Don’t Call Me Baby is like a cousin to Stop. I wouldn’t say sister as I don’t think it’s to the same quality.
Don’t Call Me Baby is like a cousin to Stop. I wouldn’t say sister as I don’t think it’s to the same quality.
They're meant to be working on a Netflix documentary series.
I wonder what’s left to say?
Coz 'Desire' had that Goldfrapp-esque production and they were big at the time.
Don’t think I’ve ever seen or heard this before. Yeah this was an obvious skip.
The Desire promotional could possibly be compared to Padam Padam but for all wrong reasons.
Desire and Padam both have an edgy sound but as Padam is perfect for Kylie and her vocal style, Desire just didn't work for Geri as an artist and vocal. She tried to be cool but sadly she was never going to win the 'cool' crowd with that video and styling and it just fell flat. The video is cringe (licking a bowl of milk 'sexy') as shows when a video can thwart promotion, as Padam - strange colour grading aside - is perfect in it's weirdness, genuine coolness and it's iconic look (which will now be forever installed as one of Kylie's 'looks') helping promote it.
As a song, I quite liked Desire (how it got picked over Love Never Loved Me I never know?) and it's up there with my most played Geri singles. Released by the right artist at the right time (Maybe Rachel Stevens) with the right styling, video etc then I reckon it could have been a sizeable hits in the right hands. It was just an poorly designed promotional strategy, poor visuals and uncool styling against - what was trying to be - a cool sound. The mis-match as a whole helped add to the flop.
I'm not saying it could have been her Padam Padam but the song gets a bad rep and I think it's quite alright! Haha
Controversial opinion here but I think If Kylie has recorded it now, with cool production and followed it after Padam Padam - with great promotional visuals...video etc - then it would be a fair follow up.
Desire and Padam both have an edgy sound but as Padam is perfect for Kylie and her vocal style, Desire just didn't work for Geri as an artist and vocal. She tried to be cool but sadly she was never going to win the 'cool' crowd with that video and styling and it just fell flat. The video is cringe (licking a bowl of milk 'sexy') as shows when a video can thwart promotion, as Padam - strange colour grading aside - is perfect in it's weirdness, genuine coolness and it's iconic look (which will now be forever installed as one of Kylie's 'looks') helping promote it.
As a song, I quite liked Desire (how it got picked over Love Never Loved Me I never know?) and it's up there with my most played Geri singles. Released by the right artist at the right time (Maybe Rachel Stevens) with the right styling, video etc then I reckon it could have been a sizeable hits in the right hands. It was just an poorly designed promotional strategy, poor visuals and uncool styling against - what was trying to be - a cool sound. The mis-match as a whole helped add to the flop.
I'm not saying it could have been her Padam Padam but the song gets a bad rep and I think it's quite alright! Haha
Controversial opinion here but I think If Kylie has recorded it now, with cool production and followed it after Padam Padam - with great promotional visuals...video etc - then it would be a fair follow up.
Desire was definitely all wrong for Geri but it really wasn't given a chance as it was blacklisted by radio and her entire reason for releasing it was for radio to jump on it.
https://v5.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicnews/Geri+Halliwell-5046.html
On top of that at this exact time the Spice Girls Live 8 reunion rumours were flying everywhere and I think it overexposed them massively. I think people were either sick of hearing about them or sick of the solo stuff and wanted to see them together again.
https://v5.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicnews/Geri+Halliwell-5046.html
On top of that at this exact time the Spice Girls Live 8 reunion rumours were flying everywhere and I think it overexposed them massively. I think people were either sick of hearing about them or sick of the solo stuff and wanted to see them together again.
Did you link the wrong album? Ddd
Did you play it? It's full of breezy 90s pop bops.
Especially When She Dance is like an early Spice / Emma solo bop.
I played the first couple of tracks and whilst they were good, they didn’t remind me of Spice Girls. I’ll check out When She Dance though!
No excuse for her and Melanie C to not perform 'Christmas Wrapping' this year.
Fingers crossed the dates go ahead this year. I too missed out in York, after checking in for the Meet and Greet.
Hopefully we will get a better split of music, in terms of the solo hits/Spice Girls hits and Christmas music.
From the odd video I saw, it was strange to condense her solo stuff into a medley!
Performing What I Am, What Took You So Long, Take My Breath Away, Free Me, Maybe, Downtown and Baby Please Don't Stop in full will hardly take up much space in the setlist.
Heck, even if she throws in, I'll Be There and All I Need To Know, it would give fans something new to see!
Hopefully we will get a better split of music, in terms of the solo hits/Spice Girls hits and Christmas music.
From the odd video I saw, it was strange to condense her solo stuff into a medley!
Performing What I Am, What Took You So Long, Take My Breath Away, Free Me, Maybe, Downtown and Baby Please Don't Stop in full will hardly take up much space in the setlist.
Heck, even if she throws in, I'll Be There and All I Need To Know, it would give fans something new to see!