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Spice Girls top bands reunion poll
Yahoo (U.K.) ^ | 8/18/06 | Staff

Posted on 08/18/2006 8:54:43 AM PDT by Millee

The Spice Girls have been voted the band most people would like to see get back together.

Even though it's been a decade since they burst onto the music scene with the undeniably catchy Wannabe and their Girl Power slogan, the five-some took 17% of the vote in the Yahoo poll.

They beat legendary music acts such as The Jam and the Stone Roses to take the top spot.

Rock legends Led Zeppelin took second place and The Police came in third.

"The Spice Girls' music, like it or loathe it, has that amazing ability to transport the listener straight back to their heyday," said Gareth Bellamy, Editor of Yahoo! Music UK.

And voters might just get their wish.

The girls - Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm and Melanie Brown - are rumoured to be planning a comeback.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: music; reunion
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To: Froufrou

My sister informs me it's the one in the middle...and I hate myself for even thinking about getting an answer...


21 posted on 08/18/2006 9:20:17 AM PDT by JRios1968 (This kid knows how to wallop a baseball!!!!!!)
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To: Millee

Z.


22 posted on 08/18/2006 9:21:01 AM PDT by DoctorMichael (A wall first. A wall now.)
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To: Millee
The Spice Girls have been voted the band most people would like to see get back together.

John Lennon and George Harrison couldn't be reached for comment...

23 posted on 08/18/2006 9:21:58 AM PDT by JRios1968 (This kid knows how to wallop a baseball!!!!!!)
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To: Millee

?????????

I'd much rather see a GnR Reunion!


24 posted on 08/18/2006 9:22:03 AM PDT by RockinRight (She rocks my world, and I rock her world.)
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To: JRios1968

She Bang comes to mind, with that mirhtless oriental from Idol singing it.


25 posted on 08/18/2006 9:22:07 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Millee

Yep,
no Cow stomach soup for me!


26 posted on 08/18/2006 9:25:35 AM PDT by najida (The internet is for kids grown up-- Where else could you have 10,000 imaginary friends?)
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To: Millee
Buffalo Springfield

The Yardbirds

The Kinks

27 posted on 08/18/2006 9:30:21 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: Froufrou

LOL


I need to wipe my keyboard...coffee at high pressure is not good for it!


28 posted on 08/18/2006 9:31:14 AM PDT by JRios1968 (This kid knows how to wallop a baseball!!!!!!)
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To: Froufrou
Tell us what you think, what you really, really think. ;o)

They're not even that good looking!

29 posted on 08/18/2006 9:33:08 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: RockinRight

Shocking! I would've figured you for a Captain & Tennille type of guy. ;o)


30 posted on 08/18/2006 9:35:49 AM PDT by Millee (A joke then, a joke N.O.W.)
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To: JRios1968
John Lennon and George Harrison couldn't be reached for comment...

My dream is for Paul and Ringo to go on tour with Eric Clapton.

31 posted on 08/18/2006 9:36:03 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: Gay State Conservative

How about Dire Straits but ban them from playing ANYTHING from "Brothers in Arms."


32 posted on 08/18/2006 9:36:58 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: Millee

Legendary "The Jam" and "Stone Roses"?

Never heard of them. How could they be "legendary?" You have to be a household name for that.


33 posted on 08/18/2006 9:37:45 AM PDT by subterfuge (If Liberals hated terrorists like they hate Bush the war would be over by now)
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To: wagglebee

Sporty Spice, gender I.D.-challenged,


34 posted on 08/18/2006 9:39:21 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: wagglebee

I see your point...Slowhand was a huge influence on George's music and viceversa, and I am sure he can play George's parts just as well. Now, add Julian Lennon (for the voice and physical resemblance to John) and you have yourself a semi-reunion.


35 posted on 08/18/2006 9:39:33 AM PDT by JRios1968 (This kid knows how to wallop a baseball!!!!!!)
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To: subterfuge

Maybe they're "legends" in the U.K. (that's where this poll is from). Still, the Spice Girls?????


36 posted on 08/18/2006 9:39:49 AM PDT by Millee (A joke then, a joke N.O.W.)
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To: JRios1968

Don't forget George's son Dhani (he plays guitar, but I haven't heard him sing).

Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Dhani Harrison (along with many others) did play together during a show called "Concert for George." I saw it on PBS and bought the DVD, which is very good. I liked Julian's first CD, but he seems to have disappeared.


37 posted on 08/18/2006 9:44:16 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Millee
Maybe they're "legends" in the U.K. (that's where this poll is from). Still, the Spice Girls?????

With maybe two or three exceptions (Grateful Dead, Eagles and a couple others), the most legendary groups in history have been from the UK. Unless this poll was limited to people under 20 years old, I don't see how they ever came up with the Spice Girls.

38 posted on 08/18/2006 9:46:55 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: JRios1968

Back in 1988 I saw Clapton play and he had Mark Knopfler (sp?) of Dire Straits touring with him and doing back-up vocals and that concert was absolutely incredible!


39 posted on 08/18/2006 9:48:27 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee

That would be a good duo to listen to. I am waiting for Rush to start touring again, personally. I know, they haven't broken up, but they need to start rocking again.


40 posted on 08/18/2006 9:50:10 AM PDT by JRios1968 (This kid knows how to wallop a baseball!!!!!!)
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