It's not about clothes you need to replace it with black, brown or white to get the picture. I'm sure they didn't mean it in a bad way and it was a long time ago but it sure can cause uncomfortable feelings for some people.

It is nothing to do with skin colour or they would have said black, white, brown etc. Who can say what colour a dancing queen or space man is as well?

 

It was meant as all walks of life who present themselves in all sorts of different and colourful ways come together to spice up your life.

Sammy, I will say it only one more time:

 

'yellow man' is not 'man in yellow'. One is a racist slang. One is a description of what a man is wearing. Again, no-one is saying it was an intentional derrogative line, but is derrogative nonetheless in this context and outside of it.

 

Jesus...

 

Man in yellow in timbuktu has too many syllables. You deciding your own interpretation of something means that's what it is doesn't make it true.

 

Rihanna uses the N word in songs all the time I'm not going to tell her its racist and her interpretation or use is wrong even if I've been brought up to be told that that word is racist.

 

We have got to such a ridiculous point in life where people want to be offended on other people's behalf or because they decide to interpret something not the way it was intended.

 

Some whites call Asians yellow, Sammy.

I haven't disputed that but if it isn't their intention or meaning then don't get offended or demand change. Some people use the word Ginger in a derogatory way towards red heads but Ginger Spice isn't meant in a derogatory way so it isn't for others to tell Geri if she should be offended or it not be used.

Sammy, I will say it only one more time:

 

'yellow man' is not 'man in yellow'. One is a racist slang. One is a description of what a man is wearing. Again, no-one is saying it was an intentional derrogative line, but is derrogative nonetheless in this context and outside of it.

 

Jesus...

 

 

I think this is spot on tbh. Whether it’s intentional or not it is a derogatory term, it can easily be changed to:

“Man in yellow in Timbuktu, colourful both me and you”

Still same song, still same lyrics just made clearer everyone is happy.

Yellow man means Asian man. Some might find it racist, some might not. Personally, I don't get offended by this line but I can still demand change. Why not. Change it or not it's their decision. No need to be overprotective. They're all humans after all.

All I know and will say is Spice Up Your Life is an amazing song and that will never change.

Today marks 23 years since Spice Up Your Life was released! :cheer:

 

 

It’s one of my all-time favourites. :wub: 9 year old me was living for this song! I first heard it/saw them perform it on The Lottery. I remember feeling overcome with excitement, dancing around the living room :heart: My mum bought it for me on cassette and I treasured it. :wub:

 

Happy birthday 'Spice Up Your Life' :cheer: I have no memory of the release as I was just 2 months old :kink: but I'm pretty sure that it was the second Spice Girls song that I remember discovering after 'Wannabe', of course. It really helped me to properly fall in love with them :wub:

I love that performance they are so into it, its fresh and full of energy.

 

 

23 years omg I feel ancient

Such a tune, and such a magical time in the following months when Spice mania was EVERYWHERE you looked in the UK, such fond incredible memories, I'm so glad I was a child experiencing it at the time!

Spiceworld was released 23 years ago today!

 

Every anniversary for every Spice release always makes me feel a bit " :drama: :cry: " because it's such a long time ago, and I wonder where 23 years went to! Yet I can still recall how I felt about this album when it was new, the excitement I felt when I received this as a Christmas present in 97 - my first CD. :heart: Late 1997 was so memorable in terms of the Spice Girls... they really were everywhere, and as a child it really felt like they had a magical quality... they brought a lot of joy!

 

I think I'll probably always regard this as the best British pop album ever. It has a bit of everything across its 10 tracks, many genre influences, yet it feels so cohesive... and so Spice Girls. :wub:

 

Let's celebrate! What are your favourite singles/album tracks/music videos from this era? Favourite performances or moments in general? :D

23 years wow.

 

Yes I think its up there alongside iconic British greats like (What's the Story) Morning Glory.

 

I hope it gets a nice repackage one day.

An album! A moment in pop culture history. Quite frankly, I've always thought that this album is overlooked by the GP.

 

I mean, it has their best song in their discography: Viva Forever.

 

Spice Up Your Life and Viva Forever are my favourite SG songs to this date. My 3rd favourite song from the album is The Lady Is a Vamp.

 

Now that I'm 30 years old, I aappreciate way more than I did as a 8 years old lol. That song is an album closer. Pure camp!

Edited November 3, 20204 yr by Pearll

I still remember buying this as a six year old (and with buying, I mean my parents getting it for me) and being SO happen with it. I couldn't stop looking at the cover and even to this day I think it's one of the most eye-catching pop albums cover I have ever seen.

 

It is also their best album in my opinion, I do love Spice and Forever as well ofcourse, but Spice World just has the edge.

Although it was of course a resounding success, this album does feel quite overlooked compared to Spice. For me the progression on this album is really big and it deserved to have similar success if not more than Spice did. Then again Forever was also a progression in sound which also deserved a lot more success so can't really complain...

I had to wait until bloody Xmas to open it !!!

I don't think Christmas 1997 can ever be topped for me.

 

I didn't get the album until Christmas Day and I spent the whole day listening to my 'Spiceworld' cassette, eating Spice Girls' Cadbury Chocolates and watching the Istanbul concert on ITV :D