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About Bill from the UK: I love Mariah more than you do. London Daydream Tour Attendee.

Re: New a capella (88,197) (88,199) by Bill from the UK And Migrate should have been a single. (Wednesday 27 February 2019; 17:27)

Re: Gospel album (88,190) (88,191) by Bill from the UK Agree, it should have been done around 1994 as Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child and Joy to the World at St John the Divine are probably the closest things we'll get to "Churchriah". (Tuesday 26 February 2019; 10:08)

Re: Gospel album (88,183) (88,187) by Bill from the UK This is so weird. I was listening to my One Sweet Day single today with the remixes and was coming here to post about how great the acapellas and the Chucky's remix are. This is one of the few "real" acapellas Mariah has done (as in, with finger snaps and claps and harmonising vocals like true acapellas, as opposed to isolated vocals lifted from a studio recording). I think Mariah would be better suited to a laid back Norah Jones style jazz album vocally these days, as if she went full on Patti LaBelle for a gospel album it would probably kill her. (Monday 25 February 2019; 19:45)

Re: A No No remix fake news (88,168) (88,169) by Bill from the UK Stop trying to make With You happen. It's not going to happen. (Saturday 23 February 2019; 21:30)

Live ad libs (88,162) by Bill from the UK Great to see the Make It Happen performance at MSG get the recognition it so richly deserves. Am I alone in adding Mariah ad libs to songs when listening to the studio versions? For instance does anyone else add in a "if you know it, sing along with me" during the second chorus of Can't Let Go, or a "sing" (exclamation mark) after the "I'll be eternally grateful" in the last verse of Vision of Love? I ask because when Make It Happen begins and the beat starts building up, I always run through Mariah's "reaching for a dream" speech from MSG. Just me? Okay then lol. (Friday 22 February 2019; 19:35)

Re: My absolute favorite Mariah song (88,134) (88,141) by Bill from the UK If we're splitting hairs, it's an awesome 70s beat (YouTube I Want to Thank You by Alicia Myers). (Thursday 21 February 2019; 12:18)

Re: MC's age? (88,122) (88,123) by Bill from the UK Exactly. Instead we should be focusing our energies on why Migrate wasn't a single and how on Earth she walked out of the studio after recording Why You Mad thinking that monstrosity was fit for public consumption. (Wednesday 20 February 2019; 15:29)

Re: MC's age? (88,115) (88,121) by Bill from the UK I theorise that this is why she always dodges the question and says she's "eternally twelve" or has anniversaries etc., because she doesn't want to lie. In Tina Arena's biography she said when she signed to Columbia and met Tommy M, he said "you're gonna be 22 now" when she was 27. But she was a child star so everyone would have known. I agree with Licia that the 1 year difference makes no sense, other than at the time being born "in the 70s" rather than the sixties sounded better. My friend believes her exotic and great stage name is not real and she was actually called Maria. To back up being named after They Call The Wind Mariah her birth year was adjusted. The verdict? Who cares, really. (Wednesday 20 February 2019; 12:26)

Re: My Caution world tour setlist (88,077) (88,090) by Bill from the UK For mine I axed all the tired old material, save a few exceptions. I had a section in the middle for some old tunes. Deliberately had The Roof float into Giving Me Life, and Runway into the Butterfly Outro. Portrait intro Emotions (Meltdown version) With You Caution A No No (remix) For the nostalgia: Dreamlover I'll Be There Honey Heartbreaker The Roof Giving Me Life One Mo' Gen The Distance We Belong Together Hero Runway Butterfly outro (Sunday 17 February 2019; 18:55)

Re: My Caution world tour set list (88,085) (88,088) by Bill from the UK I think it'd be more fitting for MC to end the concert with GTFO lol. (Sunday 17 February 2019; 16:04)

Article: 5 Songs by Mariah Carey that should've hit #1 (88,053) by Bill from the UK No Migrate? (Friday 15 February 2019; 14:51)

Re: J.Lo's "management team" (88,008) (88,012) by Bill from the UK It also comes down to the old "you can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter" analogy. J.Lo is not talented. She is not musically gifted, nor have any talent as an actor either. She's a great dancer, and of course looks amazing, but that's it. She cannot write a song nor give a stellar delivery of it. (Tuesday 12 February 2019; 15:57)

