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About Bill from the UK: I love Mariah more than you do.

London Daydream Tour Attendee.

Re: Has Mariah peaked with AIWFCIY? (59,135) (59,148) by Bill from the UK
From a UK perpsective, it is certainly her most well known song across all generations. It was really only ever AIWFCIY, Hero, and to a lesser extent Without You that people remember. Despite having a string of top tens in the 90s, they're the only songs of hers ever played on radio stations (along with WBT and I'll Be There), and she is never played as much as Whitney and Celine are. So yes, it does at times seem like AIWFCIY's success kind of wipes out her past catalogue. I was just thinking the other day how great it would be to hear something like Anytime You Need A Friend on the radio, or Vision Of Love, or Through The Rain, or Make It Happen, or My All, but I know I never will. I'm not sure how radio stations work, maybe they don't buy any MC spins because she's not deemed as popular and save their allowance for Christmas? Who knows?
(Sunday 17 January 2016; 4:07)
Re: UK fans / money / Mariah (59,140) (59,147) by Bill from the UK
Don't tar us all with the same brush based on a couple of people's comments.
(Sunday 17 January 2016; 3:58)
Article: Mariah pays tribute to Natalie Cole with touching photo (58,860) by Bill from the UK
What a beautiful picture.
(Sunday 3 January 2016; 8:49)
Re: What Mariah song brings you to tears? (58,836) (58,852) by Bill from the UK
Bye Bye. The lines "I wish that we could spend the holidays together" and "it's so hard to accept the fact you're gone forever" just get me every time.
(Sunday 3 January 2016; 1:32)
Re: O2 fan meet (58,788) (58,794) by Bill from the UK
Haha, good one.
(Thursday 31 December 2015; 18:20)
Re: O2 fan meet (58,763) (58,776) by Bill from the UK
Lol, meet up to listen to you complain about how bad the concert was and how she can't sing and how she lips everything and how she is a shadow of her former self? No thanks.
(Wednesday 30 December 2015; 16:53)
Re: Superstar (58,714) (58,715) by Bill from the UK
Indeed. But Adele hasn't jumped on the EDM band wagon. If Mariah and Calvin are working together then I hope the style remains true to Mariah. Something in the vein of Meteorite or YDKWTD would work. I'd hate for MC to compromise her integrity for the sake of a hit. Especially if she does venture into EDM and it fails. She managed a hit with Beautiful which was a fresh, well executed track, so she's still more than capable of pulling it out the bag on her own.
(Monday 28 December 2015; 11:44)
Re: 1970 (58,665) (58,666) by Bill from the UK
Playing devil's advocate, Mariah's mother actually said "then by 1970 when she (Mariah) was born..." which could be taken either way. If she was born in 1969, then by 1970, she would have been born. This could be why Mariah never says how old she is lol. But, really, who cares?
(Wednesday 23 December 2015; 10:59)
Christmas In New York (58,566) by Bill from the UK
MC's freestyle Christmas song was amazing. What a talent to come up with such a great and original melody on the spot like that. She is doing some absolutely fantastic performances as usual at the Beacon and as always looks simply divine. Hope everybody going enjoys themselves and I wish I could be there so badly.
(Saturday 19 December 2015; 20:19)
Re: The "Beacon" of light at the end of the "Theater" (58,370) (58,382) by Bill from the UK
That was such a good read Edward, I'm so glad you had such a great time. I would absolutely love to see Mariah at one of her Christmas shows.
(Saturday 12 December 2015; 22:42)
Re: AIWFCIY acoustic version with new 95-96ish vocals (58,169) (58,180) by Bill from the UK
Hi Mandy. The vocals on the acoustic version are all from the original 1994 session. Usually many takes will be done or the song sang numerous different ways before deciding on the final version. It is not an official remix and wasn't from Sony being hacked. It was made by an indepedent remixer who managed to get hold of the original vocal track from 1994. Not sure how he managed that, but assume he has a friend at Sony that was able to get them.
(Thursday 3 December 2015; 7:26)
Get well soon Mariah (58,167) by Bill from the UK
Wishing Mariah a speedy recovery from her illness. Hope she starts feeling better soon.
(Wednesday 2 December 2015; 21:51)
A Christmas Melody (58,143) by Bill from the UK
Okay so I watched the clip of MC meeting Lacey in the corridor. I also watched it in the spirit of the film too. Guys, Mariah isn't trying to re-make Ben-Hur here, it's a light hearted, made for TV film. I thought Mariah's part was funny, especially when she was wriggling her hand in front of Lacey's face haha. You all really need to lighten up and take this film for what it is. Mariah clearly isn't taking herself seriously, so neither should we. Just sit back, relax, chill out and enjoy her for once.
