Melanie C is not guilty! :)
Luke Peterson
hostility towards Melanie C. I really haven't been able to understand why,
as I haven't seen or heard Melanie C say one bad thing about Geri. So I'm
here today, right now, to prove these accusations wrong, and hope that I
don't hear any more of the current or non current Spice Girls being accused
of things they are not or haven't done.
So ladies and gentlemen, I now give you a number of articles where Melanie
has explained her position on Geri, defended Geri or otherwise supported
her.
I have posted these to alt.fan.melanie-chisholm and alt.music.spice-girls
but I don't think much have you have ventured outside here. I hope you don't
mind me posting the full articles. I have done this so I'm not accused of
altering the article, or some such thing. If your big complaint, is when
Melanie C says she doesn't like her voice, what's so wrong with that? We're
all entitled to out own opinions, and that's hers. I don't think one of my
friends has the greatest voice either, but that certainly doesn't mean I
hate them, or am being bitchy or whatever you want to call it.
Here they are:
From the 'HiT' entertainment guide in Melbourne's Herald Sun:
Thursday, October 21, 1999
cover story
C SOARS
She's got a new hairdo, more tattoos and a new album, but Melanie C tells
CAMERON ADAMS she hasn't outgrown the Spice Girls
KIDS, as they say, can be cruel. And while kids have made Melanie Chisholm a
multi, multi, multi millionaire, one kid recently threw a priceless insult
at the artist best known as Sporty Spice and now as Melanie C.
Chisholm was on a UK kids TV show promoting her solo career, kick-started
with the un-Spicy Goin' Down. But it was a brief interview after the show
that made the headlines. "Someone asked me about Geri," says Chisholm,
referring to Geri Halliwell, the woman who took Ginger out of Spiceworld.
"People were trying to put words into my mouth, wanting me to say she can't
sing. Of course she can sing, she's just made a record. You can't make a
record if you can't sing.
"So I just said, 'Her voice isn't my preference', and this audience of
10-year-old kids all go (shocked) 'Ohhhhhhhhhhh'. They were all taken
aback."
EXCEPT one audience member, who yelled out, "Well, she's got a better voice
than you."
"I didn't hear it," Chisholm says now of the pre-pubescent heckler.
"But I know people want me to hate her (Geri). I don't."
Does she respect the way Geri left the band. "No I don't."
Even though she was no longer happy being a Spice Girl?
"Well, as you say, I respect that if you're not happy with a situation you
should change, but in my eyes she left under false pretences. We thought she
left the band because she didn't want to continue a career in music, then
she went on to make a solo album.
"But," Chisholm adds, " there are no hard feelings. We've gone on to have
success, she's had success."
Does Chisholm have a copy of Geri's new album? "Yes," she says. And . . .
"It's OK. I don't like her voice, it's just my personal choice. If I had a
choice of what CD to play, it wouldn't be hers."
HALLIWELL may have been the first Spice Girl, past or present, to release a
solo album, but Chisholm has followed quickly.
Northern Star debuts the reinvention of Sporty Spice. The tracksuit and long
hair are replaced by a short, punk-styled crop and more glamourous wardrobe.
The "I'm rich me" gold tooth remains, and her celebrity skin is covered in
more tattoos.
Basing herself in LA, Chisholm has gone rock. Hanging out with the Red Hot
Chili Peppers and their producer, Rick Rubin (who worked on her album),
jumping on stage with various ex-Sex Pistols at the Viper Room, she even
covered the punk anthem, Anarchy in the UK, changing the opening line to "I
am an anti-Christ, I am Sporty Spice."
And, when she performed at a UK rock festival before the likes of Manic
Street Preachers, she told a hostile crowd: "I don't give a f. . . if you
don't think I should be here."
Chisholm doesn't care, not even when her performance was canned for trying
to "go indie", though there were reports that more pop songs were added to
her album.
