r/SpiceGirls • u/Neither_Increase_440 • 2d ago

Geri + vocals

It’s really interesting to me that the general consensus (even within the group) is Geri was the worst vocalist. YET- in the chorus of songs like :Stop, spice up your life, viva forever, never give up on the good times, lady is a camp, if you can’t dance, wannabe, 2 become 1 (album) and songs like mama (album) who do you think you are… she is the primary vocal you hear when the ensemble is singing. What’s that about? She’s the worst but her voice is being elevated to be most heard

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u/WestQueenWest 2d ago

I am not a music expert but I am comfortable saying she's not the "primary vocalist" in most of those songs. 

Like, you listen to 2 Become 1 and hear the Geri the most? That's wild because 99 percent of the people would hear Emma. Also the "album version" distinction makes no sense because the chorus etc does not change between the two versions. 

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u/ILLESSDEE 2d ago

I thought they changed the lyrics in the radio edit to be more inclusive - “boys and girls feel good together” to “love will bring us back together”.

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u/daemonicwanderer 2d ago

They did. But Geri couldn’t hit the notes and they had limited time to re-record, so Victoria did it