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It's over (46,184) by Ryan from Canada TMZ is now reporting that Mariah and Nick separated in May and the divorce is happening. Aren't we all happy that we criticized and condemned Mariah for not caring about her work. This is so sad because they seemed so much in love until recently. I hope everything turns out great for the kids. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 15:45)

Re: Anti-Tour (46,183) by Michele from USA Oh absolutely, I love this idea. Mariah should have a set-list that consists strictly of her B-sides, songs that weren't singles, songs that didn't make it to #1 (gosh, I would love to hear her sing "Butterfly" again), and so forth. I think she started to do this with the Angels Advocate Tour, as, if I can recall correctly, Mariah eliminated "Vision Of Love" from the set-list and changed it up what songs she sang from MOAIA. Great idea. And awesome to see someone one else who remembers that Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl" had a very slow start. It was initially released in the summer of 1988, with "Knocked Out" as the lead single. It didn't go anywhere. It wasn't until a year and a half later that "Straight Up" went straight up to the top of the charts. So who knows... anything can happen. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 15:37)

Anti-Tour (46,182) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Don't know if there are any Kylie fans out here, but in 2012, she did this Anti-Tour. It's a tour with a setlist entirely consisting of her most obscure songs (b-sides, bonus tracks, outtakes, and oft overlooked non-single album tracks). The production was said to be minimal and more intimate, and it wasn't extensive or anything - she just did some venues in the UK and Australia, but it specifically catered to her most loyal and hardcore fans. Since a lot of Mariah's fans have grown tired of her resorting to her go-to setlist choices in her tours, and since she seems to have lost touch with a lot of her core supporters, wouldn't a similarly-themed tour be a good place for her start? Imagine songs like When I Feel It, Outside, Melt Away, Heat, Lullaby, Circles, Candy Bling, Slipping Away, Do You Think Of Me, Fourth Of July, etc. all being performed in one night - that's the dream right there. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 14:54)

Songs I wish were Mariah's (46,181) by George Golden from UK 1. Mr bright eyes - Rebecca Ferguson 2. Thinking out loud - Ed Sheeran 3. Natural woman - Deborah Cox 4. Clown - Emily Sande (Thursday 21 August 2014; 14:28)

Dream setlist (46,180) by George Golden from UK 1. Meteorite 2. Obsessed 3. Always be my baby soso def remix 4. Shake it off 5. Almost home 6. There for me 7. Anytime you need a friend 8. Do you think of me 9. Last night the dj saved my life 10. Heartbreaker, Dreamlover, Honey, Fantasy mash up 11. interlude 12. Beautiful 13. Triumphant pulse remix 14. Hero, Cant let go, Vision of love meadly 15. We belong together original and remix mash up 16. Butterfy 17. One sweet day (Thursday 21 August 2014; 14:22)

Vote on PopCrush (46,179) by Twisterman from Brazil Whose "Shake it off" is better? Mariah or Taylor song? Cast your vote. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 14:00)

What now? (46,177) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines I do love that Mariah's making music entirely her way right now, and that she's doing it for the artistic aspect of it. But the reality is that the music industry will always be a business. At the end of the day, people are gonna have to get paid, which obviously won't happen if no one's buying her releases. Probably the biggest reason for MIAMTEC's commercial failure is this consistently half-assed collective effort to promote anything related to it. Really, the only single off it that was supported the most was #Beautiful, and those efforts were low key compared to what Mariah, her team, or her label would usually do for a normal single release, let alone a lead one. Everything else since then was treated as if she was just testing the waters. From a financial standpoint, it's a wise move. But to most of the public, it comes across as all sorts of confusing. If even the most dedicated fans can't tell what's going on, then imagine how much more clueless the regular music buyers will be. If they're still gonna continue promoting this masterpiece, to me it doesn't matter anymore what track they would choose to release, if at all. Just pick something and stick with it, promote the heck out of it until all options are exhausted. Right now, there's nothing left to lose. The upside to that is she has everything to gain. This may be a long shot, but if Paula Abdul was able to send her album and 4 of its songs to #1 over a year after its release, then who's to say it won't happen for Mimi? If it still fails, the worst has already happened anyway so at least she'd be able to say she did her best and not wonder "what if". (Thursday 21 August 2014; 11:30)

Stacey (46,176) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom Lol, I'm not sure I can hear that, but I kinda get where you are coming from. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 10:20)

