Kylie Said to Jason

Infobox Single
Name = Kylie Said to Jason


Border = yes
Caption = The sleeve of "Kylie Said to Jason", featuring a still from "The White Room"
Artist = The KLF
from Album =
Released = 31 July 1989
Format = 7", 12", CD, VHS
Recorded =
Genre = Pop/House
Length = 7:04
Label = KLF Communications (UK)
Producer = The KLFExtra chronology
Artist = Drummond & Cauty
Type = singles
Last single = "3 a.m. Eternal (Pure Trance)" (1989)
This single = "Kylie Said to Jason" (1989)
Next single = "Last Train to Trancentral (Pure Trance 5)" (1990)

"Kylie Said to Jason" was a 1989 single by The KLF, "Kylie" and "Jason" being Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, then stars in the popular Australian TV soap opera "Neighbours". Designed for chart success, the single nonetheless failed to enter the UK top 100. The rarity of the original CD single has led to it becoming a valuable collectors' item.

Context

In 1989, The KLF embarked upon the creation of a road movie and soundtrack album, both titled "The White Room", funded by the profits from their number one hit single, "Doctorin' the Tardis". [Mellor, C. "Beam Me Up, Scotty - How to have a number one (The JAMs way)", "Offbeat" Magazine, February 1989 ( [http://www.libraryofmu.org/display-resource.php?id=94 link] )] The film project was fraught with difficulties and setbacks, including dwindling funds. Ultimately, neither the film nor its soundtrack would be formally released, but one track from the aborted album, "Kylie Said to Jason", saw commercial release.

"Kylie Said to Jason" was intended to be a top 10 record which The KLF — Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty — were hoping could "rescue them from the jaws of bankruptcy".KLF Communications, "Information Sheet Eight", August 1990, "passim" ( [http://www.libraryofmu.org/display-resource.php?id=508 link] )] Instead, it flopped commercially, failing even to make the UK top 100 and forcing the entire film and soundtrack project to be put on hold. The release did peak at number 6 on the UK Indie Singles Chart during August 1989.

Composition

"Kylie Said to Jason" (audio| The KLF - Kylie Said to Jason (excerpt).ogg|sample) is an electropop record whose title and lyrics allude to Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan ("Scott and Charlene"), then stars in the popular Australian TV soap opera, "Neighbours". The lyrics also feature references to Archie Bunker, Todd Terry, Rolf Harris, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and BBC comedy programmes "The Good Life" and Some Mothers do 'ave 'em.

Drummond and Cauty confessed that on "Kylie Said to Jason" they had worn "Pet Shop Boys infatuations brazenly on [their] sleeves". [Sleevenotes, "Indie Top 20 Volume 8", published by Beechwood Music, catalogue number TT08, 1990.]

Reviews

Mentioning "Kylie Said to Jason" retrospectively, "Q" magazine called the song "supremely wry", [George, Iestyn, "The White Room" album review, "Q" magazine, March 1991 ( [http://www.libraryofmu.org/display-resource.php?id=206 link] )] and "NME" called it "Pet Shop Boys-lovely". ["Tate tat and arty", "New Musical Express", 20 November 1993 ( [http://www.libraryofmu.org/display-resource.php?id=359 link] )]

Formats and track listings

"Kylie Said to Jason" was first released in the UK by KLF Communications on 31 July 1989. [Longmire, Ernie et al (2005), [http://www.klf.de/discography/ KLF discography] , "passim". Compiled by Ernie Longmire, this has been the authoritative KLF discography on the internet for some 10 years or more and has been the subject of long-term scrutiny and peer review by KLF fans and collectors. It is now maintained by the fan site klf.de.] The CD single was released on 7 August.

Given the poor sales of the recording, and the subsequent increase in interest in The KLF, the CD single of "Kylie Said to Jason" became a moderately valuable collectors' item, a mint condition copy being worth £30 in 2000. [Hamlyn, Nick, "The Penguin Price Guide for Record & CD Collectors" (Fourth Edition), Penguin Books, 2000, ISBN 0-14-051466-X, p548.]

Key
*K - "Kylie Said to Jason" (7:04)
*KE - "Kylie Said to Jason (edit)" (3:58-4:01)
*KIT - "Kylie In A Trance" (3:26)
*KITE - "Kylie In A Trance (extended)" (6:56)
*KITER - "Kylie In A Trance (remix)" (6:56)
*KSH - "Kylie Said Harder" (5:24)
*KT - "Kylie Said Trance" (5:58)
*KTE - "Kylie Said Trance (edit)" (3:56-3:58)
*ME - "Madrugada Eterna" (7:52)
*TKE - "Trance Kylie Express" (7:11)

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