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About Steve from USA: 36 year old Mariah fan- since 1990!

Pride (102,957) by Steve from USA Tell us how you really feel Andrew. (Monday 3 July 2023; 19:01) this is a reply to message 102,952

Pride (102,952) by Andrew from the UK Encouraged by Randy to read recent posts and post something myself, I've thought about what to write, whether I cared to opine on something relevant or if I even cared anymore about people reading my opinions. I no longer Google Mariah, watch new performances nor read messageboards. I listen to Mariah on Spotify and look forward to Randy messaging me about 1997 every so often. But whilst the most holy and anointed month of alphabetti-spaghetti draws to a close I was encouraged to watch Mariah at LA Pride and see where I am at in relation to where Mariah is at. Suffice is to say: it's not for me. I am neither a preteen, a gay that claps my hands when I see something shiny nor a deluded sycophant flatly denying observable reality. This wasn't just offensive nonsense: it was badly executed offensive nonsense. And if the response to that is to explain that it's just 1) Mariah's personality and/or 2) a Pride show then the response is surely as offensive as the provocation. An inflatable unicorn? Drag queens? A bat-mobile? Groundbreaking. Unless you are either a preteen, a gay that claps their hands when they see something shiny or a deluded sycophant flatly denying observable reality, you must just think like the rest of the world that Mariah is now nothing more than a caricature of herself and she sees everyone else around her as a stereotype? There *are* gay peope who aren't "queens" as she is so fond of saying. Young gay people today are a world away from this. Missing lip-syncing cues? Failing to execute any decent live notes? Prancing around the stage half-cut? Mumbling and rambling on, anxiously? This is not performance worthy of a "living legend". It's Pride. It's gay people looking for A) powerful representation B) a party and C) messages of hope, love and solidarity. What do Mariah's audience get? Mariah slurring something about having an album called Rainbow? Or didn't she utter some nonsense about rainbows meaning different things to different people? I can't bring myself to go back and watch it. The whole thing looked like a drag queen doing a Mariah Carey act and I genuinely think a drag queen would have done a much better job if somehow they were convinced to take on the career-ending gig of a lifetime. Pills and liquor seem to help. I just finished watching Elton John's last ever UK performance which was as the closing headliner at the Glastonbury Festival last weekend. He's on another level - one that Mariah should be on. I danced in front of the television. I cried during Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me as a tribute to the late George Michael on what would have been his 60th birthday. And I cried at the very last moments of the concert where "I think it's gonna be a long long time" from Rocketman was drawn into a haunting bittersweet note followed by him bowing out with the band. That's a show. That's musicianship. That's a living legend. Mariah's new era? Mariah in a Hall of Fame? Mariah making money outside of Christmas? Nobody's much caring. When Mariah Carey starts to give a shit about Mariah Carey's career then I will, too. Until then, I'm quite happy with Spotify and Randy's 1997 rants. Which usually indicate a splash or two. (Monday 3 July 2023; 03:11)

Don't forget to stream US fans (101,983) by Steve from USA So why do you keep referring to Mariah as Marian? Is this some sort of trollish dig? It's... odd. (Thursday 29 December 2022; 15:17) this is a reply to message 101,974

Don't forget to stream US fans (101,974) by Edward from USA Let's see about that. December 24 and 25, in which Marian broke records count towards next week. Marian still has a huge chance to remain at the top. If not, three weeks is good enough for me. (Wednesday 28 December 2022; 01:08)

Re: Just a thought, let's be kind (101,419) (101,425) by Steve from USA Why do you keep referring to Marian? Is that supposed to be a joke or do you keep making the same type repeatedly? (Saturday 8 October 2022; 14:31)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey wants to trademark "Queen of Christmas" (100,988) (100,990) by Steve from USA She may want the title simply so people can't use her likeness for merch, which happened a few years back. There was a very Mariah looking ornament that someone created a few years back, that said "All I Want For Christmas Is You" on it. It looked like it could have been official, but it was not. So, the trademark could prevent that, I imagine. (Thursday 18 August 2022; 13:55)

