Remember the Spice Girls?

[jacobsnchz]

I was just watching my tape of "Spice World" theat I found and I am a lil' hooked on them again! Did you have a fave song? Mine is "Spice Up Your Life".

[heralde]

Well at the time I really disliked them. They were just kinda fluffy pop and nothing more, plus questionable role models for girls (plus their film was basically a copy of the Beatles' first film!). But looking back their songs were very pleasant and catchy. And while I could have done without some of the outfits, I'm glad they gave little girls personalities to look up to (something they rarely get) and an ideal of friendship and girl power. :flirt: :mad: :excited:

[Winslow Leach]

Yep, I remember 'em. Even rented Spice World to see what all the fuss was about.

At the time you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing one of their songs.

[Ilikemuppets]

I didn't mind them. But I love that movie. It's actually pretty good and very funny!:zany:

[Kiki]

Oh yeah... I remember Spice Girls- totally '90s! Haha, I'm not a big fan of their's, but i don't mind their music and I actually have a lot of their merchendise including all 5 SG Barbie dolls, a watch, stationairy (I'm the only girl at school with a Spice Girl pencil case... perty cool, hey? ;)) and loads of other things which are quite hard to find nowdays. They're movie was cool but I agree with Heralde, I thought it was copying the first beatle film. But still, I enjoy the Spice Girls and think they're a lot of fun. :)

[Beakerfan]

Ugh. I get sick just thinking about them.

[anytimepally]

Ugh. I get sick just thinking about them.

yep.. that sounds about right :D

[Vic Romano]

Oh man, I totally was in to the Spice Girls, my friends used to make fun of me SOOOOO bad! I had the dolls too, I was at the height of figure collecting and they seemed an obvious choice. My sister, who was a tween when they were out, practically based her whole life around them and we even played the Spice Girls video game for PS1.

My buds and saw the film in theaters, and was surprised that it wasn't bad. Our main draw was Mark McKinney from "Kids In The Hall" and the fact that all the girls were so hot.

[Fragglemuppet]

Yeah, I was just the other day looking through one of my CD holders, and I found the one of theirs I bought once apon a time. I did like a lot of their songs, but I find it a bit embarrassing, because I always prided myself inn not being that fluffy, popular sort! Heck, I even saw the movie in the theater and enjoyed it!
I think it's very funny now that at this point in the game, they've become a part of retro popculture history!
:crazy:

[FuzzMonkey]

I have to admit I was into the first song when it came out. I was living with a couple roomates and we used to crank up the radio when it came on. Two guys in their twenties driving around singing a Spice Girls song. And I may have had a little crush on Baby Spice. I still enjoy hearing their songs when they come on, but I never went as far as purchasing any of their CDs.

[redBoobergurl]

All right, I'm going to stand up with those who are admitting that they actually used to like them. I did. I will admit it. I bought the first c.d. I sang along with all of the songs. I actually made "girl power" my modo for a whole summer after a guy I was interested in rejected me. Yep, I was a nerd. Sometime later I moved on, got rid of the c.d. and am the well adjusted gal you all know and love today. :)

[Luke]

I've seen em live, lol!

[MrsPepper]

I loved them! I was a really good age to be a fan of them, imho, not too young (or old like Vic, lol!). I had the dolls too. It's great because now that I'm old and decrepid like all of you (Bahahaha), my tastes have totally changed, but I can say that I loved them when I was young AND not be embarassed about it. :p

Plus I didn't see the Beatles movie so I had no basis of comparison (for those of you who said it was too close to that). I think it's really goofy and funny and REALLY fun to quote.

[Muppet Newsgirl]

With respect to the fans here, I disliked the Spice Girls with a fiery passion. In 1997, when all the other sixth-grade girls at my school were listening to them, I was listening to ELP and the Moody Blues.

I think that's when I started to really distrust people who told you that you should do/wear/listen to stuff because it's "in style."

