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Re: What Mariah song brings you to tears? (58,873) (58,879) by Jake from New Zealand Has to be Vision Of Love. Helped me go through my parent's divorce and the aftermath. Made me believe everything would be fine again. Still listen to it everytime I'm sad or get depressed. It's the only song that ever made me cry, and that probably won't change. (Monday 4 January 2016; 18:17)

Re: E=MC2 body (56,493) (56,498) by Jake from New Zealand I really thought she would have achieved it before the release of Infinity, especially since she looked a lot smaller on her Christmas shows and on Ellen, but she's only been getting bigger. It's like she doesn't even care anymore. I hope she surprises all of us and gets her Idol body back. (Sunday 6 September 2015; 21:31)

Re: The clothes (56,165) (56,171) by Jake from New Zealand Her legacy is intact, no matter what she does. She has already accomplished too much for it to be tarnished. As far as her being more "mature". I don't completely agree. I don't mind her wearing revealing clothes if she loses weight, or chasing hits if the music is still good. (Friday 21 August 2015; 4:03)

Can't Take That Away part 2 (55,936) by Jake from New Zealand Diane Warren recently tweeted about a new song she worked on with Mariah. (Tuesday 11 August 2015; 22:25)

Why You Mad (55,835) by Jake from New Zealand Is a mess. French Montana's verse is trash. T.I.'s even worse. Justin's is ok. The only good things were the beat and the new Mariah vocals. The end was abrupt. I don't understand how the same person who gave us MIAM released this mess. I don't even understand the need to remix the original. Which is probably the worst song ever released by Mariah, after Don't Stop. Mariah needs to stop collaborating with rappers and start with singers. (Saturday 8 August 2015; 22:14)

Infinity remix (55,715) by Jake from New Zealand No, no, no. Why won't Mariah just let this song go, and focus on making one that's actually good and enjoyable? It's like she's purposefully doing all the wrong things. (Wednesday 5 August 2015; 15:35)

Mandy (55,690) by Jake from New Zealand Are you trolling or are you for real? (Wednesday 5 August 2015; 2:04)

No you aren't (55,648) by Jake from New Zealand I miss her being skinny too. I often find myself reminiscing about the good old days of Idol/2013, when Mariah kept serving look after look. I definitely thought she'd be in shape before dropping Infinity, nevermind by now. What's taking her so long to get in shape? It actually seems like she keeps getting [censored]. Sigh. (Monday 3 August 2015; 23:27)

One song per album (55,632) by Jake from New Zealand Debut: Vision Of Love (but Vanishing too tbh) Emotions: Can't Let Go Music Box: Without You Merry Christmas: AIWFCIY Daydream: Fantasy Butterfly: Close My Eyes Rainbow: Can't Take That Away Glitter: Never Too Far Charmbracelet: Subtle Invitation TEOM: Fly Like A Bird E=MC2: Migrate MOAIA: Inseperable Merry Christmas 2 You: Oh Holy Night MIAM: Faded (Monday 3 August 2015; 0:28)

MC-French-JB collab (55,580) by Jake from New Zealand Really excited for it. Justin is a really good singer, his new song Where Are Ü Now is great. And French is ok. Detail is a nice producer, so that's reassuring too. (Saturday 1 August 2015; 0:48)

Giivanni (55,552) by Jake from New Zealand No, I'm not joking, or trying to get any attention. Merely stating my opinion like every other user on this board. I think that Mariah's writing hasn't unfortunately gotten better with time. I mean Infinity? I liked Camouflage and Cry was ok (I guess) but they don't hold a candle to her previous work. (Thursday 30 July 2015; 22:28)

Song writing (55,540) by Jake from New Zealand To be honest, I agree. Mariah's writing just doesn't captivate me anymore, like it used to. Most of the ballads on MIAM weren't good, The Art Of Letting Go was really bad, lyrically, in my opinion. (Thursday 30 July 2015; 17:12)

Alison Carey (55,525) by Jake from New Zealand Did anyone see this? Sigh. (Wednesday 29 July 2015; 13:17)

One Mariah song (55,437) by Jake from New Zealand Umm. This is really hard. I'm torn between Fantasy, Without You and Vision Of Love. But I'll say Without You, it has a very special meaning for me (being the song that made me fall in love with Mariah) and I'll never get tired of it. (Friday 24 July 2015; 10:01)