Re: Songwriters speech (100,530) (100,534) by Steve from USA Guys. I mean she was very loose and conversational, but let's all settle down. She's not having some sort of breakdown or whatever is being insinuated in various posts. She seems completely fine and happy to me. Some of you are saying she's drunk too - is she? She doesn't seem drunk to me at all. Some of ya'll here just love to be negative. I've noticed the pessimistic slant of this particular message board for a while now. It's hard to read. (Monday 20 June 2022; 15:37)

Re: Did Mariah actually write The Roof (100,222) (100,238) by Steve from USA Is this even a serious question or are you trolling? Even the most casual Mariah fan knows that she writes all her own lyrics, and collaborates on the music. She of course wrote The Roof, and produced it with Trackmasters. She always gives writing credits to the songs she samples, so there are other songwriters on there. (Tuesday 3 May 2022; 14:40)

Re: Stella would've gotten her credited (100,115) (100,125) by Steve from USA GTFO! (Sunday 10 April 2022; 23:15)

Re: Don't Look Up (99,309) (99,310) by Steve from USA Haha yes I saw this too. It's a shame Streep plays a ridiculous Trump-like president. (Tuesday 28 December 2021; 19:30)

Re: Never Forget You (99,300) (99,304) by Steve from USA I don't know about all that. A straightforward ballad or two would be ok, though we aren't going to get that from Mariah. As a lamb and fan since '90, I have zero desire to see her go back and work with Walter again. The general public doesn't want her to work with him again, because they have no idea who Walter A is or that she ever stopped working with him. This persistence by some fans to see her go back and work with Walter again is really dismissive of her talent as a songwriter. She can, and has, worked with many other people and created beautiful ballads. She has no need for a Michael Bolton collaborator from the early 90s. (Monday 27 December 2021; 14:55)

Article: Mariah thinks Nick Cannon is "irresponsible and reckless" (98,486) by Steve from USA Well will not, of course, ever hear a word from Mariah about any of this, but I can only imagine she is not too happy with it. Who would be? To have children with that many different women in the space of a year is just... messy messy messy. (Tuesday 3 August 2021; 13:47)

Re: Isn't it ironic (98,402) (98,420) by Steve from USA Mariah did not make it through the various rough patches in her career because she was "lucky". She has real grit, and I think it developed at a young age, when she had to live through all of her family drama, followed by her doing whatever it took to make it in the music business. All that gave her the courage to leave TM when it became too toxic to handle, and it's why she survived the Glitter era. It seems clear now that the family was trying to get some of that Mariah money (as they always are) and what better way to do that than to have Mariah committed? I'm not sure what she was thinking with Stella, as everything about the 2015-2017 period is incredibly misguided. I think nothing about the time period was even real - Packer, all of it. It was all Stella aka Gremlin putting on a real life reality show. But I digress. Maybe Mariah is a little lucky, but that's not why she made it through all of those things. She made it because she's strong, and she's a bad bitch! And I mean that in the most complimentary way. (Thursday 22 July 2021; 14:32)

Re: Justice for "Emotions" (97,496) (97,498) by Steve from USA I agree with this. Everyone should go back and relisten. This came so quickly after the debut, and they moved on so quickly to the promo for MTV Unplugged, that it sort of got lost in the shuffle. It's full of great songs and the vocals are out of this world. (Saturday 27 February 2021; 14:30)

Article: Mariah Carey's fans are doing it again (94,196) by Steve from USA Jeez, I can't imagine why Lambs "hate" him, when he writes an overly snarky and needless article like this. (Sunday 24 May 2020; 14:56)

Re: Happy birthday, Mariah (93,394) (93,395) by Steve from USA Andrew, I just have to say this. The only comments I ever see from you are snarky and negative. I mean, it is what it is, if that's how you feel. But why post here? It makes me not even want to look at this board, because there's enough negative stuff going on in the world. Like, I do not understand the point of even visiting here when you're this critical of Mariah, pretty much to the point of seeming to not like her at all. Maybe that isn't the case but it's how you come across IMO. (Friday 27 March 2020; 13:09)

Re: Chart manipulation (90,612) (90,654) by Steve from USA There's a lot that's wrong about that article, and the only single that was ever deep discounted to 49 cents was Loverboy. The author didn't even know that Rainbow wasn't released in 1998, which maybe isn't a big deal, but is indicative of sloppy research, or lack of it. (Monday 19 August 2019; 14:08)

