Mel C. Stands Alone in Acoustic Show
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Friday December 15 09:00 PM EST
"I'm enjoying my solo work more than the Spice Girls," Mel C., the artist
occasionally known as Sporty Spice, admitted to a roomful of fans Thursday
night at Toronto's Ted's Wrecking Yard. During the "103.5 Mel C. Christmas
Party," as it was dubbed by the sponsoring radio station, Melanie
Chrisholm played three sets of two songs each, accompanied by guitarist/
backing vocalist Claire Nicolson, percussionist Fergus Gerrand and
guitarist Paul Gendler. In between, she answered questions from about a
dozen contest winners. (There were 103 in attendance.)
In the club setting, decorated with red drapes and Christmas ornaments,
Mel C. stuck to material from her year-old debut solo album, Northern
Star, which has sold a respectable 2.2 million copies worldwide. Wearing
a long-sleeve blue "67" t-shirt and jeans, she stood confidently at the
mike, swinging her hips sexily, while belting out "If That Were Me" and
"Never Be the Same Again," before pausing for the question period.
Commended on handling the recent onslaught of press about her depression
and eating disorder, she revealed that she would like to help out
children with eating disorders "but do it privately." She also addressed
the homeless issue on "If That Were Me," after which she recommended
giving "a coupla quid or dollars" directly to the hands of a street-
person even if it might go to "a fix to get them through the next day."
For the second short set, she sang "Closer" and "Northern Star," the
latter containing the lyric, "They build you up, so they can tear you
down," a reference to the press written long before the Spice Girls'
new album Forever sold dismally out of the box.
During the second Q&A, when asked about Irish pop stars Westlife --
Spice Girls' chart rivals in the U.K. -- she admitted, "I really don't
like their music," being sure to add that "they're nice guys."
Before capping off the forty-five-minute appearance with "Be the One"
and a rockin' "Goin' Down," Mel C. reflected on her solo accomplishments
this past year. "I was quite surprised how good I was . . . There's more
to me than Sporty Spice."
KAREN BLISS
(December 16, 2000)
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