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THE REVIEW
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 :)
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This review reflects on the author's personal and nostalgic connection to the Spice Girls' debut album 'Spice'. It recalls fond childhood memories inspired by the album's iconic tracks. The author credits this album as the start of their musical journey and expresses deep gratitude toward the group. The tone is emotional and warm, celebrating the lasting impact of the 90s pop era.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
Spice Girls
British pop girl group formed in London in 1994: Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell and Victoria Beckham. Breakthrough came with ‘Wannabe’ in 1996, followed by hit albums ‘Spice’ (1996), ‘Spiceworld’ (1997) and the quartet’s ‘Forever’ (2000). Their ‘Girl Power’ slogan became a global pop-culture marker; the group reunited for tours and a Greatest Hits release in 2007–08, with further appearances in 2012 and 2019.06 Reviews
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