2007.11.14 - SPICE GIRLS!

SPICE GIRLS! THE BEGINNINGS ... The girls answered an ad in the Stage newspaper in March 1994.  Geri, Victoria, Mel B and Mel C auditioned. They got in and another girl called Michelle Stephenson also joined.   The group rehearsed and had voice and dance lessons  for the  next couple of months and moved in to a house in Maiden Head, in the UK. Michelle left due to her mother being sick and was quickly replaced by Emma Bunton in June 94. For the next year the girls rehearsed and had lessons but were unhappy when the manager wanted them to dress alike and not write their own material.

They decided to leave their manager (Bob and Chris Herbert) and make it on their own.

Now due to a contract, the girls were due to meet with big song writer Elliott Kennedy, but since he was set up through their old managers they had to search for him to find him.  Mel B and Geri went through the Sheffeild phone book and rang house after house to find him. They found him after a few calls and ended up writing "Say You'll Be There" and "Love Thing" with him.

The girls were then ready to find a new manager and a record deal.  To achieve this, they burst into offices all over the UK and burst into song!

In mid 95, they finally got a new manager in Simon Fuller, and just after that, they signed with record label Virgin.

For the next year they rehearsed, wrote, recorded and had lessons until finally in July 96 the girls released "Wannabe".  In went into the charts at #3 but it wasn't long before it hit the #1 spot and catapulted them to fame across the world.

CAN YOU SAY WHO IS WHO?
 

1.	2.	3.	4.	5.

a) Sporty Spice (Melanie Chrisholm, also known as Mel C)
b) Posh Spice (Victoria Adams, now Victoria Beckham)
c) Ginger Spice (Geri Halliwell, also known as Sexy Spice)
d) Baby Spice (Emma Bunton)
e) Scary Spice (Melanie Brown, also known as Mel B)

Answers: 1c, 2b, 3d, 4e, 5a

And now, let's listen to the girls first single, Wannabe:

 

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WANNABE

Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you want my future forget my past,
If you wanna get with me better make it fast,
Now don't go wasting my precious time,
Get your act together we could be just fine

I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

What do you think about that now you know how I feel,
Say you can handle my love are you for real,
I won't be hasty, I'll give you a try
If you really bug me then I'll say goodbye.

Yo I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

So here's a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me
you gotta listen carefully,
We got Em in the place who likes it in your face,
we got G like MC who likes it on an
Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady,
and as for me..ah you'll see,
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta, you gotta, you
gotta,
you gotta, you gotta, slam, slam, slam, slam
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down zigazig ah
If you wanna be my lover.