proper pop

SPICE

1997: Spice

I must confess to the world again

That I used to be a die-hard Spice Girls fan

Courtesy of my mutant pals in regent arcade

Who live their lives in the liberty of free mind

We wannabe known for our individuality

Yet we wannabe loved by the those who hate us

For what we have become

Careless

Untamed

loud

and coincidentally

we found our solitude in the music

of the greatest pop phenomenon ever

geri, mel b, mel c, emma and victoria

unleashed a brand new force of sound

that could have change the world completely

in view of modern feminism

thirty one countries affirmed their fame

when their first single “Wannabe”

hit the charts like hotcakes

and instill the line “friendship never ends”

consequently

four more songs allured humanity

and i would love to sing with them again

Say you’ll be there…I’m giving you everything

All the joy can bring, this i swear

2 become 1…i need some love

Like i never needed love before

Mama…back then i didn’t know why

So now i see through your eyes

All that you did was love

Who do you think you are…the race is on

To get out the bottom, the top is high

So your roots are forgotten

1998: Spiceworld

I need to confess to humanity again

That i used be part of the Spiceworld

Where pop is the bloodstream of social awakening

vanity came last to passion and feminism

my pop heroines were anointed by their individualism

ginger spice geri has the loudest sound mind ever

scary spice mel b speaks about colors knows no boundaries

baby spice emma thinks the world still have its innocence

posh spice victoria seemed to be a fashionable sleek chic

and sporty spice mel c shows feminism can kick ass too!

But in the middle of the girls’ meteoric rise to fame

Comes the deepest fall to abysmal pop backlash

In the middle of smash hit movie, commercials, global tour…

Ginger shocked the world with her goodbye

For they have become

Apart

egocentric

exhausted

and fatefully

they have learned the consequence of vanity

and fame that turns out to be a money-machine

somehow they lost grip of their infinite bond

and friendship that could have sow seeds of hope

for those who lost sight of what friends really mean

everything was lost in the oblivion of pop decline

and solo competitions where music means selfish claims

a goodbye single recorded by the remaining foursome

could have meant new chance to go on conquering the popworld

but after its temporary success and the release of a third album

where they thought of reinventing their music into much edger RnB

the clear decline of their pop position was seen clear and vivid

but goodbye doesn’t mean forever for time proved it futile

to truly erase what has destiny had written

now its the time for the shattered five spices to reunite

reinvent and celebrate the past with greater enthusiasm

for time itself cannot erase what it fatefully destined to happen

there are no goodbyes in nostagia

no consequences happened without any reason

no eminent destiny remained unfulfilled

no friendship is doomed eternally in oblivion

the rules of the pop world is simple and clear:

if the music keeps on playing…

you can’t get your ass out of the dancefloor

and deny the heart from appreciating its language!

I am a spice fan for life

I’m not ashamed of appreciating pop evolution

I won’t get tired of listening to Mel C’s pop-rock appetite

Or Emma’s retro-inspired babyish recordings

Or Victoria’s posh RnB sound as expensive as Gucchi

Or Mel B’s crazy-sexy-cool hiphop allusions

Or even Geri’s schizophrenic pop reinventions

I believe they are the greatest pop acts since Madonna

Expressed her pop rebellion or Michael Jackson’s pop hypocrisy

Make no mistake about it: 55 million record sales

a smash hit movie criticized as rubbish

9

UK

chart-topping No.1 singles with only one single failed to reach the top

a multi-million dollar sold out concerts even as a foursome

Razzie’s worst actress and media’s worst dressers

Guiness best-selling girl group and advertising merchandise

A

US

pop invasion that rivaled the Beatles’ history for a short period of time

The only female pop acts declared by Prince Charles and Nelson Mandela

As the greatest moments of their life upon meeting them

There’s no need for finger-crossing predictions

On a world-tour plan and greatest hits release to fail or succeed

Somewhere in time, they preach for feminism power

Conquered the world, rewrote pop history

Fell apart, struggle like any other women

And reunite to prove “friendship forever” still works well

To make this lonely planet dance with its feet again!

Viva forever, spice girls!

And November 2007 greatest hits release… now u can kill me…

Phoenix