Monday, November 26, 2007
video link
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=5887888080405107222&q=spice+girls+spice+up+your+life&total=704&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=4
Monday, November 5, 2007
QUOTES AND CRITICS ON THE GALS
The Spice Girls have been annointed a feminist pop outfit by more than a few writers. The Spicies themselves prefer the term Girl Power: personal, and especially sexual, empowerment is central to their act. And sexy feminism certainly works as a marketing approach (the fact that the quintet churning out the prefab Brit-pop also have good abs and producers helps, too). They take feminism’s shell, and fill it up with lip gloss, ribbed condoms, and girls-on-top innuendo. Nobody tells the Spice Girls what to do. They’re young and stylish and sexy as they wannabe. …[but] Girl Power has its limits. Take away the sexual freedom and the guiltless push-up bras and you’re not left with much.
Yvonne Abraham, Lipstick Liberation in the Worcester Phoenix (1997)
Feminist responses to the Spice Girls depended upon whether their activities were perceived as self-regulating or whether they had been manipulated into acting out a marketing concept. …Charlotte Raven wrote rancorously of these ‘ever-so-zeit-geisty chicks’: ‘The boys want to fuck them, the girls want to be them and feminists want to hail them as the feisty new exponents of that post-oppression jive.’ Raven fulminated that ‘having a giggle has come to be seen as a protopolitical act’ and denounced the young women as ‘a bunch of charmless never-weres’. Vivienne Westwood also slagged them off quite unnecessarily. The five, who were known to most of their public only as Posh Spice, Baby Spice, Ginger Spice, Sporty Spice and Scary Spice, and were given little chance of displaying individual personalities to go with their mix-and-match image, were quite anodyne. They danced energetically if not well and they had a reasonable amount of flesh on their bones - and they had achieved an educational level not aimed at by the dead-eyed emaciated models who are featured in More.
The only feminist actually to hail the Spice Girls’ line about ‘being who you wanna’ and ‘not taking any shit’ as revolutionary was American Kathy Acker. Acker felt that… in the Eighties feminism had entered a dark age until the constellation Spice Girls arose in the Heavens to show by their radiance that feminism can be fun. The Spice Girls did make a difference because their most passionate fans were eight-year-old girls. In April 1998 a conference on children’s oral culture learned that whereas half the space in school playgrounds used to be taken up by a self-selecting group of boys playing football, girls’ clapping and dancing games were taking over. …Attagirls!
Germaine Greer, The Whole Woman (2000)
…whatever you think about the Spice Girls, they showed that feminism could be repackaged and sold. Instead of looking down our noses at this phenomenon we need to think about how to harness and use it.
Geethika Jayatilaka, talk at ICA, 2001
There have been some amazingly lavish excuses made for women’s behaviour when it is thought to make a contributions to changing perceptions of and opportunities for women. The rhetoric of ‘girl power’ is a good instance. The Spice Girls coined the phrase as a bit of promotional fun but it passed quickly into the wider culture as a good label to use in any situation in which girls might be putting themselves forward in new, brash and ‘unfeminine’ ways. ‘Challenging the stereotypes’, though, can cover a multitude of sins. Some challenges might be useful for easing the constraints which some girls and women still experience, but others might be ways of adding moral justification to behaviour which is just self-seeking.
Rosalind Coward, Sacred Cows (2000)
The Spice Girls’… message rarely gets more complicated than: ‘If it feels good, do it!’ Suddenly feminism is all about how the individual feels right here, right now, rather than the bigger picture. The idea of doing something for the greater good… has become an anachronism.
Katharine Viner, “The Personal is Still Political” in On The Move (1999)
I don’t think Girl Power and feminism are the same thing, because Girl Power is just a marketing ploy and feminism has been going on for years.
