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Post by jenglisbe on Nov 14, 2013 16:09:28 GMT -5
Mimi is trending on CNN and other news outlets for her comments on American Idol in her interview on Hot97. I wonder why it took so long to catch on. LOL! |
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Nov 14, 2013 16:23:02 GMT -5
I don't understand why people have an issue with the lyrics; I love them. My favorite part right now is: "Evidently your words were merely lies/Reverberating in my ears, and the echo won't subside" Anyway, how have I missed this piece of perfection for the past 19 years? youtu.be/AGd3yUnKYM8I don't think people have an issue with the lyrics or content per se. I think the issue lyrically lies in the fact that she is unnecessarily verbose in parts of the verses where had she worded it better it wouldn't sound as clustered when she sings the verses. |
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Nov 14, 2013 16:47:30 GMT -5
Mimi is trending on CNN and other news outlets for her comments on American Idol in her interview on Hot97. I wonder why it took so long to catch on. LOL! I wish they'd focus more on the comment she made about contestants not being put through for political reasons. Seems she was about to start an Idol controversy. But, at this point, Idol lawyers probably told her to shut her trap. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 17:28:47 GMT -5
I wonder why it took so long to catch on. LOL! I wish they'd focus more on the comment she made about contestants not being put through for political reasons. Seems she was about to start an Idol controversy. But, at this point, Idol lawyers probably told her to shut her trap. I feel like that's very old news, and that's why no one cares. |
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Post by bunifah on Nov 14, 2013 17:29:26 GMT -5
I'm taking a look at TAOLG lyrics and God Bless Mariah  |
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Nov 14, 2013 20:04:50 GMT -5
Does anyone else feel like at the very end when she says " It ain't easy baby" and then sighs she should have sang "letting go" to wrap up the song?
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Post by crdubb17 on Nov 14, 2013 20:29:18 GMT -5
No.
But I love this record now, it's everything. The only place this could do anything would be on pop, and it would have to hit in a way that Stay, or a Bruno ballad would.
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Post by MiniMusic on Nov 14, 2013 20:31:33 GMT -5
Does anyone else feel like at the very end when she says " It ain't easy baby" and then sighs she should have sang "letting go" to wrap up the song? I like the way it is! It's dramatic |
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Post by jenglisbe on Nov 14, 2013 22:13:56 GMT -5
Does anyone else feel like at the very end when she says " It ain't easy baby" and then sighs she should have sang "letting go" to wrap up the song? I don't know how that would sound, but I will say the end is probably my favorite part of the song. I love how after belting the hell out of the song, she reins it back in at the end, takes that breath to exhale, and muses "It ain't easy baby." That is all just perfect to me because it's like she has processed it all and that's where she's at emotionally. |
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Post by die Lotterie on Nov 14, 2013 22:38:15 GMT -5
Stunning photo from her Facebook: "On my way to Out 100!" |
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Nov 14, 2013 22:59:25 GMT -5
She knows her audience well.
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Post by lambdoll on Nov 14, 2013 23:13:42 GMT -5
Talking about her boobs: http://instagram.com/p/guHIk0S4eL # Did she say "I'm a straight girl I don't really know why they asked me to be here but my boobs have been out for years"?  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 23:16:31 GMT -5
LOL! She's really reminding me of late 90s/early 00s Mariah lately, before she got boring after Glitter.
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Post by die Lotterie on Nov 14, 2013 23:19:01 GMT -5
OMG, LOL. New Mariahism!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 23:32:31 GMT -5
Whats up with her wearing gloves everywhere now
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Post by die Lotterie on Nov 14, 2013 23:34:35 GMT -5
Whats up with her wearing gloves everywhere now LOL, Right? and the fan? My mom pointed it out to me on Jimmy Fallon, I replied "Why not?" |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 23:38:34 GMT -5
She is Mariah Carey she can wear whatever she wants, its just new and over the top which i adore. She is a drag queen's dream diva, so over the top and she don't give a fuck no more.
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Post by jenglisbe on Nov 14, 2013 23:52:57 GMT -5
The gloves are because she still has nerve damage to the one hand and has bandages.
