Though the one who has ei big bra has gone,I still love
thee--Spice.
The Spice Girls were the first major British pop music phenomenon
of the mid-'9
0s to not have a debt to independent pop-rock. Instead, the
all-female quintet d
erived from the dance-pop tradition that made Take That the most
popular British
group of the early '90s, but there was one crucial difference. The
Spice Girls
used dance-pop as a musical base, but they infused the music with a
fiercely ind
ependent, feminist stance that was equal parts Madonna,
post-riot-grrrl alternat
ive-rock feminism, and a co-opting of the good-times-all-the-time
stance of Engl
and's new lad culture. Their proud, all-girl image and catchy
dance-pop appealed
to younger listeners, while their colorful, sexy personalities and
sense of hum
or appealed to older music fans, making the Spice Girls a
cross-generational suc
cess. The group also became chart-toppers throughout Europe in
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