[Ilikemuppets]

Oh yeah... I remember Spice Girls- totally '90s! Haha, I'm not a big fan of their's, but i don't mind their music and I actually have a lot of their merchendise including all 5 SG Barbie dolls, a watch, stationairy (I'm the only girl at school with a Spice Girl pencil case... perty cool, hey? ;)) and loads of other things which are quite hard to find nowdays. They're movie was cool but I agree with Heralde, I thought it was copying the first beatle film. But still, I enjoy the Spice Girls and think they're a lot of fun. :)

Wow! You had all five dolls? That's so cool!:)

[Kiki]

Yep. Still have 'em, all in their original clothing. :)

[lael]

I have to admit I was into the first song when it came out. I was living with a couple roomates and we used to crank up the radio when it came on. Two guys in their twenties driving around singing a Spice Girls song. And I may have had a little crush on Baby Spice. I still enjoy hearing their songs when they come on, but I never went as far as purchasing any of their CDs.

Posh. All the way. Not nowadays tho, she's a bit alien like. Rich as all get out tho! I'll still sing along with the songs if I hear them!. My friends & I are REALLY BAD with Aqua ~ "Barbie Girl"

I've seen em live, lol!

*envious glare* YOU DID NOT! :excited:

[Son of Enik]

I am soooo glad someone brought this up!!
I absolutely LOVE the Spice Girls!! I own all 3 cd's plus every solo cd the girls have put out since they broke up. Geri has 3 cd's, Mel C has 4, Mel B has 3, Emma has 4 and Victoria has 1. I also own the "SpiceWorld" movie on vhs and DVD, I have all their songs on Karaoke and I have many vhs tapes both oficial and unofficial that tell their story and have videos for their biggest songs.
I also own 3 concert videos and I even recorded their "E! True Hollywood Story" and their "VH1 Behind The Music" specials.
So yeah, I'm a 33 year old man who loves his Spices!! For the record, Geri "Ginger" Halliwell was always my favorite and my favorite song is "Say You'll Be There".

[heralde]

With respect to the fans here, I disliked the Spice Girls with a fiery passion. In 1997, when all the other sixth-grade girls at my school were listening to them, I was listening to ELP and the Moody Blues.

I think that's when I started to really distrust people who told you that you should do/wear/listen to stuff because it's "in style."

Exactly, I was listening to The Beatles when everyone else barely knew who they were. I do tend to have a grudge against anything that's popular. I know sometimes that's wrong, you shouldn't NOT like something just because it's popular. But the problem with trends is that they overshadow every else, including things of better quality.

Example: George Harrison won a posthumous Grammy a couple years ago, but everyone I knew was freaking out over Justin Timberlake.

I don't mind The Spice Girls now, since all that pressure to conform is gone and I've always had a love of nostalgia. :)

[Skye]

But at the same time, it's not good to be so caught up with what's "cool" and what's not, whether you're going with it or not, you know? And if you do like something that happens to be popular, you're not necessarily "going along with the trend," you're just likin' what ya like! :) At least, sometimes it's like that.

I liked the Spice Girls and their music! I never got any of their CDs or anything, but I always liked it when they came on the radio or I saw one of their videos on MTV or VH1. I love all kinds of music, and I really adore fun music! And that's definitely what theirs was. It was so much fun to dance to, and I sang along with it all the time! And heck, actually I've recently re-discovered some of their songs and I still like singing along with 'em! :D It's not the deepest music in the world, hehe, just all about having fun. I really like that! :)

[heralde]

But at the same time, it's not good to be so caught up with what's "cool" and what's not, whether you're going with it or not, you know? And if you do like something that happens to be popular, you're not necessarily "going along with the trend," you're just likin' what ya like! :) At least, sometimes it's like that.



Oh definitely! Like I said before, I often have that dilemma. I don't want to dismiss something just because it's popular. I know I have missed out on a lot of great things for that reason, and I regret it. Examples are Wayne's World and Austin Powers. It turns out I adored them! But that was only after years of avoiding them.

It's a balancing act of enjoying yourself and then having to stand up for your own interests. Because as the George Harrison/Justin Timberlake thing shows, things are hardly equal!

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Yeah...and when I was in middle and high school, I got teased a lot for liking music that was "old." Then again, this is coming from the woman who, as a teenager, was told by her mother that she was "16 going on 36." (chuckle)

But in high school, I did see eye to eye with my classmates on some things, like certain movies and off-beat bands, and the school literary magazine/poetry club.

George Harrison gets a posthumous Grammy, but everyone's squealing over Justin Timberlake...there is something wrong with this picture.

[heralde]

George Harrison gets a posthumous Grammy, but everyone's squealing over Justin Timberlake...there is something wrong with this picture.

