What I really, really want

It was 1994. I was seven years old. It was the year “Dumb and Dumber” premiered and Ace of Base was cool. It was the year that I saw the sign, but OJ Simpson clearly didn’t as he drove past them in his white Ford Bronco while being chased by the police. But most importantly, 1994 was the year the Spice Girls formed and my jump to adolescence became educational.\nOver the next four years, Ginger, Sporty, Posh, Scary and Baby Spice took over the British and American music world with inspiring hits like “Wannabe” and “Spice up Your Life.”\nNow the girls, who are in their thirties, are reforming for a reunion tour, performing in 11 cities around the world, kicking off things in Los Angles this December.\nBut before you get your girl power, British-flag miniskirt and buy some tickets, let’s look back on the lessons these lovely British ladies taught us during the most important years of our lives. To do this, we must look at one song and one song only – “Wannabe.”\n“Wannabe” is the song the Spice Girls used to teach me the most about life. For the first time, life wasn’t about everyone else. It was about me.\nThe girls asked me what I wanted – what I really, really wanted. So I told them what I wanted – what I really, really wanted. But before they listened to what I wanted – what I really, really wanted, they told me what they wanted – what they really, really wanted. \nBut what the hell is a “zigazig ah?”\nSo I kept researching to find out what a “zigazig ah” was. Was it something sexual? Was it some British slang of which my American vocabulary was unaware? Or was it simply gibberish made up by Baby Spice? To this day, I still don’t know.\nSo I stopped analyzing and thought more about what I wanted – what I really, really wanted. Being a young, hormonal teenager, I finally decided that what I wanted – what I really, really wanted – was to be one of their lovers.\nAll of a sudden I was told that if I wanted to be one of their lovers, I would have to get with their friends. \nUm ... if you really want me to. \nI figured to be your lover I had to figure out what the “zigazig ah” was, but if it’s as easy as getting with your friends then hey, sign me up. I’d gladly get with one Spice Girl as a stepping stone to get with another one.\nSo I kept listening to see which one I should shoot for and that’s when I was told a story from A to Z by Baby Spice – in rap form.\nThe story taught me that M (Scary Spice) likes it in your face, G (Ginger Spice) and MC (Sporty Spice) like it easy, V (Posh Spice) doesn’t come for free because she’s a real lady and that Baby Spice – well, I’d just have to wait to see about her.\nSo now I know that I should shoot for Ginger or Sporty as a stepping stone to try to become Posh’s lover. (Snap) It’s just that easy.\nBut now that the girls are reunited, I hope they answer one fundamental question I’ve been asking for years – what the hell is a “zigazig ah”? \nBecause that’s what I want – what I really, really want.