Mariah's stage performance (49,960)
by Anonymous from
I agree that Mariah needs to change her image and become classy as she used to be. Think of the Daydream and Music Box era where she was untouchable and dominated the radio and charts. The whole hip-hop thing tarnished her image. It really resulted in many fans leaving. Her stage production and background dancers are embarrassing. It has no class and the dancers seem to look like friends drunk on a house party. If Mariah can somehow make reference to the Las Vegas performance of Celine Dion and Sarah Brightman and reference her stage production towards presenting classy shows. Sarah Brightman is much older than Mariah but look at the way she sings and performs live. Her shows are always sold out and she is not as popular as Mariah yet she delivers. Irrespective of her personal differences with Walter Afanasief, she should really consider doing a couple of tracks with him. I am not a fan of Big Jim Wright, please see his mini performance on stage when Trey introduced the band members after Mariah sang "I'm That Chick" in the Shangai show last year. It is embarrassing and not good for Mariah's image. She should actually get rid of some people around her who are leaching off her and hire people who are committed towards seeing her successful again. She should also reference current trends in music right now if she wants another number 1 hit. Maybe try EDM and work with different producers with modern sounds, yet still staying true to R&B. (Monday 9 February 2015; 16:07)
Wendy Williams (49,940) by Edward (49,959)
by Dove from USA
Edward, that was funny but Wendy Williams is not a drag queen. (Monday 9 February 2015; 14:22)
Annie Lenox (49,945) by Randy (49,957)
by Dove from USA
In her defense, MC's songs are way harder to sing than Annie Lennox's. (Monday 9 February 2015; 13:29)
Re: (49,948) by Abraham (49,955)
by Dove from USA
The Jamaica dresses weren't what I expected someone of her caliber to wear, but they weren't completely horrible. I didn't hate the You're Mine video, it just needed more of a storyline. She looked really pretty though and the lip synching actually looked believable. I think Mariah would look great in something like what Taylor Swift wore at the Grammy's last night when she introduced Sam Smith. (Not sure if she wore that all night.) (Monday 9 February 2015; 13:24)
Re: lipsynch (49,943) by Baby (49,954)
by Dove from USA
I don't know what videos you're watching but she's terrible at lip synching even in videos. I wish she would just act some skit out in a video and not lip synch. (Monday 9 February 2015; 13:20)
Grammys and all (49,952)
by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter
I miss seeing Mariah at major award shows. I don't know why she isn't attending any of these. Her WBT/FLAB performance at the Grammy's still gives me goosebumps. Those are times she looks so alive on stage. Everything about that show was perfection, the dress, the hair, the show. Then the WBT performance at the MTV movie awards, she looked gorgeous. The My All performance at Divas Live. I love seeing all the major artists looking up at her in awe while she is on stage. Also why doesn't Mariah do more looks like the one she did for Obama at the inauguration neighborhood ball during 2009? That look was all sorts of perfection. This is the performance for Obama incase some people didn't see it. (Monday 9 February 2015; 12:55)
Luke and Mariah's Elusive Grammy Academy support (49,951)
by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End
It's not whether or not Sam Smith is warranted 4 Grammy awards for his album, it's whether or not Mariah should have had more than 5 Grammy's after 25 years of releasing stellar work continually. Just the fact that the Grammy Academy didn't make it their mission to feature Mariah in this year's show is very telling. They simply do not want to celebrate her if they can get away with it. Grammy recognition and awards are known to boost album sales. It makes me period that Mariah has managed to sell albums in the 200 millions with very little support from the Grammy institution. MIAMTEC which is Mariah at her best IMO, better than TEOM, didn't even get a single nomination. That's highly suspicious to me but also expected. Mariah knows this already, 3 of her Grammy's are the blood of rocks. In fact, I'd venture to say she's more likely to win a prestigious acting distinction before the Grammy's give her any proper recognition, let alone a new Grammy. It'll be an Emmy, Tony, Oscar, SAG Golden Globe or what have you and I am totally here for it. Hopefully she'll just stop submitting her work for consideration all together. She should start giving out her own awards for musical excellence, like ABBA's manager Stig Anderson did in 1989. Today the Polar Music Prize is one of the most prestigious in the world, it's like winning the Nobel Prize. Just a thought. (Monday 9 February 2015; 12:39)
