^^ We we’re robbed of a Geri GH - definitely could/should have been a thing if ‘Passion’ had been more successful.

The love never loved me song is so overrated in the fanbase!

 

Desire is better!

The love never loved me song is so overrated in the fanbase!

 

Desire is better!

 

 

I like Desire but... No!

The love never loved me song is so overrated in the fanbase!

 

Desire is better!

 

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It’s an anthem - definitely should have been a single, I’m certain it could have gone some way to saving the ‘Passion’ era if it had been.

The love never loved me song is so overrated in the fanbase!

 

Desire is better!

 

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:blink:

 

It’s an anthem - definitely should have been a single, I’m certain it could have gone some way to saving the ‘Passion’ era if it had been.

 

I'd like to think so however 2005 was a toxic time for them. The media was gunning for them as individuals and their influence was strong.

 

Then the Live 8 reunion drama, it was everywhere for weeks and resulted in nothing. In hindsight it was a good thing but at the time no one knew the 2007 reunion tour was ever going to happen so them not reuniting gave them another ton of bad press.

 

"Desire" spent 8 weeks at # 1 in my chart and became SOTY of 2005 year.

^^ We we’re robbed of a Geri GH - definitely could/should have been a thing if ‘Passion’ had been more successful.

 

Geri was offered a GH release from EMI after passion but she turned it down.

I've always liked Desire...but I would say there's a pretty distinct lack of punch for an album launching single. Every other album launching single Geri was connected with (group and solo) kinda came flying out the gate and commanded attention...both the song and the video. Desire, I think, does sound like a single...just not the album launcher. What was there to grab attention? It does give Geri a somewhat modernized sound...but she was always genre-hopping anyway. I wouldn't call it a bold new direction. And the video taking inspiration from Catwoman is a bit of a head scratcher...as that was probably the previous year's most notorious flop.

 

Now, all that said, it was clearly the media blackout that was most responsible for Desire's failure. But it is interesting to me that given the focus and drive Geri brought to her previous album launching singles...Passion's launch was so...comparitively subtle?

I guess there was one attempt at controversy with Desire, now that I think of it. Weren't there two cuts of the video? Wasn't the uncut version where she licked the dude's face or something? It all seems so...quaint...by 2024 standards...

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I think honestly, 'Ride It' went top 5 because it was a "comeback" and she pushed it so heavily but it fell down the chart like it had a brick tied to it. It had no airplay and felt at the time like it had made next to no impression, by the time she came back it felt like she'd been gone a lifetime. A lot had changed in the world of pop between 2001 and 2004.

 

Second singles nearly always don't perform as well as the predecessor, and in the case of Geri she had no hope as the hype or interest just wasn't there and neither was the airplay. Plus it was months later for some inexplicable reason.

Geri should have stayed on course with the Disco Sister Music album. The album probably would have performed much better had the release schedule been

 

Ride It - Aug 2004

Love Never Loved Me - Nov 2004

3rd Album - Nov 2004

 

I feel the one, two punch of Ride It and Love Never Loved Me would have set the album up for more success.

Geri should have stayed on course with the Disco Sister Music album. The album probably would have performed much better had the release schedule been

 

Ride It - Aug 2004

Love Never Loved Me - Nov 2004

3rd Album - Nov 2004

 

I feel the one, two punch of Ride It and Love Never Loved Me would have set the album up for more success.

 

I completely agree with this. She waited too long, which killed any hope for the album/.

Shewaa over by then, and Love Never Loved Me isn't good. Ir's like Britnwy fans with Radar, which is also tripe. Radar flopped too when shw bowed ro fan pressure and released it.

Shewaa over by then, and Love Never Loved Me isn't good. Ir's like Britnwy fans with Radar, which is also tripe. Radar flopped too when shw bowed ro fan pressure and released it.

 

But to be fair, 'Radar' was the 4th single from the NEXT studio album. What do you expect?

 

I seem to remember the fans were against it being a single at that point in time, and the only reason it happened that late in the day was some contractual agreement with the producer. It should've instead been the 3rd single from Blackout.

