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About Bill from the UK: I love Mariah more than you do. London Daydream Tour Attendee.

Re: Signature song (75,318) (75,329) by Bill from the UK It's not We Belong Together. The entire population of every Westernised country know AIWFCIY. (Thursday 18 May 2017; 15:55)

Re: The ultimate Mariah Carey song poll (75,290) (75,297) by Bill from the UK AIWFCIY is arguably more her signature song than Hero is. (Wednesday 17 May 2017; 15:35)

Re: The ultimate Mariah Carey song poll (75,271) (75,280) by Bill from the UK Vision of Love without a shadow of a doubt. (Tuesday 16 May 2017; 13:25)

Re: How 650 million can get messed up (75,219) (75,230) by Bill from the UK I do agree. Mariah is a "native New Yorker". She grew up riding the subways, running with people up in Harlem, down on Broadway. She's no tramp, but she's no lady. Talking that street talk. She's the heart and soul of New York City. (Sunday 14 May 2017; 10:13)

Re: So guys got married, first dance (75,207) (75,229) by Bill from the UK My best wishes to you and your lucky spouse for the future Jade, I love that you ended on Melt Away, a beautiful track perfect for the moment. (Sunday 14 May 2017; 10:09)

Re: Songs that you love that aren't fan favorites (75,120) (75,128) by Bill from the UK Yay, I love To The Floor so much. A great tune, best song on Emancipation by a mile in my opinion. But then, who am I? (Wednesday 10 May 2017; 21:10)

Re: Songs you wish Mariah would do (75,124) (75,127) by Bill from the UK There's a much better song by Minnie I'd live Mariah to do called "Reasons". It's got more of a punch to it and the sustained high notes throughout are up there with those from "Bliss". Plus Mariah is a better singer in general than Minnie so can really add more to the song. I'd also love for her to sing "The Impossible Dream". (Wednesday 10 May 2017; 21:09)

Re: Everything Fades Away (75,029) (75,032) by Bill from the UK Agree completely. It still makes no sense to me how it was left off the US version. Thank God the International versions all included it. It was a beautiful, haunting, heart breaking ending to the album. (Saturday 6 May 2017; 14:20)

Re: Albums (74,925) (74,953) by Bill from the UK Ha, gut punch number one: you skip The Wind. Gut punch number 2, you hate To The Floor. TTF is my fave from TEOM by a long, long way. It's so free and breezy and laid back, I can't explain it but it sounds "spacious" to me. In my head I always call the song "Tonight", as I remember that was the title it was given when it leaked shortly after Say Somethin' did. Next you'll be saying you don't like Make It Look Good lol. Nice to see many people appreciating Emotions. I could listen to Till the End of Time all day. (Wednesday 3 May 2017; 22:01)

Re: Albums (74,918) (74,920) by Bill from the UK Emotions is probably my most listened to and favourite album of Mariah's, not counting Unplugged of course which for me is in its own league. It's a moving, beautiful album made with sincerity which is now sadly missing. Her look during that period was incredible. The embodiment of "classic Mariah", the videos were great, great single choices and promotional appearances too. The only album other than the debut that completely showcased her amazing range. The numerous producers on the first album made it lack coherency but this album had a continual mood and delivery. The C&C numbers were great, not to mention the Carole King collaboration (and the SNL/Grammy performances of If It's Over have got to be in almost every fan's top ten), and then the beautiful ending of Till The End Of Time and the haunting jazz influenced The Wind, I have no words. I gush about this album so much because it never comes up in convo. Everyone's always Butterfly this, TEOM that, but Emotions is a true underrated gem and an album I have loved from first listen to the current day. I play it daily. (Tuesday 2 May 2017; 21:28)

Re: Things we particularly like about Mariah (74,784) (74,822) by Bill from the UK Terna, your reply is actually hilarious. (Friday 28 April 2017; 07:46)

