00:00We are going to get Melanie C here. Many will remember her as Sporty Spice from the group Spice Girls.
00:08She has also had a big career later. Here is a potpourri.
00:30I've been driving up and down these streets, trying to find somewhere to go.
00:38Yeah, I'm looking for a familiar face, but there's no one I know.
00:44I thought that we would just be friends, but things will never be the same again.
00:51It's just the beginning, it's not the end, but things will never be the same again.
00:57I talk to you, my fear tells me you should turn around.
01:05I talk to you, cause you're the only one who can turn me around when I'm up to you.
01:19I talk to you.
01:21Please welcome Melanie C.
01:27Welcome to Norway, welcome to First Assist.
01:39Thank you, that was a nice welcome, wasn't it?
01:41I think so.
01:42Yeah.
01:43You know Morten?
01:45You know, we've been on a few shows together, but I don't think we've ever met properly, so hello.
01:51Finally.
01:52Finally.
01:53You remember of course Aha?
01:55I do.
01:56I do, I remember, I was still at school.
02:00Sorry to make you feel cold.
02:01I hope you were.
02:02I hope you were.
02:04But I remember that your video was very groundbreaking at the time, wasn't it?
02:08For a take on me.
02:09Yeah.
02:10It was a great video, yeah.
02:12You were in diapers then?
02:13No, oh no.
02:14I'm older than a lock.
02:16Are you?
02:19You're here because you have a second solo album out, and actually now it seems like you
02:27prefer working without a group.
02:30Is it so?
02:31Yes.
02:32I think, especially now, you know, at this time in my life, I've grown up a little bit,
02:36and I had a wonderful time with the Spice Girls, and we experienced so many great things.
02:40But, you know, that time has passed, and it was time to move on.
02:44And now this is all new for me, being a solo artist, so it's really exciting.
02:47What's the difference?
02:48Well, I think the main difference is, it's about freedom.
02:52Just freedom of expression, being an individual, being able to sing the whole song, you know,
02:58is nice, so, you know.
03:02You had a couple of solo albums as well.
03:04Did you feel the same freedom then?
03:06Yeah, it's very different.
03:09You can't really compare the two because, well, like you said, you have that total freedom,
03:14but you also answer only to yourself, so there's more responsibility as well.
03:19But that's...
03:20Still, you always get to sing the whole song, don't you?
03:23Yeah, but it's very different also from a singer's point of view.
03:27I probably spent less energy and time doing vocals on my solo work than I've ever done with A-ha.
03:33It's more effortless somehow, you know.
03:36Actually, you're probably the one Spice Girl with a real record success, I mean, afterwards.
03:46The...
03:47I think, so far...
03:49You've sold records after Spice Girl.
03:52Yeah, I think, you know, you can't really dismiss the other girls' careers.
03:55Other girls have had chalk success, you know, all over Europe.
03:59And, you know, through the girls who are in the studio at the moment, that we have new albums coming out this year.
04:05So you don't know what, you know, the future holds.
04:07But would you say that it's an advantage being an ex-Spice Girl for you, or is it a disadvantage?
04:13I think there's two sides, definitely.
04:16I think, you know, the advantage is I would never have had the opportunity, I don't think, to be a solo artist if it hadn't been for the Spice Girls.
04:24But then, you know...
04:25You don't think, I don't agree.
04:26No?
04:27No, not you.
04:28The stuff that you've delivered is more than strong enough to, you know, to warrant you being the artist that you are.
04:36But I think just that initial break into the industry, because I think, you know, I've got a lot to thank the Spice Girls for that.
04:42Indeed.
04:43Because as an individual, you know, I'm quite shy, especially when I was younger.
04:47And there was more dominant characters within the Spice Girls that probably, you know, pushed us further than I would have been able to do alone.
04:55Do you still have contact with them?
04:57Do you still talk to them?
04:58You know, now and again, we're not as close as we were.
05:01But I live very close to Emma, Baby Spice.
05:04So we bump into each other occasionally.
05:06Baby Spice.
05:07You know Baby Spice?
05:08You know.
05:09I know Baby Spice.
05:10Because I have two daughters.
05:12Ah, so you must know.
05:13And they were great fans of the Spice Girls.
05:16I know of you.
05:17Yeah.
05:18And you're a fan as well?
05:19Well, not a fan, but I like, I've heard a lot of songs that I liked.
05:24Cool.
05:25Because I remember once when I met my friend, because Spice Girls, they're a bit commercial, you know, so some people don't like them.
05:32And a friend of mine, he was very drunk and we were talking about that.
05:37Talking about.
05:38I don't know if I want to know.
05:40No, no, no.
05:41Listen, that's not that bad.
05:42You stop.
05:43That's what's sad.
05:44I haven't said anything.
05:45I haven't said anything.
05:46I haven't said anything.
05:47No, the thing is, I was telling him that some of the Spice Girls songs are really good, but he said no, because it's too commercial.
05:53It's a bit ugly to the audience.
05:55So I told him to, because he likes Bob Marley a lot, so he changed one of your songs to the Bob Marley sound.
