Thank you SO SO much!
So... I have a question that maybe some of you can help me with.
So it is my understanding that Telstar went bankrupt resulting in no additional VB music coming out.
Recently I've been purchasing VBs physical CDs and I got 'This Groove / Let Your Head Go' in and it says "2003 19 Recordings Ltd. Moody Productions Ltd. Marketed by Telstar Records Ltd. Distributed by BMI UK & Ireland Ltd..."
19 Recordings (at the time) was Simon Fuller's label, they are what Emma Bunton released 'Free Me' on in America.
So … it is my understanding based on the credits that Telstar's bankruptcy wouldn't have affected Victoria's record contract because technically her record contract was with 19/Simon... only her Marketing was done through Telstar.
I know this seems silly and I know we all know that VB just didn't want to release music anymore - but it makes me sad because what was coming through VB2 would've changed the world I feel.
(Also -- Can we take a moment to appreciate VB naming her production company 'moody productions')
So it is my understanding that Telstar went bankrupt resulting in no additional VB music coming out.
Recently I've been purchasing VBs physical CDs and I got 'This Groove / Let Your Head Go' in and it says "2003 19 Recordings Ltd. Moody Productions Ltd. Marketed by Telstar Records Ltd. Distributed by BMI UK & Ireland Ltd..."
19 Recordings (at the time) was Simon Fuller's label, they are what Emma Bunton released 'Free Me' on in America.
So … it is my understanding based on the credits that Telstar's bankruptcy wouldn't have affected Victoria's record contract because technically her record contract was with 19/Simon... only her Marketing was done through Telstar.
I know this seems silly and I know we all know that VB just didn't want to release music anymore - but it makes me sad because what was coming through VB2 would've changed the world I feel.
(Also -- Can we take a moment to appreciate VB naming her production company 'moody productions')
I believe it was Telstar that put up the money for her record deal which will have complicated things considerably.
I’d love for a high quality version of that performance to appear online someday
I bought some of her Gym gear with Reebok Collab yesterday and I LOVE it!
Might be unpopular but this is the better version. It also makes sense since Willa’s whole schtick was being a “bad girl” of pop.
See, comparing both songs, I feel that Victoria’s vocals feel more fuller compared to Willa’s. With Victoria’s version, some of her vocal delivery has more depth and richness and holds some of the notes slightly longer, whereas Willa has that more bubblegum teen-sequel vibe!
Victoria’s take will always be the winner in my opinion (even if it was the wrong single choice)
She deserved so much more.
When Victoria’s unreleased albums leaked - did they both leak at the same time or one before the other? Wikipedia suggests Open Your Eyes material leaked first but I can’t really remember.
Wow this choreo! Never thought I’d see her writhing around on the floor! And in flats!
Open Your Eyes, the actual demo cd sold on eBay, was leaked some years earlier than Come Together, which was sold on eBay at a later time. But when Open Your Eyes leaked, we obviously already had the “Real Beckhams” tracks, Come Together the song snippet and It’s That Simple
It was just such a weird song choice for Victoria as she never had a reputation of being particularly innocent or anything. It never made sense. Lyrically I think it would've suited Emma better as a solo spice song.
Open Your Eyes leaked in 2006, Come Together leaked in 2016. I don't think these were ever official titles though? Open Your Eyes consists of the Telstar tracks whilst Come Together is the Damon Dash tracks.
Hm. Okay. So Wikipedia says:
In 2003, she began recording an electropop-influenced album, Open Your Eyes and chose "Let Your Head Go" as first single. When the album was finalized, many songs leaked on the internet and Beckham decided to return to the studio to record new material. She wanted a more urban sound and worked with the producer Damon Dash to work on the R&B and hip hop influenced album Come Together
But if the Open Your Eyes material didn't leak until 2006 I guess this is inaccurate? Or did some of the songs leak earlier? I'm just wonder if the plan was always to keep recording new material or if it's true what it says online that stuff leaked beforehand and that's what prompted her to record additional songs.
In 2003, she began recording an electropop-influenced album, Open Your Eyes and chose "Let Your Head Go" as first single. When the album was finalized, many songs leaked on the internet and Beckham decided to return to the studio to record new material. She wanted a more urban sound and worked with the producer Damon Dash to work on the R&B and hip hop influenced album Come Together
But if the Open Your Eyes material didn't leak until 2006 I guess this is inaccurate? Or did some of the songs leak earlier? I'm just wonder if the plan was always to keep recording new material or if it's true what it says online that stuff leaked beforehand and that's what prompted her to record additional songs.
Apparently she "hated" the pop material, but that's always been baffling to me because all of the songs sound like they're almost finished/mastered? I feel like the Open Your Eyes tracks were being finalised and almost ready to go in late 2002/early 2003, but then the demo CD of the Damon Dash tracks had a date of September 3rd 2003:
So I think she went back to the drawing board but wasn't too sure what direction to go in, and when she realised the UK press would never give her a fair go no matter what avenue she took, she decided she'd had enough and threw in the towel.
This is all just speculation though, I wish we knew more about the story. I remember reading years ago that apparently Dash had filmed the making of the urban album and it was planned to be made into a documentary - would love to see that.
Nobody knew the Telstar songs even existed until they leaked in 2006, I think because a group of fans on DenDen chipped in and purchased a demo CD that randomly appeared on Ebay. A couple of weeks later, they leaked but they had been slightly remixed and whoever leaked them altered the titles. Then a few months later (?) the official CD quality demos leaked.
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