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

Re: MC30 every Friday (94,594) (94,600) by Bill from the UK Agree that we need physical/digital versions of whatever is being celebrated so we can own and treasure them forever. Imagine if she does an album a week. This coming Friday, the debut with rarities, videos, remixes, etc. Next Friday Emotions gets its turn etc. (Wednesday 15 July 2020; 13:54)

Re: MC30 every Friday (94,589) (94,592) by Bill from the UK I watched the clip about twenty times and managed to get a screen grab of the handwritten page towards the end. It looks like a mastering sleeve, with the following: 1. I Can't Let Go 2. So Blessed 3. Can You Hear Me Is track 3 a never-before-heard Emotions B side? Sweet Lord please, please, please let this be the case. (Wednesday 15 July 2020; 00:41)

Re: The cover (94,581) (94,583) by Bill from the UK That's what I thought. Dreambracelet. (Monday 13 July 2020; 21:37)

Re: Hopes for the memoir (94,579) (94,582) by Bill from the UK Depends on your point of view as to whether she loses control of the narrative by being open about the vocal decline. It could be the opportunity to gain control of the narrative. Never again will she have to walk onto the stage petrified of the technical difficulties, malfunctioning ear pieces, and people "foiling" her. She can walk up to the microphone, just as she did on the MTV Unplugged stage, and sing. She'll need to change the arrangements of the songs, but that's a chance to be creative again and put a new spin on them. It's an opportunity to finally be free. And isn't that what she's always wanted? (Monday 13 July 2020; 20:09)

Re: New album (94,574) (94,575) by Bill from the UK A surprise album accompanying the memoir would be brilliant. Imagine if she had a song for each chapter that she could walk us through in the book as we listen. (Monday 13 July 2020; 16:48)

Narrated by Mariah (94,571) by Bill from the UK The audiobook on Amazon is narrated by Mariah. Excellent. I love her speaking voice as her inflections can be quite dry and dead pan. Might even get some acapoco moments. (Sunday 12 July 2020; 16:57)

The cover (94,566) by Bill from the UK The cover for the album reminds me of the Daydream photoshoot. Hence my cropped avatar to try to get it aligned. Do y'all see the similarities too? (Sunday 12 July 2020; 11:37)

Re: Debut rarities (94,557) (94,564) by Bill from the UK I really hope she picks up with the MC30 anniversary soon. I felt gutted she postponed rarities and surprises. I was hoping for a new vinyl release on 180g vinyl, a remastered digital version, the release of The First Vision on DVD/digital, and of course, the demo tape. (Sunday 12 July 2020; 05:48)

Re: Hopes for the memoir (94,556) (94,563) by Bill from the UK Well she can mention all the people in-between if she must, but those I mentioned she was either married to, engaged to, or with for a significant period of time. (Sunday 12 July 2020; 05:47)

Hopes for the memoir (94,554) by Bill from the UK I know the memoir is wrapped up, packed up, ribbon wid a bow on it, but here are my hopes for what she talks about. * Her musicality first and foremost. Discovering her gift, the nurturing of it by her mother, singing with those old jazz musicians as a child and learning her craft. I really hope she goes into detail about her songwriting process and what she puts into each song. I would love the memoir to contain scans of her song books with lyric ideas and song structures etc. Who she enjoys working with, and chapters for Gavin Christopher (pre game), Ben M and Walter A and Jermaine D as they are her most significant writing partners. * The childhood. The struggles, the divorce, Alison and Morgan then and now, school life, moving to Manhattan to seek her fortune and living with Josephine and waitressing etc. And then the truth about what really happened at "that party" where Tommy heard the demo tape. Was it all a publicity spin, as she was already bring courted by another label etc. * Tommy, Luis, Nick, James and Brian as her significant partners should be covered in depth, and some light shedding around the whole Derek Jeter sitch, and whether she had an affair etc. would be good to know. * Motherhood and how this has changed her views, her pace, her determination, her priorities etc. * Songs that are, will be, or never were. A deep dive into songs that never saw the light of day and why. The Lauryn Hill collab, the Prince duet, Reach for the Sky. Also come clean about songs that are about people (Eminem, Damizza etc.). * Glitter and the bipolar diagnosis, warts and all. * The nightmare era and how and why she allowed her to effectively ruin and permanently damage her image, brand, and public persona she spent years building up. * The voice and its deterioration. Acknowledgement that her own life choices have affected it, and that she has accepted that and has made her choice, and is comfortable with it. End the smoke and mirrors and press forward singing with your real, unfiltered and engineered voice. We will always love it, no matter how it sounds, because we love her. And that's probably it. If however it's a compilation of her sound bites and press releases since 1990, I'll be pissed. (Saturday 11 July 2020; 14:33)