Momtaz, “You Go Girl!” in On The Move (1999)
these quotes were compiled on http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2002/04/the_spice_girls
Yvonne Abraham, Lipstick Liberation in the Worcester Phoenix (1997)
Feminist responses to the Spice Girls depended upon whether their activities were perceived as self-regulating or whether they had been manipulated into acting out a marketing concept. …Charlotte Raven wrote rancorously of these ‘ever-so-zeit-geisty chicks’: ‘The boys want to fuck them, the girls want to be them and feminists want to hail them as the feisty new exponents of that post-oppression jive.’ Raven fulminated that ‘having a giggle has come to be seen as a protopolitical act’ and denounced the young women as ‘a bunch of charmless never-weres’. Vivienne Westwood also slagged them off quite unnecessarily. The five, who were known to most of their public only as Posh Spice, Baby Spice, Ginger Spice, Sporty Spice and Scary Spice, and were given little chance of displaying individual personalities to go with their mix-and-match image, were quite anodyne. They danced energetically if not well and they had a reasonable amount of flesh on their bones - and they had achieved an educational level not aimed at by the dead-eyed emaciated models who are featured in More.
The only feminist actually to hail the Spice Girls’ line about ‘being who you wanna’ and ‘not taking any shit’ as revolutionary was American Kathy Acker. Acker felt that… in the Eighties feminism had entered a dark age until the constellation Spice Girls arose in the Heavens to show by their radiance that feminism can be fun. The Spice Girls did make a difference because their most passionate fans were eight-year-old girls. In April 1998 a conference on children’s oral culture learned that whereas half the space in school playgrounds used to be taken up by a self-selecting group of boys playing football, girls’ clapping and dancing games were taking over. …Attagirls!
Germaine Greer, The Whole Woman (2000)
…whatever you think about the Spice Girls, they showed that feminism could be repackaged and sold. Instead of looking down our noses at this phenomenon we need to think about how to harness and use it.
Geethika Jayatilaka, talk at ICA, 2001
There have been some amazingly lavish excuses made for women’s behaviour when it is thought to make a contributions to changing perceptions of and opportunities for women. The rhetoric of ‘girl power’ is a good instance. The Spice Girls coined the phrase as a bit of promotional fun but it passed quickly into the wider culture as a good label to use in any situation in which girls might be putting themselves forward in new, brash and ‘unfeminine’ ways. ‘Challenging the stereotypes’, though, can cover a multitude of sins. Some challenges might be useful for easing the constraints which some girls and women still experience, but others might be ways of adding moral justification to behaviour which is just self-seeking.
Rosalind Coward, Sacred Cows (2000)
The Spice Girls’… message rarely gets more complicated than: ‘If it feels good, do it!’ Suddenly feminism is all about how the individual feels right here, right now, rather than the bigger picture. The idea of doing something for the greater good… has become an anachronism.
Katharine Viner, “The Personal is Still Political” in On The Move (1999)
I don’t think Girl Power and feminism are the same thing, because Girl Power is just a marketing ploy and feminism has been going on for years.
Momtaz, “You Go Girl!” in On The Move (1999)
these quotes were compiled on http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2002/04/the_spice_girls
GIRL POWER KAAAAPOW!
"Girl Power"
The "Girl Power" slogan was met with varied reactions, both positive and negative. The phrase was a label for the particular facet of feminist empowerment embraced by the band: that a sensual, feminine appearance and equality between the sexes need not be mutually exclusive. This concept was by no means original in the pop world; both Madonna and Bananarama had employed similar outlooks, and the phrase was most likely first coined by Welsh indie band Helen Love in 1993 and made famous by British pop duo Shampoo in 1995. However, the Spice Girls' version was distinctive. Its message of empowerment appealed to young girls, adolescents and adult women, and it emphasized the importance of strong, loyal friendship among females. In all, the focused, consistent presentation of "girl power" formed the centrepiece of their appeal as a band.[32] Some critics dismissed it as no more than a shallow marketing tactic, while others took issue with the emphasis on physical appearance, concerned about the potential impact on self-conscious and/or impressionable youngsters. Regardless, the phrase became a cultural phenomenon, adopted as the mantra for millions of girls and even making it into the Oxford English Dictionary.[33] In summation of the concept, author Ryan Dawson said, "The Spice Girls changed British culture enough for Girl Power to now seem completely unremarkable."[34]
[edit]"Cool Britannia"
The term "Cool Britannia" became prominent in the media and represented the new political and social climate that was emerging with the advances made by New Labour and Tony Blair. Coming out of a period of 18 years of Conservative government, Tony Blair and New Labour were seen as young, cool and very appealing, a main driving force in making Britain look fashionable again. (The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, responsible for coining the term "Cool Britannia" in their song of the same title, intended it in a sarcastic and mocking manner.) Although by no means responsible for the onset of "Cool Britannia", the arrival of the Spice Girls added to the new image and re-branding of Britain, and underlined the growing world popularity of British, rather than U.S., pop music. This fact was underlined at the BRIT Awards in 1997. The group won two awards[35] but it was Geri Halliwell's Union Jack dress that appeared in media coverage the world over and eventually became a symbol of "Cool Britannia".
