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

Re: Videos - product placements (81,664) (81,669) by Bill from the UK Okay so To The Floor is my favourite track from Emancipation. I can't understand why so many fans dislike it. But then, I also couldn't understand how so many of you could like Did I Do That. TTF is so slick and light and breezy. A real change of pace and highlight for the album's second half. (Wednesday 4 April 2018; 14:50)

Re: Videos - product placements (81,653) (81,654) by Bill from the UK She also was endorsed by Match.com for Crapfinity. (Tuesday 3 April 2018; 13:52)

Re: The greatest album closing track (81,614) (81,633) by Bill from the UK Andrew this is so weird. I was thinking earlier today about posting this very same topic. I agree, Everything Fades Away is of course the best ending she's ever done. Really the US version was the only one to not have it feature, as all International versions of the album included it, and it seems so incomplete ending Music Box with All I Ever Wanted. I remember when Rainbow was out she said it was her first "happy ending" to an album, so perhaps she viewed EFA as the final track as well. She's never bettered that. So atmospheric and moving and sung with such conviction. (Sunday 1 April 2018; 02:28)

Re: "Rainbow" era (81,574) (81,577) by Bill from the UK I have to use Bing. (Thursday 29 March 2018; 17:17)

Re: "Rainbow" era (81,559) (81,570) by Bill from the UK Lol. I meant the white background was also vibrant compared with her albums before that were more sepia toned. The cover is photoshopped up to within an inch of its life though. If you google "Rainbow Lachappelle outtakes" you can see the original shots. She still looks great but it seems like her body was stretched lol. (Wednesday 28 March 2018; 23:39)

Re: "Rainbow" era (81,552) (81,555) by Bill from the UK Okay so a couple of points here. I actually really like the Rainbow album cover art. I love bright, vibrant colours and this cover really "pops". As for the Loverboy video, it's one of my favourites too. Clearly this LaChappell character's work appeals to me lol. Happy birthday Mariah. (Tuesday 27 March 2018; 20:11)

Re: "Rainbow" era (81,527) (81,530) by Bill from the UK It was my most disliked Mariah track until Boy came along and rocketed to the top of the charts. Then it’s been helped by recent gems like Why You Mad and Crapfinity and Infamous. So it’s still in the top ten somewhere lol. For me it upset the more serious/reflective mood of the second half of the album and probably would have been better received by me had it been on the A side (showing my age with that comment lol). (Monday 26 March 2018; 22:06)

Re: "Rainbow" era (81,521) (81,525) by Bill from the UK Great post. Rainbow is underrated I think mainly for being the second verse to Butterfly. Tough act to follow really. It's an album I don't usually turn to but when I'm there, I'm loving it. Every track on that album is a winner (except Did I Do That of course), and as you've said, the remixes were fantastic. I was at first nervous after hearing that she stepped away from David Morales for Heartbreaker's club mixes, but Junior Vasquez did a great job. The accompanying tour was also great. I was there in London's Wembly Arena. Not as great as the London stop of the Daydream tour but then, what was? (Monday 26 March 2018; 21:04)

Re: And even more clusters (last ones, I swear) (81,456) (81,458) by Bill from the UK Haha, the love you have for CB is so endearing. (Wednesday 21 March 2018; 20:25)

Re: And even more clusters (last ones, I swear) (81,452) (81,454) by Bill from the UK The Should Have Been A Single cluster: Migrate (Wednesday 21 March 2018; 13:40)

Re: Clusters (81,431) (81,434) by Bill from the UK Great clusters. (Monday 19 March 2018; 15:15)

Re: Videos (81,378) (81,386) by Bill from the UK Nick was a marriage, with children. Damizza was an ill advised fling. I think MC respects Nick's permanent position in her life, and that of their children, to not write a low rent diss song in the style of Thirsty about the father of her children. During the writing of MIAM, Mariah and Nick were married, and the album notes state how much she treasures her family. People over analysed everything in those songs once the divorce was public, but that album was in the works for years don't forget. Tom Fords, @-ing MC on Insta were all things Damizza was doing after they split, posting pictures of them and so on. Not sure if you've read Damizza's book, but he has a chapter about Mariah ("Don't Forget About Us") which is really interesting. (Wednesday 14 March 2018; 19:45)

