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

Re: Things we particularly like about Mariah (74,784) (74,822) by Bill from the UK Terna, your reply is actually hilarious. (Friday 28 April 2017; 07:46)

Re: Things we particularly like about Mariah (74,728) (74,753) by Bill from the UK You honestly see Mariah as a "grounded celebrity"? For some moments in life there are no words. (Tuesday 25 April 2017; 20:11)

Re: Glennis Grace is the new Whitney? (74,699) (74,709) by Bill from the UK Her Christmas album has a rendition of AIWFCIY and Miss You Most, both of which she does really well. (Monday 24 April 2017; 07:08)

Re: Mariah the songwriter (74,545) (74,550) by Bill from the UK Yep, "acting so corny like fritos" stands up there as one of her greatest ever lyrics and there's absolutely no need for anyone else to step in. (Monday 17 April 2017; 23:17)

Re: Mariah the songwriter (74,509) (74,513) by Bill from the UK Look at When You Believe and All My Life. Original songs written for Mariah and she sure as hell made them her own. Her remakes almost always trump the original (I'll Be There, Without You, Open Arms) so she could easily take somebody else's song to the next level as she does with her own material. (Saturday 15 April 2017; 10:17)

Re: You know you're a Mariah fan when... (74,497) (74,499) by Bill from the UK Lol (all caps). Sorry but that made me laugh so much haha. (Friday 14 April 2017; 14:13)

Re: You know you're a Mariah fan when... (74,492) (74,498) by Bill from the UK Haha that is great Jade. Hope you have a lovely wedding day and that Mariah makes the playlist then too. (Friday 14 April 2017; 14:12)

Re: Daydream era (74,200) (74,203) by Bill from the UK Also ABMB ended up becoming one of her most popular songs in the US, still receiving regular airplay to this day. Daydream is always heavily represented on her compilation albums too so if anything it's the opposite and is arguably the peak of her career both in terms of success, vocals, and creativity. (Thursday 6 April 2017; 14:54)

Re: The uselessness of trying to change someone (74,001) (74,019) by Bill from the UK What a great post Marissa, thank you. I have been listening to the debut album non-stop lately, and it's because I want to "recapture all of the memories". That album for me is a window into the little girl who listened to the radio under the covers, sang with her mother, skipped school to write and record songs in a funky woodshop, and who had no proper shoes upon her feet. The little girl that believed in herself enough and knew what she wanted. She was beautiful, she sang beautifully, she wrote beautiful songs. When I listen to Vanishing now, I can't help but see it as me singing it to her. The lyrics are so poignant now. You're vanishing, drifting so far away, you're vanishing, you're vanishing away. (Wednesday 29 March 2017; 00:53)

Happy birthday Mariah (73,994) by Bill from the UK Happy birthday Mariah. I love you so much. (Monday 27 March 2017; 21:10)

Re: Hypocrisy, here I come (73,866) (73,873) by Bill from the UK So Luther died because Mariah outsang him during their duet? What a way to go. (Thursday 23 March 2017; 01:21)

Re: Wasted songs, should have been singles (73,729) (73,733) by Bill from the UK And You Don't Remember was meant to be the fourth single from Emotions but was canned when I'll Be There took off. I wish it had been as it's a beautiful song. The Roof and Breakdown should have got full worldwide single treatment and not limited releases. I loved Make It Look Good from the get go and think it should have been put out instead of You're Mine (Eternal). If We and The One were also amazing. Wish more people could have heard them. (Friday 17 March 2017; 14:26)

Re: Most played MC song in iTunes (73,689) (73,712) by Bill from the UK AIWFCIY followed closely by the beautiful Vision of Love. Never gets old. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 22:56)

Re: If you could (73,391) (73,418) by Bill from the UK My All, Joyride, Make It Look Good. (Tuesday 7 March 2017; 7:32)

Re: The stolen idea (73,170) (73,174) by Bill from the UK Also apparently the demo tape recordings Mariah was going to release was called "1989", like Taylor's album. If it's true, it is such a shame. I'd give my all to hear that tape. (Monday 27 February 2017; 4:48)

