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Post by Bojangles on Nov 5, 2010 14:19:22 GMT -5
ch 'When Christmas Comes' sh*ts on that Euro-Trash mess. this. It soo could've been on Emancipation.
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Post by Bojangles on Nov 5, 2010 14:21:42 GMT -5
This is pretty OT but, Christmas would be so perfect if buying other's presents weren't involved. I love the feel and spirit of Christmas, but the presents thing is so useless. I'm only buying for 5 people this year, that's it. I'll continue to enjoy the music, decorating, lights, and hot chocolate.
Guess this could've gone in random thoughts.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Nov 5, 2010 14:22:19 GMT -5
Mariah's successful take on the New Year's standard >>>> Mariah's unsuccessful rehash. I mean, what's there to argue?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2010 15:12:23 GMT -5
Review: Santa Claus Is Comming To Town (Intro) A nice instrumental way to introduce "Oh, Santa". Oh Santa! It's joyful and fun, making the song the perfect choice. As the lead single it will probaby attract to young and old without disappearing between all those Christmas songs in December. O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Little Drummer Boy (Medley) Pretty clever to mash up those two songs. Nowadays covering Christmas classics mosty fail and a medley is a refreshing way to re-work these kind of songs. Christmas Time Is In The Air AgainAbsolutely amazing and breath-taking. The First Noel / Born Is The King (Interlude)Let's start with TFN. She decently sings it in the beginning, but the middle part is horrible. The problem is that she's changing from full to whispery voice without any plausible transitions. As a listener I feel lost. The interlude is probably the only Urban song on the album I like. When Christmas ComesIt isn't a bad song, but so out of place. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) / Housetop CelebrationJD and the "Hey ho"s ruined it, but thank god her voice is flawless on this one. Charlie Brown ChristmasA+++ Oh Come All Ye Faithful / Hallelujah Chrous (Feat. Patricia Carey)I think their voices harmonize very well with each other. I gotta admit, I've been waiting for this to happen since she mentioned it at the beginning of the last decade and it turned out to be better than I'd ever imagined. O' Holy Night (Live From WPC In South Central Los Angeles)This sounds like basphemy! One ChildI'd hoped this to be the big gospel tune. It still works.... All I Want For Christmas Is You (Extra Festive) Auld Lang Syne - The New Year's AnthemI'll be listening to this a lot during New Year's Eve...
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Nov 5, 2010 15:37:23 GMT -5
This is pretty OT but, Christmas would be so perfect if buying other's presents weren't involved. I love the feel and spirit of Christmas, but the presents thing is so useless. I'm only buying for 5 people this year, that's it. I'll continue to enjoy the music, decorating, lights, and hot chocolate. Guess this could've gone in random thoughts. Yes, totally random.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Nov 5, 2010 15:40:24 GMT -5
Mariah's successful take on the New Year's standard >>>> Mariah's unsuccessful rehash. I mean, what's there to argue? SMDH WILL. You're better than that. 'When Christmas Comes' is a masterpiece. The horns alone are mioles ahead of that dated beat.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Nov 5, 2010 16:15:23 GMT -5
Ok peoples, enough with all the negativity. Go out there and purchase the album, and tell your friends, cousins, baby daddies/mommas, strangers on the streets, your imaginery friend(s) and love ones as well. Take care and have a wonderful weekend, ya'll!!
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Nov 5, 2010 17:50:55 GMT -5
Mariah's successful take on the New Year's standard >>>> Mariah's unsuccessful rehash. I mean, what's there to argue? SMDH WILL. You're better than that. 'When Christmas Comes' is a masterpiece. The horns alone are mioles ahead of that dated beat. When Christmas Comes is just so strange. First, it sounds exactly like Mine Again and Circles met in December. It's useless as a Xmas track. There's barely anything Xmas about the lyrics, so she should've just saved it for her next album. Speaking of the lyrics... why does it go from slutty to heal-the-world in a matter of one verse??
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Post by CammyCan on Nov 5, 2010 17:54:28 GMT -5
Is there any difference between the Extra Festive version of AIWFCIS and the original other than the intro?
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Nov 5, 2010 17:59:07 GMT -5
Is there any difference between the Extra Festive version of AIWFCIS and the original other than the intro? Yeah. Her voice in 1994 and her voice in 2010. (truthfully, it's just her voice doubled up in the new version to make it sound more similar to 94. music is nearly the same. ending is a bit awkward.)
