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Intro of Heavenly (45,848) by Gilles from Malta Hello. To answer to your question, it is a cover. She used the original intro of James Cleavland. You can find the original song on YouTube: Noways Tired James Cleavland. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 10:22)

At RJJ12 / Matt Summers (45,847) by May from Denmark RJJ12, no offense taken. I don't get offended by anything, I think being offended serves of nothing haha. I was just pointing out the weight thing, not accusing of anything, only to clarify because I think she does look great and she is no longer 20. I agree with you about JD suggesting things and she not taking much into consideration, and that's what I was referring to about mixing friendship with work, perhaps he didn't want to upset her so he wouldn't push things he should of have. I think the change is going to be great. Matt, I wasn't expecting her dancing with "bananas locas" lol your comment made me giggle a lot with the whole description, but while I agree that she started her career the way you mentioned (mostly because she didn't have experience yet) she evolved and we got superb performances like when she sang Joy To The World at the Saint John church there around the 90s and since then that energy it has been her staple, her tours are full of that vibe, only that now she also adds the whole couch diva act which I think is fun and looks nice for some songs. So what I was expecting for an exploding song like Meteorite? I did expect a bit more movement. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 10:10)

Good step forward (45,846) by May from Denmark I actually think it is great finally the JD era has come to an end and Mariah has moved on with a new manager. I like JD but it obviously was one of those things MC should have given it double thought before, he has been her bestie since forever and I don't think it went that well mixing friendship with work. Hopefully now it will all settle, they will keep being friends, maybe do some good music in the future again and MC albums will start going around once more. It's been known that JD was gonna step down from management but it took really long for the final decision. I'm really eager to see what's going to happen next. About Migrate I totally was expecting a single back in its days, it was so good. I don't know specifically what happened back then with her album and why the sudden disappearance, but it would have been a big hit after the success of Touch My Body, that song gained Mariah a lot of new fans and it probably was one of the most fun albums Mariah released in my opinion. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 9:53)

Heavenly lyrics (45,845) by AnKo from Germany Hi there. This question goes out to the Christians of you. Why did MC used the reference "You don’t have to speak up" as an intro of the song? I feel like the preaching part stands contrary to the lyrics of the song. Wouldn't you have to speak up for yourself in order to survive or overcome a burden? Surly you can ask God for strength but still you need to open your mouth yourself. .And I am sure Miss Carey had to speak up a lot for herself in the music industry to become such a huge star. So why did she choose this opening passage? Please explain to a stupid atheist. Thank you. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 9:48)

Ken, not moving (45,844) by OGmattyICE from US I'm right with you on that one. I have absolutely no problem whatsoever with her being statuesque on stage. In fact that's the way she's done it since basically her debut. All there needs to be is a microphone mixed with Mariah's voice, and if you have that, you have pure gold. I mean really, would you rather see her "twerking" and dancing with inflatable penises like some "anonymous" artists are doing today? No. She holds herself to a higher standard than to do something like that, and I find inspiration from that and model my integrity after her and love her even more for not doing it. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 9:36)

Full support (45,843) by Jen from Manila from Philippines I only focus on her genuine talent, her voice most is here music. I can only support Mariah Carey with the small things I do like posting on Facebook and Twitter anything about her and her music, buying her album. My only concern really is her music the way she creates a mood to her avid fans or just a listener of her songs. Admit it the lyrics on her music (aside from the melody and all) is such wonderful. Listening to all her albums (everyday yeah one album after the other hehehe), it makes my day listening to her songs. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 8:51)

NYHotShotta / Migrate (45,842) by Edward from USA NYHotShotta, just to clarify that Mariah didn't want to release Migrate as the second single as you stated in your post, let's not blame the label for everything, they were fully supportive of Mariah during this period. When Perez Hilton, who was an avid Mariah hater back then, was bashing Mariah because he thought that Migrate would be the second single, Mariah stated to him that Migrate wouldn't be the second single, that she had been doing this for a long time, and that she knew what she was doing, that new single would be a ballad. Mariah pulled the plug on E=MC2, and that's a fact. That era could've been great, but it started getting messy. Single choice and Mariah disappearance kill the momentum. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 3:33)

