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Dream duets (49,340) by Dove from USA I just read my dream duets list again and just to be clear, some of those I wasn't serious. I like all of the songs but couldn't think of anyone to duet with so I just started being "funny". I don't really listen to Madonna, or Eminem (except for Lose Yourself) so I don't even know if they would match. Nick Cannon I was half kidding and I'm sure she could find someone better than Ariana to duet with. Maybe Kelly Clarkson. Obviously I was kidding about Jennifer Lopez. I did that list quick and couldn't think of anyone so I was just being dumb. I do like the songs though. (Wednesday 21 January 2015; 15:16)

Nick encouraging her (49,339) by Jake from New Zealand I doubt it's true. Why would he treat talk her in his voice and then support her? This is his team trying to make him seem like a better person than he really is. (Wednesday 21 January 2015; 15:13)

Covers album (49,338) by Dove from USA Somewhere down the line, I would also like an album of covers. I know MC doesn't like singing other people's songs, but I like hearing her sing different styles and I don't think I'm alone. Thank you for letting me share my ideas on here guys. Her songs, even though they're great and different, they have her unique signature. When she sings covers it's like she's going into someone else's skin. When Do the Bells Ring For Me came on my playlist this morning and I was wowed by the soothing and understated beauty of it. I love when she does the vocal acrobatics but I also love her low key voice. Here's my list: We Are the Champions - Queen Time - Pink Floyd Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney With or Without You - U2 Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel At My Most Beautiful - REM Ordinary World - Duran Duran Waltz (Better Than Fine) - Fiona Apple Love Someone - Jason Mraz Magic- Colbie Caillat (or something like it, sung in that register) End of the Road - Boyz II Men Stand By Me - Ben E. King Always and Forever - Heatwave Three Little Birds - Bob Marley Somewhere Over the Rainbow Please Send Me Someone to Love (I don't know who sings this have only heard Fiona Apple's version) Embraceable You What A Wonderful World Young at Heart - Frank Sinatra They Can't Take That Away From Me - F. Sinatra Smile - Nat King Cole You and I - Stevie Wonder And of course (Ardis) anything by Aretha, Pattie LaBelle, and Nina Simone. (Wednesday 21 January 2015; 7:58)

Ardis / dream duets album (49,337) by Dove from USA My list is almost exactly lile Orkun's (49,286). The new verses have to fit the original storyline of the song; the different stories in BGK were so distracting. 01. Migrate - Beyonce 02. Cruise Control - Gwen Stefani 03. X-Girlfriend - Britney Spears (as the ex, telling her side) 04. Standing O - Madonna 05. Thirsty - Nick Cannon rapping (everyone thinks it's about him anyway, might as well go with it) 06. Outside - lead singer from the Fray 07. You Need Me - Jessie J 08. More than Just Friends - Babyface 09. When I Saw You 10. Everything Fades Away 11. You're So Cold - Adele 12. After Tonight - Bruno Mars 13. Circles - Ariana Grande 14. Now That I Know - 5th Harmony (harmonizing Motownphilly style) 15. Yours - Justin Timberlake maybe 16. If We - I don't think she would do it but wouldn't it be a scandal if she did it with Jennifer Lopez? 17. How Am I Supposed To Live - M. Bolton (if it sounds good) 18. Clown - only if it's with Eminem I'm okay with cut and pasting as long as the producer/engineer knows what they're doing and it sounds flawless. The bonus duets on MIAMTEC are not done well, but the songs on the Elvis Presley Christmas Duets album sound really good, so I know it can be done. I think it's okay to use existing vocal tracks that are already flawless, if it sounds organic. Her voice has changed with every era and I want to be able to still hear those different tones and textures in her voice. (Wednesday 21 January 2015; 6:38)

Re: Nick Cannon encouraged Mariah's L.V. residency (49,336) by Dove from USA I hope this is true, it's always good when exes get along. Sometimes I get a little angry with him when I read some of the stories, but maybe they're not true and they really are friends. (Wednesday 21 January 2015; 6:15)

