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So I heard some exciting, and rather hopeful, news today! At least for me anyways- Mel B. of the former girl-pop group, Spice Girls, mentioned in an interview that they may be getting together to perform for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee! Hurrah!!
Growing up, I used to know every song and music videos the Spice Girls ever released. I even knew and owned their movie 'Spice World'- still do. My favorite Spice Girls were Baby Spice and Scary Spice; my favorite song were 'Spice Up Your Life' (which they epically performed at in their movie) and 'Stop'; my favorite scene in 'Spice World' was when they imagined what their life would be in 10 years time; three out of the five schooldays a week, I wore pigtails just like Baby Spice (or close enough); the song my friends and I performed (and practically ever other girl there) to audition for our school's Talent Show was 'Who Do You Want To Be'; and my favorite song to perform with my sisters, even though Twitchet was too young to know any better, was 'Wannabe'.
Having been such big pop-culture icons, the day that Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) announced she was leaving the group, my sisters and I were left in shock. In a way, it hurt us much more than we realized, and made us feel much sadder than when the Backstreet Boys and N'Sync disbanded. They were such a large part of our lives that at the time we didn't realize how much of an influence and appeal the Spice Girls had. For a generation of girls at my school, we all mourned the loss of Ginger Spice while some of us resolved to stick with the remaining four Spice Girls. However, it just wasn't the same. I certainly still loved the Spice Girls but without Geri Halliwell, the group felt incomplete. And when the group went on a hiatus I thought that was the end of it.
Their reunion in 2007 came out of the blue (for me) and was a complete surprise. I found that my devotion and admiration for the Spice Girls never really did go away. It had waned over the years but much of it had been carefully packed away like a beloved book. Now older and much wiser (at least I thought I was), I could better understand the meaning of 'Girl Power' and the meaning behind the songs they produced. 'Stop' I also realized that my fascination with the UK (and traveling) had been, in part, nurtured by my love for the Spice Girls- mostly because of 'Spice World'. It made me wonder what Hermione Granger thought of the Spice Girls and 'girl power' because I'm sure she hadn't been so absorbed by the magical world that she'd ignore what was going on in the muggle world. (If she didn't know, I suppose I can forgive her since she did have Voldemort on her tail and had the hardest (and unappreciated) task of keeping Harry and Ron alive.)
Now 5 years later, (hopefully) certainly much wiser, I still squealed like a fangirl when I read this piece gem of gossip (can't believe I just said that) in the Metro on the Piccadilly line to work- which I then later relayed to my co-workers, some of who looked at me funny, as I sang some of my favorite Spice Girl songs all day long. Yep, I still remember some of them :)
After telling my sisters, Eggplant mentioned that it's possible that I'm setting myself up for nothing and I probably am. That didn't mean that I couldn't dream!
Now who wants to let out their inner Spice Girl?
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