Yeah, the world is inherently flawed...

But Skye is right, we shouldn't let other people's trendiness prevent us from liking something. If we do, popularity is STILL influencing our behavior!

Basically I think there's a difference between liking music, and recognizing its importance. I can like Justin Timberlake's songs, but I will not say he deserved all that Grammy attention.

[Winslow Leach]

For the record, Geri "Ginger" Halliwell was always my favorite and my favorite song is "Say You'll Be There".

I was always a Ginger fan, too.

By no means an expert on the group, I'd just listen to them whenever they came on the radio.

And in response to another post, I'm 100% male...as far as I know...

[Kiki]

Yeah...and when I was in middle and high school, I got teased a lot for liking music that was "old." Then again, this is coming from the woman who, as a teenager, was told by her mother that she was "16 going on 36." (chuckle)

Oh, same here! When the Spice Girls came out, I was still listening to The Beatles and Elvis and all that. I've always loved music from the '60s and '70s, etc. When friends of my parents come around to our house they like to ask me questions and there like, "So, what kind of music are you into?" and I tell them and they get a shock but also look impressed.

[Winslow Leach]

Exactly, I was listening to The Beatles when everyone else barely knew who they were.

My situation exactly.

When I was in kindergarten and first grade, whenever one of my buds would ask me what kind of music I was into, I'd say "The Beatles" and "Elvis." They'd look at me as if I were from another planet because I didn't say The Police, Huey Lewis or any of the one-hit wonder bands whose hits were played all over the radio in the early 1980s, then were never heard from again, except on nostalgia programs in later years ("I Love the 80s," "Behind the Music," etc.)

Same things with movies and actors. While my friends were watching Stallone, Schwarzenegger and the like, I was already watching stuff like The Philadelphia Story and Father of the Bride (Spencer Tracy, btw; the Steve Martin version was still almost 10 years away).

So I guess I always dug into the past for my entertainment. Nowadays of course, I'm a big fan of The Police, Huey Lewis, and find Flock of Seagulls rather catchy. But to this day, I still haven't seen Commando, Cobra or even Rambo II.

[Kiki]

Yeah, everyone thinks I'm a big dag at school.
A lot of people go, "Your music taste is so old", but I actually don't think it's that old at all. I don't think the stuff I listen to will ever age, really. I remember for an RE assigment we had to pick 2 songs that hadto do with religion. I picked 'My Sweet Lord' by George Harrison and 'Imagine' by John Lennon. When I was up in front of the class I told them what songs I picked and they gave me this blank look. "What? Who are they??" It turns out the only person who knew who George and John were was my TEACHER.

The same with my movie tastes. I hate chick flicks, which is what my friends all love. I enjoy nostelgic films, the classics, with great plots and simple special effects... while everyone I know considers them to be lame. :p

[Winslow Leach]

I used to work in a video store. One of my biggest peeves would be when someone would bring a cassette to the counter, realize it was in black and white, and decide not to rent it. "Oh, but the picture on the video box is in color!"

[Winslow Leach]

The classics, whether they be film, music, books plays, TV, etc. will never age. If the Beatles were supposedly a "teenybopper" band from the 1960s, would they still be known worldwide today? Would there still be conventions, tours, chat rooms, memorabilia, new and old (some quite expensive)?

[heralde]

I used to be that way about B&W when I was like five! Lol But I eventually got over it. Some of the best movies of all time are in B&W. And actually some of them would look even more dated now if they had used color available at the time.

That's what Ebert says about the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, that the movie wouldn't have become a classic if it was filmed in color. He said "The black and white has a timelessness and a purity to it that color doesn't."

On the other hand, I find that if I first see a film that's been colorized, I have a hard time seeing it later in B&W.

*There's an ugly rumor going around lately that the Beatles were the original Boy Band. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Beatles, unlike Boy Bands, were actually a band (heh), played their own instruments and even more importantly wrote their own songs. NO ONE was doing that at the time.

[anytimepally]

On the other hand, I find that if I first see a film that's been colorized, I have a hard time seeing it later in B&W.

I've always thought the color in colorized movies looked unnatural :smirk:

[Winslow Leach]

On the other hand, I find that if I first see a film that's been colorized, I have a hard time seeing it later in B&W.

