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Past and Future (39,627) by Carol from Spain Still regarding my previous post, I'm just saying that we should let her be the way she wants to be. What most of you doesn't realize is that the real Mariah Carey is the one we met in 1997, the urban chick with flavour for Pop, Hip Hop and RnB, not the one who was covered up to her neck. She unleashed her sexier side in 97 and never gave it up. People are free to like or deslike her attitude, her looks, but that also applies to her. She can't be what everyone wants her to be, she has to be herself in her music. I believe her new album is going to be amazing and probably, the most personal record yet. 11.11 is around the corner for the first taste. (Thursday 31 October 2013; 17:22)

Carla (39,626) by Will from England Hear hear! (Thursday 31 October 2013; 17:01)

Let the past be past (39,625) by Carol from Spain Some people need to stop living in the past and accept Mariah how she is. I've said this before here. Mariah is a superstar in her own right, she would make it with Tommy or with him and I agree with lamb_O_Chop about the influence Tommy had on her music or success. Mariah hates some her first songs because they were overproduced by Sony. The 90's are gone and people need to accept what she wants to do, because I think we all understood already that Mariah will not change her style, because the majority of people doesn't like it. She has her own thing. She wants to be etternally 12? So be it. Or she wants to wear laced swimmsuits on the covers? Good for her! The photos are photoshopped yes, but everyone does it and in worse ways. Fans need to accept her the way she is and leave alone all these criticis. (Thursday 31 October 2013; 16:06)

Circles, Mine Again and Your Girl (39,624) by Rashidi Rahim Rick from Malaysia Mariah sounded so confident with her voice for those songs. She belted those songs from start to finish just like when she was in Daydream era. Those three songs defined her catchphrase "The Return of The Voice" for that era. (Thursday 31 October 2013; 16:02)

Single cover (39,623) by CHAZ from USA C'mon MC, like every lamb, I'm dying for the new album. But this is supposed to be a new era, and the new single cover art speaks volumes in that it's too photoshopped, and that you're trying too hard to look sexy when you already are. Please stop being eternally 12! (Thursday 31 October 2013; 14:06)

What's Tommy got to do (got to do) with it? (39,622) by Lamb_O_Chop from Australia Ugh! I hate how some of you all give this guy all the credit, just because he made MC wear potatoe sacks for 7 years. Isn't this beloved hero the same guy that told MC her left side was ugly anyway, or to pass as a "white girl that sings black", held her hostage and force her to sing none stop, better yet stole her song and gave it to "J.Lo" to sabotage her career? Need I to say more? I'm sure he has everything to do with all her insecurities you speak of, so why not give him credit for that instead. I don't get the big fuss whatsoever, you all must be bored. (Thursday 31 October 2013; 11:16)

Dream MC concert list (39,621) by Lainsky from Philippines Thanks Matt for this topic, here's my list. Opening - Butterfly chorus 1. Emotions (yes quite similar with her AATW dvd) 2. To Be Around You 3. Heartbreaker (remix and album version) 4. Dreamlover (version in TAOM) 5. I Don't Wanna Cry 6. Vanishing or All In Your Mind 7. Fantasy (without the rap) 8. Stay The Night 9. For The Record 10. Standing O Closing - We Belong Together Others if she has two hours concert - Through the Rain, My All/Stay A While, I still Believe, Now That I Know and Sweetheart - somewhere in between. (Thursday 31 October 2013; 10:55)

"Dim All The Lights" acapella (39,620) by Billy from Greece Check out a new video with MC where she sings acapella a portion of Donna Summer's "Dim All The Lights". So cool. (Thursday 31 October 2013; 10:46)

My concert (39,619) by Bill from the UK 1. Vision of love 2. Hero 3. Always be my baby 4. I'll be there 5. Fantasy 6. Never forget you 7. Ribbon 8. The wind 9. The roof 10. All I want for Christmas is you It's great the cover has generated so much debate (never seen it like this on this board before), but it's just the single cover. The album cover, if different, is what I'm really excited to see. (Thursday 31 October 2013; 7:52)

