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Article: Mariah Carey worries fans after "crying" on stage (107,193) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

The song was Looking In. Again, I don't see any tears or crying in the recent performance.
(Sunday 11 August 2024; 22:28)


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Confused (107,182) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Ridiculous. She's just waiting for the pre-recorded section (all of it is, in fact) while half smiling and not wanting to do any live adlibs.
There's no more to this specific performance than the rest of the show.
(Sunday 11 August 2024; 00:53)


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Christmas shows (107,180) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Joachim, we all know you can pull through, right? All our support, dear lamb. Make it happen.
(Saturday 10 August 2024; 21:53)


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What do you do for a living? (106,961) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

The one song I used to go with was "Hero". You know, easy to sing along to and understand. Anyway, one day I decided to use a different one for a more mature group of students and I picked "The Art of Letting Go". At the end of it, one of my students said that Mariah sounded "revengeful" (in relation to the part: "out the kitchen window right now"). Lol.
(Friday 26 July 2024; 00:19)


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What do you do for a living? (106,960) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

I don't even know the artists, the songs or the type of music which is listened to by youngsters here in Spain. Every now and then I happen to be with my nephew, who is 11 years old, and I have no idea of what he's singing along to. He then tells me the name of the artist or group and nothing to me.

When he was a baby, he used to sing along "Supernatural": "Our love is supernatural... ah ah ah ah...". He doesn't remember, but I got it recorded. Lol.
(Friday 26 July 2024; 00:13)


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Original David Morales collaboration (106,959) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

You know what? I'm still stuck in the Portrait Hopeful Child Remix. It's just so well executed in every sense: the different paces, the transitions into the different sections, the whole vibe, the lyrics, the varied moments. It's just excellent. I listen to it almost every day. I love the Rainbow's End as well.
(Friday 26 July 2024; 00:06)


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Election (106,958) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Let's not get into politics, but, guys, what you're living there in the US right now is out of proportion (respectfully).
(Friday 26 July 2024; 00:01)


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What do you do for a living? (106,956) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

I can see from the diversity here we can build up the greatest enterprise to re-boost Mariah's career (sorts of...). Don't you all agree? Lol.
(Thursday 25 July 2024; 23:57)


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What do you do for a living? (106,943) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Oh. When I was a teacher, I used to play Mariah's songs for my students as often as I could. Lol.
(Wednesday 24 July 2024; 19:44)


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What do you do for a living? (106,942) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

I used to be a teacher of English. Currently, I work for the Spanish Airports Authority, the corporation which manages the Spanish airports. I'm in the Passenger Services Department.
(Wednesday 24 July 2024; 19:43)


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Rumoured lead singles (106,929) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

I also have the commercial one released in Spain in 1998, just before When You Believe came out as well. Sweet times.
(Monday 22 July 2024; 23:04)


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MIH in Manila 2003 (106,886) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

What about this concert and this performance in particular? The drive, the energy, the looks, the sweat, the voice, the charisma. Everything.
(Tuesday 16 July 2024; 00:17)

Mariah saved me (106,885) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Hey, Joaquim. Same here, kind of. I hope you're feeling fine now. Sometimes we take things for granted, even Mariah's music (our favorite), because we tend not to value what we have and only seek for what we don't have. We need to make ourselves remember that her music and her message is just right there when we need it the most.
(Tuesday 16 July 2024; 00:12)


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Specific lyric on Obsessed (106,863) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Wow. It's really difficult to guess what she's saying there exactly. I really don't know. Also, doesn't she say "You love me, you love me..." instead of "You like me"?
(Thursday 11 July 2024; 01:15)


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Vacation everyone? (106,830) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Not really. I'm studying for an internal promotion exam at work next September. And also, I've started watching "Travelers" on Netflix. The 40° temperatures during the Spanish summer are so hard. Nice holidays.
(Thursday 4 July 2024; 00:36)


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New remixes (106,809) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

I just want to say that I absolutely love the new remixes of Portrait and Rainbow's End. I can't stop playing them over and over again. Also, Made For Me and several gems on Rainbow 25th Anniversary. I'm so excited and happy to be enjoying the new music. Regards to all.
(Thursday 27 June 2024; 23:14)

