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

Re: I miss Stella (98,333) (98,336) by Bill from the UK Like many here (and Mariah herself going by her book), I like to pretend Mariah's World and The Nightmare Era never happened. Let's look ahead and move on. Somewhat Loved will be #1 across the globe in a couple of weeks so we have that to celebrate lol. But seriously the Glitter anniversary is around the corner so hope MC brings out the Glitter vinyl and that rumoured Prince duet. (Friday 9 July 2021; 20:37)

Re: Fourth Of July (98,317) (98,318) by Bill from the UK Personally I prefer "boy you're acting so corny like Fritos" and "how 'bout you get the smurf out" over "then you put your hand in mine, and we ran from the rain, tentatively kissed goodnight, and went our separate ways, and I've never truly felt the way that I, felt that fourth of July". (Monday 5 July 2021; 20:20)

ABMB withdrawn picture sleeve (98,298) by Bill from the UK This is something I've been mulling over for, ooh I don't know, about 15 years now. In the UK, Always Be My Baby was released in the following formats: cassette single, two CD singles, and a 7" and 12" single. This site's discography has item 2397 listed, which is the second CD single (the club mixes), with a different cover to what was released. Other pics are available on the release page on Discogs. As we know, this CD was issued with the beautiful cover of Mariah in the snake skin shirt, and this original picture sleeve was withdrawn from sale, thus making it somewhat impossible to ever find. What I find curious, is that the UK CD single is the *only* release with this cover, Mariah in the snake skin shirt. The withdrawn picture sleeve, an alternative shot of the regular picture sleeve (from the remix video), is issued on several releases worldwide, and even in the UK itself for the 12". So, I sometimes wonder in the dead of night as I'm collecting my thoughts for the day, if the *wrong* picture sleeve was withdrawn? I find it so odd that only one release across the globe uses the snake skin picture sleeve, and the withdrawn sleeve was issued in every other territory in the world. (Tuesday 29 June 2021; 20:57)

Re: RibbonB (98,261) (98,262) by Bill from the UK So um. I really like Hero. (Thursday 24 June 2021; 16:18)

Re: Nick, why oh why? (98,225) (98,227) by Bill from the UK Wow, that lyric from Cruise Control. Life imitating art. (Monday 21 June 2021; 12:35)

Re: To be honest (98,220) (98,222) by Bill from the UK I really hope Glitter gets issues on vinyl, it's the 20th anniversary this year so maybe she has something planned, but without being insensitive to the other 20th anniversary we'll all be remembering. (Sunday 20 June 2021; 09:07)

Re: Worst song ever made? Triumphant (98,214) (98,215) by Bill from the UK Yes I've no beef with Triumphant either. It was a bit different to have MC only sing the hook and then appear for the bridge, but I love the energy of the song and how Mariah looks like she's made of solid gold on the picture sleeve. I wish that and Almost Home were the bonus tracks on MIAM rather than the Memoirs copy and paste duets. (Saturday 19 June 2021; 11:12)

Re: New Mariah Carey era (98,209) (98,211) by Bill from the UK I love how concise and brief Caution was though. It's an album I play so frequently because of that. If I want to listen to Charmbracelet I have to schedule it into my calendar lol as that album never seems to end. I listen to Caution far more frequently than her other albums because it is so easy to listen to. It's fine tuned, to the point, and every song packs a punch. (Friday 18 June 2021; 23:11)

Re: Worst song ever made? (98,194) (98,196) by Bill from the UK I always count Beautiful as the lead for MIAM, despite the gap between it and the album's release. The same happened with Kate Bush's The Dreaming. Sat In Your Lap was the "lead" single, but was released a year before the album and second single. But like Beautiful, the album would be incomplete without it. From your list, GTFO annoys me so much because sonically, it is incredible. It is moody, it has a vibe, it's different, it's sophisticated, and it's mellow but has an undertone running through it as well. Why, on earth, she placed those ridiculous lyrics on top of one of her most original and fresh sounds is beyond me (admittedly it is a sample, but which lead single of hers isn't). Such a disappointment. And yikes, Save the Day was completely erased from my memory haha. I'm like, Mariah. The Rarities has Here We Go Around Again and original Loverboy on it. You put those tracks out as a single in Japan. Why release Save the Day when that album was littered with so many wonderful songs? Ugh. (Thursday 17 June 2021; 23:49)

Re: Worst song ever made? (98,188) (98,192) by Bill from the UK Haha exactly. There are a lot worse. Off the top of my head: Crapfinity, Can't Say No, Did I Do That, Infamous, Boy, and The Star. (Thursday 17 June 2021; 11:10)

Re: Wedding song (98,166) (98,170) by Bill from the UK Thank God I Found You. (Tuesday 15 June 2021; 01:05)