Re: Things we particularly like about Mariah (74,728) (74,753) by Bill from the UK You honestly see Mariah as a "grounded celebrity"? For some moments in life there are no words. (Tuesday 25 April 2017; 20:11)

Re: Glennis Grace is the new Whitney? (74,699) (74,709) by Bill from the UK Her Christmas album has a rendition of AIWFCIY and Miss You Most, both of which she does really well. (Monday 24 April 2017; 07:08)

Re: Mariah the songwriter (74,545) (74,550) by Bill from the UK Yep, "acting so corny like fritos" stands up there as one of her greatest ever lyrics and there's absolutely no need for anyone else to step in. (Monday 17 April 2017; 23:17)

Re: Mariah the songwriter (74,509) (74,513) by Bill from the UK Look at When You Believe and All My Life. Original songs written for Mariah and she sure as hell made them her own. Her remakes almost always trump the original (I'll Be There, Without You, Open Arms) so she could easily take somebody else's song to the next level as she does with her own material. (Saturday 15 April 2017; 10:17)

Re: You know you're a Mariah fan when... (74,497) (74,499) by Bill from the UK Lol (all caps). Sorry but that made me laugh so much haha. (Friday 14 April 2017; 14:13)

Re: You know you're a Mariah fan when... (74,492) (74,498) by Bill from the UK Haha that is great Jade. Hope you have a lovely wedding day and that Mariah makes the playlist then too. (Friday 14 April 2017; 14:12)

Re: Daydream era (74,200) (74,203) by Bill from the UK Also ABMB ended up becoming one of her most popular songs in the US, still receiving regular airplay to this day. Daydream is always heavily represented on her compilation albums too so if anything it's the opposite and is arguably the peak of her career both in terms of success, vocals, and creativity. (Thursday 6 April 2017; 14:54)

Re: The uselessness of trying to change someone (74,001) (74,019) by Bill from the UK What a great post Marissa, thank you. I have been listening to the debut album non-stop lately, and it's because I want to "recapture all of the memories". That album for me is a window into the little girl who listened to the radio under the covers, sang with her mother, skipped school to write and record songs in a funky woodshop, and who had no proper shoes upon her feet. The little girl that believed in herself enough and knew what she wanted. She was beautiful, she sang beautifully, she wrote beautiful songs. When I listen to Vanishing now, I can't help but see it as me singing it to her. The lyrics are so poignant now. You're vanishing, drifting so far away, you're vanishing, you're vanishing away. (Wednesday 29 March 2017; 00:53)

Happy birthday Mariah (73,994) by Bill from the UK Happy birthday Mariah. I love you so much. (Monday 27 March 2017; 21:10)

Re: Hypocrisy, here I come (73,866) (73,873) by Bill from the UK So Luther died because Mariah outsang him during their duet? What a way to go. (Thursday 23 March 2017; 01:21)

Re: Wasted songs, should have been singles (73,729) (73,733) by Bill from the UK And You Don't Remember was meant to be the fourth single from Emotions but was canned when I'll Be There took off. I wish it had been as it's a beautiful song. The Roof and Breakdown should have got full worldwide single treatment and not limited releases. I loved Make It Look Good from the get go and think it should have been put out instead of You're Mine (Eternal). If We and The One were also amazing. Wish more people could have heard them. (Friday 17 March 2017; 14:26)

Re: Most played MC song in iTunes (73,689) (73,712) by Bill from the UK AIWFCIY followed closely by the beautiful Vision of Love. Never gets old. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 22:56)

Re: If you could (73,391) (73,418) by Bill from the UK My All, Joyride, Make It Look Good. (Tuesday 7 March 2017; 7:32)

Re: The stolen idea (73,170) (73,174) by Bill from the UK Also apparently the demo tape recordings Mariah was going to release was called "1989", like Taylor's album. If it's true, it is such a shame. I'd give my all to hear that tape. (Monday 27 February 2017; 4:48)

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