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Post by weaver on Nov 5, 2010 18:17:23 GMT -5
Is there any difference between the Extra Festive version of AIWFCIS and the original other than the intro? Yeah. Her voice in 1994 and her voice in 2010. (truthfully, it's just her voice doubled up in the new version to make it sound more similar to 94. music is nearly the same. ending is a bit awkward.) Her voice is most definitely doubled in the original version. I was trying to decide if she'd rerecorded the whole thing or not - it does sound a little more high pitched, I think, than the original. Parts of it are obviously new, most notably at the end. I do not think When Christmas Comes sounds that much like Mine Again. If I had to pick something it sounds like, I'd pick Circles...I guess. It's just in that live instrumentation UAC vein.
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Post by r.enato on Nov 5, 2010 19:03:22 GMT -5
Rolling Stone gave the album 3 (out of 5) stars: Sixteen years have passed since Mariah Carey released her first blockbuster holiday album, but she hasn't lost her desire to dress up in a Santa suit or the silky flexibility of her voice. Her take on a new batch of traditionals like "O Little Town of Bethlehem" is straightforward and sweet, full of strings and torchy piano arrangements and outfitted with a cameo from her opera-singer mom, Patricia, on "O Come All Ye Faithful/Hallelujah Chorus." Half of the disc's new originals are ballads – including "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" and "One Child," both thick with gooey orchestration – but Mariah bops to a schoolyard-chant beat on "Oh Santa!" and digs out a retro groove for "When Christmas Comes." It's hard to figure out what's "extra festive" (as the full song title promises) about her "All I Want for Christmas Is You" update, and far easier to determine what's wrong with "Auld Lang Syne" (an awkward dance beat), but the LP's warm heart is in the right place. www.rollingstone.com/music/reviews/album/45342/229458
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Post by Cautionme11/16 on Nov 5, 2010 20:16:28 GMT -5
I absolutely love "When Christmas Comes", despite it being a close relative of "Mine Again". But where the hell is she slutty in it? Lol #dead
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Post by r.enato on Nov 5, 2010 20:36:40 GMT -5
I absolutely love "When Christmas Comes", despite it being a close relative of "Mine Again". But where the hell is she slutty in it? Lol #dead Some dirrty minds are reading the line "I can't wait to unwrap your love" in a slutty way..
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Post by cking33 on Nov 6, 2010 1:13:30 GMT -5
I do not think When Christmas Comes sounds that much like Mine Again. If I had to pick something it sounds like, I'd pick Circles...I guess. It's just in that live instrumentation UAC vein. I think it sounds most like FLAB. The horns, and the use of the major 6th chord are very reminiscent of that song, at least to me.
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Post by Cautionme11/16 on Nov 6, 2010 1:39:58 GMT -5
I absolutely love "When Christmas Comes", despite it being a close relative of "Mine Again". But where the hell is she slutty in it? Lol #dead Some dirrty minds are reading the line "I can't wait to unwrap your love" in a slutty wait... Lmao apparently so, renato.
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Post by The Northern Star⭐ on Nov 6, 2010 4:18:09 GMT -5
When Christmas Comes is a very Christmasy song. Celebrating Love and the Coming of the Savior...nothing better.
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Post by hidizzyguy on Nov 6, 2010 4:21:44 GMT -5
I don't know why the hoopla about When Christmas Comes. It's this album's Miss You Most At Christmas Time.
Chill, and enjoy. It's a fucking great song.
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Nov 6, 2010 8:45:43 GMT -5
I don't know why the hoopla about When Christmas Comes. It's this album's Miss You Most At Christmas Time. What?? No way! It doesn't hold a candle to Christmastime is In The Air Again." I actually think it would be a far better album if it were all original Christmas songs. It'd be a hard sell, for sure, but I feel her weakest spots are the cover tracks. On her originals, it sounds like she is actually singing the entire song. On the cover songs, it sounds like they pieced her vocals together. I think it gives the songs a disjointed feel. (the one moment that comes to mind immediately is the oddly low singing of "heaven above" in O Come All Ye Faithful... which came soon after an awkwardly placed high note) Am I the only one who has noticed this?
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Post by The Northern Star⭐ on Nov 6, 2010 8:59:27 GMT -5
I think you're listening too hard, just feel the album and enjoy it, bro. Just like people bothered by the dynamics of whisper to belt, just let it flow, it actually works.
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Post by MiniMusic on Nov 6, 2010 9:08:03 GMT -5
Her vocals are amazing on almost every single track. Superb vocals!!
