Mariah Carey: Official Topic

[LuisMa]

Here's the performance of "#Beautiful"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSSd-pSUWBU

[Si J'etais Quelqu'un]

That's what the West Coast saw. This is what my part of the country saw:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSIbTT9B6eM

[LuisMa]

I watched it last night and I was I thought someone had done that on purpose. Was it really aired like that on the East side? How awful!

[québecflower]

wow! they edited the video , it was quick....like 3 hours difference? they made a good job. Now we have to watch the videos from east and west to be sure...lol

[Si J'etais Quelqu'un]

Yeah, I watched that happen on live television. There's a camp of people saying that it was always meant to be playback for this concert (you can hear the recorded version in the background) and that Mariah was miming to look like she was doing it live. I'm not quite sure if that was the intention or what else it might have been, but it doesn't matter because it still makes her look like she doesn't have it anymore. People won't watch it and go "wow, her pre-recorded vocals aren't really coming in well, are they?" They'll go "wow, epic FAIL lolzzzzzz"

 

I'm not really nuts about the staging of that song either. It's such a strutting, flirtatious song, I would have liked to see them interact more, be playful, have more fun. Instead she's sitting there and he's barely even looking at her for most of his verse.

 

I really don't want to sound like I have nothing to bring but negativity when discussing Mariah, because the past week or so in here, I've been rather hard on her. Trust me, when the album comes out, you're pretty much in for a gush-fest if it's anything like Beautiful (which I loved from the first time I heard it).

[Ray]

Here's the performance of "#Beautiful"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSSd-pSUWBU

 

Like it, but my favorite is the We Belong Together performance. Great live singing, gorgeous dress and wonderful to hear live instruments.

[Bell]

Now this is just out of curiosity (and because I'm obviously a little bored). I've read that Mariah is classified as a soprano but she describes herself as an alto. What do you guys say?

[rakesh]

That's what the West Coast saw. This is what my part of the country saw:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSIbTT9B6eM

 

 

ok im confused!!!!

Fan Recording:

 

[LuisMa]

Still on the way up in the British charts. Up 3 to 24!

 

 

[Yangedd]

I don't like Mariah that much, but the two ballads on the "Glitter" album, "Never Too Far" and the other one, which name escapes me right now, are two amazing songs. I also love "My All", the ballad version.

[Si J'etais Quelqu'un]

I don't like Mariah that much, but the two ballads on the "Glitter" album, "Never Too Far" and the other one, which name escapes me right now, are two amazing songs. I also love "My All", the ballad version.

 

Do you mean Lead The Way? See everyone?! The Glitter album has much to recommend it!

[LuisMa]

Do you mean Lead The Way? See everyone?! The Glitter album has much to recommend it!

 

 

I love Loverboy! I blast it and sing it back to back with "Boy (I Need You)" and hubby looks at me as if I just escaped from the asylum. Hehe

Edited May 27, 2013 at 06:25 PM by LuisMa

[GoldenLeaf]

ok im confused!!!!

Fan Recording:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HsFgkYnKXY

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HsFgkYnKXY

This is the explanation by a fan of MC :

Re: amy – I was there when she sang this performance. For the live audience it seemed that she sang perfectly and hit all those high notes. This was because she had the very loud backing vocals being played for us. For some reason that loud backing track did not broadcast with the east coast feed. After good morning america finished airing we stuck around because she actually was going to see if they needed to redo the performance for the west coast due to some "audio difficulties" They didn't end up needing to and as you can see for the west coast they just made sure they added the backing vocal track that the live audience heard. I am a fan and I was shocked at this. No one is sabotaging anything. This is just the same old tricks that singers keep doing all the time. kind of annoying already. just sing live all the time. She needs to stop picking and choosing what to sing live.

Edited May 27, 2013 at 06:48 PM by GoldenLeaf

[rakesh]

This is the explanation by a fan of MC :

 

 

i would have rather if she'd just mimicked that, like she's (pretending to) sing it, instead of making that god awful noises!!!! im like, what in the world!!!

[GoldenLeaf]

LMAO! Those ugly noises sounded like pig squeals.

[Yangedd]

Do you mean Lead The Way? See everyone?! The Glitter album has much to recommend it!

 

That's the one, thanks Two brilliant songs!!

[LuisMa]

The explicit video is up on YouTube. I like this version better.

 

[Yangedd]

Mariah has recorded a few beautiful ballads which I like, but that's it. I'm not a fan, although I did buy #1's a few years back just for the slow songs. I'm a sucker for ballads.

[LuisMa]

#Beautiful holds at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, which is good, as there was quite some competition this week.

 

 

[Si J'etais Quelqu'un]

Mariah has recorded a few beautiful ballads which I like, but that's it. I'm not a fan, although I did buy #1's a few years back just for the slow songs. I'm a sucker for ballads.

 

Which ones do you like? Besides the Glitter ones. Any album cuts or just the big singles?

[Si J'etais Quelqu'un]

Two bits of news, the first from Roger Friedman:

 

Mariah Carey has Tweeted her exit from Idol. And promoted the new video for her single “#Beautiful” which features Miguel inserting the word “f—in’” before “beautiful” as an adverb. What I do know apart from this cryptic message: Mariah’s new album was played for Universal Music execs in London this week, and they liked what they heard. The album is due in the next month or less, as Mariah prepares to perform at the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks show. In August Mariah appears in the opening segment of Lee Daniels’ The Butler with Vanessa Redgrave.