Love (106,538) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

I just wanna say that I love the Made for Me remix and the Portrait one as well. It's like new life.
(Sunday 26 May 2024; 00:47)

History is about to be made (106,436) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Let's hope so. I usually listen to 181.FM True R&B radio station, and it's one of the most played songs. I'd like to listen to the remix version as often as the original one.
(Saturday 18 May 2024; 16:56)


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Article: Mariah spent Mother's Day weekend in Westchester (106,435) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Focusing on specific things don't help to get the whole picture, the way I see it. Five years ago, I used to get along really well with my mother (that doesn't mean we hadn't had our problems before). Two years later everything changed after several incidents and disputes, and I almost stopped my relationship with her. A friend of mine was shocked when I told her. She just remembered how good my relationship with my mother was and how we used to laugh and joke together. But my friend only saw us together a couple of times. I hadn't told her about the negative aspects or past events either. So it was hard to make my friend understand the whole point (also involving other members of the family = my siblings).

To conclude, what I mean is that I guess I understand Mariah in that regard and I feel identified. However, I can't justify anything because I wasn't there, and I haven't heard Patricia's version either. For sure, it would be very similar to my own mother's. Lol. They wouldn't say anything insulting or despicable about us (Mariah and me, I mean), but they would make you think that we are very "special" individuals and excellent at our work, but, at the same time, kind of difficult to deal with. Lol.
(Saturday 18 May 2024; 16:52)


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Article: Mariah spent Mother's Day weekend in Westchester (106,430) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Sometimes there are two sides of the same coin. I mean, even though Mariah has always given her mother props for her encouragement, there must also have been differences and difficulties in their relationship. At this stage of Mariah's life, her global assessment may incline more to the negative or negligent aspect of Patricia's role as a parent. I'm speaking from experience in this regard.
(Saturday 18 May 2024; 00:54)


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TEOM concerts (106,239) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Ok. So if you see this video containing the whole concert from that perspective, you would think that there could be some lipping, but the rest would be mainly live. But if you see all the Mariah videos from the first concert uploaded 7/8 days ago on this channel, you truly can see the real thing happening, that is, she's lipping everything except for 5 specific moments throughout the entire concert. The recordings are so zoomed-in that it is so evident. Besides, sometimes she skips phrases, she starts miming two seconds later or she's just too lazy to pretend to be making an effort on the belting parts. As I said before, at least, we have new high-quality recordings of most of the songs.

To be honest, I became aware of the lipping thing (you know, the lipped parts of some songs) back in 2008. At that moment and after analyzing so many performances, I realized that she had been doing it from 1997 (the belted section of Honey at Top of the Pops, for example). It was a total and complete letdown, and I took my time to process it.

I'm a huge fan and I'll always be. I'll keep following her forever. For sure, she uses lipping for whatever reasons, some of them have been explained or theorized here and I can agree with them, but it is a fact. And right now it has come to a point where almost the whole thing is. Anyway, we love her.
(Sunday 21 April 2024; 01:39)


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Las Vegas (106,179) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Sorry. I didn't mean for you to go that far. Anyway, it is what it is and that's it (vocally speaking). In fact, after the Circles rehearsal video, I had thought she was preparing for more live vocals. But this is just the next step after the Christmas shows, that is, everything is lipped. However and as I said before, at least there are new pre-recorded renditions of almost everything. It's better than nothing.
(Monday 15 April 2024; 16:11)


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Las Vegas (106,171) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

This is all she sang live on the first night. The new renditions sound really good though.
(Monday 15 April 2024; 01:02)


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I Don't (105,725) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

It's the usual playback: the most demanding parts. In "I Don't": the chorus "'Cause when you love someone, you just don't treat them bad..." and the final belting part. I mean, the parts sung perfectly well. She did a really good job on both occasions and her voice was in a really good condition at that time.

Another impressive performance was VOL at Jimmy Kimmel. By the way, I don't know which "I'm That Chick" performance you're referring to.
(Saturday 24 February 2024; 21:11)


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I Don't (105,676) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Neither one is fully live.
(Friday 23 February 2024; 01:18)


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