*There's an ugly rumor going around lately that the Beatles were the original Boy Band. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Beatles, unlike Boy Bands, were actually a band (heh), played their own instruments and even more importantly wrote their own songs. NO ONE was doing that at the time.

If I see a B&W film colorized, it makes me want to puke. Seriously. The colors, even with the best technology, are still artificial looking. And did you ever notice in a colorized film how everyone has the same skin tones?

Colorization has been around for so long that Orson Welles himself pleaded that Ted Turner keep his "Crayolas" away from Citizen Kane and his other B&W films. And Welles certainly knew how to use B&W for maximum effect. Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Othello and Touch of Evil, among others have a sinister quality to them, almost like a vintage horror movie.

In the mid-80s, such "Golden Age" Hollywood folks like Jimmy Stewart, Frank Capra and others went before Congress (I think it was) to try to put a stop to copyrighted B&W films that were being colorized.

To this day, though, such major DVD labels like Columbia offer 3 Stooges shorts IN COLOR FOR THE FIRST TIME (as the package proudly proclaims). Yeah, the B&W versions are included too, but why colorize the world of the Stooges? Do they really think they can sell more discs that way?

And speaking of horror movies...can you imagine Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man,The Invisible Man, and all the other classic horror films from the 30s in 40s in color?

Or what about Val Lewton's productions, such as Cat People, Bedlam, Curse of the Cat People, The Leopard Man, The Ghost Ship, I Walked with a Zombie, and The Body Snatcher? These atmospheric chillers would be pointless in color.

The Beatles "boy band" thing has been going around for a long time now, and I agree, it's absolutely ridiculous to label them as such. They weren't manufactured. They paid their dues, went through several band members, played at some of the sleaziest clubs and were eventually rewarded with a recording contract. And at the time the Abbey Road studios and the Parlophone record label weren't really the big leagues anyway. Producer George Martin mostly recorded classical music and spoken-word comedy albums featuring the Goons and Peter Sellers, among others.

[heralde]

Yeah if anything, the Monkees were 'the original boy band' (only they were better!)

Honestly, I don't mind watching colorized films too much, I just think it's unnecessary. And did you notice people's teeth turn BLUE in colorized films? It's true!

[Winslow Leach]

Yeah if anything, the Monkees were 'the original boy band' (only they were better!)

Honestly, I don't mind watching colorized films too much, I just think it's unnecessary. And did you notice people's teeth turn BLUE in colorized films? It's true!

I LOVE the Monkees! Even saw them when they came here for their 30th anniversary tour.

Even though he was (and will forever be, for better or worse) a Monkee, Michael Nesmith was a talented singer/songwriter in his own right. Before the Monkees, he had recorded several sides, but these were mostly ignored. Obviously once he became a Monkee, everything changed. In fact, it was Nez who was the primary force in getting the Monkees to choose/write their own songs, get a new producer, fire their manager and play their own instruments from their third album on.

In the 1970s, Nez had a very prolific career as a country/rock singer. His music is the only solo Monkee stuff I have.

Unfortunately by the time the tour came to my town, Nez had already left the tour, so I didn't get to see him in person.

[FuzzMonkey]

Going back to the trend thing. There is some music you listen to because it's catchy and fun. That's the spice girls. Then there is music that you feel. And music that says something. It's ok to enjoy both types. One of my favorite stories is from when I was a senior in high school. We were filling out our papers for senior class favorites. It asked for favorite actor/actress, favorite tv show, movie, band, etc. A guy in my class actually asked me "what should I put for number four?" Like it was a test or something. I told him to just put his favorite actress. He said he wanted to write what everybody else wrote. I find that sad in a way. So I think he ended up writing Alyssa Milano or something. I think I had written Kathy Bates at that time. Big difference.

[Ilikemuppets]

I am soooo glad someone brought this up!!
I absolutely LOVE the Spice Girls!! I own all 3 cd's plus every solo cd the girls have put out since they broke up. Geri has 3 cd's, Mel C has 4, Mel B has 3, Emma has 4 and Victoria has 1. I also own the "SpiceWorld" movie on vhs and DVD, I have all their songs on Karaoke and I have many vhs tapes both oficial and unofficial that tell their story and have videos for their biggest songs.
I also own 3 concert videos and I even recorded their "E! True Hollywood Story" and their "VH1 Behind The Music" specials.
So yeah, I'm a 33 year old man who loves his Spices!! For the record, Geri "Ginger" Halliwell was always my favorite and my favorite song is "Say You'll Be There".

