![]() ![]() So, call it cynical, call it manipulative, call it Michael Jackson-style 'Heal The World' hubris, call it what you like, I won't have a word said against this.Īpart from the fact that it has no proper melody, it's just those lovely chords and some singing. Crybaby (Album Version) VocalMariah Carey/Snoop Dogg When I think of our untimely end And everything we could have been I cry, baby I cry Ok so its 5 am. It's infallible!Īlso, the video, specifically the home movies of Mariah meeting her fans, and the look on their faces when they shake her hand or she signs their 's just really touching. It's that perpetually decending run of circling, calming chords which has been used in pastoral classics like Pachelbel's Canon, 'Ladies and Gentlemen we are Floating in Space' by Spiritualized, 'All Together Now' by the Farm, and erm.'Basket Case' by Green Day. Musically, the song rests on the ultimate chord sequence for people who are seeking reassurance and emotional warmth from their music. You can at least play this one in the sunshine without feeling like a simpleton who can't let Santa go. I mean there's that Christmas one, but that's only for winter. I was flicking through some of the comments that accompany the different versions of this video on YouTube, and while a certain amount of them are standard YouTube comment fare (basically cowards yelling abuse from a very safe distance, yawn!) there are a few from people who have found this song to be genuinely useful.Īnd if that's the case, who are we to say they're wrong? I for one am enormously pleased to hear a Mariah Carey song which isn't about how sexy she is, and how we all really want to get close to her. The thing is, any song of support to people who are in the midst of grief will look more than a little self-serving to the casual observer, unless you're that person in that situation. ![]()
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