Re: Revisiting videos at random (98,152) (98,154) by Bill from the UK I love the With You video. It's so classy and I love her in those black and white trousers towards the end. This is a great post because I also did the same the other day. Honestly, how good were the Butterfly videos? Every last one of them was a gem. Honey, Butterfly, Breakdown, The Roof, My All. Just excellent and her look then was that of a liberated young elegant R&B queen. (Friday 11 June 2021; 23:27)

Re: Somewhat Loved (98,128) (98,136) by Bill from the UK Now I've heard the full song, I'm conflicted hah. I love the chorus/hook. The beat is great, it sounds funky and the harmonies are super as usual. The rest of the song seems somewhat disjointed and lacks any real structure or coherency. It's quite jarring that it seems to be a mish mash of snippets all pieces together with the repeated hook acting as the bridge between them. It's not that it's bad or anything, but Mariah's never done that approach and it's taking some getting used to. Not having the intro/verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus approach is different to say the least. But, I've been asking for Mariah to step away from her usual formula and step it up and bit, and she has. It's definitely growing on me with each listen. (Thursday 10 June 2021; 14:32)

Re: Caution deserved better (98,119) (98,120) by Bill from the UK It's weird because 8th Grade has so many fans, yet it's the only Mariah song I can never place immediately. I always have to do a quick lyric search or play the first few bars to know the song. As I'm writing this, I cannot remember it. This is the only song she's ever done that has not, for whatever reason, entered into my head and taken up permanent residence. So weird. It's not even because I don't like it. On the contrary, every time I play it, I love it. (Wednesday 9 June 2021; 16:46)

The Meaning of Mariah paper back (98,085) by Bill from the UK The paper back version of Mariah's book is taking pre-orders now. It looks like from MC's Instagram that the cover is the one of little Mariah on the beach. I really hope it is, as I know Mariah wanted that as the cover originally. (Saturday 5 June 2021; 16:55)

Re: So much better (98,063) (98,067) by Bill from the UK It's all about the replay value. I must have watched Touch My Body 500 times. You're Mine, once. (Wednesday 2 June 2021; 13:26)

Re: Mariah talk (98,048) (98,050) by Bill from the UK I think it was actually for "No More 'I Love You's'", as Walking on Broken Glass was from her first solo album in the early 90s. (Saturday 29 May 2021; 13:24)

Re: Dionne Warwick (98,040) (98,043) by Bill from the UK Yes, I did mean Diane Warren. Lord I'm getting old. (Wednesday 26 May 2021; 08:05)

Somewhat Loved (98,019) by Bill from the UK Here's a link to the snippet that was played. I don't think it sounds anything like I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time myself. The piano riff during the refrain sounds a bit like Maroon 5's This Love. I think it sounds great, a step aside from the usual formula/song structure. (Sunday 23 May 2021; 22:50)

Re: Dionne Warwick (98,009) (98,010) by Bill from the UK I think Mariah and Diane had a very, let's just say, "strained" relationship when they worked together for Rainbow. From Mariah's point of view, it appears to be because they are both perfectionists and both have a clear vision of where they felt their compositions should head. Apparently this was in opposite directions. Supposedly they couldn't agree on the title for Can't Take That Away for weeks on end alone. I think Mariah wanted it to be called Mariah's Theme and nothing else, whereas Diane wanted to call it They Can Try. But we love everyone. (Sunday 23 May 2021; 11:31)

Music Box tour footage (97,996) by Bill from the UK Hi all, some amateur footage of the Music Box tour has appeared on YouTube. This is from the show in NYC. Only the shows in LA and Massachusetts had surfaced previously on bootleg CDs back in the mid 90s. Unfortunately only Dreamlover and Make It Happen have been uploaded. Really hope other songs make an appearance. (Friday 21 May 2021; 23:56)

Re: I'm late / Maxwell collab (97,983) (97,985) by Bill from the UK Agree, fantastic album. If Mariah is doing something in that retro 70s soul meets jazz mellow vibe like that album, then this is going to be incredible. I played that album so much when it first came out, one of my faves. (Tuesday 18 May 2021; 08:52)

Re: Twitter (97,968) (97,969) by Bill from the UK She also mentioned MC30 wasn't over. (Thursday 13 May 2021; 14:32)

Re: Favorite interlude (97,953) (97,955) by Bill from the UK Apparently Rainbow was originally meant to be a full song but ended up being an interlude due to her rushing the album to get off the Columbia label at the time. My favourite interlude would definitely be Languishing. Divine. (Saturday 8 May 2021; 17:57)

Re: Mimi, abundance, etc (97,928) (97,932) by Bill from the UK Great summary of the year. MC30 was an amazing treat, and I don't think I'll ever get over The Rarities and hearing "new" 1990 vocals on Here We Go Around Again. That song is sublime. Although the end of it is iffy. (Tuesday 4 May 2021; 21:31)

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