[edit]Icons of the 1990s
The Union Jack dress Geri wore has acquired something of an iconic status, and is in the Guinness World Records as the most expensive piece of pop star clothing (about £42,000) ever sold at an auction.
Ten years after the release of their debut single The Spice Girls were voted the biggest cultural icons of the 1990s by 80% in a UK poll of 1,000 people carried out for the board game Trivial Pursuit, stating that "Girl Power" defined the decade.[36]
TAKEN FROM THE WIKIPEDIA
The "Girl Power" slogan was met with varied reactions, both positive and negative. The phrase was a label for the particular facet of feminist empowerment embraced by the band: that a sensual, feminine appearance and equality between the sexes need not be mutually exclusive. This concept was by no means original in the pop world; both Madonna and Bananarama had employed similar outlooks, and the phrase was most likely first coined by Welsh indie band Helen Love in 1993 and made famous by British pop duo Shampoo in 1995. However, the Spice Girls' version was distinctive. Its message of empowerment appealed to young girls, adolescents and adult women, and it emphasized the importance of strong, loyal friendship among females. In all, the focused, consistent presentation of "girl power" formed the centrepiece of their appeal as a band.[32] Some critics dismissed it as no more than a shallow marketing tactic, while others took issue with the emphasis on physical appearance, concerned about the potential impact on self-conscious and/or impressionable youngsters. Regardless, the phrase became a cultural phenomenon, adopted as the mantra for millions of girls and even making it into the Oxford English Dictionary.[33] In summation of the concept, author Ryan Dawson said, "The Spice Girls changed British culture enough for Girl Power to now seem completely unremarkable."[34]
[edit]"Cool Britannia"
The term "Cool Britannia" became prominent in the media and represented the new political and social climate that was emerging with the advances made by New Labour and Tony Blair. Coming out of a period of 18 years of Conservative government, Tony Blair and New Labour were seen as young, cool and very appealing, a main driving force in making Britain look fashionable again. (The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, responsible for coining the term "Cool Britannia" in their song of the same title, intended it in a sarcastic and mocking manner.) Although by no means responsible for the onset of "Cool Britannia", the arrival of the Spice Girls added to the new image and re-branding of Britain, and underlined the growing world popularity of British, rather than U.S., pop music. This fact was underlined at the BRIT Awards in 1997. The group won two awards[35] but it was Geri Halliwell's Union Jack dress that appeared in media coverage the world over and eventually became a symbol of "Cool Britannia".
[edit]Icons of the 1990s
The Union Jack dress Geri wore has acquired something of an iconic status, and is in the Guinness World Records as the most expensive piece of pop star clothing (about £42,000) ever sold at an auction.
Ten years after the release of their debut single The Spice Girls were voted the biggest cultural icons of the 1990s by 80% in a UK poll of 1,000 people carried out for the board game Trivial Pursuit, stating that "Girl Power" defined the decade.[36]
TAKEN FROM THE WIKIPEDIA
Monday, October 15, 2007
Some interesting appearances and quotes
Album 2
Mel C has said that the Spice Girls intend to start writing they're 2nd Album in June and that they are planning a massive tour for next year.
- Tuesday, February 25th 1997
Geri's Union Jack
The British newspapers have gone Spice Girls crazy, or more accurately Geri crazy. The feisty young strumpet adorned the front page of most papers wearing the tight, figure hugging, skimpy Union Jack dress she wore while performing at the BRIT's yesterday. The dress is getting very much attention and everyone seems to love it.