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Post by David on Nov 6, 2010 9:09:36 GMT -5
I don't know why the hoopla about When Christmas Comes. It's this album's Miss You Most At Christmas Time. What?? No way! It doesn't hold a candle to Christmastime is In The Air Again." I actually think it would be a far better album if it were all original Christmas songs. It'd be a hard sell, for sure, but I feel her weakest spots are the cover tracks. On her originals, it sounds like she is actually singing the entire song. On the cover songs, it sounds like they pieced her vocals together. I think it gives the songs a disjointed feel. (the one moment that comes to mind immediately is the oddly low singing of "heaven above" in O Come All Ye Faithful... which came soon after an awkwardly placed high note) Am I the only one who has noticed this? I'm with you, Steve. Her vocals on some tracks to seem to be copied and pasted together, not that they are bad... but I totally understand where you're coming from. Also, "Christmas Time is in the Air Again" > "When Christmas Comes"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2010 9:51:54 GMT -5
What?? No way! It doesn't hold a candle to Christmastime is In The Air Again." I actually think it would be a far better album if it were all original Christmas songs. It'd be a hard sell, for sure, but I feel her weakest spots are the cover tracks. On her originals, it sounds like she is actually singing the entire song. On the cover songs, it sounds like they pieced her vocals together. I think it gives the songs a disjointed feel. (the one moment that comes to mind immediately is the oddly low singing of "heaven above" in O Come All Ye Faithful... which came soon after an awkwardly placed high note) Am I the only one who has noticed this? I'm with you, Steve. Her vocals on some tracks to seem to be copied and pasted together, not that they are bad... but I totally understand where you're coming from. Also, "Christmas Time is in the Air Again" > "When Christmas Comes"
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Post by ₫anny Jerz ♔ on Nov 6, 2010 10:01:01 GMT -5
This album is the shit. I was totally against the idea of another Christmas album because I was afraid she was going to make some cheap ghetto mess which would obviously look like a desperate attempt at updating her first album. Not the case at all, though.
For the most part, the album plays like a continuation of the first effort. The only difference (besides the vocals, which are still surprisingly strong throughout) is that this album has a little more kick and flare than the first. I absolutely love all of the new original songs and "The New Year's Anthem" (yep, cheap dance beat and all).
All in all, a really strong effort. She still puts most other Christmas albums to shame. There is just something about her singing Christmas music that just feels so right; even 16 years later. That is what was my most pleasant surprise.
Go 'head, MC.
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Post by rodrigo on Nov 6, 2010 11:24:39 GMT -5
aside from all i want for christmas (obviously), her original songs are better on this album.
my favorite tracks are christmas time is in the air again, when christmas comes and charlie brown christmas, in this other.
and i have to say... sometimes people overdramatize about vocals and songs.
i mean, what's the "doesn't sound like a christmas song" thing?
i'm sorry, but she is singing about christmas, so... it's a christmas song! simply as that. why read much into that? is there a rule? do we need bells or whatever in every track? geez.
the extra festive version of AIWFCIY doesn't bother me so much, of course is out of place... but c'mon, she'd be stupid if she did not included AIWFCIY in the album.
also, i despised here comes santa claus, but it has grown on me and i think auld lang syne is corny, stupid and dated... still i love to listen to it... and i'm sure it'll sound better drunk! LOL
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Post by hidizzyguy on Nov 6, 2010 12:32:15 GMT -5
Um.. I think you guys confused which song I was referencing to........
Miss You Most at Christmas Time was Merry Xmas' awkward, non-Christmasy feeling ballad that sort of didn't blend with the joyous and soulfoul sound of the rest of the tracks.
When Christmas Comes is the "out there in left base" track of this album.
That's all I was saying. But in either case, both are superb tracks.
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Post by r.enato on Nov 6, 2010 13:10:06 GMT -5
:o sinner! Don't you call Miss You Most awkward!
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 6, 2010 13:49:00 GMT -5
"When Christmas Comes" is related to "Mine Again" and "Circles" in its sound. Not a bad thing, as they had a nice old-school sound to them.
"Christmas Time is in the Air" is my favorite of the new tracks.
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Post by will on Nov 6, 2010 13:51:50 GMT -5
Can All I Want for Christmas Is You (Extra Festive) chart on the hot 100???
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 6, 2010 13:55:31 GMT -5
^Its sales likely will be combined with all other versions (as was the case with the dance mixes that were released last year). Plus, the extra-festive version sounds like it has the original vocals, save for some new ones tacked on- but not 100% on that.
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