Re: The meaning of Mariah Carey (94,518) (94,521) by Bill from the UK Great title. I loved "I Had a Vision of Love" as well, but this is much better. (Thursday 9 July 2020; 17:13)

Re: Mariah's memoir (94,510) (94,514) by Bill from the UK Agree, equally as excited. I really can't wait to read it. Her Story by Chris Nickson was okay but very, very fairytale-esque and obviously commissioned by the record company. Tommy's book was a bit more revealing but Mariah was only a handful of chapters and some throwaway remarks here and there. Damizza's chapters on Mariah in his book were probably the most revealing and interesting. But judging by Mariah's Instagram post this is going to be a great insight into her. (Thursday 9 July 2020; 00:34)

Re: This picture of Mariah is everything (94,504) (94,505) by Bill from the UK Lol sorry. If it's any help, head to her Insta and look at the picture of her holding the sunflower. So natural and beautiful. A natural beauty. (Tuesday 7 July 2020; 10:51)

Re: This picture of Mariah is everything (94,501) (94,502) by Bill from the UK I get the concept but all I saw was Stella from the nightmare era. (Monday 6 July 2020; 21:50)

Re: 4th of July (94,488) (94,489) by Bill from the UK Agree, a real highlight on Butterfly. I love how the numerous vocal layerings are now all up on YouTube, so you can really hear what's going on in the background. What's great for me is that the song perfectly captures a very similar experience I had on the 4th of July many, many years ago (I'm not as young as I look Robert Anthony lol), so it is quite a dear song to me, and helps me "relive the splendour". (Friday 3 July 2020; 12:50)

Re: Ranking Mariah Carey albums vocally (94,484) (94,485) by Bill from the UK Yep. I always thought Alto Mariah was better too which is why I love the first two albums so much as well. It sits more naturally, and her voice on the first album is incredible. If you strip out all the production her voice sounds so rich and full bodied and has this superb tone that went away by 1993. America the Beautiful is the best example of that. It sounds like there are two Mariah's singing. (Thursday 2 July 2020; 09:16)

Re: When Mariah lipsyncs (94,479) (94,480) by Bill from the UK Any performance post-1997. (Tuesday 30 June 2020; 19:49)

Re: Hidden meaning of Don't Forget About Us (94,475) (94,476) by Bill from the UK Lol, it's even mentioned in his bio. Get over it. Say Somethin' was 15 years ago ffs. (Monday 29 June 2020; 19:29)

Re: Ranking Mariah Carey albums vocally (94,462) (94,470) by Bill from the UK Best to worst: 1. Merry Christmas 2. Emotions 3. Mariah Carey 4. Music Box 5. Daydream 6. Butterfly 7. Rainbow 8. Glitter 9. The Emancipation of Mimi 10. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel 11. Merry Christmas II You 12. Charmbracelet 13. Me I Am Mariah 14. E=MC2 15. Caution Shocked to not see Emotions higher up on some of the lists. Vocal highlights: 1. Mariah Carey (Vision of Love) 2. Emotions (And You Don't Remember) 3. Music Box (Anytime You Need a Friend) 4. Merry Christmas (All I Want for Christmas Is You) 5. Daydream (Fantasy) 6. Butterfly (The Roof) 7. Rainbow (Can't Take That Away) 8. Glitter (Lead the Way) 9. Charmbracelet (My Saving Grace) 10. The Emancipation of Mimi (Fly Like a Bird) 11. E=MC2 (I Wish You Well) 12. Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel (I Want to Know What Love Is) 13. Merry Christmas II You (O Come All Ye Faithful) 14. Me I Am Mariah (Make It Look Good) 15. Caution (With You) (Sunday 28 June 2020; 10:40)

Re: Caution album (94,456) (94,457) by Bill from the UK Haha it wasn't me although I wish it was. Though I do love a list as we all know. (Wednesday 24 June 2020; 00:47)

Re: Superlatives (94,433) (94,452) by Bill from the UK I love this. I would have Daydream as Best Dressed though, her outfits were great during that era. She always looked like the flotus. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 19:35)

Re: Great documentary (94,450) (94,451) by Bill from the UK TLDR. I really have better things to do. You win I lose. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 19:31)

Re: Great documentary (94,445) (94,449) by Bill from the UK I'll accept the possibility Mariah was uncomfortable if you can accept the possibility that she wasn't. And I really have no feelings either way. I'm just calling out nonsense and fabrications from delusional fans. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 16:26)

Re: Great documentary (94,442) (94,443) by Bill from the UK Whitney giving a sub par performance does not your point make. No evidence presented other than a fan theory, that you often call others out for. Come on Andrew. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 13:08)

Re: Great documentary (94,437) (94,441) by Bill from the UK Your only proof of this is a fantasy about what happened backstage and a look on Mariah's face that can (clearly, as we both see it differently) be interpreted in either way. So no. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 10:23)

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