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Old 22-10-2008, 20:49
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Cheryl Cole has claimed that Girls Aloud should be considered a better group than the Spice Girls.

I personally think the Spice Girls are far superior to Girls Aloud. They were a cultural phemonenon and were one of the most succuesful bands after the Beatles. They were popular right acorss the globe where as Grils Aloud seem to be only popular in the UK.

I can't believe tha Cole honestly thinks Girls Aloud are more succuessful then the Spice Girls. The statistics alone show the Spice Girls are far more succesful than Girls Aloud. The SPice have 9 UK #1, Girls Aloud only have 3 UK# 1's . Every Spice Girls album has be reached the top 2 in the UK. Two Girls Aloud albums didn't even reach the top ten (#11 and #43). The Spice girls have had 3 consecutive Christmas #1's. The only other gorup to achieve this is The Beatles. Also, Girls Aloud have only sold 4 million albums, theSpice Girls have sold 55 million albums. Therefore, Cole is talking complete nonsense. Have Girls Aloud got a newsingle coming out soon? She always seems to shoot her mouth off when a few weeks before GA release a new single!

So which gorup is more superior - Girls Aloud or the Spice Girls?
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Old 22-10-2008, 20:51
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The article was in the Daily Star...that says it all.
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Old 22-10-2008, 20:59
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The Spice Girls obviously but I don't think Cheryl knows what she has said.

She says the Spice Girls only lasted 20 months but look at how much success and record sales they had in that time. Their sales for such a short period blow Girls Aloud out of the water.

The Spice Girls cracked under pressure. Exact same happened with All Saints.

Perhaps if Girls Aloud had the same success as these two Cheryl would see things differently but as they haven't been in that situation or had the same pressure. She simply cannot compare.

So Cheryl sorry love. This time your wrong.
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Old 22-10-2008, 21:04
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The Spice Girls obviously but I don't think Cheryl knows what she has said.

She says the Spice Girls only lasted 20 months but look at how much success and record sales they had in that time. Their sales for such a short period blow Girls Aloud out of the water.

The Spice Girls cracked under pressure. Exact same happened with All Saints.

Perhaps if Girls Aloud had the same success as these two Cheryl would see things differently but as they haven't been in that situation or had the same pressure. She simply cannot compare.

So Cheryl sorry love. This time your wrong.
I think this is probably the best post I have read about the whole thing.

Your right. The Spice Girls had far more pressure on them and EVERYONE knew who they were. You could not escape them at all. We haven't even had a band like them since.

I think Cheryl said this without thinking it through.
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Old 22-10-2008, 21:08
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I like both SG and GL but I'm left open mouthed with that Chazza has said. Has she forgotten just what the Spice Girls were? if Girls Aloud had the same success in such a short space of time then who is she to say they wouldn't have suffered in the same way?

But If I had to choose between then Spices all the way. Still the best.
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Old 22-10-2008, 21:15
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As she or I should say Girls Aloud haven't had the same type of fame the Spice Girls have had she cannot compare.

It's like McFly saying they are better than The Beatles for gawds sake.
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Old 22-10-2008, 22:26
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I completely agree with kARGO-Fan's post.

Though I do not profess to be a Spice Girls fan, I personally think the fact that as Peter E said, the Spice Girls were a "cultural phenomenon" and for one major deciding factor in my opinion actually broke the American market as well from a purely statistical perspective makes them (the Spice Girls) more superior to Girls Aloud.

My personal opinions on the matter however include the following:

Spice Girls didn't release endless inferior covers of 80's tracks, which is something Girls Aloud have consistently done.

The Spice Girls actually won a BRIT award - admittedly Girls Aloud could still achieve that, however at present they have only been nominated for BRIT awards.

The Spice Girls actually lasted longer than the 20 months Cole gives them credit for. I seem to recall that they were actually formed in 1994 and though they did take a hiatus after 1998, the third album with 'Holler' as the lead single was then released in 2000, and of course, the reunion tour last year. I am pretty sure that if the exact periods were calculated, they actually lasted a tad longer than 20 months.

I think ole Cole has a touch of the green eyed monster problem.
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Old 22-10-2008, 22:51
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Well it depends on what you consider as to making a group more superior.
In terms of general success then the Spice Girls by far for some reason, I don't know why, they were everywhere. Girls Aloud are no were near that level of world wide fame.
In terms of consistency and quality I'd actually have to say that Girls Aloud are better. Only one of their albums didn't make the top 10. They've done 4 or 5 covers which i think is a bit too many but not as many as some people make out and they seem to have stopped doing that now plus weren't 3 or so for charity so fair game to them.
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Old 22-10-2008, 23:04
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Oh dear - the possibility of a number 1 single has gone to Cheryl's head again. If she hasn't got anything intelligent to say she shouldn't say anything.

