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Kylie Minogue song about a typeface
- surfingonthenet 2y agoan absolute classic... love towa tei <3
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- thundergolfer 2y agoThis title really sounded like it was going to be about Suno.
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- nine_k 2y ago(1) My respect towards Kylie Minogue, who I don't remember ever listening to, just got a boost. Maybe I should check out her other songs! (2) The page has the most playful "Accept cookies?" control of what I've encountered so far.
- striking 2y agoJust be warned. You might find you can't get her out of your head.
- bernds74 2y agoYou should be so lucky.
- BugsJustFindMe 2y agoIt's a song lyric joke.
- thih9 2y agoBoth are: - Can't Get You Out of My Head: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t_Get_You_Out_of_My_Head https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t_Get_You_Out_of_My_He... - I Should Be So Lucky: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Should_Be_So_Lucky https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Should_Be_So_Lucky
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- BugsJustFindMe 2y agoOh damn. Haha.
- twic 2y agoI know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now.
- partomniscient 2y agoYou can confide in me.
- Eduard 2y agoGut ja
- iechoz6H 2y agoAKA The stalking song
- thih9 2y agoFun fact, if you recognize Nick Cave’s “Where the Wild Roses Grow”, then you have heard Kylie Minogue - she sang in the duet[1][2]. I remember being surprised when I learned about it. This is also the “murder ballad” that the article refers to. > In 1995 she collaborated on a murder ballad duet with Nick Cave [1]: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpnjE1LUvE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpnjE1LUvE [2]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Roses_Grow https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Roses_Grow
- stavros 2y agoThe album was also called "murder ballads", as it contained murder ballads.
- hnlmorg 2y agoGreat song though I’m surprised you didn’t immediately recognise her voice in it. There’s a few an interesting tracks on that album. I quite liked “Death is not the end”, which I think was the last track on Murder Ballards and also features Kylie (amongst a few others).
- _whoDis 2y agoNick Cave encouraged Kylie to read hear lyrics at a public poetry reading. She got up and read I should be so lucky. I respect her for that
- worthless-trash 2y agoI could imagine how surreal that would be, having the neighbours soap star turned #1 music star, reading at your local poetry jam.
- sho_hn 2y agoKylie Minogue is, as far as pop music goes, awesome. Her stage shows are fantastic, and you should see the massive mobile server park and crew of nerds that runs it all. Pushing the envelope of stage shows as a product for sure.
- bigiain 2y agoIf anybody now anybody, summoning someone on her tech team to tell us about what goes on would be really great.
- emchammer 2y agoCould you please provide some examples about this?
- sho_hn 2y agoThere's a documentary called "White Diamond", filmed alongside her prep for her "Showgirl: Homecoming" (the previously-cancelled leg of her "Showgirl" tour, after she had to interrupt it for cancer treatment). Much of it is of course focused on Minogue herself and her battle with the disease & return to form, but it also has behind the scenes content on how the show itself is put together, including some footage in the server room. I've seen similar reporting here and there in TV coverage of her show prep and so on, after an accidental viewing of "White Diamond" made me an interested party.
- ruuda 2y agoKylie Minogue is the only female artist who had a #1 album in the UK in five consecutive decades (!), something even Madonna didn't manage to. Edit, the article says “across”, not a #1 album in every decade. In the 90s she only reached #4. https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/thats-crazy-kylie-tops-chart-in-five-decades-as-disco-hits-no1-idUSKBN27U049/ https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/thats-crazy-kylie-...
- toast0 2y agoIn the 90s she was busy being in movies and video games (including the acclaimed Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game)
- havblue 2y agoAnd in 2007, a Doctor Who episode featuring the Titanic... In space!
- Foobar8568 2y agoThat Doctor Who episode was my introduction to the serie. <3
- bee_rider 2y agoToo bad the playful “Accept cookies” button didn’t have a “no” option.
- bigiain 2y agoI just used the reader mode button...
