而咽音又分低咽音和高咽音，低咽音的共鳴點位於咽喉後壁，而高咽音的共鳴點位於鼻腔後壁，而會咽音的歌手，華人歌手，只有黃中原,林寶,王菲，而國外的話，大家都知道的瑪麗亞.凱莉 (Maria Carey』s 「Emotions」)，還有 MR.BIG 的主唱 Eric Martin， 另 有BON JOVI 主唱的 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU.
Tonight, Ryan Seacrest announced that over $60 million has already been raised by IDOL GIVES BACK, a special music celebration raising awareness and funds for six charities including: Children’s Defense Fund, The Children’s Health Fund, The Global Fund, Make It Right, Malaria No More and Save the Children’s U.S. Programs. Donations continue to come in, and an updated total will be announced next week. Viewers who wish to donate may do so by calling 1-877-IDOL-AID (1-877-436-5243) or by logging on to www.americanidol.com.
Also on tonight’s show, finalist Michael Johns was eliminated from the AMERICAN IDOL competition after he received the fewest of America’s over 31 million votes. On Tuesday's performance show, contestants sang inspirational songs, and Johns, 29, from Buckhead, GA, sang "Dream On."
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama appeared on tonight’s show to ask Americans to come together and support IDOL GIVES BACK. Additionally, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an extraordinary pledge last night to donate 20 million mosquito nets to African families and challenged the world to join in the fight to eradicate malaria. The star-studded special also featured performances and appearances by international talent and sports figures from the Kodak Theatre where Ryan Seacrest hosted alongside judges Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell. Also, throughout the evening, Seacrest and the Top 12 finalists were live from the AMERICAN IDOL stage where they answered calls from viewers donating to IDOL GIVES BACK.
The corporate sponsors of IDOL GIVES BACK are led by News Corporation, ExxonMobil, Ford, Coca-Cola, AT&T, iTunes, 19, FremantleMedia, Allstate and the M·A·C AIDS Fund.
On Tuesday, April 15 (8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), the Top 7 finalists (Brooke White, Carly Smithson, David Archuleta, David Cook, Jason Castro, Kristy Lee Cook and Syesha Mercado) will return to the Idol stage to perform songs by Mariah Carey.
Tune in the following night to see a live performance by superstar Mariah Carey and find out who receives enough votes to stay in the competition and who must go home on the results show Wednesday, April 16 (9:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed).
Mariah Carey, superstar and songwriter, has set April 15 as the in-store date for the most eagerly anticipated album of the year, “E=MC².” The 11th studio album of her career, “E=MC²” is the follow-up to “The Emancipation Of Mimi,” Carey’s worldwide 10 million selling No. 1 album, which featured “We Belong Together” (winner of Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal and Best R&B Song) and “Don’t Forget About Us,” Mariah’s 16th and 17th No. 1 career singles respectively. The singles tied one of the most enduring chart records in Billboard Hot 100 history: Elvis Presley’s 17 No. 1s. Carey is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 48 years of the Hot 100 with the potential to surpass the Beatles’ all-time high of 20 No. 1 hits.
The first single from “E=MC²,” “Touch My Body,” is already a Top 10 radio hit. The video for “Touch My Body” was directed by feature filmmaker Brett Ratner. Guest producers on “E=MC²” include Jermaine Dupri, C. “Tricky” Stewart, The-Dream, DJ Toomp, Stargate, Will.i.am, Bryan Michael Cox, Nate "Danjahandz" Hills and James Poyser. “E=MC²” is executive-produced by Mariah Carey and Antonio “LA” Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group.
The brainchild of Simon Fuller, IDOL GIVES BACK has been recognized as a life-changing program, earning praise from many of the world’s best known figures including President George W. Bush, HRH Prince Charles and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Last season, IDOL GIVES BACK raised over $76 million for charity and garnered a prestigious Governor’s Award Emmy.
AMERICAN IDOL is created and executive-produced by Simon Fuller, founder and CEO of 19 Entertainment, and executive-produced by Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO, FremantleMedia North America, Inc., Nigel Lythgoe, President, 19 Television, and Ken Warwick, Executive Producer, FremantleMedia North America, Inc.
Entertainment Weekly: Speaking of Idol inspirations, upcoming mentor Mariah Carey was the final diva on the scene, delivering ''Fly Like a Bird'' with a full Gospel chorus. I sensed a little raspiness going on, which made me skittish that Mariah would either flub or avoid the dog-whistle note at the end of her number, but girlfriend made it happen.
The Houston Chronicle: Mariah, you surprise me. I expected full-on diva gown but instead get jeans and a black tank. You’ve also forsaken any songs from new disc E=MC2, out next week, in favor of Fly Like a Bird, a tune from 2005’s The Emancipation of Mimi.
Idol hopefuls, take note — and do not try this onstage. Leave it to diva. Say what you will about MC, but she’s got the goods.
