Dannii Minogue reviews DUCHESS
MM: Yes, The Strangler's song. Brave, very brave. Remember that dancey version
of "Golden Brown"? Rule number one, never cover great songs unless you can do
them justice...or unless your record label asks you to do it for some kind of
back-slapping centenary charity type celebration album. Cor...and as if by magic.
DANNII: "I don't know the Strangler's version but I do quite like My Life Story.
I kissed Jake at Gay Pride for one of your lovely photographers."
MM: Is he any good at kissing?
DANNII: "He was a...erm, very passionate kisser."
MM: Was there tongues?
DANNII: "Noooooo, it wasn't tongues but he was getting close hahahahahahahaha."
Melody Maker, 16/08/97
MY LIFE STORY
Murray Lachlan Young reviews the singles.
Duchess The much-maligned pop orchestra assail the Stranglers tune, and then turn it
into Euro-disco. Let God judge them... Murray: My Life Story have some of
the ingredients I like in a pop band. They don't take themselves too seriously,
which is obvious. It's by the Stranglers originally? I like the lyrics – "She
says she's an heiress... sits in a terrace". They go in for epic pop and there's
not that many people trying that. It's committed and humorous, doing it with a
disco beat then a cheesy techno beat. I like the orchestral sound and the brass.
It gives it a certain dynamism. Vox, 10/97
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