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

Re: Go to Mimi on your contacts and press delete (81,215) (81,219) by Bill from the UK When did she display her range? Please send me the video and if it's not a performance with lip syncing, playback, dubbing, and Mary Ann picking up the slack I'll stand corrected. It's time we all addressed the elephant in the room. (Friday 2 March 2018; 09:23)

Re: Mariah singing at Floyd Mayweather's birthday bash (81,212) (81,213) by Bill from the UK The tell for me was when she did carpool karaoke. Everyone else goes for it, lets loose and has fun. MC just sat there statuesque and mumbled a few lines in the half octave she has left. (Thursday 1 March 2018; 12:02)

Re: Mariah singing at Floyd Mayweather's birthday bash (81,200) (81,201) by Bill from the UK Even I could sing a chorus of a song reasonably well, and I don't have a God given talent like Mariah. There's that crazy theory that the real Mariah died in 1996 and was replaced by a look-a-like that couldn't sing half as well. I'm starting to believe it lol. (Wednesday 28 February 2018; 12:33)

Re: The A, B, 90s albums and The Disappearance of Mimi (81,190) (81,198) by Bill from the UK Sweatpants are all that fit me right now. (Wednesday 28 February 2018; 00:30)

Re: Mariah singing at Floyd Mayweather's birthday bash (81,193) (81,197) by Bill from the UK Am I deaf or did she not actually sing anything except a faint "yeah" somewhere in the middle? The vocal track you hear is not Mariah. (Tuesday 27 February 2018; 21:30)

Re: Mariah movie (81,180) (81,183) by Bill from the UK Ha. I'd have Jennifer Lopez play her, just for the nostalgia. (Tuesday 27 February 2018; 12:39)

Re: The A, B, 90s albums and The Disappearance of Mimi (81,172) (81,173) by Bill from the UK How could you forget the masterpiece "Why You Mad?" (Monday 26 February 2018; 22:00)

Re: The A, B, 90s albums and The Disappearance of Mimi (81,162) (81,169) by Bill from the UK Better than fritos and kitchen windows? (Monday 26 February 2018; 20:06)

Re: Butterfly vs. Ray of Light (81,136) (81,138) by Bill from the UK I've never really been a fan of Madonna or Celine, but I did really rate "Secret" by Madonna and "Falling Into You" by Celine. There was just something about those songs that worked. (Sunday 25 February 2018; 14:38)

Re: Mariah Carey: Just Be Good To Me (from Japan) (81,088) (81,099) by Bill from the UK The thing is, even the undubbed Tattoo Club performances weren't even that bad. They were a lot better than most decent singers could accomplish. The only major mess up were the backing singers screwing up Someday and the failed upper register ad lib on Don't Play That Song. The undubbed Unplugged also has nothing wrong with it in my opinion. Mariah did say that when she was at Sony they always said everything had to be perfect and she was in the studio all the time re-recording. I assumed the comment was around her albums but must have extended to the live performances as well. I agree with Andrew that The Art Of Letting Go was a great opportunity to put all that behind her and do the best with the talent God gave her, without resorting to all the unnecessary bells and (forgive the pun) whistles. (Thursday 22 February 2018; 20:53)

Re: "#Beautiful" (81,091) (81,098) by Bill from the UK You misspelt "Migrate". #shouldhavebeenasingle (Thursday 22 February 2018; 20:48)

Re: Mariah Carey: Just Be Good To Me (from Japan) (81,078) (81,080) by Bill from the UK Haha. Dysfunctional fan base, so true. Essentially any vocal flaws or imperfections are re-recorded after the event and pasted over the original to make the original sound perfect. This example of I'll Be There from Unplugged is a good example. (Thursday 22 February 2018; 16:03)

Re: Mariah Carey: Just Be Good To Me (from Japan) (81,072) (81,077) by Bill from the UK Dennis you are right. The smoke and mirrors were there really since the beginning. Even the televised performances were dubbed as videos have emerged of the differences. As much as no one will want to hear it, Mariah was marketed and directed/manufactured to be a competitor to Whitney due to her enormous success. She of course always had one up on her around songwriting and producing and her range as well, but her early voice was always very light and airy, with a range, but it was beefed up to be as big as Whitney's with lots of studio engineering and support to bolster them up (Kelly Price's comments, please refer). Performing like that live clearly impacted. You read about Adele taking time off and cancelling tours etc. due to her voice potentially being damaged. Mariah soldiered on and we hear people like P Diddy (or whatever his latest name is) saying she recorded over 50 different takes of Honey so he could use whatever he wanted. I'm sure she did the same for many other songs and remixes. (Thursday 22 February 2018; 12:58)

