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This? (108,850) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain Is this really the cause of all the debate? Together with the Mimi Sessions? Hey, you all. This is Mariah nowadays. Haven't you noticed? I think some of you are blowing it out of proportion (not directed at anybody specifically, ok?). However, I've said it before and I'm gonna say it again, I don't think she should be touring this year. Instead, she should just relax and work on the new album if she really wants to release it (and treats us with some performances like the Mimi Sessions just for our entertainment because, even though they are not the best in her career, but she shows real talent and musicality in them). (Saturday 24 May 2025; 01:10)

Live (108,809) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain Nobody says anything about this? This is just what we want from her nowadays. This is pure artistry. It's all real and completely live. She is so amazing, and her ability and musicality are incomparable. Only one "but", we're not getting any more insane and great belting ever. That part of her voice is almost gone or not in a condition to be used outside the studio or a controlled environment. She won't run the risk. Also, the prompters are really necessary for her. She could look at us (the cameras) instead and she would look more natural and straightforward. I think it's a habit she has gotten used to and it makes her somehow feel safer on stage. Conclusion: I love her for this tiny bit of a performance. I feel fascinated right now to see the real talent she has (and how rarely she shares it with us.). (Thursday 22 May 2025; 01:19)

Article: Mariah Carey is set to announce Australian tour (108,808) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain Lol. (Thursday 22 May 2025; 00:46) this is a reply to message 108,787

Article: Mariah Carey is set to announce Australian tour (108,787) by Edward from USA She had stated before that touring helped her voice get in shape. I guess nowadays tourring helps her preserve it, if you know what I mean. (Tuesday 20 May 2025; 17:07)

Lol (108,791) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain This is another point of view and a reality as well. (Tuesday 20 May 2025; 23:14) this is a reply to message 108,782

Lol (108,782) by Lambi from USA I want to throw a jab, but that list is actually so funny LMAO. Why is everyone so unserious here? On all seriousness though, you can taper it down to Mariah just having a handicapped voice plus overworking. She's not really a regular singer, think of her process in masterclass where she hums and leads the band until they get it right, that then doing the production, vocal arrangements, tripling background vocals, staying up until 7 in the morning with the audio engineer. All that, times a million songs. But yeah I almost resented Mariah for never ever sounding like 96 Tokyo Dome live. But then I think about how her voice is literally heaven sent. It's like you will have the most beautiful voice ever but the trade is, you'll have nodules and it'll be super fragile, but you'll be gifted artistically though. Like everyone will be left in the dust. To simplify it. A regular singer would be training vocally for 2 hours. Mariah would meet with the band and write chord progressions for hours, humming - overworking her voice. Lead the producers to get things right - with her voice. Then hit up the background singers and arrange some adlibs. Again through her voice. Then keep editing and trying until her handicapped voice is worn out. That would be 10 or more hours. She did that since 84, that's more than 40 years of just giving it your all. Driven by the fear of being poor again and disappointing her fans and the label. The inevitable result is her voice being shot. She really did the best with what she got. Everyone needs to be grateful and give her, her well deserved flowers. (Tuesday 20 May 2025; 10:26)

Article: Mariah Carey is set to announce Australian tour (108,790) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain Lucky you. (Tuesday 20 May 2025; 23:11) this is a reply to message 108,785

Article: Mariah Carey is set to announce Australian tour (108,785) by Zachariah from Croatia This is great news, I will be there visiting family that month. (Tuesday 20 May 2025; 15:42)

Born this Mimi (108,733) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain You're absolutely right. (Thursday 15 May 2025; 02:09) this is a reply to message 108,727

Born this Mimi (108,727) by Edward from USA Did you really think that when the label decided to list her birth year as 1970 that Patricia, her own mother, wouldn't be one of the first people briefed on it? I don't think Mariah randomly came up with that on her own, but she had to go with the program. At the time, it was common practice to round down or adjust the ages of female artists for marketability. It happened with Mariah, with Madonna, with J.Lo, and many others. But at this point, most people don't care anymore. There's one irrefutable piece of evidence that no interview, driver's license, or altered birth certificate can contradict: Mariah's birth announcement in her hometown newspaper, The Long Islander. It was published on April 10, 1969, exactly one week after her birth, and it reads: "March 27 - Mariah, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Carey, Huntington." This notice is documented in the Suffolk Cooperative Library System, on page 15 of the paper. If Mariah had been born in 1970, that announcement wouldn't have appeared in print in April 1969. It's a clear, verifiable fact. Back then, you could say whatever and people would just go with it. But once the internet came around, stuff like that became a lot harder to hide. And now? Mariah doesn't even seem to care. Articles say she's 56 this year and 55 the year before, and she's not out here correcting anyone. (Wednesday 14 May 2025; 16:57)

Born this Mimi (108,726) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain But Patricia said she was born in 1970. (Wednesday 14 May 2025; 16:17) this is a reply to message 108,721

