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Post by spoonabdul3 on Nov 28, 2012 12:16:22 GMT -5
OMG i just recently discovered this album track from Mariah! i never owned her first album and i saw it at a flea market last week and saw it for a dollar so i bought it. I love this song called "you need me". its kinda rock! has Mariah ever sung this song live? any lambs have that info? or any insider info on this song? any info would be fun to read...
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 28, 2012 18:47:21 GMT -5
Nope, no live renditions that we know of.
It's not my favorite from the debut, but I enjoy it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2012 21:24:10 GMT -5
I like every song on her debut, but this or "There's Got To Be A Way" would be my least favorite.
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Post by Dreams on Nov 29, 2012 14:50:24 GMT -5
This is one of my all time favorite Mariah Carey album tracks. Her debut has zero filler and I wish the record company would've milked it more. Every single song could've been a top 5 hit IMO. I always wanted to see her belt "You Need Me" out live, because the vocal after the bridge and until the end is total explosion. The solo is great too. Joan Jett could never!  |
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Post by spoonabdul3 on Nov 29, 2012 15:09:54 GMT -5
^^^^^ amen! finally someone else who loves this song. i think its the closet Mariah has ever came to a rock song. i just love it. has mariah ever talked at all about the song?
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 1, 2012 10:24:49 GMT -5
^She may have circa 1990, in interviews or whatever, but I couldn't find anything. It wasn't totally neglected- it was on the UK CD maxi of "Love Tales Time" and then was the sole B-side to "I Don't Wanna Cry."  |
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Post by Me. I Am Justin... on Dec 1, 2012 16:36:06 GMT -5
My least favorite on the album. I much prefer Janet's "You Need Me".
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Post by kmbgs on Dec 5, 2012 20:04:03 GMT -5
Smash. So good. Her voice really is so versatile, this track is only one obvious example of that. You should check out "You're So Cold" from Emotions! if you like this. That's a little more dancey, but her vocals remind me of YNM.
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Post by silab on Dec 8, 2012 10:33:09 GMT -5
Her voice is just incomparable
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Post by spoonabdul3 on Dec 11, 2012 14:20:51 GMT -5
kmbgs.... thanks for the YOUR SO COLD recomendation! love it
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Post by JACKIE on Feb 20, 2015 12:55:22 GMT -5
You Need Me from Mariah Carey is one of my favorite Mariah album tracks. I think I am one of the only people who love it. Its Mariah with a lil rock influence. always been a personal favorite!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2015 13:15:21 GMT -5
This is the worst song on her debut imo.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Feb 20, 2015 13:19:19 GMT -5
I think I am one of the only people who love it. You would be absolutely correct. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2015 13:27:05 GMT -5
This doesn't fit Mariah at all. Not a fan in the least.
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Post by JACKIE on Feb 20, 2015 13:57:28 GMT -5
surely there is someone else on this board who likes it too?
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Feb 20, 2015 15:09:01 GMT -5
Hate this song. My least favorite Mariah song. Makes me throw up.
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Post by JACKIE on Feb 20, 2015 17:05:38 GMT -5
Hate this song. My least favorite Mariah song. Makes me throw up. please... tell us how you really feel |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2015 18:21:17 GMT -5
My least favorite song on her debut, but I like all the songs on it.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jan 4, 2017 19:17:04 GMT -5
Probably my least favorite on her debut. There's no denying she sounds great. But the production has dated so badly, I can't get around it.
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Post by jenglisbe on Aug 15, 2018 20:25:07 GMT -5
I don't dislike it at all; it's different for Mariah both in production and her vocal delivery. I like it, it's just not a favorite.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 20:44:45 GMT -5
It's very 80s Pointer Sisters or something. I honestly don't think I've ever actively listened to it before. Her vocal is living.
Get it girl. Go in on that beat.
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Post by jenglisbe on Aug 15, 2018 20:45:35 GMT -5
It's very 80s Pointer Sisters or something. I honestly don't think I've ever actively listened to it before. Her vocal is living. Get it girl. Go in on that beat. I love this entire post. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 20:50:18 GMT -5
That guitar intro was unexpected to say the absolute least. I was like HELL-O. Oh... now she gonna get sassy? YES. And those vocal effects. I'm on board.
Sounds like a song that Kelly Clarkson would have recorded on her debut, and that's not a diss.
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Post by jenglisbe on Aug 15, 2018 20:54:13 GMT -5
That guitar intro was unexpected to say the absolute least. I was like HELL-O. Oh... now she gonna get sassy? YES. And those vocal effects. I'm on board. Sounds like a song that Kelly Clarkson would have recorded on her debut, and that's not a diss. Her entire debut album is strong. It covers a lot of ground in terms of styles, yet it sounds cohesive. And the songwriting is tight. I didn't take the Kelly comment as a diss, and now that you mention it, this song seems like a template for a lot of Kelly's career tbh. By the way, that's Vernon Reid (Living Colour) on guitar. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 21:00:19 GMT -5
That guitar intro was unexpected to say the absolute least. I was like HELL-O. Oh... now she gonna get sassy? YES. And those vocal effects. I'm on board. Sounds like a song that Kelly Clarkson would have recorded on her debut, and that's not a diss. Her entire debut album is strong. It covers a lot of ground in terms of styles, yet it sounds cohesive. And the songwriting is tight. I didn't take the Kelly comment as a diss, and now that you mention it, this song seems like a template for a lot of Kelly's career tbh. By the way, that's Vernon Reid (Living Colour) on guitar. I just went through her debut and this is the only song that didn't sound familiar? Not sure why. Although I was overwhelmed with music at that time, so her singles were the only sure things... and I LOVED all of them. Vernon? Really? Ok - even better. BB is coming on... Gotta go. |
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Post by jenglisbe on Aug 15, 2018 21:02:24 GMT -5
That guitar intro was unexpected to say the absolute least. Oh, and funny story about that intro. I wasn't yet 10 when this album came out, but I was hooked from 21 jump street. I remember being in a record store (Camelot!) and an older male customer asked the store to play the album. I was excited for him to buy it. They played the first part of a lot of the tracks and then the intro to this came on...and the old guy said "No" and walked off. Lol. I was so heartbroken back then that he passed on the album. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 21:32:23 GMT -5
That guitar intro was unexpected to say the absolute least. Oh, and funny story about that intro. I wasn't yet 10 when this album came out, but I was hooked from 21 jump street. I remember being in a record store (Camelot!) and an older male customer asked the store to play the album. I was excited for him to buy it. They played the first part of a lot of the tracks and then the intro to this came on...and the old guy said "No" and walked off. Lol. I was so heartbroken back then that he passed on the album. ***COMMERCIAL BREAK**** Camelot!?!?! OMG. My first job in college and in retail was at a Camelot store. I then transferred to the Mall of America Camelot store where I eventually got busted for giving my friend a free CD punch card, so before I got fired, I quit and got a better job at Sam Goody. True story. Good intentions, bad execution. I feel old. I was in high school when Mariah's debut came out. Actually, no, I don't feel old. Wait, yes I do. Nope, age is a number. Final answer. Anyway, sweet story about you as a 10 year old. I can totally relate - as a music retail employee I was always excited when people bought stuff I liked, and destroyed when they didn't. I tried to be quite the salesman. And at Camelot we had this jukebox that we could program with songs that played in the store, and I was ALL. ABOUT. IT. |
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jan 24, 2019 17:17:26 GMT -5
Underrated track. It had a little rock edge to it.
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