SPICE GIRLS (with Owen Myers)
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Music journalist Owen Myers is back with DJ Louie to discuss the career and legend of British super girl group, Spice Girls. First, Louie and Owen talk through the history of girl groups and how various waves helped form the foundation for the Spice Girls\\u2019 ethos, before getting into the band\\u2019s journey from prefab answer to the UK boy band wave of the era to self-possessed girl-gang in control of their own destiny. Louie and Owen then discuss what made the Spice Girls and their explosion so singular with their debut album, 1996\\u2019s Spice, which cleverly fused American R&B tropes with a European pop sheen to create accessible music with edge, the ways they embodied their message of female friendship and solidarity above all else in their music and presentation and the vibe of fun, goofiness and sexiness which rendered them wholesome without ever seeming pandering. Next, Louie and Owen discuss Spice Girls\\u2019 second album and its accompanying movie, 1997\\u2019s Spice World, how the record expanded their sonic palette and the film, along with a panoply of endorsement deals, doubled down on their commercial prowess but also lent to burn out both on the part of the public and girls, how member Geri Halliwell\\u2019s sudden and explosive departure from the group in 1998 ended their brief imperial phase, the ways they\\u2019ve sured up their legacy over the last couple of decades and how the true meaning of Girl Power has reverberated through the pop that\\u2019s come after them. Finally, Louie and Owen rank Spice Girls in the official Pop Pantheon.
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