video review : Spice World [ The Spice Girls Movie ]

video review : Spice World [ The Spice Girls Movie ]

I like their music, but neither it nor their looks; Scary is the most savory; can save this Spice Girls movie from the pits of blandness. It’s like a 90-minute Girl Power promo in which the bunch, literally playing caricatures of themselves, babble about nothing in a language only deep England can fully understand.

my rating : 1 of 5

1997

audio review : Spice ( album ) … Spice Girls

audio review : Spice ( album ) ... Spice Girls

It’s a ridiculously lazy album title, but Spice is nice in a fun energetic sort of way. That’s partially because of the Girls cutesy singing voices, which are studio polished to the point of being nearly indistinguishable, but it’s mainly the songs themselves that glitter like gold rings.

These radio-ready bops pop bubble gum with well-crafted vocal melodies over sultry beats. The themes mostly have to do with superficial romance as the Girls swap bars to sing, and sometimes rap, directly to “you”. Yes, Spice is for boys as much as it is for girls.

my rating : 4 of 5

1996

audio review : Outer Space Girls ( song ) … Spice Girls

Taking a Parliament approach to dance, the Spice Girls transcend Earth to the farthest regions of the galaxy. The song goes up with delightful corniness, but it’s the chorus that soars.

I don’t think the girls deliver on the “mind-blowing” guarantee offered at launch, but the song is catchy and fun. All it takes is a little imagination to join-in on their interstellar party.

my rating : 4 of 5

1997