Messageboard

About Will from England: You can follow me on twitter: @MCsavedmylife

Article: Mariah Carey performs in final Las Vegas residency show (77,299) by Will from England Ooph, those photos are beyond unflattering. (Wednesday 19 July 2017; 22:56)

Vegas (77,014) by Will from England I've never seen her look so sad, so more restricted vocally on stage, than she does right now. It's like she's on stage but she's somewhere else in her head, as if something else is on her mind. Even when she's lipping the climax's, to We Belong Together and DFAO the energy is not there. She's dodging every high note she can and taking the songs lower. (Monday 10 July 2017; 09:33)

Re: Adele canceling tour (76,803) (76,836) by Will from England Take into account that the majority of Adele's popular songs require her to belt more than half the time. Mariah may record her songs in a higher key, but her songs are a mixtures of belters to softer sung ones, which on occasion can give her voice a little break. Plus you are talking about two very different voices. Adele is a powerful singer, but she can't do soft tones like Mariah (like whisper singing etc). Adele's voice is more or less permanently in full voice so it constantly is working hard. Now, Mariah has lost power to her voice, and for the most part, can't hold a long note like she used to without help or proper warm ups and rest, there is no denying that. But she can, if and when she chooses, sing softly as that doesn't take much effort for her to do and she has the option to play with the range that she uses. Adele can't. (Sunday 2 July 2017; 21:50)

Re: When you get that check up front (76,753) (76,775) by Will from England At least she somewhat hit a whistle note live. (Friday 30 June 2017; 01:20)

Re: Mariah Carey doesn't want to be interviewed - 2017 (76,631) (76,636) by Will from England Of all the news outlets Stella said no to it was Sky. This woman. If it was Gossip Cop or whatever it would've been a sit down interview with lighting and candles galore. (Monday 26 June 2017; 00:15)

Celine / mixed feelings about Mariah (76,508) by Will from England So, I went to see Celine's show at the O2 yesterday. And it was fantastic. And what I saw on stage, should have been what Mariah should be doing now. Confident in herself to sing live and seamlessly lip sync when needed, commanding the stage by herself and interacting with the audience with ease, funny about herself and funny in general, she made you feel comfortable watching her, with no backing dancers and had a mini orchestra to boot. Best of all, there were screens so you could actually see her. All the focus was on Celine and what made her who she is: her voice. There was no "do you know this one?" or "I'm not sure if you know this". Everything that Celine brought to that stage, Mariah should be capable of bringing herself now in any setting. To walk in and let them know who they've paid to come and see without any doubt. But reflecting on the brilliant performance of last night, to the last Mariah crash and burn, made me feel so sad for Mariah because it's sad that Mariah is not where close to where Celine is performing wise now, even though she writes the songs and has few-and-far good days with her voice. It made me sad and frustrated because the woman with God-given voice, is no longer there and last night did make me feel a bit disenchanted with Mariah Carey the singer. All the stupidity surrounding her with the reality show, feuds, that Tanaka guy etc. is just needless and making her so much less than what she should be: a legend. Last night, I saw a legend who owned it in every sense of the word. Mariah was good, but she was a 46 year old woman trying to be 30. It's bad when she had more dignity, elegance, mystery and class at 20 than she does near 50. (Wednesday 21 June 2017; 22:07)

Re: One Love Manchester, no MC after attacks Brussels (76,054) (76,070) by Will from England The only difference here is that Ariana/her concert was specifically targeted and it was the people from her concert killed. Not to take away the horrors of the Brussels bombings or the lives that were lost, but Mariah/her concert/lambs was/were not directly involved. Plus Ariana's team, by comparison, is far more professional at getting things done and getting them done quickly and right, unlike Mariah's team, who for lack of a better word: can't. Something on that sort of scale would be far beyond Stella's capabilities and if she (Stella) had tried to set something like One Love Manchester up, she (Stella) would have called out all the artists who didn't sign up, because that's what she does. She wouldn't have seen it as "profitable". (Monday 5 June 2017; 22:51)

Re: MTV Unplugged article (76,009) (76,025) by Will from England I think Kylie Minogue did something like that a few years ago, and changed quite a few of her older songs. I really liked it, so it would be fantastic if Mariah could do that as well. (Sunday 4 June 2017; 10:55)

That soda ad (75,417) by Will from England Are we not going to talk about how stupid that soda ad was on her Twitter account? What are her people thinking at this point? Also, none of those tweets came across as Mariah tweeting them. They used her Mariah-isms but none of those read as Mariah herself. SMH, calling her team sh.t is an insult to actual sh.t. And that stupid FBF post on her Twitter account? Just shows how ridiculous having a child run your account is. (Saturday 20 May 2017; 15:23)

Re: Ankle tattoo? (74,930) (74,934) by Will from England Here you go. Look under the sparkle strap. (Wednesday 3 May 2017; 13:09)

Ankle tattoo? (74,928) by Will from England Looking at the pictures from her label launch (she looks great), I noticed that she has something on her right ankle? Is that another tattoo? It's visible in some photos, others not so much. Looks like a phrase or something along those lines. (Wednesday 3 May 2017; 12:15)

WWHL After show (74,649) by Will from England Mariah's after show moment with Andy was literally just posted on YouTube for all to enjoy. Why bring up Derek as the first question though? (Friday 21 April 2017; 17:30)

