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Beatles forums => The Beatles => Topic started by: Mairi on January 09, 2005, 04:26:57 PM

Title: It can't be!!!
Post by: Mairi on January 09, 2005, 04:26:57 PM

I was reading somewhere and it said that the Spice Girls beat the Beatles in chart success! PLEEEEEAAAASE tell me this isn't true!!!!

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: on January 09, 2005, 04:29:51 PM

what! thas bollocks

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Post by: Indica on January 09, 2005, 04:31:22 PM

haha, I know, I think I read that somewhere.
Its a sad fact of life.

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Post by: Lenny Pane on January 09, 2005, 04:37:35 PM

even so ... the is NO comparison between those 2 ....the difference is that, wot has the spice girls done for music ? and look wot the Beatles did for music ... they CHANGED IT ! enough said i think lol

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: strawb3rryfi3ldsfor3ver on January 09, 2005, 05:04:36 PM

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No. Way. :O

Dude...no. Um, i'm going to put this out of my mind. I'm getting flashbacks of the nineties and being forced to learn these songs. It hurts me so, lol.

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: Mairi on January 09, 2005, 05:06:53 PM

You were forced to learn those songs? well, I actually liked them way back when. *shame shame*
But I've come to my senses now.

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: Indica on January 09, 2005, 05:18:38 PM

^ haha, well, at least your honest.
Cant say I was into music when I was little....I ws brainwashed by the Snes.

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: Mairi on January 09, 2005, 07:36:44 PM

The what?

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Post by: SieLiebtDich on January 09, 2005, 07:57:14 PM

hmm *shakes head*

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: An Apple Beatle on January 09, 2005, 08:23:52 PM

I think they got more no.1's on the trot beginning from their first release in the UK.......5 or 6??....but then so did Westlife....It dos'nt take a lot of sales to get to No.1 these days anyway. It's all fixed by the major record labels anyway.

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: unevergivemeurmoney on January 09, 2005, 08:44:53 PM

i completely agree. wtf? beat the freaking BEATLES??? how...i guess the slut factor had sumthing to do w/ it...

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: Indica on January 09, 2005, 08:53:14 PM

The Snes - Super Nintendo  8)

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: on January 09, 2005, 10:08:41 PM

megadrive was better.

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: GroovinUpSlowly on January 09, 2005, 11:02:47 PM

I remember likeing the Spice Girls... I have the movie lol.... oh how very much the 90's suckeddddddddd

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: Indica on January 09, 2005, 11:51:30 PM

[quote by=Jake link=Blah.pl?b=cc,m=1105288017,s=12 date=1105308521]megadrive was better.[/quote]

no way.

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: The End on January 10, 2005, 12:36:26 AM

Not true - I'm sure Wolf can supply us all with the chart facts :)

*whistles for Wolf*

Hey! A Wolf whistle!!! ;D

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: Bruno on January 10, 2005, 02:19:46 AM

you're right Indy the SNES rules

(http://www.vgmuseum.com/systems/snes/snes.jpg)

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: Herecomesyoursun on January 10, 2005, 02:34:31 AM

SnES, so much to love

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: Lostio on January 10, 2005, 07:19:28 PM

No, the Spice Girls did not beat the Beatles in chart success... They did however TIE with the Beatles in the record of "Most Consecutive Christmas No.1 Singles - UK", which states both bands had three consecutive no. 1 Christmas Singles.

Besides that, the Beatles have beaten the Spice Girls in any other chart success record that I'm aware of.

(Duh!)

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: Mairi on January 10, 2005, 10:33:00 PM

Wow, Christmas singles... that's such an accomplishment! ::)

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: Wolf on January 10, 2005, 10:33:02 PM

The Spice Girls are not even remotely close to matching any sort of chart record the Beatles hold, except for the one already mentioned (a silly Christmas chart record).

Here`s a list of some of the Beatles UK Chart records (I compiled this about 2 years ago, so some of the figures, weeks etc. are slightly outdated):


Most UK #1 Albums

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: Mairi on January 10, 2005, 11:20:20 PM

Hoo-ee! Well, I guess whoever wrote that book thing that I read must have been wrong. Thanks for clarifying.

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: number14 on January 10, 2005, 11:51:39 PM

i hope it isnt true

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: The End on January 11, 2005, 12:43:55 AM

I knew Wolf would know :)

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Post by: SieLiebtDich on January 11, 2005, 02:03:21 AM

alright! The Beatles are way better :-D

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Post by: pc31 on January 11, 2005, 10:50:36 AM

but the spices were fun to look at.........

Title: Re: It can't be!!!
Post by: Lenny Pane on January 11, 2005, 11:00:56 AM

i wouldnt work urselfs up over this guys/girls....we all know that the spices dont even come close to being as good as the Beatles.. the spice girls were only a pretty faced manufactured  pop faze...and one of the main reasons they had all that chart success is down to the record company buying all the records...in other words a FIX ! if bands wanna be classed as being as good as the beatles or even better then i suggest they start to write their own songs !!..... which i believe the spice girls didnt ...So wot if they matched or beat them in chart success... it means nothing ! at least with the beatles record sales they were GENUINE !