- Monday, February 24th 1997
Brit Awards
The Spice Girls won 2 of the 5 BRIT awards they were nominated for. They won Best Single for Wannabe and Best Video for Say You'll Be There. The Girls kicked off the awards ceremony with "Who Do You Think You Are", one of the tracks off their next single (see below). The performance was very energetic and was the highlight of the awards! When they picked up their awards the girls had changed their outfits. Geri's dress however needed more support as her breast fell out of it! Mel C when accepting an award said to Liam Gallagher - "Liam, come and have a go if you think your hard enough!" and the crowd went crazy. This was a response to anti-Spice comments Liam had made recently such as that he would like to knock them out.
- Friday, February 14th 1997
McLaren Spice Girls
The Girls performed live at the launch of the new MP4-12 Formula One Car that was officially launched at Alexandra Palace in London yesterday (13th February). Pictures of them are now available at the McLaren site.
- Friday, February 14th 1997
Next Single Confusion Over
Thanks to the Spice Shack the confusion over the next single is over. The A-side will be "Mama" and the B-side will be "Who Do You Think You Are".
- Monday, February 10th 1997
Comic Relief Single
The Girls next single is to be the new Comic Relief single in the UK, supposedly the single will be "Who do You Think You Are". OK I'm as confused as you, one moment the single is Mama now this.
- Monday, February 3rd 1997
Victoria On Men
On GMTV (28/1/96) the girls were were interviewed in New York and Victoria was quoted as saying that while American men are nice English guys are better.
rince's Trust
The Spice Girls have agreed to take part in a Prince's trust Charity concert on May 9th at the Manchester Opera House.
- Sunday, March 9th 1997
Another #1 - A Record!
The Spice Girls made the record books by becoming the first band to have their first 4 singles all go to #1 after the latest single (Mama/Who Do You Think You Are) entered the UK charts at #1.
- Sunday, March 9th 1997
Hairy Legs
The Girls appeared live on the Clive James Show, Mel B revealed to the world that Geri has hairy legs!
- Saturday, March 8th 1997
Geri Asked Out
Geri was asked out on live Kids TV this morning by Jamie Theakston of BBC1 Live & Kicking fame. Jamie was set up by the crew and after probably the most embarrassing 30 seconds of his life asked (feebly) "Geri would you like to go to to dinner with me next week?" After Geri and the rest of the Girls had stopped falling about laughing she replied "I'll think about it", then added "If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends." Poor Jamie was, how shall we say, deflated.
- Monday, March 3rd 1997
U2 & Ice-T
Rapper Ice-T has said he's besotted with the Girls, after much thought he reckons Emma is his favorite. U2 were disappointed not to have met up with the Girls during a recent visit they made to Dublin, better luck next time guys!
taken from http://www.spicenews.com/html/archives.html
Mel C has said that the Spice Girls intend to start writing they're 2nd Album in June and that they are planning a massive tour for next year.
- Tuesday, February 25th 1997
Geri's Union Jack
The British newspapers have gone Spice Girls crazy, or more accurately Geri crazy. The feisty young strumpet adorned the front page of most papers wearing the tight, figure hugging, skimpy Union Jack dress she wore while performing at the BRIT's yesterday. The dress is getting very much attention and everyone seems to love it.
- Monday, February 24th 1997
Brit Awards
The Spice Girls won 2 of the 5 BRIT awards they were nominated for. They won Best Single for Wannabe and Best Video for Say You'll Be There. The Girls kicked off the awards ceremony with "Who Do You Think You Are", one of the tracks off their next single (see below). The performance was very energetic and was the highlight of the awards! When they picked up their awards the girls had changed their outfits. Geri's dress however needed more support as her breast fell out of it! Mel C when accepting an award said to Liam Gallagher - "Liam, come and have a go if you think your hard enough!" and the crowd went crazy. This was a response to anti-Spice comments Liam had made recently such as that he would like to knock them out.
- Friday, February 14th 1997
McLaren Spice Girls
The Girls performed live at the launch of the new MP4-12 Formula One Car that was officially launched at Alexandra Palace in London yesterday (13th February). Pictures of them are now available at the McLaren site.
- Friday, February 14th 1997
Next Single Confusion Over
Thanks to the Spice Shack the confusion over the next single is over. The A-side will be "Mama" and the B-side will be "Who Do You Think You Are".
