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Old 11-10-2014, 18:30
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31mlEEs9_Vk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_at...Halliwell_song)

From one of the most controversial videos of the 90's with Geri in a coffin, cavorting nuns, and the initial "look at me, I'm no longer a Spice Girl" vibes to the sheer catchy hook, powerful vocals, and and a beat that sounds as fresh today as it did back then, surely this is 1999's best offering. Had Geri been taken more seriously she could have been the new Madonna.


The lyrics are also so meaningful and true for everyone.
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Old 11-10-2014, 18:45
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Best song of 1999? Must have been a bad year.
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Old 11-10-2014, 18:52
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surely this is a wind up thread or the op has banged their head on something.
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Old 11-10-2014, 18:55
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I admit it's a fantastic pop song but falls shirt of best of 99. That for me was ...Baby One More .Time
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Old 11-10-2014, 18:56
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Every song Geri Halliwell has ever released, either as a solo artist or with the Spice Girls, has been utter shit.
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Old 11-10-2014, 19:01
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.. wouldn't make my top 100 .. of the week.
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Old 11-10-2014, 19:17
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Had Geri been taken more seriously she could have been the new Madonna.
WTF!
I can't believe you just said that.
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Old 11-10-2014, 20:04
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.. wouldn't make my top 100 .. of the week.
Wouldn't make my top 100...of all time.

Mi Chico Latino is much better ( )
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Old 11-10-2014, 20:32
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Daft thread.
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Old 11-10-2014, 20:58
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31mlEEs9_Vk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_at...Halliwell_song)

From one of the most controversial videos of the 90's with Geri in a coffin, cavorting nuns, and the initial "look at me, I'm no longer a Spice Girl" vibes to the sheer catchy hook, powerful vocals, and and a beat that sounds as fresh today as it did back then, surely this is 1999's best offering. Had Geri been taken more seriously she could have been the new Madonna.


The lyrics are also so meaningful and true for everyone.
LOL- NO!

Is that you Geri??

Geri isnt fit to spit on Madge's boots.

"Wannabe" was a suitably named song title to launch her career.
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Old 11-10-2014, 21:05
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31mlEEs9_Vk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_at...Halliwell_song)

From one of the most controversial videos of the 90's with Geri in a coffin, cavorting nuns, and the initial "look at me, I'm no longer a Spice Girl" vibes to the sheer catchy hook, powerful vocals, and and a beat that sounds as fresh today as it did back then, surely this is 1999's best offering. Had Geri been taken more seriously she could have been the new Madonna.


The lyrics are also so meaningful and true for everyone.
LOL watching that vid you can see that not only has Geri aped much of Madonna's imagery (nun, Hollywood glamour, the river boat from Like a Virgin) but I can see where Lady Gaga (the great original artist remember kids) got some of her imagery from - the nun, the swimming pool imagery at the end premiscent of Poker Face.
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Old 11-10-2014, 21:14
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I admit it's a fantastic pop song but falls shirt of best of 99. That for me was ...Baby One More .Time
BOMT was my song of 1999 as well So was Sometimes and (You Drive Me) Crazy I've got my reasons for thinking that
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Old 11-10-2014, 21:23
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No, best song of 1999 would be Baby, One More Time!
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Old 11-10-2014, 22:41
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No baby one more time owned 1999
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Old 11-10-2014, 22:45
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Prince 1999 of course
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Old 11-10-2014, 23:24
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I can only speak for myself but I personally prefer Look At Me over Baby One More Time.

Look At Me & Mi Chico Latino are definetly two of my fave pop songs of 1999.
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Old 11-10-2014, 23:27
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LOL watching that vid you can see that not only has Geri aped much of Madonna's imagery (nun, Hollywood glamour, the river boat from Like a Virgin) but I can see where Lady Gaga (the great original artist remember kids) got some of her imagery from - the nun, the swimming pool imagery at the end premiscent of Poker Face.
Madonna's imagery? Madonna has sourced most of her imagery and styling from old school Hollywood stars like Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Jayne Mansfield, Jane Russell, Gina Lollobrigida, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis, Brigitte Bardot, Ginger Rogers, Louise Brooks, Carole Lombard, Veronica Lake, Joan Crawford, Rita Hayworth, etc. I don't care what Madonna fans say, someone who takes the styling, fashion and art direction from one art form and then puts it into another is neither original nor a genius, especially when it's a cut, copy and paste job most of the time. And she was hardly the first person to feature a boat in a music video. Oh yeah, both Donna Summer and Debbie Harry dressed up as virgin brides years before Madonna did the same in the 1980s. And Madonna’s styling around the time of Like a Virgin was nothing more than a rip-off of Wendy O Williams and Dale Bozzio. Madonna whole career is one big homage.

I'm not a Geri Halliwell fan in the slightest, but I have no time for delusional Madonna fans who insist she's a never-ending source of originality when she blatantly isn't and never will be. She’s really no better than Geri and Lady Gaga. And like Geri, Madonna is hardly known for being a gifted singer.

And to answer the OP's question. No, Look at Me isn't the best song of 1999.
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Old 11-10-2014, 23:33
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No baby one more time owned 1999
YES! GO BRITNEY
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Old 11-10-2014, 23:36
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New Radical "You Get What You Give"
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Old 12-10-2014, 05:09
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No Scrubs defined 1999 in music for me
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Old 12-10-2014, 07:55
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Sex Bomb by Tom Jones was surely record of the year.
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Old 12-10-2014, 08:19
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No no no

Geri's solo career is better best forgotten.
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Old 12-10-2014, 08:59
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nah... veracocha 'carte blanche' was the best.
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Old 12-10-2014, 09:27
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Awful record, with Geri's poorest ever vocals (and that's saying something).
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Old 12-10-2014, 10:57
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More like worst song of 1999.

Baby One More Time, for me too
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