Spice Girls - ‘Wannabe’ Music Video | Taking It Right Back To The Beginning…
A few days ago, I took a look at the Spice Girls new single Headlines, and absolutely ripped both the song and video to pieces, and justifiably so because it is crap.
In the interests of fairness, I thought we should go back in time, and take a look at the first Spice Girls single, and brilliant video, just so we know that they haven’t always been guilty of releasing piles of shite on to the world.
Wannabe is a great slice of pop goodness: It’s catchy, meaningless, and just pure pop.
When it first came out, the Spice Girls were needed too, coinciding with the new movement for girls power, and young women, particularly in the UK, becoming quite laddish and independent in their behaviour and views.
It’s interesting to note that Victoria Beckham’s singing duties haven’t really changed in the group between now and then: stand there and look nice, throw a few pouts in, and generally keep your mouth shut.
Everyone knows this video, it really has become a classic. Not only was it brilliantly filmed in one take, it also introduced the girls alter egos perfectly. You can immediately see who is Posh, Baby, Scary, Ginger and Sporty.
Each girl (with the exception of Mrs Beckham of course) gets a pretty equal share of the camera time, but there is also an element of them all trying to outdo each other. You can almost see, even at this point in time, the friction between Mel B and Geri Halliwell.
Obviously, I’m not suggesting the Spice Girls should have re-recorded this for Headlines, as for starters I think Mel C would have broken a hip trying to back flip, but still, they could have at least tied to make more of an impact rather than release a borefest.
Song: 8/10
Video: 9/10
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Dec 3, 2007 at 9:26 pm
[…] Killed By The Video Star wrote an interesting post today on Spice Girls - âWannabeâ Music Video | Taking It Right Back To The Beginningâ¦Here’s a quick excerpt A few days ago, I took a look at the Spice Girls new single Headlines, and absolutely ripped both the song and video to pieces, and justifiably so because it is crap. In the interests of fairness, I thought we should go back in time, and take a look at the first Spice Girls single, and brilliant video, just so we know that they haven’t always been guilty of releasing piles of shite on to the world. Wannabe is a great slice of pop goodness: It’s catchy, meaningless, and just pure pop. Whe […]
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