06:00Oh, really?
06:01And it sounded really good.
06:02That's why.
06:03We see strong songs.
06:04Yeah, but you know, that's why.
06:05You can take on any genre.
06:06Yeah, so I like a couple of songs of yours.
06:11And yours too.
06:12And I think you look better in blonde hair too.
06:15And that's just with blonde.
06:16Yeah, with blonde.
06:17Do you?
06:18Yeah, really sexy.
06:19And it's nice of me too.
06:22How about me?
06:24I wish I could say the same.
06:28What's that on your hand?
06:33You have tattoos?
06:34Yes.
06:35I have many tattoos.
06:37You have many tattoos?
06:38Well, I have ten.
06:39Keep going.
06:40You have ten tattoos?
06:41Yes.
06:42But some of them are very small.
06:43You know, that's only very small and some here.
06:45So I'm not covered in tattoos, but there's a few dotted around.
06:49Should I ask where or shouldn't I?
06:52You know, if you were to see me on a beach, then you'd see them all.
07:01There's none of them, you know.
07:03Okay.
07:04That private.
07:05Show us your turtle, Frederick.
07:06I have, what the turtle?
07:08Show us your turtle.
07:10Do not mention the turtle.
07:11Surely you have a turtle somewhere on your...
07:13I have a secret turtle.
07:15How do you know?
07:20You see, Mr. Harketer, he was in my dressing room before the show and he saw my turtle,
07:25so...
07:26No, I don't have a turtle.
07:27But you have tattoos also you think you will regret later, or...?
07:32I don't know, you know, at the time...
07:34Because when you're young, you're a pop star, I mean, okay, I can see that you take tattoos,
07:39but still, in a few years?
07:40I know.
07:41I think, you know, the last ones I got were about two years ago, and only recently I've
07:45started thinking, I'm getting a bit older now, you know.
07:48They might look a bit silly when I'm an old lady.
07:50But the thing is, so many people, you know, of my generation have got tattoos that would
07:54just, we'll all look ridiculous together.
07:56Okay.
07:57You're gonna sing for us?
07:58Yes.
07:59Please, here's your band.
08:11Did you take tattoos, or how?
08:13No.
08:14I was 45 and that was...
08:17I was 20 years old to get them.
08:20It feels like it's too late now.
08:21Now it's too late.
08:22Yeah, you know what, a good place.
08:23Have you?
08:24Do you have them?
08:25Yes, not to have them, but to get them.
08:27Yes, but have you got them?
08:29Have you taken them?
08:30No, I haven't done it.
08:32I'm going to take them in the inside.
08:34In the inside of?
08:37Of the body.
08:39Of the body.
08:40Of the body.
08:42Of the body, for example.
08:45Now, Melanie C. will take your fingers and sing the melody of Here It Comes Again.
08:55First and last is over.
08:56Here is Melanie C.
09:15Hey, don't you worry.
09:19Everything's alright, you know.
09:23We're gonna be just fine.
09:27If the rain crashes down over you.
09:31I will love you dry.
09:35There is nobody in this world could ever take me away from you.
09:46I am always by your side.
09:51If you need someone to guide you, dear, I'd like to try.
09:58Don't give up on something you've never had before.
10:10We're the king that we were together.
10:15I promise you this.
10:18You're the one I adore.
10:21Here it comes again.
10:27Filling my soul.
10:30Never want to let go.
10:33Here it comes again.
10:39Be at one with your love.
10:42As below, so above.
10:45Here it comes again.
10:48My love is flowing.
10:51Freer than a waterfall.
10:56Be on the edge of time.
11:00Surrender to the emotion.
11:04Now we can fly.
11:08We can fly.
11:12And you know there's a reason.
11:17That we are.
11:18Who we are.
11:21Who we are.
11:22Who we are.
11:25I cannot resist.
11:27You're the one I adore.
11:30Here it comes again.
11:33Again.
11:34Filling my soul.
11:35Never want to let go.
11:36Here it comes again.
11:37Filling my soul.
11:39Never want to let go.
11:40Never want to let go.
11:42Here it comes again.
11:44Here it comes again.
11:49Be at one with your love.
11:51As below, so above.
11:54Here it comes again.
11:57Just like there's always gonna be a place for you and me.
12:01A ship that we can sail on.
12:03Just like if one and one with three.
12:05And everything was free at the end of some rainbow.
12:09Just like a needle.
12:11And a gun.
12:12A circle in the sun.
12:13And a knife above the head and toe.
12:15It is you I adore.
12:18Here it comes again.
12:25Filling my soul.
12:27Never want to let go.
12:30Here it comes again.
12:36Be at one with your love.
12:39As below, so above.
12:42Feel it coming again.
12:49Filling my soul.
12:51Never want to let go.
12:54Here it comes again.
13:00Be at one with your love.
13:03As below, so above.
13:07Yeah, yeah.
13:17Here it comes again.
13:23Fredrik Skavlan og først og sist er tilbake neste fredag.
13:27Nå er straks politiagentene på lufta i dette teamet.
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