Born this Mimi (108,721) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain I must absolutely agree with you. Last year I posted here a YouTube video where the TV presenter stated as a fact her birth date (March 27th 1970) in a TV show back in 1994 and she just confirmed it by saying yes. For me it was just obvious she was telling the truth, but you said that she just went along with it as a commercial strategy or something of the kind. (Wednesday 14 May 2025; 10:41)

Born this Mimi (108,724) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain Here is another video with David Letterman. She says she's 24 and that was on May 19th 1994. She would've been 25, right? Apparently, she lied again. (Wednesday 14 May 2025; 16:06) this is a reply to message 108,721

Born this Mimi (108,721) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain I must absolutely agree with you. Last year I posted here a YouTube video where the TV presenter stated as a fact her birth date (March 27th 1970) in a TV show back in 1994 and she just confirmed it by saying yes. For me it was just obvious she was telling the truth, but you said that she just went along with it as a commercial strategy or something of the kind. (Wednesday 14 May 2025; 10:41)

Born this Mimi (108,721) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain I must absolutely agree with you. Last year I posted here a YouTube video where the TV presenter stated as a fact her birth date (March 27th 1970) in a TV show back in 1994 and she just confirmed it by saying yes. For me it was just obvious she was telling the truth, but you said that she just went along with it as a commercial strategy or something of the kind. (Wednesday 14 May 2025; 10:41) this is a reply to message 108,712

Born this Mimi (108,712) by Edward from USA Mariah has clearly come to terms with her birth year being 1969. She hasn't disputed it publicly in years, and the evidence has long been out there. Back in the late '90s, the principal of her former school confirmed she was born in 1969. A copy of her driver's license also surfaced online with the same year. But perhaps the most definitive source is the newspaper birth announcement, it's publicly available and explicitly states she was born in 1969. At this point, denying it serves no purpose. The receipts are there, and the facts speak for themselves. (Tuesday 13 May 2025; 02:42)

Shenzhen concert (108,720) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain That's true. If she were just more convincing about the miming at least, it wouldn't be such a great deal. But this is out of control now and has been for a while when she started lipsynching whole concerts for the first time. I remember last year when I saw on YouTube the first Vegas show and it was lipped in its entirety except for 3 minutes of improvisations. I said here but very few people believed me even though it was totally obvious. I'd like to think that some of her voice is still there. In fact, the new recordings have been done with her current voice. But I think she lacks stamina, vocal health, training, energy and the spirits in order to be singing live for an entire concert. She should take a long break from performing, I guess. I was really surprised by the announcement of the international Celebration of Mimi tour. Isn't she (or the people around her) taking this nonsense too far? (Wednesday 14 May 2025; 10:35) this is a reply to message 108,718

Shenzhen concert (108,718) by Edward from USA It is heartbreaking. Why does she even go on tour anymore? Now I understand why there hasn't been any decent new music in almost a decade. (Wednesday 14 May 2025; 05:53)

Remaining Vegas shows (108,270) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain That is so right. The excitement and anticipation was what gave us life for many months before and after every release. And the moment when we were finally at home with the CD in our hands and then listening to it was ecstatic. Wow. (Tuesday 25 February 2025; 11:32) this is a reply to message 108,264

Remaining Vegas shows (108,264) by MusicfanJ from Germany The Rainbow Mariah was fun. The Hearbreaker video was on heavy rotation every day. There were really so many things which a fan could enjoy. The Glitter album was released before 9/11/01 in Germany. I can't remember why. But I remember buying the single Loverboy too. It was always a highlight to buy a Mariah CD on its release day. The youngsters of today have no clue how exciting it was. To wait until a release date, drive to the city at a media market and buy the "new" CD. (Monday 24 February 2025; 19:13)

Spectacular vocals 2024 (108,269) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain This concert in its entirety is vocally one of her best ever. She was on top form. I remember she used some kind of spray in the mouth a couple of times during the concert, and people named it the "magical spray" or something of the kind. Lol. (Tuesday 25 February 2025; 11:27)

Article: Barbra Streisand new album will feature song with Mariah (108,127) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain I didn't see it coming either. We'll have to wait and see what it's about. (Thursday 6 February 2025; 00:02)

My observation (107,982) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain This new era is all about immediacy and instant gratification. All the struggles we are suffering is the price we have to pay. (Friday 17 January 2025; 01:54) this is a reply to message 107,981

My observation (107,981) by Zachariah from Croatia Agreed, times are tough in the world and every day I see more people struggling with mental health or health in general, finances, relationships, superficiality. Something needs to change. Empathy is missing and it is an alarming thought. (Thursday 16 January 2025; 10:42)

California fires (107,978) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain I hope the wildfires stop as soon as possible and everyone is fine. (Tuesday 14 January 2025; 17:51) this is a reply to message 107,976

California fires (107,976) by Norman from USA Yup. It's been craziness over here. My sister and mom had just moved to LA from Minnesota in October and we found them a nice duplex rental in Altadena in December. Well, that's where the Eaton fire is, and this past Wednesday everything they owned burned down with the house. It was wild. They came to stay with me for a couple of days because they were going to have power outages in the area - that was Tuesday night. By Wednesday morning it was all gone. It's been difficult to process and know how to feel. The main reason my sister moved back with my mom is because my mom has dementia, and most of our family is here in LA. Moving back was seen as good because we'd get to share in her day-to-day care, you know? Now everything's gone. And there are thousands of people without a home. We're blessed that they're still alive and that they could stay with me. A lot of people weren't that fortunate. Please keep the people of LA in your thoughts. Thank you. (Tuesday 14 January 2025; 10:11)