"Everyone thinks there's this huge image change or persona change, but I'm
the same person," she says. "I've always like rock music, it feels natural
for me to make an album like this."
Like her friend Robbie Williams, who reclaimed his former band Take That's
biggest hit Back For Good as a cathartic thrash cover for his solo shows,
she performed a punk version of Wannabe at her recent Sydney gig, tellingly
to a crowd of over-18s. On stage she said it was the best gig of her life.
"It's bloody hard doing all five parts of Wannabe," Chisholm says, "but it
sounds good like that."
Throwing so much of herself into her album means she takes the criticism
more personally.
"It is a more personal album, I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve. But I'm
putting myself up for criticism, so you can't let it bother you. You can't
expect everyone to like you."
IF SPICE Girls is manufactured pop, Northern Star is light rock. And when
you're a Spice Girl and love Madonna's Ray of Light, you can recreate
yourself by hiring the men behind that record, William Orbit, Marius DeVries
and Rick Nowels.
Lyrically, Chisholm even awkwardly tackles the issue of homeless people in
If That Were Me.
The stand-out line runs "I couldn't live without my phone, but you don't
even have a home."
Unconcerned by the flak that millionaire Phil Collins wore after Another Day
In Paradise, Chisholm plans to release the track as a single and give the
proceeds to charity.
"I don't care what people think," Chisholm says. "It's something I wanted to
express. I know what I do for homeless people and I know what I want to do
in the future. If people want to criticise me, then they can go ahead. But
if I'm helping one person on the street, that's good enough for me."
ANOTHER track, Why, is dedicated to a potential lover.
"It's about someone not that close, someone I want closer. Someone I held a
torch for, I'm not going to say who."
She refuses to say whether it's about Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis.
Kiedis recently suggested a track on their album, Emit Remmus, about an
"English girl and an American man" was written about Chisholm. "Did he say
that?," blushes Chisholm, speechless for the first time. "I'm not making any
comments on that. Did he really say that? Wow. Next question."
Doesn't that go against her honesty policy? "Well, I am too honest for my
own good. But I'm me and I'm not going to become all cynical and bitter and
hold things. Maybe I'll learn to do that as I get older."
Which brings us back to Spiceworld. Chsiholm heads back into the studio soon
to finish Spice album No. 3.
As well as their usual British producers, the remaining foursome have been
working with US producers Jam and Lewis (Janet Jackson) and Rodney Jerkins
(Whitney, Monika, Brandy) for a R&B feel.
"But it's nothing too shocking. Once the Spice Girls get together we're like
four silly little girls. It's good quality, sophisticated pop."
They're controlling their own destiny more, cutting back on overkill
merchandise and taking a year off.
Chisholm says she hasn't outgrown the Spice Girls. "We are the Spice Girls.
We're growing, but you can't outgrow yourself."
And, Chisholm admits, they created a monster with countless happy pop acts
filling the charts. "We're proud that we've inspired a lot of girls, but
there have also been a lot of greedy producers who have jumped on the pop
bandwagon and are manipulating young kids in these bands, which is sad.
"There is a lot of good pop out there, and a lot of crap. But the kids know
which is which - you can't fool the kids."
Especially about Geri Halliwell. What if they bumped into each other? "I
can't wait to meet Geri again. I know our paths are going to cross at some
TV show or awards show or whatever."
And what will she do? "I'll give her a big hug. A really, really, tight hug.
No (laughs), only kidding."
Northern Star (Virgin) out now
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From the HiT section in Melbourne's Herald Sun:
Thursday, October 14, 1999
q&a
Mel C denies rumours she's gay and tells CAMERON ADAMS she is looking for a
man
CA: Do you feel that you have something to prove with your solo career?
MC: I've never had anything to prove to anyone except myself. All I can do
is strive to better myself.
CA: You said the Spice Girls' music is "fun music", but your solo album is
"the real you".
MC: They're both the real me, but I'm only one quarter of the Spice Girls.