Caution cassette (87,978) by Bill from the UK So my Caution cassette finally arrived today. This was all I ordered from the site, but my box contained the pink vinyl with the M cover, which I never ordered or paid for, as well as some lithographs. If this was a mistake, I lucked out, and is a nice payback for waiting a hundred years for it to arrive. (Saturday 9 February 2019; 17:31)

Re: Butterfly (87,966) (87,970) by Bill from the UK Your original reply was very well said and I also agree with this point. All Chris' posts are unfortunately a lot of clap trap formed by his own perception of events. But opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one. (Friday 8 February 2019; 21:21)

Re: Butterfly (87,940) (87,944) by Bill from the UK Actually the false boobs didn't arrive until 1999. (Thursday 7 February 2019; 01:33)

Re: Imagine by Ariane Grande (87,914) (87,924) by Bill from the UK For two reasons. 1. I've Been Thinking About You, like all Carey-Cole-Clivilles compositions, uses uncredited samples itself, and 2. David Cole died in 1995. (Wednesday 6 February 2019; 06:51)

Re: Maroon 5's half-time show (87,885) (87,887) by Bill from the UK Indeed, YouTube is forever and there's enough ropey performances on there (now outnumbering the good pre-1997 performances, because she won't stop touring) to seal her doom without a(nother) televised global catastrophe. (Monday 4 February 2019; 19:36)

Re: Dreamlover in Saudi Arabia (87,869) (87,872) by Bill from the UK It's a bit too late for that really. If she suddenly gave this incredible "was it lipped or wasn't it" concert out of nowhere everyone (or us at least), would know she was, if you pardon the lamb pun, pulling the wool over our eyes. I wish she'd just drop the old material, she can't get through a single song end to end live anymore. The Caution tour should be that album's tracks only, plus a lipped Hero and We Belong Together to keep everyone happy. At least we'd stand a chance of having maybe a 50% live concert, rather than the current less than 10% we get now. (I really don't count shouting/speaking verses as singing anymore. I'm looking at you, Emotions.) (Sunday 3 February 2019; 19:50)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey wows fans in Saudi Arabia (87,852) (87,854) by Bill from the UK I watched the highlights on YouTube and I must agree, it was dreadful. If they were the highlights then thank the good Lord above the video didn't subject me to the lowlights. It's the worst she's sounded since that horrific Elusive Chanteuse tour. The rate of decline in her vocals is alarming. (Friday 1 February 2019; 16:43)

Re: Butterfly (87,835) (87,851) by Bill from the UK Great words. I think when Mariah is remembered it will be AIWFCIY and Butterfly that end up defining her. That capturing a moment notion you speak of reminds me so much of the stories behind Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album. (Friday 1 February 2019; 15:33)

Re: Vanishing (87,775) (87,781) by Bill from the UK Okay back up and pop it in reverse for a second. You don't like The Roof? Blasphemy lol. When you get to it, definitely watch the video alongside as it perfectly captures the atmosphere of the song (those limo shots are something else). The lyrics are so poetic and the driving beat almost sounds like rain. She's never done a song that atmospheric and moody until Giving Me Life in my opinion. It's a real gem and my favourite from Butterfly. It pains me that the planned UK release as a single was canned as it was deemed too urban. (Tuesday 29 January 2019; 19:40)

Re: Rainbow / Glitter (87,776) (87,780) by Bill from the UK Yes. (Tuesday 29 January 2019; 19:37)

This site lol (87,771) by Bill from the UK All I ever read on this site these days is a bunch of you squabbling with each other followed by a daily check in of With You's agonisingly slow descent down the Adult R&B charts. God speed the A No No remix so we have something else to talk about on this godforsaken board lol. (Tuesday 29 January 2019; 11:48)

Re: Mariah's managers? 1990-2019 (87,736) (87,757) by Bill from the UK Randy Hoffman managed Mariah for years during the beginning of her career until she cleaned house of Tommy and his associates. (Monday 28 January 2019; 21:26)

Re: With You (87,752) (87,756) by Bill from the UK So anyway, back to Mariah. (Monday 28 January 2019; 20:19)

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