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Re: How is it boring when she's always done this? (72,777) (72,783) by MusicfanJ from Germany Completely agree. I always found it refreshing that Mariah wasn't dancing like a Britney Spears or Janet Jackson. For Britney it made sense, she was never a vocalist. Anyway I understand what some of you mean with "boring". If she works on her voice and gives a performance with a song that comes from her heart I'm sure nobody will find it boring. Great singers don't need dancing and a show. It's a bonus if they offer this entertainment while singing. I only wish Mariah wouldn't be so nervous. She needs her confidence back. (Friday 17 February 2017; 12:12)

Re: How is it boring when she's always done this? (72,781) (72,782) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands Funny you say this, because you are also very negative. Here are a few of your comments: "Mariah is worst than Whitney before she passed." (72,575) "Of course she's laying down on 'something', trying to look sexy while going through her mid-life crisis." (71,953) "The show did nothing to help Mariah's image problem and did not deliver one great vocal moment." (71,667) Or is it that when somebody say these things, they're negative, but when you them, it is the truth? (Friday 17 February 2017; 12:10)

Re: How is it boring when she's always done this? (72,779) (72,781) by Sheila from United States Boo, do like I do, read the first sentence and keep scrolling. We should have all realized by now that some of these lambs are negative and unhappy and put all there issues on Mariah. They would not be happy if she wont 10 Grammys - they would say, "But her dress is too short or put the globes away." This fanbase is unhealthy for her at best. (Friday 17 February 2017; 12:01)

Re: Vision of Love at Jimmy Kimmel (72,776) (72,780) by Gigi from USA I enjoyed the performances and I agree with everyone - "I Don't" sounds much better live. I think the biggest issue with the song is, although it's catchy, I believe the general public is having a hard time relating to the lyrics of "I Don't" because of all the lies associated with it. It's difficult to sympathize with Mariah's failed engagement when her emotional cheating with Tanaka was televised for the world to see and now we're seeing a picture of her and her new boyfriend in a hot tub just a few months after her engagement ended. When the V-Day hot tub picture was posted on The Shade Room's Instagram account, I noticed that 10% of their followers were happy for Mariah and the other 90% called her a "thot". On the other hand, when a picture of Mariah and her kids are posted on TSR's account, she receives nothing but compliments across the board and the highest number of likes overall on that day. I think people are just sick of seeing all of the "extra-ness" flaunted in their faces all the time. Nowadays, people like to support artists who they can relate to. No one can relate to the pictures she posts on IG of her bathing with diamonds on, vacationing on expensive yachts, or working out in fishnets and high heels. If Mariah could just focus on the two things she says are the most important to her - music and her family (the kids) - everything would be great. I personally don't think people want to hate Mariah, they are just tired of her behavior. (Friday 17 February 2017; 11:11)

Re: How is it boring when she's always done this? (72,777) (72,779) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Personally, the fact that she didn't move isn't the issue for me, it's that she looked uncortable and extremely nervous. Usually when she sings you can she has a strong strange presence and she usually has that mic stand there which she holds and uses as prop of sorts. You have the Mariah holding the stand while standing behind it, then she moves next to the mic stand, with one arm stretched holding it and bending a little singing the higher parts so a lot of choreography just with that haha. Basically my point is even with her just standing there she usually looks confident and has a strong presence but for the ID performance she looked like someone pushed her onstage and told her to sing. She loosened up a little when YG came. I think she did much better in the VOL performance. She looked more confident. (Friday 17 February 2017; 10:53)

Article: Mariah's first live performance since disastrous NYE gig (72,778) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines This was good. The NYE debacle side effects were obvious, but she did better than I expected (I find myself saying that a lot as of late). I Don't was 30% lipped while Vision Of Love was live through and through - which makes us wonder: Is VOL the only song she can sing thoroughly live anymore? Sorry to be a downer but it seems like we just keep lowering the bar for her live efforts that performances that we would have considered sub-par or meh in 2000-2010 are the ones we are so thankful to be able to praise these days. It's not about us, but I don't think it's healthy for us fans to always be nervous every time she gets up on stage, crossing every finger and praying that she can get through a performance with minimal issues. Mariah, if you're stuck with Stella, then at least minimize the alcohol and unnecessary late nights. It's bad enough that you're not as confident to use your sensitive instrument anymore, so the least you can do is not to dry out what's left of it. You can do this. (Friday 17 February 2017; 8:51)

