Mariah Law part 1752387629

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

No unicorns this time but plenty of dog action:

Something bothers me about this track - I think Mariah builds up the vocal intensity very nicely towards the end, but the music doesn't quite follow the same upward curve. And the way she rhymes 'brothers' with 'grandmothers' kind of sounds like she's taking the p1ss.

Saying that, the blatant sentimentality isn't too bad at all, mainly thanks to the piano verse vs electrofuzz chorus FITE going on in the background.

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Best of friends and worst enemies

[koganbot]

I think Mariah builds up the vocal intensity very nicely towards the end, but the music doesn't quite follow the same upward curve

I like this, actually; the way she multitracks the vocals, building on one track while keeping the song steady on the other.

Also, the video has a not necessarily intentional Obama subtext (i.e., here's someone displaying white and black grandparents). (Btw, not to derail this thread, but I switched from Hilary to Obama when Hilary started going for the Michigan and Florida delegates, which to my mind is straightup cheating. At this point her behavior is inexplicable, and isn't helping her career much less her party. And I was impressed with how well Obama handled the Jeremiah Wright flap.)

But for songs that celebrate fidelity to family, LeAnn Rimes' "Family" utterly obliterates the competition, since it's all about how totally Lunatic and Dysfunctional the family is. She sang it at ACM so I hope hope hope it's the next single. Right now it's the first song up on her MySpace. I love how dad leaves the family in the lurch to run around with a hussy half his age, then LeAnn lights out with a man twice her own age. ("Ain't it funny how things never change.") All celebrated with ecstatic "woo-hoos." Would have thought it was too loud to be considered, but the ongoing success of Miranda Lambert opens the radio up for this.

Re: Best of friends and worst enemies

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

LeAnn must have been watching Hollyoaks recently! (Dad starts going out with his daughter's mate, daughter gets revenge by bringing home her (married) college lecturer...)

Re: Best of friends and worst enemies

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Obama's speech on race was INCREDIBLE and made me switch back to him too. Though I think I've switched back and forth at least one more time since then anyway, but currently with Obama. Or at least just going "Hillary just GIVE IT UP".

Er anyway yeah, that Mariah dual vocal line thing - it's such a reliable inevitability of all her songs, yet this doesn't diminish its effectiveness in the slightest.

Re: Best of friends and worst enemies

[weasel-seeker.livejournal.com]

Not to totally derail into politalk, but as a political science and history (American Civil Rights) student, the race speech pretty much pushed all the rights buttons for me. Nuanced, intelligent, on point and ballsy.