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Wait wait wait (102,821)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Monday 5 June 2023; 14:01) | | |
| Most artists who are inducted are respected pop artists. When MC moved more into the R&B genre, she made it harder for music industry board members to nominate her for accolades that we as Lambs know she deserves. Remember it was just two years ago that she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. I believe the Emotions album was a R&B step in the wrong direction too soon. The back and forth from pop to R&B the first 4 albums confused a lot of music industry board members, but radio loved her pop and R&B songs. |
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This is a reply to message 102,819 by
Randy from USA
(Monday 5 June 2023; 12:26) | | |
| Sheryl Crow? They are inducting Sheryl Crow over Mariah Carey in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Look I like Soak Up The Sun but she doesn't have any of the statistics MC has. For a 9 time Grammy award winner, she has no number ones and has sold 50 million albums. Whitney, Janet, Madonna have all made it in. No MC? Come on industry. |
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The Rarities 2 or something like it (102,809)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Saturday 3 June 2023; 05:03) | | |
| MC is going to have to release The Rarities 2 or something like it to get us excited again. I am growing so impatient with waiting on new music that I am listening and purchasing all of Jessie Ware's albums. She is amazing. Her music and artistry reminds me of what I miss about MC. Her 5th album, That Feels Good, is brilliant and the perfect album for a summer party. |
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Circles remix (102,806)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Friday 2 June 2023; 13:33) | | |
| I love it. It's definitely a Ministry of Sound remix. Their remixes are known repetitive lyrics and altered vocals. I like the Dev Marvelous remix on YouTube better. |
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This is a reply to message 102,802 by
Jamie from UK
(Thursday 1 June 2023; 18:46) | | |
| Check it out it's great. Good summer vibes. |
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Randy follow up (102,793)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Wednesday 31 May 2023; 00:42) | | |
| According to Wikipedia, the original songwriters were commissioned by Disney. When MC signed on to sing Almost Home, she and producers Stargate changed it a bit and Almost Home became what was released. It's funny the website the Singersroom says that Sia Furler wrote the song with the other songwriters. It does have a Sia influenced melody during the lyrics. Could she be a ghost songwriter on the song? She was extremely popular then as a songwriter. |
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This is a reply to message 102,792 by
Bill from the UK
(Tuesday 30 May 2023; 18:33) | | |
| Source? I quoted directly from Mariah's book. |
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Circles remix (102,784)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Monday 29 May 2023; 18:55) | | |
| I am curious see how he wraps the dance beat around her vocals. I love the vocals flaws in Circles as it helps to showcase her heartache and vulnerability in the lyrics. |
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This is a reply to message 102,783 by
Jamie from UK
(Monday 29 May 2023; 14:07) | | |
| I've just seen online there is supposed to be a Circles deep house remix released soon by DJ Eliemusic. I saw it on MariahCareyAu on Instagram. |
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Best song intro (102,780)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Sunday 28 May 2023; 11:57) | | |
| You're so right, Matty. The Bachelorette commercial is what prompted my post. I was moving around cleaning in my living room and I heard the Fantasy intro and MC's iconic voice. I think that Fantasy has been used more in past 5 years in commercials and movies than any other MC song. 1990-1999 will always be the years that non fans will know Mariah Carey for her work and artistry. Cheers to the queen of iconic songs and intros and that voice back then. I hope that we get biopic movie in the next five years played by the Australian singer and actress Tina Arena. |
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This is a reply to message 102,779 by
Matty from Vancouver Canada
(Sunday 28 May 2023; 06:38) | | |
Fantasy is like nothing else. I think it's her most known intro to non-lambs for sure and you just know exactly the fire and heat she's about to unleash. I love the "Bounce Bounce Bounce" from Migrate is epic especially for an album opener; probably her best album opener. I'd also back the LoverBoy Firecracker intro; it's a heartbreaker that she couldn't have released that initially.