- Monday, February 10th 1997
Comic Relief Single
The Girls next single is to be the new Comic Relief single in the UK, supposedly the single will be "Who do You Think You Are". OK I'm as confused as you, one moment the single is Mama now this.
- Monday, February 3rd 1997
Victoria On Men
On GMTV (28/1/96) the girls were were interviewed in New York and Victoria was quoted as saying that while American men are nice English guys are better.
rince's Trust
The Spice Girls have agreed to take part in a Prince's trust Charity concert on May 9th at the Manchester Opera House.
- Sunday, March 9th 1997
Another #1 - A Record!
The Spice Girls made the record books by becoming the first band to have their first 4 singles all go to #1 after the latest single (Mama/Who Do You Think You Are) entered the UK charts at #1.
- Sunday, March 9th 1997
Hairy Legs
The Girls appeared live on the Clive James Show, Mel B revealed to the world that Geri has hairy legs!
- Saturday, March 8th 1997
Geri Asked Out
Geri was asked out on live Kids TV this morning by Jamie Theakston of BBC1 Live & Kicking fame. Jamie was set up by the crew and after probably the most embarrassing 30 seconds of his life asked (feebly) "Geri would you like to go to to dinner with me next week?" After Geri and the rest of the Girls had stopped falling about laughing she replied "I'll think about it", then added "If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends." Poor Jamie was, how shall we say, deflated.
- Monday, March 3rd 1997
U2 & Ice-T
Rapper Ice-T has said he's besotted with the Girls, after much thought he reckons Emma is his favorite. U2 were disappointed not to have met up with the Girls during a recent visit they made to Dublin, better luck next time guys!
taken from http://www.spicenews.com/html/archives.html
some of the spice girls t.v. appeances
V Appearances, Live Performances, and Interviews during the early time of the Spice Girls on one excellent DVD.
o "Wannabe" live via satellite from Japan - TOTP - First week at No. 1 performance
o "Wannabe" performed on TOTP - Second week at No. 1
o "Wannabe" performed on TOTP - Fifth week at No. 1
o "Wannabe" performed on TOTP -Sixth week at No. 1
o "Wannabe" performed on TOTP - Seventh week at No. 1 Performance(same as sixth with some different shots)
o Spice girls in L.A. for "Say you'll be there" videoshoot from "The Noise"
o Spice Girls on Live and Kicking helping out with a prize draw
o "Say You'll be there" performed on Live and Kicking
o Brief Interview on Live and Kicking
o Each Spice girl helps out Trev and Simon to paint on Live and Kicking
o Mel C joins Trev and Simon to review new release singles on Live and Kicking
o "Say You'll be there" performed on TOTP - Promotional appearance
o Newsround item on Spice girls featuring interview
o "Say you'll be there" performed on The Noise
o Emma B, Mel B and Mel c THe chart show Interview and video of "Say You'll be there"
o "Say You'll be there" performed on TOTP - Second week at No.2 performance
o Spice girls on WOW playing "Fly in your soup", picking competition winners, playing "Bland Date"
o "Say you'll be there" performed on WOW
o "Say you'll be there" performed at Charity Fashion show on a catwalk with models
o "Wannabe" performed at Smash Hits Poll winners Party as the girls receive an award
o "Say you'll be there" performed at Smash Hits Poll winners Party as they get another award
o Spice Girls full interview segment from The Des O' Connor Show as well as a performance of "Two Become One"
o "2 Become 1" performed on The Noise
o The girls are interviewed on The Noise and they particpate in a phone in
o "2 Become 1" performed on Noel's House party
o TV Advert for Spice Girls album "Spice"
o Another appearance on Live and Kicking with various segments and a performance of "Two become one" and a phone in
o Various links from Christmas TOTP 1996 presented by the girls and they perform "2 become 1"
o Appearance on "The Girlie Show" where they are interviewed and perform "Who do you think you are?"
o Performance of "Who do you think you are?" on TOTP
o The girls accept an IRMA award and perform "Who do you think you are?" and "Wannabe" on an Irish music awards show
o Brit Awards '97 - Awards and backstage gossip where the girls get best single for "Wannabe" and best video of "Say you'll be there". They perform "Who do you think you are?".
o Noel's House Party - Another Promotional appearance singing their latest hit.