Great new single? (39,618) by Matthew from USA We all know social media can be cruel. Celebrities are especially aware of this. Many celebs avoid social media. It can literally make or break a new project. So the fact that Mariah is inviting social media to the debut of the new single is promising. It means she's pretty confident it's a hit. Most artists nowadays "leak" their songs. If the buzz is good, they make it a single. If the buzz is bad, the artist will make a speech about how an unfinished song was unfairly leaked. But MC is actually telling all of social media to come and take a listen (you like this, and you know it). So I think the lambs should be pretty excited right now. MC and JD know a stone smash groove hit wonder when they hear it. Lol. (Thursday 31 October 2013; 6:49)

Cover art (39,617) by Licia from USA Mariah has been doing the photoshop thing forever. It's not new. I don't always like it, but I don't choose her music because of how her covers looks. If the music is good the cover art shouldn't matter. Nikki, she has been doing the right side thing since the beginning of her career. Go look at her 1990s single and album covers. Tommy and his crew started that mess. This just didn't start in the last 10 years. (Thursday 31 October 2013; 2:29)

My concert (39,616) by Will from Australia This debating of the cover is mundane. Anyway, this would be my ten songs I'd love to see live. 1. Heartbreaker 2. Last Kiss 3. When I Saw You 4. Without You 5. Love Takes Time 6. All I Want For Christmas Is You 7. Anytime You Need A Friend 8. I Don't Wanna Cry 9. We Belong Together 10. Everything Fades Away (Thursday 31 October 2013; 1:06)

Cover (39,615) by Ms. Giselle from USA The difference between others photoshopped pics [...]. Whoever picks the shots for covers needs to be fired. In the "Tommy years" those shots were decent and looked good. I think Tommy forbid that photoshop guy to stop working for her because it's been a mess since then lol. Another thing I'm tired of is that Mariah is so insecure. Stop with the left side videos/pics. [...] Please. Show a good example for Ms. Monroe. I'm tired of her always doing these/trying to do these sexy half naked poses. It's coming off as desperate/insecure now. You're a legend, you don't need to keep doing these things. This is why she's lost so many fans. Let's remind people what made you become a legend. [...] TEOM was a sexy era, but it was toned down. Let these younger girls who need to do this for attention do it. All Mariah got to do is [...] and remind people and show this younger generation who Mariah Carey is. (Wednesday 30 October 2013; 23:02)

Mixtape (39,614) by lil star from untied states I've always wanted Mariah to release a mixtape for her hardcore fans. I know she has a lot of unreleased material that we would all want to hear. Plus it would give her the chance to experiment more, maybe put out some jazz and blues type songs or very experimental stuff. It's just a thought. (Wednesday 30 October 2013; 21:36)

Re: Cover (39,613) by RadChad from United States Well I would still call it art because it sorta looks like a painting and (as many have mentioned) the color scheme is gorgeous. Whether it was a drawing, painting, photoshopped or whatever, it's still a nice image. I'm just not mad at it, but I can respect others opposing views, because some of the same thoughts go through my head about certain things. (Wednesday 30 October 2013; 21:30)

Photoshop (39,612) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom Did people seriously expect Mariah to have a cover that wasn't photoshopped? She's been doing it since 1902. Yes, it may be tiring, and yes it probably doesn't represent a realistic depiction of beauty, but Mariah is not the only one who does this. There's not a single photo from a photoshoot by anyone famous that isn't photoshopped, irrespective of whether the person is male or female. It's the standard these days. Perhaps people should cut Mariah just a little bit of slack, and just let her be. I'm not saying it's a good or bad thing, but it's Mariah's prerogative to choose what way she wants to look, not ours. Don't get me wrong, I've criticised Mariah in the past for clothing and image choices, but at this stage we really shouldn't expect her to dress or take pictures like Audrey Hepburn. We all know the deal. (Wednesday 30 October 2013; 21:18)

Dreamlover (39,611) by TJ from Norway My favourite cover is the Dreamlover single. It's just beautiful. (Wednesday 30 October 2013; 21:01)

