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Something's going on behind the scenes (103,511) by Norman from USA

No offense, but are you new here? Andrew isn't a blind follower - quite the opposite. If anything, he's probably taking the piss.
(Saturday 16 September 2023; 07:57)


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Something's going on behind the scenes (103,510) by Steven Berning from USA

Andrew is so spot-on here. Follow blindly, is the irony missing on you?
(Saturday 16 September 2023; 05:49)


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Something's going on behind the scenes (103,509) by Bobby A from United States

Andrew is just messing you. I had to toughen up during MIAM era because he criticized my every post. Then I realized he just wanted my special guest star status. Lol. I am glad that Andrew is back because I am stronger and wiser now. Since he has been back, I grown to like him even more. So what I am saying is just smile and laugh about his posts on the board. He is really just a harmless sweet tiger.

(Saturday 16 September 2023; 05:08)


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90s R&B Mariah covers (103,508) by Bobby A from United States

I would be so elated if Mariah coverd my two favorite 90s R&B songs.
1. Soon As I Get Home
2. Weak
(Saturday 16 September 2023; 04:53)

Something's going on behind the scenes (103,507) by Bobby A from United States

It was only that I didn't want to ruin our MB 30 celebration and MC mania about new music since FILAC (a Christmas song). Also, I learned growing up in a small Baptist church is that you don't comment on someone's sudden weight loss. What I saw or heard at church stayed right on the pew or in the Sunday School classroom.
(Saturday 16 September 2023; 03:37)


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Something's going on behind the scenes (103,506) by Brandon from USA

My comment was out of concern for Mariah and nothing else. As a dedicated lamb from the beginning, I can be concerned and question things as I see them. You choose to follow blindly and that's ok for you. I want the best for MC and if something doesn't look right, I will speak on it. With that being said, I hope everything is ok and that we get to see more of her healthy soon.
(Saturday 16 September 2023; 02:53)


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Something's going on behind the scenes (103,505) by Andrew from the UK

"Yes I do concur. I have thusly not kept silence on anything at all anywhere on any subject any time. But I have also thought for 14 days that Mariah was demonstrating said unspecified behaviour deviating from her normal abnormal self to the point of abnormality in that it was not normal. But I just decided to not mention this one thing ever. In all the things I say about Mariah - most of which, too, are completely without substantiation and me just guessing and throwing out random baseless opinions. But *this* I kept to myself."
(Saturday 16 September 2023; 01:58)


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Something's going on behind the scenes (103,504) by Andrew from the UK

"And is there anyone else who can vouch for this? Step forward and ye shall be heard?" "Yes, m'Lord. I can definitely say that Mariah was in and indeterminately determined mood so as to appear delayed. Usually she is perfectly perfect and never demonstrates a demonstration of demonstrable delay. But she definitely had delay. Of what type and in what way I could not say. If it has been determined, I could not demonstrate how. And would remonstrate if you were to ask."
(Saturday 16 September 2023; 01:53)


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Something's going on behind the scenes (103,503) by Andrew from the UK

To add to the very detailed indictment, steps forward a witness: "Yes, I didst see Mariah at the scene of the crime. She was definitely in some unspecified videos of an indeterminate nature and under the influence of some drugs that I could neither see nor name." - "Would you characterise her behaviour as normal?" - "No. She's normally perfectly normal. But this time, she was abnormal and not the normal normal she normally is."
(Saturday 16 September 2023; 01:49)


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Something's going on behind the scenes (103,502) by Andrew from the UK

So, if I may rephrase: "I am inferring that Mariah, in unspecified videos, was under the inflluence of drugs which I cannot see or name, leading to indeterminate behaviour, for which I have no evidence to present." Slow down there, Columbo. Don't crack the case too early, you won't make the end of the show.
(Saturday 16 September 2023; 01:44)


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Something's going on behind the scenes (103,501) by Bobby A from United States

I noticed that two weeks ago, but didn't want to say anything. The weight loss was so sudden. I pray all is well.
(Friday 15 September 2023; 23:05)


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Something's going on behind the scenes (103,500) by Myles from CT, USA

I have been thinking the same exact thing. She seems heavily medicated and delayed. She looks stunning though.
(Friday 15 September 2023; 21:43)


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Something's going on behind the scenes (103,499) by Edward from USA

I also noticed that. She sounds and looks a little odd, but it is what it is, probably she was medicated.
(Friday 15 September 2023; 20:12)


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Something's going on behind the scenes (103,498) by Brandon from USA

While I'm enjoying this moment of MB30, I hate to be a negative Nancy, but did MC seem a bit "medicated" in those videos? She looked beautiful but something seemed a little bit off to me. I can't put my finger on it. I'm a very long time fan and can notice when she's a little different and there was something interesting going on here. Plus she's pretty much been MIA for a while. Maybe it's just me. Let me know what you guys think.
(Friday 15 September 2023; 17:52)

All I Live For differences Rarities/Extended (103,497) by Andrew from the UK

This video is perfect, thank you.
(Friday 15 September 2023; 12:55)


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Why is Mariah's not releasing more albums? (103,496) by Lady B from USA

Lol those artists are combined 40+ years older than her. She's got time.
(Friday 15 September 2023; 04:44)


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A story (103,495) by Andrew from the UK

I once waited outside the Dorchester at around 3am with a friend and about 10 Mariah fans. Mariah had been filming and recording and someone we had met whilst following her in London knew she was due back. Eventually we would see her car pull up in the street and the dirty yellow light in the back illuminate a sleeping Mariah.