Wow! Your ubsest!

By The way, I do like their song 'Stop'.

It's a balancing act of enjoying yourself and then having to stand up for your own interests. Because as the George Harrison/Justin Timberlake thing shows, things are hardly equal! That's true. But you have to remember that when they first came out, that many older people just passed them off as nothing but sinple "boy band" fidder. ANd it was just a buch of teenaged girls who really liked them and they were the most populat band in the history of music. Most of ther fans are just aged former teens who made them so popular to begin with. Sure this Tamberlake gut has nothingon him. But a lot of that has to do with the fact that he is nowhere near as popular in the world as george harrison is. Most of the people who make a big deal out of him are just a very small section of the world that makes up hin audience. But it's the same story bcasue, Temberlake is just in the now. Ten yeers fom now people will have probably forgotten all about him. But they will still remember the music of George Harrison. I garentee it. So there is no reason to get so discurraged about it. Thay will grow out of it eventually. These things just takes a little time sometimes. LOL!


Personally I have alway like off of the norr or olf music and things and I have never been ridiculed about it. For some reason people have always understood me about those kind of things. Not trying to brag though.:smirk:

I've always love movies that were not in color. I've never had a problem with them! I used to watch them all the time. We have quite a few of them. But I haven't really whatched any kind of movie lately at all. LOL!

[lael]

I love the Turnner Classic Movies channel. Syd Charisse, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Ginger Rogers & the ever classic Audry Hepburn are my faves! but I like everything really. *starts beating little drum & skipps over to new thread* LA LA LA! TTFN!

[Ilikemuppets]

Oooh! I love GInger Rodgers and I really love Audry Hepburn!:)

[Kiki]

Getting back to the Spice Girls, I listened to a few of their songs not that long ago, they would probely have to be one of my favourite '90s bands (I don't dispise '90s music or anything, it's just that that decade of music's never appealed to me). I must admit, I don't mind they're music and I think they're perty cool. I like it how they are fun and girly... not sleazy and risque like most of today's girl-bands.

[Son of Enik]

Getting back to the Spice Girls, I listened to a few of their songs not that long ago, they would probely have to be one of my favourite '90s bands (I don't dispise '90s music or anything, it's just that that decade of music's never appealed to me). I must admit, I don't mind they're music and I think they're perty cool. I like it how they are fun and girly... not sleazy and risque like most of today's girl-bands.

You should give their solo albums a listen if you haven't already. They have all matured as well as their music, and still manage to not come across as sleazy.

[Winslow Leach]

I love the Turnner Classic Movies channel. Syd Charisse, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Ginger Rogers & the ever classic Audry Hepburn are my faves! but I like everything really. *starts beating little drum & skipps over to new thread* LA LA LA! TTFN!

My TV is always set to either TCM or the Game Show Network.

[JJandJanice]

Well I have two sisters and plus I was a growing boy myself, kind of, I guess finding new interests. So I totally remember the "Spice Girls."

You know say what you will about them having bad music and all. But, although, they didn't last long. They really did become the female Beatles. Sure maybe the music isn't as good, but what other all girl group took the world by storm the way they did?

[lael]

last night I was flipping from station to station, couldn't sleep, and seen a special on E! about Sacha Baron Cohen. He was in full Ali G mode interviewing Posh & Becks. I must say, they're really good sports because even with the editing the piece was quite risque.

[MrsPepper]

Winslow, you totally rock. I agree about colorizing movies.

[Winslow Leach]

Winslow, you totally rock. I agree about colorizing movies.

Thanks, Mrs. P!:)

[Speed Tracer]

Spice World was the first movie I ever saw in theaters alone.

I was seven.

I was terrified.

[Winslow Leach]

Spice World was the first movie I ever saw in theaters alone.

I was seven.

I was terrified.

Heh heh.

I can't remember the first movie I ever saw in the theatre alone.

But The Muppet Movie was the first movie I ever saw in a theatre. I was about 4.

[Speed Tracer]

My first was The Lion King... four as well.

I think I saw it like twenty times.