Buy the updated 100 Degrees (Still Disco To Me) here (Amazon UK)
Experience more Kylie disco extravaganza with Off With His Shirt - review here
Disco isn't just for Christmas. It's for life. And we should all thank the goddesses of pop (aka the Minogue sisters) that this remains as true today as it did in 1978. As part of her radiant project, Kylie Christmas, one Ms Kylie Minogue teamed up with her sister Dannii to create the gloriously uplifting and vibrant festive disco anthem, 100 Degrees. Many a night was spent by more than just me (I assume) bopping around the Christmas tree, sparkling fairy lights being a glittering replacement for a disco ball, as Kylie and Dannii sang "it's still Christmas to me". When the big day was over, it felt wrong to pack this away until it became socially acceptable to play it again - and mercifully La Minogues agreed because they've gussied it up and made it an absolute all year round gem, only now with the refrain "It's still disco to me". Utter magic - at least 7 times as amazing as when Love Is All Around was changed to Christmas Is All Around (only reversed), and still capturing the essence of Studio 54. You can almost envisage Liza Minelli quaffing champagne at the VIP table whilst Gloria Gaynor bumps and hustles her way across the dancefloor to the sound of the O'Jays (remember the O'Jays?!). Festive version or year round Pride classic, it's a sizzling slice of disco pie that will make you glad from head to (mistle)toe). Sisters are clearly doing it for themselves as the song starts with the new dancefloor proclamation and instantly shimmies into the funky beat whilst a whirling, swirling dervish of strings accelerate this loving tribute to a time when it was easy to find the music to get down and boogie. And boogie along to this you will - not just because it recreates every single signature sound from every 70s dancefloor smash that you know and love, but also because Kylie and Dannii sound luminous together with the sheer joy of singing a song so deliriously wild and stimulating. If it sounds indubitably fun and frivolous, it's because it IS fun and frivolous - but let it be known that there is really smart songwriting and production behind this song that unveils this sense of heady freedom. And it's all powered by the gleeful, enthusiastic singing from the Minogue sisters. The winners of Christmas - and showing that winners really do take it all. Oh, and if that wasn't enough, there are now a plethora (three) of remixes that extend your listening pleasure to orgasmic new heights. My fave? Like shooting fish in a barrel but today, definitely the Steve Anderson Extended Disco Mix. It is what the word lush was invented for... Play on a loop with Better The Devil You Know, Your Disco Needs You, All The Lovers and Off With His Shirt.
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