Disneyland (74,462) by Will from England Mariah looks great in that new insta pic. Looks like she's losing weight again, and almost back to her Idol look. (Thursday 13 April 2017; 10:05)

Article: Mariah Carey fires back at publicist (74,358) by Will from England I think this was the first time Stella's name ever came up. Little did we know back then how we'd come to dislike that name. (Tuesday 11 April 2017; 00:15)

New label (74,345) by Will from England I wonder if this could be tied to her plan to release stand alone singles, even well beyond the current album that has been announced. So instead of releasing singles through Epic, and catching them by surprise, she can do so through her own label. Could be a term that was part of the new contract negotiations that they won't release, so Epic is protecting themselves from any more single flops, and can focus funding her new album alone. (Monday 10 April 2017; 21:03)

Re: Busta collab (74,272) (74,276) by Will from England Really wish that they didn't do that (i.e. calling it a IKWYW pt. 2). Lord knows that it will set our expectations too high, and anything less than that will prove to be a disappointment, as proven in the past when anyone has said "oh it's like Vanishing/VOL pt 2 etc.". Mariah has way too high a standard when it comes to collabs and singles that whenever critics or people around her try to hype it up, anything less will fall flat and the song/album flops. Wish we could all go into a new song with no expectations for it to be like anything she's done before, so we're not comparing it straight away. We usually do that after we've heard the song anyway lol. (Saturday 8 April 2017; 21:47)

Good press (74,109) by Will from England I'm glad that she is getting good press for her OMT performance. Personally I think that it was 99% sung live. The only teeny tiny thing that I would have changed is to have not put "heartfelt performance" in the description. That's for others to write, not for the performer (or teen for that matter) to self-praise a performance. (Sunday 2 April 2017; 22:04)

What I miss (73,806) by Will from England I miss it when Mariah wrote sad songs over upbeat music, but you didn't realize it was a sad or depressing song at all. Dreamlover, Breakdown, Heartbreaker etc. (Sunday 19 March 2017; 19:03)

Re: If the price is right: question for lambs (73,577) (73,582) by Will from England I guess if it were me, I'd make it clear what my role is. If you're hiring me to be your manager, then that is my job: to manage, maintain and (hopefully) elevate your career. I'm not a paid friend, I'm not going to be your live-in whatever. Why? Because then the lines get blurred between professionalism and friendship. Where would one end, and the other begin? Where would work end, and where would my/your own private life begin? We can be friendly and have fun times, but not forget that I am an employee and you're the employer. (Monday 13 March 2017; 01:10)

Re: New album (73,375) (73,376) by Will from England An album with just uptempo songs would never, ever work. She's not that kind of artist, so to expect her to do something that is completely unlike her is counterproductive. Also, she did the no rapper approach with MOAIA. In terms of Mariah's catalogue, what classifies as a "crappy album"? (Sunday 5 March 2017; 15:33)

No more albums (73,364) by Will from England If you look at the talent shows recently, what they like to highlight more so than sales, are the number of singles that have been sold. Consider this, before digital marketing, you had the physical albums, where you would get the song you wanted to listen to, plus others that you'd discover to be higher quality in terms of topics, lyricism etc. than perhaps the main singles chosen to represent that album. People used to have no choice but to buy an entire album. Now, you it's like a pic n' mix counter, where you can choose the songs you like and want to buy, but no longer obliged to buy the whole album unless you are a mainstream fan of said artist(s). We have always known that the album sales are declining, and it's not just Mariah's that are low in the numbers, with the exception of those who are currently the "in thing". That's why some artists hold back on releasing albums on iTunes etc. (Adele) and instead release the physical albums first to maximise on those sales. However, that approach would only work for some artists, and I don't think that Mariah is one of them any more. Mariah is known for her impeccable albums (there is no such thing as a "bad" Mariah album, just some are better than others), but they require money from the label to record, print physical copies etc. and promote it. If the label does not have faith in Mariah recording an album that will sell, and therefore not willing to fund the creation of an album, then perhaps it's best for Mariah to go down this route. We still get new music, and not have to wait months, along with the fact that we can hear what and where Mariah feels creatively. What she creates now, probably will be different to what she wants in a few months time. And don't forget this: her last three singles have all be project singles; Infinity for Vegas, Infamous for Empire and ID for MW. This next single with Busta will be her first one in a while, that isn't tied to a side project to promote it, so it may have a different approach lyrically or sonically to it than the last three. (Sunday 5 March 2017; 1:57)

Skinny legend (73,363) by Will from England In other news, if you type the subject line into Google and click on images, guess whose the first few results. Mariah winning all the way lol. (Sunday 5 March 2017; 1:39)

Re: The stolen idea (73,152) (73,170) by Will from England It did. On (I think) the deluxe limited edition one, she did include demo versions of the songs on that album. I think they were studio sessions to phone recordings. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 23:37)

One More Try (73,088) by Will from England I wonder why she decided to sing it. But anyway, a nice surprise. (Friday 24 February 2017; 1:03)

Article: From diva to disaster (72,970) by Will from England "Disastrous Sweet Sweet Fantasy European tour"? Which part? The great reviews, the sold out shows, the good performances? Other than that section, painfully true the rest of the article. (Monday 20 February 2017; 23:56)

MORE MESSAGES