Ps. Any North American's see the upcoming commercial for The Bachelorette? [They] use [Fantasy] in it, and starts with that epic intro. It's almost a best of montage Fantasy  it's [an] amazing commercial and I'm not even a fan of the show. |
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Best song intro (102,774)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Saturday 27 May 2023; 04:02) | | |
| The intro to Fantasy is MC's best song intro. |
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RIP Tina (102,768)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Thursday 25 May 2023; 00:43) | | |
| Tina was simply best. RIP Tina. |
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This is a reply to message 102,765 by
MC1989 from Spain
(Wednesday 24 May 2023; 22:06) | | |
| Long Live the Queen Of Rock. Today I can't stop crying. It is such a loss. I remember how her songs and her life story gave me strength during highschool. I hope Mariah lives many many years with health. We have to be thankful for having her among us. |
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Studio (102,763)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Wednesday 24 May 2023; 17:24) | | |
| I saw that post. She looks beautiful. |
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This is a reply to message 102,761 by
Lady B from USA
(Wednesday 24 May 2023; 16:20) | | |
| Anyone else see her latest IG post with the dogs where she mentions studio time? |
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DFAU U.S. double vinyl (102,759)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Tuesday 23 May 2023; 17:10) | | |
| Does anybody know why the U.S. double vinyl release never received an photo cover instead was packaged in a plain white cover with only a hype sticker? It looks like the Japan version received the official single cover. |
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My issue with Rainbow (102,754)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Sunday 21 May 2023; 22:06) | | |
| Jamie, we are going to need a new topic for this week. This one didn't go in a good direction like the one last weekend. I messed up with this one. No more past album or era topics for me. |
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This is a reply to message 102,753 by
Randy from USA
(Sunday 21 May 2023; 15:18) | | |
| I think your problem with me is that I speak the truth and always have receipts. And yes I will be a broken record until we find out what happened in 1997. But I said some positive things about Rainbow the album. I waited outside of Sam Goody for 20 minutes until they opened. I had the Rainbow album cover on the back of my bathroom door. I don't hate MC. Never did. I hate MC's deceit. And I still love you Terna. |
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My issue with Rainbow (102,750)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Sunday 21 May 2023; 09:48) | | |
| Randy, but your number of high likes with your posts tell how respected you are on this board. You have become the leader of the board who keeps us on the right track. You were missed when you took your sabbatical some few years back. Please don't stay gone like that again. |
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This is a reply to message 102,748 by
Randy from USA
(Sunday 21 May 2023; 02:18) | | |
| I swear, I really do not come here to be negative. But that era introduced something insidious. Mariah's first lip sync was on the Oprah show in 1997 when she lipped Butterfly. Afterwards she sang everything for Butterfly and #1s live. When the promotion for Rainbow started that's when she started regularly lipping climaxes. Look at the ten thousand performances of Can't Take That Away. I agree with you the album is amazing from start to finish. But that was around the time Mariah started deceiving us live so I can't wave the Rainbow flag. |
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Rainbow was bigger than Daydream (102,745)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Saturday 20 May 2023; 20:56) | | |
| Well, here it is as I promised. I am probably going to get a lot of push back for making this statement. This is why I have made such a bold statement. Rainbow was MC's liberation album. She had creative authority to do what she wanted to on Rainbow. She wanted to fulfill her contractual obligations to Sony Music. So she recorded Rainbow in 6 months. The recording of Rainbow has been her shortest time ever to record an album. The Heartbreaker single Jay-Z feature was a first for MC. It was the first time in her career that another artist was featured on one her lead singles. MC wrote ballads that were closer to R&B than pop for Rainbow. Many of the ballads mirrored sentiments she experienced in her personal life. The first week album sales of 323,000 were the highest in her career at the time. It was the first time a single's remix was featured on the album's initial release. Mariah started this trend that many R&B/Hip Hop have duplicated. It was the first time a Mariah Carey album had two interludes included in the album's tracklisting. The Biana alter ego was introduced. The Heartbreaker video was more expensive than Fantasy. Heartbreaker is one of the most expensive videos ever made costing 2.5 million. Promotion and tour was bigger than Daydream. Agree or disagree? |
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Prelude to my next topic (102,743)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Thursday 18 May 2023; 17:39) | | |
