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Re: Rarities tracklisting - real? (95,281) (95,285) by Edward from USA When you put it that way, I agree. (Sunday 30 August 2020; 14:41)

Re: Rarities tracklisting - real? (95,260) (95,261) by Edward from USA That track-list looks real, but if it were so, where did "All In Your Mind, Take 2" be? Why tease us with it? I don't need 'Everything Fades Away", it was already on a CD and easily available. At least "Do You Think Of Me" and "Slipping Away" were B-sides. (Friday 28 August 2020; 23:25)

Interesting (95,231) by Edward from USA According to Wikipedia, what was supposed to be disc 1, now is disc 2. Disc 1 will the one containing the rarities, and the "Save the Day" will be track 14 in it. They also removed information about writers and producers from the remaining 14 tracks, I guess so we wouldn't keep on guessing, we seem to have been on the right track. They definitely underestimated the fact long time fans would guess many of the so far unnamed tracks by that information only. They definitely read this board, lol. (Thursday 27 August 2020; 14:36)

Re: Another take on the voice (95,220) (95,226) by Edward from USA "Idk when I look at Tina, Diana, Patti, Aretha, Stevie Wonder, Lionel, Gladys, Al Green, Roberta Flack, and many others I don't see very active careers into their 70s or even into the later parts of their lives. And we all know that the amazing Aretha (RIP) did not sound the same on her final album." They might not be at their peak or even popular, but they still have active careers. Roberta Flack is 83 and is still signed to a record label. Aretha didn't sound the same, and nobody was expecting her to, but before she started struggling with pancreatic cancer, she could still sing decently. None of the artist you mentioned have officially retired. (Wednesday 26 August 2020; 21:12)

Re: Another take on the voice (95,221) (95,224) by Edward from USA Exactly, when Mariah put herself into it, she can create great music even when telling someone to GTO. (Wednesday 26 August 2020; 20:44)

Re: Another take on the voice (95,215) (95,218) by Edward from USA Well, comparing the longevity of an athlete's career to that of a singer and the way people perceive them is not like comparing apples and oranges, but rather like comparing apples and rocks. An athlete goes into his field knowing very well they would be retiring in their early thirties due to physical reasons, and it is something expected by people. Nobody would ever question why Michelle Kwan is not trying triple axles combinations professionally at 40 when everybody knows a figure ice skater is usually done by time they're 30. A singer is expected to be singing decently well enough into their 70's. Yes, things could happen to an athlete or a singer that could take them out very early on in their careers, but that's not usually what happens to most of them. Mariah Carey has always talked about longevity, and she's about longevity, she shaded Ariana Grande by wishing longevity to her with her career in a couple of interviews. She wants to be remembered by her music and her talent, she wants to keep on making music, and she wants people to recognize her and her talent, and there's nothing wrong with that. I understand her voice is not the same for whatever reason, but something has also happened to her pen game. Paradoxically, Mariah wrote more mature and cohesive lyrics when she was 20 than now when she's more mature. (Wednesday 26 August 2020; 16:00)

Re: Mariah Carey green vinyl (95,204) (95,209) by Edward from USA Come on Bill, you know Robert-Anthony will threaten anybody who volunteers besides him, you know he drools over you. He'll even ship it for free. (Tuesday 25 August 2020; 21:08)

Re: Deniece Williams (Lee and This is GHM) (95,193) (95,208) by Edward from USA Morgan confirms in this interview she inherited alcoholism and being bipolar from her mother. He's been saying that Patricia was an alcoholic for a long time now, but people just thought he was a disgruntled brother when many of the things he said have turned out to be true. I hate family betrayal, but I think Morgan at the end of the day may have ended up saving her life, sadly it took Crustella's threat for her to let the secret out. Tommy didn't make Mariah not take her meds or to mix them with alcohol either, she was diagnosed way after she had parted ways with Tommy, something Morgan also stated. Back when Mariah was working on "Always Be My Baby", she wanted to party out with JD and Da Brat but Tommy wouldn't let her, and those two weren't necessarily drinking soda pop, but Mariah had a lot to lose and Sony too, it's business. Had Tommy not controlled her a bit on that part, we would have seen a voice decline way before Butterfly. Only by smoking cigarettes, at a very young age, when Tommy wasn't in the picture, I'm talking about a 14-17 year old Mariah, she lost two octaves of her voice. She later regained them when she stopped smoking and she promised God she wouldn't ever smoke again, promised she kept, but she just promised God about smoking cigarettes, she never mentioned weed. Musical geniuses like Mariah and Michael tend to be great, but they also have their demons they have to deal with. It's nobody's fault, and nobody's perfect. I think Mariah can still regain some decent control of her voice, but the touring and alcohol indulgence have to stop. When not even in the studio you can deliver, something is very very wrong. (Tuesday 25 August 2020; 21:06)

Re: Sadly, criticism is the main order of the day (95,188) (95,191) by Edward from USA Stacey, we don't appreciate your post. We should all be thankful and rejoice even if Mariah records her own farts with JD. She doesn't owe us anything. (Tuesday 25 August 2020; 01:08)

