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Clash (64,317) by Andrew from UK Okay so Mariah needs therapy. There is something seriously not quite right with her. If you'd been lambasted time and time again in recent years for airbrushing your not thin body to look thin, you'd give it up. You wouldn't keep on with it. I don't know who they think that is on the cover of Clash but it certainly isn't Mariah Carey. [censored] It's embarrassing. How can one woman have so little shame? (Friday 15 July 2016; 18:11)

Re: Tragedy in France (64,304) (64,306) by Andrew from UK Maybe moaning and complaining does eventually make her sit up and listen. (Friday 15 July 2016; 16:23)

Re: Marriage and faith (64,281) (64,283) by Andrew from UK It's a common and dangerous misconception that "God" has anything to do with anything. Be grateful if Mariah stopped bookending her albums with Christian sermons. The atheists and non-Christians of the world might appreciate it. (Friday 15 July 2016; 0:18)

Politics and the opposite of love (64,234) by Andrew from UK There is no need to state Mariah is not a politician, nobody expects her to act like one. I'm about as interested in Mariah Carey's views on global warming as I am in the Prime Minister's views on music. The point in re: Orlando was that she had just been awarded for being vocal in support of homosexuals and when some of them were slaughtered in her home country even that didn't get her to make a connection. With racial issues, there may be cause to expect her to reach out, also, given that her mixed ethnicity is brought up during every interview and manicure she ever has. These are areas where it is probably natural to expect Mariah to engage with her fans or the wider public in some sort of way. I choose to think that *the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference*. Being moved to a negative emotion doesn't necessarily make you a "hater" or any other silly buzzword because it ignores the fact that you're still invested enough to care, you can be engaged with reasoned with or debated with. When you don't care either way, that's when all is lost. And therein lies the rub, now. Mariah comes across as completely indifferent to anything that doesn't involve how she looks. Indifference where there was once something tangible is depressing and awful. (Tuesday 12 July 2016; 20:45)

Re: Mariah is in London (64,186) (64,192) by Andrew from UK Martyn, you cheeky northern monkey. I've actually just gone to see and support a strong, powerful woman in London. Theresa May, the soon-to-be new Prime Minister. Hah. (Monday 11 July 2016; 18:44)

Support (64,172) by Andrew from UK What support is depends very much on an individual's own perspective. That an increasing number of people now accept that serious damage is being done on so many levels, and are now being vocal about it, is absolutely a *good* thing in my eyes because, hopefully, MC will, at some point, wake up to herself before walking over that there cliff and rescue what is left of the goodwill she once received. The fact that you criticise those who are admitting the reality of the situation and voicing their genuine concerns is pretty reprehensible to me. Where is this frustration of yours when Mariah is behaving like a slutty, drunk cougar in public? At the very least it is perfectly permissible to expect professionalism from your idol, to expect a developing maturity from your idol as you yourself mature and to expect to not have to tolerate your idol's slow descent into becoming a cheap imitation of their former self whose sole focus is evidently cheap tv-movie hell, bland endorsements, hideous Shopping Channel tat, and other amateurish nonsense of similar ilk. This kind of focus for someone of Mariah's stature suggests a recognition of declining sales but no attempt to do anything about it, save for the decline in personal income. Thus, a desire to make as much money as possible by any means possible, perhaps. How much does one person need? If your soul has a price you're in trouble. Nick Jonas laughing about Mariah selling cheap tat on television, repeating the word "moment" like a sex-line operator is so tragic Tommy Mottola must have it on repeat at cocktail parties. I would've preferred Mariah to have proved me wrong but I'm happy more and more fans are starting to sit up and complain. Put simply, and probably unequivocally, fans deserve a better type of delivery than the one they're getting here. Mariah has made a fortune off of her fans. It's a quid pro quo relationship, not a one-way street. When her next album tanks because the music is irrelevant and the public don't want to be associated with liking her for fear of personal ridicule, don't cry about it. You supported it. (Monday 11 July 2016; 13:44)

