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About virgo.miss from australia: Been a fan since TEOM

Re: Finally number one in Germany (91,988) (92,011) by virgo.miss from australia Well I was going to reply yesterday to say it was only at 10 here, but the new charts came out today and it was at 1. But then Wham is at 3 and Buble at 4 so there must have been some serious festivity going on in the last week. They are also the only 3 songs in the top 10 I know. (Sunday 29 December 2019; 03:47)

Re: New video (91,802) (91,803) by virgo.miss from australia Lol yes not too sold on the red bodysuit, but on the whole a pretty good video, very festive, with some kind of storyline and very little in the way of excess boobage and self touching. She should get this bloke to direct her videos from now on (though suspect the record co only stumped up for quality director because this song is an assured seller). The old one was fine for those that remember 1994, but it did need freshening up for todays market, and this video has the right amount of self satirisation to have appeal. (Friday 20 December 2019; 09:59)

Re: Millennials (91,595) (91,602) by virgo.miss from australia Gen Y is born in the 80's to mid 90's. Millenials are those born around the turn of the millenium. (Thursday 12 December 2019; 08:59)

Re: St John the Divine (91,207) (91,214) by virgo.miss from australia I have ordered this and it arrives Tuesday. Since I already own the original this is now my very first duplicate, which means I think I now qualify as an actual lamb. Yay. (Friday 1 November 2019; 10:19)

Re: Through The Rain, Hero, or Can't Take That Away (89,054) (89,057) by virgo.miss from australia Through The Rain is definitely the best, but then I was never a fan of Hero, I can appreciate the vocals but the schmaltz factor gets me. Can't Take That Away is just clunky and doesn't work. (Monday 8 April 2019; 09:44)

Re: Still listening (88,663) (88,668) by virgo.miss from australia Yes, whilst she is still making music, I'll buy it. I have Caution on a relatively high rotation and it is a good album. I'm a Rainbow forward fan, who only became one after TEOM. I only bought the earlier albums to see if I was as unimpressed as I was in the 90's (and I was). Clearly MC doesn't give much of a shit about anything, which is her right, I only care about chart results for the purposes of her continuing to release music that I as CD buying dinosaur can access. (Monday 18 March 2019; 11:15)

Re: 80 minutes late (88,446) (88,459) by virgo.miss from australia When I saw her in 2013 she was close to 2 hours late. Which was not great especially as it was sponsored by Moet and we ended up getting through several bottles. My friend didn't make it through the show even though it was only 12 songs (although the 4 costume changes dragged it out until midnight). (Sunday 10 March 2019; 08:17)

Re: Caution (88,444) (88,458) by virgo.miss from australia I like it more the more I listen to it. Even One Mo Gen gets stuck in my head and I couldn't abide that one to start. I just kept it in the car and put it on when the radio became too annoying (Adele Hello or that Ed Sheeran/Beyonce abomination mainly) and now I've brought it inside and choose to listen, it replaced Charmbracelet as my current go-to MC album, at least for now. I've bought Glitter and I'm picking that up next week so we'll see which one wins the showdown. (Sunday 10 March 2019; 08:09)

Re: Remix coming (88,442) (88,452) by virgo.miss from australia Would be interesting if the remix video was the destination - like a continuation, they go off to the party or wherever they are catching the subway to, and something that is relevant to the song happens there. At least that would make sense. At the end of the current video they seem to be exiting the train. I would have liked something like P!nk's "So What". Either way at least this video is way better than GTFO or With You, which both had potential but ended up just plain uncomfortable. (Sunday 10 March 2019; 02:23)

Re: Till the end of time (88,267) (88,277) by virgo.miss from australia Hey friend, nice to see you. (Sunday 3 March 2019; 10:55)

Caution v Charmbracelet (87,863) by virgo.miss from australia IMO Charmbracelet is far and away the closest to Caution (also one of my top 3 Mariah albums). I think Charmbracelet is just that bit better, yet had little in the way of good reviews at the time, whereas Caution is very well received. Is it the abysmal state of current music or did Mariah set the bar too high or was she a victim of tall poppy syndrome (my personal theory)? (Saturday 2 February 2019; 10:50)

Re: AIWFCIY #3 (87,344) (87,353) by virgo.miss from australia #1 in Australia this year. (Tuesday 1 January 2019; 03:23)

Re: Goodbye (86,906) (86,925) by virgo.miss from australia Andrew, I cannot believe you are such a special snowflake. This is not you at all. Battle on. Keep posting. Sadly I think this board will be terribly, terribly dull without you. (Friday 7 December 2018; 10:00)