I'm 100 per cent me. This album is just me.
CA: What's the best rumour you've heard about yourself?
MC: That I'm gay. And I'm not.
CA: The UK press said your image change is an attempt to adopt lesbian chic.
MC: Why would I want people to think I'm gay? I'm having a hard enough time
finding a boyfriend as it is. It's ridiculous. There's no marketing plan
with me. I've only had my hair cut and people are saying it's this huge
image reinvention.
CA: What about the rumour you are dating either Flea or Anthony Kiedis of
the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
MC: I'm friends with both of them, but there's nothing romantic there, but
of course if you're seen together you must be dating.
CA: Is Posh Spice anorexic?
MC: Oh my God! You want to see her eat. She's always been very thin, but
since she's had the baby her metabolism has changed and she's a bit thinner.
But she eats like a horse, the bitch. She eats more than me.
CA: Is she going to do a solo album?
MC: She's in the studio doing a lot of writing now.
CA: What was the last album you bought?
MC: I bought the Beatles' Yellow Submarine soundtrack at Heathrow Airport
and the new Supergrass album. I love Supergrass.
CA: What's the most famous phone number you have?
MC: Madonna's. I've got a few famous numbers. I never ring them. I've just
got them to show off.
CA: Is there anyone left you'd like to meet?
MC: I want to meet Tina Turner and Michael Jackson.
CA: What was the first gig you saw?
MC: My mum's, she's in a band. I watched her shows as a kid. The first
concert I saw was in 1990. It was Madonna's Girlie show at Wembley.
CA: Have you ever thrown a rock star tantrum?
MC: I don't do tantrums. You do get tired, but you can't forget who you are.
CA: What was the most extravagant purchase you've made?
MC: I just bought a new car. A BMW Z3. It's beautiful.
CA: Are you a tax exile?
MC: We spent a tax year out of England, but I'm happy to pay my taxes even
though it's a f...load of money. But I've still got more money than I ever
imagined possible.
CA: You played with members of Duran Duran recently. Were you a Duran Duran
fan?
MC: No, I was a Wham! fan and you couldn't like both of them.
CA: Have you met George Michael?
MC: Yes (Silence).
CA: Is he a friend?
MC: No. He's Geri's friend (laughs).
CA: Do you have Geri's album?
MC: Yes. I have listened to it. I like her current single (Mi Chico Latino)
but I prefer to listen to rock.
CA: Is there a feud between you and her?
MC: No. Me and Geri know each other. We know the truth and we know the
press. I adore Geri.. She's still a dear friend. Life's too short to hold
grudges.
Goin' Down (Virgin) out now.
Northern Star out Monday.
===========================================================
Alright, I edited this one. Only cause it didn't join on to each other. It
was an internet chat at TOTP and if you wish to see the full thing, go here:
http://www.totp.beeb.com/news/features/mel_c_yourquestions/page01/index.html
Geri: What do you think of Geri's success after you saying she would be a
flop?
Mel: I never said Geri would be a flop. I knew she would be successful, and
I'm very happy she is.
============================================================
And here's another chat, which was done on the Spice Girls official site, if
you wish to see the full thing go here:
http://channel3.vmg.co.uk/spicegirls/melcchat/transcript.html
Daniel Murray: What has been the worst moment of your career ?
melanie c: I've enjoyed every step of my career but Geri leaving was quite
sad.
Robert Himself: WHat do you think of Geri Halliwell's new entry at no1 in
the uk-charts..?
melanie c: I really like geri's new single and I'm chuffed to bits that
she's number one.