Mariah's new manager (45,841) by G.G. from USA Billboard is reporting that Kevin Lyles is Mariah's new manager. I think that is great, if Mariah is willing to listing to promo and business advice. If she is no longer willing to listen to her manger/label/PR people then why have them? Like it or not, Mariah's most successful times have been when she had great managers and label execs behind her, Tommy Mattola, Benny Medina etc. It's blatantly obvious that no matter how good an album is, if you don't have a strong, capable manager and label (that you listen to) behind you, then your album might flop. I hope that MC isn't at a point where she won't take advice from her label/manager. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 3:01)

JD out (45,838) by Kyle from USA Billboard is reporting JD has been fired as Mariah's manager. Here's hoping. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 2:55)

JD gone (45,837) by 123 from USA So no sooner than I post that Mariah wasn't going to have JD as her manager for very much longer, it gets confirmed. I wondered why Kevin Liles was with her when she went to the Hercules premiere. He appeared more like a handler than one of her guests. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 2:30)

May (45,836) by 123 from USA You are more than likely right, I'm probably reading too much into it. I didn't mean to offend about the comment about her dress and agree with your view on how the entertainment industry expects everyone to be stick thin. I believe either extreme is not healthy. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 2:07)

Mariah's banging (45,835) by nikki from usa I had no problem discerning Mariah's live vocals from the playback throughout and loved that she belted along with the chorus creating that wonderful "stacked" sound. I know everyone expects Mariah to sing all 7 parts at the same time live even in lei of back up singers, but I've come to expect that on this board. Clearly this tour is truly going to be an innovative marketing of sorts as she's really pushing the Butterfly drink which is a gateway to behind the scenes. If her tour takes her to the States I might buy one. I used to find it funny how other people like to claim Mariah's only famous in the US when most of her tours take her everywhere but here. Lol. Has Europe or Asia ever missed out on an MC tour? It's ironic now, how her album is more successful internationally than here. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 1:44)

Re: RJJ12 from USA (45,834) by NYHotShotta from USA Also the reason E=MC2 didn't do well was the choice in singles. After Touch My Body the other singles couldn't translate well. Mariah wanted to release Migrate as the second single but the label wanted to go with the uptempo first single/ballad second single formal like with TEOM but had they listened to Mariah that probably would have been better for the album. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 1:29)

MC speech (45,833) by May from Denmark At RJJ12: I thought the speech was great, loved all the improvisation, the little singing to the fans, even the comment "accused of influencing some upcoming singers" was a fun touch. Really you felt tension with JD? I didn't have that impression, I re-watched just now and didn't see anything out of the ordinary, JD did point to the toddlers but maybe just did it to remind her just to add something about them or maybe was a cue to start closing the speech, it could be many things. I loved the dress she came with to the stage. Why people are always expecting women to look like sticks? She looked gorgeous in both dresses, I think we all know she is no fan of the gym but she looked very well and pretty. While I question myself sometimes a couple of her late years wardrobe choices, the long dresses all look great on her. Wasn't this show performances already tapped like months ago? Surely wasn't live, was it? Maybe just the awards handling and speeches. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 0:57)