Re: Nose (73,062) (73,064) by Bill from the UK It's pretty clear she has from pictures. Barbra Streisand once said she would never get a nose job, despite being a prime candidate for one lol, because it would have a detrimental effect on her singing voice. (Thursday 23 February 2017; 14:34)

I Don't and the Grammy comment (72,890) by Bill from the UK Two things. When I heard "I Don't" I thought to myself, at least she can replicate the damn thing live. Seeing her lip parts of it on Kimmel solidified my suspicion that her five octave range is now reduced to one. Then out she came with the Grammy comment. Make of the ceremony what you will, but it's the equivalent of the Oscars for its industry. Mariah is now very unlikely to add to her tally or even be nominated ever again by that stupid remark. What was she thinking? And one additional point, being nominated six times is not the definition of a snub. (Sunday 19 February 2017; 11:09)

Re: Grammys (72,711) (72,716) by Bill from the UK TJ is completely right. Daydream was a tremendous effort by Mariah but Jagged Little Pill was a huge, brilliant, ground breaking, intelligent record. Alanis' dead pan delivery, her direct and cutting lyrics, the production, her style, it all was a perfect fit for the general mood at the time. I played that album relentlessly when it arrived, and to this day it remains one of my favourites and most returned to records (Mariah excepted of course). Mariah wasn't "snubbed". A snub would be zero nominations. The amount of nominations she received that year was a direct acknowledgement and confirmation of her fantastic achievements and a reflection of how she was perceived in the industry at the time. (Wednesday 15 February 2017; 20:34)

Re: Underneath The Stars (Acapella) (72,599) (72,618) by Bill from the UK That was beautiful. Same channel also has the Make It Happen acapella too. Amazing. (Monday 13 February 2017; 21:17)

Re: New radio call in (72,545) (72,547) by Bill from the UK I agree she shouldn't be on the receiving end of such comments, but then she's bought it entirely on herself and should not be surprised or offended when people say things like that to her. If he had said the same comment to Celine Dion, everybody would be appalled. Mariah? Not so much. You reap what you sow. (Sunday 12 February 2017; 14:34)

Re: Just a thought (72,532) (72,544) by Bill from the UK That's no different to Mariah not giving any credit for using Best Of My Love (Emotions) and I Want To Thank You (Make It Happen) samples without permission. She's not exactly in a position to cast the first stone. (Sunday 12 February 2017; 12:41)

Re: New radio call in (72,530) (72,543) by Bill from the UK Andrew does have a point. How Mariah has the audacity to be offended when somebody calls out the very thing she's been shoving in our faces since she first strutted down the theatre aisle in that pink crop top in the Heartbreaker video is beyond me. She paid money to have them enhanced, and even had them out on display when performing at a funeral, for heaven's sake. If she wants people to focus on the music and her songwriting, then make her music and songwriting the focus. (Sunday 12 February 2017; 12:39)

Re: "The Roof" video (72,536) (72,542) by Bill from the UK The Roof is one of her greatest videos. All the videos from the Butterfly album were excellent, but there was something extra special about the atmosphere this one in particular created. The shots in the limo, the flashbacks, out in the rain... beautiful. (Sunday 12 February 2017; 12:34)

Re: Mariah' s top 5 best and worst singles (72,535) (72,541) by Bill from the UK Top 5: 1. Vision of Love 2. All I Want for Christmas Is You 3. Fantasy 4. Always Be My Baby 5. Without You Bottom 5: 1. You're Mine (Eternal) 2. Boy (I Need You) 3. Obsessed 4. Infinity 5. Infamous (Sunday 12 February 2017; 12:33)

Re: Mariah Carey is a hard person to love these days (72,499) (72,502) by Bill from the UK (Scan reads for the words "Right to Dream".) I'm kidding, but I agree. A stripped down album, just her and a piano/guitar. All acoustic, maybe even have each song recorded in one take with no showy vocal acrobatics she can't replicate live. That I feel is all it would take to get her some respect amongst critics, peers, and dare I say, her fans. (Saturday 11 February 2017; 14:57)

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