============================================================
From 'Sunday Magazine' in Melbourne's Herald Sun:
Sunday 7 November
The remodelling of Sporty Spice has been one of the most successful
rebranding exercises in pop. As revealed on her recent Australian trip, the
quiet one of the famous five has a new rock-hard physique, a vocabulary that
would make her mother blush and an aggro crop that screams "Don't mess with
me." But don't be fooled by the hype, says KATHERINE TULICH. Underneath all
that sinew and smart-arse strutting, Mel C could charm the starchiest Sydney
matron
The rise and rise of a girl called Nice Spice
The body is muscled, taut and lightly tanned, the newly cropped blonde hair
slicked back and chic. Brief bikini bottoms are cut to reveal a tantalising
glimpse of what must be one the most flattest stomachs in pop.
It is late afternoon on an idyllic Caribbean island, movie set palm trees
swaying, crystal water lapping the shore, a cobalt sky, and further along
the soft golden sand Courtney Cox and David Arquette are smooching like
teenage sweethearts.
But for the moment all eyes are on one thing - the magnificently remodelled
body of Spice Girl, Melanie Chisholm. Mel C is unveiling her newly acquired
physique for the cameras for the first time. A male journalist pads across
the sand and introduces himself. She peers at him quizzically. "Have I
worked with you before," she asks, "No", he tells her, he doesn't think so.
She continues to eye him up and down, then, smart as a whip, she comes back:
"Have I shagged yer?" All this is delivered with a cheeky, up-front charm
that leaves onlookers in her thrall. Mel C, the quiet Spice Girl, has
arrived. Big Time.
Last month during a three-day promotional visit to Sydney she left everyone
in raptures, if not for her new album, at least for her attitude.
"She's the greatest artist we've ever dealt with," said her record company.
"She's unbelievable, so natural," said photographers. Even hotel staff were
blown away: "We couldn't believe it. She'd just wander out by herself to get
a taxi - you wanted to run over to protect her - but she was fine."
It was all very different when the Spice Girls made their one and only visit
to Australia for the premiere of their movie Spice World two years ago.
Then, it was a pandemonium of Beatlesque proportions as city streets were
jammed to every gutter with fans.
These days she doesn't travel with any security, and her two-hour morning
routine of running and weight training at a nearby gym she does alone with
no minders or personal trainers in tow.
Doesn't she find the lack of attention a little disturbing? "Not at all,"
she says. "I don't expect the fans, but I always think it's one of the other
girls that they've come out to see."
But if she was looking for attention she certainly got it at her one-off gig
at Sydney's Metro. Admitting only over-18s, there was speculation the venue
would only be half full. After all, how many Spice fans could there be over
18?
Backed by a tight five-piece rock band, Mel C delivered an admirable set of
gritty, guitar driven rock songs, strutting the stage like a sleek jaguar.
Her Spice Girl legacy was evident only as she encouraged the audience to
wave their hands in the air to a few sappy ballads. Towards the end of the
set she delivered a power punk version of Wannabe. It was a glorious
statement of independence.
Compared to the strutting Posh, the flamboyant Ginger, the brazen Scary or
the coquettish Baby, Sporty Spice always seemed the quiet one. But of all
the Spice Girls, she could prove to be the most savvy.
Casting aside her bubble-gum appeal of pony tails and trackies, Mel C has
emerged as a real contender in the indy rock scene - and looking every bit
the part. Her new solo album has many gabbing what has often been said -
that she is the only Spice with any music talent.
Mel C begs to differ. "It's very flattering," she says. "But you have to
remember some people's opinions. All the girls are very talented and
everyone has their favourite. You can't take it too much too heart."
She agrees that when it came to Spice Girls interviews she would sit quietly
on the side-lines. "I just didn't even bother. I'd just let them get on with
it," she says. "I'm quite a shy person really, but in the past five years
I've learned a lot from the girls and I have a lot more confidence now."
One of her first solo appearances was at the British rock festival V99. It
proved to be a baptism of fire as she was pelted with bottles and booed. "It
was a tough indy rock crowd, she recalls, "but it just spurred me to go on.
It made me think, 'I'll show you'. There is still a lot of snobbery among
the fans and indy press, but the fact is I've always had a lot of respect
from the bands themselves."
