The chorus for Free Me does feel a little too big for her voice.

The chorus for Free Me does feel a little too big for her voice.

she was straining for her life

 

but also free me is lowkey one of my favourite 00s Brit pop songs

I never realised she released northern star as a single :lol:

I never realised she released northern star as a single :lol:

 

That was all over the radio for years!

I've always thought that Emma Bunton didn't get much credit for Maybe

but she actually made the blueprint for Duffy/Adele

cannot think of any other female doing that kind of sound with a retro vibe from like 60s/70s

Duffy kinda took the concept of Maybe and sold it to the masses :)

 

 

 

I thought for ages that Sitting Down Here by Lene Marlin was actually by Emma Bunton. It does sound like her a lot in terms of style and vocals.

I've always thought that Emma Bunton didn't get much credit for Maybe

but she actually made the blueprint for Duffy/Adele

cannot think of any other female doing that kind of sound with a retro vibe from like 60s/70s

Duffy kinda took the concept of Maybe and sold it to the masses :)

Gabrielle did it a few years earlier with several of her songs. S Club 7 had a similar sound with 'You'. I'm sure there are many other examples. I hardly think you can give 'Maybe' the credit for creating the blueprint for Duffy and Adele :unsure:

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I've always thought that Emma Bunton didn't get much credit for Maybe

but she actually made the blueprint for Duffy/Adele

cannot think of any other female doing that kind of sound with a retro vibe from like 60s/70s

Duffy kinda took the concept of Maybe and sold it to the masses :)

I've been having similar thoughts actually. I'd say it was Amy Winehouse that specifically kickstarted the trend of 60s influence in pop music that would dominate 2007/8, but it's interesting that Emma was doing this ahead of the trend. Her cover of 'Downtown' was released at a similar time to 'Rehab' too.

 

Christina's 'Back to Basics' also followed that retro style although it focused more on pre-60s.

I don't think Duffy's Rockferry album sounds like Gabrielle at all, Gabrielle was more regular soul music, soul-pop, don't find her music very retro to be honest

but I do feel like the sound in Rockferry is kinda in the same vein of Maybe...

Gabrielle went retro with Give Me A Little More Time.

 

That was all over the radio for years!

 

And I was saying for years that it would have been a no.1 if released after NBTSA :cheeseblock: I just thought the singles were the brilliant Goin Down, ITTY, NBTSA, Phone Song, in that order!

I thought for ages that Sitting Down Here by Lene Marlin was actually by Emma Bunton. It does sound like her a lot in terms of style and vocals.

 

:cheeseblock:

 

Lene Martin! She was the Michelle Branch before Michelle Branch released. Think she had a song out at the same time as Hollier.

I Turn to You came after Never Be the Same Again

Gabrielle went retro with Give Me A Little More Time.

Yeah, and also 'When A Woman' and 'Out Of Reach', which all predated 'Maybe'.

I've always thought that Emma Bunton didn't get much credit for Maybe

but she actually made the blueprint for Duffy/Adele

cannot think of any other female doing that kind of sound with a retro vibe from like 60s/70s

Duffy kinda took the concept of Maybe and sold it to the masses :)

 

It is quite interesting because Emma was doing 60s/70s sound before them, Amy Winehouse or even Lily Allen... Whilst those took it by storm, Bunton kind of started the experiment into that sound in the pop realm.

 

Maybe, just like Free Me, I'll Be There and Crickets Sing for AnaMaria deserved much more success than they got. Spice-fatigue was at an all time high and they werent given as much attention as *some of them* deserved -_-

 

If there was any fairness in the UK, the Free Me album would have sold in the region of Northern Star and Schizo and spawned international tours. Unfortunately it didnt...

 

My biggest missed opportunity with that album was the lack of tour and a final 5th single. Both were rumoured and both would have helped things even more, whilst establishing her as a live act, which she isnt at all nowadays...

The problem was Spice fatigue. They were huge, with even What Took You So Long having loads of hype, managing 2 weeks at no.1, and then suddenly ... they weren't.

 

It is interesting that Emma was releasing retro-sounding songs first. Amy Winehouse, Duffy, Adele, even a few of Rachel Stevens', came next, but I wouldn't say she started the trend. Maybe if she had released Maybe as the first single and done it maybe a year earlier before the fatigue, she could have had a huge era, but we'll never know.

Yeah, and also 'When A Woman' and 'Out Of Reach', which all predated 'Maybe'.

It's about what started the trend, I don't think you could argue that music from the 90s/very early 00s is specifically what kickstarted the 60s-influence takeover in 2007/8. Also, Gabrielle's music might be soulful but I don't think it's got a particularly 60s vibe in the way some of Emma's music definitely did. I still stand by that it was Amy Winehouse who really started the trend (it was clearly an authentic genre for Amy, she didn't start doing it because Emma was, lol) but it is interesting that Emma was making this sort of music just ahead of the trend.

I wonder if Spice fatugue would have happened if only two or three had gone solo, rather than all five, like with most other bands hmm. Robbie barely had any solo competition from Taketh Thateth.

It's about what started the trend, I don't think you could argue that music from the 90s/very early 00s is specifically what kickstarted the 60s-influence takeover in 2007/8. Also, Gabrielle's music might be soulful but I don't think it's got a particularly 60s vibe in the way some of Emma's music definitely did. I still stand by that it was Amy Winehouse who really started the trend (it was clearly an authentic genre for Amy, she didn't start doing it because Emma was, lol) but it is interesting that Emma was making this sort of music just ahead of the trend.

 

Maybe that is Emma's sound, too. The Spices have Finest Suit, Never Give Up On The Good Times and Lady Is A Vamp. Maybe she pushed for those songs to be on the albums. I'll have to check the creditsto see if she helped Geri write those ones.

Maybe that is Emma's souns, too. The Spices have Finest Suit, Never Give Up On The Good Times and Lady Is A Vamp. Maybe she pushed for those songs to be on the albums. I'll have to check the creditsto see if she helped Geri write those ones.

You wouldn't be able to, they were credited as 'Spice Girls' as writers on the first two albums. My Strongest Suit isn't written by the Spice Girls, it's written by Tim Rice for the musical Aida.