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 Jul 3 2018, 11:01 PM
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Get money Mel
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Jul 5 2018, 01:20 PM
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Gotta pay those bills! I’d love to see some of her albums get a vinyl release, that’s the dream anyway
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Jul 5 2018, 06:51 PM
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It’s the new trend so I assum the next one will .
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Jul 8 2018, 01:29 PM
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Would be good to get them all out on vinyl so she could generate money from past records. I’d gladly buy one of each! Not sure how it would work for the first two on her old label though... it would be nice to see something for the 20th anniversary of northern star though
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Jul 13 2018, 12:28 PM
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Anyone know why mel doesn’t like on the horizon? I read somewhere that she doesn’t play it anymore I just wondered if there was a reason?
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Jul 13 2018, 12:41 PM
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^ because virgin forced it to be the second single
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Jul 13 2018, 08:58 PM
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I don't like it either
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Jul 14 2018, 06:27 PM
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It's a bad song and killed her big career
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Jul 14 2018, 08:04 PM
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Radio loved it! On paper it was perfect for the summer. I think I remember reading that she wanted to release 'Reason' as the second single instead - I struggle to see that having done any better, even if Melanie would have been more passionate about its release.
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Jul 14 2018, 09:17 PM
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On the horizon was actually a pretty decent single. Catchy, melodic, Melanie sounds great, Radio loved it I'm still really surprised it wasn't a bigger hit, expected it to make top 10 easily and most likely top 5. I think it just came at a time when the public were getting tired of the girls and the majority of their records were failing to have the same impact.
I don't think there was anything else on the album that would have performed better than OTH tbh, I can see why the label insisted on that one for the follow up single. |
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Jul 15 2018, 10:08 AM
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I think it’s a great track, I Love reason as well but can’t see it doing any better than horizon. It really is a shame that this album didn’t do well but this was at the height of Napster/limewire and I’m sure a lot of artists felt the hit at that time
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Jul 15 2018, 02:21 PM
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I can see why the label choose it .
The video is horrid and she didn’t look good when promoting this track . It was a big radio hit so was a shame it flopped . |
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Jul 15 2018, 03:13 PM
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It was weak song after here it comes again and you can tell Mel wasn't into it that much and the whole era was a mess but we got some good B-sides that's it
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Jul 15 2018, 04:27 PM
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QUOTE(Jay ☆ @ Jul 14 2018, 03:04 PM)  Radio loved it! On paper it was perfect for the summer. I think I remember reading that she wanted to release 'Reason' as the second single instead - I struggle to see that having done any better, even if Melanie would have been more passionate about its release. Yes! I think that was in the David Sinclair book. I figure Reason might have been a critical hit (well...as much as a Spice-related release could've been at that point). That song's a wonderful showcase for her voice. It's a beautiful song. I'm not sure the appreciation would've been reflected on the charts, though...and we inevitably would've ended up with another video of Mel chasing a light or whatever. I think On the Horizon has gotten a bit of a bum rap. If it landed in the top ten, I figure it could've been a sing-a-long favorite at the live shows. It's one case where I really can't fault the record company. To my ears, On the Horizon and Yeh Yeh Yeh just sound like the most commercial songs off that album. |
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Jul 15 2018, 04:43 PM
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^ I sometimes wonder how the era would have worked out for Melanie if Yeh Yeh Yeh had been the first single instead! Obviously Here It Comes Again was a top 10 hit, so evidently it wasn't a bad choice - I just feel that Yeh Yeh Yeh could potentially have been more attention grabbing as a comeback and gone Top 5? In fact, I wonder how things would have fared if On the Horizon had come first (keeping the summer release date) given it actually did a bit better than HICA on radio? Ha, we'll never know.
 My general feeling about the 'Reason' album in terms of commercial viability is that 2003 was a little too late to really capitalise on all the good-will she'd built up for herself in 2000. I feel like the music world was so fast-moving back then, pre-social media, so if you were away for a while you really did stand to lose momentum and risk being forgotten about. It was probably a bit of a miracle that she still had enough people interested in her to score a Top 5 peak & 30k+ first week sales for the album (which made it one of the best initial performances for a solo Spice album). With hindsight it's funny to think that a Top 5/Gold selling album and just one single missing the Top 20 was considered bad enough to drop her. |
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Jul 15 2018, 08:33 PM
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THne success of NS probably have Melanie and virgin false confidence. I was so looking for award to this album . Running to Woolworths after college , playing it on my disc-man and then feeling disappointed .
The album is the worse of her career howvever I have grown to love most of it over the years. The bsides are really appreciated 👍🏻 |
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Jul 15 2018, 09:16 PM
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In love with T-shirt
 she looks so cute https://scontent-otp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0...amp;oe=5BD0AA00 This post has been edited by Blond 2.0: Jul 15 2018, 09:19 PM |
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Jul 15 2018, 09:17 PM
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Double post sorry
In love with this T-shirt she looks so cute https://scontent-otp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0...amp;oe=5BD0AA00 This post has been edited by Blond 2.0: Jul 15 2018, 09:18 PM |
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Jul 15 2018, 10:41 PM
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Yeh Yeh yeh should have been the first single - I've ALWAYS said that!
But it did feel too late. With better material and a 2001/2 release, she would have done better. |
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Jul 16 2018, 02:49 PM
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My singles choice :-
1- Here it comes again 2- Yeh Yeh Yeh 3- Water 4- Reason Again the B-sides were much better than the album 
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