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milladrive
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Date: October 26, 2000 @ 2:40 PM
Hmm, are they still around? Aren't they waiting tables somewhere yet?
Besides, why would this bother them? I've said it over and over again: they oughtta be happy that someone is showing an interest. |
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p0ppe
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Date: October 26, 2000 @ 3:02 PM
milla, you shouldn't be to harsh on the poor spicies. A lot of 14 year olds love them... ;) |
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Heidi
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Date: October 26, 2000 @ 3:46 PM
A *lot* of people give groups like the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, N*SYNC, etc. a hard time because they don't write their own music, play instruments, come "packaged" etc. etc. But you must admit when MILLIONS of people around the world are buying their albums, they must be doing something right.
~Heidi |
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kevinity
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Date: October 26, 2000 @ 3:50 PM
Yeah, marketing. |
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iDave
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Date: October 26, 2000 @ 4:30 PM
Ug.... everyone says napster did it.... Does napster have arms a legs and can it type and steal cds?...... well.... maybe.... errr... i mean NO! lol ;P
Someone (a human) had to get it and put it up...
Hell, who knows... Maybe Spiffice Spice or Dopey Spice put it on themselves?
Spice girls suck, so it aint no problem ;P |
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doobybrain
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Date: October 26, 2000 @ 4:51 PM
to my knowledge, i thought they broke up after some huge fight they had about a few years ago. is it the same people or are they soem new members?
anyway, people shouldnt be blaming napster. they should be blaming the record labels and the corporations/companies that leak these tracks out. i mean, why put it online of ANY place they could have decided to place them? pretty stupid if you ask me.
[doobybrain] |
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Chad
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Date: October 26, 2000 @ 7:39 PM
Well.. I would point the finger at the record company who send out promotional CDs, and the people who rip those CDs who are in the IRC release groups.
Just a thought. |
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Chad
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Date: October 26, 2000 @ 7:42 PM
Nope, I give all the credit to thier produces and studio techs.
And thier marketing people.
But you know, they are put under a lot.
Can't take that away. |
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iDave
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Date: October 26, 2000 @ 8:23 PM
Okay, lets make a list of who gets promo cds before they are released:
Radio Stations
Stores (so they could sell em)
Promos to get people to buy it
Music TV to reccomend it
Am I mising anyone? |
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Chad
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Date: October 26, 2000 @ 8:44 PM
People in the company.
Maybe friends of people in the company.
The singers, and whoever they give them to?
Hmm. I think.
`Chad |
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Heidi
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Date: October 26, 2000 @ 10:45 PM
Marketing is a key element also. Agreed.
~Heidi |
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Fozzie
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Date: October 26, 2000 @ 11:34 PM
i bet you dont have more information in the future. |
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Anonymous
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 12:42 AM
This whole idiotic story is about 50% wrong. (including every comment added here).
Firstly, RealNetworks wanted to pick the best 4 tracks. So Virgin Records uploaded the whole album (actually, except the best track, which was obtained later).
It doesn't bother the Girls, because they don't even know about it yet.
I know plenty of people who like the Spice Girls. People of all ages like them (which is an accomplishment in itself).
Obviously, if the Spice Girls had split up, you wouldn't have heard the end of it. The media would've constantly gloated and rehashed the story. Use some brainpower and read the stories correctly. And don't pay any attention to the tabloids.
BTW, I agree with the stuff about Napster. Napster isn't to blame, just as spicenews.com isn't to blame for finding the tracks and decoding them.
There will be more information later, in a press release from the SG Defenders (the fan organisation, which I help run). |
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spyed
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 12:44 AM
um, how do you know? |
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Anonymous
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 6:36 AM
Who cares? Spice Girls suck anyway. |
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milladrive
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 8:08 AM
Oh c'mon, if the Spice Girls had broken up, not only would hardly anyone notice at this point, but there'd be 10 more girl groups set up by the labels in another cattle-call audition to take their place.
Maybe the next group will have at least known each other before the cattle are in place. |
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milladrive
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 8:25 AM
Hmm, Heidi, I don't think _I_ ride them because of those reasons you've given. After all, as you know, I'm the 1st person to stand up for these groups when they're dissed. MANY of the artists I admire have those qualities you listed as part of their formulas (i.e., many country artists).
I think a big difference is that many admirable artists w/this formula have been heard by someone at a label, and are then asked to be seen, so that the label can make sure that they have "the look." With these teen idols, they show up for an audition, are told, "Hey, you look good; now go over to the mic and let's see how you sound." If they like what they hear, they then tell them to go stand w/the other chosen lookers to make sure they all look good together. It's not like they grew up together or were struggling performers on some stage somewhere before they were hand-picked. This is where my resentment lies. The whole of their success has been spoon-fed to us!!! I don't deny that a lot of the music they've created can be enjoyable to some extent, but let's face it, most of the music, if not all, would have been sung by another artist (probably w/the same name) had these good-lookin' people stayed home the day of the audition. It's no different from a Broadway casting. |
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Anonymous
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 11:47 AM
This is nothing new. I downloaded the Limp Bizkit CD 3 weeks early from napster, as well as Eminem, Shawn Mullins, the new Offspring CD etc.... CD's will be on napster the second they get to radio stations... or even before if there is a leak on the inside.... PEOPLE WANT INFORMATION TO BE FREE.. that's the way it goes :)
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hollywoodkid...