Re: Selected Target stores only (86,451) (86,460) by virgo.miss from australia Same here. I only buy physical albums. I want the album notes, the stories behind the album, the pics, the lyrics. I want to listen to it as the artist perceived it. I even love the wait to go and get it. Something to look forward to. No doubt at some point I will have to go to downloads, but I reckon I've got awhile yet and I'm going to buy everything I can so I have a bank of music for when I can't get the CDs anymore. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 11:11)

Re: GTFO - the greatest album opener (86,452) (86,459) by virgo.miss from australia I suspect part of the reason GTFO was chosen as the "buzz" single is that, due to the bad language, it could never get radio play, so they couldn't be accused of dropping it if it didn't perform. It could never be an actual single, so there is logic in using it as they did, even if it didn't come off that well. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 11:03)

Re: Body of work (86,371) (86,401) by virgo.miss from australia I'm pretty much bang on with you on this Andrew. After trying unsuccessfully to pre order the physical CD I trotted down to JBhiFi on Friday and bought one off the shelf. The cover art for this one is good, it stood out. The security guy who stamped my receipt actually had a good look. Popped it in the player for my 45 minute drive home and thought: 1. OK so she made a making out album. 2. I wish it were not so specific as Tanaka may well be a grand bloke but it's just way too much information. 3. There is no radio single here. The Distance and A No No are possible. 4. Caution (song) does get better on subsequent listens. 5. GTFO and With You are really enjoyable without the videos and the self stroking and stumble stomp walking. 6. Giving Me Life has a great hook, I suspect it will grow on you 7. The second half of the album is weaker and Portrait is Petals with more adolescent lyrics/rhyming for the sake of rhyming. 8. She should have held over Make it Look Good for this album. (Thursday 22 November 2018; 10:25)

Re: With You snippet (84,207) (84,215) by virgo.miss from australia There is little to no hope of an artist of her age storming the charts. I'm happy with something I want to listen to, although I realise without sales there will be nothing coming in the future. But I actually liked the snippet. (Tuesday 2 October 2018; 13:00)

Re: With You (84,203) (84,214) by virgo.miss from australia Really? I liked it, but it needs to move into something banging to be any hope of selling. But I like her tone and voice and mood. So I'm hopeful. (Tuesday 2 October 2018; 12:56)

Re: Take a breath everybody (81,517) (81,520) by virgo.miss from australia Yes perhaps we Antipodeans take things a little less seriously, but I've always seen Andrew as venting his frustrations over someone he knows could be doing so well, but constantly makes poor choices. If M doesn't get her act together, she won't have the opportunity to make more music, and the music is what we all want. (Monday 26 March 2018; 11:18)

Re: #marchforwhat? (81,274) (81,293) by virgo.miss from australia I'm with Andrew. I can't abide all this hashtag bandwagon jumping virtue signalling. They'll forget about it tomorrow, if indeed they actually care or agree today. What I've noticed though is that the celebs who don't jump on the bandwagons and tweet their "thoughts and prayers" (is there anything more offensive than someone having a "look at me" moment and tweeting their condolences?) are attacked mercilessly by the media and twitterati. SO I guess now the PR person just tweets a standard thing for every SJW issue that comes along, ever. Seriously, if you care about something, get off your arse, get off twitter and do something... anything except tweet about it. (Thursday 8 March 2018; 10:13)

Re: Jazzclub pays tribute (80,907) (80,910) by virgo.miss from australia How much fun would this be? I guess Australia is a bit far from Louisville to go along. (Tuesday 13 February 2018; 08:55)

Re: Aussie tour (80,762) (80,763) by virgo.miss from australia OK I'm being a bit mean here, it does appear the new tour does do bigger venues in other places, but in my home state it's a really odd choice of venue. (Friday 2 February 2018; 11:07)

Re: Aussie tour (80,760) (80,762) by virgo.miss from australia Celine and Shania are doing stadiums. Mariah is doing the Sandstone Point Hotel. (Friday 2 February 2018; 09:49)

Re: The Star on Vevo (79,459) (79,483) by virgo.miss from australia I just looked and it's actually really good. So sad that I have become shocked by this. Sort of formulaic movie song, but catchy and she sounds really good. But then we all know what she should have done over the last few years is a big weepy ballad. Unfortunatley she looks very awkward in the video (as she did in the Oz song video) much better if she just let go with the arm movements rather than doing a statue impersonation in a dress that does not flatter a large bust. (Sunday 19 November 2017; 09:59)

Re: Ages? (75,313) (75,357) by virgo.miss from australia Yikes, looks like I'm the oldest here (getting used to that being the case). I'm 44, but was totally anti Mariah until 2005 if that means anything. I bought Music Box a few years ago to see if my opinion had changed, but no, still awful. Early stuff and later stuff I'm on board with, but the early to mid 90"s, nothings changed, it's still pap. (Friday 19 May 2017; 11:30)

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