Diva Mariah Carey is currently here in Europe promoting her current LP ‘Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel’. Tonight she performed ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’ on Italy’s version of the X-Factor.
Oh Mimi! I legitimately am a supporter of hers, but she’s making it oh-so-hard to defend these performances. While the beginning of the performance started off rather inoffensively, by the middle she sounded like she’d been gargling concrete, yet miraculously she is belting out her trademark notes at the end (see: lip-synching). 2009 Mariah’s inconsistency on the live performance tip is really damaging her legacy IMO. A big statement, yet one I stand by. Yes, the lambs and industry pundits will forever remember the Mariah whose voice soared to sonic levels unachievable by her peers. Yet, to your average listener, she’s only as good as her last performance; and if this is anything to go by….you get my point.
Contrary to popular belief I do believe there is some serious greatness left in Mariah, yet I just wish she’d pace out her releases and performances much more, so as to ensure she delivers the best every time. As hard a pill as it is to swallow for some, at 39 and after such a lengthy career, Mariah cannot keep up (neither should she be expected to) with today’s best vocalists such as Beyonce. Hence, in working with what she’s got left, I think the less is more approach (in terms of performance and album frequency) may just be ol’ Mimi’s best bet.
Im confused why is she still singing this song?? i thought Hate u was the next single…
Lol Mimi ‘mimi’ing is actually getting crazy now , she needs to go rest.
i Dnt understand how Mariah sings so bad and Whiting has had so much drug abuse and some of her performances have been stunning.
Guess i brought of the old debate of Whitney Vs Mariah – I think whitney wins and has always
Mariah needs to stop working with hitmakers e.g. the dream and make music n create her own sound like she did with her previous albums such as butterfly
Great website Sam!!!!
LMAO @ “gargling concrete”
Where the f does she sound like she’s gargling concrete? I definitely didn’t think this was her best performance but no where was it as you describe it Sam. SMH SMH
What’s annoying is that when she does give an amazing performance you don’t mention it. Whatever. Artists have good and bad days, Mariah is no exception.
WTF, I just finished watching it, the performance was actually really good you stupid gimp. The belts she did do were on point, some of the runs weren’t as great, but everything else was great. Plus the last whistle was completely live and she sounded amazing. You’re such a hater lol, stop denying it. Just bitter that Whitney has completely lost it.
Stop bullshitting.
“today’s best vocalists such as Beyonce”
Oh God, If she’s considered one of the best, then there’s not much out.
She sounded good to me… Even the Host said her voice “sounded GREAT!” What more is there to say?
@Adam , Mariah mimed the whistle note , the music/sound even changed its so obvious n its amazing how the whistle always sounds perfection . She mimed it you clown
n whitney is killing em right now , lost it my back foot. N unlike mariah whitney has never mimed since shes been on her comeback !!! The voice took a holiday n is nw back.!!
Honestly where was this performance horrible???? She sounded kinda rough in the begining but she brought it on home at the end. We wont have the early’;s mariah but she still can hold a note Sam shut that ish up
i dont understand why sam hates on mariah singing with a backing track when beyonce is the queen of that. she records a “live” version and plays it while she is performing… come on now…. this is riduclous.
lmao @ sam the beyonce stan
Beyonce the best vocalists……
the thing is… just because she dont sound as good live.. IN YOUR OPINION
mariah’s studio tracks.. s*** all over beyonce’s vocals..
all beyonce does is rift and run..and milk the hell out of REVERB
as much as i do give her props, you’ve evidentally OVERATED her when it comes to her comparison to some of the best vocalists…
MAINSTREAM..
See : Christina Aguilera , Leona Lewis, Jennifer Hudson…….
each of these ladies would chase Beyonce of the stage when it comes to live vocals
and furthermore.. study vocals.. she can’t F*ck with Mariah so sit yo 2009 ass down.
Mariah is the best selling female artist of all time.. Beyonce is a baby.
II must say not a bad performance at all.
If you look at overall recent stats Beyonce is the best whether people like it or not. While people like Leona, Jennifer Hudson, and Christina are more powerful singers, Beyonce is the best overall. And personally, I dont see any of these chicks selling out stadiums across the world like Beyonce is.
Not a Stan, just a fan.
The performance was amazing!!It’s incredible to see haters come everytime their so called divas get embarassed lol Beyonce one of the best vocalists?Wtf is this a joke? Mariah’s voice is still there and has all its range…She may sounds raspy at times but that’s called nature and the excessive use of a voice like Mariah’s (5 octaves) can cause raspiness.C’mon people she’s been using her instrument for 20 yrs and she can sitill hit those notes live. She’s THE VOICE as she always was. And just for the record Mariah always had two octaves more than Whitney..so there’s nothing to compare GET OVER IT
The performance was amazing!!It’s incredible to see haters come everytime their so called divas get embarassed lol Beyonce one of the best vocalists?Wtf is this a joke? Mariah’s voice is still there and has all its range…She may sounds raspy at times but that’s called nature and the excessive use of a voice like Mariah’s (5 octaves) can cause raspiness.C’mon people she’s been using her instrument for 20 yrs and she can sitill hit those notes live. She’s THE VOICE as she always was. And just for the record Mariah always had two octaves more than Whitney..so there’s nothing to compare GET OVER IT
OMG SHE SOUNDS A HOT S***** MESS! HER VOICE IS SO GONE.