Re: Mariah Carey: Just Be Good To Me (from Japan) (81,032) (81,045) by Bill from the UK There's always been that rumour that she had surgery on her nodules in the mid 90s post-Daydream tour and what we have now is the result of that. I really do think it's a possibility. If it's true she should have addressed it at the time rather than hide behind the smoke and mirrors. If it's not true the vocal decline was all self inflicted which is even sadder. (Tuesday 20 February 2018; 23:16)

Re: Stripped versions of Mariah's gems (81,002) (81,003) by Bill from the UK Can’t Let Go is beautiful, but my fave is Underneath the Stars. (Saturday 17 February 2018; 16:30)

Re: Memoirs, Rainbow and MIAMTEC (80,961) (80,971) by Bill from the UK That album is as associated to you as Crapfinity is lol. (Friday 16 February 2018; 19:56)

Re: I've figured it out (42,054) (80,953) by Bill from the UK I agree. (Friday 16 February 2018; 9:46)

Re: (80,861) (80,863) by Bill from the UK I think the majority were actually settled out of court, rather than being dismissed. I think Hero has been dismissed several times but the others weren't. (Thursday 8 February 2018; 11:21)

Re: Songwriters hall of fame snub (80,859) (80,862) by Bill from the UK I think Emotions and Make It Happen were settled out of court. Make It Happen and I Want To Thank You have the exact same chord progression and background instrumentation, albeit switched to a different key. TGIFY was accused of sounding too similar to Xscape's "One Of Those Love Songs". Hero has been well documented about the lyrics being lifted from elsewhere. It's Like That apparently replicates a song called "Sexy". I forget the artist and I've never heard the song. As I said, I don't really care either way about it but these instances probably all play a part in recognising somebody's song writing ability. (Thursday 8 February 2018; 11:19)

Re: Songwriters hall of fame snub (80,842) (80,849) by Bill from the UK Not that I subscribe to the theory, but Mariah does have a, shall we say, chequered history when it comes to her songwriting credits. Emotions vs Best of My Love. Can't Let Go vs Right Before My Eyes. Make It Happen vs I Want To Thank You. Hero, Thank God I Found You, It's Like That, all had lawsuits against them (multiple in Hero's case). Her bigger hits rely on sampling to help carry the melody (Dreamlover, Fantasy, Honey, Heartbreaker, The Roof, Loverboy, I could go on). So yeah. Hashtag just saying but I'm sure people consider these things. I personally think she should be inducted for AIWFCIY alone. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 19:33)

Re: Can't Let Go (80,788) (80,794) by Bill from the UK I know the hip sway haha. Mariahxlambily on YouTube did a compilation of the live high note when she was promoting the song and I noticed it then. It is a beautiful song. I couldn't believe when "The Ballads" was released that this didn't feature as I agree, it often goes overlooked. I think a lot of fans love this song. The video is one of my favourites, simply beautiful. The whole "Emotions" era for me is when Mariah really came into her own. She was confident, had more control, wasn't married at that point, and was there just making great music and giving amazing performances. (Sunday 4 February 2018; 10:09)

Great live video (80,727) by Bill from the UK I found this great video on YouTube from the debut era. I had never seen it before. Excuse the awkwardness between Mariah and the host lol, and who knows what is going on at the end with the umbrellas. Mariah sang wonderfully. I've been buried in the debut era so much recently. For the past month all I've listened to is the first album and the singles/remixes. Those 1990 vocals are clear as a bell and her tone never sounded better. (Monday 29 January 2018; 23:21)

Re: Couldn't Give That Away (80,693) (80,695) by Bill from the UK Let’s get back to Mariah. (Sunday 28 January 2018; 15:16)

Re: Couldn't Give That Away (80,672) (80,675) by Bill from the UK My great-grandfather died on the Titanic that night which is why I lapsed into snowflake mode. (Saturday 27 January 2018; 15:01)

Re: Mariah's most inspiring song (80,660) (80,661) by Bill from the UK AYNAF is a beautiful song. The "don't you ever be lonely" on the second chorus is, for some reason, the best line she's ever delivered. It gets me every time. (Friday 26 January 2018; 21:43)

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