I'll freely admit I am not a Girls Aloud fan and I wasn't a Spice Girls fan really but Girls Aloud have been very successful in the UK. However, maybe she should concentrate on selling a few more albums or something more worth and having success outside of the UK before she even attempts to compare herself to anyone else.

She should just record her music with her group and enjoy the success she has - not try and compare herself to the others, as every time she says something about another girl group or singer she just makes herself seem sour faced, when I actually think she is a really nice person - but she spoils that with her stupid comments.
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Old 23-10-2008, 00:10
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the spice Girls sold millions of albums in such a shor amount of time i mean Girls Aloud are only sucessfull here and in Ireland SG were Successfull worldwide including America which is the hardest industry to crack and Spice girls Changed people perceptions of Gilr bands GA are just a very sucessfull girlband who were maufactures together
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Old 23-10-2008, 00:33
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Would Girls Aloud even exist without the Spice Girls?
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Old 23-10-2008, 00:34
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Who is better.... The Spice Girls or Girls Aloud...

There's only one way to find out...

FIGHT!!!

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Old 23-10-2008, 00:35
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Who is better.... The Spice Girls or Girls Aloud...

There's only one way to find out...

FIGHT!!!

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lol

The Mels could take em all on, I reckon.
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Old 23-10-2008, 08:41
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Would Girls Aloud even exist without the Spice Girls?
Probably not.

Geri helped pick the girls for the group so Cheryl should thank her!

I agree with everyone else however. Spice Girls by far. It's nice to see them getting so much backing on here!
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Old 23-10-2008, 08:44
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Cheryl's own goal

http://forums.denden.co.uk/viewtopic...st=0&sk=t&sd=a

it seems she has upset Spice Girls fan who were also Girls Aloud fans and many are refusing to buy their new album now.
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Old 23-10-2008, 08:47
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Cheryl's own goal

http://forums.denden.co.uk/viewtopic...st=0&sk=t&sd=a

it seems she has upset Spice Girls fan who were also Girls Aloud fans and many are refusing to buy their new album now.
I had a feeling this would happen.

The majority of Girls Aloud fans were Spice Girls because of the Geri factor.

Way to alienate your audience.
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Old 23-10-2008, 09:06
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I am quite disappointed with this statement from cheryl just when she was starting to grow on me she goes way back down in my opinion. She goes on about how GA are not bitchy - so remind what she was doing a few years ago with lilly allen and charlotte church. I think its time that cheryl grew up and started acting her age shes trying to set an example to the girls she mentors on the xfactor not tell them to slag off people who are more succesful than them - the spice girls changed the perception of girl bands worldwide its because of them that bands like the sugababes and girls aloud are succesful at least they dont use cover singles to get to number 1 they actually have some originallity and people will remember them in 20 years down the line the same cant be said for GA!!!
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Old 23-10-2008, 09:19
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Cheryl's own goal

http://forums.denden.co.uk/viewtopic...st=0&sk=t&sd=a

it seems she has upset Spice Girls fan who were also Girls Aloud fans and many are refusing to buy their new album now.
lol denden has a weekly reach of 30,000 people!

she is also getting a roasting on fmforums.



It looks like the Spice Girls had more secrect fans than she realised. Girls Aloud might be heading for number 1 this week but it would have been interesting to see what would have happened to the single if her comments about Spice Girls had come out first. It looks like some Girls Aloud fans have turned their back on them because of what she has said. You think common sense would have stopped her from slagging off a band who had part of the same fan base your own band have.
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Old 23-10-2008, 16:53
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The two bands are completely different so there is no comparison apart from they are both made up of five girls.

Spice Girls make cheesy feel-good pop (How they started the whole 'Girl Power' thing)

I dont think Girls Aloud sound anything like the Spice Girls. They are totally different musically.

I guess being famous, you will be hounded for whatever you say so Cheryl should watch who she says this kind of stuff to.
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Old 23-10-2008, 16:55
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Spice Girls for the win!
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Old 23-10-2008, 18:18
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Spice Girls easily

Girls Aloud without Xenomania are nothing.

