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Re: Vocabulary (100,743) (100,744)
by Bill from the UK
(Saturday 16 July 2022; 14:42) | | |
You're a wise lady Stacey, thank you.  |
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Re: Vocabulary (100,738) (100,741)
by Bill from the UK
(Saturday 16 July 2022; 09:48) | | |
| Thanks for letting me have the last word. Here it is: you're still wrong and I wasn't laughing about her having MS. It's a genuine concern that she has some debilitating illness if she is unable to walk unaided. |
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Re: Vocabulary (100,735) (100,737)
by Bill from the UK
(Friday 15 July 2022; 21:07) | | |
Here's what actually happened.
1. Terna wrote a post saying he didn't like the use of the phrase "or whatever".
2. Some posters agreed, and then it went off topic, as message boards often do.
3. You waded in and said as she was inducted into the SHOF that there isn't anything wrong with her vocabulary (missing the point of Terna's post, as he only spoke about conversational vocab).
4. Stacey agreed with you that she is a great songwriter.
5. I agreed with you that she is a great songwriter.
6. You then lost your shit. |
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Re: Vocabulary (100,729) (100,731)
by Bill from the UK
(Friday 15 July 2022; 12:22) | | |
| I know, the bridge is probably one of the best she has ever done. I love the organ and the atmospheric music, it's so moving, and her lush full vocals on top of it all are incredible. |
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Re: Vocabulary (100,726) (100,728)
by Bill from the UK
(Friday 15 July 2022; 10:41) | | |
| Lol, indeed. That was whole point, no one ever said anything bad about her songwriting so I don't even know how Lady B came to that egregious conclusion. Stacey I had to reply, as when I read your message, Till the End of Time had just started (I always listen to Emotions on a Friday, have done since 1993 lol). |
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Re: Vocabulary (100,723) (100,724)
by Bill from the UK
(Friday 15 July 2022; 00:27) | | |
| You're talking nonsense and confusing me with Terna. I never said anything negative about her conversational vocabulary, nor her songwriting. |
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Re: Vocabulary (100,712) (100,720)
by Bill from the UK
(Thursday 14 July 2022; 15:15) | | |
| Yep, and not one of those comments downplayed her songwriting, as you insinuated was the case. |
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Re: Bringin' On The Heartbreak (100,718) (100,719)
by Bill from the UK
(Thursday 14 July 2022; 15:14) | | |
| It's a studio version with a fake audience added to make it seem live. |
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Re: Vocabulary (100,707) (100,711)
by Bill from the UK
(Wednesday 13 July 2022; 21:53) | | |
The topic was about her conversational vocabulary, not her songwriting. We're all in agreement she is an incredibly gifted and talented songwriter which an unerring sense of melody, harmony, and resonating lyrics.
Of course Crapfinity is the exception to that rule. |
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Re: Vocabulary (100,702) (100,703)
by Bill from the UK
(Tuesday 12 July 2022; 19:58) | | |
| It could be true. She may have a debilitating illness like MS, arthritis, Parkinson's etc. but just hasn't announced it publicly. Would answer a lot of questions. |
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Re: Vocabulary (100,696) (100,698)
by Bill from the UK
(Tuesday 12 July 2022; 00:21) | | |
Lol. But Stacey I see people being escorted down stairs all the time and say to myself "there goes another anxious person", do you not see this every day occurrence where you live? Lol. This is a new one I'll have to add to my collection of excuses for the future.
And Stacey I am jesting of course, I too have real anxiety (but can walk unaided) so know what it is like at times. |
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Re: Vocabulary (100,685) (100,686)
by Bill from the UK
(Sunday 10 July 2022; 11:36) | | |
| She ran quite easily in heels at the Madison Square Garden concert, so it's probably a combination of corset, inebriation and (flicks through excuse card index) a malfunctioning ear monitor. |
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Re: MC's masters (100,656) (100,658)
by Bill from the UK
(Tuesday 5 July 2022; 07:52) | | |
| I think she owns the Sony masters, hence why The Rarities and MC30 EPs were issued. She had trawled through her archive to find all that stuff. |
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Re: Some trivia for you (100,651) (100,652)
by Bill from the UK
(Monday 4 July 2022; 15:56) | | |
| Edit: Actually C&C Extended Mix was on the Australian CD single. Still one of the harder to find remixes though up until the EP was issued. |
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Re: Some trivia for you (100,648) (100,651)
by Bill from the UK
(Monday 4 July 2022; 15:25) | | |
Cool, haha glad my geeky knowledge of MC releases is useful every so often. I have often thought about brain dumping everything onto a website for future generations haha.
I was going to say Underneath the Stars but I was convinced it saw a release in Australia as a double-A side with Forever. However, upon consultation with the site's discography, although it used the cover and had the track on the release, it wasn't a double-A release.
The Soul Convention Remix of AYNAF is on all the CD singles across multiple territories. In fact, the USA cassette has the rarer C&C Extended Mix, which was only on the US cassette, the UK/EU vinyl and some promo vinyl releases. I believe the MC30 EP was the first time it was made available digitally. |
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Re: Some trivia for you (100,643) (100,646)
by Bill from the UK
(Monday 4 July 2022; 11:56) | | |
Okay I'll bite.
