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Old 07-07-2016, 10:54
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Hard to believe.
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Old 07-07-2016, 11:00
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I remember watching Top of the Pops every week while Wannabe was number one (I'm sure I watched it most weeks but that sticks out). Me and my sisters would sing and dance along, must have driven my parents crazy
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Old 07-07-2016, 11:01
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I always preferred All Saints but then I'm dead cool and with it
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Old 07-07-2016, 11:11
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Would they now be known as Old Spice?
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Old 07-07-2016, 11:15
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Hard to believe we're closer to 2030 than 2000
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Old 07-07-2016, 11:35
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I always preferred All Saints but then I'm dead cool and with it
But All Saints has that horrible cover of Under The Bridge I will love Never Ever, Pure Shores and Black Coffee forever though.
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Old 07-07-2016, 12:24
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The Spice Girls brought out some, in my opinion, good songs. I thought, and still do, that Wannabe was a great catchy track. I loved listening to some of their songs back then, and still do now. They might have been a 'cheesy' girl group but I loved some of their songs.
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Old 07-07-2016, 12:28
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The Spice Girls brought out some, in my opinion, good songs. I thought, and still do, that Wannabe was a great catchy track. I loved listening to some of their songs back then, and still do now. They might have been a 'cheesy' girl group but I loved some of their songs.
Whenever I have a 90s pop moment I always bring out Spice, excellent album
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Old 07-07-2016, 12:50
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The Spice Girls brought out some, in my opinion, good songs. I thought, and still do, that Wannabe was a great catchy track. I loved listening to some of their songs back then, and still do now. They might have been a 'cheesy' girl group but I loved some of their songs.
Weren't all 90's pop groups 'cheesy'?
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Old 07-07-2016, 12:53
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Weren't all 90's pop groups 'cheesy'?
Well there's cheesy and there's cheesy. There's Spice Up Your Life and then there's Barbie Girl I love cheesy 90s pop.
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Old 07-07-2016, 12:54
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I always preferred All Saints but then I'm dead cool and with it
Me too

Although I love viva forever, 2 become 1 and goodbye by the spice girls
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Old 07-07-2016, 12:55
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I was a bigger fan of S Club 7's slower songs.
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Old 07-07-2016, 12:56
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I was a bigger fan of S Club 7's slower songs.
Ooh I loved S club7
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Old 07-07-2016, 13:00
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I liked all of the above mentioned so far oh and the boybands...

special mention to whoever said Barbie Girl got it in my head now
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Old 07-07-2016, 13:02
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKaIK6OAEhA

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Old 07-07-2016, 13:03
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I liked all of the above mentioned so far oh and the boybands...

special mention to whoever said Barbie Girl got it in my head now
Ah the boybands. 911 were my first love, then I moved onto a1
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Old 07-07-2016, 13:04
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I remember it well. I was 9/10 when they burst into the scene and every girl in my class was obsessed. I loved them, I don't think I'd see them in a reunion though.
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Old 07-07-2016, 13:42
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I loved them back in 96.

Their single run from Wannabe until Goodbye was literally the most perfect run of singles from a girlband IMHO.
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Old 07-07-2016, 14:02
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Where does time go?

The Spice Girls are remarkable, Mel C is a very talented seasoned vocalist who can rival the likes of Mariah and Whitney. This was the best song of 1999 by a country mile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31mlEEs9_Vk

Their replacement, Girls Aloud, were also great!
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Old 07-07-2016, 19:58
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I remember hearing Wannabe for the first time on Piccadilly Key 103 one afternoon after school and within seconds of the song starting, it just grabbed my attention.

Problem was, the song just started as the previous song ended so there was no DJ introducing the song. I was listening to the whole "i tell you what I want, what I really really want" bit and thought it was Salt N' Pepa but by the first chorus I was thinking "nah, Salt N' Pepa don't sound like this".

Basically, I thought Spice Girls were American without seeing them or knowing what the group was called. Then I saw the music video on The Chart Show when it entered the charts and that was when I finally discovered what the group were called.

Wannabe, love it or hate it, is one of the most defining moments of 90s pop.
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Old 07-07-2016, 21:53
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20 years, but the group lasted 2 half years.
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Old 07-07-2016, 22:25
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I remember hearing Wannabe for the first time on Piccadilly Key 103 one afternoon after school and within seconds of the song starting, it just grabbed my attention.

Problem was, the song just started as the previous song ended so there was no DJ introducing the song. I was listening to the whole "i tell you what I want, what I really really want" bit and thought it was Salt N' Pepa but by the first chorus I was thinking "nah, Salt N' Pepa don't sound like this".

Basically, I thought Spice Girls were American without seeing them or knowing what the group was called. Then I saw the music video on The Chart Show when it entered the charts and that was when I finally discovered what the group were called.

Wannabe, love it or hate it, is one of the most defining moments of 90s pop.
Why didn't you just google the lyrics?
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Old 07-07-2016, 22:34
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Why didn't you just google the lyrics?
Because it was 1996, possibly? We didn't just "Google lyrics". You waited til it came on the Chart show or TOTP or on the radio and then hoped they would be back-announced.
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Old 08-07-2016, 07:15
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Still my favourite (Girl) Group of all time, I remember when they first appeared on Surprise Surprise (on the 11th of May 1996) I was an instant fan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyC5312Iw00

I loved all their songs with Viva Forever being my favourite and I also remember going to the concert at Wembley (in 1998) as well which was brilliant.
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Old 08-07-2016, 10:17
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COMFIRMED Spice Girls reunion without Mel C and Victoria.

Honestly, I really liked them back in the 90s and I also thought they released some nice catchy songs. But I feel some things are best left in the past, especially as there are only the three of them. I also think they will struggle without the Mel C's vocals, as it's been known for years that her and Emma held the group together vocally.
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