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 4:17 PM
to the fucked up bitch that said the spice girls suck u dont know shit the spice girls r back and yall know it just because MTV wont playholler because they r dumbasses doesnt mean pleople all over the world dont love them as much as me so just just fuck off and about the subject i think napster is cool and at the same time sux because the fans will put it on their comps and then not buy the CD and that really pisses me of thank you |
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hollywoodkid...
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 4:20 PM
i know how the hell do u know the girls dont know about it yet are u a spice girl no i dont think so so i think u just better shut up in things that u dont know what the hell you r saying |
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hollywoodkid...
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 4:21 PM
shut up u know that the spice girls r #1 in england and that sfinal and they r in the top 20 in Us so ubetter fuck off about that spice girls sre broken upshit |
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Anonymous
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 4:50 PM
spice girls are like a small elf in a field... Penis exposed, free to nature. They should not hold back their artistic ability like an elephant holding his trunk. They should let their scrotums hang free in the wind and hear the wrinkly skin slapp their thighs...
Wait a minute, did the elf himself steal the tracks??? |
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milladrive
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 7:33 PM
Feel the love from a dedicated fan. |
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Chad
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 10:51 PM
Music..is not information. |
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Chad
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 10:59 PM
Well. Okay.
A manufactured pop group cannot break up. They just get fired or quit.
Bands break up, pop groups disolve.
They lost a member or two, big deal, they are putting out another shrink wrapped product.
*Twirls Fingers*
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Chad
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 11:02 PM
Well.
Guns N' Roses is still very very popular in South America, and they broke up and stopped touring about 7 years ago.
*Twirls Finger* |
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Clair
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 11:03 PM
You said it :-) |
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Clair
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 11:04 PM
ummm, that was to chad heh |
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Clair
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 11:11 PM
Exactly, why would we care about something that is #1 in England anyway. And since when have the spice girls been in the top 20 in the US...hmmm...it's been a while hah. |
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Clair
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 11:17 PM
ha ha ha
mmmhmmm...the spice girls are back..riiiight...? |
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Heidi
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 11:27 PM
I too also wonder how you *know for a fact* that the Spice Girls don't know about the situation. I would think that if they were involved with their careers at all, they would know.
~Heidi |
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Heidi
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 11:30 PM
Hey guys, I would back off. Hollywoodkidactor obviously knows what he/she is talking about. :/
Yea...RIIIIIIGHT.
~Heidi |
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Heidi
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 11:33 PM
As I am reader this article, the Spice Girls new song is on KBIG 104 in Los Angeles. Scary.
**Twilight Zone theme songs plays** |
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Heidi
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 11:36 PM
People want everything to be free. If they can find a way to get something for free and not get in trouble while going about getting it, they're going to take it.
~Heidi |
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Heidi
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Date: October 27, 2000 @ 11:37 PM
Err.."As I am reading this article."
~Heidi |
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milladrive
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Date: October 28, 2000 @ 8:08 AM
What is it? |
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milladrive
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Date: October 28, 2000 @ 8:13 AM
Hehehe, yeah, I guess you're right. I mean, The Beatles aren't _nearly_ as popular now as when they broke up.
Btw, does your mommy know you talk like that? |
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Chad
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Date: October 28, 2000 @ 11:58 AM
Top 20...which Top 20 chart, exactly? |
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Clair
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Date: October 28, 2000 @ 4:07 PM
how does anyone know about anything? |
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Heidi
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Date: October 28, 2000 @ 11:10 PM
This article has over 40 comments, so some people care! Hehehe.
~Heidi |
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Heidi
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Date: October 28, 2000 @ 11:12 PM
milla, I hear ya on that one! For sure.
~Heidi |
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stealthben
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Date: November 1, 2000 @ 11:58 PM
check this out, the stock ARET is gonna go to a dollar in a few years. good stock, just thought i would give everyone a tip |
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milladrive
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Date: November 2, 2000 @ 9:26 AM
Okay, well, as no one seems willing to put their text where their opinions are, I would like to say that I disagree that music is not information. Music is as much information as is the written document or the painted canvas ... or any other form of art!
Milla :| |
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milladrive
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Date: November 2, 2000 @ 9:27 AM
You betta not work on Wall Street. ;) |
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Anonymous
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Date: November 5, 2000 @ 4:50 PM
stop blaming napster its the people at the level that have early access to the tracks. that where the blame should start |
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