(Tuesday 1 December 2015; 21:08)
Can't Say No (58,068) by Bill from the UK
This is a really great track and I hope it gets the single treatment with a video and some promo. I always thought the Make It Last remix of Thank God I Found You had a similar chord progression to Can't Let Go and this really highlights that. Great stuff and I hope it does well. I love that MC has re-sung and re-written her song for this, Can't Let Go is such a well-loved song amongst the fans so really pleased to see it come into the current era for a new generation.
(Saturday 28 November 2015; 15:34)
With fans like these... (58,048) by Bill from the UK
Who needs haters?
(Friday 27 November 2015; 20:44)
Re: Morgan and Allison (58,000) (58,003) by Bill from the UK
This is why I dislike reading the negative comments that fly around on here about Mariah. I grew up listening to her, her music was the musical back drop to my life, and her singing and her songs have brought me countless hours of joy, as I'm sure is the case for most of us. When you listen to a song like Petals, Looking In or Camouflage, they are heartbreaking but probably barely scratch the surface of what she has been through. My mind often wonders how lonely she must feel at times. I think to myself, here is someone who got down on her knees at night and prayed to the Lord for this to happen to her, but it came at a price it would seem. Yet, despite that, she continues on. She carries on making great music, smiling through adversary. Yet her fans, who she does this all for, and who know all what she has been through, sit here and say she has mental problems.
(Thursday 26 November 2015; 21:19)
Joy to the World (57,798) by Bill from the UK
Just getting into the holiday spirit with this fabulous rendition, thought I'd share the love.
(Saturday 14 November 2015; 8:26)
Re: Chill Bill (57,712) (57,722) by Bill from the UK
There are plenty of places online where you can run Mariah into the ground and be lauded for it. Must you bring it to her fan site? I don't mean to condescend but I have genuine puzzlement as to why you'd want to invest your time in something that makes you unhappy, and on a site where you only seem to like a handful of the members. I'll pass on meeting you in person, thanks all the same.
(Monday 9 November 2015; 22:26)
Re: Oh the insanity (57,693) (57,694) by Bill from the UK
Andrew, it's not that reality isn't welcome here. Nobody here is expecting Vegas to be another Daydream tour. But this is a fan site. Most people come here to talk about MC in a positive manner because we love her and her music. You bring everything down, and have now just become a caricature of yourself. I know what your messages will say before I even read them. So Mariah lip syncs. So does Celine Dion. Get over it.
(Sunday 8 November 2015; 12:20)
Re: Hidden notes (57,610) (57,633) by Bill from the UK
That YouTube channel is great, thanks for sharing. I never knew of the whistles in AIWFCIY. Amazing. No artist ever perpetually surprises me as much as Mariah. Her music is honestly inexhaustible. No matter how many times I have played a song, and I have literally played AIWFCIY thousands and thousands and thousands of times since 1994, the fact that I still discover nuances within a song I thought I knew inside out is just brilliant. What a gift MC has. What musicality she was gifted with. I am forever grateful to her for sharing her gift with us.
(Tuesday 3 November 2015; 23:10)
Re: Macau / Bill, Adele? (57,559) (57,562) by Bill from the UK
Luke, tell me about it haha. Can't quite believe what I'm reading lol.
(Thursday 29 October 2015; 18:12)
Re: Macau / Bill, Adele? (57,549) (57,555) by Bill from the UK
Wow. I don't even know what to say to your response. So I won't say anything. Good luck in your new job.
(Thursday 29 October 2015; 14:31)
Macau (57,543) by Bill from the UK
Macau this, Macau that. Can we please get back on topic and continue talking about Adele?
(Wednesday 28 October 2015; 22:21)
Welcome to Eye Roll City (57,488) by Bill from the UK
Let's just all agree that Mariah has lipped every single performance ever and move on already.
(Friday 23 October 2015; 22:12)
Re: I'm going to reply (57,403) (57,412) by Bill from the UK
I heard a rumour that Mariah actually had nodule surgery after the Daydream tour and her voice post 1996 is the result of that.
(Tuesday 20 October 2015; 7:07)

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