Spice Up Your Life!

Today has been crazy. KERRAZY!

Viv and I (and a bunch of other people) are jolly excited about a message Jennifer Saunders... let me tell you that again...

JENNIFER SAUNDERS

... sent to us peeps in the Fan Forum. It was a lovely thank you note about the support messages we sent her after we heard she had been ill with breast cancer, but had finished her treatment and is now recovering.

I AM STILL BUZZIN'! *claps tardedly*

Anyway, anyway, anyway,

one of Ms. Saunders' new projects is a musical, Mamma Mia style, but with Spice Girls songs.

Have I mentioned I grew up in the 90's? And that I was about 8 when the Spice Girls showed up? Yeah. Mega fan! Although I'm a bit more excited about Jennifer writing it.

The show will be called Viva Forever and it's about a mother/daughter relationship and the contemporary obsession with instant celebrity. Perfection! There's no one better than Jennifer to write about that, and it helps that her children (3 daughters, christ, where did she get the time?!) were also Spicey fans, so we know the show is in good hands!

Excited?! Don't ask!

I'm going to take the chance and write my

Essential 5 Spice Girls songs

and hope they're included in the show!

Wannabe (Spice 1996)

Like, duh! It's like, the Spice Girls' first single... like... EVERYONE KNOWS THIS!

This song was the beginning of the phenomena. The moment children around the world saw the videoclip there was no turning back. Zig-a-zig-aaaaaaaaah!

Viva Forever (Spiceworld 1997)

I can't hear this song without shedding a tear or two. It's a reminiscing song about how good love was, once. Yeah. Hurts a bit. Oh and it was the last single they released in the original line-up. They've reformed since, but it wasn't the same. The wound hasn't fully healed yet.

Goodbye (Forever 2000)

About Geri, no doubt. She had left the group in 1998 and it all spiralled down. It's a beautiful song, nonetheless. Look for the rainbow in every storm...

2 Become 1 (Spice 1996)

This is so cheesy even I cringe a bit when I read the lyrics. But it's good quiet pop, so if you manage to block out what they are actually saying and just hear them sing, life's good.

Be a little bit wiser baby, put it on, put it on

`Cause tonight is the night when two become one

Oh lord...

Too Much (Spiceworld 1997)

More quiet pop. Taught me a lesson:

Too much of something is bad enough

Too much of nothing is just as tough

I still have no idea what the fuck they're on about though.

Oh! And if something possesses you and you decide to watch that cinematic gem that is Spice World, Jennifer Saunders is in it for a brief moment.