| I have comprised some overall stats of Rainbow and Daydream in all areas and I have discovered some impressive stats. What I have discovered about Rainbow compared Daydream will get everybody talking and shine new light on MC as a brilliant artist. Rainbow was a huge success story for MC despite how Tommy sabotage its success. MC had total creative control during the recording and promotion of Rainbow while Tommy still had his puppet strings on MC during Daydream. Daydream was an enormous success, but MC lost such much control during the album promotion and looked defeated during her Grammys lost when she gave Columbia the best album of her career at the time. I will leave it there. I don't want share too much more of what I discovered about Rainbow being a huge triumph for MC. I don't think Rainbow has ever been called MC's liberation album But that is exactly what it was before Mimi was emancipated. Stay tuned for new post Saturday evening. Let me know your thoughts today. Agree or disagree? |
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Favorite 90s singles cover (102,741)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Wednesday 17 May 2023; 16:05) | | |
| I know that I may seem a little eccentric at times, but you have to admit I have started some great topics this year. This one is my best so far. I have one new topic coming Saturday that is going to have the board talking all next week. MC will be proud of us next week. |
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This is a reply to message 102,740 by
Jamie from UK
(Wednesday 17 May 2023; 11:13) | | |
| Yes it's quite costly. I have a a Japanese 5" CD of I Don't Wanna Cry. |
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Performance (102,722)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Sunday 14 May 2023; 00:28) | | |
| So, how would a vocal coach characterized MC's vocal issues? Maybe a deteriorating range, breathing problems, vocal chords closing up or inability to modulate notes to just sing at all anymore? I would like to know one day. Something is just not right with her voice. |
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This is a reply to message 102,721 by
Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter
(Saturday 13 May 2023; 17:25) | | |
| Stopping by to say hi to everyone. I also watched the new performance and yes although it was low energy and she was out of breath at times, she still has a stage presence. We lambs do notice a lot haha but she's getting a lot of love from the general public. They don't care if she's lipping or out of breath. She looked stunning and so young straight out of 2005. But I do think she should lose the corset, it restricts her breathing and I would love to see her move around a bit more. But at the end of the day I am just happy she's still among us, still performing, relevant without publicity stunts and still a legend. I know everyone has their own opinion and that's fine but I think the whole poll/debate about whether she should go through with the nodule surgery or not is absolutely horrible. We don't know what her reasons are and every surgery has a chance of risk. Plus just basic decency we shouldn't be giving out medical opinions. We aren't doctors and we don't even know her medical history. |
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Favorite 90s singles cover (102,719)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Saturday 13 May 2023; 14:15) | | |
| My favorite 90s singles cover is Never Forget You/Without You. I love this cover because of the beige/almond background and MC's innocent pose. What is your favorite 90s singles cover? |
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Maybe I'm missing something? (102,709)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Thursday 11 May 2023; 01:03) | | |
| MC seems very unhappy right now. She is not married. Her children don't have their father in the home. The man she thought was her lifetime husband disappointed her in so many ways. If you think back when MC performed Obsessed on her Nick's TV show, that was a woman who was in love and happy. During this time, we didn't cringe in front of TV everytime she performed. Her performances for the most part were on point especially when she performed when she was pregnant with Roc and Roe. When a person is not happy, it shows in their speech, weight, and overall confidence. The 90's MC would be doing all she could do to secure a record label with the right people behind her. However, MC has lost her drive because something is just not right in 2023. |
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This is a reply to message 102,708 by
whisperingmisunderstandings from USA
(Wednesday 10 May 2023; 22:20) | | |
I honestly think at this point she's more concerned about the way she looks than anything else, even her vocals. A few years back during the #1 to Infinity era they did a video of her "reacting" to each of her number ones. Instead of sharing interesting anecdotes/reflections about the songs/videos, she spent the whole time criticizing her outfits and hairstyles, saying things like "hideous, what where they thinking with this shot, dahhhling".
There are multiple examples of performances from the last decade where she gets to a difficult part of the song, and then stops singing to look at herself in the monitor and rant about her hair/makeup or how she needs a "glam moment". This hyper fixation on appearance (which no one cares about other than her) seems to be a crutch to avoid dealing with the reality of the state of her vocals (a convenient way to distract the audience from the fact that she's not delivering, maybe she's even starting to fool herself).