EDIT: Just read the article, what is this girl on? I knew her bitchy/snidey/bitter side won't stay hidden for long, she can act all she wants on the X Factor.
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Old 23-10-2008, 18:26
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Cheryl Cole has claimed that Girls Aloud should be considered a better group than the Spice Girls.

I personally think the Spice Girls are far superior to Girls Aloud. They were a cultural phemonenon and were one of the most succuesful bands after the Beatles. They were popular right acorss the globe where as Grils Aloud seem to be only popular in the UK.

I can't believe tha Cole honestly thinks Girls Aloud are more succuessful then the Spice Girls. The statistics alone show the Spice Girls are far more succesful than Girls Aloud. The SPice have 9 UK #1, Girls Aloud only have 3 UK# 1's . Every Spice Girls album has be reached the top 2 in the UK. Two Girls Aloud albums didn't even reach the top ten (#11 and #43). The Spice girls have had 3 consecutive Christmas #1's. The only other gorup to achieve this is The Beatles. Also, Girls Aloud have only sold 4 million albums, theSpice Girls have sold 55 million albums. Therefore, Cole is talking complete nonsense. Have Girls Aloud got a newsingle coming out soon? She always seems to shoot her mouth off when a few weeks before GA release a new single!

So which gorup is more superior - Girls Aloud or the Spice Girls?

Girls Aloud are good but not THAT good.

They are really successful and there is no doubt that they are very popular, but they are no where near as successful to girl groups such as Spice Girls, All Saints or Destiny's Child - all of these groups have been on the receiving end of Cheryl's tongue 'supposedly'.

Spice Girls were a phenomenon and even All Saints had the world in a spin for awhile - Girls Alud have nenver exactly had hordes of people screaming after them (unless you count the kitkat advert lol). I don't think many people would be too upset if Cheryl, Nadine or the any of the other three left the group, it wouldnt be too controversial like Geri's departure.

Cheryl must be pretty p*ssed with the Pussycat Dolls then, they've only been releasing songs for 3years and have sold more records than GA.

Having an album reach #43 is pretty bad though - what album was that?
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Old 23-10-2008, 18:34
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Spice Girls!
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Old 23-10-2008, 18:50
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Would Girls Aloud even exist without the Spice Girls?
Yes. Pop Stars: The Rivals was based on the idea of a pop group. The Spice Girls did not invent manufactured pop. If One True Voice had won, would be saying "would One True Voice even exist without the Spice Girls?". I doubt it.

As for the Cheryl thing, I can't actually find where she said "We are better than the Spice Girls". She made certain comments about them only lasting a short time and breaking up because they fell out, but Digitlal Spy may have employed some dodgy reporting again, and this is dodgy reporting lifted from a no doubt dodgy report in the Daily Star from a showbiz interview in Attitude... Not too hard for things to be lost in "translation", eh?

As for the comparisons, I'd say that based on the music, Girls Aloud win out for me. Largely because they have built up a larger selection of hits than the Spice Girls could in their short career (perhaps why the Greatest Hits struggled). Girls Aloud have probably spent the past few years in the wrong world, but with tastes shifting back towards pop, things could improve for them.

With the declining popularity of albums, nobody will sell as much as the Spice Girls.

In terms of being a pop culture phenomenon, the Spice Girls by a million miles. It might have been Emma Bunton on Xtra Factor at the weekend who said that when you support a successful girlgroup, it feels like you are buying into a gang (or words to that effect). They were massive for those 2 or 3 years.
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Old 23-10-2008, 18:57
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Yes. Pop Stars: The Rivals was based on the idea of a pop group. The Spice Girls did not invent manufactured pop. If One True Voice had won, would be saying "would One True Voice even exist without the Spice Girls?". I doubt it.
But the pop group/girl band/boy band culture or phenomenon that covered British music had died down a lot, almost disappearing. Spice Girls went into decline before leaving, All Saints and Steps, 2 other big figures, also quit in the same year. Take That and Boyzone had gone too. So we were only banking, at the time, on a newly mainstream-discovered Sugababes, having had their first No1, S Club and Westlife, as well as minor Atomic Kitten. Had all the following still been around, I doubt Popstars would have been there, and if so, it wouldn't have been successful because there wouldn't be any room in the market. And Popstars was an Australian show original, and was created there for the reasons implied.

Btw, the One True Voice comparison with Spice Girls - substitute SG with 5ive (both were managed by Fuller, as were S Club for that matter, who could be compared to Popstars' earlier creation Hear'Say).
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