her sister and never the got the fuss about K's 'ar$3. I prefer more of a booty on tha ladies. Anyway, I digress. So, KM is slotted into Glasto's sunday afternoon 'legend' spot next year. When i heard the news I had to check to calendar to make sure I hadn't done a Rip van Winkle and it wasn't 1 April. I know a lot of blokes will go on about her so called award winning jacksie but the simple fact is her' vocals are thin and nasal and most of the disposable fluff she's come out with was written by supposedly professional songwriters. So, does anyone among us ageing geezers think she is a 'legend' and deserving of the slot? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianP Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Well she released Confide in Me and Where the Wild Roses Grow. I'm sure that some have been called legends with a weaker back catalogue than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 A whole generation of kids including mine wanted to visit Australia based on Home & Away and Neighbours. These people are now running the media/music biz... Have you noticed how young policemen are?😧 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I'm not a fan of her music but she does seem to put on quite a lavish live show. Haven't heard much of Danni in many years. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Lesser in what respect? Talent? That would be difficult. Notoriety? Possibly. Never got the hype over either of them. Legend???? Seems you dont need much to be a legend in the new century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, mikel said: Seems you dont need much to be a legend in the new century. Think the many Boy & Girl bands have proved that over the past few years. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Are these the same Glasto folks who booked Kanye ? If it is then I doubt anyone on BC can find the logic behind their thinking. Who's "Cheap and available" sounds likely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 She is apparently a ‘gay icon’, which may tick a box... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I won't be going to Glastonbury but will be seeing her at the Eden Project in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 51 minutes ago, mep said: I won't be going to Glastonbury but will be seeing her at the Eden Project in July. I was going to say "westcountry"? Glastonbury's over two hours north from me. Eden is westcountry. (Tongue in cheek disclaimer for the argumentative types) I don't know why anyone gets upset over these Glastonbury bookings, it's a mainstream pop festival and Kylie is a mainstream pop star whose been churning out hits for three decades. I'd have thought that qualified her for 'Legend' status in the eyes of the average Glastonbury goer. I'd be fairly content to have had her longevity and success, as would many more on here I'd imagine. Never mind keep knocking her. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 She has a big audience and fan base so in that I’d say yes, deserving. Based on the rubbish - imo - that she doles out I’d say no. And yes, Danni, phwoar! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 38 minutes ago, Maude said: Never mind keep knocking her. I should be so lucky 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 For years I assumed that Kylie couldn't really sing, based on the fact that her vocal tracks always sound quite heavily processed. Then a few years back I heard her do a stripped back 'unplugged' performance (might have been on Radio 1's live lounge) and it actually turns out she has a pretty decent natural voice and can carry a tune, well her tunes anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 No-one can deny she's famous and she's certainly had a successful career over a 30 year period despite very serious health problems at times. Leaving aside any physical attributes, I think she probably deserves her status. Incidently, I saw Danni Minogue some years back in the stage show Notre dame. She could certainly hold a tune. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 To be fair they'd both get it! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Maude said: I was going to say "westcountry"? Glastonbury's over two hours north from me. Eden is westcountry. (Tongue in cheek disclaimer for the argumentative types) I don't know why anyone gets upset over these Glastonbury bookings, it's a mainstream pop festival and Kylie is a mainstream pop star whose been churning out hits for three decades. I'd have thought that qualified her for 'Legend' status in the eyes of the average Glastonbury goer. I'd be fairly content to have had her longevity and success, as would many more on here I'd imagine. Never mind keep knocking her. Cant say I'm really 'upset' as I don't give a monkeys about Glastonbury. Never been there, don't want to ever go there. I was more questioning her status as 'legend' . As far as I can see she started out as one of SAW's pop poppets and has pretty much followed the same path ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 34 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: Cant say I'm really 'upset' as I don't give a monkeys about Glastonbury. Never been there, don't want to ever go there. I was more questioning her status as 'legend' . As far as I can see she started out as one of SAW's pop poppets and has pretty much followed the same path ever since. Fair enough. I don't really know what qualifies anyone as a legend. Yes she started as one of the multitude of SAW acts but the rest fizzled out pretty quickly. She's as, if not more, popular thirty years down the line, and not just relying on a back catalogue, as she was at the start of her career. Her music's not my cup of tea but that's not bad going in the fickle music industry. Wether that qualifies her as a legend? Well who's to say. She'll go down a storm in that slot at Glastonbury though and that's what matters I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Barking Spiders said: Never been there, don't want to ever go there. I went once. It was GRIM. Proof that no one should ever go to a festival where the weather is not 90% guaranteed good. It was beyond awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, owen said: I went once. It was GRIM. Proof that no one should ever go to a festival where the weather is not 90% guaranteed good. It was beyond awful. Which pretty much rules out every festival held in the UK. My experience of playing festivals, is that only one I've done in the last 5 years when it didn't rain was the one where we played indoors in a hall while the "audience" were outside enjoying the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 minute ago, BigRedX said: Which pretty much rules out every festival held in the UK. Absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 18 minutes ago, BigRedX said: Which pretty much rules out every festival held in the UK. My experience of playing festivals, is that only one I've done in the last 5 years when it didn't rain was the one where we played indoors in a hall while the "audience" were outside enjoying the sun. The Rebellion Festival for us punkers is wisely held indoors, given that we’re all too old to be out in the elements for too long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I guess to a certain generation their parents were teens when "I should be so lucky came out" and they were growing up through "can't get you out of my head" so legend... Not to the jazz/ rock/ funk crowd here but to many, many people probably. I saw Danni mime for twenty odd mins back in 2002. She was very, very unconvincing. I'm sure she'd be decent company over a cup of coffee, or even in a lapdancing bar if you believe tabloid stories from when she was a judge on X Factor, but I wouldn't watch a "performance" of hers if it was happening in my garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) Hm. While I'm not a big fan of either Minogue, I believe Kylie has worked hard throughout her career, and thoroughly deserves being called a pop legend. (Pop, that is, memorable, lightweight, singalong stuff.) I wonder whether some of you would have the same dismissive attitude if Justin Timberlake - or some other comparable male artist - had been offered the slot. Including the mention of his derrière 'trousersnake' I think it was, in his case. Edited December 21, 2018 by Silvia Bluejay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
operative451 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Thou shalt not diss the One True Kylie... I have a whole thesis on 'Kylie is more punk than the sex pistols' - short version. They were basically a manufactured boy band, the Bay City Rollers in Vivienne Westwood. Kylie does what she wants (which is pure joyful pop) and is definitely very much the boss of Kylie.inc. And is awesome. I love her. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 My wife says she's related Kylie Minogue. I've poured scorn on this assertion, but she's adamant...so I've started to use it as a 'tenuous claim to fame'. Kylie has put in the hours to build her fanbase. There are enough people out there who like what she does, all the best to her. She's certainly a lot better than some newer artists, even early stuff has more appeal than the 'tinned' music being pushed out now by others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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