Re: yes, because the spice girls at least acknowledged the fact that they were manufactured
> well i must admit, the only album of theirs i liked was the first. my
> sister and i shared it, but she sold it at a garage sale one day without
> telling me. i didn't mind at the time, because i was going through my
> spice girls backlash phase (as was much of america). but i did enjoy the
> first album immensely. you're right. "say you will be there" was
> a great song -- probably my favorite off the album. i also liked
> "wannabe," but i can't recall the others. those were the two i
> listened to the most, probably. i do agree with you about the maggie
> thatcher thing being retarded. i remember thinking that was stupid even
> when i was a kid. i don't think the spice girls were completely pathetic
> though. i mean, they did have the guts to dump their manager -- the guy
> who created the band -- and do their own thing. yeah, it was bubblegum,
> but they weren't afraid to be different. remember, bubblegum had been out
> of style for years when the spice girls started out. perhaps it'd have
> been better if they never existed to reopen that pandora's box, but i
> thought they did it rather well. plus, it was nice to see five regular
> girls with five very different looks and five very different
> personalities. none of them were especially beautiful, but all of them
> were unique. it was like, wow, i guess you don't have to be fabulously
> beautiful to make it! i also thought it was cool how, instead of singing
> "ooh baby i wanna make love to you songs," they sang songs like
> "2 become 1," which reminded girls to not only wait for the
> right guy, but to use protection as well. i thought that was very
> responsible. anyway, i don't apologize for thinking the spice girls had
> some good moments and i love them for making my junior high school years a
> bit more fun. i can't be pretentious all the time, now can i?
Indeed you can't
I have a very cynical attitude towards the Spice Girls...one big marketing scheme? The film, releasing "Mama" for mother's day....the list goes on.But I take your point Miss Medjou (have I spelt that right ?).....
By the way,Maggie Thatcher is unrivaled in the EVIL stakes by any dictater, president or prime minister the world over since Hitler.