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About Reuben Walton from United States: I've always loved Mariah's music but my love her for her stuff really kicked in in 2009 with the release of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel when I realized I had largely been ignoring a major mainstream artist whose whole body of work was just waiting there for me to dive into it. I love when she gets ghetto, I love that she always sings in tune, and I love all her diva swag. I also love her ballads which have gotten me through some personal struggles.

Re: Memoirs, Rainbow and MIAMTEC (62,094) (80,947) by Reuben Walton from United States Memoirs singles, to be more current, should've gone: after 1. Obsessed (which was top 10 in the US so if it ain't broke don't fix it) 2. Ribbon 3. More Than Just Friends 4. Standing O Or some other order of the above. [Webmaster: Original message posted on Friday 13 May 2016.] (Thursday 15 February 2018; 22:44)

Re: Mariah Carey's HIV+ sister (65,877) (80,943) by Reuben Walton from United States Wow, I didn't know Eminem said anything about Mariah's sister Alison. [Webmaster: Original message posted on Sunday 4 September 2016.] (Thursday 15 February 2018; 19:17)

Re: Everyone asking: why open for Lionel? (71,654) (80,937) by Reuben Walton from United States Don't lump "Side Effects (feat. Jeezy)" in with those songs. At least "Side Effects (feat. Jeezy)" has two verses done by Mariah only and a hook and a bridge by her and the guest rapper is in the proper proportion to her lead vocals quantitatively. (Thursday 15 February 2018; 04:18)

Re: I Don't video (72,257) (80,936) by Reuben Walton from United States Just remember to wear a protective cup. (Thursday 15 February 2018; 04:08)

Re: Gay icon status (76,243) (80,931) by Reuben Walton from United States Shouldn't songs be somewhat open to interpretation? Especially when, as Mariah often does (not necessarily for "Outside" though), the artist says they want the song to be something people can take from and relate to, in addition to being somewhat autobiographical? Aren't feelings of differentness like what she describes in "Outside" kind of universally understood, regardless of what the specific reason(s) she personally had for feeling that way? I mean, a song shouldn't have to be "Born This Way" for it to be allowed to be thought of as a gay anthem. That's kind of an oddly rigid way of thinking about music and art, things that are often free-flowing and subject to the ebbs and flows and whims of emotion and human experience. (Thursday 15 February 2018; 00:38)

Re: Biggest concern (77,059) (80,930) by Reuben Walton from United States I find your commentary refreshing. When did she smoke though? I know she talks about how she did in like the late 1980s, and there's been talk about her partying during the late 1990s (Butterfly era to 2000ish), and the mention of "purple takin' me higher" in "It's like that". Are there other periods I'm missing during which she smoked? I like how you refuse to accept the "and we're gonna linger on, gonna linger on" as a replacement for what it's supposed to be in ABMB. That's one of the refreshing things that stuck out. I always listen to the live renditions with my mind being aware of what the album versions are like, but I think I go from "dissappointment-to-acceptance" in the space of a couple seconds max whenever I hear one of those less-satisfying line deliveries. I'm back to posting on here because UKMix.com has been down today. (Thursday 15 February 2018; 00:14)

Re: Mariah at RuPaul (80,801) (80,927) by Reuben Walton from United States What mission statement? (Wednesday 14 February 2018; 22:14)

Re: Mariah fitting perfectly in "Finesse" (80,758) (80,926) by Reuben Walton from United States Video must've been deleted. (Wednesday 14 February 2018; 22:07)

Re: Superbowl, really? (80,826) (80,925) by Reuben Walton from United States I laughed out loud at the part about the wigs and weaves being attached with crazy glue. It's funny and true. They would have to be fixed in whatever the perfect position she prefers is, so she wouldn't ever touch her hair lol. (Wednesday 14 February 2018; 21:31)

Re: Mariah Carey (80,846) (80,924) by Reuben Walton from United States Don't know if the link about her playing at Sandstone Point Hotel in Queensland, Australia is broken or what but when I click on the link, it goes to an article with the headline "Queensland developer Robert Comiskey" and one line below the date/time stamp that says "Developer Robert Comiskey says political donations did not give him preferential treatment". What does this have to do with Mariah? (Wednesday 14 February 2018; 21:26)

Re: Songwriters hall of fame snub (80,842) (80,923) by Reuben Walton from United States What is a "cleaver suspect gesture"? (Wednesday 14 February 2018; 21:19)

Re: Superbowl, really? (80,845) (80,922) by Reuben Walton from United States Does she really blink that much? (Wednesday 14 February 2018; 21:18)

Re: If we take our blinders off for a minute (80,866) (80,921) by Reuben Walton from United States What do you mean getting too emotional? (Wednesday 14 February 2018; 20:53)