- chriscrisby 2y agoThat was a cool button though
- petercooper 2y agoHer music video directed by Michel Gondry is worth a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63vqob-MljQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63vqob-MljQ For 2001 it has a rather striking effect. Kylie is walking around a circular area in Paris over and over and everything multiplies each time she completes a loop. It's a very clever effect given the technology of the time. By the end of the video there are five Kylies walking around loosely interacting with each other and the world in odd ways.
- romanhn 2y agoWow. I know the song but have never seen the video. So creative and mesmerizing.
- twic 2y agoThat's Gondry at his most Gondryesque. There are connected themes in some of his other music videos: The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S43IwBF0uM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S43IwBF0uM The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5FyfQDO5g0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5FyfQDO5g0 Daft Punk - Around The World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0HSD_i2DvA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0HSD_i2DvA The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4dx42YzQCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4dx42YzQCE
- aequitas 2y ago> The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4dx42YzQCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4dx42YzQCE (it's my birthday today, so I think I'm allowed to post a) 'Simpsons did it': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUx3kDnT-p8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUx3kDnT-p8
- zem 2y agochances are you have at least heard "the locomotion" without knowing who sang it - I remember that song being played everywhere!
- bigger_cheese 2y agoAs an Australian I've have repressed childhood trauma from being forced to dance to Kylie's "The Locomotion" over and over again in Primary school, it was the Macarena of it's time... She collaborated with Nick Cave in the mid 90's which was a massive hit, it was all over radio at the time.
- gadders 2y agoConfide in Me is one of her best, but she has quite a few reliable pop hits. She also did a song with Nick Cave that is worth a listen.
- wewtyflakes 2y agoNever thought I would see Kylie Minogue on HN; what a nice surprise.
- celticninja 2y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fw2Labli4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fw2Labli4k
- robin_reala 2y agoIf you don’t know Towa Tei, you might recognise him from Deee-Lite (“Groove is in the Heart”). Personally, I prefer his side project Sweet Robots Against the Machine. But he’s also an excellent DJ, YouTube throws up a load of clips of him having fun on the decks.
- larodi 2y agoBoth Towa Tei and Minogue super futuristic if not cyberpunk before it even was a thing.
- zoklet-enjoyer 2y agoKylie Minogue's first album was released 4 years after Neuromancer was published.
- larodi 2y agotechnically, you are right. whats more "The word "cyberpunk" was coined by writer Bruce Bethke, who wrote a story with that title in 1980." but this was not even as subculter, yet alone a thing people recognized. to me Neuromancer also marks the onset of cyberpunk culture, but Kylie Minogue was among the few artists such as Bjork, who seemed to be bold enough to explore it artistically.
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- xnx 2y ago> super futuristic if not cyberpunk Probably closer to retro-futurism x club culture
- re 2y agoYou might also recognize a few samples from/shared with "Groove is in the Heart" (at 0:30 and 3:39) in "GBI (German Bold Italic)" (at 0:25 and 3:19). (Timestamps are for the YouTube music videos, which have short introductions not found on the album tracks) https://www.whosampled.com/sample/8483/Towa-Tei-Kylie-Minogue-GBI%3A-German-Bold-Italic-Bel-Sha-Zaar-Tommy-Genapopoluis-The-Grecian-Knights-Introduction/ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/8483/Towa-Tei-Kylie-Minogu... https://www.whosampled.com/sample/426057/Towa-Tei-Kylie-Minogue-GBI%3A-German-Bold-Italic-Deee-Lite-Bootsy-Collins-Q-Tip-Groove-Is-in-the-Heart/ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/426057/Towa-Tei-Kylie-Mino...
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- type0 2y agoPapyrus (SNL) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJNJopOQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJNJopOQ Papyrus 2 (SNL) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8PdffUfoF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8PdffUfoF0
- bigiain 2y agoHelvetica - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zis-1z8jc60 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zis-1z8jc60 Sadly, that live version is the only one I can find streaming anywhere. The album version (which I have on CD) uses a sample of a dot matrix printer to play the part that the brushed snare does on that live version.