Case in point (64,135) by Andrew from UK I imagine this will be heavily censored because it's not about Stella but I feel the point should be emphatically made for the record. Evidence in point of Mariah's personality: James Packer. On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being Sloth from the Goonies and 10 being Brad Pitt, he's scraping a 2 with the tips of his fingernails in the belief that at number 2 there is a chicken madras waiting for him. If he were to lose his money tomorrow, if all was lost and he was destitute, would Mariah still marry him? I think we all know the answer to that one. Again, another example of [censored] you really just couldn't make up. (Sunday 10 July 2016; 12:31)

Re: Never thought I'd say this... (64,111) (64,133) by Andrew from UK I think it's safe to say that whilst a great many people will always love (most of) Mariah's catalogue, the days of actually loving Mariah as a person are either at an end or coming to it. She genuinely has very few redeeming qualities left and innit somebody fans can actually be proud of as a person. Talking of her person, there is usually some mutation of the sentence "Oh, she's so (insert debatable and mocked quality) but that why I love her." Her reputation in the press and with Joe Public is not unwarranted. Lambs may bleat about Mariah needing to show "who she really is" but who she really is, in actuality, is a vain, aloof, champagne-swigging, arrogant, self-obsessed, money-oriented diva, who lip-syncs and airbrushes her way through life. And whilst many lambs will bleat at that sentence alone about how people who admit that way should just get a life and go, the problem is is that 98% of the record buying public already have. And 1 of the other 2% is telling the other 1, who are trying to envisage a way though this catastrophic denouement to what was once a remarkable career, to get lost. You couldn't make this shit up lol. (Sunday 10 July 2016; 12:22)

Re: Rare 1990 interview (64,127) (64,132) by Andrew from UK "No. No, I would never lip-sync." The question of what 1990 Mariah would think of 2016 Mariah is probably answered somewhere in that sentence. Still, it's good to see old interviews, the ones before Mariah began her one woman champagne advertising campaign. (Sunday 10 July 2016; 12:08)

[censored] (63,958) by Andrew from UK Thinking on it, let me be so bold: you listen to that voice that sings "Till the end of time", the 90's hits, "All I've ever wanted", the person that sang Home For The holidays, the woman that did the Emancipation comeback, that lost all the weight and made E=MC2 a thing, look at all that, and tell me this person is Mariah Carey. The quite [censored] we have now. That's what we have. What a joke. Everything's okay. Don't worry. A [censored] in suspenders. We all voted for that. [censored] (Thursday 30 June 2016; 1:45)

Close My Eyes (63,948) by Andrew from UK "Nearing the edge, oblivious I almost fell right over. Thank God that I woke up in time." Has Mariah fallen over the edge this time? Or will she wake up? For so long I've been relating my belief that Mariah is consistently making bad career choices and is on a race to the bottom that she is intent on winning. And, also, that I believe lambs and fans alike should be telling Mariah what they can realistically see and not what they want to believe they can see. If Mariah "doesn't give a sh*t about [her fans]" then the race is already won. I'm sure she gives a shit deep down for those who are sticking by her. But whether they stick by her will depend on whether she has fallen over the edge or will, indeed, wake up in time. (Wednesday 29 June 2016; 15:23)

Re: Lip syncing (63,752) (63,764) by Andrew from UK B, if that is, indeed, your real capital letter. I'll let it go when people stop posting that lipped performances are live. Simples. (Friday 24 June 2016; 20:43)

Re: My All (63,754) (63,763) by Andrew from UK If I was in Atlanta I sing with you. I completely agree. Everything that was done with My All was amazing and Stay Awhile was my time. "Put your lovin' arms" was *the* line. You get it right, very often. (Friday 24 June 2016; 20:39)

Re: Lip syncing (63,729) (63,735) by Andrew from UK The excuse that "everyone lip syncs" is misleading. It suggests that other artists do it as much as Mariah has over the past ten years. She is now known equally for lip-syncing than for singing. It pervades almost every song. The "it doesn't matter because it's her voice" ruse is absurd. If it doesn't matter to the public that it's not live singing she may as well just stand on stage and touch her [censored] and not bother moving her mouth. She moves her mouth to try to convince everyone it's her, and not studio manipulation. You are correct in that it is a lie and is wrong. And when she sings live she struggles to get anywhere near the pre-record in terms of range and quality. However, and a big however, I probably wouldn't bring it up again if people didn't insist on trying to pass of lip-syncing as the real thing. Or admit that she is lip-syncing but it doesn't matter for an ever-increasing number of reasons. Rather people just stayed mute about it and not try to further the lie. Then it will be put to bed. (Thursday 23 June 2016; 21:42)