Which is why when she made the call for producers for her album Northern
Star she gathered an impressive musical roster that included Red Hot Chili
Peppers producer Rick Rubin, as well as Madonna producers William Orbit and
Marius De Vries. "I didn't get turned down by anybody," she says. "It gave
me an enormous boost of confidence as an artist to realise I was respected
by these people."
Mel C co-wrote all the tracks on Northern Star and proves she can tread a
variety of musical boards - from the guitar-laced rock of her first single,
Goin Down, to the R&B-flavoured Never Be The Same Again, which features a
guest rap from TLC's Lefteye, to the sentimental ballad of the title track
Northern Star, to a slice of pure Brit-pop in Suddenly Monday. "I just
wanted people to realise there is more to me than Sporty Spice," she says.
"I'll always be Sporty Spice and I'm very happy being a part of the band,
but I'm also an individual. I look at it this way: with the Spice Girls you
get 25 per cent of each of us, but with this album it's 100 per cent Mel C,
so it's more concentrated, like orange juice."
Curling up in the chair of the hotel suite, her tight blue jeans are low
enough to reveal the top of white Calvin Klein underwear that skims the
bottom of her Angel tummy tattoo (which she says is in honour of a dear
departed relative). Her sleeveless black t-shirt reveals yet more tattoos
wrapping her tightly toned arms which she continually strokes thoughout the
interview, seemingly reminding herself that her muscular form is a
continuous source of admiration.
On her feet are a white pair of Nikes - her fourth change of runners in two
days. "I have about 200 pairs," says this Imelda Marcos of sportswear. "I'm
addicted to them. I have to buy every colour."
She hasn't packed any other type of shoe for the trip, nor any dresses.
"I've only worn a dress twice this year," she admits. Her fondness of pants,
she says, hails from a tomboyish childhood surrounded by five step-brothers
(her parents separated when she was three and both later remarried). "My
elder brothers were always beating me up and I was always into football or
some other sport," she says. "I never wanted to wear a skirt because they
just weren't practical, now I just don't feel comfortable in them."
One of the craziest questions often levelled at The Spice Girls was that
Sporty Spice was constructed to appeal to lesbians, and solo Mel C has been
facing similar aspersions. "Just because I have muscles and short hair and I
don't have a boyfriend, then suddenly I'm a lesbian," she rankles. It seems
to be the only time this particular Spice turns to paprika. If critics think
she is a questionable role model for young girls, her answer is short and
sour. "They can kiss my arse," she replies swallowing the last word as
though her mum might be coming around the corner to scold her.
On the topic of what she describes as a non-eventful love life, two names
have kept popping up - Anthony Keidis from Red Hot Chili Peppers and ex-Take
That member Robbie Williams. Her lips are sealed on the topic of both men,
but later when a journalist asks if any of the songs on the album are about
Williams, she blushes like a young girl recalling a past love. "I didn't
write any of the song about him," she says defensively. "Although he
probably thinks they are."
While Geri Halliwell openly admits she clamored for fame and didn't care how
she got it, Mel C's childhood dreams seemed to be born less from desperation
and more from a self-assured confidence. "I had a lot of determination as a
kid," she says. "I always knew I would make something of myself. My goal has
always been to better myself, that's what drives me.
"I wouldn't say I was desperate for fame. Madonna was my idol and I wanted
to be a pop star, but music was always the most important thing to me. I had
a very lucky upbringing because my mum is a singer, so there was always
music around me. To me it was an attainable goal."
Her earliest memories of her Liverpool childhood were of singing with her
mum. "We were cleaning out the house the other day, and found a tape of me
at five singing. It was very funny," she says, as she breaks into a mimic of
herself singing a nursery rhyme at five.
Her mother and stepfather (the bass player in her mother's band) are
travelling with her. She agrees that in many ways she is living out her
mother's early fantasies of stardom. "Sometimes I feel that. I think that's
why she likes to come with me to places, so we can share it. But she's still
singing, so I'm just as proud of her as she is of me."