The final eight close the show with Shout To the Lord, an earnest, early ’90s contemporary Christian anthem. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but they all seem curiously comfortable with the tune. Even David Cook works it out.
That’s all, folks. Overlong? Maybe. But it’s hard to argue with such a heartfelt cause.
What were your favorite moments? There were plenty of highlights: Miley, Annie Lennox, Daughtry, Mariah.
I’d probably give top honors, however, to the electric Heart/Fergie combo. Ooh — barracuda!
And a few oh-so-lows: Robin Williams, Ben Stiller and Robin Williams.
Back to business tomorrow. After so many feel-goodisms, someone is saying bye-bye.
American Idol airs at 7 p.m. Thursday on Fox.
Los Angeles Times: The show concluded with Mariah Carey, backed by “Idol” judge Randy Jackson on bass, hitting those patented impossible notes on her own inspirational show-stopper “Fly Like a Bird.” Carey, who’s made news recently for surpassing Elvis Presley’s record for career No. 1 singles, is the universal goddess of the “Idol” era: genre-crossing, biracial, with her perfect tan and golden tresses suggesting agelessness.
Millions of Americans probably couldn’t resist throwing coins at her feet. And if that failed, there’s always Jimmy Kimmel to make them snicker, loosen up and donate.
TV Fodder: Finally Mariah Carey rocked the stage near the end of the show and sang “Fly Like a Bird.” If you thought her bass player looked familiar, that’s because it was Randy Jackson!
FOX 11 Online: Mariah Carey saunters onto singing while Randy plays bass for her. I think Mariah sounds pitchy tonight, and I hate her arm and hand movements. So annoying! Luckily a choir joins her and sounds wicked awesome.
The Trades: Randy Jackson’s tons of screen time while bass for Mariah Carey during her performance of “Fly Like a Bird.” Of course, the rightful star attraction was Carey, who still looks and sounds amazing. Somewhere, she must have one of Dorian Gray’s that continues to age while she never changes.
PhillyBurbs.com: So many “real” celebrity “musicians” suck when they get up on the Idol stage. Mariah Carey is no exception. With her odd hand gestures and weak tone, she would’ve been kicked off long before Danny Noriega.
Curlio.com: Mariah Carey comes out to sing “Fly Like a Bird.” Randy is playing bass for Mariah. Mariah looks really good, did she have a reduced boob job? Or perhaps she’s just keeping the twins sheathed tonight since it’s a charity show.
Intro
This album is so much about fun and freedom and just the continuation of me feeling emancipated. It's sort of like Emancipation equals Mariah Carey times two. Like, this is me, a 100% of me, having fun and just being real. People ask me all the time: 'how do you stay relevant? how do you stay current? how do you make music people continue to respond to?' You just keep being real, keep being you, stay true to who you were from the beginning.
Touch My Body
This is so amazing, to just feel like how fast "Touch My Body" is exploding all around the world. I'm just so thankful because it's a song that I love so much and a song that really, you know, does express my personality. If you hear that song, you watch that video, you get a little bit of a glimpse into who I am as a person. I feel so close to that song, most of my really close friends - that's their favorite song, 'cause it's fun and it's cute, and it's not like, taking itself too seriously, you know what I mean? It's just like, you know, the 'touch my body' part is the sexy part and it is what it is but I love the humor in the song.
When Brett Ratner said that he was gonna do this video with me, there was a writers' strike and he had some time and he was really feeling the record, the idea of Jack McBrayer came up and I was like "that's amazing 'cause he is hilarious", so the concept of the video is basically like he comes over as "CompuNerd" to help me fix my computer and then he goes into fantasy land and I'm right there with him. I love adding the element of humor because why take this so seriously? They're videos!
Last Kiss
"Last Kiss" is a very special song to me. When I hear that song, and I hear my first, the first "feel so empty inside, since our last kiss goodbye", it's like, I feel like an eight year old kid, like this is me as a little girl, singing. I was playing it at a party for a friend of mine who happened to have Quincy Jones as one of her guests there and we were all listening to the songs and then Quincy asked me to rewind that song and play it over again and I said "Well, he is Quincy Jones! 'Thriller' and 'Off The Wall'! And if he's asking me to play a song over, I should pretty much take that as a humongous compliment and I did, and it makes me really happy 'cause that's my favorite song.
I'm That Chick
When I did "That Chick" with Stargate, I was so excited to be in the room with Stargate because L.A. Reid had said he really wanted me to get in a room with them and I am a fan of their work and they were such cool guys, such really talented, truly good people. It's sort of that song you want to listen to as a girl, you know, you wanna look at yourself in the mirror and go [sings] "I'm that chick you like". It's like preparation for a night out of feeling fly.
