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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2013 18:22:29 GMT -5
I've been slayed. The f**king runs... I love when she does these improvised performances.. just not when they actually get released as singles.. |
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Post by musiclover98 on Nov 16, 2013 19:17:33 GMT -5
^Is that shade?
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Post by wavey. on Nov 16, 2013 19:18:10 GMT -5
Loved The performance. Her laugh is cute.
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Post by wavey. on Nov 16, 2013 19:31:04 GMT -5
Loved The performance. Her laugh is cute.
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Post by The Upper Hand on Nov 16, 2013 21:43:50 GMT -5
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Post by Mike on Nov 16, 2013 22:07:53 GMT -5
She's adorable in the video. Loving "The Art of Letting Go." Amazing harmonies and runs.
Also, just stumbled upon this gem that I've never heard before. What kind of flawless vocal... Jesus.
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Post by Hashtag Pow on Nov 16, 2013 22:36:58 GMT -5
I have been watching that "performance" or whatever all day. That is some of the best live vocals I've heard from her in ages. Slay Mimi!!! Now deliver a 4th teaser single from this album to really get me interested!!!
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Post by Mean A$$ on Nov 16, 2013 23:10:52 GMT -5
I have been watching that "performance" or whatever all day. That is some of the best live vocals I've heard from her in ages. Slay Mimi!!! Now deliver a 4th teaser single from this album to really get me interested!!! Lol. How bout we ask her to just release the album already. |
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Post by Hashtag Pow on Nov 16, 2013 23:13:00 GMT -5
She's not gonna stop until she has a monster hit. She should just do a track that features Rihanna rapping on it.
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Nov 17, 2013 6:08:03 GMT -5
LOL. What is this? The Mimi Mafia? Edit:  @ the posts in question mysteriously vanishing.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2013 8:48:36 GMT -5
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Post by weaver on Nov 17, 2013 10:26:02 GMT -5
^^ This link contains a virus!
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Post by The Upper Hand on Nov 17, 2013 16:46:47 GMT -5
From her Facebook:
Hi lambs, after everything I've been through this year, I doubt there's anyone more excited for the holidays to begin than I am. I usually try my hardest to wait until after Thanksgiving to celebrate the holiday season but this just made my day and I gotta share.
Today on the street, a group of fans stopped me and started singing "All I Want For Christmas Is You" at the top of their lungs. Amazing. So many people tell me: "The holiday season doesn't start for us until we hear All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah." Surreal. I humbly thank them but inside I'm jumping up and down like a second grader on a snow day because I WROTE AND PRODUCED that song on a whim!!! To hear this and to see "All I Want For Christmas Is You" at #1 on this week's Billboard's chart... I kinda still can't believe it!
I'll never forget writing the melody and lyrics in a little studio decorated for Christmas in the middle of the summer. In case you know nothing about me, when I was a little girl, Christmas and music were the happiest moments I had and I never realized that people would grow up listening to and singing along with my songs like I grew up listening to "Jingle Bells" or "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town"
Then, when I saw "Where Are You Christmas?" by Faith Hill at #2, I almost couldn't believe it because I wrote that song with the incredible Oscar-winning genius James Horner for the movie "The Grinch" a couple of years back. It blows my mind and makes me feel like that second grader on a snow day again!!
After I hugged the group of fans goodbye, they ran down the street, waving and continuing their rendition of "All I Want For Christmas Is You", a song I wrote very tongue-in-cheek, very cookies-and-milk, purely childhood-memories-forever!
I just want to thank everyone for consistently supporting my Christmas music year after year because it is so much more than holiday music for me. It's about joy, nostalgia, and it's about never losing the spirit of Christmas in your heart. Happy (very early) holidays! --MC
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2013 17:34:45 GMT -5
You did the damn thing, you wrote the damn thing, you get to brag about the damn thing.
THE QUEEN.
