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$bff WHY ARE THE SPICE GIRLS SO POPULAR?
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BY DAVE "STUDLY SPICE" DIAMOND
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These fab girls have taken the world by storm and so far have had 4
number one singles,plus a number one album in the UK. But why are they
so great? Surely they`re just a bigger version of the middle 80`s band
"The Bangles" or even the highly popular and equally as sexy
"Bananarama". Sure the most obvious reason as to why they`re so
successfull is the fact that they are a group of very attractive girls
who can produce an original and up beat song. The fact that they`re
sexy to the men,set a message for the girls and give all boy bands a run
for their money also contributes to their winning formual,but i believe
the Spice Girls have in fact become so successfull because they have
brought back an element of music that has been somehow lost over the
90`s years...disco!
Just listen to the various beats and instruments (especially in "Who Do
You Think You Are") included in their songs and they all resemble
patterns found in the late 60`s,70`s and early 80`s. The fact that
music lovers have finally got a respectable band with good looks,a mass
following,talent and that they re-inforce old trends which were highly
popular make the Spice Girls a band to remember.
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[The reason they are so popular is because they are a recipe. They were
put together by a music company who held auditions in order to obtain
the correct formula. Then the songs were written for them and their
characters were generated (by the press in many respects). There's a
lot of talk about this form of music group creating at present. One
interesting aspect is doing away with humans altogether and working with
virtual singers where all aspects are computer created. This is being
done in Japan as I type and music companies are paying close attention.
Kei]
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