Re: I Don't Wanna Cry (63,699) (63,708) by Andrew from UK Spoken like a true man, Sheila, as always. (Wednesday 22 June 2016; 19:16)

Re: It's finally over (63,669) (63,685) by Andrew from UK So tempted to call this one the "Honey-B Lie"? Lol. (Tuesday 21 June 2016; 23:30)

Re: I Don't Wanna Cry (63,616) (63,684) by Andrew from UK Perhaps you should apologise to the guy that built and runs this website for accusing him of favouritism or a dishonest approach. I'm sure everyone is certain he disagrees with my points sometimes. Some posts don't even make it on the board. Frequently. And no doubt I would disagree with some of his opinions. But if you are going to ask him to post your own points, perhaps at least show him some respect. Further, if I were to wish people "kicked off this board" it would be people who, I dare say, are clearly making false representations about the facts. Perhaps we didn't watch the same video, but the one I saw was heavily lipped. Fans and lambs alike, can tell when she's lipping, be they fans since the nineties or noughties. I stood in an arena not so long ago and danced and sang and shouted despite knowing much of it was lipped. What I can't abide is lambs trying to pass off clear lip-syncing as live singing. It's unworthy of intelligent discourse and definitely unworthy of honest people. You may label people who have the same views as me as "haters" or any other lame non-descript word, you may even do it in the quite immature way you did it, but facts are facts. If my posts are such that you wish I were, petulantly, "kicked off" this board, don't read them and post things worthy of yourself. Whilst I absolutely get frustrated sometimes with other people's standpoints (on a woman and career I invest and have invested a good part of my life in), to ask they be actually prevented from making them would be quite vulgar and I apologise if at any point if I have ever done so. Much more preferable to counter-argument things I disagree with or to label something as a lie that I absolutely believe not to be true. And, no, the webmaster is not my friend. But anybody who loves Mariah is welcome to consider me theirs, regardless of our different opinions, preferences or approaches. Peace out, Georgie-boy. (Tuesday 21 June 2016; 23:20)

Re: I Don't Wanna Cry (63,558) (63,587) by Andrew from UK I just watched it. Almost the whole thing is lipped. The only parts that obviously aren't are the parts that sound stressed. Are we back to pretending stuff is live when it's not, again? What are you impressed with? Autotuned playback? Lol you couldn't make this nonsense up. (Sunday 19 June 2016; 5:12)

The Ariana assassination (63,527) by Andrew from UK The meme was [censored] hilarious. And, in my humble (is it ever?) opinion, spot on. Unnecessary, but spot on. Watching Mariah's lip-sync (circa 2014 not this year) is nowhere near as bad as watching Ariana sing live in any given year. I'd like to sound a little more erudite about this but I can't word it any other way, I don't think: What is it with this [censored] jumpy-flappy jaw thing she does? I grew up on Mariah so my comparator is obvious. Mariah sings (when it's live) like her mind and heart are working to tell her throat the sounds that he wants them to hear. Ariana pouts her lips and her jaw flaps like it's punching holes in paper. I'm lost as to why this seems to go unnoticed. It's annoying. It's like watching an orchestra play music, but the conductor is wiping his [censored]. Anyway, there's my little bitch about another female singer. Next up, Celine. (Nah, I'm kidding.) (Friday 17 June 2016; 20:46)

