Girls Suspended for Talent Show Act

[Nekochii]

The parents of five Gwinnett County teens are still shaking their heads in disbelief after the girls found themselves abruptly suspended from school for singing a Spice Girls song.

Not only that, they were also barred from going to their graduation celebration.

The 8th graders at Five Forks Middle School are just days away from their big end-of-the-year celebration. But straight-A student Rachel Lowe won’t be there. Neither will four of her closest friends.

The five are being punished for singing a song that every “tween” in the world knows by heart -- “Wannabe” by The Spice Girls.

The girls got a standing ovation from the crowd, but an in-school suspension from the principal.

“When school came the following Monday morning, the principal pulled the five girls in and was very angry at them, and told them that they ruined the talent show and that she wanted to get up on the stage and jerk the microphone out of their hands,” said mother Raylene Lowe.

The issue is over one word that the principal thought inappropriate -- lover.

The parents say the lyrics are, at best, G-rated bubble gum. Now, what they want, what they really-really want, is for the school to allow the girls to go to their class party.

“To take away their 8th grade celebration -- which is one of their few socials they've had in the three years that she's been there -- I thought that was very harsh,” Lowe said.

School officials say the girls were told to change the lyrics, but the kids say that's not true, and that it shouldn't be a crime for nice girls to sing The Spice Girls.

Gwinnett County school officials declined to respond on camera, saying that the school's principal and faculty are allowed to decide what lyrics are inappropriate.

I don't get what's so inappropriate about the word lover?

http://www.arcticchat.com/forums/html/emoticons/smiley_aajh.gif I hope I don't get banned for saying that...



Edit: Accidently put this thread in the wrong section. >.<

[Iblis]

Lover is most often used in the sexual partner sense. I'd guess that that was their problem with it.

[AnimeDudde]

God, if I was one of those girls Id smack the principal at her idiocy, I mean she's suspended anyway so why not, right? And here I was suggesting that a few of my friends dance to the song 'Buttons' on stage for the multi-cultural show.. haha :rolleyes:

[odinmm]

WHAT!!! :eek: That is total harshness; I hope they get out of it. That has to be one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. If they had on inappropriate clothing maybe then, but if it was only the words to the song, then that is stupid to get in trouble for.

edit: I have heard worse at my schools talent show even, and that was from the teachers non-the less.

[YamPuff]

The punishment is kind of much, but yeah, 'if you wanna be my lover', in other words; 'if you wanna have sex with me' isn't the most appropriate thing to be singing.

They should have given them a warning, though, not a straight out punishment. They probably don't even know the intended meaning of the words. :rolleyes:

[Gogatsu]

This isn't the first time something like this happen. I even saw something like this one MTV true or true life; their documentary program. A few high school kids had done some song and they got suspended. The only difference from this is they were in high school and you got to see them do the song …and get suspended.

[Aratos]

Wow. Any controversy with the spice girls died out in the UK years ago.

[ewlmonkey]

okay news these days!!!

first kid arrested for openning presnet early
second four year suspended for hugging
now this!!!

what has the world come to??

[MomoxD]

..Spice Girls...? --;; Geez. I don't think "Lover" is inappropriate. I think that the principal was thinking too hard. Aiya.

[Aratos]

Well it _is_ innapropriate.

I mean, the word "zigaziga" means "to have sex", and they've said as much on record.

In other words, the chorus states "I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, i really really really wanna get laid".

[SweetNymph]

Like 13 year olds know that?

[Aratos]

That's an excuse? School should've told them to sing something more suitable.

besides, no reason 13-year-olds shouldn't know it. I mean, I found out from a documentary when I was twelve.

[MomoxD]

I don't remember the lyrics to the songs, but I don't think that I thought about that at age 13. I didn't think about what they really meant. ._.;; To me, I think that I thought that they were just words to fit nicely into a song XD. I didn't analyze and study it. I mean, I used to be a fan of the Spice Girls when I was like 8, but I didn't know what they meant by any of their lyrics. I still think the principal was thinking too hard. Actually, until you guys said that "lover" was inappropriate I never really thought about that. XD Up until last night, it was just another word. ^^;;;

[Aratos]

Remembering the spice girls also had such lyrics as "wanna make love to ya baby", "tonight is the night when two become one" and "you make me feel naked", suddenly it doesn't seem like thinking too hard...

[MomoxD]

--; I still don't think I thought about what they meant when I was 13. It's like singing it because it sounds catchy in a song, but not acknowleding what they mean, but hey, I don't know about today's 13-year-olds (my sister not included). Do they know more than 13-year-olds, 5 years ago? I don't know.

