Oh and sorry for bombarding you with comments but I have to add that I LOOOOOVED the praise you gave to Vision of Love. That song, still to this day, after obsessively following her career for decades, is still, without a shadow of a doubt, my all-time favourite song. I don't think she's ever been able to outdo herself. It's her own favourite song to perform. Ever.
One of the times I saw her live, I was sitting front row at Caesars in Vegas and, for those who don't know, the stage is VERY close to the audience. When she did her adlibs on "AND IT WAS AAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL", I could literally feel the power of her voice hammering me, plastering every single inch of my body to my seat 😄 I had never felt something like that with any other human voice (and I tend to see only top vocalists in concert). This was in 2017, faaar from her prime, but at that moment I realised... man, she's really still got it.
Here is the performance in question (the real magic starts from the 3:11 mark onwards)
As a die-hard, lifelong fan, one of the things I'm enjoying the most about this series is how you can express things I've always felt but I couldn't, perhaps due to lack of objectivity on my part, fully verbalise.
Can't argue with anything you said, the good and not so good. For example, Rainbow and MIAMTEC are close to my heart for different reasons but your analysis is spot on. (By the way, on that presumptious title, did you know the album was originally going to be called The Art of Letting Go, after a track that didn't make the cut in the end -- it did appear on the Target edition, though). With that title, and that song on the album (perhaps replacing some other(s), the record would have hit differently, IMHO.
Glitter was definitely when her work with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis could really shine, and I agree that EMC2 felt "cheap" (for lack of a better word) compared with TEOM.
Every word you said about pretty much everything is so spot on -- I honestly didn't think I would agree with you so much 😂 Bravo!
Thanks 🙏 I didn’t know that trivia about the title btw, great nugget. The messy middle of these discography rankings are always the toughest, honestly. I definitely switched the order at least once before scheduling.
I agree! And the remixes are 🔥 Funnily enough, she hates it because of how overproduced the studio version is (compared with her teenage demo). She does like the MTV Unplugged version, though. She never performs the song these days, and when she HAS TO (e.g. when she did all her number 1's in chronological order in Vegas), in one of the concerts she ironically referred to it as "her favourite song" 😂 Ever the jokester! (check the 0:47 mark) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ErEENfxduA
my favorite thing about Glitter (the movie) is how everyone who meets or hears Mariah goes "oh my god you're the most incredible thing I've ever heard, let me fall in love and/or promote you" and normally that's bad writing but anyone who has heard the debut album can agree that that's probably how it all happened
Oh and sorry for bombarding you with comments but I have to add that I LOOOOOVED the praise you gave to Vision of Love. That song, still to this day, after obsessively following her career for decades, is still, without a shadow of a doubt, my all-time favourite song. I don't think she's ever been able to outdo herself. It's her own favourite song to perform. Ever.
One of the times I saw her live, I was sitting front row at Caesars in Vegas and, for those who don't know, the stage is VERY close to the audience. When she did her adlibs on "AND IT WAS AAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL", I could literally feel the power of her voice hammering me, plastering every single inch of my body to my seat 😄 I had never felt something like that with any other human voice (and I tend to see only top vocalists in concert). This was in 2017, faaar from her prime, but at that moment I realised... man, she's really still got it.
Here is the performance in question (the real magic starts from the 3:11 mark onwards)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUPaLtEcJqE
Thanks for the space 😊
Omg what an experience seeing her live that close!! 🤩🤩
Mind-blowing!
As a die-hard, lifelong fan, one of the things I'm enjoying the most about this series is how you can express things I've always felt but I couldn't, perhaps due to lack of objectivity on my part, fully verbalise.
Can't argue with anything you said, the good and not so good. For example, Rainbow and MIAMTEC are close to my heart for different reasons but your analysis is spot on. (By the way, on that presumptious title, did you know the album was originally going to be called The Art of Letting Go, after a track that didn't make the cut in the end -- it did appear on the Target edition, though). With that title, and that song on the album (perhaps replacing some other(s), the record would have hit differently, IMHO.
Glitter was definitely when her work with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis could really shine, and I agree that EMC2 felt "cheap" (for lack of a better word) compared with TEOM.
Every word you said about pretty much everything is so spot on -- I honestly didn't think I would agree with you so much 😂 Bravo!
Thanks 🙏 I didn’t know that trivia about the title btw, great nugget. The messy middle of these discography rankings are always the toughest, honestly. I definitely switched the order at least once before scheduling.
I hear you, but I loved how balanced and honest your appreciations were. Great work!!
New Jack Swing might be synonymous with the early 90s, but man, "Someday" is still just an incredible song.
I agree! And the remixes are 🔥 Funnily enough, she hates it because of how overproduced the studio version is (compared with her teenage demo). She does like the MTV Unplugged version, though. She never performs the song these days, and when she HAS TO (e.g. when she did all her number 1's in chronological order in Vegas), in one of the concerts she ironically referred to it as "her favourite song" 😂 Ever the jokester! (check the 0:47 mark) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ErEENfxduA
I unironically think it’s terrific like Kevin. Don’t hate on it so much Mariah! 😂
I agree!
Thanks for commenting and sharing Kevin! :)
my favorite thing about Glitter (the movie) is how everyone who meets or hears Mariah goes "oh my god you're the most incredible thing I've ever heard, let me fall in love and/or promote you" and normally that's bad writing but anyone who has heard the debut album can agree that that's probably how it all happened
Now that you mention it, totally tracks 😆