..and the punchline is:
"I'm not a narcissist. A narcissist is a person with a foolish infatuation with themselves. This isn't narcissism. This is the real thing."

Watching that reminds me of when Bob Geldof relaunched his music career post-Live Aid. It just didn't (still doesn't) seem right. Like seeing an uptight relative being drunk or dancing or something, just too uncomfortable to watch. Mrs Beckham is now something else, not sure what, but certainly not a singer any more.

Quite liked the idea of a Spice Girls reunion. Thought they'd come storming back with a rip-roaring disco belter and it would all add to the gaiety of the nation..
Instead we we have this pitiful wretch of a song. What a damp squib.

So far, my two favourite parts of the whole thing have been:-

1) At the first press conference, Victoria announcing that this was a chance for her boys "to see what Mummy does". You just have this image of her going home and them saying "but Mummy, you're not very good - even Geri was better than you..."

2) The story that Geri had proposed including some of their solo hits as part of the live show. Apparently Mel C & Emma were up for it, Mel B wasn't so sure and Victoria was dead against it, one suspects because it would highlight the fact that nobody (apart from Big Brother 8's Chanelle) can actually remember any of her solo songs.

Yes, it's a damp squib, indeed - but you can completely see why they had to write one like this for them, and not a belter.

None of the Spice Girls had strong voices to begin with, and of course none of them have had successful solo careers.

Result: weak singers who haven't sung a note in years.

So they wrote them a tune with low, barely moving, solo melody lines in the verses (apart from Mel C's bridge, natch); and the only part in which it goes higher is the chorus - which of course they all sing together, and which therefore means a) safety in numbers and b) the possibility of still singing low, in the harmonies beneath.

And I completely agree about seeing Victoria Beckham actually, you know, erm, *singing* now. It just seems wrong. Shouldn't she be out shopping or something?

The Spice Girls certainly have their knockers.