Will from the UK (39,610) by TJ from Norway I agree with you on the TEOM cover. I was actually about to mention TEOM, but I didn't. (Wednesday 30 October 2013; 20:50)

Geraldine, webmaster (39,609) by clueey23 from USA This is my point. We as a public are already saturated with actual photos and videos of MC and all celebrities, so who wants a cover that looks like an Instagram snap. The cover art is art. Period. What she looks like body wise in the photo is not really relevant because we have no idea when this photo for this cover art was actually done. We as fans know MC has always said she likes the water, i.e. the bathing suits since Honey. Yes, at times it gets played, i.e. Hate U. But I'm actually enjoying the approach MC and JD are taking releasing this record. They are giving off good vibes. And this actually becoming an event in itself as if this was an album release and not a single, is awesome. (Wednesday 30 October 2013; 19:53)

Songs Mariah has never performed live (39,608) by Victor from Costa Rica I would love to hear Mariah singing the following songs in a live event or televised show: "When I saw you", "Melt away", "If we", "Miss you", "So cold", "To be around you", "Music box", "Never forget you", "The beautiful ones", "Sweetheart", "After tonight", "Vulnerability", "Want you", "You had your chance", "God rest ye merry gentlemen", "Cruise control", "For the record", "One and only", "Circles", "The first Noel / Born is the king", "Almost home", "Lil Love". There's so many great songs never released as a single or never performed live. (Wednesday 30 October 2013; 19:22)

Show (one song from each album) (39,607) by Victor from Costa Rica Hello everybody, I hope you are fine. I would like to be in a Mariah Carey concert to hear live the following songs (one from each album): 1. Vanishing 2. Emotions 3. I'll be there 4. Dreamlover 5. Christmas (Baby please come home) 6. When I saw you 7. Breakdown 8. I still believe 9. Heartbreaker 10. Never too far 11. Miss you 12. We belong together 13. I'll be loving you long time 14. Angels cry 15. Oh Santa! 16. TBD (from The Art of Letting Go) (Wednesday 30 October 2013; 19:08)

Re: Matt - a show (39,606) by Dennis from The Netherlands 1. Triumphant (Pulse Remix) 2. Forever 3. Cruise Control 4. Say Something 5. I Know What You Want 6. My Saving Grace 7. I Still Believe (Remix) 8. Without You 9. Fantasy 10. Vision Of Love (Wednesday 30 October 2013; 19:08)

A show (39,605) by OGmattyICE from US I was wondering if you could compile a group of your dream Mariah concert with a 10 song setlist live. What would your 10 song concert be from start to finish? I think mine would be: 1. Emotions (has to be lead song) 2. Forever 3. Make It Happen (with choir) 4. We Belong Together 5. Always Be My Baby 6. Without You 7. If It's Over 8. Circles 9. Hero 10. Vision Of Love (encore) It's tough but I think that would be my dream Mariah concert. I was wondering what everyone else's are. On another note, I think The Art Of Letting Go will be huge and you will be able to feel it just like Mariah said. I keep thinking back to how emotional she got on the 4th of July while singing "Looking In". And to end on a lighter note, has anyone wondered how Mariah's voice would sound if she inhaled helium? Haha with her whistle that must be so high pitched. Haha. I still love Mariah with all I got. (Wednesday 30 October 2013; 16:29)

The art of photoshopping (39,604) by Sasha from Nomansland What's the point of doing that kind of cover, it's so photoshopped that I barely recognized her lol. Photoshopped is art? Well not in my universe. Hopefully, there is good music hidding behind this, that's the only thing we are expecting from her anyway. (Wednesday 30 October 2013; 16:00)

TAOLG cover art (39,603) by Ryan from the Philippines The single cover art is truly something. I mean really, it's the best in years, not just for Mariah but with all artists out there. It's sensual, mysterious and classy. I could not ask for more really. Plus it looks attractive on iTunes and other online music stores. (Wednesday 30 October 2013; 15:15)

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