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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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I love the grandmothers line! It does sound like she's taking the piss slightly, it undercuts the sentimentality just enough for the tinkly gloopiness not to matter; it's hilarious, you imagine grandmothers who've fallen down the back of the sofa, but it's also still really sweetly sincere - the line about her dad never getting to see her comeback is a true and real "awwww" moment. I like that it's about grieving, but is serene and accepting rather than distressed and abject; it's more like the farewells when you leave school than at a funeral.

There are about 10 better choices of single on E=MC2 though (unless this kind of sentimentality makes it a shoe-in for another No 1 in the US?) - on the one hand this is further evidence of what an amazing hitmaking pop album it is, on the other FFS Mariah release 'Migrate' or 'I'm That Chick' or 'Side Effects' or 'OOC' or 'Cruise Control' already.

[koganbot]

This starts off sounding like it's from what in my book I called the air freshener part of her repertoire, but I'm impressed at how she builds it into an ache. I'd paid no attention to the lyrics or much else about this song until seeing the video, which does a good job of bringing it to attention. I think it's a commercially smart choice for a single, actually, though it's more a third single type than a second single type. But yes, "Side Effects" especially would be the one I'd want to be ubiquitous. But it's too tough to be as big a hit.

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.