Beyonce is one of the best vocalist around today. Yes Beyonce has control and that means a lot. I think as powerful as Jenifer and Christina is they just don’t have that control, especially Jenifer but she is learning how to control more and not singing like she’s still in dreamgirl and Christina is a great singer but all the rifts she uses is not good singing to me. This is just my opinion, because I like all the singers listed above.
Beyonce said herself that MARIAH is the REASON SHE WANTED TO SING!!!!!!!! Without Mariah, there is NO Beyonce…enough said!!!
Well… I think Beyonce is much more of a DANCER now… (while I won’t really call that DANCING…) cuz when she’s jumping on stage she mostly uses PRE-RECORDED vocals…
And one of the “BEST vocalists” ??? Hmmm… I see someone’s DELUSIONAL here… :)))
STILL, it’s pretty OBVIOUS why Sam says these things and mentions Beyonce here – it’s for the CONTROVERSY…
-Bobby from Bulgaria-
did you get the memo that Whitney was ‘the voice”
She did ok but we know how the REAL Mariah vocals sound!!!
I actually think Mariah can pull of the whistle notes better than her full singing voice at the moment.
Lip-Sync or not she is on point with it.
She needs to just re-evaluate her style and rest, then just sang for us..
The power house singers right now are J.Hud, Bee, Monica, Whitney (on certain songs), Leona, Alexandra Burke,Fantasia and Melaine Fiona reppin ethnic wise. Mariah still got the highnoes in her locker
@ IH8SAM
Mariah is not the best selling female arist of all time, I don’t know why Mariah stans always think that, actually it goes a like this…..
Albums
1) Madonna: 200 million – 213 million
2) Celine Dion: 150 million – 152 million
3) Mariah Carey: 133 – 135 million
Singles
1) Madonna: 120 million+
2) Whitney Houston: 55 million+
3) Janet Jackson vs. Mariah Carey: 50 million+
Albums & Singles Combined
1) Madonna: 320 million – 333 million
2) Celine Dion: 188 million – 190 million
3) Mariah Carey: 185 million- 190 million
and @ “A” the amount of octaves someone has does not determine who is the better singer……. There are many more factors than that. I doubt you would see a world renowned opera singer doing the dog whistle :p
Don’t compare her to that s*** aka Crackney.
Beyonce, best vocalist ? I don’t want to be vulgar but are u kidding me ???
Her vocal technique is way too marked RnB and much too strong sometimes, she can’t sing pop for example.
She uses too much growlings and vibes aswell which is definitly a weakness vocally. Basically, to hear her sing is like being hit in the head with a fist in a velvet glove
@ JimmyBoy
The difference with Mariah is that she has actually control on her whistles and can sing words while she’s on that register.can you name at least one artist capable of doing that?And there’s not only her whistle register.Her lower register is something spectacular too.Even tenors try hard to reach notes like that.That said all you dumb people still compare her to singers like Beyonce or even Whitney.Get SERIOUS.The only one Mariah can be compared with is Minnie Riperton.
Mariah doesn’t have to keep up with that country ass heffer, Beyonka will NEVER outsell Mariah in her lifetime. As far as I’m concerned, Mariah on her WORST day is better than Beyonka on her BEST day.
i thought it was very good!!!
btw sam, why do u keep on saying that she mimed when she hits the high notes?
when it was all live!
There is no need 2 comment…the following said it all 4 me…IH8SAM, AWOLLUVA, LAURA, & JIMMYBOY…BREAK IT DOWN BABY, BREAK IT DOWN !…BAM!
OH WOW, I MUST CONFESS I DIDNT WATCH THE PERFORMANCE UNTILL NOW
AND SAM, YOU HAVE DEFINATALEY BEEN SMOKING SOMETHIN
IT WAS VERY GOOD, I THINK YOU JUST LIKE TO P*** PEOPLE OFF BECAUSE IT BRINGS MORE PEOPLE TO YOUR BLOG
THAT PERFORMANCE WAS ONE OF THE BEST IVE HEARD FROM HER RECENTLY
YOU’VE GOT SOME NERVE.. JACK*SS
some people need to stop!!it was not”very good”at all,did we hear the same performance?
it was average,the lip-synching parts made me laugh cuz she was acting like she was really hitting them notes,you know that’s a lie mariah,lol
@parisian girl
LOL me too its lke Mariah just lipsync the whole thing while your at it lol