How is it boring when she's always done this? (72,777) by Marissa from USA You all do realize that Mariah's signature has been just standing there and singing since 1990 right? Why are we acting brand new? Mariah dancing or moving at all has always been a pretty rare occurrence throughout the years, and when she does it she can't really dance anyway, so who cares? People pay attention to Mariah for the voice and the voice only. Anything else is a bonus. I'm just glad that she sounded good. Twirling or twerking is not required in my opinion. (Friday 17 February 2017; 5:49)

Re: Vision of Love at Jimmy Kimmel (72,769) (72,776) by Malcolm from Asia It was just great, if only that performance was the one that aired, if only. I also read the comment section and these people just really know Mariah as this rude diva and lip synching queen, they claimed and asked if that was lip synced. Also the dislikes is never ending, it's worse, it's like Mariah kidnapped someone or stole something from them with the kind of hate she's receiving. I just hope her ever amazing team will see that and realize that it's time to rebuild Mariah's image. She doesn't deserve this. (Friday 17 February 2017; 5:04)

MC on Kimmel, Edward (72,775) by Stacey from USA Badly needed and MC delivered. Maybe NYE woke MC up in some respects. Let's hope. VOL didn't have all the flair we are used to vocally, but it was obvious that MC still loves that song and that alone it seemed was enough to deliver a good performance. There were moments her voice wasn't there for this or that note. She didn't sweat it. MC is so good at changing up a note or run on cue. And I loved the long note at the end, like take that ya'all. As far as I Don't, a message to YG: I don't. Thank heavens there is a rap free version. Edward, loved all your thoughts on the topic. Agree 100%. (Friday 17 February 2017; 4:25)

Re: Vision of love, on JK (72,765) (72,774) by Deedre aka MiTodoChop @HBF from Canada I thought VOL was very good. At least give her credit when it is due. I think sometimes there''s a tendency to have very unrealistic expectations. It's not 1990 anymore, come on. Even on my best day, I can't sing Vision Of Love the way she did on Kimmel. It is a lovely strong performance, she sang with simpler arraignments like many have been asking for. (Friday 17 February 2017; 2:57)

Jimmy Kimmel (72,773) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Mariah finally gave the masses what they have been asking for, what seems like forever and I have to say I enjoyed the performances. While you can tell our girl played it safe in some areas I am just grateful that she was able to deliver a performance without the bells and whistles of play back and the background singers doing most of the work. Now that she has proven she can still handle her business it is time for Mariah to get back to training her voice and crafting material that is meaningful and she can handle live. (Friday 17 February 2017; 2:56)

Re: Vision of Love at Jimmy Kimmel (72,769) (72,772) by lil star from untied states Yes I agree, I feel like she was still nervous and holding back allot. But I can tell she is slowly building her confidence back which even though she's a legend I get why she's so nervous. Hopefully this helped her because so far reviews are good for the performances she just needs to work harder to get her voice in a good place. I still think she needs to slightly update VOL. (Friday 17 February 2017; 1:33)

Re: VOL (72,764) (72,771) by B from USA She slayed that performance and by the time the tour starts she'll be in fine form snatching wigs left and right. I love Mariah when she has something to prove. (Friday 17 February 2017; 1:18)

Didn't she? (72,766) (72,770) by Edward from USA Andrew, I think she sang over the recording in some places, but I don't think she lipped it. The second performance (Vision of Love) was more demanding and she played safe, but sung it live. (Friday 17 February 2017; 1:14)

Vision of Love at Jimmy Kimmel (72,769) by Edward from USA Another step in the right direction, Mariah. We all want her to go there with her voice, but it's better when she plays it safe but live than phenomenal but partially lipped, especially on occasions in which she only has to perform a couple of songs. I was laughing at a comment on YouTube that states "Wait a minute, she still can sing, I'm in shock." That obviously comes from a casual listener who had the opinion that she couldn't sing anymore. The fact that comment was made could be an indication that when she delivers a good performance, people might give her a chance again. (Friday 17 February 2017; 1:06)

Re: Vision of love, on JK (72,765) (72,768) by Licia from USA She did really good on VOL. I loved it. She stood still yet it wasn't boring. Job well done vocally on both songs. I'm with Marissa. These performances need to go viral and she needs to get booked on some daytime shows. The world needs to see the good. (Friday 17 February 2017; 0:30)

