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Old 15-08-2012, 09:42
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Who was the best girl band The Spice Girls or All Saints.
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Old 15-08-2012, 09:57
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All Saints, with their classier lyrics, Shaznay is a great songwriter. Spice Girls weren't all that bad, I liked Mama, 2 Become 1 and Viva Forever.
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Old 15-08-2012, 10:05
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SPICE GIRLS BABYYY they had a better personality tbh
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Old 15-08-2012, 10:05
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All Saints did kill off the Spice Girls abit on Black Coffee.

Plus there were around 3 years before The Spices.
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Old 15-08-2012, 11:01
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I really like both;
All Saints - Pure Shores, Black Coffee, Never Ever
Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are?, Say You'll Be There
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Old 15-08-2012, 11:33
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Easy, Spice Girls.
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Old 15-08-2012, 11:43
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All Saints all the way. Loved them growing up, never really got into the Spice Girls.
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Old 15-08-2012, 11:43
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Loved all saints .Although them bringing those awful baggy combats in fashion wasn't great!

I still listen to one of their albums now ..which is probably very sad but I like it
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Old 15-08-2012, 12:55
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Spice Girls were for kids really. All Saints were a proper pop group.
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Old 15-08-2012, 13:19
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No competition, SPICE GIRLS all the way.
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Old 15-08-2012, 13:48
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All Saints did kill off the Spice Girls abit on Black Coffee.

Plus there were around 3 years before The Spices.
true, but they were unknown.

Spice Girls were for kids really. All Saints were a proper pop group.
gotta fully agree with this.

the spice girls were a bigger commercial success, but all saints had 'better' or more mature material, i prefer all saints.
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Old 15-08-2012, 13:51
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I liked All Saints music over their personalities, and I liked The Spice Girls personalities over their music... so this is a toughie...


I think The Spice Girls were the better girl band. When you factor in the fact that All Saints had only 10 singles, one of which was a souble A-side of covers, and I couldn't actually tell you how War of Nerves, All Hooked Up or Black Coffee sound, the Spice Girls outshine them. All The Spice Girls songs are instantly recognisable really.


EDIT: Just listened to Black Coffee, I recognise it now, but I can't sing along to it.
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Old 15-08-2012, 13:57
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Black Coffee was a classic pop song.
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Old 15-08-2012, 14:01
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All Saints

The Spice girls were and an embarrassment to Pop music and for British Music. Whether they sold millions of record or not, 4/5 of them couldn't sing and i couldn't help but cringe watching a bunch of late 30 year old's trying to dance and sing. The only one i have up most respect for is Mel C.

All saints were not your typical girlband. They were a bit edgy and did their own thing. They were not a product, not in your face and their songs were quite lyrically good. I liked them and their music still sounds fresh when i hear them on the radio or in shops. It's a shame they never lasted long but oh well.
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Old 15-08-2012, 14:04
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All Saints

The Spice girls were and an embarrassment to Pop music and for British Music. Whether they sold millions of record or not, 4/5 of them couldn't sing and i couldn't help but cringe watching a bunch of late 30 year old's trying to dance and sing. The only one i have up most respect for is Mel C.

All saints were not your typical girlband. They were a bit edgy and did their own thing. They were not a product, not in your face and their songs were quite lyrically good. I liked them and their music still sounds fresh when i hear them on the radio or in shops. It's a shame they never lasted long but oh well.
Word for word agreement. I've just played Black Coffee and it is an epic song from start to finish. As good as anything from Madonna's Ray of Light era.
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Old 15-08-2012, 15:32
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BOTH!!! best girlbands ever tbh!

Spice girls are and were a pop cultural phenomenon Spice and Spiceworld are corker albums and really loved geri and Mel Cs solo album debuts too!

Ironically Mel C and All Saints also worked with William Orbit writer and producer on their late 90s works....hmmmmm

But either way, they are brilliant but if i had to choose i would have to say Spice Up My Life!!!!
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Old 15-08-2012, 16:06
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All Saints

The Spice girls were and an embarrassment to Pop music and for British Music. Whether they sold millions of record or not, 4/5 of them couldn't sing and i couldn't help but cringe watching a bunch of late 30 year old's trying to dance and sing. The only one i have up most respect for is Mel C.

All saints were not your typical girlband. They were a bit edgy and did their own thing. They were not a product, not in your face and their songs were quite lyrically good. I liked them and their music still sounds fresh when i hear them on the radio or in shops. It's a shame they never lasted long but oh well.
Not a fan of girl/boy bands in general, however All Saints were a far more 'organic' girl group than the spice girls...i.e they were all friends that decided to form a group which gives them the first points over the Spice Girls.

I was fortunate through work to see them very early on in their career when they were known as 'All Saints 1975'..they were only in their teens but they were great, they sang live in a small setting, they had no technical enhancements, but were in perfect harmony..they wrote all or most their own stuff, which was slightly more thoughtful than 'ziga zag ahh'....probably one of the best british girl groups ever...Can I forgive them for their ridiculous cover of Under The Bridge tho'...No, not really.

Give me a hundred All Saints over the The Spice Girls anyday whose music (or rather the music that was given to them) was throwaway pop and cynically aimed directly at very young girls who bought into the 'girl power' myth.
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Old 15-08-2012, 16:11
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Great post Johny - it's All Saints all the way for me as well.
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Old 15-08-2012, 16:16
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Add me to the All Saints list.

Black Coffee is 4 minutes and 45 seconds of sonic bliss.
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Old 15-08-2012, 16:33
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Weren`t `Eternal` around about the same time? I`d vote them.
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Old 15-08-2012, 16:39
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Pure Shores is still one of my all-time favourite songs and that whole second-wave era vibe from them was amazing. Some truly brilliant tracks.

Spice Girls were fun, poppy, loud and in your face. They were a brand and they did their jobs (sell billions of everything) brilliantly.

Seeing as I'm more about music than merch, it's All Saints all the way for me.
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Old 15-08-2012, 16:40
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Weren`t `Eternal` around about the same time? I`d vote them.
I think you read the question wrong.
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Old 15-08-2012, 16:52
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Originally Posted by modeyink;60445137[B
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Why Spice Girls v All Saints..? Eternal was just before any of them showing that girl bands could be big like all the boy bands around that time. Both of them broke through largely due to Eternal showing the way.
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Old 15-08-2012, 16:53
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You have a point there, Mevil. I think Eternal definitely paved the way for All Saints in particular.
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Old 15-08-2012, 16:54
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Why Spice Girls v All Saints..? Eternal was just before any of them showing that girl bands could be big like all the boy bands around that time. Both of them broke through largely due to Eternal showing the way.
Yes, but the question was asking who was better between Spice Girls and All Saints. It's not asking who the best girlband ever was.
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