Melanie C may have been be part of the world's most successful girl band the Spice Girls, but did you know she has been producing her own albums since 1999 and has just released her sixth studio album, 'Version of Me'
For 20 year's Melanie C has been one of the UK's most successful female artists, constantly evolving her own brand of music and changing her appearance. While many of her contemporaries would have just retired from making music, having made their millions, Melanie C has continued to do the very thing she loves - make music and perform those tracks live.
VIDEO: Melanie C - Dear Life
Back in 1996 we knew her as Sporty Spice, with track suits and high kicks ....... 20 year's later and Melanie C is still as fit as ever, if her social media feeds and photo shoots are anything to go by. The mother of one has shown how to balance celebrity life with a healthy lifestyle that is the envy of most women in their 40's.
VIDEO: Melanie C - Anymore
Rumours of a Spice Girls reunion have certainly done the rounds and Mel C has made it clear that she is happy to leave the girls at the peak of their career with the lasting memory of the closing ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012. Her latest album Version of Me entered the UK album chart at number 25, and while not commercially successful - has continued to satisfy fans around the world.
Melanie C will be going on tour in April 2017 and tickets are available: HERE
Just watch one episode and the programme title will be in your head for the rest of the day! Shedaloogoo is a crazy mix of fun, quizzes and general mayhem.
Can you guess the song in Shedaloogoo Lyrics? Name This Location? Work out 'Who Am I?'
We take a trip down memory lane with the Teletubbies and ask, 'Where Are They Now?' Episode 1 takes us on a journey through Children's TV from the very beginning until today - how many programmes will you recognise?
Let us know your thoughts - completely bonkers or good fun?
I've been gone in the dark and the shadows
Been afraid to throw my heart in the battle
Yesterday felt the weight of the shackles
Not anymore… not anymore
Turn the lights, turn the lights, turn the lights on
Wanna rise feel the rush, wanna free fall
Through the night cause tonight
I'm unstoppable
Unstoppable
I wanna feel.....
I wanna feel.....
For once in my life, I'm gonna let go
For once in my life, I'm gonna do it for me
This is the time I've been waiting for
Stripping it all away I'm runnin’ free
For once in my life
For once in my life
Here I am, think you know what I came for
Make it loud, cause the world is my dance floor
Standing strong and it feels so incredible
Gimme some more, gimme some more
Turn the lights, turn the lights, turn the lights on
Wanna rise feel the rush, wanna free fall
Through the night cause tonight
I want it all
I want it all
I wanna feel.....
I wanna feel.....
For once in my life, I'm gonna let go
For once in my life, I'm gonna do it for me
This is the time I've been waiting for
Stripping it all away, I'm runnin’ free
For once in my life
For once in my life
(it’s now or never)
For once in my life
For once in my life
(it’s now or never)
Oh ohh ohhh ohhh ohhhh
Oh ohh ohhh ohhh ohhhh
I wanna feel….
For once in my life, I'm gonna let go
For once in my life, I'm gonna do it for me
This is the time I've been waiting for
Stripping it all away, I'm runnin’ free
For once in my life, I'm gonna let go
For once in my life, I'm gonna do it for me
This is the time I've been waiting for
Stripping it all away I'm runnin’ free
For once in my life
For once in my life
(it’s now or never)
For once in my life
For once in my life
(it’s now or never)
It took a week to make the spoof music video 'Love Is A Bourgeois Construct - Pet Shop Boys 'v' robmacca, but what was the inspiration behind the video? These two 'Making Of' videos explain how the video was created, with unseen footage and deleted clips. These videos might appeal to Pet Shop Boys fans or anyone who follows robmacca online and knows he is a little bit crazy!
VIDEO: Love Is A Bourgeois Construct (album version) Pet Shop Boys 'v' robmacca
I've been taking my time for a long time
Putting my feet up a lot
Speaking English as a foreign language
any words that I haven't forgot
I've been thinking how I can't be bothered
to wash the dishes or remake the bed
What's the point when I could doss instead?