Selling tickets May 24 and July 26 (49,335) by Julie from USA Hi lambs, I saw some of you posting about not getting good seats. I actually got some extra tickets I no longer need that I'd like to sell to lambs for face value (what I paid). Two different listings: Memorial Day Sunday, May 24. Four total tickets together (willing to sell in pairs but would rather sell together). Section front Orchestra 5, row GG, seat 501-504. Last night Sunday, July 26. Two tickets together. Section front Orchestra 2, Row GG, Seat 205-208. If you're interested, please email me: juliehan1@gmail.com. (Wednesday 21 January 2015; 5:42)

Oh hell no, 18 #1s really ranked (49,334) by Randy from USA I do not agree with that list at all. Here is MCs #1s ranked in quality. 18. Thank God I Found You - No one knows this song but the lambs. The remix is hot though. 17. Hero - Cliche. She didn't even write it for herself. 16. I Don't Wanna Cry - Awesome production but too clean. 15. Dreamlover - Not the version she put together. Tommy interfered and made Wally A add to it to make a pop hit. 14. I'll Be There - A last minute add to a show. Think about that. 13. Love Take Time - A song she never performs or references at this point. 12. Someday - If the album version was the video aka the black version then this would be higher. 11. Don't Forget About Us - Awesome song but it was an afterthought/ written in a rush for a rerelease. 10. Touch My Body - Loveable melody. 9. Honey - Video makes this a top 10. 8. One Sweet Day - 16 weeks. Need I say more? 7. We Belong Together - If it weren't for her comeback and the final hook octave shift, this would be #18 on my list. 6. Emotions - The best she's ever sounded on wax. 5. Always Be My Baby - Pop meets JD. 4. Fantasy - Hip hop meets pop for the first time. Iconic. 3. Vision of Love - Who's first single is this dramatic (the opening and closing)? 2. Heartbreaker- Who puts 3 and 4 syllable words in a pop song? 1. My Al - The lyrics. The voice. The video. Perfection. Nothing like it. (Wednesday 21 January 2015; 3:29)

These husbands ain't loyal, until it's too late (49,333) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End Typical, Thirsty is latching onto Mariah like a kangaroo baby to its mother's teet. Hasn't it been 100 days yet? I guess letting go ain't easy, is it baby? (Wednesday 21 January 2015; 3:07)

How do you solve a problem like 18 #1's? (49,332) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End Let me laugh thoroughly at this foolishness. So basically, Mariah has to be explicitly instructed to emote genuine sadness and joy when she sings, because otherwise she just won't? Oh, okay, my bad, I thought the only prerequisite to posting on this board was actually liking Mariah Carey for the songs she has done for 25 years that have made history on the charts worldwide. Pity Mariah draws from personal experience so much when she writes her songs, it's really hurt her career. Generic pop is where it's at and the more basic a vocal range the better. Great observation, only, how are artists supposed to get across the emotions of their songs if not through their voices? This new and obviously relevant musical direction is gonna be interesting to see as it unfolds. Really, it's got Mimi written all over it. In fact, if I didn't know better, I'd just call it miming. I'm willing to bet it's gonna be bigger than lipsyncing. (Wednesday 21 January 2015; 2:58)

Caesars Palace (49,330) by Gilbert from USA I should've looked at the persons name who asked about the venue size. I've actually seen Bette Midler and Cher out there and the seating is pretty good. It's not too big and it's not too small but I'm personally not a fan of floor seats only because most of the time it's standing and it's harder for me to see but that's just me so I got tickets for the rows behind the front sections. I hope this helps. (Wednesday 21 January 2015; 2:04)

John John (49,329) by JJ from Good Times from USA I would either go 5/9 5/16 or 5/23. Whichever gives me the best seats. I remember paying a boatload for HBF VIP and I got "okay" floor seats, nowhere near front row. If you could check I would be forever grateful. (Wednesday 21 January 2015; 1:37)

