Best Member Of The Spice Girls

AW this is hard! posh far and away my favourite at the time but she's so freaky in a bad way now - emma is now the best but her cutesiness used to be v grating.

mel c 4eva

B, because of "I Want You Back"

Mel B had the best vocal bits once you mentally discount Mel C's showboating.

I don't know, they were all very equal for me. But I'll go with Mel B. She's certainly the one who's struggled the most outside of the Spice Girls spotlight (Bobby Brown's lovechild?) so she deserves a hug now.

I voted on which one is the hottest, then and now. Mel B easily.

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mel c's showboating was the worst bit. there's a live version of 'viva forever' which is a duet with pavarotti - at the end mel c decides it's a good idea to try and outsing him which is mildly embarrassing

I voted for Geri - which is how I'd have voted in their heyday I think. I'm not quite sure why, given the unremitting awfulness of her solo records but she seemed to embody the spirit of the band at their best, in the first year or two.

What to do? Amber likes Geri for obvious reasons. Alice likes Mel C for also obv reasons.

Mel C was the one with at least a hint of talent, so it has to be her.

Emma of course.

Mel B is the only other one I like.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/MarkGrout/cowgirls.jpg

posh has turned into a weird anime robot, so posh it is

scary

Confusing: posh is now looking scary :-/

I thought this might be a tough one, but I quickly realised it had to be Geri. I still have a soft spot for Mel C but V, E and Mel B have always irritated me a bit.

What The Lex said in his first post.

I had a k-embarrassing moment at a work social function in 1996 when the subject of this poll came up. I contrived to appear either stupid or racist or both.

has it been running for that long?

I fancied Posh at the time but, yeah, look how that turned out. Mel B's pretty cool, I agree, but I had to go for Emma. Mel C still has a moderatley succesful solo career in mainland Europe, efforts range from awful power ballads to trance pop to a cover of "I Want Candy". All of it pretty dire.

wasn't there a Stinky Spice that got kicked out of the band early on for poor hygiene?

The Sixth Spice

You're thinking of Marcel, the Friends monkey who was fired because he vomited up live worms, aren't you? :-)

I kind of can't comprehend how Posh could be anyone's favorite, considering they did the pop group equivalent of keeping her in a box under the stairs. The only line I ever remember her singing is the "You don't need to say 'I love you'/'Cuz I'll shag you anyway"* part of "Say You'll Be There".

Mel B has Eddie Murphy's love child, not Bobby Brown's. Despite this (and despite her being smokin' hot), I voted Mel C. I kind of want to change my vote.

*Thanks to Ally, that is how I will remember that part of the song forever and ever.

I voted Mel B. I may have been swayed by exposure to her album 'Hot'.

http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y7Y2BTGCL._AA240_.jpg

Not that I've ever heard it, but I'm sure it's very good.

DAMMIT NOW I REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT TO CHANGE MY VOTE

geri but really they were all terrible, unremittingly.

I kind of can't comprehend how Posh could be anyone's favorite, considering they did the pop group equivalent of keeping her in a box under the stairs. The only line I ever remember her singing is the "You don't need to say 'I love you'/'Cuz I'll shag you anyway"* part of "Say You'll Be There".

Spice Girls were MULTIMEDIA PHENOMENON, the music is only one of many factors to consider!

(To be perfectly honest tho from what I can remember posh was pretty lame in all of those other factors, too.)

It's all about Sporty, I think she's probably quite nice.

xpost yeah your parantheses are correct. she was rubbish.

Although, if we're talking solo careers none of the others have produced a single to match Emma's 'Maybe'.

LOL @ HI DERE's subtle "now I really really really wanna"

^_^

Mel B is the only one who released a non-Spice Girls record I like. Granted, it probably had more to do with Missy Elliot, but even so..

I don't think that Mel B/Missy single was very good, and I love Missy.

geri had the largest ta-tas

you all lack attention to detail

oh fuck

Ginger was absolutely the best member! I loved her as a kid. She was the attitude and the newsmaker. None of the Spice Girls made even a blip in the US solo-wise (even as a group after their debut they went downhill quickly) so I can only speak to what I remember from years ago.

This one:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/duncanidaho5/geripregnant.jpg

I would once have had a hard time with this, but they seem to have all sorted it out over the years so that Emma's the most likeable.

Soft spot for Mel C, though -- I might have pegged her as a favorite right around the time of the Spice dissolution. Important question I always wanted to see her answer: does being sporty (a) suck, because you have to wear track pants and look like an idiot, or (b) rule, because everyone else has to maintain ridiculous getups and you get to wear functional dance-appropriate clothes / dress like an unemployed person?

haha

this is so hard.

mel b's hand looks HUGE up there, like a troll is grabbing her from behind...

Rrraaoooww
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/750000/images/_752113_posh300.jpg

This was a little harder than I thought. All got consideration except for Posh. Speaking of Posh, one thing fun I remembered is that right after they came out I debated whether I should have a secret crush on Posh because she was mysterious (she never sings! she never dances! she never smiles! who's that girl!)

i voted emma

I think I'm voting for Posh because wasn't she signed to Jay-Z's record label once upon a time? Plus how often do you get to vote for Skeletor with boobs in any sort of democratic process?

how often do you get to vote for Skeletor with boobs in any sort of democratic process?

the Maxim Hot 100 is once a year, right?

This was a little harder than I thought. All got consideration except for Posh. Speaking of Posh, one thing fun I remembered is that right after they came out I debated whether I should have a secret crush on Posh because she was mysterious (she never sings! she never dances! she never smiles! who's that girl!)

