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Is that true? I’m 15 and in the uk everyone knows who the spice girls are
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I mean, that's always been true...there has been no point in human history where 50%+ of 14-19 year-olds on the planet knew who the Spice Girls were. >

But america is the world!!!  Right?  Right.... >

The spice girls are British. >

what?! They speak english, obviously they‘re american!!! >

America invented girls! >

Girls invented spice >

Spice must flow >

My dessert, my Arrakis, my Dune! >

I don't like sand >

No Arab loves the desert. We love water and green trees. There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing. >

We live in a world where no teenager know who Urgrak, inventor of mammoth poke stick, is >

Nobody remembers Thag anymore but we still fear the Thagomizer. >

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consider that:


even today's celebrities aren't well known to those not frequently browsing the internet


search algorithm isolating content you "don't frequently see" 


developing countries, some don't have soc-med access >

You did not have to be on the internet to be known in the 90s. Spice Girls sold more than 100 million records, they were quite famous and not just in Northern Europe or the US. I was in elementary school in Turkey around that time and every girl wanted to be like one of the Spice Girls. >

Well yeah, obviously, that’s just how things work. They exist for a while then gradually get less and less relevant. That’s how it works with everything and it’s going to happen to probably all of our favourite artists and song writers. >

Very true. I guess when something is a big part of your childhood, it lives on in your mind, but you tend to forgot that might not be the case for newer generations. >

I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you! >

You alright Abe? >

I’m In Love! No, Wait It’s A Stroke >

Teenagers today weren't even alive when the Spice Girls  were popular. >

Lucky bastards. They have never known a world without Nirvana but they didn’t have to suffer through a seemingly endless sea of hair metal. >

Suffer? Who was suffering? You can rip Def Leppard and Van Halen out of my cold dead hands mate 💀 >

You feel the same about Cinderella, Danger Danger, Saigon Kick, Brittney Fox, Extreme, Mr. Big, Warrant, Winger, and Great White? >

Aw hell yeah, never heard of Saigon Kick or Extreme, but I can think of at least a few good songs from the rest (might have to check them out now lol) 👍
Obviously not as good as bands like Motley Crue or Guns n Roses, but that Gypsy Road can take me home any night.
Also Winger is criminally underrated, those first two albums were great front to back. Plus Kip is hot AF, just look at that beautiful mug. >

We live in a world where some Americans can buy alcohol but don’t remember 9/11 because they weren’t born yet. >

We live in a world when people are born all the time, and everybody is getting older except for those that are dying. >

I know; I sound like my parents’ generation talking about the Kennedy assassination. >

So?... Tell me what you want?.... what you really... really want?... >

I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want! >

so tell me what you want, what you really really want >

I'll tell you what you want, what you really want! >

Of course, it’s a jojo reference and the stand of Trish from Vento Aureo >

GioGio reference? >

who would’ve thought a band made in the early 90s would be unknown by kids born in the mid 2000s? >

But teenagers today DO know about the Spice Girls
Edit: I'm 21, I knew about the Spice Girls in my teenage years, and other kids knew a few songs. I just asked my 16 year old brother if he knows them, and he said him and his friends do, but not many of their songs. >

I don’t mean not every single one doesn’t they will be unknown by a few obviously >

i lost a trivia contest because i could only make 3 of the five. i forgot posh and scary. 
it’s posh, scary, baby, ginger, and sporty. i don’t know any of their songs, i just know victoria beckham is posh spice >

What about gravy spice?! And cilantro.. >

Legitimately the only reason I still think about the spice girls at all is that Geri is married to Christian Horner, Red Bull Racing F1 team principal, and his shenanigans are masterclass >

Maybe its because I'm austrian but I love watching Christian Horner >

You have any data to back this up? Teens were definitely playing spice girls just 5 years ago. >

teenagers have access to the internet and have probably come across them. As a teen myself, I knew who they were since my childhood >

At first I found this idea hopeful, but the things that have replaced the spice girls are much worse. >

Remember when Pink was the weird one? >

And now her brand of weirdness doesn't hold a candle to this generation of pop stars >

Once Lady Gaga popped up the game was changed. >

Yes. It remember loving her in high school, when she first came into public consciousness. Then slowly, Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry started to wear crazy outfits. >

That sounds like my dad in the 90s, who judged me because I didn't know about Pink Floyd. Nobody needs to know a washed up 90s band now. >

To be fairrrrrr…there’s a damn load of difference between the Spice Girls and Pink Floyd. >

Very fair point indeed. One is cheap and replaceable, one stands the test of time. >

um, ... thank God?  Or you can tell 'em what you want, what you really, really want! >

Why would people born in 2007 know a group that stopped being popular in 2000? >

haven’t been a fan of bubble-gum pop, ever.  Their brand wasn’t too cringe, but helped pave the way for entire genres of cringe. >

Very true. They were pioneers in that sense. Whether you regard that as good or bad. >

not too dissimilar from throwing gasoline on a tire fire. >

This is them, right? >

I saw that post a few minutes ago >

Question: do british young people know more about artists of old, compared to american young people? >

Young british* >

Britlings, or even Englits. >

First one yes second one no >

But how will they know what they want, what they really really want? Who will tell them? >

Would you expect kids in the 90s to know about artists from the 70s? >

Well, being a 90s kid, I've always known about ABBA, and both acts had 9 UK number 1s. ABBA was no longer an active group when I was born, so I'm not sure I understand your point. >


so I'm not sure I understand your point.

Are you being serious right now? >

Yes, I'm serious. If a 90s kid can be familiar with music from the 70s, by the same logic, there's no reason for a 2000s kid not to be familiar with 90s music. 🤷🏻‍♂️ >

I guarantee you there’s lots of 90s music that’s still well known.  I also guarantee you that you wouldn’t recognize the majority of billboard hits across the decades.  There’s a confirmation bias at work here; some things stay memorable and some don’t.  Sometimes the things that slide to the wayside were genuinely good, but didn’t catch the attention of the next wave of music fans and thus faded. In general, the sheer deluge of songs and artists is just too much to keep up with. 
The reason ’music in the past was better’ is the filter has already activated, and most songs don’t go through. >

A very sound explanation indeed. I agree completely. There's also a huge nostalgia factor involved leading to the bias you've pointed out. >

I'm 29 and I don't even know who the Spice Girls are or why they're famous >

Same i turn 30 next month. >

I'm here to say from recent experience, no. 
This weekend my(29f) went to my youngest brother's 16th birthday. He and his group of friends karaoked "Wannabe" not perfectly, but they knew it. I was pretty impressed with their range of musical taste in general. >

great, now some algorithm is going to write a commercial using one of their songs and we have to live through it again >

All I know is that it's a particular type of stand that makes things very soft and rubbery. >

... I'm 25 and know one of the spice girls judged America's got talent but that's about it >

You’ll be glad to know, OP, that my latest poll on the Stardew Valley sub was an absolute win for the Spice Girls fandom. >

I'm more dedicated to making sure they know who The Beatles, Stones, Hendrix, Sabbath, Zeppelin, The Who, Deep Purple, Metallica, Elvis, Chuck Berry and Stevie Wonder are. >

That’s that old group of ladies right. Something about sliced bread? >

we live in a world where people can’t handle the concept of time