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Post by MFM29 on Nov 17, 2013 17:36:54 GMT -5
she's so cute and humble. people really don't give her enough credit for her songwritting/producing genius skills
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 17, 2013 18:46:45 GMT -5
Since "Where Are You Christmas" existed as "Christmas, Why Can't I Find You" before Mimi came in, do we know if she wrote all the additional lyrics, of if that was a collaboration? I'd like to hear her perform that song.
TAOLG comes in at No. 90 in the UK.
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Post by MFM29 on Nov 17, 2013 19:02:08 GMT -5
Since "Where Are You Christmas" existed as "Christmas, Why Can't I Find You" before Mimi came in, do we know if she wrote all the additional lyrics, of if that was a collaboration? I'd like to hear her perform that song. TAOLG comes in at No. 90 in the UK. wikipedia says Mariah, James horner and Will Jennings wrote the 2 versions and Mariah was supposed to recorded it but because of legal battle between Motolla at that time she wasn't allowed to release it |
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 17, 2013 19:05:00 GMT -5
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Post by Jack on Nov 17, 2013 20:10:17 GMT -5
That impromptu performance was amazing. She seems to have a much better idea of her voice as it is nowdays. Amazing. Her vocals were slightly tuned in post though, that much I hear.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2013 22:11:04 GMT -5
From her Facebook: Hi lambs, after everything I've been through this year, I doubt there's anyone more excited for the holidays to begin than I am. I usually try my hardest to wait until after Thanksgiving to celebrate the holiday season but this just made my day and I gotta share. Today on the street, a group of fans stopped me and started singing "All I Want For Christmas Is You" at the top of their lungs. Amazing. So many people tell me: "The holiday season doesn't start for us until we hear All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah." Surreal. I humbly thank them but inside I'm jumping up and down like a second grader on a snow day because I WROTE AND PRODUCED that song on a whim!!! To hear this and to see "All I Want For Christmas Is You" at #1 on this week's Billboard's chart... I kinda still can't believe it! I'll never forget writing the melody and lyrics in a little studio decorated for Christmas in the middle of the summer. In case you know nothing about me, when I was a little girl, Christmas and music were the happiest moments I had and I never realized that people would grow up listening to and singing along with my songs like I grew up listening to "Jingle Bells" or "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" Then, when I saw "Where Are You Christmas?" by Faith Hill at #2, I almost couldn't believe it because I wrote that song with the incredible Oscar-winning genius James Horner for the movie "The Grinch" a couple of years back. It blows my mind and makes me feel like that second grader on a snow day again!! After I hugged the group of fans goodbye, they ran down the street, waving and continuing their rendition of "All I Want For Christmas Is You", a song I wrote very tongue-in-cheek, very cookies-and-milk, purely childhood-memories-forever! I just want to thank everyone for consistently supporting my Christmas music year after year because it is so much more than holiday music for me. It's about joy, nostalgia, and it's about never losing the spirit of Christmas in your heart. Happy (very early) holidays! --MC Honestly, some of her comments lately are making me think she's having some major issues right now. The way she started it with how rough things have been and then spends multiple paragraphs patting herself on the back... I have a feeling a falling out with Island is right around the corner. This is reminding me of some of her voice messages in early 2000. |
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Post by Keelzit on Nov 17, 2013 22:17:24 GMT -5
What I love most about Mariah is that despite being one of the biggest divas ever with all the attitude, success, fortune, fame, #1s etc her lyrics are always relatable without being bland and come from a real place. I will forever be grateful for having heard such songs being sung by the best voice of all time in my opinion and with TAOLG she proves just that yet again and blows everyone away.
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Nov 17, 2013 23:14:16 GMT -5
I can't say for sure, but I imagine she's the only songwriter to ever have the top two spots on a holiday singles chart. (I'd also be interested to know how often a songwriter held the top two spots on the Hot 100)
Why was "Where Are You Christmas" so high though?
