I guess they will skip it as probably will be easier for them as they often do with other troubling episodes.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.
Pretty sure Geri called them Babylon PooBelatedly 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.
Spice Girls truly gave pop a much needed kick and I am forever thankful for them. Girl Power forever.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.
Shampoo say Hi!Spice Girls truly gave pop a much needed kick and I am forever thankful for them. Girl Power forever.
Ah, but who had the lasting impact!Shampoo say Hi!
They laid out the blueprint....!Ah, but who had the lasting impact!
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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I couldn't stand the other Right Said Fred singles - let's face it, it's Jocelyn Brown who makes this song!Great selection, though I can really do without Reich Said Fred these days despite buying it at the time. Pity there's not a fully Jocelyn Brown version.
Jocelyn Brown can make pretty much any song – her voice is a force of nature!I couldn't stand the other Right Said Fred singles - let's face it, it's Jocelyn Brown who makes this song!