Look at my pierced tongue! Again! Apparently, piercing your tongue means you can never shut your mouth in photographs again.
Spgmelb: Hello everybody, I am now here!!
AOLiveMC7: Yeahhhh!
Spgmelb: My computer is crap!!!
AOLiveMC7: Let's start with another question...
How do you guys like AOL??? I love your music.

Spgmelb: I want some good questions, please I love America Online. It's a chance to speak to the world.
Question: I have so many Spice Girl nicknames - which ones do you like the best?
Spgmelb: Tell me which nicknames you have.
Question: Do you plan on releasing a new album anytime soon???
Spgmelb: Yes, before Christmas.
Question: Hi Melanie B -- you are my fave Spice Girl! What is your biggest inspiration?
Spgmelb: Hi Bowser! Life, people, love and naughtiness.
Question: I like your style of clothes a lot, do you pick them yourself or do you have a costume designer?
Spgmelb: I pick them myself. Can't you tell?
[Yes, quite easily]
Question: Who is your favourite Spice Girl to hang out with?
Spgmelb: Probably Geri or Emma.
Question: I would just like to say that you are awesome, with the rest of them, though I think you are the best Spice Girl, just wanted to say Hi, and keep up the good work. By the way, Are you gals really feminists or is that just a cool logo? (GIRL POWER!)
Spgmelb: Thank you for saying I'm your favourite. And yes, we do believe in female solidarity!
Question: What do you like best about being a Spice Girl?
Spgmelb: What do you believe in? Everything!
Question: What's your favourite Spice Girls song?
Spgmelb: Hello Jason! Nice to hear from you again! My song is "If U Can't Dance".
Question: So, what is Prince Charles Really like? Did you get to meet his sons??
Spgmelb: Prince Charles is cool and no, we didn't meet his sons. He did ask me about my tongue pierce.
Question: What does all that Spanish mean in "If U Can't Dance" ?
Spgmelb: It's about a guy who looks good but when he dances looks like crap.
Question: Do you think looks helped your career in anyway??? Or just talent alone?
Spgmelb: I think it's a mixture of everything -- looks, image, attitude, and a general vibe about yourself.
[Note how she didn't include 'talent' on that list]
Question: Hey, where did you guys get started? What's the best sites and addresses for spice stuff?
Spgmelb: Stop asking me boring questions.
[Somehow, when Geri said similar things it came across as playful, but Mel B just sounds mean]
Question: What was your first job?
Spgmelb: I worked in a jeans shop, why do you want to know?
Question: Did it hurt when you got your tongue pierced?
Spgmelb: No, but two days after, it swelled up and that hurt but I've got girl power!!
Question: Mel, I think you are amazing, do you have any other piercing besides your tongue ring?
Spgmelb: I'm not telling you, that's for me to know and you to find out.
Question: Where did you learn to dance?
Spgmelb: You can't learn to dance, you've just got to feel the music.
Question: Do you have any pets?
Spgmelb: Yes, pet tropical fish, that talk to me on a night... How old are you?
Question: Is it hard having any sort of private life?
Spgmelb: No, not at all, nobody's in my bedroom at night (media).
Question: What have Spice Girls been doing lately?
Spgmelb: Touring around New York and Spicing things up.
Question: What's the deal with the rumour about the PEPSI single?
Spgmelb: It's out, you should be seeing it on your TV any day. We filmed it in LA, it was great.
[Please boycott Pepsi]
Question: Who is the biggest female inspiration in your life?
Spgmelb: Tracy Chapin, Neneh Cherry and any other good music that's Tracy Chapman!! Sorry.
Question: Were you in any groups before Spice Girls?
Spgmelb: No, I was a dancer on the dole.
AOLiveMC7: From MAT NOMIS:
Is it possible for an average person like me to get an autographed picture of you?

Spgmelb: You are not an average person, and yes it is possible. Leave your address in my e-mail.
Question: What is the thing you most dread in life...besides kissing someone with braces... :)
Spgmelb: I don't dread kissing anyone with braces and I don't dread anything in life aside from toe sucking.
AOLiveMC7: Hippo from England asks:
Hello, I am from England, how is the USA coping with you ? :-)

Spgmelb: It's mighty fine.
Question: Do you believe in fate?
Spgmelb: Yes, and the spiritual world.
Question: Hi Mel! What kind of career do you want to pursue after the end of Spice Girls (I hope that never happens)?
Spgmelb: Who knows what will happen, but I will always be a Spice Girl.
Question: Which part of England are you from?
Spgmelb: Leeds. I'm a friendly Northerner.
Question: Melanie, How did you meet the rest of the singers in Spice Girls?
Spgmelb: That's a long story.
[So far, three out of five girls has said something similar to this (I haven't yet given a close look at Mel C's and Victoria's transcripts). Smooth]
Question: What are your favourite nail polish colours?
Spgmelb: I am into leopard nail art, its kickin'!!!
Question: Do you sing the Spanish rap in "If U Can't Dance" (Please answer this, I have to know!)
[They have to know??]
Spgmelb: No Geri sings that because she's half Spanish, her top half!!
Question: What's your favourite film of all time?
Spgmelb: That's a hard one, but I'd have to say Pulp Fiction or any cartoons.
Question: Do the other Spice Girls bug you about your hair as much as they say in interviews?
Spgmelb: Yes, because its getting bigger and bigger.
Question: How did you come up with the name "Spice Girls"?
Spgmelb: Ask Geri.
Question: Did you get to meet Robert DeNiro on "Saturday Night Live"?
Spgmelb: Yes we did; he was very sexy, but a bit too old and doddery.
Question: Hi MEL B who is your favourite BACKSTREET BOYS?
Spgmelb: None of them.
[For once, she says something intelligent]
Question: What was the weirdest thing a fan ever did??
AOLiveMC7: Hmmmm....
Spgmelb: Um, one of them tried to grab the hair on my head.
Question: Can you please tell us about your upcoming movie?
Spgmelb: Let's Spice up the questions please! Ask Geri.
[That's the second time she's referred people to Geri. I can only assume this is because Geri is the only intelligent Spice Girl]
Question: How do you spend your days off?
Spgmelb: Chilling out, or partying, I'm an extreme kind of gal.
Question: I heard that zigazigha is an inside joke with the group, is it, please explain?
Spgmelb: Yes, it is an inside joke and it's going to stay that way.
Question: What do you think you'll be doing at 40?
Spgmelb: I'll be mad, wrinkly and with a good looking Toy Boy.
[It's boy toy]
AOLiveMC7: LOL OK...next question:
What kind of sports are you into?

Spgmelb: Bedroom activities.
[Yet she gets mad when people call her an old slapper]
Question: Mel B what's the most extreme thing you've ever done, 1 good, 1 bad, please!
Spgmelb: Flashed out of Four Seasons LA hotel.
AOLiveMC7: That was our last question tonight, by the way!
Spgmelb: Cheated on my science exam. Bye Bye
AOLiveMC7: Thanks, Mel B for chilling with us. Have any closing words...?
Spgmelb: Thank you all for supporting us and the Scary fans out there...keep it scary!
AOLiveMC7: Thanks, Scary Spice, glad to have you with us.. Good night.
AOLiveMC5: Thanks for hanging with us Mel B.
Spgmelb: Good night.

Interview © 1997 Virgin Ltd/Spice Girls, licenced to America Online Inc. Comments in italics are mine, all other comments edited for spelling only.

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