Article: Mariah's "GTFO" single fails to chart, sell, or stream (83,963) by Steve from USA This actually isn't Mariah's "big comeback single" and they said as much right from the start. It's just a fan track, and I doubt they expected it to do much. It has, however, gotten people to talk about Mariah. Which was the intent. (Sunday 23 September 2018; 16:10)

Re: My new article about "The Butterfly Returns" (83,320) (83,323) by Steve from USA Great article. I loved reading it. (Tuesday 7 August 2018; 16:53)

Re: Demi Lovato is a complete idiot (83,309) (83,314) by Steve from USA Wow. First off, I'm not sure why you'd post this on a Mariah message board, since it has nothing to do with her. Secondly, what an insensitive statement. I see what people are saying, that we are compassionate with celebrities like Lovato and condemn other addicts. I think we need to move wholesale toward finding ways to help all of these people, rather than move toward wholesale condemnation. Did every addict make a choice at some point to try the drug that became their issue? Of course. Does everyone who consumes alcohol, or cocaine, or whatever, become an addict? No. Some people are wired differently than others. Some can handle it, and some become hopelessly addicted. In Demi's case, she's got several conditions going on at once - bipolar, bulimia, and the substance issues. She obviously has some deeper issues that manifest themselves in a variety of ways, but we only know what she and her PR team are sharing, and frankly that side of her life is private and none of the public's business. I went back and watched her doc on YouTube, and I think she comes across as well intentioned, and fragile at once. What I think I'm getting at is that we shouldn't be judging anyone for this type of thing, because if someone isn't an addict, then they don't know what a person like Demi, or Whitney, or any number of these high profile people are going through. (Monday 6 August 2018; 19:58)

Article: 23 of Mariah Carey's best hip-hop collaborations (67,246) by Steve from USA That's almost like... all of them. Lol. (Friday 14 October 2016; 2:18)

Article: Mariah Carey "threw a laptop out the window" (65,563) by Steve from USA I call major BS on this one, because Mariah has said many times that she loves Beyonce and they are friends. Silly. (Tuesday 23 August 2016; 18:59)

Article: The time I had lunch with Mariah Carey (61,998) by Steve from USA I am guessing that "Why You Mad" is Infinity. So much for fact checking. (Wednesday 11 May 2016; 2:05)

Article: Mariah Carey's opening a $20million museum (58,532) by Steve from USA This seems fake to me. One thing that really stands out is "a recreation of her childhood home". Mariah has said many times that they moved all around, so what home would this be? The whole article feels a bit drerogatory as well. (Friday 18 December 2015; 1:58)

Article: Did Mariah Carey lip-sync at Thanksgiving Day Parade? (58,197) by Steve from USA I thought all performers lip synced at parades because of the moving floats and such, so they just play the track. It's silly that people called out Mariah when literally every performer used playback. (Friday 4 December 2015; 1:58)

Nostalgia (51,451) by Steve from USA I became a Mariah fan almost from the very beginning. My first memory of her is the Someday video being on MTV. I think I was like 12. I was like "Who is this? She's good." Then she hit the whistle note at the end and I stopped doing whatever I'd been doing because I was in total shock. I was hooked from that point on. Like many other fans my age, the first thing I did was steal my parents' cassette of the debut, which I listened to ad nauseous. Same with Emotions. I actually recall going to the record store (yes kids that was a thing) with my mom to buy Emotions, and playing it in the car on the way home. A few years later, during the Music Box era, my parents split up, and my dad got a new, very unkind, girlfriend (they are married now and she still sucks). I had an extremely unpleasant first meeting with her, and I locked myself in my room, and lay in the dark listening to a mix tape I had made of the first 3 albums. I just kept getting up to flip the tape. If there was any question about life long fan-dom before that, it was history. Mariah music definitely helped me through that moment in my life. No song in particular, all of them. (Tuesday 7 April 2015; 14:43)

Edward (39,359) by Steve from USA Perhaps you meant a different song when you referred to "rap collaborations a-la Babydoll". Mariah worked with Missy Elliot in writing that song, but there was no rapping on that song. (Monday 30 September 2013; 2:58)