[Aratos]

I was 13 5 five years ago, and I knew waaay too much.

But tehn I grew up on an island, and we were all a tad overly-knowledgable, even in primary school.

[MomoxD]

I was 12, five years ago but I was rounding it off to 5 since it was 4 and half...but anyway, I know I didn't know that much 5 years ago. I grew up sheltered, so I can't say if they knew what the lyrics meant or not. I just assumed that they didn't. If I was principal, I wouldn't think they knew what the lyrics meant anyway. I guess I underestimate 13-year-olds, but when I was 13, I knew none of that. I didn't start learning other things until I was 15-16 or so. Meh. =T

[AnimeDudde]

I thought zigazig was just a random word they made up :rolleyes:

[Aratos]

it's zigazigah. Or zig-ah-zig-ah depending who you ask.

Anyway, you can't say you missed the sexy pronunciation of the "ah" at the end?

[AnimeDudde]

I dunno... last I heard any of their songs was like over 6 years ago.. Except Stop, that was on TV a few weeks ago :P Anyway, I never really interpretaed any of their songs as having anything to do with 'sex' :rolleyes: I guess I should listen to them again...

[Aratos]

There's sex in most of their songs. They were big feminist icons in teh UK y'know.

[AnimeDudde]

Yeah but I was only 9, so I didn't even notice how slutty they were until recently lol xD

[Aratos]

Amazing. I was in p6 and all the other kids in the class were talking about ****ing them. Shows how different standards are.

[Talim]

I think that they should have thought about what to sing at that talent show. I kind of agree with Aratos, they should have used their heads more. I'm not saying that they're stupid or anything, but common sense would be a little nice to have. I know a couple of 13 year olds, and I'm sure that they wouldn't do such a thing ... no matter how immature they are. But that's just my opinion.

[SweetNymph]

Doesn't mean they deserve to be suspended for it. That's way too harsh. Singing a song the administration thinks is inappropriate is not on par with carrying weapons or vandalizing the school. Especially a song everyone and their grandma knows.

[Aratos]

I got detention for playing another birck in the wall part II at school once.

Ok, so it was on a mix with school's out for summer, I don't like mondays and a couple fo otehr items of a similar nature, but even so.

[AnimeDudde]

How was that stupid though? It was stupid on the Principals part. The word 'lover' can actually mean LOVER too, its like everytime you say the word 'head' your talking about a blowjob.

[Aratos]

well when you talk about giving head, sure.

[Talim]

Doesn't mean they deserve to be suspended for it. That's way too harsh. Singing a song the administration thinks is inappropriate is not on par with carrying weapons or vandalizing the school. Especially a song everyone and their grandma knows.
Yes, I agree that it was a bit harsh ... but I'm sorry as to what had happened. (Although I wasn't there, but saying sorry makes me feel better ... don't ask please.) But that's all I'm saying. People should think before they act. I'm not siding with anyone, I'm just telling you all my own opinion. It is true that I agree and disagree with some of you, but that's just how we all are. I do think that detention or something like that would have been more wise to use, but then again ... we (or at least I think that) were not there when that happened. It might also have been the way they were dressed or something, I don't know. We can say that the administrators were wrong or whatever, but we can't really do anything, so let's just keep it at that. ^^

[Iblis]

I bet their real reason for suspension was because they sang a Spice Girls song in the first place. I'd suspend someone for that.

[Aratos]

I bet their real reason for suspension was because they sang a Spice Girls song in the first place. I'd suspend someone for that.

Quoted for truth

[YamPuff]

Remembering the spice girls also had such lyrics as "wanna make love to ya baby", "tonight is the night when two become one" and "you make me feel naked", suddenly it doesn't seem like thinking too hard...
<.<

You sure know a lot about the Spice Girls.

>.>

[Aratos]

<.<

You sure know a lot about the Spice Girls.

>.>

I used to have the official sticker album.

[AnimeDudde]

I didnt care much more music back then... I remember getting those pictures of them from my uncles store for free, and then trading/selling them, haha

[Gogatsu]

I liked one spice girl song, but they didn't play the video on mtv alot. :(

edit: the song was "Spice Up Your Life"


Spice Up Your Life!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go1n7a2e0kY)

[Aratos]

Now there was a good song. At the time. Spiceworld was a pretty neat labum: summed up the situation.

[AnimeDudde]

I liked 'Stop' and 'Spice Up Your Life' :rolleyes:

[TonightMidnight]

"Lover" has a double meaning. And the word has changed through-out the years.

The Principal should've just let it slide. Like I always say: it's not that serious.

[Talim]

Notice how the conversation just switched from the girls to Spice Girls ... o.O?

