I see - but how did you transfer my quote from the other thread to this one? Didn't know you could do that...

yes. you just press quote and highlight the original text. right click the mouse and press copy. then go into the thread you want to move it to. press reply and then paste the message into the box.

Oh i see - So simple! Thanks

that is ok! your welcome. have you heard mel c`s new single?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANbBwUf_fiY

- Yes I did. There's a thread on it going on I think - my poster got totally ignored!? Sorry, don't meant to whinge like an attention-whore...I really like it! What do you think of it?

i was a bit unmoved to be honest. it is ok. she could do much better.

It is clearly not perfect but there's something that resonates in me with this tune. Can't really say why. Think what I like about it it's a clever pop tune and it's different from what she used to do - this soft pop/rock route she took since her second album was just very boring to me...This one is refreshing much better than Rock Me.

i hope i start to get more excited about it soon. i think she is very talented. i don't dislike the song. it just does nothing for me/

I can understand that. I'm not over-excited about it and if I must be honest, I don't think it'll give her a UK hit she desperately needs here but there's something about the song that got me into it...and objectively, think it's a grower...

i will continue to listen to it once a day. i will be raving about it this time next week!

Yessss!!! - Don't know what you thought/think of Yeh Yeh Yeh but TAI seems to be in the same league of YYY in some ways and thought YYY of a very good song. Same it didn't do well at the time....

i preferred her first album. i thought that was a great listen. definitely the best solo spice album!

Agree here - never understood why she made such a drastic change of direction to her music after that? It kind of made me wonder if her first album was really her own choice or if she was pushed down that route at the time...My favorite Solo spice album will have to be Emma's second one. Free Me is a fine slice of pop music and definitely a precursor of the 60's revival trend that happened shortly after that...Was gutted it didn't sell much more than it did!

i have to say i really don't like emma`s music at all. free me was a good song. however, i was amazed that she was still recording. her version of `something tells me` was really bad. sorry!

as for mel c. i think you are probably right. maybe the record company made her put more radio friendly songs on the album. it makes sense.

I gathered that about Emma in our previous exchange about the Girls. Had a feeling she's your least favorite? I really think Free Me is a very good album - it's slick, retro-chick and so really captures this swinging London vibe of the 60's to me. Mind you I'm a sucker for 60's music so with the production channelling Baccharah's style I was already sold, I guess. Besides being a good solo spice album I also thought it suited Emma's personality/image at the time and perhaps she went a bit too far in the retro phase with the 3rd album, which I thought was pretty boring. Is 'Something Tells Me' from that album?

And if you think Mel C released it in the middle of the Spice Girls turmoil, I think the album reflects the hard times she was having with herself. Maybe, it was an opportunity for her to escape from the SG, which was having a toll on her, to go on a 'healthier' things for herself but then the image she had at the time showed that she was revamped as Solo Sporty rather than being introduced as Mel C member of the SG.

Spice Girls, Forever!

how can you say spice is underrated after it sold over 23m copies ww

yes, although i think it was only on the british version of the album. i never thought i would say it. i actually preferred cilla black`s version of the song! i agree she maybe went a bit far into the retro sound.

if i am honest i would say that emma was my least favourite. in terms of solo music. all of the others have at least done one song that i really love. for me emma`s songs are more background music. nice enough and inoffensive.

i think mel c started off really well with the first solo release. i cant see why she didn't stick to that niche. i think the key to the record`s success was that the music was so diverse. it incorporated many different genres. if she had made more albums like that maybe she would have been more popular.

How much did Spiceworld sell again? I know the third album flopped miserably.

it is reported that it sold about 20 million. forever sold around 5 million.

Did Forever really sell that? I thought it sold something like 1 million

i have no idea if it is true. however, that is what i read.

And that's what makes me think it might have been more her label's choice than hers. The sound on her first album was very fashionable too when she seemed to be seen as an indie-pop sort of artist with her following albums. In a way Think About It comes a bit as a (good) surprise with this more radio-friendly sound and a feminine image.

As for Emma, I agree - her music is inoffensive and, especially her third album, can be seen as very dinner-party background sound. But as a solo spice, I think her music wasn't the worse. To me it'll have to be Mel B.

mel b, really? i liked her first album and the song with missy. although i like rnb. which explains why i like `this groove` i guess. i think when the group was active, i have to admit i like emma the least. i just couldn't relate to the baby act.
where as the with the other persona's i could.

however, did think she was a better singer than at least two of the others. so i was still hoping for better solo material from her.

i know you are a fan of emma`s and i thought you might appreciate this. it is a nice version of a classic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6ClngUQRXI

as for mel c. i`m still not moved by her new single. i do agree that the image is more feminine. i`m sure i read somewhere that she regretted all those tattoos and was having laser surgery to remove them? that clearly hasn't happened.

i have to say though, it was brave of the record company to release `goin` down` as the first single. i can see why it didn't do better. although, i have to admit i love it!

I just never knew how much it sold and just guessed it might have been underrated. I thought their other albums did better.