mariah carey

woops

is not like other people
watched beyoncé's homecoming last night and it was much better than any of this tat
 

boxedjoy

Well-known member
Beyonce isn't really trying to ape Mariah, especially these days. Beyonce makes music that's designed to mix the political and the personal, music that explores the disconnect between her being America's Pop Sweetheart and being a Black woman, between being a powerful diva and her complicity in gender roles that make her happy. Mariah's more like the goofy, fun, charming girl next door.

Mariah's brand of conspicous consumerism is bling and glitter, diva stereotypes. Beyonce approaches the concept of wealth more like a hedge fund manager.

I love them both for different reasons: Beyonce could never sing a line like "not even a nail technician with a whole lot of gel and acrylic could bring us back together again" and make it sound better than it looks written down; but Mariah could never be convincingly sexy like Partition.
 

luka

Well-known member
Mariah has made a huge amount of 'tat' to use woopsies word but on the other hand Beyoncé will never make a song one tenth as good as we belong together or even honey or fantasy.
 

martin

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My favourite Mariah Carey story was the time some cash-strapped children's hospice wanted to auction a tea set she'd used in some publicity shots, and she smashed the whole thing up with her shoe because she didn't want anyone putting their lips where hers had been.

Are there any good biogs of her out there, focusing mainly on the mental stuff?
 

boxedjoy

Well-known member
she has a book coming out soon where she discusses a lot of the rumours around her. Personally I love all this stuff - people are going to claim she is a diva and she's just playing up to it, if you're going to be a lightning rod for every bit of criticism you might as well have fun and embrace your public persona
 

craner

Beast of Burden
Has anyone ever actually seen Glitter?

The soundtrack was yet another record released on September 11 2001, alongside Killarmy's Fear, Love and War and Fabolous' Ghetto Fabolous.
 
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