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My fave from her Stock, Aitken and Waterman era...
(A guilty pleasure that I enjoyed watching on The Chart Show - for those Brits who remember it.)
Gah! Her SAW era was a mere flickering candle compared to the white hot thermonuclear incandescence of her later phase - in one deft move, the apotheosis of indie/sex/disco Kylie:
...of which, this is my favourite:
It was used as the theme tune for ITV's short-lived soap Night and Day but inexplicably never saw release.
What about this one?
This is turning into the Kylie Minogue appreciation thread!
@ojfd For the benefit of us monolinguals, can you please give a little rundown of what's being sung?
Yes, she's a true star!
I'm not German, I understand only half of what he sings, because it is sung in Cologne dialect. It is a refrain from a carnival song. In short - Cologne girls know how to kiss and, boy, it tastes like apple pie.
I think we have plenty of native speakers here, maybe they can help with more precise translation, although that dialect is a tough case
EDIT. Wanna confuse Google translator? Try the original.
EDIT 2. To stay on topic. I've put an older generation Samsung mSATA SM841 SSD into my 12" PB G4 today and I'm seeing a little speed bump compared to Samsung PM851. I think it is due to MLC vs. TLC issue. SM841 has MLC chips and is based on Samsung 840 PRO, whereas PM851 is based on 840 Evo/TLC.
@ojfd For the benefit of us monolinguals, can you please give a little rundown of what's being sung?
I'm not German, I understand only half of what he sings, because it is sung in Cologne dialect. It is a refrain from a carnival song. In short - Cologne girls know how to kiss and, boy, it tastes like apple pie.
I think we have plenty of native speakers here, maybe they can help with more precise translation, although that dialect is a tough case
EDIT. Wanna confuse Google translator? Try the original.
Kölsche Mädcher künnen bütze,
jo dat es en wahre Staat.
Su e Bützche vun ´nem Nützche,
Jung dat schmeck wie Appeltaat.
jo dat es en wahre Staat.
Su e Bützche vun ´nem Nützche,
Jung dat schmeck wie Appeltaat.
EDIT 2. To stay on topic. I've put an older generation Samsung mSATA SM841 SSD into my 12" PB G4 today and I'm seeing a little speed bump compared to Samsung PM851. I think it is due to MLC vs. TLC issue. SM841 has MLC chips and is based on Samsung 840 PRO, whereas PM851 is based on 840 Evo/TLC.
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Thanks, that's great - never heard it before!
Wonder whether Kylie went to her writing team and said, "give me something a bit trip hop and John Barry!"
You're welcome. There's an instrumental version too that occasionally played instead as the closing theme. Unfortunately I've not come across that one so far.
Wonder whether Kylie went to her writing team and said, "give me something a bit trip hop and John Barry!"
Yes, you do get the impression that she came into the studio with a copy of Portishead's Dummy and asked David Arch and Republica's Andrew Todd for something along similar lines: especially that of Sour Times.
I guess this one is from a 'grey zone':
Kylie Minogue - Unreleased Collection vol. 4 - CD
Vol 4 to the extremely popular Unreleased series - Rare, Unreleased, collaborations, Demos, B-sides. Also in stock is the new Kylie: The LIVE Collection on CD. (search KYLIE LIVE in our search bar) Tracks: 1. Waiting 4 The Sun 2. Break This Heartbreak 3. I Think I Love You 4. Love Is On...
I guess this one is from a 'grey zone':
Kylie Minogue - Unreleased Collection vol. 4 - CD
Vol 4 to the extremely popular Unreleased series - Rare, Unreleased, collaborations, Demos, B-sides. Also in stock is the new Kylie: The LIVE Collection on CD. (search KYLIE LIVE in our search bar) Tracks: 1. Waiting 4 The Sun 2. Break This Heartbreak 3. I Think I Love You 4. Love Is On...borderlinemusic.com
Going by the copyright disclaimer on the rear cover and the absence of basic information that would be expected to accompany a genuine commercial release, I'd say so.
I booted up my PowerBook G4 after many years.
I played a 1 v 1 match in Starcraft.
Aside from basic word processing and 26 year old games, what else can be done with this Mac?
Its 12" 1.5/1.25GB/60GB model On 10.4.11.
Any web browsers that can load modern sites?
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I played a 1 v 1 match in Starcraft.
Aside from basic word processing and 26 year old games, what else can be done with this Mac?
Its 12" 1.5/1.25GB/60GB model On 10.4.11.
Any web browsers that can load modern sites?
There are a few that can handle TLS 1.2/1.3 easily. They may just not display some pages properly, if at all, but work for most of the web.
Search macintoshgarden.org for links2, interwebppc, dark web, arctic fox, retrozilla, and tenfourfox.
Cheers
Well, there's plenty of powerful abandoned software to do anything, pretty much. In fact, for recording music and graphic design, it would be great. In terms of connectivity, maybe you can use it for remote access like VNC or radio streaming.
I have this (these 😏) exact machine, productively I use it for digitizing VHS and vinyl, I also play electric piano in Logic because I think it sounds really good, and watching DVDs because Apple's DVD player is the best.
I'm not that young so I remember Youtube looking like this but my God this screenshot is Aesthetic 😮
Thank you
I try my best for posterity as MR screenshots do turn up on Google.I use my G4 Powerbook to stream Pandora using pianobar and I also stream audiobooks from my library using a web browser. Also I play roguelike games or even fan made modules on Neverwinter Nights. You can pretty much do most everything you do on a modern system other than stream high resolution video.
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Funny how if this video was an Atari ST or Amiga people would be freaking out but since it’s “only” an older Powerbook nobody cares.
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And it's a pity none of the big name retro youtubers never make a video like it - instead endlessly churn out, "poor old Power Macs - useless now..." videos.
Those disparaging videos cater to a confirmation bias amongst their audience and instead of taking the opportunity to refute it - as you've done so - instead they play up to these misconceptions.
Thanks @Dronecatcher ......😍
Since your post, 'I can't get (this tune) out of my head'.
Been humming it daily....🤣
It may be because the video is so niiiice......😛