So. Between their three studio albums AND their Greatest Hits, Time Goes by is the only group song I don't like. Didn't like it on first listen. It's never grown on me.

 

The opening keyboard sounds like some church youth group talent show. I never think the song sounds especially genuine (something the group does so effortlessly in all their other ballads). There are some nice enough vocals here and there...but a lot of the ad-libs sound awkward to me...and I think Mel C's vocals starting at about 3:40 are the least flattering she sounds on literally any Spice Girls track.

 

It was always interesting to me that Mel C loved this one so much. Even when she was completely over being in the group, she still wanted this thing to be a single...and later admitted to not liking the incomparably superior If You Wanna Have Some Fun.

 

 

 

If the album had stayed poppy and funky and included Woman and not Weekend Love and Time Goes By it would still be a great Spice Girls album

I love If You Wanna Have Some Fun so much :wub: . With a great readio/single edit this could,ve become a hit for them.

 

 

I agree, with a shorter radio edit, maybe a slight remix to the chorus, it would have been a great follow up single to H/LLTW. Leans more to their poppy side which would have appealed to more fans.

:music: One of my favourites, a funky/cheeky song. Definitely single potential with a radio edit. The only thing that lets this song down is that it goes on for a bit too long - it's like the producers had no idea how to finish off the track... are you having funnnnn? are you having fun??????? :lol:

So. Between their three studio albums AND their Greatest Hits, Time Goes by is the only group song I don't like. Didn't like it on first listen. It's never grown on me.

 

The opening keyboard sounds like some church youth group talent show. I never think the song sounds especially genuine (something the group does so effortlessly in all their other ballads). There are some nice enough vocals here and there...but a lot of the ad-libs sound awkward to me...and I think Mel C's vocals starting at about 3:40 are the least flattering she sounds on literally any Spice Girls track.

 

It was always interesting to me that Mel C loved this one so much. Even when she was completely over being in the group, she still wanted this thing to be a single...and later admitted to not liking the incomparably superior If You Wanna Have Some Fun.

 

 

If you like Voodoo your opinion becomes invalid :lol: :angel:

 

Is it just me or is there quite a lot of Victoria vocals on this album? Obviously the lines are shared between four members instead of five now, but she feels so much more prominent than any of the Spice Girls singles prior to this.

 

'If You Wanna Have Some Fun' is better than the last two tracks but not as essential as the first half.

Victoria sings A LOT more on this album for sure. Each album she get's more prominent.

Track 10: Oxygen

 

'If You Wanna Have Some Fun': this is sounding very good on this listen! A bit of a pick me up after the past few numbers ~

 

'Oxygen' is a bit of a bore oop.

Agreed that If You Wanna Have Some Fun went on a bit too long but it was a good track, picking the quality back up!

If You Wanna Have Some Fun sounds contemporary compared to some of the other album tracks and Emma and Mel B’s vocals are great on it. An edited version would have made a great follow up single after Holler/LLLTW

I find that Jam n' Lewis often did super long album songs. It's true of a lot of Janet Jackson's big hits. Even Mel B's Feels So Good is overlong on the album. That one got trimmed up pretty perfectly for the radio edit...and I think the same could easily have been done for If You Wanna Have Some Fun. I love this one. It's easily my next favorite on the album after Holler and Goodbye.

It's dragging on I'm no longer having fun :lol:

'If You Wanna Have Some Fun' got more catchy as it went on actually, kinda reminds me of Janet Jackson.

I like Oxygen but the drips you hear in it are annoying me :lol:

'If You Wanna Have Some Fun' got more catchy as it went on actually, kinda reminds me of Janet Jackson.

Same producers

I like Oxygen but the drips you hear in it are annoying me :lol:

 

 

Guess I'm lucky for a change being deaf as I can't hear clearly enough to pick up the drips at all :lol: I love the chorus of Oxygen :wub:

I have to be in the mood for Oxygen. It’s not the weakest track on the album but it’s near the bottom for me along with Weekend Love and Time Goes By

Oxygen - it's a nice ballad, but the 'drip' sound effect in the chorus REALLY lets it down, it's horrible, cheap and distracting.

 

I like each girl having her own verse. Each verse shows that they were in different stages of their life in terms of relationships.

Oxygen is nice! The drip sound effect though... whose idea was that :lol: