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Back in Bedford (95,301) by Brad from USA This answers my previous question of where in the world is Mariah Carey. I had a feeling she was upstate. Again. Be well. (Monday 31 August 2020; 17:27)

Re: Jereministroke (95,280) (95,300) by Edward from USA His cover of "I Am Free" is epic. I'm on the floor. I can't believe he hasn't been signed to a label yet. (Monday 31 August 2020; 17:08)

You don’t know her (95,299) by We are lambily from USA The title is obviously meant for all the Karen's in the world who still don't get her and who left her in 1996. Lol just for laughs. This new New York article really made me even more excited for the memoir and I never thought that was possible. It's gonna be explosive and not in a way that most would expect. All that divaish are for laughs, time to get serious. This is seriously one of her best articles I have ever read about her. Andrew mentioned a while ago that most people on this board prefer 1990-1996 music and honestly that's because most of you guys are middle aged white dudes. During those years her music was mostly directed towards her "pop audience" and she obviously is grateful for that success but it was really the r&b/hiphop community she wanted attention from and be a part of. Butterfly album is more than her magnum opus, it's really her. Mariah Carey the human being and Mariah Carey the artist. If sales and achievements meant to her as much as her art she would released [Music Box] 2.0 straight after [Butterfly] but she came back with a even more hip hop/rnb sounding album. Like someone mentioned before that she would trade all of her success for the same recognition Mary J gets. And that says a lot. This new book will honestly heal Mariah's image in so many ways. And I can't wait for Mariah to remind the general people of her life, struggles and blessings. Let's hope we get a documentary after this pandemic. It's time for Mariah to do something so many legends weren't able to do, tell their own story unfiltered. And to change the general people conception of her. (Monday 31 August 2020; 17:04)

Re: Jereministroke (95,280) (95,298) by Edward from USA My ears were bleeding while listening to that, but what really made my nose bled were all the comments encouraging this person to continue doing these covers in which he sounds as if he has been constipated for years. I couldn't stop laughing, but when I got to "After Tonight", my deluluness kicked in, and I became a blind fan. Now I understand some of the fans here. (Monday 31 August 2020; 17:03)

Re: Jereministroke (95,295) (95,297) by Andrew from the United Kingdom How about you STFU? (Monday 31 August 2020; 16:59)

MusicfanJ / Breakdown (95,296) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Breakdown I am not too sure who, or what particular experience inspired Breakdown hopefully we will get insight into the inspiration or meaning to the song in the memoir as some songs will be actual chapters. (Monday 31 August 2020; 16:31)

Re: Jereministroke (95,280) (95,295) by Mutton Dressed as Lamb from UK Put a sock in it Andrew. The account has made me laugh out loud. (Monday 31 August 2020; 15:50)

Re: My All and The Roof (95,287) (95,294) by MusicfanJ from Germany I always knew that "The Roof" was about Derek Jeter. But didn't know "My All" was also about him. How about "Breakdown"? (Monday 31 August 2020; 15:07)

Re: Babyface (95,290) (95,293) by Tevin from USA They worked together in 08 on the Stand Up for Cancer song. (Monday 31 August 2020; 14:44)

Re: Jereministroke (95,280) (95,292) by Scott from USA Surely they are taking the piss. I hope so. But with the amount of bad Pop Idol, American Idol, Australian Idol, whatever idol auditions I've seen, who knows. The comments of support on that vid, whoa. (Monday 31 August 2020; 14:27)

Re: Babyface (95,290) (95,291) by Bill from the UK Baby-face produced When You Believe for Whitney and Mariah so I think that was the official last time they worked together. I also loved Mariah's contribution to Every Time I Close My Eyes. (Monday 31 August 2020; 11:47)

Babyface (95,290) by Bobby A from United States I wonder why MC hasn't worked with Babyface since Daydream. They made beautiful music together. He no longer writes songs by himself or with Daryl Simmons. His songwriting has evolved and you can tell by his work with Antonio Dixon, Percy Bady, and Kameron Glasper. Toni Braxton's Do It by BabyFace, Antonio Dixon and Percy Bady is GTFO but more lady like and classy. Toni's Nothin also on her new album is classic Babyface with Kameron Glasper. (Monday 31 August 2020; 04:05)

Mariah Network (95,289) by Will from England The Mariah Network posted the interview that the New York magazine did with Mariah recently. Very good read and great insight on what she will be talking about in her book. (Monday 31 August 2020; 00:51)

Mariah (95,288) by ss from iran Hi Mari. Hi my life. Hi my love. Mariah I love you. A kiss for you. (Monday 31 August 2020; 00:20)

My All and The Roof (95,287) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Both of these particular songs are about Derek Jeter. (Sunday 30 August 2020; 23:47)

Re: Jereministroke (95,284) (95,286) by Andrew from the United Kingdom FFS, William. Go to Mimi on your database and press delete. (Sunday 30 August 2020; 17:37)

Re: Rarities tracklisting - real? (95,281) (95,285) by Edward from USA When you put it that way, I agree. (Sunday 30 August 2020; 14:41)

Re: Jereministroke (95,280) (95,284) by Bill from the UK I know you were being funny, but my database does actually record the barcodes of my collection lol. (Sunday 30 August 2020; 14:31)

Re: Dear Delulons (95,273) (95,283) by Randy from USA The documentary you posted had me until he spoke about 1997-2001 and didn't mention her lipping for the first time because of vocal stress. She lip synced 90% of Butterfly on Oprah and then was able to sing it wonderfully, though struggling, on SNL and David Letterman. In 1998 everything was live and raspy. In 1999 and 2000 all high belts were lip synced to the record as well as most whistles. In 2001, post breakdown she sounded smurfing amazing at the "A home for the holidays and the Radio City Music Hall show. I think her voice had a lot of rest. But for Charmbracelet she was back to all high belts being lip synced to the record as well as most whistles. That was the first and last time I would see MC in concert because I felt she was like the Wizard of Oz. For TEOM and beyond the strategy has been to lip sync the belts using a recorded raspy track that doesn't sound like the record so she's more inconspicuous. That 2006 Grammy performance is the most masterful cut and paste lip sync I have ever seen. I stand by all of this observation except one curious outlier. Her impromptu for the fans at Jimmy Fallon in 2014. She sounded smurfing amazing. And for the first time I thought it's not just vocal deterioration but maybe nerves playing into awful live performances. Overall though, I hope and wish MC will address the voice in her memoir. But something tells me vanity will overpower her willingness to be truthful about it. (Sunday 30 August 2020; 13:19)

MC30 iTunes purchases (95,282) by MC85 from Canada Hey all. Forgive me if this has already been discussed and I might be the only one still actually purchasing music on iTunes, but I've been having a bit of trouble. So I've bought everything pre-Daydream EP's every Friday but for a number of them, even though the entire album/EP downloads, I can't play certain tracks either on iTunes itself or once I've transferred to my iPod (I'm old school yes). Like if I queue up any of these tracks it just automatically skips to the next one. Out of 13 tracks on the AYNAF EP only five will actually play for me. Anybody else had this problem? Thanks in advance. (Sunday 30 August 2020; 06:05)

Re: Rarities tracklisting - real? (95,278) (95,281) by Andrew from the United Kingdom Toddlicious, I agree. I want Everything Fades Away on Spotify. It is one of the best things she has ever done. Music Box, much like the life of every non-American Mariah Carey fan, is not complete without it. (Sunday 30 August 2020; 04:00)

Jereministroke (95,280) by Andrew from the United Kingdom Sleeping sound in your beds as you may have been, comforted in hope that Jereministroke, in what was his last attempt to have the whoopee cushion that was permanently lodged in his throat removed to a Mariah Carey song, had finally succeeded in having it heimlich-manoeuvred out by the seemingly hung-like-a-horse gimp constantly humping him balls-deep in a loose 3/4 time, listen to this and realise there is, in fact, no sleeping soundly, the nightmare is back and sleep is for the dead. And therefore lucky. Claiming new and unsuspecting innocent victims in his, her or its quest to permanently paralyse the bones of the inner ear of every human being on Earth -  much like the paralysis of the left arm and left side of the face that can so vividly be imagined occurring to Jereministroke on the sustained low notes he, she or it attempts to hold whilst not coughing out an anal prolapse - the nightmare is certainly real. Or could it be after all that this is the original recording Mariah made of Save The Day before her vocals were engineered and will be featured on The Rarities Vol. II alongside 13 other songs everybody has actually already heard anyway plus the All In Your Mind demo included so Bill doesn't have a fit and set fire to his printed volumes of handwritten notes of all the barcodes ever printed on Mariah Carey cassettes between 1992 and 1998? Either way: FFS. (Sunday 30 August 2020; 03:54)

Re: Butterfly Bossa Nova Remix (95,277) (95,279) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Yeah what I meant by rarity was not its availability as a commodity but the way it was produced as a remix, which you also have mentioned. It is pretty different and defies the expectations that come with the term "remix", which most really tend to immediately associate with either hard-hitting beat-oriented reconstructions or rapper features. Side note: it's amazing how much Mariah stuff is more available to certain markets. I know this is mostly territorial, and although East and Southeast Asia is are almost always generally the top recipients of the best bonus material, that's really about 95% Japan than the entire region. In our country, singles and other formats available in some stores internationally basically aren't available here and the only real way of anyone getting them from where I am is online. And since shipping costs to the Philippines can get quite exorbitant, it's more expensive to be a collector here - a fact that I have come to accept and so I only have the CDs/cassettes of the albums. And so I really appreciate when y'all share stories about your collections because even if I can't relate, it's almost as if I could live vicariously through your experiences. (Saturday 29 August 2020; 22:43)

Re: Rarities tracklisting - real? (95,261) (95,278) by Todd from Sydney, Australia Everything Fades Away needs to be included. It's one of her best songs and it pains me that it's not in streaming services, same with Slipping Away. The alternative All In My Mind doesn't particularly interest me, so I'm not too concerned if that teaser doesn't eventuate into anything. If the list is legit, I'm most excited to hear the cover of Out Here On My Own. (Saturday 29 August 2020; 22:21)

Re: Butterfly Bossa Nova Remix (95,276) (95,277) by Bill from the UK For me it's not so much the rarity. I was fortunate to obtain the promo CD in 1997/1998 for not that much money at a record fare. What I like about it is how different it is. By that point, the standard Morales dance mix was becoming cliché, with the usual programmed drums, ostinato keyboards playing major chords, and unaccompanied vocal breakdown. The Bossa Nova was like a breath of fresh air, and it's still never really been bettered for originality. (Saturday 29 August 2020; 20:38)

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