[AnimeDudde]

Notice how the conversation just switched from the girls to Spice Girls ... o.O?

The post before yours:

Lover" has a double meaning. And the word has changed through-out the years.

The Principal should've just let it slide. Like I always say: it's not that serious.

[Gogatsu]

Now there was a good song. At the time. Spiceworld was a pretty neat labum: summed up the situation.


I can only imagine you jumping around your room with a comb in hand singing along with the spice girls.

Did anyone see the movie? Oh and the spice girls are better then the ***** cat dolls.:eek: :cool: :eek:

[Jacku]

Weren't the acts previewed before the show to check for inappropriate content?

[AnimeDudde]

I didnt see the movie, but I heard it sucked.

And Spice Girls are noooooot better than Pu$$ycat Dolls!!! >_<_<_>_>_<>_><

[TonightMidnight]

Weren't the acts previewed before the show to check for inappropriate content?

They should've been. Shows that the school staff is lazy.

"Lover" isn't even inappropriate content. It all depends on how it's interpreted or perceived by the individual.

[MomoxD]

^That's how I feel. I don't think it's inappropriate. That's why I said I think that the principal was thinking too hard.

[AnimeDudde]

I hope the principal recieves death threats, thatd be great :)

[Nekochii]

I used to have the official sticker album.
*gasp* Me too! :eek:

I also had all their CD's, the Spice World movie, a Baby Spice and a Sporty Spice doll, and also I use to collect Spice Girl jewlery. Unfortunatly I had to stop wearing my Spice Girl rings because they were giving me a rash. :(

[Jacku]

My sister had a Spice Girls karaoke disc. Or maybe it was my cousin and my sister just borrowed it from her...? Anyway, I used to sing "Stop" all the time. :p

[AnimeDudde]

Is Geri still doing solo? Or did she give up :rolleyes:

[Nekochii]

Is Geri still doing solo? Or did she give up :rolleyes:
I think she finished doing that.

I use to be addicted to Spice Girls gum and lolipops. I use to have a box full of the Spice Girl stickers that came in the gum wrappers.

[TonightMidnight]

Is Geri still doing solo? Or did she give up :rolleyes:

They all gave up.

[AnimeDudde]

Haha, go figure.

Hey I remember the spice girls gum!! It tasted the same as that other pink gum that comes with a comic strip.

[Nekochii]

Hey I remember the spice girls gum!! It tasted the same as that other pink gum that comes with a comic strip.
Oh yeah, I remember those. I loved them cause they were nothing but sugar. The comics were kind of stupid though. Do they even sell them anymore?

[AnimeDudde]

I dunno, Ill see next time I go to a conveniance store or something. I think they do

[SILVERPATCHES]

Those girls shouldn't be suspended, especially over some word like lover. I could understand if maybe the girls were dressed slutty or had danced inappropriately on stage, then she would have had a reason to say something. But to pick a fight over a single word makes no sense whatsoever. How old is this principal any way? Does she come from some overly strict, religious background or something?

[Aratos]

They all gave up.

They did? yes. That would explain what Emma Bunton was doing at number 1 for three weeks with this year's children in need single...

Anyway, I have it on good authority they'll be getting back together again for a one-off concert shortly.

[YamPuff]

Wow, I feel left out now. *emosob*

I didn't even know they existed until some girl at school yelled at me for not knowing (during the days when they were all the rage) and after finding out who they were I sort of shrugged and forgot about them again.

Only song of their's I actually like was 'Viva Forever', and I didn't even realise it was by them until recently. Got the song off of my bro's comp. v.v

[Aratos]

Yeah, but you're not from Britain. You actually needed to be here at ground zero to really be affected by the whole thing.

[chikaranotori]

their music was tolerably good--at least they could sing--but those Spice Girl dolls were fugly--for some reason that stuck with me...

[YamPuff]

Yeah, but you're not from Britain. You actually needed to be here at ground zero to really be affected by the whole thing.
I've never been affected by those sorts of things anyway, or I'd have become an Amr Diab fangirl back when 'Laily Anhary' was all the rage. @__________@ Besides, all my friends at school raged over them, even my penpal in America. She sent me stickers. >.> I just don't like their music.

[Aratos]

No-one likes their msuic, believe me. Well, maybe folk from other countrys did, but with us it was all about the attitude.

[Iblis]

ya, music is secondary with pop acts.

[TonightMidnight]

They did? yes. That would explain what Emma Bunton was doing at number 1 for three weeks with this year's children in need single...

Anyway, I have it on good authority they'll be getting back together again for a one-off concert shortly.