- MrMcCall 2y agoHoly shit! I've never seen those before. Thanks for the literal LOL. Ryan Gosling is such a great comedic actor. And the handle-comment synergy is chef's kiss :-)
- timpark 2y agoMore typeface-related fun: Neutra Face: An Ode On A Typeface (parody of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face") https://youtu.be/xHCu28bfxSI?t=18 https://youtu.be/xHCu28bfxSI?t=18 Behind the Typeface: Cooper Black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZmdf8A9Ex8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZmdf8A9Ex8
- andrewinardeer 2y ago"Whitney Mallett on That Kylie Minoque x Towa Tei Track" Has the author misspelled Kylie's surname in the article heading or am I missing something?
- omnimus 2y agoIt's the submitted title on HN. Her name is correct in the article itself.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoI have a friend that's a retired music industry exec, and he loves it when I send gems I get from here, to him. Sharing it.
- ahazred8ta 2y agoBefore Southern Cross, there was Seven League Boots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNEpFrOWooE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNEpFrOWooE
- interludead 2y agoAlways cool when something from HN sparks nostalgia or uncovers a gem
- ac50hz 2y agoAnd then there are the similarities, both video and song, between Can’t Get You Out Of My Head and Doll on a Music Box/Truly Scrumptious from the UK musical/movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang… There was a mashup floating around somewhere, years ago. Probably lost.
- MarcelOlsz 2y agoI will find this for you if it takes me a year. Bookmarked this comment.
- trollied 2y agoIt’ll be on soulseek. Most forget it exists.
- MarcelOlsz 2y agoI'm hitting up all my sources and activating my music-finding sleeper agents. Soulseek as a last result but it's probably there.
- MarcelOlsz 2y agoHow is it possible that I can't find this. I found my dads highschool friends garage band from eastern europe from 1960 on my trackers but can't find this.
- nluken 2y ago1. I find the actual typeface made for the track rather pretty. Definitely of an era, but given how in that era's graphic design is right now I'm surprised I haven't seen more of it out and about 2. Sadly the article neglects to mention Haroumi Hosono, whose vocals are also on the track. If you haven't checked out his work, either solo or with YMO, it's well worth a listen.
- bee_rider 2y agoThe site is too hard to navigate (I couldn’t find the reject cookies button, so there was a giant hand taking up half my screen). Do you happen to recall what the actual typeface was called?
- crtasm 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBI_(German_Bold_Italic) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBI_(German_Bold_Italic)
- aizk 2y agoThis song is in my library, completely forgot about it, thanks for bringing it back to me. Some other artists I can recommend with similar specific Japanese vibes, Denki Groove and Yellow Magic Orchestra are really good.
- rbanffy 2y agoMaybe one day she’ll be moved to sing by the simple elegance of my take on the classic 3278-2 terminal font.
- nimish 2y agoProduct market fit. Kylie has it.
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- munificent 2y agoA Japanese house producer ex-member of Deee-Lite making a house track about a techno typeface sung by Kylie Minogue is the most late 90s thing I can imagine. It's like a rave flyer spontaneously gained sentience.
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoDamn I miss the 90s.
- the_hoffa 2y agoMe too .. but at this point in our timeline it's not exactly for "nostalgic" reasons.
- CapitalistCartr 2y agoThe Matrix setting their simulated society in the late Nineties as the optimum time seems prescient now.
- Rarebox 2y agoThe peak of human civilization, before robots took over.
- interludead 2y agoHonestly, I kinda miss when pop culture wasn't afraid to get this weird
- thomastraum 2y agogreat subject let down by an annoyingly weak article that focuses on memes for whatever reason. another great unexpected music x font crossover is gucci mane tweeting about "Times New Roman"
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- interludead 2y agoI had no idea a song like GBI even existed, let alone that it came with its own font!
- JKCalhoun 2y agoI thought of The Concretes song, Fiction. The only song I knew that referred to a font ("This font should be bold."). https://youtu.be/x-403FWsujw https://youtu.be/x-403FWsujw
- gadders 2y agoThis reminds me of the tweet where someone said their favourite font was "Ariana Grande".
- usrusr 1y agoGoogle hits for last-century-modern.ttf appear completely unrelated. But I guess that album/track name is a bit self referential? (there's also a remix LCM following the pattern of the earlier GBI)