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Rating: It's morning... and like every respectable morning, the mother:
"Santi_bailor (!!), before you go out, tidy up your little room, it looks disgusting..."
I get up, rub my eyes (don't tell me that eye gunk only appears for me in the morning because I won't believe you...), I start rummaging through the shelf with a tidy demeanor, when I spot a very dusty music cassette... it belongs to the Spice Girls... I smile...
I bring said cassette close to the Bin but then I think:
"Come on, let's play it to give a little rhythm to my effort to end this deplorable mess!"
It starts with "Wannabe", then "Say You'll Be There" and for both songs, I don't hold back my gay-castrato-ecstatic falsetto enough to make the most excited Matthew Bellamy envious...
The rhythm is there, the sweat too, and my armpits pay the price dearly.
During the slow tracks, like "Mama" or "2 Become 1", my body catches its breath and memories overlap such as:
- The first time, assisted by Geri's purple skirt in the "Stop" video (go check it out, it's a gem!)
- Middle school and the janitor with one brown eye and the other green (bbrrrr..)
- The Box, which I stubbornly called TE BOCS
- Beverly Hills, along with Hamlet-like-sexual-Freudian doubts: "BUT IF IT'S CALLED ANDREA, WHY IS SHE FEMALE???"
But the peak is reached with "Goodbye", the final track (in every sense) and it seems like yesterday that May nineteen ninety-eight (waiting for France '98 with Roberto "it's gone a tiny bit out" Baggio and Luigi "now I'll hit the crossbar" Di Biagio), when TM2 aired that video
Without Geri...
Goodbye...
What sadness...
Something that neither the "thirties" nor the "forties" will ever understand...
I can't deny it... The Spice Girls are the beginning of my journey and I have no regrets about that. (by the way, "Nessun rimpianto", Pezzali's video with the first full nudity IN THE WORLD gem no.2)
Maybe if I hadn't started with them, I wouldn't be here at this hour listening to Elliot Smith, Mars Volta, Pavement, the young sonic men, and so on...
Hence... nostalgia-vote and...
THANK YOU SPICE :)
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Wannabe (02:57)
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 ah
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 ah
If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends (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 ah
If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends (gotta get with my friends)
Make it last forever, friendship never ends
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give (you've got to give)
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is
So, here's your 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
You 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, ha-ha 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 (gotta get with my friends)
Make it last forever, friendship never ends
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give (you've 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 (make it last forever)
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 and zigazig ah
If you wanna be my lover
02 Say You'll Be There (03:55)
Oh, say you'll be there
I'm giving you everything
All that joy can bring
This I swear
Last time that we had this conversation
I decided we should be friends, hey
But now, we're going 'round in circles
Tell me will this déjà vu never end, oh
And now you tell me that you're falling in love
Well I never ever thought that would be, eh
This time, you gotta take it easy
Throwing far too much emotions at me
But any fool can see they're falling
I gotta make you understand
I'm giving you everything
All that joy can bring
This I swear (I'll give you everything)
And all that I want from you
Is a promise you will be there
Say you will be there, ow
Say you will be there
Won't you sing it with me
If you put two and two together
You will see what our friendship is for, oh
If you can't work this equation
Then I guess I'll have to show you the door
There is no need to say you love me
It would be better left unsaid
I'm (I'm) giving you everything (I'll give you everything)
All that joy can bring (All that joy can bring)
This I swear (Yes, I swear)
And (And) all that I want from you (All I want from you)
Is a promise you'll be there (Is a promise you)
Yeah, I want you
Any fool can see they're falling
I gotta make you understand
I'll give you everything, on this I swear
Just promise you'll always be there
I'm giving you everything (I'm giving you everything)
All that joy can bring (All that joy can bring)
This I swear (Yes, I swear)
And all that I want from you (All that I want from you)
Is a promise you (I want you to promise to)
Will be there (Always be there)
I'm giving you everything (I'm giving you everything)
All that joy can bring (All that joy can bring)
This I swear (Yes, I swear)
And all that I want from you (All that I want from you)
Is a promise you (I want you to promise to)
Will be there (Always be there)
I'm giving you everything (I'm giving you everything)
All that joy can bring (All that joy can bring)
This I swear (Yes, I swear)
And all that I want from you (All that I want from you)
Is a promise you (I want you to promise to)
Will be there
03 2 Become 1 (04:01)
Candlelight and soul forever
A dream of you and me together
Say you believe it, say you believe it
Free your mind of doubt and danger
Be for real, don't be a stranger
We can achieve it, we can achieve it
Come a little bit closer, baby
Get it on, get it on
'Cause tonight is the night
When two become one
I need some love like I never needed love before (Wanna make love to ya baby)
I had a little love, now I'm back for more (Wanna make love to ya baby)
