There is a lot of fun and spirited music on here, but, with the greatest respect, it can be quite hard to detect the Artist Formerly Known as the Prince of Wales’s imprint on his own playlist. He speaks eloquently about music bringing up memories, but it is a matter of public record that he was dealing with considerable domestic turbulence in 1988, so was quite unlikely to have been cutting a dashing figure on the dancefloor at London nightclub Annabel’s doing all the wacky moves for Kylie Minogue’s europop romp through Goffin and King’s 1960s craze The Loco-Motion.
Is this actually anybody’s favourite Kylie record? Australia’s divine Ms Minogue has made some gorgeously inventive electro dance classics in her long career, but this early effort is best left to the end of the night at a 1980s karaoke sessions upstairs at the local pub, along with Millie Small’s squeaky 1960s ska novelty My Boy Lollipop (also on the list).
Second-guessing all your choices is not ideal when it comes to putting a crowd-pleasing setlist together, and this eccentric collection has all too obviously been vetted to be as politically inclusive to the sounds of the Commonwealth as possible. Afropop is having a bit of moment, but I find it hard to picture the King tuning in to the downtempo digital groove of contemporary Nigerian star Davido’s seduction song KANTE, whose lyrics include such naughty observations as “Make your body come gum my body, make I cool my tension/Big waist, fine face, I no go lie for you.”
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