JJ and front row seats (49,328) by PeterB from UK Hi JJ. You are so lucky that you managed to get seats so close to the stage. Did you buy them as soon as they went on sale? As I will also be flying from the UK, I really need to get good seats (ideally first 3 rows) to go. Fingers crossed. (Wednesday 21 January 2015; 1:11)

The future (49,327) by Andrew from UK It strikes me that perhaps the Mariah chart problem is that where the old school emotion was ballad or pop, these days it's genuine sadness vs joy. Not "I lost love" or "I fancy you". I listen to Budapest or Stay With Me and feel genuine exhilaration. It's not the voice, it's the emotion of the song. Even Up by Olly Murs and Demi Tomato. Mariah needs to follow a new sound that she hinted at with Beautiful but seems to abandon for the outdated formulaic, not matter how much we fans liked it. Imagine those feel good songs with her resonance behind them. She must start making relevanct music. Use British folk beat, EDM, etc. With the voice it could be the new birth. No need for ridiculous notes anymore. The sound is on the worlds consciousness. Then come back with relevancy. I believe the world loves Mariah Careys voice in spite of being dragged through her personal life. It feels possible to me. (Wednesday 21 January 2015; 0:47)

Benjamin Fisher (49,325) by Gilbert from USA I'm all for it man, she has so many number ones with remixes attached to them that I actually did a tweet in hopes (because we never know) she might see it. I think it's a great idea if she did remixes of the songs and/or just sing them in a different way just to give us something different. I also liked your doo-wop style you mentioned as well. It's Vegas and MC has talent I'm sure they could work out some melodies. I'm back home from Vegas but due to the announcement being recent I think that is why I didn't see any promos for the show. (Tuesday 20 January 2015; 22:29)

"Emotions" / "Make It Happen" (49,324) by Billy from Greece This is mostly for the young ones who may not be aware of this, but remembering the controversy regarding the singles from the "Emotions" album, I revisited the "originals" from which MC and C&C supposedly borrowed. While The Emotions' "Best of My Love" can be considered an inspiration, in the case of "Make It Happen" and Alicia Myers' "I Wanna Thank You" I have to admit that the chord changes of the intro are very similar between the two songs, although the foundational melody is pretty different. Bottom line: both are great songs. (Tuesday 20 January 2015; 20:02)

Vegas tickets/seats (49,323) by Paul D from USA It's really annoying how the scalpers have purchased all the good tickets. I bought tickets for the July 18 and 19 Vegas shows and it was very difficult to find somewhat affordable seats in the front/Orchestra sections. This is especially true of the middle Orchestra 4 section. In the end, the best I could find were seats in rows HH and KK, when ideally I would've bought seats in AA-CC (ie the first 3 rows). While my seats are in the Orchestra section, they're in the Orchestra 3 and 6 sections, which are to the side of 4. Hopefully the venue is small enough that it doesn't really matter. I need to see MC up close when I go to her concerts. (Tuesday 20 January 2015; 20:01)

Re: Shelly / duets (49,322) by Ardis Logic from Earth That is a great idea to make the duets MC songs that are not very well known to others, other that MC lambs. Like maybe Music Box, Never Forget You, and Reflections. I would love to see MC do duets with other very well known artist like Aretha, Patty La Belle, and Stevie Wonder. Maybe even get them to write a new duet together like she did with Eric Bonnet on the Glitter album. That would be really interesting. (Tuesday 20 January 2015; 19:14)