 

And from Mariah's rep:

 

“The rest of this year is jam packed with Mariah putting the finishing touches on her much anticipated forthcoming album, headlining the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular and appearing in Lee Daniel's The Butler, opening in August which boasts an all-star cast,” Berger tells In Touch. “Riding high on the massive success of her unprecedented multiplatform, her new single "#beautiful" (featuring Miguel), she is embarking on a much anticipated world tour that kicks off this October in Asia.”

[Bell]

The explicit video is up on YouTube. I like this version better.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USF55GUALyQ

Definitely better!

[MistaChanel]

Mariah WORLD TOUR? ♥ Bring it on! I am so going to see her!!!!!!

[Yangedd]

Which ones do you like? Besides the Glitter ones. Any album cuts or just the big singles?

 

I like "My All", "Hero", I Can't Live (??)" and "Whenever You Call".

[Si J'etais Quelqu'un]

I like "My All", "Hero", I Can't Live (??)" and "Whenever You Call".

 

Nice choices. The third one is properly titled Without You. Whenever You Call is a BEAUTIFUL song. Something that I love about Mariah's first five albums is the fine line many of her ballads walk between their sentiment and their sound, i.e. many of them are in great spirits lyrically, love has been found, it's great, etc. But the melodies are so melancholy and even sad sometimes. Whenever You Call is like that, I personally hear so much sadness in that song, even though it's basically "happy." Do you like the solo version on Butterfly or the Brian McKnight duet, because I remember you saying you bought #1s, and that album features the latter.

 

Also: I think Whenever You Call is one of the most colossal things she's ever done, and I sit on a fence, on one side of which lies the part of me that wishes more people knew it, and the other holding the part of me that's glad not many people do, since it gets to be "mine" in a way.

Edited May 31, 2013 at 02:25 PM by Si J'etais Quelqu'un

[Yangedd]

Nice choices. The third one is properly titled Without You. Whenever You Call is a BEAUTIFUL song. Something that I love about Mariah's first five albums is the fine line many of her ballads walk between their sentiment and their sound, i.e. many of them are in great spirits lyrically, love has been found, it's great, etc. But the melodies are so melancholy and even sad sometimes. Whenever You Call is like that, I personally hear so much sadness in that song, even though it's basically "happy." Do you like the solo version on Butterfly or the Brian McKnight duet, because I remember you saying you bought #1s, and that album features the latter.

 

The duet with Brian McKnight is fantastic. I only ever bought "Glitter" and "#1's", so I only know the tracks on those albums. I didn't like the rapping on Glitter too much. I think Mariah is better suited to singing Ballads. She totally has the voice for them. I think I'll dig the album out today and have a listen actually. Just to refresh my mind

[Si J'etais Quelqu'un]

The duet with Brian McKnight is fantastic. I only ever bought "Glitter" and "#1's", so I only know the tracks on those albums. I didn't like the rapping on Glitter too much. I think Mariah is better suited to singing Ballads. She totally has the voice for them. I think I'll dig the album out today and have a listen actually. Just to refresh my mind

 

Please do! And if you ever feel an interest in venturing into her catalog, we could all definitely recommend songs that are in your taste zone! You might get on great with Music Box, as it has 11 songs and 8 of them are old-school Mariah ballads.

[Yangedd]

Please do! And if you ever feel an interest in venturing into her catalog, we could all definitely recommend songs that are in your taste zone! You might get on great with Music Box, as it has 11 songs and 8 of them are old-school Mariah ballads.

 

Have located the album Of course "My All" gets first play. My all time favourite

[Bell]

Of course "My All" gets first play. My all time favourite

Mine too.

[Ray]

I LOVE Mariah. But hey, I run the DMCA (Dutch Mariah Carey Association: www.mariah.nu )

 

My favorite songs:

 

Mariah Carey:

Vision Of Love, I Don't Wanna Cry, Vanishing, Alone In Love, Sent From Up Above, Prisoner

 

Emotions:

Emotions, Can't Let Go, Make It Happen, If It's Over, You're So Cold, So Blessed, To Be Around You, Till The End Of Time

 

Music Box:

Anytime You Need A Friend, Now That I Know, Without You, Everything Fades Away

 

Daydream:

Underneath The Stars, Always Be My Baby, I Am Free, Long Ago, Melt Away, Forever

 

Butterfly:

Butterfly, My All, The Roof, Fourth Of July, Close My Eyes

 

#1's:

Sweetheart, When You Believe, Do You Know Where You're Going To

 

Rainbow:

Can't Take That Away, How Much, Petals

 

Glitter:

Lead The Way, Never Too Far

 

Charmbracelet:

Through The Rain, Bringin' On The Heartbreak

 

The Emancipation Of Mimi:

We Belong Together, Mine Again, Circles, Your Girl

 

E=MC²:

Migrate, Touch My Body, Cruise Control, I Stay In Love, I'm That Chick, I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time, For The Record, Bye Bye

 

Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel:

Betcha Gon' Know, H.A.T.E.U., Up Out My Face, Standing O, It's A Wrap

 

Favorite Song Of The Moment:

Almost Home