I, too, bought my daughter the Brittany (however the hell you spell it) Spears CD–then I made her listen to the real version of “Satisfaction.” Even at 5 1/2 she thinks the Glimmer Twins rule. But then again, this is a kid who can identify an Elvis or Beatles song in 5 notes.
For the Mariah haters, of which I am one, this is from Entertainment Weekly:
LEGALESE Veteran songwriters Seth Swirsky and Warryn Campbell filed a lawsuit Friday against Mariah Carey for copyright infringement. The two claim Carey’s 1999 hit ‘‘Thank God I Found You,’’ from the album ‘‘Rainbow,’’ borrows heavily from their tune ‘‘One of Those Love Songs,’’ which was recorded by Xscape in 1998. Both songs were released on Columbia records and mastered by the same person, according to the plaintiffs. Mariah, the label, and her producer, Terry Lewis, are all named in the suit. The defendants’ lawyers could not be reached for comment. OK. Leave that one off the ‘‘All That Glitters’’ soundtrack.
Welcome to the Michael Bolton School of Songwriting Law, twat.
**Ahem. Deborah Gibson released a new pop album this week. I have heard the first single. We are not going to play it - cause, ya know - it sucks. But . . . she is still HOT.
Coldy!! I should have warned you about Yojimbo and Kylie…
As for Mariah 8-octave-my-ass, Although she may sound as if she is reaching Dolphin Frequency, It still isnt 8 octaves.
I’m with you all the way on this one Coldfire. For me to obtain proper satisfaction, we must take;
[li]Mariah Carey[/li]
[li]Witless Houston[/li]
[li]Celine Dion[/li]
[li]Brittany Spears[/li]
Hog tie them all with barbed wire and lash them with duct tape to;
[li]Michael Boulton[/li]
Dip them in hot lye, rock salt and sulphuric acid only after they have been force fed large quantities of broken glass to keep them quiet. Finish it all off with a quick coat of epoxy and concrete to fully encase them and fire this package of fucknuggets into the sun.
Notice how almost every Mariah song is the same? It starts out with overdubbed on overdubbed whispery, glossy shit that is lyrically completely incomprensable. Then we cut to her featured gangster rapper guest who comes in and gives us a rap about how Mariah is the finest ho he ever saw. Then fade-out with that ear splitting screaching stuff.
Now she’s very unhappy because she is trying to get into a good co-op in NYC and no-one will have her, and she feels like they’re picking on her just because she’s a beautiful, naked, free, slutty butterfly. Maybe the co-op boards are just a little repulsed by her crack whore personna and tendency to hang out with people like Puffy and Dirty Old Bastard.
She’s been trying to get her movie career going for about five years now, and is not having any luck even in this MTV marketing age. If you look at her full in the face and not just her “good side”, she really has kind of a stupid looking and unattractive face, not to mention the fact that she comes across as REALLY dumb when she talks.
I have to admit that when she first came out, I kind of liked her, not going out and getting her records liked her but though she was OK. I thought that her first album, where she was still trying to sing instead of just show off her boobs and octaves, had some promise. Talk about wrong.
every time i see her picture, she wears fewer and fewr clothes, i throw away my rolling stone when she is on the cover without even reading it. i had bought a mariah carey tape, but for no reasons that i recall, nine years ago i threw it into the wall until it shattered, and the tape reels were very loose, it was quite fun!!
HOWEVER… I do not think she lacks talent. I think it is incorrect to say that. The woman has an amazing voice, which is a talent. A mostly genetic talent.
The problem is what she chooses to do with it. She has subzero taste in songs or anything else. She blows it out in a way that is completely obnoxious. She has no stage presence. on and on… you guys have said it all. But she IS talented. She DOES have an exceptional vocal gift. She just squanders it horribly.
Precisely the same can be said of Whitney Houston and Celine Dion. In fact, I am stumped as to which of the three I hate most. Well, no I’m not. It’s celeeeeeen, hands down, she creates instant nausea the moment I hear or see her. But MC and Whitney make it a close race. If I have to hear Whitney bellow “I will always Love you” ever a again in this life it will be way too soon. (Which by the way, was such an incredibly stupid movie/idea. She and her bodyguard weren’t IN LOVE…THEY FUCKED…big difference. Jesus)
I know I’m going to be attacked for this, But Streisand nearly joins the group. I think she has the most spectacular voice ever created, but I can’t think of a single song she’s ever sung that I could stand to listen to. I know that I hate most of the songs themselves, but there’s something else, too. But no, she’s not as horrid as the others. I just think it’s a shame that voice doesn’t do something more pleasing/exciting to listen to.
No, **Stoidela **, you are not alone. All of the above “artists” posess wonderful “ability”, especially Babwa. Streisbland probably has some of the finest pipes besides Dionne Warwick. Yet every one of them blurts out songs so entirely lacking in content that it is shameful.
Such vapid lyrics are a slap in the face of art. Please believe me, Witless Houston is one of the worst offenders. For a male equivalent, please refer to Lionel Ritchie or Barry Manilow.
Just thought I’d back you up before anyone flames you for telling the truth.
