Poptimists Spice Special!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

One of the great things about 2006 is that it is the 10th anniversary of SPICEMANIA. Summer 96 was when Wannabe got to No.1 and Changed Pop Forever.



How better than to celebrate than with an BIG POLL? How about with a big poll and a great pop song! "Take Me Home", a link to which won't appear in this post, is the B-Side of "Say You'll Be There" (I think, botherd if not), and starts off with one of the Spices imitating Tricky (!) and then turns into a bit of a 'dark' number. Very good record, if you don't already know it.


[Poll #656277]

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

but the thing with 'wannabe' is that unlike 99% of the pop which followed it, it sounds completely amateur and slapdash, like NO thought or effort went into the production - the levels are all over the place, there's no polish whatsoever (I remember at the time the comparison which rang most true was Shampoo ie bubblegum-punk) and the entire arrangement basically consists of that two-note piano riff and a casio beat.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i think i saw the Girls first appearance on TV (London Tonight) and 'Wannabe' sounded horrendous back then. i can't say i have ever really noticed this 'levels' problem tho.

IN MY SOLOMONIC JUDGEMENT...

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

"levels all over the place" in a good way = LEX IS INDIE
"levels all over the place" in a bad way = LEX IS AN ROCKIST

Re: IN MY SOLOMONIC JUDGEMENT...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

AARGH I DID NOT SEE THIS BEFORE I POSTED THAT!

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

>:D

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

In a good way!