Re: VOL (72,764) (72,767) by Licia from USA I did not like her standing still, but I still gave her props on her singing (which she did really well). That ultimately overrode anything else that was going on. (Friday 17 February 2017; 0:16)

You Don't (72,766) by Andrew from UK So is the message here Mariah didn't lip a good portion of that song? Come on. What's with the nonsense? It was a good "performance". I didn't need to reach for the cushion for the cringe intent where it went wrong. But to say it wasn't at least even partially lipped is a stretch. Be honest. Everything above the speaking vocal range was almost completely lipped. Just, come on. This is just nonsense. (Friday 17 February 2017; 0:10)

Vision of love, on JK (72,765) by Billy from England, UK She was amazing, all totally live, cant stop replaying it on YouTube and yet people still hating. It makes me so angry lol. (Friday 17 February 2017; 0:03)

VOL (72,764) by Will from England That performance is now on Jimmy Kimmel's YouTube account. Again, a good performance. She played it safe in some places, but she did well on the higher parts. If you don't like Mariah standing still, then I would strongly advise not watching the video and save us the grief of reading the knit-picking. (Thursday 16 February 2017; 23:34)

She left her polyps and nodules at home (72,763) by Edward from USA Step by step, but on the way there. I don't really care whether she stood there or jumped up and down. When it comes to performing, I care about what she's always been known for, her voice. Let's give the woman a break and focus on the fact that she delivered vocally. Yes, the song is not that demanding, but isn't that we we've been asking for, a song that she could replicate live? We all know she can definitely do better, but let's not be too harsh on her when she might be trying to get things right. There's a difference between being delusional (thinking that she messes up on occasional performances due to polyps and nodules), and being realistic given recent events. At this point, I'd rather she crafts a great song lyrically and delivers it with conviction rather than having a song so demanding vocally that she would have to rely heavily on background tracks and singers. We would be delusional to say Mariah's voice is in top form, but we all know she could be consistent should she take care of her voice and write great lyrics. At this point it is not how powerful her voice is, but about whether she makes good of use of what she has left, and she did that with "I Don't" at Jimmy Kimmel Live. (Thursday 16 February 2017; 23:32)

Jimmy and Grammys (72,762) by Nikki from usa Well done MC. Slay queen. Ride that horse. As for the Grammys let me point out a few things. 1. Album of the Year isn't based off sales. The Grammys have always favored rock music and rock bands, especially U2, who frequently win that category whether their music sells or not. Mariah Carey's Emancipation was the best selling album of 2005. You can look it up, that's a fact. She did not win album of the year despite her success and broken records in 2005. 2. I would certainly hope JLP sold more copies since it was released in June that year while Mariah's was released in October. Mariah's rate of sale was much higher than Alanis's was for that year. Mariah caught up quick which was noteworthy even if JLP won the end game. 3. Mariah's Daydream also broke records. It changed the face of pop music forever which is still ongoing today. Jagged Little Pill was a good album, but wasn't groundbreaking the way Daydream was. MC still holds the record for most albums sold in a non debut week when Daydream sold over 800,000 copies in a single week. (Thursday 16 February 2017; 23:29)

I Don't on Kimmel (72,761) by Lee from UK I think the performance was boring because "I Don't" is just a boring song. For what it was though, Mariah sang well. Perhaps I am suspicious person but I have a feeling that a backing track of pre-recorded vocals were being played over the "'cause when you love someone, you just don't treat them bad" sections. Even if it is not true and the whole performance was 100% Mariah singing, you can't blame me for the doubt. (Thursday 16 February 2017; 23:10)

Mariah and Fresh Air Fund (72,760) by MusicfanJ from Germany I just love this funny and sweet interview with Rosie O'Donnell back in 96 or early 97. Does anybody know if the "Fresh Air Fund" is still there? Mariah and Jack at the end of the video makes me laugh every time. So adorable. (Thursday 16 February 2017; 22:38)

Re: Jimmy (72,757) (72,759) by Geronimo from USA I agree with you Jimmy. Still, I am going to need Mariah to do just a little bit more on stage. She should just pretend she's an actress while she's on stage and play the role of an energetic performer. (Thursday 16 February 2017; 22:34)

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