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Live in Istanbul

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If you a Spice Girls fan then this DVD is recommended; however to end all questions right now it is the shortened setlist that is on the VHS release sadly:
1. If You Can't Dance
2. Who Do You Think You Are?
3. Say You'll Be There
4. Step to Me
5. Naked
6. 2 Become 1
7. Spice Up Your Life
8. Move Over / GeneratioNext
9. Wannabe

Sadly this DVD excludes the songs:
1. Something Kinda Funny
2. Saturday Night Divas
3. Stop
4. Too Much
5. Love Thing
6. Mama

However, Something Kinda Funny, Love Thing, and Mama though not videos can be heard on their CD Single Stop.
Even Though it's the shortened Set list, I will say this again it is worth it. It'll add a little bit of Spice to your collection!

Live in Istanbul


FINALLY!!!! It's about time that this phenomenal live concert is put on DVD! If you're a Spice Girls fan, then you've been waiting a long time for this to hit the DVD release schedule. Originally aired as a Pay-Per-View Concert and then subsequently released on VHS, but edited. Keep your fingers crossed that this will be the UNCUT version of the concert and that the amazing song "Naked" will not be omitted. See Melanie C, Geri, Victoria, Emma and Melanie B at their absolute best! I give this FIVE STARS just because it's going to be on DVD!!!! RIGHT ON! I'm ready for a second dose of SPICE MANIA!!!

This was their first live big concert singing songs from their first album "Spice" & promoting their next album "Spiceworld". It was a very good concert though the tv showed an unedited version & the vhs version was edited.
I hope that if this concert is gonna be re-release they release unedited cause the songs they took out the first time were very good!!!

I just receieved my copy of the concert today. wasnt 100% pleased that a good portion of the songs were not on this DVD. but i do sgree with all the previous comments before me, in that this is a great collectors item for Spice Girl fans, such as myself. does anyone know if the full concert was ever released? if so, where can i find it? please and thank you!!

Awesome awesome! The girls put on a great show, the band is fantastic, and it's really fun to see the preparations leading up to the concert. There are a couple songs included in the concert that are normally pretty hard to find. There are, of course, all the great hits that everyone loves too. This is a must-have for any Spice Girls fan. You will not be disappointed.

its missing 5 or 6 songs... this is definately edited, im so dissapointed because mama an love thing was on my vhs when i recorded it back in the day but this dvd doesnt include them, its dissapointing... its nice to see the clear quality on dvd but sad that so many good songs are missing.

I purchased this DVD hoping that it had the full un-edited version of the show, seeing as several songs were omitted on the VHS. Unfortunately, its the exact same line up, but not any less spectacular! The DVD includes an interview segment with all 5 girls on which the talked about the making of their first CD Spice and the preparation for their first tour. This ran for about 25 minutes, then it includes a mini-doc that chronicles 3 days leading up to the concert, then the concert starts right after. That portion runs about 55 minutes. The setlist is as follows:

1. Intro (Interview and Girl Talk)
2. If You Cant Dance
3. Who Do You Think You Are
4. Say Youll Be There
5. Step To Me
6. Naked
7. 2 Become 1
8. Spice Up Your Life
9. Move Over
10. Wannabe
11. Outro (Credits)

If ever they re-release this DVD in its entirety, i will surely buy that one as well, but until then, this will have to do.

I remember i was 9 the first time i watched this, and I have the exact same reaction now. Definitely a MUST BUY for any Spice Girls fan. Long Live Posh!

Back when this was first shown on HBO or Showtime in about 97 or so, I sort of thought the Spice Girls were a bit teeny and not to be taken seriously. At the time, my son was about 8 or 9... and I had bought him their first album for Easter just because I knew it was popular (not all that aware that it was so significantly more a girl thing than a boy thing). Now, personally, I have always been a big hard rock and metal fan, but growing up in the 80s I also had a healthy appreciation for pop music. So, anyway, I bought him their CD and one day this was on HBO or Showtime he had it on downstairs and I was upstairs doing some project and had turned it on as background music. I watched the little documentary that starts this and found myself relating to these girls who were really nervous about their first show (being that I am very raw musician who had only played to small groups of friends in my life). Anyway, it was cool and once the concert portion started I was like... "HOLY COW... this is like the female pop version of KISS". I dropped what I was working on and sat on my bed and watched the whole thing. Big stage, outfits, personas, pyro, lights. Given my tastes for a stage show and good catchy music, there was literally nothing not to like here. I could not have been more impressed with the girls (not to mention, what guy who was around 28 at the time wouldn't have found at least Posh and Ginger hot?). The next day I borrowed his Spice CD and took it to work. After work I went and bought the Spice World CD... and so on and so on. I am actually proud as a now 41 year old guy to say that I realized the Spice Girls totally rocked... and I was not going to listen to what the general public thought of them. To this day I list the Spice Girls among my all time favorite bands. I saw them with my son and 15,000 screaming girls and moms when they toured the US late in the 90s (sadly without Ginger) and again on their reunion tour a couple years ago... where I went by myself (no one else wanted to or was able to go) and I felt a little out of place among the crowd given my age and gender BUT I loved the show. Anyway, the Spice Girls were so much better than they ever got credit for. Great vocal harmonies and ideas and just plain fun over the top of some really cool funky 70s vibe musical base. As far as I am concerned the Spice Girls were a big reason why the 90s broke out of the dreariness of the music that defined the middle of that decade. They helped pop and rock music moved back into being more fun and melodic again.

As for this DVD, I also own the VHS version, but who wants to watch a VHS anymore? I had been looking for DVDs of these for years and was glad to find them. This is a really good version of the same thing you would have had on the VHS. I was a little concerned that it might be a cheap bootleg or not work on an American player, but it all worked just fine. Picture is very good, sound is very good. Very happy to have it on DVD. I bought the Wembly one as well... and it is also great.

In a perfect world the Spice Girls would have been appreciated more... it is too bad they weren't. If you give them a chance, I think they could go toe to toe with any other female pop artist or group in history. I tell you I have seen hundreds of live shows from the best bands out there and the Spice Girls live (especially on their reunion tour) were as good as all the best I have ever seen.

I was pleased with the fast service and dvd quality. my only gripe was that it was missing a live song> im sure its not the seller's fault but rather the manufacturer. I would buy from this seller again tho, no worries!

was a little disappointed that it wasn't the full lenght concert. but over all a great dvd!