Spectacular show (107,977) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain Lambs, this 2014 concert is just amazing. I haven't listened to it for ages. Her voice is crystal clear and you can't tell the little lipped parts apart. (Tuesday 14 January 2025; 12:31)

Rare Whenever You Call video (107,933) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain There are 3 performances of that song and this is the only video, I think. Thanks for posting it. That YouTube channel uploads very interesting videos. She was not in a good condition vocally on that tour to do justice to that song, but overall she used to have the ability to make the performance seem enjoyable. (Monday 6 January 2025; 00:18) this is a reply to message 107,919

Rare Whenever You Call video (107,919) by Shezz from Pk I just came across this recently posted video from the Perth Butterfly concert - I don't know if it's new or been around for a while. Her voice was definitely tired and worn out but she soldiered on (98% live) and her rasp was still pretty. The climax audio transition was tough to watch - not too smooth in the early days I suppose but still a beautiful performance of an amazing song. Also she looked so gorgeous here - no frills no elaborate impractical gowns just a simple white top and a pair of jeans. (Saturday 4 January 2025; 13:04)

Top posters 2024 (107,897) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain This is my first time on the list. Lol. Happy New Year to everyone. By the way, at the beginning of the season I didn't think that All I Want for Christmas Is You would perform so well this year. (Wednesday 1 January 2025; 23:52) this is a reply to message 107,896

Top posters 2024 (107,896) by Edward from USA Congrats to Robert-Anthony and Mimi L. (Wednesday 1 January 2025; 23:31)

Merry Christmas (107,857) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain Merry Christmas to all. (Wednesday 25 December 2024; 22:42)

Here it goes (107,645) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain This is just live and what we want from her. (Thursday 14 November 2024; 21:19)

Christmas show (107,540) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain Lol. The same thing happened to me at her Christmas concert in Madrid in 2018. I had so much fun. (Thursday 24 October 2024; 15:13) this is a reply to message 107,538

Christmas show (107,538) by Libra Lamb from USA I really hope you get to go. You can make it happen. I'm definitely ready. My voice will be surely gone by the end of that night from "singing" along. (Thursday 24 October 2024; 02:41)

AMAs performance (107,509) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain I don't get confrontational easily, but I wouldn't like old evils to take over the message board again. The thing about lipping is just that it's so easy for me to see because I'm pretty observant and I also have a master's degree in Mariah. Being a real lamb takes up a lot of time and that's how I got my degree, you know? Me entiendes, colega? Lol. (Saturday 12 October 2024; 23:03) this is a reply to message 107,506

AMAs performance (107,506) by Edward from USA I asked not to be confrontational, I'm really curious because I can't seem to spot it. ¡Claro que quién tiene razón soy yo. . I'll keep watching though. (Saturday 12 October 2024; 02:34)

AMAs performance (107,505) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain Don't worry about it. It's just we have different points of view. However, I'm the one who's right. Lol. Just kidding. Seriously, let's leave it there. We know how this always ends. The important thing is Mariah is still here with us, active, making music and keeping our spirits together and alive. Hugs. (Saturday 12 October 2024; 01:55) this is a reply to message 107,498

AMAs performance (107,498) by Edward from USA Can you pinpoint specific moments in the performance to support your statement? Mariah hasn't ever been a great lipper. (Friday 11 October 2024; 04:47)

AMAs performance (107,497) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain Really? Do you really think the performance is live? Am I too obsessed with this or have I become too distrustful of her? I've felt obliged to watch the performance again, but I still see the same. Poor me. For the record, I don't question the multiple tapings, I mean, that's something recurrent in televised performances. For example, "It's a wrap" on López Tonight or the medley on American Idol. (Friday 11 October 2024; 01:42) this is a reply to message 107,487

AMAs performance (107,487) by Edward from USA Performances like this are usually recorded multiple times from different angles, which can sometimes give the impression that playback was used. For instance, the VH1 duet of "With You I'm Born Again" with John Legend was taped 3 times, I know because I was in the audience. The woman performed one song, but she delivered it live. Credit where credit is due. (Wednesday 9 October 2024; 13:23)

AMAs performance (107,483) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain Guys and girls, I don't wanna spoil the moment, but the performance is playback from beginning to end. Just like The Celebration of Mimi in Vegas (except for a couple of adlibs here and there). I'm afraid MC is not singing live again (at least for a while). The quality of her voice has worsened considerably in the past couple years, and live on stage is where she feels most stressed and insecure about it. So now she just plays it safe by rerecording everything in her current voice and having improved the lipping technique. At least we can enjoy lots of new vocals recorded in a studio. For what it's worth, I think I'm starting to be finally at peace with this. (Wednesday 9 October 2024; 01:47)

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