I've been hanging out with various riff-raff
somewhere on the Goldhawk Road
I don't think it's gonna be much longer
'til I'm mugging up on the penal code
Love is a bourgeois construct
so I've given up on the bourgeoisie
Like all their aspirations, it's a fantasy
When you walked out you did me a favour
you made me see reality
that love is a bourgeois construct
It's a blatant fallacy
You won't see me with a bunch of roses
promising fidelity
Love doesn't mean a thing to me
Talking tough and feeling bitter
but better now it's clear to me
that love is a bourgeois construct
so I've given up the bourgeoisie
While the bankers all get their bonuses
I'll just get along with what I've got
Watching the weeds in the garden
Putting my feet up a lot
I'll explore the outer limits of boredom
moaning periodically
Just a full-time, lonely layabout
that's me
When you walked out you did me a favour
It's absolutely clear to me
that love is a bourgeois construct
just like they said at university
I'll be taking my time for a long time
with all the schadenfreude it's cost
calculating what you've lost
Now I'm digging through my student paperbacks
Flicking through Karl Marx again
Searching for the soul of England
Drinking tea like Tony Benn
Love is just a bourgeois construct
so I'm giving up the bourgeoisie
until you come back to me
Talking tough and feeling bitter
but better now it's clear to me
that love is a bourgeois construct
so I've given up the bourgeoisie
Fans of Viva Forever! The Musical were at London's Piccadilly Theatre in the heart of the West End to say a very Spice Girls 'Goodbye' to the musical.
Melanie C was given a loud reception as she took her seat with the other theatre goers.
After a spectacular stage performance from the cast of Viva Forever! The shows producer, Judy Craymer took to the stage to deliver some final thoughts.
Judy Craymer praised the team at Viva Forever! The Musical, saying "everyone created a great family."
Sporty Spice (Melanie C) and Baby Spice (Emma Bunton) joined the cast on stage to say a few final words. Melanie C said, "Us girls are so so proud that our music made it onto a West End stage." Emma thanked fans saying, "This was for you!"
The audience danced and sang as Viva Forever! The Musical came to a close in London.
While the musical may have come to an end, the music of the Spice Girls will live on forever!
VIDEO: Viva Forever! The Musical - The Final Curtain with Judy Craymer, Melanie C and Emma Bunton with the cast.
Here are a selection of videos from Godiva Festival In The Square - I think the camera got a bit water logged, so the sound quality is not perfect. Pictures from the Coventry music festival can be seen HERE.
1. Russian Gun Dogs 2. The Fallows 3. Twisted Wheel 4. The Kontours 5. The Antics 6. Dexters 7. Dark Actors 8. The Coves 9. The Subways
The Subways (sadly my camera had given up and I only managed to record a snippet from my mobile phone - so the video quality/sound was pants!)
In the final part of 'Tales From The Television', we end the series on another soap opera. This time 'Brookside' is the theme and a trip down memory lane to the time when the Channel 4 soap opera was ground breaking and gritty. The body under the patio, the first off screen campaign and the first onscreen full on lesbian kiss - these were just some of the headline grabbing stories over the 21 years Brookside graced our screens.....
The Antics were supporting The Enemy during their gigs at Kasbah in Coventry, here are a selection of pictures and videos from the two nights. The Leamington Spa band proved to be a great support act, really involving the 1,000 strong crowd and getting them to join in. For more information on The Antics:
Coventry band The Kontours were supporting The Enemy during their Kasbah gigs and put on a fantastic performance. Here are a selection of pictures and videos from the two nights. For more information about the band: The Kontours on Facebook http://twitter.com/TheKontours
May 21st Gig:
The Kontours - Knock Knock @ Kasbah Coventry 21/05/12
May 22nd Gig:
The Kontours - Wind & Rain @ Kasbah Coventry 22/05/12
Afternoon soap operas were all the norm in the late 70's and no-one made them better than Australia. As a kid, I would quickly make my way home from school for the latest episodes of The Young Doctors and Sons and Daughters.
Somehow, Take The High Road and Emmerdale Farm just didn't cut it for me ........
A TV channel going off the air because of a strike seems almost impossible to believe these days, but it did happen back in the 1970's when ITV was off the air for what seemed like weeks. This latest Tales From The Television looks back at the advert strike that hampered Channel 4 in it's early days, but the geek in me found great excitement - find out why in the video below!
This one might sound like the Chipmunks but it should put a smile on your face as we look at more classic children's TV from Grange Hill, Byker Grove and Marmalade Atkins for this episode of robmacca's Tales From The Television .......