Bye Bye
Sometimes when I'm writing a song like "Bye Bye", it does come from such a raw place that I'm like, I'm actually crying while writing it, or thinking about it. But sometimes I will hear it and go 'I feel like this is gonna touch a lot of people.' And that's why it's important, that no matter what's ever happened to me throughout my career, that I stay the course and continue to write and try and reach people who need it, because I know that I'm one of those people. When someone does that and they write something that touches me, I'm like indebted to them forever.
I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time
"Lovin' U Long Time" was one of the last songs I wrote for this album. I sat down to write it and thought 'let me just make this a care-free record.' It's kind of a party record to me, just like not caring too much about anything else that's going on but you living in the moment.
Cruise Control
"Cruise Control" was the second trip I took to Atlanta to work with Jermaine. What it really means is, it goes [sings] "Might need to go slow, I don't know, Why ease up on the break, Every time I see his face". Basically, you need to slow down, because everytime you're around this guy, you're going a little too fast, 'cause he's the wrong type of guy for you to be with, but you know that, but you don't know how to handle that. So it was cool to kinda co-write that with JD and with Cri$tyle, because you know, it's coming from a woman's point of view and also coming from JD's point of view of making the track really hot.
For The Record
"For The Record" - the song, is one of my favorite songs on this album, it's one of those songs that the people who really are fans of mine, who really know my music really well, tend to gravitate towards because it's not only is it kind of a real-life story, but I've used a lot of my own songs in the bridge to tell the story. Towards the outro I say "For the record, You'll always be a part of me, No matter what you do" - that's "Always Be My Baby" and we kinda go through, you know, "Can't nobody say / I didn't give my all to you", the real fans who listen and then hear: "I told you underneath the stars", they'll know that's for them. I'm really happy that people are feeling the song.
Love Story
I love Jermaine Dupri as a person and I love him as a fan, I'm a fan of his work. One of the funny things about Jermaine is when I say something to him, he just runs with it. I said on the beginning of "Love Story" - I really want this beat to be hard, like do not make this too soft. I wanna stay true to what I love most which is Urban music and R&B music, and I feel it's the same thing that JD loves, and so basically, Jermaine did his ad-libs on the beginning of "Love Story" before we mixed it, and he said "MC said 'JD you gotta make it knock!'" right? and then he waits a few beats and goes "You hear that?" So basically, what I asked him was 'make it really hard', like it's almost like a rap record, but it's a ballad, and I think that's where our success comes from because we understand each other on that level and because we grew up on the same type of music.
Side Effects
"Side Effects" is a song that I wrote because it was necessary for me to write it. You know what? I've been through too much at this point. I want happiness and I want pure and real love, but the side effects of what other relationships have put me through caused me to kind of be on the defense a lot of the time and if somebody isn't like mature enough or caring and loving and open-hearted enough to understand how to deal with that, then it's tough. But this is a song for people who need that. It's also about, anyone who's been in an abusive relationship and I just wrote it 'cause I wanted to let those people feel a little bit stronger.
O.O.C.
"O.O.C." is a song that, well, we went in with Swizz Beats and I actually wrote that song with my friend Da Brat. And it's so amazing to write with someone who is also a rapper because she comes with a different set of, with a different perspective. And then we can put our minds together and come up with something really unique and cool and I think we both kinda understand each other in terms of where we come from as writers and so "O.O.C." seems to be like a favorite of a lot of people and that surprised me, because that night when we left the studio, I was like 'I don't know, how Swizz feels about it, I don't know, whatever' but I really like it.
Thanx 4 Nothin'
"Thanx 4 Nothin'" was the first ballad I wrote for this album, this song is gonna resonate with people who are really going through like a bleak moment in their relationship, where it's like 'Yeah... fantastic. Thanks for nothing.' Like, you know what that is. I'm being really sarcastic. It's a sarcastic moment in the land of "Mariah Carey songs". People listen to the song when Jermaine says in the beginning "this is for all the women who are sick and tired of being played." He knows it. [laughs] That's what it is.
I Wish You Well
"I Wish You Well" is in the tradition of songs like, I would say, "Outside", "I Am Free", these are album cuts from different albums that unless people are really fans, they won't know, but mainly I would say "Vanishing" from my first album because it's just piano and vocal and background vocals. Basically it's about coming to a place within yourself where you, no matter what somebody does to you, you can forgive them, and even if you're a little bit bitter about it, you say your peace and you let it go.
Curlio.com: Mariah Carey comes out to sing “Fly Like a Bird.” Randy is playing bass for Mariah. Mariah looks really good, did she have a reduced boob job? Or perhaps she’s just keeping the twins sheathed tonight since it’s a charity show.
• OPRAH April 14th.
• American Idol performance April 16th.
• BET performance airs April 16th.
• GMA - Times Square LIVE April 25th
• Regis & Kelly April 25th
• Empire State Building to be lit in MC's album colors (purple, pink, white) in honor of E=MC2, on Friday, April 25th through the evening of Sunday, April 27th.
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