Martyn (81,377) by Bill from the UK Nice memorial for Martyn. I'm sure he'd be delighted. (Tuesday 13 March 2018; 20:26)

Re: Videos (81,368) (81,371) by Bill from the UK Thirsty is about Damizza. (Tuesday 13 March 2018; 15:21)

Re: Samples (81,358) (81,365) by Bill from the UK Maybe, but why she would do it from a low key YouTube channel and not her official outlets is odd, unless there's some contractual issue to her doing it. Hope they keep them coming, as everything that's posted is brilliant, and then a real slam dunk like the O Holy Night outtakes appear. Love it. (Monday 12 March 2018; 21:05)

Re: Samples (81,335) (81,340) by Bill from the UK There's a website called whosampled.com. Type in MC and it will bring up the songs she used a sample for (credited and not), as well as who sampled her material. (Sunday 11 March 2018; 07:04)

Re: Outtake vocals (81,329) (81,338) by Bill from the UK Usually when an artist buys the rights to their material it will include everything. Released and unreleased and any demo or working copies. (Sunday 11 March 2018; 01:04)

Re: Outtake vocals (81,311) (81,320) by Bill from the UK If the leaks are indeed from Mariah's team, I wish they would put them on her main official channels so that more people can hear them. Or better yet, release the entire vault digitally. I'd pay whatever the asking price is for that. No doubt. (Friday 9 March 2018; 20:42)

Re: Outtake vocals (81,300) (81,302) by Bill from the UK I was literally coming here to share the very same link. Lord, take me to the King. That was beautiful. (Thursday 8 March 2018; 23:21)

Re: #marchforwhat? (81,293) (81,294) by Bill from the UK If I was famous the first thing I'd do is not have a Twitter account. (Thursday 8 March 2018; 11:56)

Me, Myself & Mariah (81,281) by Bill from the UK What a great article. I love it when Mariah talks about music and songwriting like she did here. Interesting to see her potentially taking a new approach to her new album. This has me very excited and hopeful for a positive, necessary change. Emerge from the cocoon. (Wednesday 7 March 2018; 15:49)

Re: Don't Explain (Billie Holiday cover) (81,251) (81,252) by Bill from the UK Lullaby of Birdland was down on the original track listing for MIAM. It pains me that there is potentially a studio recording of this somewhere, and not just what we heard on the Elusive tour. I agree, Don't Explain was sung really well and this is exactly the type of style Mariah should be singing in now, rather than lipping notes she can no longer hit and yelling out "EH" every so often. I've always said a jazz album would really suit her, but she could put a modern edge to it. Like, I don't know, jazz classics with a modern sample behind them, or her re-arranging the song or re-writing the lyrics. An even new material written in that timeless style. She did all that with The Wind back in 1991, and that's probably now the only song she can sing from the Emotions album unaided. (Monday 5 March 2018; 11:32)

Re: Go to Mimi on your contacts and press delete (81,234) (81,238) by Bill from the UK I can read and hear fine thanks. TGIFY was sung (for want of a better word) in the half octave she can sing in live. It's the one track of 18 she got through without playback or lip syncing during her residency, and it lasted a little over a minute. So sorry, you've not proven anything other than the point I was making. (Saturday 3 March 2018; 08:48)

Re: It's oh so quiet (81,222) (81,233) by Bill from the UK You're so right, and that's all we want. An acknowledgment from her and no more pretending. We'll still love her and still support her because she's Mariah. (Friday 2 March 2018; 18:27)

Re: Go to Mimi on your contacts and press delete (81,221) (81,231) by Bill from the UK Lol. They are literally all from a controlled environment, with playback, lip syncing, dubbing, and Mary Ann picking up the slack. (Friday 2 March 2018; 17:02)

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