The car was stopped not 10 meters away, facing us head on, and Mariah's people calmly took about 20 minutes to wake her and fix her hair and makeup in the car. And then she got out and walked straight over to us alone, in the middle of the road.

I had simply thought she would go into the hotel to go to sleep. It was the middle of the night in December in London. It was very dark and very, very cold. But no. Mariah Carey slowly walked straight up to us and was standing right in front of me. I could have reached out and touched her - but it wasn't that kind of moment. It was far from it.

Soon after we walked straight to Oxford Street to join the overnight queue to get wristbands in the morning - wristbands that would grant us entry to the queue later in the day to have CD's signed by Mariah, herself. After several hours I couldn't stand and had to give up and go home in the drizzle and grey morning light. I don't remember how I got home.

I had actually felt quite unwell for a couple of days and had begun to rapidly decline. Exhausted, freezing and unwell I had passed out on my bed and woke up late in the evening. I was instantly screaming in pain as the slightest touch to or movement of my head felt like it was being hit with a brick. Since sleep made the pain go away, I wanted very desperately to go back to sleep and had pills to do so, but my flatmate frantically protested and called for an ambulance.

Later on the Doctors told me that - were I to have gone back to sleep - I would never have woken up again, for the lumbar puncture revealed I had meningitis.

But that private, quiet encounter with Mariah in the deep of the night will always stay with me. I was silently in another world as I watched her wake, walk and talk. It was not like all the times I had seen her in person before, whether on stage, in a studio, or outside a hotel. She was as if any other human being on Earth and, incredulously, not the one human being on Earth who had, from a great distance and long ago, filled my heart little heart with so much wonder, made me feel a little less shit about the horror around me and convinced me that I would always be able to find just a little more fight left within me.

I really had tried my best to make the signing that cold December 4th in 2005. I tried my best to stay in that line, leaning against the side of the HMV building off Oxford Street, other fans insisting it was crazy for me to give up and miss the opportunity. I was so close to a brief one-on-one that I had dreamt about as a little boy. But something was wrong, I had pushed it too far and it just was not meant to be.

It is somewhat ironic that trying to talk to Mariah almost killed me. Because I really wanted to use those few moments at that signing to tell her what I wished I had told her in the deep of the night only a few hours before: "Thank you so much for saving my life."

There is no Music Box without Hero and Anytime You Need A Friend. There is no me without Hero and Anytime You Need A Friend. And so there is no me without Music Box. And I shall love it the most, until the very end.
(Friday 15 September 2023; 02:46)


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All I Live For differences Rarities/Extended (103,494) by 123 from USA

Here is a video that points out the differences between the two versions. My theory is she found the Rarities version first and put that on Rarities. She found the extended version later and put that on MB30. A second theory is she found both but put the simpler version on Rarities and saved the extended for MB30 so she she had more to give us and help make the repurchase of an old album worth it. Not sure why some fans are complaining on why we got both and should have just got the extended. Honey was said to have 100 different vocal takes Puffy had to chose from. I wouldn't mind getting different Honey vocal takes on B30. I like both versions for different reasons. I prefer the verses from Rarities as she sings them much simpler and sticks to the melody more but I like the climax on the extended better. My version would be a blend of both. Th Rarities verses and the ending vocal climax of the extended.
(Friday 15 September 2023; 02:01)


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Why is Mariah's not releasing more albums? (103,493) by jaker20 from US

I'm not really sure, but that's what it says on her discography. Probably Glitter, and the All I Want for Christmas Is You animated film because Mariah wrote and produced half of that soundtrack.
(Friday 15 September 2023; 01:47)


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Why is Mariah's not releasing more albums? (103,492) by Edward from USA

I think she's referring to Glitter and Tennessee which would've contained "Help Me Make It" and "Andy's Theme" had it been released.
(Friday 15 September 2023; 01:16)


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Why is Mariah's not releasing more albums? (103,491) by Andrew from the UK

Two soundtrack albums? Name one.
(Friday 15 September 2023; 00:16)


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All I Live For (103,490) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

I think it's just a selection of the best different recordings put together, as she usually does to make the final perfect version (I would do too). Take a listen. The first chorus is exactly the same on both except that the 2020 version has one out of every two sentences cut off. The cutting can be heard if you listen closely. Have a try.
(Thursday 14 September 2023; 23:54)


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AYNAF extended version (103,489) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

The finale of the song had been on YouTube long ago. I remember listening to it. And a more polished version a month ago.
(Thursday 14 September 2023; 23:48)

Why is Mariah's not releasing more albums? (103,488) by jaker20 from US

Mariah's albums: 15 studio albums, 2 soundtrack albums, 8 compilation albums, 4 extended plays, and 1 remix album. Total 30 albums.

Madonna's albums: 15 studio albums, 3 soundtrack albums, 6 live albums, 7 compilation albums, and 39 other limited releases. Total 70 albums.

Barbra Streisand albums: 36 studio albums, 11 compilations, 11 live albums, and 15 soundtracks. Total 73 albums.

(Thursday 14 September 2023; 20:21)

All I Live For (103,487) by Rashidi Rahim Rick from Malaysia

The first chorus is different. Mariah sings the whole first chorus in the Extended Version. In The Rarities, basically the background singers do the whole first chorus. Also I noticed that in Extended Version, Mariah's voice is less nasal especially in "nobody's gonna steal my heart away".
(Thursday 14 September 2023; 18:34)


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