Melanie Chisholm left home when she was 16 to study dance in London. Things
were so tough financially that she took to pilfering groceries. "At one
point there were eight of us in a three-bedroom flat," she says. "It was
freezing cold. There was no hot water and we didn't have enough to eat. We'd
spend all our allowance on transport going to auditions."
That was until she answered the audition notice for The Spice Girls. "There
were about 800 girls," she says. "I had no idea whether I would get it, but
I did know it was what I really wanted."
While she has an estimated worth of $30 million, Mel C shows few trappings
of fame. Sure, cross trainers can be expensive, but it's hardly designer
clothes. Her one obvious indulgence is her personal chef who travels with
her, making sure that organic fruits and vegetables are supplied wherever
she goes.
While she has an apartment in Liverpool, she only recently bought her first
London home - a three bedroom flat. "The first thing I bought for my home
was a milk steamer," she giggles. "I guess I must be getting old. The best
thing about having money was being able to buy mum a house and getting her
to visit when I'm on the road. It's being able to do things for your family
that they could never do themselves."
At 25, the ever-so-down-to-earth Melanie Chisholm has things well in
perspective. "I'm in such a good place right now it's hard for me to be
negative about anything," she says beaming.
Even ex Spice Girls. The tabloids continually try to assert that Halliwell
and the girls are still feuding, and have nothing to do with each other.
"That's not true," assures Mel C, who maintains Geri's departure came as a
complete shock to the group. "I had a letter from Geri the other week. We're
still friends. We've been through too much together not to be. At the end of
the day The Spice Girls are only a band and Geri's my friend. That's more
important to me."
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Alright, and that's all. It's all I could be bothered finding, so that'll
have to do. If you still wish to call Melanie C the devil spawned, then so
be it. Just I have no idea where you get your notions from.
Luke
The Mad Stuntman
on Big Breakfast when Lisa Tarbuck asked her who her favourite Spice
Girl was and she laughed "Not Geri" or on Planet Pop when she said "We
couldn't fit on the sofa when Geri was sitting with us" or at the
recent press conference when she said "Ooooh, imagine what the children
will be like" or just after Geri quit the band when she said to Smash
Hits magazine "It often felt like she wasn't in the band and we don't
notice she's gone".
Who put those words in to Mel's mouth?
And Geri said about Mel C in TV Hits "I would love to write a song for
Mel C, she's great, we wrote Stop and Too Much together"
MEL C IS GUILTY!
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>How about the fanct that on CD:UK she said "I don't like her voice" and
>on Big Breakfast when Lisa Tarbuck asked her who her favourite Spice
>Girl was and she laughed "Not Geri" or on Planet Pop when she said "We
>couldn't fit on the sofa when Geri was sitting with us" or at the
>recent press conference when she said "Ooooh, imagine what the children
>will be like" or just after Geri quit the band when she said to Smash
>Hits magazine "It often felt like she wasn't in the band and we don't
>notice she's gone".
>
>Who put those words in to Mel's mouth?
Good point. And even if these comments were meant to be innocent,
they're still more things than Geri said bad about Mel. Mel definitely
is guilty.
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Dodo
>
> How about the fanct that on CD:UK she said "I don't like her voice"
So?
>and
> on Big Breakfast when Lisa Tarbuck asked her who her favourite Spice
> Girl was and she laughed "Not Geri"
Maybe because Geri isn't a spice girl anymore?
> or on Planet Pop when she said "We
> couldn't fit on the sofa when Geri was sitting with us"
Well duh, it' kind of hard to sit with 5 on a 4 seat sofa.
She had to be a little lighthearted about Geir's departure darling.
Geri herself put Melanie in an awkward position.
> or at the
> recent press conference when she said "Ooooh, imagine what the children
> will be like"
In what context?
