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Post by Mr. Birdy Sound on Dec 30, 2005 23:42:51 GMT -5
Well, this is one of my favorites from Emotions.
I loved all her perfomances for this, especially at the Grammys! That was one of her best perfomances EVER (her attitude during the perfomance was so great, she was really feeling the song).
It's a pitty it wasn't a single.....
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Post by tozion on Dec 30, 2005 23:48:55 GMT -5
I love it. It's probably my second favorite on the album behind "Can't Let Go". This and "Make It Happen" were both way better in virtually all of their live performances. Carole King contacted Mariah and told her that she should cover "You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman" and Mariah told her she could never do Aretha justice (which I think is bullsh*t and she was trying to sound nice... just that Carole's idea was corny). So Carole and Mariah got together and wrote a song that has very similar structure and chord progressions! LOL!
I doubt this would have done much as a single though. It reminds me of what Celine or Whitney would release after they finished up with their two or so obvious hits. Thankfully, Mariah always had 3 or 4 to release so she didn't have to release the less "hooky" songs.
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Dec 30, 2005 23:51:15 GMT -5
I love this song. A hot jam. This is a song I refer to my friends when they say Mariah sings with no emotion or soul.
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Post by AFRO SAMURAI on Dec 31, 2005 0:12:42 GMT -5
This and "Make It Happen" were both [was] way better in virtually all of their live performances. Yeah, I don't really like the album version that much. But every live performance I have heard has been incredible. I wonder if she could still perform this today. |
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Post by soulster on Dec 31, 2005 0:46:13 GMT -5
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Post by cking33 on Dec 31, 2005 1:34:14 GMT -5
My two idols together!!!! I love it!! I wish they had done more together. Even if it was only a handful of songs.
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Post by francky on Jan 2, 2006 14:04:08 GMT -5
Amazing song, not my favourite from Emotions though.
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Post by Mr. Birdy Sound on Jan 2, 2006 14:41:04 GMT -5
Lyrics:
Won´t you talk to me
This is so out of hand
Something´s gone wrong
With the life that we planned
Won´t you look at me
You´re avoiding my gaze
And it seems like you´ve changed
In so many ways
Chorus:
It isn´t fair
It isn´t right
If it´s really gone
Then tell me tonight
If it´s over
If it´s over
Let me go
Won´t you speak to me
I´m just here holding on
´Cause baby I really don´t need to
wait around
If the feeling is gone
Chorus
I don´t need no apologies
I´m not looking for sympathy
All I´m asking for
Is your honesty
Won´t you give it to me
Give it to me now
(I love how she sings this part)
It isn´t fair
It just isn´t right
´Cause if is´t really gone
You´ve got to say the word tonight
If it´s over
If it´s over
Won´t you let me know
Baby if it´s over
If it´s over
Over - let me go
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Post by cking33 on Jan 2, 2006 21:21:28 GMT -5
I love it. It's probably my second favorite on the album behind "Can't Let Go". This and "Make It Happen" were both way better in virtually all of their live performances. Carole King contacted Mariah and told her that she should cover "You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman" and Mariah told her she could never do Aretha justice (which I think is bullsh*t and she was trying to sound nice... just that Carole's idea was corny). So Carole and Mariah got together and wrote a song that has very similar structure and chord progressions! LOL! The way the songs end are pretty much identical. Carole just threw in some variations on the same chords from "Natural Woman" |
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Post by francky on Jan 2, 2006 22:18:57 GMT -5
I'd actually love to see Mariah singing " Natural woman" for a live performance one day, but she'd obviously need to be in a better vocal shape.
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Jan 2, 2006 23:03:15 GMT -5
Didn't she sing "Natural Woman" with the other Divas at the end of Divas Live '98?
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Post by francky on Jan 2, 2006 23:04:32 GMT -5
Didn't she sing "Natural Woman" with the other Divas at the end of Divas Live '98? Yep but it wasn't a solo performance  |
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Post by cking33 on Jan 3, 2006 1:37:32 GMT -5
I'd actually love to see Mariah singing " Natural woman" for a live performance one day, but she'd obviously need to be in a better vocal shape. Carole King is able to sing "Natural Woman" perfectly fine now at 63 and her voice is shredded and she didn't have much to begin with. Granted, she does transpose it a step and a half down from Aretha's version, but even the DIVAS version was sung in a lower key than the original Aretha recording. Carole King is able to pull it off because of the emotion in her voice. That's why it's the perfect ending to her "Tapestry"album. As long as MC has emotion in her voice, it can get as shotty as ever, but if she can sing with emotion even as her voice shreds, she'll be OK. |
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Post by blkgapmodel on Jan 3, 2006 12:29:28 GMT -5
^^ Well she can't.
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Post by cking33 on Jan 3, 2006 23:30:26 GMT -5
^^ Haha. I actually think as Mariah's voice deteriorates she'll be forced to sing lower. (Lookat WBT) and the end result may not be all that bad.
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Post by Dance In The Dark on May 20, 2006 9:21:03 GMT -5
I love that Grammy performance.
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Post by cking33 on May 25, 2006 21:45:33 GMT -5
^ Grammy performance was good, but nothing matches the Unplugged performance.
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Post by Bastian on May 26, 2006 1:59:12 GMT -5
download the SNL performance - freaken flawless performance!!!! she killed it !!!!!!!! it sounds amazing with the added brass sections (especially the saxophone  )!!!! rapidshare.de/files/11843731/If_It_s_Over_SNL.avi.html^^^^^^^^ I highly highly recommend it !!!!!!! this is how the album version should sound !!!! p.s. as with many of mariah's early performances, try to spot randy jackson  lol - he is moving funny and really into it, |
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Post by tozion on May 26, 2006 7:17:45 GMT -5
Yeah, that SNL performance was amazing. Most of her earlier songs sounded better live than they did in the studio, especially because she got more freedom to tweak with the production for the live performances. That's one reason I'm so happy Randy Jackson is revamping the songs for the new tour.
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Post by francky on May 26, 2006 13:17:22 GMT -5
I love her performances of this song, they are awesome and very powerful.
As i said it's not even my favourite song from this amazing album (which are both 'Emotions' and 'You're So Cold'), but it's definately one of my favourite ballads by her.
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Post by gregtheone on Sept 2, 2007 6:10:01 GMT -5
I listened to this for the first time in a while today, and it's a GREAT song. Probably one of her best. The lyrics are really great aswell. Simple to the max, but that's what make the song so powerful. I even think they're the best lyrics from her first two albums. No early 90's typical schmaltz.
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Post by Phoenix on Sept 2, 2007 10:38:38 GMT -5
I love this song, the production is really tight and her voice is really powerful. I wish Mariah would go back to this kind of sound in some of the album tracks for her new album
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Post by I HATE LA REID on Sept 2, 2007 10:40:13 GMT -5
i never got into this
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Post by H.A.T.E. U on Mar 23, 2008 22:18:05 GMT -5
I loved her performance of this on "Unplugged."
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