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Mimi

Mimi

Date: Apr 14 2008

Themes: Music, Pop Culture

Intro

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People love redemption. In a way, the lower a star sinks, the better, because it will be all the more glorious when he or she is redeemed.

Mariah Carey had a rough couple of years there. Her movie was a failure. There was trouble with her label. Her father died. And for the first time ever, her albums weren’t selling.

But a couple of years ago, she reemerged as Mimi, with her most successful tour yet. Her new single, “Touch My Body,” finds her in full sexy diva form again. But Jason hasn’t heard she’s back yet.

Dialog

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Jason

Jason

Beren

Beren

Jason:  You know who’s coming to town?

Beren:  Who?

Jason:  Mariah Carey.

Beren:  No way. Get out.

Jason:  Yeah, I thought she was totally washed up. Didn’t she have some sort of nervous breakdown and fall out of the public eye for a while?

Beren:  She did have a nervous breakdown. Maybe four or five years ago she came on TRL pushing that ice cream cart wearing a t-shirt and talking about butterflies and unicorns and passing out popsicles.

Jason:  What? Are you serious?

Beren:  Yeah. That was right around the time Glitter came out.

Jason:  That’s totally bizarre.

Beren:  She’s nuts, but when you’ve sold as many albums as she has, you can afford to be crazy. She’s making a comeback.

Jason:  Is she really?

Beren:  Yeah, yeah.

Jason:  Because uh, didn’t she…I saw in the tabloids a bunch of stuff, she wasn’t looking so good. Is she back?

Beren:  Oh, she looks good now. And I think she prefers to be called Mimi now.

Jason:  Mimi?

Beren:  Mimi instead of Mariah.

Jason:  I did not know that.

Beren:  Yeah. She’s definitely making a comeback.

Jason:  What prompted the name change?

Beren:  I’m not sure. She had an album come out about two years ago, maybe a year ago, called The Emancipation of Mimi, and I think that was her climb back up toward stardom. She just needed a little break.

Jason:  What do you think? Is she pulling it off?

Beren:  Yeah. yeah.

Jason:  Is it a good album and stuff?

Beren:  It’s good. Everything she does is pretty stellar.

Jason:  I remember being an early teenager and she was one of the mainstream pop things I actually kind of liked when I was a kid.

Beren:  She has real talent. I mean, her voice is amazing. How many octaves can she cut across?

Jason:  All of them or something.

Beren:  I know! It’s incredible.

 

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Discussion

Jason is surprised that Mariah Carey is coming to town. Last he heard, she wasn’t doing so well.

Beren remembers when Mariah Carey pretended to have a breakdown on MTV and then when she really did have a breakdown in real life. But she has a new name, Mimi, and she’s OK now. Actually, she’s better than OK. Beren says her new album is really good.

Jason admits it would pretty much have to be. He remembers liking Mariah Carey when he was younger, mostly because she’s just so talented. Her voice can jump from really high notes to really low notes very easily.

Were you surprised to see Mariah Carey make a comeback? Have you ever made a comeback?

 

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alireza_samimian

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

that" good .

09:43 AM Apr 14 2008 |

alireza_samimian

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

that" good .

09:43 AM Apr 14 2008 |

azerban

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

i love yours.

09:43 AM Apr 14 2008 |

ruchirmehta

India

i think that this lesson has helped me a lot in improving my english. if there will be more like this.Cool

09:30 AM Apr 14 2008 |

amanaa

Tunisia

I would like to thank you for your interest lesson Ebaby .I addition and in my opinion the life of an interest songer has more aventure and events that any people could find.Really she has a good voice and songs sound but her life did not have my interest.

 thanks

09:13 AM Apr 14 2008 |

periwinkle81

Pakistan

pretty awesome!The lesson is not only informative but gives a lot of new vocabulary as well.Although Mariah made her come back after sometime but she is as popular as ever.She recently made her appearence in uk tv show”The Friday night project”and one could imagine how popular she is by having a look at the huge number of audience,guys dying to hug her and had her name tattoed on her body.She has a marvellous personality and is an incredible singer.

08:44 AM Apr 14 2008 |

mohamadrezahadidi

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

the songe has nice but can be more compelate

08:17 AM Apr 14 2008 |

mohamadrezahadidi

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I THINK learn alot of thik

thanks

07:57 AM Apr 14 2008 |

thisisbenmo

China

Her songs sound good! I have never heard about them.

05:30 AM Apr 14 2008 |

nad1a

nad1a

Greece

why mariah is the best

mariah's great! one thing the lesson doesn't mention is that "Touch My Body" is her eighteenth number-one single on the Hot 100, pushing her past Elvis Presley into second place for the most number-one singles among all artists in the rock era and is now second only to The Beatles who have twenty number-one singles.  she is also the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

you might as well wanna check this one out: Why Mariah is the Best

05:27 AM Apr 14 2008 |

lijishan

China

Thx Ebaby, this is the frist time that I know Mimi, I will try to listen some music of her.

04:43 AM Apr 14 2008 |

rameez

rameez

Pakistan

very nice lesson!

04:00 AM Apr 14 2008 |

rameez

rameez

Pakistan

Very Nice lesson.. Appriciated..!  Its  good  to know about some thing

:)

 Thanks.. Ebaby!

04:00 AM Apr 14 2008 |

Kae_J

Kae_J

Thailand

Her voice is so powerful and amzing!

Her (beautiful) songs inspired me to learn English.I love "Hero"!It's so good when you feel bad or sometimes need some encoragement,this song can help you ;)

02:33 AM Apr 14 2008 |

t5gb

Taiwan

I love Mariah Carey! she is great~

"music box" is my favorite album of she made ….

02:08 AM Apr 14 2008 |

Bob Ishida

Bob Ishida

Japan

I didn't know about Mimi but I love Mariah because of her great singing. My favorite is 'Without you'. Let me sing here with karaoke, "No I can’t forget this evening …." Wink

02:02 AM Apr 14 2008 |

lili_call

lili_call

China

Mariah Carey is my favorite songer. Her voice is really amazing…There is a song "butterfly", it really a candy of ears and also represents Mariah really like this cute animals. I remembor during a some of period, you can find the butterflies on her costume and hearwear…

01:42 AM Apr 14 2008 |

Lauritz

Viet Nam

 Kiss It's an interesting story. I like it, because it tell how one person cold return to popularity,and now she is very sucessful.. I think that you have to learn when you make a mistake. If you want to be really happy,You have to make your own comeback in your world. Smile

01:41 AM Apr 14 2008 |

Lauritz

Viet Nam

It’s an interesting story.I like it,because it tell how one person cold return to popularity,and now she is very sucessful.. I think that you have to learn when you make a mistake. If you want to be really happy,You have to make your own comeback in your world.

01:31 AM Apr 14 2008 |

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