Vegas setlist? (49,321) by Benjamin Fisher from United States I was thinking about how Mariah could mix up her Vegas set list, seeing as how she is basing the show around her #1 hits. I know a lot of folks are tired of performing some of the songs that went to #1, but I definitely think she could perform alternate versions to make it more interesting. For example: 1. Vision of Love - original doo-wop style arrangement 2. Love Takes Time 3. Someday - New Swing version with Unplugged intro 4. I Don't Wanna Cry 5. Emotions (12" Club Mix) 6. I'll Be There 7. Dreamlover - juicy version, Morales version, and/or Bam Jam Soul Remix 8. Hero - Never Too Far/Hero medley 9. Fantasy - medley of Daydream (Fantasy Sweet Dub Intro)/ODB remix version with more re-sung elements of "Genius of Love" 10. One Sweet Day - Chucky's remix and possibly sing it with Trey instead of Boyz II Men 11. Always Be My Baby - So So Def remix 12. Honey - So So Def remix and/or Classic Club Mix 13. My All - So So Def Stay Awhile version 14. Heartbreaker - medley of Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Heartbreaker/Love Hangover plus If You Should Ever Be Lonely club remix 15. Thank God I Found You - Make it Last remix 16. We Belong Together - Desert Storm remix/one of the dance remixes 17. Don't Forget About Us - Desert Storm temix 18. Touch My Body - The-Dream remix Also, if you count the R&B and Single Sales charts, "Loverboy" was a #1 hit, so she could sing an excerpt of it as a joke. (Tuesday 20 January 2015; 18:30)

Darryle and Fifth Harmony (49,320) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End Mariah already gave her implicit approval when 5H recorded "Like Mariah" (sampling ABMB) and AIWFCIY (not my favotite ). Not to mention she favorited Dinah's: "Mariah Carey is mah life" in November last year. Mariah has always embraced young talent whether they be singers, musicians or rappers from Brandy, Aaliyah, Destiny's Child, Kelly Clarkson, Britney and now the girls of 5H. It's a myth that has never had any merit that Mariah inherently has a problem with younger talented female artists. She doesn't. Her relationships with Beyonce vs Christina Aguilera and JLo vs Janet are pretty illustrative of that fact if one is still not convinced. But I guess too much is never enough. Also, I can't wait to hear "Like Mariah", I love 5H independently since last year and think they are about to blow. They've been covering her songs since their inception on X-Factor. Their Mariah connection has always done them well. I wouldn't be surprised if 5H showed up in Vegas to support Mariah on or off stage. Here's to hoping. (Tuesday 20 January 2015; 16:46)

Her voice (49,319) by Jake from New Zealand Picture agree with everything RJJ12 said, her voice is the most important thing, I mean it's what got her famous in the first place and what she should be remembered for. (Tuesday 20 January 2015; 15:06)

JJ and front row seats (49,318) by John john from UK Every time I've seen Mariah I've been front row. Booked through HBF site, but this time I booked through Caesars presale axs.com and I'm practical sat on the stage. So I would give them a try. What date do you want? Do you want me to look for you? (Tuesday 20 January 2015; 14:44)

Stacey (49,317) by B from USA Thanks, sweetheart. (Tuesday 20 January 2015; 14:14)

Second Westlife duet? (49,316) by Tammie from England Hi everyone, does anyone have the second Westlife duet Mariah was due to release on the Angels Advocate shelved album? (Tuesday 20 January 2015; 13:22)

B, #1s Vegas' era (49,315) by Stacey from USA B, I sent you the song. Hopefully it's what you are hoping for. Enjoy. I think a new song to promote this era in Vegas is a must. When the original #1s was released, she did a cover of I Still Believe with remixes and all. It gave her a song to use to promote the album, do all the talk shows, etc. When Celine Dion started her Vegas stint, she did an entire album full of new songs. She still, though, had a single I Drove All Night to promote the new album and Vegas show. It just makes sense to me to do that. Shoot, when Celine Dion released her Decade Of Song compilation album with new songs, she promoted the album with a new single That's The Way It Is. The updated #1s album has got to contain 25 tracks. It is her 25th anniversary in the biz. I can't wait to see what MC has up her sleeve. (Tuesday 20 January 2015; 8:23)

How do I get front row for Vegas? (49,314) by JJ from Good Times from USA I've been to 5 Mariah concerts in my life, 2 in Vegas and 3 in Houston. And I can never get even close to front row. I thought that with these many shows I would luck out. But the closest is row LL. Any suggestions? And I don't believe in the Honey B. Fly VIP stuff, I bought 2 for Vegas in 2006 and the seats sacked. (Tuesday 20 January 2015; 7:03)

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