Spice Girls: The "Manufactured" Band That Refused To Obey | POP 101 Part 1
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Spice Girls: The "Manufactured" Band That Refused To Obey | POP 101 Part 1

The Spice Girls story starts here. In Part 1 of our POP 101 deep dive, we break down how five strangers who answered a newspaper ad became the biggest pop group on the planet, from the Heart Management auditions and the "Touch" era all the way through their debut album “Spice” and the “Wannabe” explosion. This is a full, honest discussion of the come-up: how they ran away from their first managers with the demo tapes, found Simon Fuller, signed to Virgin, and overruled the entire record label to make "Wannabe" the lead single. We get into the Union Jack dress, the birth of "Girl Power," the Peter Lorraine nicknames, cracking America, and the "manufactured vs. self-made" debate that follows this group forever. Parts 2 and 3 coming soon! All Spice Girls episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd_MfDbJG3bYcnQoHdo4rKHshC0Ewav6G Join us on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/CCTVPOPS Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/cctvpops 0:00 - Intro 0:37 - Do we like the Spice Girls? 2:48 - The Auditions and the Touch Era 11:16 - The Showcase and Leaving Heart Management 17:24 - Simon Fuller and Virgin Records 20:40 - “Wannabe” 30:05 - The Nicknames 33:15 - Girl Power! 36:42 - “Say You’ll Be There”, “2 Become 1” and the “Spice” Album 43:24 - US Release & Brit Awards 1997 48:47 - “Mama” & “Who Do You Think You Are” References: Hans Spice Girls Quiz https://www.instagram.com/reels/DQad4hJEr94/ “Giving You Everything” Documentary “Raw Spice” documentary https://youtu.be/TtPNd0ebNWc?si=rRbPE8i_tz14rxbx Touch - “Do You Think About Me” demo https://youtu.be/gcetMrMc4WI?si=LCg3Jm45rGvWa8Zc Touch - “Sugar and Spice” demo https://youtu.be/KP83-LFIZxk?si=2wQaIF3-OUnyvwwh “Wannabe” at Virgin Records Conference Room https://youtu.be/-aokNVS6hhU?si=6Ee0G8SUo8BCnuOq “Wannabe” MV https://youtu.be/gJLIiF15wjQ?si=YMTuHJdhlVP-FgRx “Wannabe” Live at TOTP (Japan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmmq53LjeZw Spice Girls Acapella Compilation https://youtu.be/lHCnLLzHCBQ?si=mM98pv6T_zneWtMq “Say You’ll Be There” MV https://youtu.be/9ro0FW9Qt-4?si=E32xwLQw02LHlrLK “Say You’ll Be There” Rap Version https://youtu.be/-fVDafFyXDM?si=v1AjVd6x1zKuI8uy “2 Become 1” MV https://youtu.be/FA5jsa1lR9c?si=0Jv1BrPN3B7CaRIS “Mama” MV https://youtu.be/VsNbhwSXDB8?si=K4CWJERNbl1afAAY “Who Do You Think You Are” MV https://youtu.be/-YriinrRGug?si=xDRd6FHx8bD978S7 “Who Do You Think You Are” Live at the Brit Awards 1997 https://youtu.be/w4c11XUeaC8?si=ck1acCKNuv9Zlceo

The Spice Girls story starts here. In Part 1 of our POP 101 deep dive, we break down how five strangers who answered a newspaper ad became the biggest pop group on the planet, from the Heart Management auditions and the "Touch" era all the way through their debut album “Spice” and the “Wannabe” explosion.

This is a full, honest discussion of the come-up: how they ran away from their first managers with the demo tapes, found Simon Fuller, signed to Virgin, and overruled the entire record label to make "Wannabe" the lead single. We get into the Union Jack dress, the birth of "Girl Power," the Peter Lorraine nicknames, cracking America, and the "manufactured vs. self-made" debate that follows this group forever.

Parts 2 and 3 coming soon!

All Spice Girls episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd_MfDbJG3bYcnQoHdo4rKHshC0Ewav6G

Join us on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/CCTVPOPS

Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/cctvpops

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 0:37 - Do we like the Spice Girls?
  • 2:48 - The Auditions and the Touch Era
  • 11:16 - The Showcase and Leaving Heart Management
  • 17:24 - Simon Fuller and Virgin Records
  • 20:40 - “Wannabe”
  • 30:05 - The Nicknames
  • 33:15 - Girl Power!
  • 36:42 - “Say You’ll Be There”, “2 Become 1” and the “Spice” Album
  • 43:24 - US Release & Brit Awards 1997
  • 48:47 - “Mama” & “Who Do You Think You Are”

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