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Re: VMA's (83,429) (83,431) by Andrew from UK I agree with you, but... (Wednesday 22 August 2018; 01:59)

Re: Ashanti (83,428) (83,430) by Licia from USA Right. I'm not understanding why J.Lo would be villianized about a song that we all knew that someone else wrote. You can even hear Ashanti on the background vocals. Lol. (Wednesday 22 August 2018; 00:26)

Re: VMA's (83,427) (83,429) by Tijl from Belgium Jennifer's performance was... okay-ish. She is an underwhelming singer with little soul or colour in her voice. Her dancing? I have never been a fan of that kind of headshaking-amipossessedbydemons-twerking extravaganza. All I noticed was her mimicking MC's NYE look with that white fur coat and embellished ensemble. All in all the entire performance was one big advert for Versace. And let us not start about that Vanguard Award. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 23:17)

Ashanti (83,428) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) JLo did actually sing "Ain't it funny" which was indeed written by Ashanti. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 23:04)

VMA's (83,427) by Ronnie from California Well they happened, and they were undoubtedly disappointing. Nicki's performance was lackluster and a mess. She rapped to 3 songs with a backdrop that went along with her Egyptian Queen theme. The arena where she performed was filled with a high energy crowd. Most likely, her audience was a mixture between Barbs and paid re-actors. Other than that? it was decent in comparison to the rest of the performances. It seems as though Nicki is no longer "in", I wonder if she will understand MC's perspective more. Ariana performed "God is a woman" while setting the performance in an all-woman recreation of The Last Supper. There was choreography and some pretty good live vocals. While she normally delivers, Ariana didn't feel present because she was thinking about her choreography. Maybe no one has told her that if she is gonna do choreography she needs to lip sync - does she still think Beyonce sings and dances at the same time? Haha. She ended the performance with a final stance and bow alongside some of her most important women. She was probably the most entertaining that night (for my taste). Jennifer performed her giant ass off. She honestly showed them why the earlier generations of superstars gave it 110%. I have never been a fan of dancing since I don't think that talent is nearly as impressive as an unbelievable voice - Mariah, Whitney, Aretha, etc. But if you are gonna do a dance performance, she is a good standard for how clean it should be. On the red carpet Ashanti said she hoped JLo would perform one of the songs she wrote "for" her. They cut her off because of how messy the situation got back in the early 2000's. Heaven forbid we villainize Jennifer on the night she received the MJ Vanguard Award. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 20:33)

Re: Beach pictures (83,424) (83,426) by Tijl from Belgium Must be the heat. Although Europa is smoldering hot as well this summer. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 17:43)

Re: Article: "Evita" goes Hollywood with Stone cutting deal to helm (83,411) (83,425) by Lee from USA Only you would think that way. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 14:33)

Re: Beach pictures (83,423) (83,424) by Todd from Sydney, Australia Probably about the same amount as whatever she's doing in October. We are a facetious and sarcastic bunch in this corner of the world - I mean no harm, Antipodean. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 14:16)

Re: Beach pictures (83,420) (83,423) by Tijl from Belgium What does a family vacation in August have to do with cancelled tour dates? (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 13:36)

Re: Ariana Grande - Sweetener (83,416) (83,422) by Tijl from Belgium What is she supposed to do? Sprinkle her hair with ashes, lament and chastise herself with J-Lo merchandise? Life goes on. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 10:56)

Re: Beach pictures (83,420) (83,421) by Bill from the UK Hahah, good one. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 10:35)

Beach pictures (83,420) by Todd from Sydney, Australia I can't see them through all the scheduling conflicts blocking the view. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 08:41)

Re: Hark the Herald Angels Sing (83,415) (83,419) by Bill from the UK Thank you for posting Lee, that was incredible. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 07:32)

Re: Hark the Herald Angels Sing (83,415) (83,418) by Myles from CT, USA Absolutely stunning and made me extremely nostalgic over my childhood. Thank you. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 02:32)