Anyway, I don't get people going in on the lyrics for "TAOLG." I am living for them, with these being the highlights:
- "I no longer live in your dominion"
- "Gotta bundle your possessions outside the kitchen window right now"
- "Evidently your words were merely lies/Reverberating in my ears, and the echo won't subside"
- "Your audacity is too much to be believed so/go to Mimi in your contact, press delete"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 23:56:15 GMT -5
Sometimes I feel like Mariah fans give her points for throwing middle school vocab words into her lyrics as if that makes for good songwriting. Different strokes I guess. I know a lot of people hated a lot of the quirky, tongue in cheek lyrics on Memoirs, and I loved them.
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Post by Positive Tension on Nov 15, 2013 0:22:42 GMT -5
I can understand why some would have a problem with the wording, but I don't mind it. Then again, I'm a big Alanis fan, so I'm used to very wordy songs.
She's looking damn fine in the last pic. I love that she always acts and dresses like a true star.
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Post by The Upper Hand on Nov 15, 2013 0:24:05 GMT -5
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Post by Snowbeast on Nov 15, 2013 0:27:17 GMT -5
funny Mariah 'liked' this video on youtube I'll say it again, no idea what children's show this girl came from but she is going to have a great career. She can really fucking sing. |
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Post by colson on Nov 15, 2013 5:02:04 GMT -5
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Post by apoleb on Nov 15, 2013 5:17:27 GMT -5
Sometimes I feel like Mariah fans give her points for throwing middle school vocab words into her lyrics as if that makes for good songwriting. Different strokes I guess. I know a lot of people hated a lot of the quirky, tongue in cheek lyrics on Memoirs, and I loved them. I also liked the tongue in cheek lyrics on Memoirs and imo Obsessed had great one liners, but here I don't think they flow. I do like the "press delete" phrase. M has a tendency to add those -ly suffixes, and they aren't pretty. "Evidently", "exceedingly".. totally useless use of words. Or then "I hope you don't have plans.. it's the last thing I truly need" midway through the song when she already called him a trifle and threw his stuff out of the window... we kinda know that already. It's a bit overwrought and clumsy. |
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Post by Leigh on Nov 15, 2013 5:23:58 GMT -5
Sometimes I feel like Mariah fans give her points for throwing middle school vocab words into her lyrics as if that makes for good songwriting. Different strokes I guess. I know a lot of people hated a lot of the quirky, tongue in cheek lyrics on Memoirs, and I loved them. I also liked the tongue in cheek lyrics on Memoirs and imo Obsessed had great one liners, but here I don't think they flow. I do like the "press delete" phrase. M has a tendency to add those -ly suffixes, and they aren't pretty. "Evidently", "exceedingly".. totally useless use of words. Or then "I hope you don't have plans.. it's the last thing I truly need" midway through the song when she already called him a trifle and threw his stuff out of the window... we kinda know that already. It's a bit overwrought and clumsy. I have to agree, I think the lyrics for both TAOLG and for Triumphant were like a series of unrelated statements - I'm certainly not feeling the depth of these lyrics like some others are |
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Nov 15, 2013 8:23:07 GMT -5
I really wish there was some indication on the (non?) status of TAOLG. Why doesn't she or Island or JD let us know if it's not a single.
At this point in its run, Triumphant was falling out of the top 100 on iTunes. So I suppose this is performing slightly better.
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Post by chartfreak on Nov 15, 2013 10:00:42 GMT -5
Stunning photo from her Facebook: "On my way to Out 100!"Is this her home bathroom? Framed magazine covers?? |
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Post by mimilover on Nov 15, 2013 10:09:14 GMT -5
What did Mariah whisper to Angie Martinez during the interview??
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Post by allow that on Nov 15, 2013 11:56:05 GMT -5
I've seen Mariah getting some horrible feedback on multiple news outlets for her comments on American Idol now (when the news should be about the disaster aftermath in the Philippines or the ongoing crisis in Syria instead of celeb rag culture but that's a whole other topic of discussion. Ohhhhh how American media created the bubble we live in).
ANYWAY, Mariah is being painted as a spoiled brat and I can kind of see it. She got paid $18 million to do a job for less than half of a year. Most people dislike their jobs but must go daily for much longer periods of time; what's their salary topping off at? For her to say stuff like "I had to go every day" makes her come across incredibly out of touch. People don't wish to hear someone complain about a part of life that everyone puts up with. It's even more cringe when the person complaining is so freakin' fortunate and blessed.
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Nov 15, 2013 12:10:20 GMT -5
Yeah, they're also not reporting that her next line was "I'm just kidding, it wasn't that bad."
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