> or just after Geri quit the band when she said to Smash
> Hits magazine "It often felt like she wasn't in the band and we don't
> notice she's gone".
>
Ripped out of context? Are you sure ms. c said that?
> MEL C IS GUILTY!
She's no more guilty than ms. Halliwell.
Qapla'
Dodo
--
The level of weirdness you attain in everyday life is a summit to which
even the most lunatic amongst us can only aspire. [Shane Speck -1999]
People who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
Luke Peterson
post it. Although when, Melanie C said "Ooooh, imagine the children!" maybe
she was trying to put an end to the talk of Geri at their press conference?
Because I mean they were there to talk about their new book, Forever Spice,
and then they get asked questions about Geri? I can see exactly why they
were upset.
And anyway why is imagining what the kids would look like a dig? Unless that
produces bad images in one's mind, or someone has something against kids
with red hair, I don't see what's so wrong. Also, I actually heard her say
it, [through the file available on dotmusic] and it's not in the least way
malicious. But you know of course, the tabloids are going to distort it and
make it worse than it actually was, as I think you may have seen in the past
with many things that have got to do with the Spice Girls and/or Geri.
Luke
Dodo <walg...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:382726...@hotmail.com...
RLM_
I deduced it was in fact a dig. But hey, to each his own opinion. Mel's
album is obviously doing superbly...I mean it's what...number 34 this week?
Using your logic, I deduct that since her album is even ranked, it must be a
smash hit.
And speaking of "Smash Hits" has anyone seen the new copy of Smash Hits
magazine claiming that Geri is thinking about coming back to the Spice
Girls....hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
ahahahahahahaha
Whew...that's a good one
RLM_
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Luke Peterson <Nel...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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Darren Winsper
> Well, in my very short ime that I've been in this group, I've noticed some
> hostility towards Melanie C. I really haven't been able to understand why,
> as I haven't seen or heard Melanie C say one bad thing about Geri. So I'm
> here today, right now, to prove these accusations wrong, and hope that I
> don't hear any more of the current or non current Spice Girls being accused
> of things they are not or haven't done.
I didn't read the article since I don't really have anything against
Mel C, but didn't she describe Geri's music in one interview as
"cotton wool"? Ho hum...
RLM_
This is alt.fan.geri-halliwell...if you people are bored, fed up or whatever
with amsg, then unsubscribe...please don't bring your Spice Girls drivel
into afgh. We've gotten way off track this last week or so. I too am
guilty of playing the who pissed on who game. This should be a discussion
forum to talk about positive issues regarding Geri, and not a place to
discuss anything Spice Girls related.
It occurs to me that I unsubscribed from amsg for a reason. Sorry if this
pisses anyone off, but amsg is indeed the forum to bring up those types of
topics.
RLM_
Travis Bickle
>
>I second your post people who agree say GERI ( GERI ) people who don't say
>SORRY
>OK, motion carried OK, what's next on the agenda?
GERI!
Trevor Ashman
RLM_ wrote:
I second your post people who agree say GERI ( GERI ) people who don't say
SORRY
OK, motion carried OK, what's next on the agenda?
--
The Mad Stuntman
England and you had seen all the mean things she's said about Geri on
TV, then you would agree that she's been out of order.
PS: Don't call me darling!
In article <382726...@hotmail.com>, Dodo <walg...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> The Mad Stuntman wrote:
> >
> > How about the fanct that on CD:UK she said "I don't like her
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Stef...
-What You See Ain't What You Are Getting -
RLM_ <sta...@wt.net> wrote in message news:3828a...@data.wt.net...
Round...@aol.com
<< This is alt.fan.geri-halliwell...if you people are bored, fed up or
whatever
with amsg, then unsubscribe...please don't bring your Spice Girls drivel
into afgh. We've gotten way off track this last week or so. I too am
guilty of playing the who pissed on who game. This should be a discussion
forum to talk about positive issues regarding Geri, and not a place to
discuss anything Spice Girls related.
