The Spice Level

Melanie C is back! This week we talk about her charity driven single, If That Were Me! Not the most upbeat song in Melanie's repertoire, but we talk about the music video and a very large sample size of great live performances!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Silence by Nicoli Gonnella Hunge...

Things are more sweet and sentimental this week, we're back with Mel B and Lullaby! Mel's ode to her daughter took some flak when it was released, do we agree with the criticism of the music video?! How does Mel handle her interviews? Tune it to find out!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Sile...

Geri's back, and if she has a music video, odds are it's going to be a wild ride, and this song delivers! Hang on as we get through the lyrics, the crazy music video, and the insane live performances! The Brit Awards! Oh my!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Silence by Nicoli Gonnella Hunger b...

Emma is back with We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight! Can this be classified as another song where the video doesn't seem to match the lyrics? Is this a secret Spice Girls song? Who is Grandma Spice?!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Silence by Nicoli Gonnella Hunger by Nicoli Gonnella Fury by Nic...

We are back with Mel B, and her 4th single Feels So Good! This upbeat song has a music video that left us puzzled, but not as much as one of the live performances! Listen in as we try to unravel some mysteries!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Silence by Nicoli Gonnella Hunger by Nicoli Gonne...

You're not Out Of Your Mind, we're back with Victoria! This song by the True Steppers featured Victoria before her debut album, and we're covering it on the recommendation of a listener! There's plenty going on in the music video, and there's some variation in the live performances, and we talk about it all!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbou...

Melanie C gets 2 weeks in a row, as we talk about a song from Northern Star that is not a single!  Is Suddenly Monday Brent's favorite song on the whole album?! Tune in to find out, and hear our takes on the song itself and the live performances we could find!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella...

We're back with Melanie C this week, with what has become her iconic solo hit, I Turn To You! This song has quite an evolution from album version to the released single and many different live performances, so there's a lot to dig into!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Silence by Nicoli Gonne...

Grab your umbrella, It's Raining Men! Geri's biggest single is our topic this week, and we talk about the big numbers, the music video, and the different live performances!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Silence by Nicoli Gonnella Hunger by Nicoli Gonnella Fury by Nicoli Gonnella Threshold...

We're going backwards in time this week, to Emma's song that went head to head with Geri's song from last week, What I Am! How does this cover of the 1988 song work in 1999, how do the music video and live performances stack up, and will someone please call a plumber?!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli...

Hang on tight, because Geri is about to Lift Me Up... to all of us! Something like that. This is a wild one folks, the song itself isn't too crazy, but the live performances and especially the music video are! We have further, further, confirmation on our longest running theory/fact, and yet are left with a lot of questions!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our frie...

It's Mel B's turn again, this time with Tell Me! And she tells us, all about it! We talk about the backstory for this song, the fun music video, and some live performances! And hot soup!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Silence by Nicoli Gonnella Hunger by Nicoli Gonnella Fury by Nicoli Gonne...

We are back with Melanie C's 3rd single, Never Be The Same Again, with Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes! We talk the song's possible double meaning, the music video, and how Melanie handled performing this song later without Left Eye! And is Melanie C the OG assassin?!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella S...

Victoria's next single is a double A side... so we talk about both! The Groove and Let Your Head Go are very different from one another, both in the songs themselves and the music videos, spoiler alert, we like one way more than the other!   Check out both full albums!   Come Together Open Your Eyes   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series...

2nd star to the right and straight on till morning, it's Melanie C's 2nd single, Northern Star! We talk the song, the not quite the same vibe music video, and a lot of live performances! And finally answer the question of "if all 5 Spice Girls have a separate concert, on the same night, in the same city, who do you go see?"!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our frie...

Don't put the horse before the Spice Girl, it's time for Emma's second solo single, Take My Breath Away! We go a bit off track in this one, we talk about the song itself, some lovely live performances, but it's the music video that really takes the reins in this episode! Just who is this song about?!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound serie...

Victoria is back with her second single, A Mind Of Its Own! Victoria shows off her range in this one, but the music video leaves miek quite upset at something! and is Victoria a squatter?! Find out!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Silence by Nicoli Gonnella Hunger by Nicoli Gonnella Fury by...

Mel B is up again, or is it Mel G?! We talk about her cover of the 1986 Cameo song, her live performances, and her two completely different and absolutely buck wild music videos! Spoiler alert, miek really likes one of them!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Silence by Nicoli Gonnella Hunger b...

It's Geri's turn again, with her second solo single, Mi Chico Latino! What are the origins of this song, how did she perform it live, and what's the deal with the flag on the boat?!    Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Silence by Nicoli Gonnella Hunger by Nicoli Gonnella Fury by Nicoli Gonnella...

Last but certainly not least, it's Melanie C's solo single debut, Goin Down! We talk the unique sound to Melanie's voice in this one, the music video, and how the live performances differ from all of the above!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Silence by Nicoli Gonnella Hunger by Nicoli Gonne...

Step up to the plate Victoria, it's your turn! We talk about Her lead single Not Such An Innocent Girl, who wrote it, what does it mean, and the CGI heavy music video! And we end on a Merchanspice of the week and a Posh story not to be missed!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Silence by Nicol...

This week Brent and Miek travel to see Wannabe, The Spice Girls tribute band! We record on the road both there and back! Early guesses on songs that will be played, pre-emptive hype thoughts, and then a chance to talk about the amazing experience after the show! Do yourself a favor and stop right now, see these girls right now, thank you very much!     Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Mela...

I Want You Back... to listening to this episode! Mel B's first solo single, featuring Missy Elliot, has a lot going on, crazy visuals, costume changes, a Spicy reference in the lyrics!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Dissonance by Nicoli Gonnella Silence by Nicoli Gonnella Hunger by Nicoli Gonnella Fury by Nicoli Gonnell...

We're swerving this week with a change of plans, we're going to do each girls' first solo single before doing their entire albums, last week we talked about Emma's lead single, this week we talk about Geri's Look At Me! There are some lyrics with serious subtext, some fun live performances, and an absolutely bonkers music video!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our...

We are finally branching out into solo Spice songs! We are starting with Emma's debut album, and the lead single, What Took You So Long? Is it weird to only have one Spice Girl singing? How are the live performances different? Why does this poor guy in the desert keep losing his car?!   Spice up your life!   The Sporty One, by Melanie C   Check out our friend Nicoli's Unbound series of books! Diss...