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Post by theedge12 on Nov 18, 2013 0:36:31 GMT -5
From her Facebook: Hi lambs, after everything I've been through this year, I doubt there's anyone more excited for the holidays to begin than I am. I usually try my hardest to wait until after Thanksgiving to celebrate the holiday season but this just made my day and I gotta share. Today on the street, a group of fans stopped me and started singing "All I Want For Christmas Is You" at the top of their lungs. Amazing. So many people tell me: "The holiday season doesn't start for us until we hear All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah." Surreal. I humbly thank them but inside I'm jumping up and down like a second grader on a snow day because I WROTE AND PRODUCED that song on a whim!!! To hear this and to see "All I Want For Christmas Is You" at #1 on this week's Billboard's chart... I kinda still can't believe it! I'll never forget writing the melody and lyrics in a little studio decorated for Christmas in the middle of the summer. In case you know nothing about me, when I was a little girl, Christmas and music were the happiest moments I had and I never realized that people would grow up listening to and singing along with my songs like I grew up listening to "Jingle Bells" or "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" Then, when I saw "Where Are You Christmas?" by Faith Hill at #2, I almost couldn't believe it because I wrote that song with the incredible Oscar-winning genius James Horner for the movie "The Grinch" a couple of years back. It blows my mind and makes me feel like that second grader on a snow day again!! After I hugged the group of fans goodbye, they ran down the street, waving and continuing their rendition of "All I Want For Christmas Is You", a song I wrote very tongue-in-cheek, very cookies-and-milk, purely childhood-memories-forever! I just want to thank everyone for consistently supporting my Christmas music year after year because it is so much more than holiday music for me. It's about joy, nostalgia, and it's about never losing the spirit of Christmas in your heart. Happy (very early) holidays! --MC Honestly, some of her comments lately are making me think she's having some major issues right now. The way she started it with how rough things have been and then spends multiple paragraphs patting herself on the back... I have a feeling a falling out with Island is right around the corner. This is reminding me of some of her voice messages in early 2000. I think its pretty much a given that she is going back to Sony after this final album. I thought that was already mentioned sometime this year? |
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Post by spencer20 on Nov 18, 2013 2:56:20 GMT -5
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 18, 2013 8:24:03 GMT -5
Has The Grinch aired yet?  "Where Are You, Christmas?" usually is one of the higher-ranked tracks, but sales are pretty low thus far for holiday tracks, so we'll probably see a shuffle in coming weeks. For those who may not have seen the movie or heard it, this is the original (shorter) version , "Christmas, Why Can't I Find You," that appears in the movie. I gather that Mimi was asked to come in and write additional lyrics. (And then, I think the story goes that Tommy M. wouldn't "let" her record it?) |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2013 8:28:35 GMT -5
Honestly, some of her comments lately are making me think she's having some major issues right now. The way she started it with how rough things have been and then spends multiple paragraphs patting herself on the back... I have a feeling a falling out with Island is right around the corner. This is reminding me of some of her voice messages in early 2000. I think its pretty much a given that she is going back to Sony after this final album. I thought that was already mentioned sometime this year? Well in the tabloids.. but it's still just rumors at this point. |
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Post by Jay D83 on Nov 18, 2013 8:44:59 GMT -5
Poster for #1s! OMG I love it! It was my first 'real' Mariah era! I'll always have a place in me heart for #1s!  |
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 18, 2013 8:50:14 GMT -5
Erm... "Love Takes Time" and "Someday" are not on that poster. She's trying to test the patience of fans of those songs, ain't she? And, note the use of "records" rather than "albums"- I think the Rainbow" poster had that, too?
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Post by Jay D83 on Nov 18, 2013 8:54:22 GMT -5
Erm... "Love Takes Time" and "Someday" are not on that poster. She's trying to test the patience of fans of those songs, ain't she?  I hadn't noticed. I was too busy gushing! Now that's just wrong. "Love Takes Time" turned me into a stan - 8 years AFTER it was released. /sadface. |
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 18, 2013 8:56:56 GMT -5
Yes it is, especially when the single art for "Sweetheart" is there, not to mention "I Still Believe" ("When You Believe," I'll give a pass, as it was a special thing).
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