RJ112 (46,175) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines I wasn't expecting everyone to agree. Really I wasn't, like even anyone at all. I know she's not everyone's cup of tea and won't force her down anyone's throat. I also do get that this is a messageboard and understand the freedom it grants its posters, that's why I chose things that I wanted to comment on (not missed anything you said). I left out the NFY part because although I hear some similarities, I'm not in a position to judge if AINE was a complete rip-off of it, and that unless Mariah herself comes out and says it is, I tend to tread carefully when it comes to these copying issues because I wasn't happy when Mariah was accused of ripping other people off, so I don't wanna put anyone on the receiving end of that. I also didn't comment on Ariana or how she's being marketed as the "new Mimi" because I know eventually people are gonna tire of that schtick and expose it for the ridiculous plan it is. I'm gonna agree on your more recent point, though, that talent doesn't equate respect. Most importantly, it was rash of me to assume you were insinuating I had bad taste in music and I'm sorry for that. Peace. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 9:11)

The Elusive Chanteuse Show playlist (46,174) by Nicky from Jasmine's Sofa 1. The Wind - And You Don't Remember - Cry 2. Love Takes Time - Can't Let Go - Vision of Love 3. You Don't Know What To Do - I'm That Chick - It's Like That 4. The Roof - Melt Away - When I Saw You 5. 4th of July - Underneath the Stars - Bliss/The Impossible mashup 6. After Tonight - Lullaby - Subtle Invitation 6. Babydoll - Breakdown - The Beautiful Ones 7. Against All Odds - Side Effects - HATEU 8. If It's Over - Faded - Don't Forget About Us 9. Thanx 4 Nothin - One More Try - It's A Wrap 10. Close My Eyes - Can't Take That Away - Camouflage 11. I Wish You Well - Heavenly 12. #Beautiful 13. Meteorite The Elusive Chanteuse Show: I feel that this playlist showcases her elusive side as well as highlighting her bodies of work that showcase the Chanteuse, her vocals. Vulnerability, darkness, mystery and so beautiful. I think ending with the upbeat and current tracks adds a light at the end that is so Mariah. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 6:30)

My setlist for The Elusive Chanteuse Show (46,173) by Fahmi Mustaffa from Malaysia 1. It's Like That 2. Money 3. Migrate 4. Always Be My Baby/Heartbreaker/Emotions 5. Fantasy 6. Looking in/Petals/Underneath The Stars 7. Cry. 8. Make It Look Good 9. Dedicated/I'll be There 10. Bye Bye/Hero/Through the Rain (dedicated to MH 370 and MH17 tragedy) 11. My All/Be Mine/You're Mine 12. Make It Happen/ Heavenly 13. Stay The Night/Camouflage 14. We Belong Together/The Art of Letting Go 15. Butterfly So what do you guys think? (Thursday 21 August 2014; 5:27)

Alex (46,172) by Mara from United States What you wrote is exactly what I was thinking. It is amazing how people have a living legend still making music and who has the history MC has and she is not appreciated. God forbid if something happened to our Mariah, all the people would find it "cool" again and sing her praises, including the "other people on the charts" currently that seem to throw insults her way. Appreciate her now. And yes, Mariah will continue being Mariah and doing what only she can do. I for one still love her. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 5:02)

Gilbert (46,171) by enwar00 from usa I love that you called the Fantasy intro sci fi. Surprise surprise that you want her to sing the whole song. Are those other three your faves as well? Meteorite has some sci fi elements to me. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 3:09)

Similarities (46,170) by enwar00 from usa Ok I can hear Alone In Love and Sent From Up Above in Faded. I also would never have thought that. All three awesome songs to me. You're Mine (Eternal) always reminded me of Alone In Love though. Maybe mixed with Like You by Bow Wow, the music at least. And Cry reminds me of And You Don't Remember, especially the bridge. And yes, I totally hear the Twisted notes towards the end. Haha this is fun. Supernatural of The Impossible not sure why though. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 3:05)

Who should win? (46,169) by Abraham from USA I personally think Mariah deserves to win. She was (and still is) the best female singer of the 90's and scored the most number ones out of anyone. I think we should celebrate when she gets her 19th number one. (If that happens, which I hope it does.) Sounds silly I know but 18 number ones is amazing and quite an accomplishment. I'm proud of her. I really hoped "Beautiful" would have been her next number one. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 2:14)

Me. I am... listening to the music (46,168) by Alex from England I'm glad to see I'm not the only one feeling this way. Enjoy the music guys, here's to hoping Mariah comes to a venue near all of us. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 2:04)

Nick and Mariah / 90's pop icon (46,167) by Abraham from USA Anbody watch ET? They talked about Mariah and Nick possibly getting a divorce. I'm hoping it's not true because that would be sad. It is something how both haven't taken a pic together. It's only been one of the other with the kids. I don't know what's up. I casted my vote for the 90's pop icon. And hope the rest of you will too, though I'm not telling anyone who they should vote for. Just saying, to vote. It'll be interesting to see who wins, there's a lot of competition. You have Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'm assuming that The Spice Girls will have the lowest votes. I didn't even have to think or hesitate when voting. Obviously I'm gonna go with my favorite female singer. The 90's was Mariah's decade. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 1:56)