Save The Day (95,146) by Edward from USA I hadn't commented on STD because I wanted to actually read what most people here had to say. Well, I think the song has a great chorus, but it feels half-cooked, rushed, as if she said: "JD, let's throw this sample in so I could finally feature an artist in a duet that never was." Sometimes I've questioned whether Mariah has actually lost her muse, but then I think of "Caution" and I reconsider my thoughts. I'm glad STD is relegated to being on the second CD. I do appreciate the fact she's giving us new music, but I think she had plenty of time to cook something great, memorable, way more polished, thought out. Even though I have made my peace with Mariah's voice, I'm worried that in 5 years there would only be whistles left. What in the world is happening? What is affecting this woman's voice so much at this point that it is fading away so fast? I feel very sad about it. (Sunday 23 August 2020; 14:36)

What I really want (95,100) by Edward from USA Tracks I don't want to see on "The Rarities": 01. Everything Fades Away 02. Slipping Away 03. Do You Think Of Me 04. Do You Know Where You're Going To 05. There For Me 06. There Goes My Heart 07. I Know What You Want 08. Miss You 09. Sprung 10. Secret Love 11. Heat 12. 4Real4Real If it was put on a physical CD at some point, I don't want it on "The Rarities". That would leave space for lots of great music from the 90's and the 2000's. "Help Me Make It" wasn't ever released digitally or physically, "Yours" with Justin Timberlake would also be great. "Kick Rocks", "Reach for The Sky", "Rainbow Interlude" full song, "Misty Moon" from that Japanese commercial, the potential to kill us all with lots of a great music is endless. (Saturday 22 August 2020; 02:48)

Re: The Rarities (JPN edition) (95,093) (95,094) by Edward from USA You can't read Japanese? Shame. (Saturday 22 August 2020; 00:09)

He should be banned (95,080) by Edward from USA I will never understand why somebody would come out of obscurity to post for the first time on this board to complain about Andrew and not about the thousands upon thousands of positive lists and these-could've been singles on this board. Well, some came out drooling over how cute Bill from the UK is when he first posted his picture, and some peed in their pants of excitement when Todd from Australia posted his. If you don't like what Andrew has to say, there are a gazillion of other posts in here. This board won't ever be your Mary Poppins' Utopic Garden. It's so easy to just skip posts, I do it on a regular basis, and I don't have to keep regurgitating how much I hate this or that poster. For that, I use Whatsapp, lol. Focus on the new music and you'll be happy. If you have a crush on Andrew, well, I think you all might have to get a room, even though I don't think Andrew is into orgies or anything like that. (Friday 21 August 2020; 17:11)

Did you forget (95,078) by Edward from USA People here seem to have forgotten about the snippet she let out of the vault from "All In Your Mind, Take 2". I'm looking forward to listening to that one, she's definitely going to include it in the track-list. I don't think she should waste space on the disk with tracks that, even though were not on album releases, at least got released as b-sides and bonus tracks on international releases. (Friday 21 August 2020; 16:36)

Re: Name game (94,966) (94,977) by Edward from USA Randy, I don't know if as much as you do, but I do also love "Right To Dream". And "Help Me Make It" of course. (Wednesday 19 August 2020; 16:32)

Re: Name game (94,952) (94,954) by Edward from USA What a shocker, Randy. Why didn't you use "Rainbow Interlude", "Reflections" or "Runway"? (Tuesday 18 August 2020; 22:32)

Re: Name game (94,940) (94,946) by Edward from USA Mariah has a song starting with the letter "K", it just hasn't been released, but it's completed and heard by some who showed a liking for it. It's called "Kick Rocks". "Charlamagne tha God" mentions it in an interview Mariah had with him on "The Breakfast Club" back in 2014. During the interview he briefly talks about listening to the song while visiting Mariah at her apartment and asks her why she hasn't released it. (Tuesday 18 August 2020; 14:36)

Re: The Sun and HIV (94,879) (94,884) by Edward from USA Randy, of course we can hang out sometime. Hopefully when this effing Covid allow us. (Saturday 8 August 2020; 14:07)

Re: The Irish Times and HIV (94,858) (94,871) by Edward from USA Jade, you're from the UK Gang, you're not supposed to be against Andrew. (Friday 7 August 2020; 17:04)

Re: The Irish Times and HIV (94,834) (94,846) by Edward from USA I couldn't agree with you more. Alison being HIV+ is irrelevant, I don't know why they keep doing it, maybe because nobody has ever been vocal about it on mainstream media. There are thousands of people who are born HIV+ and many others who gets it through many other means other than sex. I hope they stop doing that, but weirdly I only see that when they talk about her, I don't see it when they talk about any celebrity, maybe because they would be called out on it. (Thursday 6 August 2020; 21:22)

Re: Dreamteam (94,810) (94,818) by Edward from USA Eric, yes they're supported by Wikipedia for delulons. (Wednesday 5 August 2020; 16:24)

Re: Reflections (94,793) (94,797) by Edward from USA Andrew, I can't stop laughing. I didn't believe it, but now I know "The Devil" is real. (Monday 3 August 2020; 16:26)

Disappointed (94,757) (94,759) by Edward from USA Randy, am I going blind, you're lighter now? (Friday 31 July 2020; 20:27)

Be patient (94,758) by Edward from USA If she releases all the goodies online now, there won't be any surprises when the box set comes out. She can't give it all away. (Friday 31 July 2020; 17:41)

Re: Hero melody / MC30 wants (94,735) (94,738) by Edward from USA Crystal Ball and the project with Prince never happened because of schedule conflicts. She has "After Tonight" with Luis Miguel, but I doubt he'll allow that to happen since he didn't like his take on it. I would like to hear "Yours" with Justin Timberlake though. (Tuesday 28 July 2020; 20:28)

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