It occurs to me that I unsubscribed from amsg for a reason. Sorry if this
pisses anyone off, but amsg is indeed the forum to bring up those types of
topics.
RLM_
>>
Yeah, but we are talking about Geri in this discussion, so how is this
off-topic? Should we talk about Geri and only Geri? I don't even think that
would be possible :)
Yer Mate,
maureen
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Before you buy.
Travis Bickle
Round...@aol.com with a pair of pliars and a blow torch. You hear me
Round...@aol.com? I ain't through with you by a damn site!:
> Yeah, but we are talking about Geri in this discussion, so how is this
>off-topic? Should we talk about Geri and only Geri? I don't even think that
>would be possible :)
I guess AOL now has afgh? Sweet. :D
RLM_
<Round...@aol.com> wrote in message news:0.d746cb4...@aol.com
> Yeah, but we are talking about Geri in this discussion, so how is this
> off-topic?
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The title of the thread is "Mel C is not guilty"...guilty, skinny, lesbian,
whatever...amsg
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> Should we talk about Geri and only Geri? I don't even think that
> would be possible :)
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I think we should make an effort to keep differentiation between afgh and
amsg...and I do believe that is possible. There's been this surge of
crosspostings to afgh and amsg lately. :)
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> Yer Mate,
> maureen
>
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RLM_
Travis Bickle
a pair of pliars and a blow torch. You hear me RLM_? I ain't through with
>
>amsg...and I do believe that is possible. There's been this surge of
>crosspostings to afgh and amsg lately. :)
Sadly, it's always been that way though. I remember the first week afgh was
around, there were like 600 some posts, half by me. ;) Then slowly over
time it sort of disintegrated to this. :( HOpefully we can get it going
again.
Trevor Ashman
RLM_ wrote:
> <Round...@aol.com> wrote in message news:0.d746cb4...@aol.com
>
> > Yeah, but we are talking about Geri in this discussion, so how is this
> > off-topic?
> --------------------------
>
> The title of the thread is "Mel C is not guilty"...guilty, skinny, lesbian,
> whatever...amsg
> ---------------------------
>
> > Should we talk about Geri and only Geri? I don't even think that
> > would be possible :)
> -----------------------------
>
> I think we should make an effort to keep differentiation between afgh and
> amsg...and I do believe that is possible. There's been this surge of
> crosspostings to afgh and amsg lately. :)
> ------------------------------
I hope you have noticed lately, that I don't crosspost anymore, at least not
with my original posts. The person who mostly crossposts is Luke with the
latest news, so if we could get him to post seperately, then perhaps there will
be no more of this silly nonsense.
--
RLM_
being 600 posts in here at any given time. Fortuantely, until the present
afgh has held some semblance of what it was intended for. I don't mind the
occasional slightly off topic remarks, or even the occasional completely off
topic remarks, but when 50% of the posts are crossposted from amsg, that's
ridiculous. It's just my opinion. Nobody died and made me third grade
teacher, so say what you like. Afgh has not dwindled in my opinion...it has
actually grown. There are lots of people in here now (crossposters
excluded) who were not with us in the begining. That's great.
RLM_
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Travis Bickle <austi...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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RLM_
guilty...generally because we have all simply replied to a thread or two
which was previously crossposted.
To be honest, crossposting isn't really the main issue either. It's
content...and for the most part, the threads in question have tended to also
be crossposted from amsg. That's all I'm trying to point out.
RLM_
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Trevor Ashman <ash...@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
news:383289C1...@ihug.co.nz...
Round...@aol.com
<< I guess AOL now has afgh? Sweet. :D >>
Well, I have to get it via DejaNews so I get the posts in my email box which
is a pain because I don't get the messages until days later so bear with me
if I respond to something like a week after the topic is over and done with :)
Yer Mate,
Maureen