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Posted by: Jay* 20th June 2020, 02:31 AM

I've thrown together the most recommended Spice Girls group and solo album tracks - in two separate polls!

The aim here of course is to try and figure out the song with the most support. We might not have time to create a second poll with less songs, considering that we have to have confirmed something in less than 15 hours from now, and I'm sure this poll will need to be open for a lot of those hours to end up with meaningful results.

If you've not heard some songs (or you have but it's been a while) it would be amazing if you spend some time listening. That's not essential, of course! If you're already quite sure which group song and which solo song you think are strong choices / you love them, then vote for those!

I have however also included the options 'don't send a group song, a solo choice is better' and 'don't send a solo song, a group choice is better' if you're particularly firm about one or the other, but if you're on the fence then by all means vote for a group song and a solo song.

This could easily be messy, but hopefully a clear choice will end up standing out! And if it doesn't... I'm sure Spiceboy and I will figure something out before 6pm

Posted by: Jay* 20th June 2020, 02:31 AM

SPICE GIRLS

Posted by: Jay* 20th June 2020, 02:31 AM

EMMA BUNTON




GERI HALLIWELL




MELANIE C

Posted by: Andrew. 20th June 2020, 02:52 AM

Move Over!

Posted by: Jay* 20th June 2020, 03:05 AM

By the way, I've made a Spotify playlist if anyone wants to listen that way

Posted by: Jonjo 20th June 2020, 03:09 AM

Don't send group song.
Burn.



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BUT out of the likeliest options for a group Saturday Night Divas and Do It are my two choices.

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Where is your vote, hen?

Posted by: Andrew. 20th June 2020, 03:12 AM

I actually did vote and it says 4 votes in the poll but it’s gotten wiped out for some reason

Posted by: Jay* 20th June 2020, 03:14 AM

UGH the poll must have reset when I edited the playlist in, I had no idea it would do that

Could I ask who voted so far, and what you voted for in the two polls?

Posted by: Andrew. 20th June 2020, 03:16 AM

I voted Move Over and ‘Don't send a solo song - a group choice is better than the above songs’

Posted by: Liam.k. 20th June 2020, 03:18 AM

Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't, I think you have to make sure the column with all the votes is still there when you're editing a post. If the column has disappeared, don't edit the post. Don't know why it does it.

I'll give all the songs a listen and place my vote shortly!

Posted by: Jay* 20th June 2020, 03:18 AM

Thank you Andrew!

I was right

Posted by: Jay* 20th June 2020, 03:20 AM

How irritating! I look forward to seeing what your choices will be, Liam *.*

Posted by: Jay* 20th June 2020, 03:48 AM

I've edited Andrew's votes in (I was biding my time, so that the topic wasn't busy when I did it ). It would be great if the two other voters would be able to let me know what they voted for. Sorry for messing it up

Posted by: Chemistry 20th June 2020, 04:54 AM

Move Over
Love Never Loved Me

Posted by: Piers 20th June 2020, 05:01 AM

No worries! I was one of the early voters too. I've been all over the place with this today...but I put in for Love Thing and Stupid Game.

Posted by: Jay* 20th June 2020, 05:17 AM

Thank you for letting me know, Piers (and also thanks Chemistry for your vote!). Just one more early voter to find out the votes from

Posted by: Maz! 20th June 2020, 07:07 AM

Love Thing
Breathing

Posted by: Jay* 20th June 2020, 08:28 AM

I'm still trying to decide

Posted by: HausofGhibli 20th June 2020, 08:54 AM

Love Thing gets my vote, and I'd like to think would get my vote in the round too depending on what the others send!

Posted by: vibe 20th June 2020, 08:58 AM

None of these

Something Kind Funny
Closer

Posted by: McAndrew 20th June 2020, 09:13 AM

Re-listening to 'Love Thing' - it grabbed me much quicker than any of the Spice World options. So despite the less expensive production, it got my vote.

Burn is my preferred solo option. Love Breathing too but it's less immediate for me.

Posted by: Jay* 20th June 2020, 09:18 AM

Thank you Maz, Haus and McAndrew for voting!

