Pop legend reveals why he thought Kylie Minogue was ‘naff’ in the 80s

Rick Astley has explained wherefore helium didn’t instrumentality to Kylie Minogue successful the 1980s.

The Never Gonna Give You Up hitmaker, 58, was asked successful a caller interrogation astir wherefore helium wrote successful his memoir Never that helium didn’t overmuch similar the dependable of the Spinning Around icon, 56, before they met.

In the 1980s, some Rick and Kylie were signed to songwriting and producing trio Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), who were liable for much than 100 apical 40 hits successful the UK alone. 

Chatting to Australian presenter Sarah Grynberg connected her podcast A Life of Greatness, Rick explained that helium didn’t similar the information his grounds institution was looking to a soapstar for success.

Kylie was a nationalist treasure arsenic Neighbours icon Charlene Robinson successful Australia earlier she released a single, and she would spell connected to garner a immense obsessive UK fanbase that hasn’t wavered implicit the years.

Meanwhile Rick recovered occurrence with his biggest grounds to date, Never Gonna Give You Up, successful 1987 – the aforesaid twelvemonth arsenic Kylie’s breakout deed I Should Be So Lucky was written and released, besides by SAW.

‘In your book, you mentioned that earlier you met her, you didn’t deliberation truthful overmuch of her,’ Australian podcast big Sarah pointed out, earlier asking him: ‘Why was that?’ 

‘It wasn’t her personally,’ Rick responded. ‘It was… It was the information that the guys who had signed maine wanted to enactment with, effectively, an actress soap star.’ 

‘I was like, bent connected a infinitesimal you’re knocking it retired the parkland astatine the moment, you could measurement up your game,’ helium added.

‘This is thing idiosyncratic to Kylie oregon anyone who goes from acting to singing and vice versa.

‘I’m simply saying I was a spot baffled by it. If I was 1 of those 3 guys making those records I’d beryllium looking for the biggest creator with the champion dependable I’d ever heard and marque a grounds with them

‘Kylie tin sing obviously, she’s had an astonishing vocation and has turned into this nationalist treasure.

‘Looking backmost it’s casual to spot now, but it’s similar if they said successful this country, “Oh you cognize the antheral who plays the plumber successful Coronation Street, we’re going to marque a grounds with him.”‘

In his memoir, according to the Daily Mail, Nick writes: ‘They had a caller artist, an Australian histrion called Kylie Minogue.’

As per the outlet, helium continues: ‘The soap opera she was in, Neighbours, was immense successful Britain astatine the time, and she’d already released a azygous in, a screen of The Locomotion.’

‘My person Mike Duffy had produced it precise overmuch successful the benignant of SAW. He told maine she was great, but I’ve got to beryllium honest, erstwhile I archetypal heard astir her, I thought it was Mandy Smith each implicit again. 

‘SAW making a grounds with idiosyncratic due to the fact that they were famous, without immoderate thought arsenic to whether they were a singer: “God, arsenic if radical don’t deliberation they’re naff capable already present they’re making a grounds with a soap star”.’

While talking astir SAW, Rick reflected that anyone who worked with them astatine that clip beauteous overmuch ‘knew they were going to person a deed record’.

Elsewhere successful the episode, Rick talked astir his way to success.

Before Rick made it, helium said helium would tally astir making beverage for the likes of Bananaram. However, erstwhile fame did come, it deed him successful a flash.

‘My fame was precise overmuch overnight,’ helium said. ‘It wasn’t gradual successful anyhow signifier oregon form, it went from full obscurity to being each implicit the papers and connected tv each different night.’

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