Re: Hark the Herald Angels Sing (83,415) (83,417) by Licia from USA Nice. Thanks. One of my favorites from the first Christmas album. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 01:58)

Re: Ariana Grande - Sweetener (83,413) (83,416) by Andrew from UK Cheers, mate. As I spent my half an hour shower this morning belting Till The End Of Time (badly), my journey to work singing Heavenly verses to myself and a good twenty minutes watching Mariah on YT I shall yang the ying with this: frolicking on a yacht and a beach with a beaming face? Not that sad about Aretha is she lol no more tweets please. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 01:14)

Hark the Herald Angels Sing (83,415) by Lee from UK And the Christmas season begins for me. Here is Hark the Herald Angels Sing without the choir. This is just so pleasing to the ear. (Tuesday 21 August 2018; 00:33)

Re: Ariana Grande - Sweetener (83,405) (83,414) by Tevin from USA Sweetener, should be called Aspartame. Sweet and light at first, but lacking major depth and substance. I love Ariana and still like it or not she is the closest thing (not close, or even on the same level) but closest thing to Mariah in the popular music business right now. My problem with Ariana is that if you listen to her 4 albums, they all sound like they were written for a different artist, sure she has a wonderful voice but other than her first album and some of bad women, there is no depth and consistency. Anyway I'm just going to sit here with my "Sweetener", and wait until Mariah brings the tea with her new album. Anybody else care to join? (Monday 20 August 2018; 18:57)

Re: Ariana Grande - Sweetener (83,412) (83,413) by John from USA I agree with you, Andrew. I inferred the same from the post. People give you a lot of flack for being critical of Mariah, but it's pretty obvious, on every single one of your posts, that you are a genuine fan of Mariah. (Monday 20 August 2018; 16:58)

Re: Ariana Grande - Sweetener (83,410) (83,412) by Andrew from UK The point was clearly that the albums are released at the same age and same time frame into Mariah and Ariana's respective careers so Daydream would be the correct comparator to Sweetener. What was difficult about that? And its hardly blasphenomoneonoemonous as it hints that Daydream is a masterpiece, which it is, and that Sweetener is a masterclass in pretentious bullshit from another singer desperate to show they have depth, a la Christina, but simply sounding deeply desperate. (Monday 20 August 2018; 15:41)

Re: Article: "Evita" goes Hollywood with Stone cutting deal to helm (83,409) (83,411) by Andrew from UK Tommy keeping Mariah away from movies only delayed the inevitable shitfest that is her acting. Say what you like about him, the guy knew what he was doing. (Monday 20 August 2018; 15:36)

Re: Ariana Grande - Sweetener (83,405) (83,410) by B from USA Saying Sweetner is to Ari what Daydream was to Mariah is blasphomeous [sic]. (Monday 20 August 2018; 14:33)

Article: "Evita" goes Hollywood with Stone cutting deal to helm (83,409) by Dennis from Miami, FL I read about this fact in Randy Taraborrelli's Madonna: An Intimate Biography many years ago and I never believed it. Recently I've been reading old articles on this site and came across this one. I'm glad that Mariah didn't star as Evita. I wonder if that was one of those movie offers Tommy never told her about as she was saying in the 1998 Barbra Walters interview. (Monday 20 August 2018; 13:13)

Aretha memorial service (83,408) by RibbonB from USA Is scheduled for Friday August 31. Hopefully it will air on tv like Whitney's service. This one should be massive and I would expect former presidents and other luminaries will attend. Aretha was a larger than life musical genius. Sigh. (Sunday 19 August 2018; 18:35)

Re: Ariana Grande - Sweetener (83,405) (83,407) by Bobby A from United States I agree wholeheartedly with your review. But, all of the songs sound alike. Definitely a step down from Dangerous Woman. I almost bought it at Target today. MC is going to show everybody really soon how an new album should be cohesive, unique, innovative, and sonically on point. Are we ready for the new era? It is about to happen really soon. (Sunday 19 August 2018; 17:01)

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