I've also voted for Love Thing (and I like that out of all the Spice options it was at one point in the running to actually be a single). For solo, I went with Burn - it's very instant. Stupid Game is also great, but Burn edges it. It was a close run thing between Burn and Love Never Loved Me, though I fear Geri would be the more divisive choice. I agree that Emma's is probably the least immediate/attention grabbing song of the 4 solo choices.

In AF Idol 3.0 we'll certainly aim to use some Emma and Geri songs.

It would be very helpful to know what you'd prefer from the poll though! We had to disregard the songs that only had 1 person suggest them, in order to narrow it down a bit. There were 20-ish different songs suggested in the main thread!

Posted by: Spiceboy 20th June 2020, 09:32 AM

I voted Love thing and Burn.

I actually think Breathing is more instant than Love never loved me though, it took me a few listens to really appreciate that song while Breathing was an instant favourite ❤️

Posted by: Jade 20th June 2020, 09:49 AM

Saturday Night Divas (but I really like all of those options)
Don’t send a solo song (unnecessary sabotage xo)

Posted by: vibe 20th June 2020, 10:13 AM

Fair enough Spice Boy

Do it
Burn

Posted by: McAndrew 20th June 2020, 11:02 AM

For the record I also think Geri should have released 'Love never loved me' as a pre-album single.

It was way more indicative of the album and more her usual style than Desire. I felt it had a bit more too it than Ride It too - which imo sounded like a remix of a song we never got.

Posted by: Spiceboy 20th June 2020, 11:21 AM

I made my husband listen to the choices and tell me (as a non-spice fan) which one he thought was best and he said Burn. He did say out of the Spice Girls options that Love thing was the most instant.

Posted by: McAndrew 20th June 2020, 11:25 AM

You married a non-spice fan?!

JK. Excellent feedback

Posted by: JaneJ 20th June 2020, 12:33 PM

How did we get through the last round and Madonna out?
At this stage I think it has to be Spice Girls track. I can't choose between Love Thing and Saturday Night Divas, and yes Something Kinda Funny too.
Personally I slightly prefer Saturday Night Divas but the other two are strong as well.

Posted by: Liam.k. 20th June 2020, 12:34 PM

I went for 'Love Thing', it felt like the most catchy on first listen. 'Saturday Night Divas' is good too.

Don't want to sound defeatist but I think this could be the end of the line for Spice Girls, so I think it would be good to send a song that represents Spice Girls best and I think a track from either of their multi-million selling albums does just that! It's your best chance of getting through too, like I assume most Spice Girls fans generally like everything on their group albums whereas there's different favourites across their solo projects.

Posted by: Jonjo 20th June 2020, 12:40 PM

I genuinely, had no idea that 'Love Thing' was such a fan favourite? Especially over SND? I don't mind it, but they have better album tracks, but then again, I've pretty much just been team NGUOTGT for so long that I've over looked the other ones popularities. :')

Posted by: Spiceboy 20th June 2020, 01:00 PM

He's not a hater, I wouldn't go that far Just not a fan as such, doesn't mind them, wouldn't go out of his way to see or buy something of theirs, wouldn't turn it off on the radio either.

Posted by: McAndrew 20th June 2020, 01:23 PM

Haha. Sounds far too healthy to me

Posted by: JosephStyles 20th June 2020, 01:25 PM

Voted for Love Thing and Love Never Loved Me, either one of those

Posted by: Jay* 20th June 2020, 02:06 PM

God help the mister (Jonjo) that comes between me and my sisters (fellow Spice fans who appreciate Love Thing )


I feel the same! If we’re destined to go out, I think a ‘Spice’ album fave is probably the way to go. If Love Thing can’t outdo Gaga and Rihanna’s choices, that’s quite alright. I assumed Spice Girls would have been out a few rounds ago, obviously that was pessimistic of me but I assumed when it came to BuzzJack at large that they’d not be able to outlast artists such as Britney, Katy, and Madonna. I’m very surprised & pleased with how far we’ve come! BuzzJack is clearly feeling Spicy (and loves a bit of Sporty Spice)

I can sense that a couple of voters really aren’t here for them having come this far, but I would have thought that something unexpected like this would be quite exciting in terms of this competition!

Posted by: Spiceboy 20th June 2020, 02:43 PM

Just reopened the thread to point out I did the second "Yeah God help the mister"