What MC single was released but a video was never made for the song?
Never Forget You - a standalone single in the US, and as a double A-side alongside Without You in the UK and some other territories.
What was MC's first promotional maxi CD for a song that was never released as single?
Not sure how we are defining a maxi-CD, but technically it would be one of the Merry Christmas releases. Miss You Most was sent to AC radio stations in remixed form as a promotional CD but never released, and Jesus Born On This Day to Christian radio with the same outcome. As we know AIWFCIY was sent to pop radio and Joy to the World and its remixes to the dance stations. O Holy Night would not be issued until 1996 from memory. Might have been 1995. If we're excluding those, then I think it might be something post-Sony, so I will go with The One.
What was MC's first double 12" vinyl?
Okay. So two versions of Emotions were released separately in Europe, one with Vanishing and Vision of Love, another with C&C mixes. If we mean one release comprising two 12" records, I believe it was a promo of Anytime You Need a Friend. Commercially, it would have been Fantasy.
Why was Caution such a commercial failure?
Um... best not I answer this.
What recently released compliation is already a rarity going for hundreds of dollars on Ebay?
The Rarities 4xLP
What single from Music Box had a special remix that could only be found on the cassette version?
From a worldwide perspective, none. All the remixes from that era were available across multiple formats, and none were exclusive to the cassette as far as I can remember. |
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Re: GOATS and Lambs (100,628) (100,635)
by Bill from the UK
(Friday 1 July 2022; 11:40) | | |
The OG/day one/GOAT fans have been with Mariah since the beginning of her career. I very much doubt any of us long to see her back in the shackles of Tommy, in fact, many of us celebrated her liberation and cite the Butterfly album as her magnum opus. We've watched her grow and were there buying her physical records, clearing out schedules to watch her live on TV, importing CDs from other countries to hear bonus tracks and remixes, calling radio stations to play her songs, phoning MTV to request her videos. Being a fan back then took dedication and money, so to write us off is really insulting. We were there through the amazingly giddy heights of her career peaks, and during the Glitter era through to her glorious emancipation.
We care about her. We know what she is capable of (BET awards, ICON speech), and are concerned for her wellbeing when she is clearly not looking after herself (SHOF). We are not enablers like some here. We love her more than you'll ever know.
She is more than a meme to us. |
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Re: BET performance (100,620) (100,624)
by Bill from the UK
(Thursday 30 June 2022; 08:14) | | |
| Is comparing a speech with a speech willfully obtuse? |
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Re: GOAT (100,611) (100,612)
by Bill from the UK
(Wednesday 29 June 2022; 11:36) | | |
| Indeed. Us OG/GOAT fans know where it's at. I remembered this incredible speech Mariah gave at the BBMA Icon Awards. If she had done something like this for SHOF it would have been a beautiful and timeless moment. But, it is what it is. |
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Re: BET performance (100,587) (100,596)
by Bill from the UK
(Monday 27 June 2022; 23:50) | | |
| Agree, Mariah looked and sounded great. |
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Re: Honey - date release (100,579) (100,580)
by Bill from the UK
(Sunday 26 June 2022; 00:18) | | |
| Well, it was released on 25th August 1997 Europe, and in the US the following day (the US releases were always on a Tuesday so usually a day behind the European release date). |
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Re: Honey - date release (100,574) (100,577)
by Bill from the UK
(Saturday 25 June 2022; 19:12) | | |
| Honey was released to radio in July 1997, but the physical single releases followed a month later in August. This is on the Wikipedia page for the song, if you look at the "release history" section. |
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Re: What's on your MC rotation these days? (100,564) (100,565)
by Bill from the UK
(Friday 24 June 2022; 23:09) | | |
| I've been in a Daydream mood lately. Blasting the album and YouTubing all the performances and interviews from around that time and reliving the London date for the tour (which I attended in case I've never mentioned it before). I've found a whole new level of appreciation for Open Arms. Her rendition is just sublime. I got out my CD singles and have been playing them all (a few mixes not on the MC30 EPs appear on them). I love those beautiful One Sweet Day remixes. The gorgeous a capellas and Chucky's Remix are splendid, and the Drifting Remix of Underneath the Stars is next level. |
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Re: Question (100,562) (100,563)
by Bill from the UK
(Friday 24 June 2022; 09:48) | | |
| I think you're the only fan who's ever said that haha. |
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Re: Question (100,560) (100,561)
by Bill from the UK
(Thursday 23 June 2022; 22:07) | | |
| Thanks for the clarification my friend. So The One and Your Girl EPs are the normal ones that were released during the MC30 campaign it seems. As for IWTKWLI, this site's discography (invaluable resource) has a 14 track CD listed which is probably what is available on that website. If you're going to purchase digital music, let me recommend Qobuz. It's a streaming service but has a huge collection of hi-resolution or CD quality tracks to purchase, often with digital booklets. All Mariah's stuff is on there. |
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