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Most debuts at #1 (96,586) by Edward from USA Never thought she would, but Ariana has broken that record. (Tuesday 10 November 2020; 21:32)

Re: The mother (96,569) (96,585) by Edward from USA Andrew, it seems to be Bill is very busy with work and all. I also hope he comes back soon. (Tuesday 10 November 2020; 21:25)

(96,553) by Edward from USA Rumor has it Mariah will rename track 9 from her second Chritmas album to "O Come All Ye Evil Mother/Hallelujah 911 Chorus-Call". So sad. (Saturday 7 November 2020; 15:26)

Re: The mother (96,521) (96,524) by Edward from USA Since I know you have Bill's email, could let me know if he's ok? (Tuesday 3 November 2020; 17:30)

Re: #MC30 (96,406) (96,408) by Edward from USA It's been on Audibles since day one. (Friday 23 October 2020; 21:38)

Re: Firecracker Loverboy vs Cameo Loverboy vs Remix Lo (96,375) (96,389) by Edward from USA Your lips can't be sealed when you're drooling over someone, that's gay-101, you should know better, B told me so and Robert-Anthony confirmed it. Nothing wrong with being a gay Mariah fan, even if you aren't, people think we're all are by default. (Wednesday 21 October 2020; 19:25)

Re: Firecracker Loverboy vs Cameo Loverboy vs Remix Lo (96,384) (96,388) by Edward from USA I guess she'll say that because that's the version she ended up releasing. I don't think she was going to be giving props to a song nobody had ever heard, given the circumstances. Just like she hated "Hero" and then all of a sudden she found out how much she loves it. I think she just can't stand "Hero" but she also knows that people identify that song with her, almost as her signature song. After her memoirs, I take everything she says with a grain of salt. (Wednesday 21 October 2020; 18:26)

Re: Firecracker Loverboy vs Cameo Loverboy vs Remix Lo (96,360) (96,369) by Edward from USA Oh my God, get a chat-room. (Tuesday 20 October 2020; 19:10)

Re: One Night (96,353) (96,362) by Edward from USA I love "One Night", had it been included on "Daydream", it would've definitely been a potential single, but I guess it wasn't saccharine enough. You can clearly hear all the beautiful nuances of Mariah's voice in its full expression. Out of all the 90's tracks on "The Rarities", it's the only one you can distinctively recognize as a "Daydream track". Loverboy (Firecracker) is bouncy and contagious, with better vocals and no messy-sounding like the Cameo one. The sample is far superior and better executed too. Sadly it just went to waste on JLo's song. "Here We Go Around Again" is a track I never skip, because I enjoy it very much. Every time I listen to it, I can't help but always wait for a great set of high notes that never come, lol. I think it was a good idea leaving it out of "Mariah Carey", not because the song is bad or anything, but compared to the rest of the tracks on "Mariah Carey", it sounds dated. If Mariah has other tracks like "One Night", "All I Live For", and "Out Here on My Own", we'll definitely see more rarities in the future. Sadly, unlike #1's, the new recorded track is subpart. For the next one she should secure a #1 with a duet with Ariana Grande. (Tuesday 20 October 2020; 02:10)

Re: An objective view (96,323) (96,327) by Edward from USA "True fans of music and artistry respect and love her music, even if they don't consider themselves to be lambs. I don't know any vocalist in the music business who doesn't cite Mariah Carey as an influence. Mariah will not get the appreciation she deserves as long as she isn't making the trash music that's popular these days." I totally agree with you, and it doesn't have anything to do with genres, for those who will immediately jump on the "that wasn't the real Mariah" wagon. As I stated before, even on Butterfly, which showed a free Mariah, her lyrics were simply great. She's still a great lyricist when she puts herself into it. Great music is great music and people will buy it, but she has another thing against her, she's not taken seriously due to this annoying and sometimes petty diva persona she's assumed. Mariah used to have this veil of mystery, in which she would release an album, promote and disappear, but since 2010, all this touring, and a myriad of non-music products releases, she hasn't given the public an opportunity to miss her. (Saturday 17 October 2020; 17:51)