o TOTP promotional appearance
o GMTV - Spice girls in New York, three part segment with interviews and gossip from their girls on their first trip to the US.
o Big Breakfast - Promotional appearance including interview with Vanessa.
o GMTV - The person who taught the girls to sing speaks.
o Big Breakfast - Report on upcoming girls appearance on Omnibus feat. Emma
o Live and Kicking - Promotional appearance singing "Mama" + Link footage.
o Omnibus - Emma and her mum
o Clive James show - Interview
o Big Breakfast - Lots and lots of footage including each girl interviewed and they choose their favorite music videos etc.
o Comic Relief - Appearance singing "Mama" and "Who do you think you are?" with The Sugar Lumps and much much more.
o TOTP - First week at No.1 performance singing "Mama"
o TOTP Second week at No.1 performance singing "Who do you think you are?"
taken from http://matthewlc5.tripod.com/id6.html
o "Wannabe" live via satellite from Japan - TOTP - First week at No. 1 performance
o "Wannabe" performed on TOTP - Second week at No. 1
o "Wannabe" performed on TOTP - Fifth week at No. 1
o "Wannabe" performed on TOTP -Sixth week at No. 1
o "Wannabe" performed on TOTP - Seventh week at No. 1 Performance(same as sixth with some different shots)
o Spice girls in L.A. for "Say you'll be there" videoshoot from "The Noise"
o Spice Girls on Live and Kicking helping out with a prize draw
o "Say You'll be there" performed on Live and Kicking
o Brief Interview on Live and Kicking
o Each Spice girl helps out Trev and Simon to paint on Live and Kicking
o Mel C joins Trev and Simon to review new release singles on Live and Kicking
o "Say You'll be there" performed on TOTP - Promotional appearance
o Newsround item on Spice girls featuring interview
o "Say you'll be there" performed on The Noise
o Emma B, Mel B and Mel c THe chart show Interview and video of "Say You'll be there"
o "Say You'll be there" performed on TOTP - Second week at No.2 performance
o Spice girls on WOW playing "Fly in your soup", picking competition winners, playing "Bland Date"
o "Say you'll be there" performed on WOW
o "Say you'll be there" performed at Charity Fashion show on a catwalk with models
o "Wannabe" performed at Smash Hits Poll winners Party as the girls receive an award
o "Say you'll be there" performed at Smash Hits Poll winners Party as they get another award
o Spice Girls full interview segment from The Des O' Connor Show as well as a performance of "Two Become One"
o "2 Become 1" performed on The Noise
o The girls are interviewed on The Noise and they particpate in a phone in
o "2 Become 1" performed on Noel's House party
o TV Advert for Spice Girls album "Spice"
o Another appearance on Live and Kicking with various segments and a performance of "Two become one" and a phone in
o Various links from Christmas TOTP 1996 presented by the girls and they perform "2 become 1"
o Appearance on "The Girlie Show" where they are interviewed and perform "Who do you think you are?"
o Performance of "Who do you think you are?" on TOTP
o The girls accept an IRMA award and perform "Who do you think you are?" and "Wannabe" on an Irish music awards show
o Brit Awards '97 - Awards and backstage gossip where the girls get best single for "Wannabe" and best video of "Say you'll be there". They perform "Who do you think you are?".
o Noel's House Party - Another Promotional appearance singing their latest hit.
o TOTP promotional appearance
o GMTV - Spice girls in New York, three part segment with interviews and gossip from their girls on their first trip to the US.
o Big Breakfast - Promotional appearance including interview with Vanessa.
o GMTV - The person who taught the girls to sing speaks.
o Big Breakfast - Report on upcoming girls appearance on Omnibus feat. Emma
o Live and Kicking - Promotional appearance singing "Mama" + Link footage.
o Omnibus - Emma and her mum
o Clive James show - Interview
o Big Breakfast - Lots and lots of footage including each girl interviewed and they choose their favorite music videos etc.
o Comic Relief - Appearance singing "Mama" and "Who do you think you are?" with The Sugar Lumps and much much more.
o TOTP - First week at No.1 performance singing "Mama"
o TOTP Second week at No.1 performance singing "Who do you think you are?"
taken from http://matthewlc5.tripod.com/id6.html
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