-- Billy Pilgrim, Wednesday, June 6, 2007 7:11 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I remember feeling vaguely sorry for her because all the rest got to sing their own bit and all she got to do was stand and pout. As it turns out, that was a good move. Work with your talents.

Emma has two hall of fame caliber singles post-Spice (Maybe, What Took You So Long), but she seemed superfluous during the Spice era. So a tough question.

I go with Sporty. She had the attitude, and actually contributed something interesting vocally.

I congratulate the thread on the long-overdue appreciation of Mel B's hotness. No one gave her enough hotness credit in the US back in the day.

This is so hard. I think they were the only group of this type where all 5 singers were very attractive (at the peak of their fame).. (and prove me wrong if you'd like)

But there were only 4 singers + a robot w/ pirhana teeth!

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/4118/vicfluxleadgc5.jpg

http://www.mollygood.com/mtv/victorias-in-flux-20070606/

I've always thought B was the hottest and kind of wondered why she of all of them was "Scary" Spice.

C - because of 'never be the same again'

Oh yeah, not a bad single that, I'd forgotten about it.

Emma's solo stuff is clearly the best. Mel C's single with Lisa Left Eye wasn't bad at all and I quite enjoyed Mel B's "Feels So Good."

Having said that, I think the best solo Spice single is Posh's "Out Of Your Mind" with the True Steppers. I actually still remember my dad singing it in the car.

In the end, I voted for Mel B because of her laugh.

geri geri geri geri geri geri geri geri geri

Having said that, I think the best solo Spice single is Posh's "Out Of Your Mind" with the True Steppers

otm. DANE YR OUT OF YR MIND

ok so yeah despite what she is now i guess my vote goes to victoria.

(she was my favourite at the time because she had the best hair.)

At the time I was happy that Sophie Ellis-Bextor beat her to the top but now I'm sad she's the only solo Spice not to have a number 1. But in general SEB>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>victoria.

SEB is very mediocre, 'groovejet' apart i don't think she has made a single song worth more than 6/10. most of victoria's solo work is unmentionable ut 'outta your mind' = solid gold, 10/10, and better than 'groovejet'. vicky b wins.

<I>SEB is very mediocre</I>

LEX YR OUT OF YOUR MIND.

"I think they were the only group of this type where all 5 singers were very attractive (at the peak of their fame).. (and prove me wrong if you'd like)"

Girls Aloud blow them out of the water on the attractiveness front.

Really, on all fronts, now that I think about it. And I like the Spice Girls a lot.

once again straight men's taste in women bemuses me.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

once again straight men's taste in women bemuses me.

Straight men having different taste to gay men in women, shocker.

Look at Me

But I'll go with Mel B. She's certainly the one who's struggled the most outside of the Spice Girls spotlight (Bobby Brown's lovechild?) so she deserves a hug now.

-- Tim F, Wednesday, June 6, 2007 11:26 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

tim finney, not the tastemaker you thought he was!

Its a TRAVESTY!

Seriously, Mel C? "I couldn't live without my phone/But you don't even have a home??"

far out.

Has anyone seen Emma's recent tomato sauce commercial? Cute but so RANDOM.

Did anyone see Emma Bunton on NEIGHBOURS?

Plus, tonight Sinitta as an Australian tourist. That's random!

Spice Girls were MULTIMEDIA PHENOMENON, the music is only one of many factors to consider!

Music is music and nothing but music. If the music doesn't hold up, then bothering makes no sense at all.

so why are you in this thread

Geir let ILM have a thread about the ta-tas for once

Emma was on Absolutely Fabulous so I voted for her.

Ta-tas is ta-tas and nothing but ta-tas. If the ta-tas doesn't hold up, then bothering makes no sense at all.

Music is music and nothing but music. If the music doesn't hold up, then bothering makes no sense at all.

No - I've never heard your music and I still bother with the luvly Geirbot posts!

"tim finney, not the tastemaker you thought he was!"

Actually i'm inclined to change to Geri. I was thinking of the other day how excited my friends and I were to hear the Spice World album when it came out, and it felt like such a Geri-helmed concept album. Would anyone else have pushed for "The Lady Is A Vamp"?

"Look At Me" was good too, despite being a bit too obviously post-"History Repeating".

I voted on which one is the hottest, then and now. Mel B easily.

-- Pashmina, Wednesday, June 6, 2007 4:27 AM

otm

If you read the poll results from bottom to top, it's the "Hottest Member Of The Spice Girls" poll results.

I forgot that the other reason to vote for Mel B is the awesome bootleg jungle remix of "I Want You Back" that I have been searching for a copy for since day.

"But how can you BEEP BEEP... with no KEY!" (cue frantric drums)

The original is kind of meh though.

so why are you in this thread

"Viva Forever" and "Say You'll Be There" were nice songs, actually. Not that it was because of the Spice Girls' musical talent in any way (like most teenybopper pop they were written by outside writers), but still...

I have to say that I thought "Holler" was horribly underappreciated.

I have to say that I thought "Holler" was horribly underappreciatede

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It's no 2 Become 1, but it's nice.

I think they were the only group of this type where all 5 singers were very attractive (at the peak of their fame).. (and prove me wrong if you'd like)

i am suspicious that tom set up this poll when i was on holiday.

Girls Aloud blow them out of the water on the attractiveness front.

I'm American, so as I've heard a few Girls Aloud songs, I have no idea what they look like.

http://galleries.lycos.co.uk/d/13736-2/girlsaloud326x387.jpg

Now that I think of it, why hasn't GA been launched in America?

http://www.aintree.co.uk/cmsimages/Girls%20Aloud%20web.jpg

i like the whorish one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9ZVZrlzcoU&feature=youtu.be

Err.. it's Geri singing I Got A Name, with Ron Wood on guitar.