Re: Alex (46,166) by Carol from Spain Thank you. You're so accurate. (Thursday 21 August 2014; 0:54)

Obsessed, TMB, and Faded (46,165) by Dove from USA Obsessed and Touch My Body are actually two of my least favorite songs of hers. On my perfect set list I added the hook: "Touch my body, put me on the floor, wrestle me around, play with me some more, touch my body, throw me on the bed, I just want to make you feel like you never did, etc." Because I like the lusty mood of it and I think it goes with the sensual/infatuation mood of #Beautiful and Your Girl. It's a shout out without going into the whole song. I also like that she doesn't whisper the hook. Obsessed has a good beat and it's a fun song, I think it would sound good after Thirsty. But from my set list it's the next song I would have taken off. After reading the post about Faded, I can see how Sent From Up Above and Alone in Love are similar to Faded. I almost changed the medley on my set list but I added I Only Wanted instead because it has a similar theme and Charmbracelet wasn't getting any love on my list. I can see the Don't Forget About Us similarity now too. (Wednesday 20 August 2014; 21:06)

Visions of a Song Writer Tour (46,164) by Gilbert from USA 1. Vanishing (intro) \ Cry 2. Love Takes Time \ Faded 3. Can’t Let Go (ending portion of the song) \ And You Don’t Remember 4. Music Box (portion of the song) \ All I’ve Ever Wanted 5. Fantasy (original with extended sci-fi intro) 6. Looking In \ Outside 7. Melt Away (snippet) \ Honey 8. Beautiful \ You’re Mine 9. Stay The Night \ You Don’t Know What To Do 10. Don’t Forget About Us 11. Side Effects \ Thanx 4 Nothin’ 12. For The Record 13. Thirsty \ Make it Look Good 14. Meteorite 15. special tribute or unreleased song to close the show (Wednesday 20 August 2014; 19:51)

MIAM $3.99 (46,162) by Dove from USA MIAM is $3.99 on Amazon for the standard edition MP3. It's not posted on her social networking sites but we should post it on ours so our friends can see. It's only the explicit one. (Wednesday 20 August 2014; 19:47)

Setlist (46,161) by Joe from United Kingdom Personally I'd like to hear some songs from the new album and some real old school songs even if that means she just sings them improptu like when she sung "Love takes time in Australia". I have to say though on a negative note, please leave "Touch my body" and "Obsessed" off the setlist completely. I can handle and shake it off due to the new intro but I feel like those two songs have become setlist fillers at this point. I love the songs but I'm just not excited by them in a live setting. Am I the only one who feels this way? (Wednesday 20 August 2014; 19:33)

My new perfect setlist (46,160) by Dove from USA Okay, after reading you alls, I realized mine was way too long so I did my best to shorten it. 01. End of Time intro (beginning including first verse and chorus) 02. Meteorite/There's Got to Be a Way 03. Migrate/Get Your Number 04. #Beautiful/Touch My Body hook/Your Girl 05. Make It Look Good/Ribbon/Bliss mashup 06. Loverboy/Dreamlover/Honey/Fantasy 07. I Still Believe (Pure Imagination)/The Roof mashup 08. Dedicated/Candy Bling/Money ($*?...) medley 09. Betcha Gon Know/ Vulnerability Interlude/Heartbreaker (HB starts out slow and sad: Heartbreaker, you got the best of me etc.) 10. You Don't Know What to Do/It's a Wrap 11. You're Mine (Eternal)/And You Don't Remember/We Belong Together medley 12. I Only Wanted/Faded 13. Thirsty/Obsessed 14. Bye Bye/One Sweet Day Chorus/Never Forget You 15. Looking In/Outside medley 16. Languishing/I Want to Know What Love Is (extended with live band) 17. Rainbow Interlude/I Am Free 18. Heavenly 19. We Are the Champions cover (with live band) 20. (Encore) Oh Santa/All I Want for Christmas is You (Wednesday 20 August 2014; 19:14)

Stephen, Billy / Faded (46,159) by Stacey from USA Gosh, when I hear the song I can't help but sing "When it's for real, it's forever, so don't forget about us." (Wednesday 20 August 2014; 19:08)

Faded intro (46,158) by ACMRitz from United States If you all listen to the intro to Faded she is just writing something on her iPhone and whispers the words 'It was overcast that day, so I was feeling some kinda way." I am still curious about that Instagram photo she posted with a notepad with the words "To Love Me" written on them. (Wednesday 20 August 2014; 18:19)

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