I finally bought the "Butterfly" album, and my favorite cut is the beautiful "Outside"...
Anyone else into this track?

SunnySkies said:

it is a gorgeous record.

It's an oft-overlooked track on what I believe is her best album to date.
The poignant, usually semi-autobiographical lyrics are powerfully sung.

Why does she point her finger up and down when she is hitting high notes. she acts like her voice range is still amazing like it was in 1994.

The whole gimmick of her hands waving & finger pointing is such a joke, in her prime her voice isnt as good as Andrea Bocelli. Watch him he holds notes way longer and he doesnt even move/change his facial expression.

All these hand gesters are so lame.

She does it for the same reason that Prince still does that wore out hand to the ear gesture.

It s anice tune. There are many many Mariah songs over looked. I personally think 4th Of July and Close My Eyes are startling. I gotta check out outside again. I just recently discovered The Wind and didnt know how sad and classy that song is

The whole album is slammin' from start to finish(YES! including the Prince cover too) I would say that was her MOST personal album ever. No gimmick, no fluff,,,,Pure Mariah 100%(unlike her new album).

Outside is heartbreaking because it vents about her frustration,,,,,something she hasn't got over yet.

4th Of July is a delight Loooove Babydoll too, if I'm not mistaken, that was about Derek Jeter,,,,in fact, I think Derek was the inspiration behind the whole album. Although you'd never catch her telling it.

perfect track.

won't talk about the songwriting in it because that's obvious, but vocally speaking, its Goddamn mind blowing.

she bottles up and bottles up and bottles up then BAAAAAM you've got a vocals carnival towards the bridge

Harlepolis said:

one of her most underrated right there.

it's also beyond me how even most of her fans do not appreciate the work she's done on that track.

it's magical dammit

PricelessHo said:

one of my favs from that album along with "The Roof"

reminds me of my fav song from the Daydream album "Underneath the Stars"

i wish she'd do more songs like these

I love "The Roof." Love it. As far as "Outside" goes, I always preferred "Looking In" (which is thematically quite similar). But I do believe "Butterfly" is my favorite Mariah album.

muse87 said:

same here.

Harlepolis said:

i still think he's the only guy she genuinely loved.

too bad he wasn't comfortable enough with her international stardom.

jillybean said:

PricelessHo said:

not even luis miguel? why do u say only derek?

PricelessHo said:

So I hear Crybaby and Heartbreaker was about him too....

missmad said:

I always thought the Derek Jeter thing was light fare. Supposedly they’re still friends but it was Luis who had her whupped.

missmad said:

Luis was said to have cheated on her. she's also said that her thing with him lasted longer than it should have.

Derek, however, is the only one she still mentions positively, not to mention is apparently the inspiration behind most of her songs.

paisleypark4 said:

+ The Roof, Lullaby, Subtle Invitation, Babydoll..

PricelessHo said:

Man he must have put it ON HER

paisleypark4 said:

well she kinda hinted he was the most well-endowed man she's been with

Do you have that quote?

A long time ago, someone claimed that she said Derek Jeter was the best lover she had. I've never heard Mariah talk about sex openly.
[Edited 4/18/08 14:15pm]

^if my memory serves me right she said that on her 1st appearance on the Wendy Williams show.

PricelessHo said:

"Subtle Invitation"

The mofo was inscure though and she's better off,,,if what you said is true.