Staying positive but also objective (45,832) by May from Denmark I love Mariah, since day one I followed her. I still remember when my mom came home with a cd and a cassette of her album debut and I asked her "Who is Mariah Carey?", I didn't even know how to pronounce her name lol. I recall listening to Prisoner and that was it, I was hooked for life. I even drew a picture of her when I was small and sent it to her hoping she would get it and I would get something written back haha, I never got anything but when I was a teen I watched a MC special where she showed the room where she had all the things she collected from fans through the many many years I was very happy. I'm 32 years old now and while I always liked her very much and still like her a lot as an artist, I wondered myself a couple of things through the years sometimes (like the time she gave the concert for the Gaddafi family, she apologized and then years later she did it again with another dictator) but I always let some things go, because we all make bad decisions at times and she is no exception. Yet while I see many positive things, I can also be objective, from the artistic perspective. I always try to say things with respect in this forum but English is not my first language, in fact, I have taught myself English by translating MC songs when I was 12 years old (so I have a lot to thank her for more than just inspiration) and maybe sometimes the way I write might sound a bit cold or harsh but is not intended. I'm just pretty straight forward and honest with my opinions. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 0:33)

Oh how much I love my girl (45,831) by Tony from Ireland Hi everybody. It's been a while since I posted anything but I have been reading all the posts on this site and I love how everybody has a different opinion over things. I have to say that I keep my love for my girl Mariah as it was the first day, I love MIAMTEC from beginning to end, I really like her performance of Meteorite although I will never understand why they have to put her voice on top of the playback, but, anyway, and of course I will never expect her to dance. I love how Mariah has become a wonderful mother and love how she is been doing music for us, the fans. I can't wait to have her in Europe. Love and peace for every body. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 0:22)

Mariah not moving (45,830) by Ken from USA I really don't understand why people are so surprised by Mariah's lack of movement on stage. What were you actually expecting? (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 0:07)

Mariah / JD WMA (45,829) by 123 from USA You can cut the tension between these two with a knife while they were both on stage together. Remember that the show was delayed because she was late and didn't get to air on time because of it. I wonder what the conversation was like between these two regarding that. JD pointed to dem babies in the crowd in the middle of her speech and Mariah quickly dismissed the changing of the shot during her speech. I don't believe he will be her manager much longer, and it's too bad because he didn't seem to be able to implement any of his suggestions. Before people just on me by saying he isn't experienced, JD did say that he suggested a lot of things that Mariah decided not to listen to. He wanted her to perform on Letterman, she opted for just an interview. He hinted that he can only suggest but that he has to respect the artist decision on how they want to market their record. This leads me to believe that Mariah wanted full control of how this record was to be launched and just wanted her staff and the label execute it. When the label disagreed with her direction and publically announced it, it might have led to issues with management if they had a different marketing strategy in mind than she did. I know people want Medina back but he was there for E=MC2 and we know what happened to that era once the cd was released, she disappeared/no promotion until late Summer. By then it was too late, the record had lost momentum and they couldn't decide on a single. (Tuesday 5 August 2014; 0:01)

WMA / Meteorite performance (45,828) by 123 from USA The acceptance speech was off the cuff, kinda wish she had something prepared but I like this one as it makes her more human and sincere. The dress was not flattering for her and I was shocked that she was able to drop some of the weight that quickly to slip in that thing. I really liked the performance dress, it was the right amount of sexy and looked good on her. The performance was ok, I was shocked she performed Meteorite as she had little time to prepare with attempting to finish the album. With such little time I wish she would have sang a ballad (mostly) live. Just to remind everyone why she is getting the Icon Award. She lipped the first two thirds of the song, but she did sing the last third of the song live with a backing vocal track. This is why you hear two Mariah's at the latter part of the song. (Monday 4 August 2014; 23:45)

Positive/negative comments / mystery era (45,827) by 123 from USA Just my opinion, but even though I get urked by certain individuals sounding negative all the time, I believe that most of it stems from what hasn't been happening this era. We are used to Mariah doing at least some promotion. Even though she really didn't promote her last two cds in comparison to TEOM. It's obvious she won't promote but we don't know the reason, which leads to the next reason. The second reason would be the lack of information/silence from Mariah herself. She has purposely kept us in the dark and I do not believe it is because she has become lazy or no longer cares about her fans. We get hints here and there, issues with Def Jam on the marketing/treatment of the record, her marriage, her injuries [censored]. These reasons only intensify other ongoing issues that some may or may not have such as lip synching, her wardrobe, her interviews, her marketing strategy or lack there of, etc. I'm glad she is touring, it gives us something to look forward and helps change the topic of what isn't going on and change the tone of this board. BTW, it is good to see new folks on the board, Shelly, Abraham, I like the energy you two bring. Just my two cents. (Monday 4 August 2014; 23:33)

