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Yes that's probably part of it too. Certainly a reason why people cover songs less for instance. Before, you could do a by the numbers version of a song that was out 10 years ago and it'd be a hit again. Now that'd be weird.
 
People who blew up in 2008/2009 and whose charting shelf life is pretty much over are still in our faces because we're friends with people who share their concerts and music videos and release dates (Not naming any names, but you'll have some ideas on whoms I could be referring to)

Whereas before, they literally would just DISAPPEAR because they couldn't get a single newspaper, weekly music mag or fanzine to reprint their press releases. It felt like people were truly gone for a long time when there was utter radio silence, whereas now, someone like Adele can take six years between albums and it barely feels like they were ever anywhere else.
 
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The Honey Remix was removed from the Mariah Carey At the BBC special, will be interesting to see what happens to the corresponding episode when we get to the 1997 repeats.
 
This is the first time I've seen one of the BBC4 episodes in a while. It’s the 1995 Christmas special.

Somehow, in a few short years, this show went from a blanket no miming policy to an entire episode where the only act performing with their mics switched on were...Boyzone. You feel like we're missing a happy medium here.
 
This is the first time I've seen one of the BBC4 episodes in a while. It’s the 1995 Christmas special.

Somehow, in a few short years, this show went from a blanket no miming policy to an entire episode where the only act performing with their mics switched on were...Boyzone. You feel like we're missing a happy medium here.

I don't think that particular episode represents 1995 as a whole. Generally it was a happy medium.
 
Belatedly caught up with the 1996 Xmas episode: obviously parts of the links were scripted (the events of each month), but I had a distinct impression that the Spice Girls gave their own unique spin on them … The mocking of Mark Morrison's lyrical obsessions ('Tripping' – 'Crazy' – 'Tripping' – 'Crazy'), along with handcuff and cigar props; three of them sporting 3T eyebrows ('Tameka, Tanya and Tracey'); and the second intro to 'the Fudgies' added to the sense of them as disruptors of pop music that year. A shame that those edges seemed to get smoothed off as they moved forward …

Talking of 'the Fudgies', those two performances, obviously recorded the same week they did 'No Woman. No Cry', really spotlighted Lauryn Hill as the star of the group: Pras especially looked like a spare part. Such a shame the wheels came off her solo career after her brilliant solo album plus her production work for Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin … fame can be a poisoned chalice.
 
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Belatedly caught up with the 1996 Xmas episode: obviously parts of the links were scripted (the events of each month), but I had a distinct impression that the Spice Girls gave their own unique spin on them … The mocking of Mark Morrison's lyrical obsessions ('Tripping' – 'Crazy' – 'Tripping' – 'Crazy'), along with handcuff and cigar props; three of them sporting 3T eyebrows ('Tameka, Tanya and Tracey'); and the second intro to 'the Fudgies' added to them as disruptors of pop music that year. A shame that those edges seemed to get smoothed off as they moved forward …

Talking of 'the Fudgies', those two performances, obviously recorded the same week they did 'No Woman. No Cry', really spotlighted Lauryn Hill as the star of the group: Pras especially looked like a spare part. Such a shame the wheels came off her solo career after her brilliant solo album plus her production work for Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin … fame can be a poisoned chalice.
Pretty sure Geri called them Babylon Poo
 
The 12th December 1991 episode was one of my all time favourites, so many of my favourite popstars and songs on it









and it being 1991, the obligatory rave classic!



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Watching the 1996 Xmas Special (non-stop bangers btw), it just goes to show how much of an impact the Spice Girls had. The only female singers on there, apart from themselves, were Gabrielle, Celine Dion, Gina G and Livin' Joy. EVERY other song featured was a male act. Give it a few years, and I bet women probably outnumbered the men.
 
Watching the 1996 Xmas Special (non-stop bangers btw), it just goes to show how much of an impact the Spice Girls had. The only female singers on there, apart from themselves, were Gabrielle, Celine Dion, Gina G and Livin' Joy. EVERY other song featured was a male act. Give it a few years, and I bet women probably outnumbered the men.
Spice Girls truly gave pop a much needed kick and I am forever thankful for them. Girl Power forever.
 

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