The Demi disturbance (63,524) by Andrew from UK It's one thing to love your idol, it's another thing to give yourself and your fellow idol-lovers a moniker under which to search out, vilify or hurt those who disagree with you. Being gleeful, like teenage girls, about ganging up together to attack a person or group because you are "united" with others is very concerning to anyone with a working moral compass. History is fraught with such occurrences with distasteful results. It follows that, inevitably, extremists appear (such as wishing people ill, physically, mentally or emotionally), empowered as they are by the group mentality, and things become exacerbated and more sinister. Essentially this is my way of saying to people like Travis, et al., "Get a hold of yourselves." So Demi Lovato thinks Mariah is a bit of a b*tch to other female singers. So do most people. Mariah has done nothing to disprove it. In fact, recently, she's been pushing the stuck-up diva b*tch attitude, and now she got slapped. She'll probably get slapped again, especially if this story is dragged out. It should be put to bed quickly. If you continue to support Mariah behaving as she recently has, accept she's gonna get slapped. And don't act like children when she does. (Friday 17 June 2016; 20:28)

Re: Give Mariah a break (63,373) (63,408) by Andrew from UK "Reductio ad absurdum" is a manipulative tool which people can see through. No, nobody think Mariah is a heartless b*tch and all the other adsurd things written here to detract from what is a very serious point. To quote Obama: "Not acting is a decision in itself." The point is that the (very recent) winner of GLAAD's award for supposedly tirelessly working for the gay community etc. should at least have removed the tweet about National Children's Day out of sensitivity if not posting something that actually shows support for something that has obviously massively affected gay people (a large section of those who give her her money) the world over. I did stand in vigil with thousand of gay people in Soho the other day and understand the vulnerability felt an the seriousness of what happened. It's nothing to do with Mariah if she doesn't want it to be, but like it or not: 1. She accepted an award about supporting gay people so should actually live up to it. 2. She shouldn't have to be wheeled out to the press just because she received criticism for her tweet and subsequent silence, and 3. Like it or not, she was expected to talk to her fans directly for once. It seems many people are wondering who exactly she is now. I'm sure I'm just a big old meanie or worse to some people here, but Mariah needs to get her act together. When it's good I'll shout about it. Stuff like this is PR rubbish and should be minded properly even if, for some reason, no true sentiment exists. (Wednesday 15 June 2016; 12:25)

Re: Give Mariah a break (63,366) (63,373) by Andrew from UK Sorry, but no lol no way. The whole Western world is in shock and mourning and Mariah, recent winner of the GLAAD award (who, when I pointed out the award didn't make any sense as she has never been any sort of advocate for LGBT people, had many of you jumping to her defense) chose to post a picture of herself in (what can only be described as) clown make-up with her children for "National Children's Day". If she'd posted nothing at all I would probably have wondered why. But posting that picture for that reason is at best insensitive, and at worst, [censored] insulting. Happy Children's Day to all the parents who lost their son or daughter in a bloodbath? Mariah is on another planet at the moment. And you're up their on a vay-cay with her telling how pretty her dresses are. (Tuesday 14 June 2016; 16:02)

Mariah's Orlando tweet (63,349) by Andrew from UK Given Mariah's recent GLAAD award, could somebody post Mariah's tweet in response to the massacre of LGBT persons in Florida? Surely she made one, being such an advocate of the LGBT community and a gay icon, etc? Of course, she did. I'm sure she didn't post something about National Children's Day, instead. Looking forward to reading it. (Monday 13 June 2016; 23:39)

#1's to Insanity (63,347) by Andrew from UK Randy, your truth is your own and your viewpoint is completely valid. Mariah has not been a singer who can pick up a microphone and just sing for many years. Asking for her to do so, to prove to the public that she actually hit those notes in the studio, is not disrespectful or "hate". Don't silence yourself in response to the mad viewpoints of those who do probably see what the public think of Mariah but choose to pretend it's not real. Listing lip-sync performances as live and then criticising other singers who are actually pulling it off is insanity. So keep posting your thoughts in the hope that Mariah snaps out of whatever it is has been going on for the past few years and becomes a professional music artist again. Only then will the Kelly Price's of the world be put into their place. And the delusional deniers have something to actually defend. (Monday 13 June 2016; 23:26)

Re: Orlando shooting (63,275) (63,312) by Andrew from UK Bullets can pierce the human heart but not the human spirit. Keep calm and carry on, buddy. (Monday 13 June 2016; 13:05)

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