Fan army face off (55,303) by Jake from New Zealand Please vote for Mariah, she's up against Chris Brown and is currenty losing. (Thursday 16 July 2015; 18:34)

Just curious (55,243) by Jake from New Zealand Why does everyone hate Boy (I Need You)? That's probably my favourite song off of Charmbracelet lol. (Monday 13 July 2015; 9:16)

Songs that I think are overrated (55,214) by Jake from New Zealand I'd say Cry, If It's Over (even though I actually do like it), and Don't Forget About Us. (Sunday 12 July 2015; 17:16)

Can't Let Go (54,697) by Jake from New Zealand What a coincidence. I also watched the SNL performance today. I really love this song. It's my favourite on Emotions (along with Make It Happen) and one of my all time favourite Mariah songs. I particularly love the beginning of the song, which reminds me of I Don't Wanna Cry. So sad that it didn't go to number one. (Wednesday 17 June 2015; 18:59)

Next album (54,578) by Jake from New Zealand I think for her new album, she needs to stop using the old format (i.e. trying to recreate WBT) and do more up tempos. We need a lead single from her that people can sing along to, with fun lyrics (but not immature ones like in Infinity) a very radio friendly song. If she's going to keep producing boring songs like Infinity then she should stop making music. And I know a lot of you think MIAM has some of her best work, but I really wasn't impressed with it and it's my least favourite Mariah album. Most of the songs were boring (Cry, Money, You're Mine) or lacked something (Make It Look Good). The production was boring and the lyrics weren't her best. So she should try to collaborate with more producers/songwriters. And last but not least, she needs to lose the weight. That's unfortunately the first thing people criticises her for. She loves to wear outfits that show off her body, and there's nothing wrong with that, but she doesn't have the body for them. Go back to AI weight, Mariah. (Friday 12 June 2015; 14:14)

Top 3 #1's (53,628) by Jake from New Zealand 1. Fantasy. This is my favorite Mariah song too. I love everything about it. The opening instrumental, the whistle, the sho-do-do-do-do-do-do's, the lyrics and the whole vibe of the song. I think the video captured the essence of the song and how fun it really is. 2. Vision Of Love. Easily one of the best debut singles of all time. The lyrics showed Mariah's maturity as a songwriter and the vocals are out of this world. Like so many critics have already said, it really is the holy grail of melisma. Also, this song never ceases to lift me up when I'm sas. 3. Always Be My Baby. Everyone loves this song. Even non lambs who don't like Mariah love this song. The production is great and this is a quite possibly the catchiest song MC's ever realeased. (Thursday 21 May 2015; 18:56)

LA (53,533) by Jake from New Zealand Wow. What he said kind of shocked me. Obviously he and Mariah aren't on the same page, since she's planning on going hard with him on the next record, and he wants her do some boring covers sh*t. Seriously, how old does he think she is? This really worried. On a side note, Mariah did great on Jimmy Kimmel. I wish her BBMA performance was like that. Oh well. (Tuesday 19 May 2015; 15:31)

Randy (53,394) by Jake from New Zealand There are loads of good Mariah perfomances after 1997. I'm shocked how you keep saying they're underwhelming and embarrassing. And honey, don't even talk about Whitney, becuase after 1995, her voice was weak af. (Saturday 16 May 2015; 23:02)

Mediocre at best? (53,388) by Jake from New Zealand Are you kidding me? (Saturday 16 May 2015; 20:47)

25 Years (53,350) by Jake from New Zealand Happy 25th anniversary, Mariah. Here's to another 25 years of success. (Friday 15 May 2015; 20:42)

Vegas / vocals / delusion (53,025) by Jake from New Zealand First off, I think she did fine. LTT, IDWC and TGIFY were the highlights. Dreamlover and Vision Of Love were messes. The rest was okay, except for Fantasy, which she yet again lipped. But this is only the first show. She still has a lot of time to improve (like she did on the last tour and on the Beacon Theatre shows). I hope she keeps practicing (especially on VOL, because it was cringe worthy to be honest). Furthermore, I think it's stupid to expect her to sound like she did in the 90's. Who sounds the same after more than 20 years? I understand people wanting her best, but some people are just straight up delusional. The only thing I hated was the costumes, which looked super cheap. I also hope she changes them in the future. (Thursday 7 May 2015; 21:42)

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