Set your spirit free
It's the only way to be
Silly games that you were playing
Empty words we both were saying
Let's work it out boy, let's work it out boy
Once again, if we endeavor
Love will bring us back together
Take it or leave it, take it or leave it
Are you as good as I remember, baby
Get it on, get it on
'Cause tonight is the night
When two become one
I need some love like I never needed love before (Wanna make love to ya baby)
I had a little love, now I'm back for more (Wanna make love to ya baby)
Set your spirit free
It's the only way to be
Be a little bit wiser, baby
Put it on, put it on
'Cause tonight is the night
When two become one
I need some love like I never needed love before (Wanna make love to ya baby)
I had a little love, now I'm back for more (Wanna make love to ya baby)
I need some love like I never needed love before (Wanna make love to ya baby)
I had a little love, now I'm back for more (Wanna make love to ya baby)
Set your spirit free
It's the only way to be
It's the only way to be
It's the only way to be
06 Mama (05:05)
She used to be my only enemy and never let me be free
Catching me in places that I knew I shouldn't be
Every other day I crossed the line, I didn't mean to be so bad
I never thought you would become the friend I never had
Back then, I didn't know why
Why you were misunderstood
So, now I see through your eyes
All that you did was love
Mama I love you, mama I care
Mama I love you, mama my friend
You're my friend
I didn't want to hear it then but I'm not ashamed to say it now
Every little thing you said and did was right for me
I had a lot of time to think about, about the way I used to be
Never had a sense of my responsibility
Back then I didn't know why
Why you were misunderstood
So, now I see through your eyes
All that you did was love
Mama I love you, mama I care
Mama I love you, mama my friend
You're my friend
(Mama) You're my friend
Me loving you
You loving me
A love that's true
And guaranteed
Me loving you (Mama I love you)
You loving me (Mama I care)
A love that's true
And guaranteed
Me loving you (Mama I love you)
You loving me (Mama I care)
A love that's true
And guaranteed
Me loving you (Mama I love you)
You loving me (Mama I care)
A love that's true
And guaranteed
07 Who Do You Think You Are (04:00)
The race is on to get out of the bottom
The top is high so your roots are forgotten
Giving is good as long as you're getting
What's driving you it's ambition and betting
(I said) who do you think you are
(Do you think you are, I said)
Oooh, some kind of superstar
(You have got to) swing it, shake it, move it, make it
Who do you think you are
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
Show me how good you are
Swing it, shake it, move it, make it
Who do you think you are
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
Show how good you are
You're standing out in the wrong direction
You've got the bug, superstar you've been bitten
Your trumpet's blowing for far too long
Climbing the snake of the ladder, but you're wrong
Who do you think you are
(Do you think you are, I said)
Oooh, some kind of superstar
(You have got to) swing it, shake it, move it, make it
Who do you think you are
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
Show me how good you are
Swing it, shake it, move it, make it
Who do you think you are
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
Show how good you are
You have got to reach on up, never lose your soul
You have got to reach on up, never lose control
(I said) who do you think you are
(Do you think you are, I said)
Oooh, some kind of superstar
(You have got to) swing it, shake it, move it, make it
Who do you think you are
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
Show me how good you are
Swing it, shake it, move it, make it
Who do you think you are
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
Show me how good you are
Swing it, shake it, move it, make it
Who do you think you are
(Swing it, shake it, move it, make it)
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
Show me how good you are
(Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it)
(Repeat)
09 Naked (04:25)
Naivety and childhood left behind deprived of the goodness of mankind,
past encounters have made her strong, strong enough to carry on and on.
Undress you with her eyes, uncover the truth from the lies
Strip you down no need to care, lights are low exposed and bare.
Naked
Nothing but a smile upon her face
Naked
She wants to play seek and hide, no one to hide behind
Naked
This child has fallen from grace
Naked
Don't be afraid to stare she is only naked.
Naked
She knows exactly what to do with men like you,
inside out in her mind there's
no doubt where you're coming from,
mystery will turn you on.
Undress you with her eyes, uncover the truth from the lies
Strip you down no need to care, lights are low exposed and bare.
Naked
Nothing but a smile upon her face
Naked
She wants to play seek and hide, no one to hide behind
Naked
This child has fallen from grace
Naked
Don't be afraid to stare she is only naked.
Hello...
This angel's dirty face is sore, holding onto what she had before.
Not sharing secrets with any old fool, now she's gonna keep her cool.
She wants to get naked
She wants to get naked.
Naked
Nothing but a smile upon her face
Naked
She wants to play seek and hide, no one to hide behind
Naked
This child has fallen from grace
Naked
Don't be afraid to stare she is only naked.
Repeat to fade
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By Devon
Despite the Spice Girls being a commercial group... I liked it and I still don’t mind it at all.
This CD is the answer to any moment of the day to which you want to add a bit of liveliness.