Re: Mariah on Snapchat (63,250) (63,262) by Reuben Walton from United States What song does she mention both alcohol and cough syrup in? I'm just curious. (Sunday 12 June 2016; 3:46)

Can't Say No iTunes preview (58,065) by Reuben Walton from United States I love it. Slaying to be honest. (Saturday 28 November 2015; 4:35)

MTJF and Ribbon (55,256) by Reuben Walton from United States I actually love those songs and those are two of my most favorite on MOAIA, which is probably one of my favorite albums by her. If you could burn a hole in an Mp3 I would have, I ran that album into the ground. And of course it rose again because the material is so good to me. Still one of my faves. Those two songs both could've easily been #1's and can't nobody tell me nothin'. (Tuesday 14 July 2015; 0:21)

Walmart shareholders show (54,367) by Reuben Walton from United States She was more on point on this show than I've seen her be lately. ABMB she went for the notes again and I could hear her live voice almost the whole time except for some parts of the last chorus. (Monday 8 June 2015; 18:15)

Infinity video (54,033) by Reuben Walton from United States It's out now. Nice shots, she looks great, I thought maybe the online dating thing or different aspects of it could've been more developed but overall a good video. (Tuesday 2 June 2015; 9:25)

That Damizza article from the Daily Mail (53,734) by Reuben Walton from United States "Mariah Carey with Damizza (second left) and Al Gore (centre). Mariah initially approached Damizza in 1997, wanting him to help her with her fading career." Are they out of their effing minds? In what universe was Mariah Carey's career considered to be "fading" in 1997? (Sunday 24 May 2015; 8:29)

Second verses and alternate stuff (53,075) by Reuben Walton from United States Too many second verses were cut. I wish I could've heard the real version of TGIFY. But all in all for me it was a worthwhile experience since it was first time seeing her live. (Friday 8 May 2015; 4:00)

Preparing for Vegas (52,230) by Reuben Walton from United States Booked and confirmed my hotel reservation yesterday. It's really happening, finally going to see the queen in concert. These hoes better respect the queen. Hahaha. (Sunday 26 April 2015; 7:49)

Bought my ticket for opening night (52,013) by Reuben Walton from United States I will be driving up to Vegas from Beverly Hills, CA on May 5th and back on the 7th. Who else is going? Maybe we can meet up or something. (Saturday 18 April 2015; 23:42)

iTunes pre order (51,685) by Reuben Walton from United States When is it gonna be out? I heard the preview order was going to be available today (Monday). (Monday 13 April 2015; 10:59)

Nostalgia (51,426) by Reuben Walton from United States I was born 1/13/1991. I wasn't around for Mariah Carey. I don't remember Emotions. I'm not sure if I remember Music Box, but Dreamlover was among the songs I always heard on the radio when I was a little bit older. I think maybe I had heard AIWFCIY throughout the 1990s, but I don't remember when it was released. I was 4 when Daydream was released, and I don't know if I remember when it was released but very often I would hear Fantasy on the radio when I was a little bit older. I do have a memory of riding in the car with either my mom or dad and hearing the DJ/announcer on the radio say something like "Mariah Carey's new album is called Butterfly, coming out soon", they might've been introducing Honey or something. I'm pretty sure that was in 1997. It could've been before or after they played a song from Daydream, and then they were then plugging her upcoming album. I think it was summer 1997. I do remember hearing Honey, at least the high notes at the end "I need it, need it" are a distinct memory of mine. As a kid I think that Dreamlover/Fantasy/Honey may have blended into each other as one general vibe memory of being a 1990s kid. I loved My All when it came out as a single (I wasn't listening to her albums at this point yet), that minor key guitar opening, plus the video reminded me of Titanic I think (the movie being a big childhood obsession of mine), because her lying on the back of the boat reminded me of Rose in the end or something. That and the MHWGO video. I loved My All. MC lying on the boat reminded me of Titanic I think, the whole dark sky with water thing, much like Céline Dion's video for "My Heart Will Go On". I also thought she was saying "'cause I'm drowning you in a warm pool/whirl pool, without you by my side". I had swimming lessons and couldn't swim and it scared me to see the blurry water surface above me and putting my head underwater scared me in general. My sister used to play #1s all the time when it came out. I remember hearing Emotions/VOL as like brand new songs. I thought Emotions was like a really old song just because the production was so 80s. I loved WYB, especially Whitney Houston's vocalizations towards the end. Heartbreaker was probably something that sort of blended into the general uptempo type song thing for me, but I think I liked it. My sister really liked TGIFY and so did I. (Monday 6 April 2015; 2:06)

Same old gripe (51,281) by Reuben Walton from United States I always get worked up all over again when I go back and listen to all her missed singles opportunities from the last 7 years. Tsk tsk. (Wednesday 1 April 2015; 7:18)

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