 

But to be fair, 'Radar' was the 4th single from the NEXT studio album. What do you expect?

 

I seem to remember the fans were against it being a single at that point in time, and the only reason it happened that late in the day was some contractual agreement with the producer. It should've instead been the 3rd single from Blackout.

 

It was an awful, robotic song ans wouls have floppwd whenever it was released.

 

It’s a shame she didn’t release something during her turn on Popstars the Rivals.

 

I understand her wanting to put all her focus in judging and mentoring though.

It’s a shame she didn’t release something during her turn on Popstars the Rivals.

 

I understand her wanting to put all her focus in judging and mentoring though.

 

 

She definitely missed a trick not having an album out then during that period, she likely would have had another Gold album to her name if she had.

 

 

Geri was also a contender for the CIN single during this period, Feel the fear was one of the options but they went with Girls Aloud's I'll stand by you which became their second #1. Would have been very interesting to see how Geri would have fared if she had been selected as the CIN singles were still good charters at that point

 

2000 - S Club #1

2001 - S Club #1

2002 - Will Young - #2

2003 - Shane Richie #2

2004 - Girls Aloud #1

2005 - Liberty X #6

2006 - Emma Bunton #3

2007 - Spice Girls - #11

2008 - McFly #18

2009 - Peter Kay #1

2010 - JLS #1

 

(Really puts Headline's flop in perspective gawd, they should have done the download and physicals in the same week would have guaranteed them #3 at least)

 

I reckon Geri would easily got another top 5 hit from it had FTF been selected and then perhaps the album in January with LNLM for that higher chart placement could have worked?

'Radar' should've instead been the 3rd single from Blackout.

No Sir! x

I agree that Geri ideally would have launched a new music era in 2002. She left it far too long between Calling and Ride It It, three years felt like an eternity in the pop music world then. There were countless artists who'd debuted and become successful in those years, it was like a whole new music landscape, like Aly said. Geri almost came across as a bit of a throwback artist, which really shouldn't have been the vibe for what was only the start of her third album era. Plus it would have made so much sense for the third album era to coincide with Popstars: The Rivals and her book release.

 

 

Humour me because this post is a bit crazy :kink: but I had fun with it. A reimagination of Geri's career following Calling...

 

 

Geri would have returned to the studio in early 2002 to work on the third album, but wouldn't have totally abandoned the second album quite yet:

 

Early March 2002 - Circles Round the Moon - 4th single (from 2nd album Scream If You Wanna Go Faster)

 

Then continued work for the 3rd album, while signing up for the judge role on Popstars: The Rivals.

 

Early August 2002 - 1st single (from 3rd album)

September 2002 - Just for the Record book

Late October 2002 - 2nd single (from 3rd album)

Early November 2002 - 3rd album

Late January 2003 - 3rd single (from 3rd album)

Early April 2003 - 4th single (from 3rd album)

 

This would have left most of 2003 and 2004 for her to do the other TV/acting ventures that she was interested in at that time.

 

Then I'd follow what Sideout planned out, but in this fantasy it's actually her 4th album era:

 

Late August 2004 - Ride It - 1st single

Early November 2004 - Love Never Loved Me - 2nd single

Mid November 2004 - Disco Sister - 4th album

 

And then:

 

Early February 2005 - Feel the Fear - 3rd single

Late May 2005 - Desire - 4th single (the first from album re-release)

Mid June 2005 - Disco Sister (Passion Edition) - 4th album re-release

 

...but that's not all!

 

Early November 2005 - 1st single (from Greatest Hits)

Mid November 2005 - Greatest Hits album

Mid December 2005 - 2nd single (from Greatest Hits)

 

Then leave it there, because of her pregnancy.

 

Beyond that, I'm imagining a 5th studio album coming out in 2008, following the end of the Return of the Spice Girls era - which in my fantasy would have given Geri the bug to return to music. Then a 6th studio album era in 2012/13 (she was actually working with Absolute in this year, wasn't she?) and 7th studio album in 2016 - which would have been the Man on the Mountain material.

 

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