Re: Migrate (96,289) (96,290) by Edward from USA I now know why Migrate wasn't ever a single. (Friday 16 October 2020; 16:17)

Re: Lovecraft Country (96,272) (96,279) by Edward from USA I'm definitely hooked. You should've brought it up two or three seasons in, so I could binge like I did with "Game of Thrones" and "Trueblood" both of which I found out 3-seasons in. (Friday 16 October 2020; 02:10)

Re: Lovecraft Country (96,268) (96,269) by Edward from USA Celine Dion is executive producer. I hope Mariah won't object. Lol. I love love the series. Thanks for bringing it up here. (Thursday 15 October 2020; 23:56)

What if (96,263) by Edward from USA Had Mariah stepped up when Aretha made the call and hit some stratospheric high notes, we would be singing a different tune here. We would all be bragging about how she slayed. None of them chickens on stage could overpower Aretha's gargantuan scream, lol. The only thing they could do was sing the best they could, Celine did. Mariah didn't even try, you can see Aretha wanted her to. When Mariah outsings a man it's fine because men are there to compliment women voices, and supposedly is expected, such bullshit. But when Mariah holds back for whatever reason, she's doing it out of respect, some more bullshit. Celine has nothing but praises to say about Mariah. She's irrelevant to "The Meaning of Mariah Carey". Let's shift into an alternate universe, and which Whitney Houston replaces Celine that night, but with the same outcome. Let's also imagine Whitney is still alive. Do you guys think Mariah would've ever mentioned it? I think we all know the answer. And since Whitney Houston is black enough for Mariah, even blacker than her, there wouldn't have been a culture gap as Mariah states it on her memoirs. I don't remotely think Mariah is racist, but the culture gap comment sounds racist to me. I also didn't know that when a black woman and a white woman were singing about Jesus, the white woman had to take the backseat. Maybe that explains why Mariah didn't know what to do with herself. She didn't know which way to go. (Thursday 15 October 2020; 21:40)

Re: On a lighter note (96,257) (96,258) by Edward from USA Bill, I would've preferred "Do You Know Where You're Going To" over "There for Me". You guys have it as a bonus track on your edition of #1's just like "Everything Fades Away" on Music Box, we don't. If we listen carefully though, both tracks wouldn't have flowed well on this edition of "The Rarities", maybe both will make it on the next one. (Thursday 15 October 2020; 17:40)

On a lighter note (96,256) by Edward from USA I love "The Rarities". Even though I didn't want SA, EFA and DYTOM on it, I'm glad they finally found a proper home. The way they were sequenced flows perfectly to me. I have listened to the album everyday since it was released. I usually skip "Sexually Transmited Disease". I don't understand how some of the previously unreleased tracks were left aside when they're way better than many of the album cuts they didn't make it into or at least could've sit well with any of them. Mariah said it but most of us didn't believe her when she wrote/sang: But don't believe That's all there is to see You'll never know the real me Holefully we can concentrate on her music, after all we know Mariah has always lived in Mariah's World, just like Michael did. Geniuses tend be perceived as weird from the "Outside" "Looking In". Nobody is perfect. Can't wait for what's in store for Christmas. (Thursday 15 October 2020; 15:36)

Allure (96,205) by Edward from USA Allure has always complained that once the label shut down they never heard from Mariah, not even a courtesy call. As far as I know and according to them, Mariah didn't try to place them anywhere. There was obvious chemistry between them and Mariah. It would've been nice had they been part of her memoirs instead of Celine Dion. (Wednesday 14 October 2020; 17:59)

Re: Are you leaving? (96,198) (96,201) by Edward from USA So middle-aged people can't write objective reviews about books written by middle-aged women? You definitely out-dumbed yourself with such level of retardation. Thank God I won't think all gays are dumb just because you are. (Wednesday 14 October 2020; 16:21)