MimiLamb I totally agree (45,826) by Brad Catoe from United States Of course Mariah does things that I'm like , but I try to focus on the positive as well. Although I did just comment on the lipsyncing lol Mariah. Mariah just came out with one of the best albums of her career so I don't see anything to complain about. Sometimes the complaints here are very superficial. What if people told you to act this way or act that way? Superficial critisism can be very hurtful. I just hope Mariah keeps entertaining us and inspiring us for many years to come. And maybe some live singing haha. I don't understand why she doesn't sing live more often. Her vouce in Austrailia was amazing. (Monday 4 August 2014; 22:49)

Dutch Mariah Carey Association (45,825) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands The forum on the Dutch Mariah Carey Association website has a new topic: "Why you like Mariah less". It's a topic where everyone can bash Mariah. People can write reasons why they don't like Mariah anymore. It's also filled with lies. It's really disgusting. I can't understand why a Mariah forum has such a topic. I know some posters here are (too) critical, but no one is mean towards Mariah. But that topic is filled with only mean posts. E.g. someone described in a lengthy post what Mariah had altered on her body (breasts, eyes, nose, lips etc) and he also presented "proof" of his claims. If you read that post, you would instantly puke. It's a good thing it is in Dutch only and most of you can't read Dutch. What I am trying to say is: please don't lower yourself to the level of those Dutch ex-fans and stay respectful towards Mariah and other fans. It's OK that you're sometimes critical, but please don't criticize everything Mariah does. This is Mariah fansite and (hopefully) we all love Mariah. (Monday 4 August 2014; 22:23)

Lip syncing (45,824) by Lee from UK As I said earlier, I have come to expect Mariah to lip sync most of her performances. However, watching the Meteorite performance back, I didn't realise how bad she was at it. There are lots of lipped performances where it appears as though she forgets where the whistle notes are and gets caught off guard. It always makes me uncomfortable. (Monday 4 August 2014; 22:19)

Opinions is what makes us different from each other (45,823) by MimiLamb from Germany I don't think it's the negativity or being critical that's the problem here, it's the way it's said that goes way too far at times. I don't believe that there is a fan out there that thinks everything is perfectly fine, it's the way to go about it is what makes my skin crawl sometimes. Mariah has been in my life for 24 years flaws and all. She brought me joy and hope like she did so many. That's why I don't go around expressing and sometimes even bashing her, I see her as a person a human being that will do things I don't agree with or things I wouldn't do if I were to be in her shoes. There is a difference that I don't see the need to express this over and over again. When I look at my own life there are many things I would have done different but guess what that makes us human and mistakes are there to be made to learn from them. Ofcourse a healthy balance is important but that is a thing that's off. Not only the people that are negative get critic here, the people that have positive things to say get the same, like your delusional or you can't see no wrong. It goes both ways, hand in hand if you will. Even I can sit here and read a critical comment nodding and agreeing. But I will never stop seeing the positive and pointing it out, we live in a negative world as it is. For me being a Lamb is a positive thing. Can we please give some attention to the lovely shoutout Mariah gave us as well. I mentioned it before we should not only point out the negative but also the positive. (Monday 4 August 2014; 21:23)

Acceptance speech (45,822) by Dove from USA I just watched the acceptance speech for the WMA's and I loved it. She seemed like a real person again and it made me feel bad for saying negative things about the performance. I like that she always thanks God and the fans. (Monday 4 August 2014; 21:11)

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