When the Lizard lounge started in 1990 I decided we would play absolutely anything and everything that would make the night fun while at the same time didn't want to make it too corny. Heavy and light. The Doors, Stone Roses and Kylie. and hip hop and rap music. It all came together to make a memorable night that exploded during the Nineties. This was a formula initially tried out at the very successful Barbarella's night club a few years previous and at the Beehive. They didn't last long but Lizard went for over 10 years over 3 nights.
One of the first things I started doing was going round the record labels asking for stuff to play. I was never into Kylie finding it all a little gloopy but when festival gave me a copy of this on 12 inch it was fabulous. I guess this was the turning point in her career because after this she just kept on releasing fantastic dance pop records which fitted in with our dodgy music policy. And she looked different too. She had gone through some kind of metamorphisis after dating Michael Hutchence and was now...well a lot more racy. Of all the records to come this was about my favourite.
Rod our guitarist was backing her on Hey Hey It's Saturday one night so I got him to get me her autograph. He got Mick Harvey from the Bad Seeds to ask. So I've got an autograph "to rob from kylie".cool?
The video was shot in a building next door to the Espy. The same one my friend Tania used to live in. A luxurious flat overlooking St. Kilda beach.
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