Re: All I Want For Christmas Is You (96,153) (96,159) by Edward from USA The Jimmy Fallon performance was definitely fun. It's good Mariah has warmed up to Ariana. She could help Mariah achieve her 20th #1. AIWFCIY will most likely hit #1 again this year. (Tuesday 13 October 2020; 13:26)

Re: Trash (96,082) (96,095) by Edward from USA Bill, Aretha could still blow away any of those on stage that night at 55. If she hadn't had the power to hold up, she wouldn't have made the call. Celine Dion just gave it her all, and she didn't outsing Aretha. Now, let's fast-forward to a supposed 2025 Divas Live, the way things are with Mariah's voice, I doubt she would still be able to sing 10% of any of those powerful songs of hers like Aretha still could, and while group-singing and improvising, she wouldn't be able to use a backtrack. Do you really think, on a Mariah tribute she would made the call on a song like Emotions? Knowing her and her insecurities, hell the f no. Mariah's voice was drowned among the other voices, just like her voice was drowned on that duet with Patti LaBelle, and she really tried it. Now go and watch one of my favorite performances by Mariah, her duet live with Luther Vandross, a favorite of hers, Mariah totally outsang him, like she outsang Boyz II Men and virtually anybody she could while her voice was still capable. She couldn't outsing Whitney because she couldn't at that point. Unless she's cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, how is Celine singing with Aretha part of "The Meaning of Mariah Carey"? Didn't she take the path of least resistance bringing Celine on her memoirs instead of Eminem? Well, she knows better than that. (Sunday 11 October 2020; 01:37)

Re: Trash (96,071) (96,076) by Edward from USA If you put it in context, at that point Celine had been singing since she was 14, releasing albums in English and French, and she was more popular than Mariah at that point in time, she was also touring way more than Mariah in both languages, and still her voice was in pristine condition that night, no excuses. She didn't jump out of nowhere, Aretha made the call. Mariah bringing that moment to her memoirs makes her look bitter. And when she talked about Luis Miguel, a romance that lasted two year, in which she looked very much in love and radiant, was just to somehow make him look bad or even racist. I wish she hadn't said anything about him at all. The memoirs has many touching and fun moments, but Mariah really threw everybody under the bus on it and she doesn't take responsibility for anything at all. (Saturday 10 October 2020; 15:23)

Randy (96,061) by Edward from USA So sad Randy didn't love not even one song from "The Rarities". I think the album is great and a gift for those of us who lived through and can appreciate such great artistry and musicianship. I don't buy CD's anymore, but this one I had to have for the nostalgia. When I unwrapped it, I was catapulted back to mid 90's. I think TR are a high note in her career. She could retire now if she wanted too. I wouldn't blame her. (Friday 9 October 2020; 19:58)

Re: Firecracker vs Candy WWHL (96,054) (96,059) by Edward from USA Like Mariah hated Hero and now she loves it. Coming from her is understandable. (Friday 9 October 2020; 19:38)

Celine and other BS (96,056) by Edward from USA I just don't know how Celine has anything to do with "The Meaning of Mariah Carey" while Eminem, whom she recorded a couple of songs and a video about, is irrelevant. Luis Miguel was also brought in and then again she had to say he didn't see her as black to fit in her narrative of how black she is now. Well, that one drop bullshit some white men made up to negate anything black is pure bullshit, and I've only heard of it here in the US. Nothing wrong with being black or white, and nothing wrong with being mixed or multiracial either. Mariah is a mixed woman, she's black and white, period. (Friday 9 October 2020; 19:05)

Re: Swan song (96,026) (96,034) by Edward from USA Wow Randy. I can't help but feel a sense of loss. You've been part of this dysfunctional family for a long long time, and I'm sad to see you go. (Friday 9 October 2020; 03:05)

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