Really? Had no clue. They don't really announce anything about the SG here in the US. I heard Emma (Baby Spice) released a sexual song...or video, but it didn't get a lot of air time. That was the last I heard about her. And any news you hear about Victoria (Posh Spice) is in relation to David Beckham (or however you spell is last name.)

[Aratos]

Sexual? It was a cover of "downtown"!

[TonightMidnight]

Sexual? It was a cover of "downtown"!

It was? Hmm...what magazine was I reading...

[YamPuff]

ya, music is secondary with pop acts.
It would seem so. No wonder I hate them all >.>

[Nekochii]

but those Spice Girl dolls were fugly--for some reason that stuck with me...
Yeah, those Spice Girl dolls weren't very attractive. Especially the Sporty Spice and Ginger Spice dolls. They looked more like crossdressers than pop idols.

[YamPuff]

Ever notice that most anime/manga dolls are really ugly as well?

[Aratos]

Most dolls fulls top, for that matter.

[AnimeDudde]

I honestly havent seen anything solo from any of them except Geri, which was like 3 years ago. Do they not bother to release them in North America or what? :rolleyes:

[Gogatsu]

scary spice is the only one who didn't continue a solo career after the group disband. I don't think there last album was sold in the US, but I don't know for sure.

edit: nevermind they all did. :)

[Aratos]

Victoria did a solo career? When?

[Gogatsu]

oh nevermind its around the same time as the group disband but yeah victoria did a solo career too.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/VbCover.jpg

edit: this is the cd cover. "Victoria Beckham"

[Aratos]

oiski poiski.

[AnimeDudde]

Victoria was the only hot one, Geri wasnt hot enough, but still slutty

EDIT: Yay, look at those photoshopped legs :)

[Gogatsu]

I think all of them have had bad solo careers. :(

[YamPuff]

Gah! >< No wonder she didn't make it...

[Gogatsu]

thats sad. usually there is always one person out of a group who career takes off, but not this one. :(

[AnimeDudde]

Weren't one of their lyrics "friendship never ends" or "together forever" or something? :confused:

[Aratos]

if you wanna be my lover/you gotta get with my friends/make it last forever/friendship never ends.

if you wanna be be lover/you have got to give/taking is to easy/ but that's the way it is

[AnimeDudde]

Ahh that was it. :rolleyes: How long did the Spice Girls last, was it like 2 years or what? PCD is going to last longer, yeeeeeeeaaaaa

[Aratos]

God knows.

What I do know is that tehy were higher profile than PCD. Had hteir own film, appeared in umpteen TV adverts, albums, advent calanders, sticker albums, photographs. They were in a different league.

[Gogatsu]

pu$$ycat dolls will disband and then nicole will go on to do a solo career.

[AnimeDudde]

It's because they dont target themselves towards children like the Spice Girls did, but theyll eventually get there. They're rated #1 out of all girl bands in history according to wikipedia :rolleyes: Nicole is already doing a solo career, but PCD is also doing a sophmore album. HAH, they have no plans of disbanding yet!!! Actually, If i remember correctly thats what happened with Spice Girls, Geri just decided to leave one day and then they stayed as 4 for a while and disbanded...

[nikitia]

its not like they sung "naked" by the spice girls

[TonightMidnight]

if you wanna be my lover/you gotta get with my friends/make it last forever/friendship never ends.

if you wanna be be lover/you have got to give/taking is to easy/ but that's the way it is

That was really scary for some reason...

[AnimeDudde]

I'm going to screencap that post http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/m/mwahaha.gif

[nikitia]

if you wanna be my lover/you gotta get with my friends/make it last forever/friendship never ends.

if you wanna be be lover/you have got to give/taking is to easy/ but that's the way it is


u know i never realised how wrong those lyrics were until i got older...now i listen to that and go "what was i thinking?"

[Aratos]

Y'have to admit, it'd make a decent gay anthem.

[Nekochii]

Nah, the gay community already have It's Raining Men as their anthem, or was it YMCA? :confused:

[Aratos]

and in the navy. And a hundred others.

[Iblis]

The only ones worth anything were YMCA, In The Navy and Macho Man. And maybe one other I can't remember the name of.

[shadowmose]

Of course now it's Wings from Brokeback Mountain.

[TonightMidnight]

I wish I knew how to quit you...

[YamPuff]

Wow, this went SOMEWHAT OFF THE ORIGINAL SUBJECT MATTER WE HAD ORIGINALLY BEGAN WITH. 0-o

EDIT: In bold caps.

[Aratos]

Shush! You can't say that. the mods sit typing "off-topic" into google all day so they can pounce in and end it.

[YamPuff]

Teh oh noes!! :eek:

*edits post*