As far as Lovers and Friends, she looked amazing, better than she has in years imo. But aside from a few nice impromptu vocal moments, she also delivered one of her worst vocal performances ever. It seems that she's happy with that trade off. |
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One positive (102,703)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Tuesday 9 May 2023; 19:12) | | |
| MC is a freakin genius. It's ironic that each song was composed with her musical director at time - Walter A., Big Jim Wright, and Ben Margulies. Her three most influential collaborators are these men. Erase their history together and we would not have gotten some of her biggest hits or Lamb favorites. |
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This is a reply to message 102,702 by
Tevin from USA
(Tuesday 9 May 2023; 17:28) | | |
| One positive thing: the intro of Till the End of Time, into Camouflage into VOL was genius. Good job Mariah. |
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New low? (102,700)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Tuesday 9 May 2023; 13:00) | | |
| At this point I wish she still had the vocal ability exhibited in I Don't. I don't know where MC's career is headed now without being able to produce anything good in the studio now. We are currently in some uncharted territories with MC's career. |
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This is a reply to message 102,695 by
Tevin from USA
(Tuesday 9 May 2023; 02:34) | | |
| Not to add insult to injury, but this is clearly voice issues not just vocal, as in singing, issues. I noticed multiple times when Mariah was speaking to the crowd, like when she yelled welcome Boys 2 Men [Boyz II Men], her voice broke and she didn't complete the phrase. That was just with her speaking. Something is very very wrong. But it's Mariah Carey, and if anyone can bounce back, it will be her. |
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Boyz II Men performance (102,684)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Monday 8 May 2023; 12:43) | | |
| Maybe that is one of reasons she and Tanaka broke up. He probably wanted her to get some professional or medical help for her vocal issues. You know MC doesn't like to be told what she should do. I posted prematurely before I saw the rest of the videos. Can we all come to terms that we may never get a new Mariah Carey album? How can she produce an album with the state that her voice is in? It is sad that MC's career is on the verge of being over. |
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This is a reply to message 102,682 by
TheWind from England
(Monday 8 May 2023; 11:52) | | |
| The Boys II Men [sic] performance was tragic to watch. They were doing their best to support her and her current voice, but she literally couldn't sing a note from the song. It was painful to watch. It was nice to see the boys be so accommodating to her, but she needs help. The voice has slowly deteriorated since 97 onwards. During the Glitter era and the pregnancy, there was a resurgence, but for the most part, it has deteriorated to what we have now. I love Mariah and I do believe she is doing the best with what she has. I hope she puts the time and discipline into nurturing her voice. |
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The whistle or the complete voice? (102,678)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Sunday 7 May 2023; 20:58) | | |
| Is it true to say that you were not impressed with her vocals last night? She did reach for some high notes that she could not execute well, but overall I feel she is using what's left of her voice. In my opinion, MC ruined her voice with the constant heavy belting and singing in that breathiness tone. |
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This is a reply to message 102,670 by
TheWind from England
(Sunday 7 May 2023; 13:53) | | |
| If it's true that Mariah has nodules on her vocals that have damaged her voice, but allow her to facilitate the whistle register, what would you rather? Mariah to get surgery and lose the whistle register, but return to an overall healthy voice, or maintain the whistle register and continue to work around the nodules? This is a purely speculative post, as I don't know that she has nodules etc, and I have no clue what's wrong with her voice. If it is true, I'd much rather she lip whistle notes for the rest of her career and sing everything in between in a healthy voice. |
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Lovers and Friends performance (102,669)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Sunday 7 May 2023; 08:51) | | |
Well, MC made us proud Lambs. She has her voice. I loved the Til The End Of Time - Camouflage - Vision of Love - hello lovers and friends intro. Mimi is even looking like she stepped back into her Touch My Body video.  |
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This is a reply to message 102,644 by
Robert-Anthony from United States
(Sunday 30 April 2023; 01:11) | | |
| MC is going to make the Lambs proud in one week. She has had 6 months of vocal rest and is looking good in recent pictures. I just feel it is going to be a very special performance. |
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Tanaka (102,667)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Saturday 6 May 2023; 18:17) | | |
| Is it true that they have broken up? There haven't been any pics of them together since they dined in L.A. in March. |
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Record Store Day wish list (102,665)
by Robert-Anthony from United States
(Friday 5 May 2023; 20:07) | | |
Make your request known now on Record Store Day's wish list on their website. I submitted three MC wish list items today.
1. Angels Advocate/Jumpsmokers Remix albums
2. Yours ft. Justin Timberlake/Reaching For The Sky vinyl release
3. Somebody's Ugly Daughter vinyl release |
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