Throwback to TECS (49,950)
by Lee TS from USA
Check out this awesome clip of Cry from Sydney, the creativity of the lambily are unparalleled. Although she only sung the first verse live she sounds really good. (Monday 9 February 2015; 10:26)
Edward (49,949)
by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter
I just died laughing reading your post about the horses and Wendy. Then I got back up to write to you. Lol that would turn the show into an enormous hit. (Monday 9 February 2015; 10:08)
Shelly (49,948)
by Abraham from USA
Oh come on Shelly, all the ensembles Mariah wore in Jamaica were terrible. She should have worn something like that red ensemble she wore back in '05 on VH1 where she sang "It's like that". Some of my favorite ones she's worn have been that blue one she wore on "Oprah" where she sang "We belong together", the one she wore on BET Blueprint. And the pink one she wore on "Good morning America" in 2013. But now I think it's time Mariah strted covering up her cleavage. She's way too old for that. She still looks good and there are other ways she can be sexy but classy at the same time. Also, I hope for her next music video it's a good one. I love "Beautiful" but hate "You're mine". And to find out it was Nick who directed it? Why in the hell did Mariah let him do that, lol. (Monday 9 February 2015; 10:00)
Beyonce at the Grammy's (49,947)
by Lee TS from USA
Did you all watch? Did you see her red carpet arrival look? I couldn't get over how much Mariah's look she was sporting. From the hair to the dress. She looked gorgeous. (Monday 9 February 2015; 9:51)
Grammy's (49,946)
by Luke from United Kingdom
So Sam Smith has landed himself 4 Grammy Awards which is pretty good going but I'm not sure if his album warranted 4? I've listened to it and I just feel like it's a carbon copy of Adele's 21. Even his story behind it is the same. I have wondered if the Grammy's is a fix when artists like Whitney and Mariah are getting barely any attention. Mariah didn't attain any number ones from her last album but it still got to third place on Billboard and first in the RnB charts with hardly any promotion. It deserved atleast one. It's frustrating to say the least haha. (Monday 9 February 2015; 7:58)
Annie Lennox at the Grammys (49,945)
by Randy from USA
No ear piece and she sang her heart out. Hasn't she been singing longer than MC? Why can't MC command a stage when it counts? (Monday 9 February 2015; 3:32)
Re: all (49,944)
by Ardis Logic from Earth
I really didn't want to discuss Allison at all. The only reason I brought up that old news story was to bring up more info about Morgan. Shelly, I'm not a new fan, I've been a fan since 1990. (Monday 9 February 2015; 1:21)
Read my lips: Mariah Carey is a live performer first, a lipsyncer 25th (49,943)
by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End
There's no contradiction at all anywhere in my post because, like I already wrote, Mariah is great at lip syncing when it comes to music videos (especially high speed playback) but obviously there's a lot of editing involved. What she doesn't do well at all is lip sync live and that's because she simply has never bothered perfecting that craft on stage, why would she? Her voice is literally the show. Mariah hasn't made it into a career like some performers have because she would rather sing live whenever she can. Even in her first onscreen role in "The Bachelor" where she played the opera singer Ilana it was very obvious that she wasn't singing. It was a comedy so I'm sure it became part of the gag even if it wasn't meant to come off that way. My point is, it shouldn't take a genius to see the correlation of Mariah being a bad lip syncer and Mariah being mainly a live performer. She's not Milli Vanilli and I for one am glad I don't have to wonder about when she is singing vs when she is lipping. Mariah is human just like most of us. You creatures who were born perfect, with no sick days, bad news days or simply bad luck days wouldn't understand the type of pressure a human heart withstands daily. Lucky you who can control the elements and only have sunny days and rainbows. What's it like in your world? It can't be that great because I've never seen a more [censored] crowd. It borders on amusingly ridiculous. I bet when Mariah reads your comments she just laughs. I do. (Monday 9 February 2015; 1:17)
Re: (49,939) by Mimi L / ensembles (49,941)
by Dove from USA
Now that I'm thinking about it, it seems like it would be better if she just had the same hairstyle every night so that it's easier to edit for the DVD. I hope that for one set (girl next door) she wears pants and a top that covers her boobs. Then for another set she can go really sexy because she's in great shape right now. I was looking at the purple dress she wore in Jamaica, and it was actually pretty and flattering. The 80's bow on the shoulder is what ruined it for me. I know the 80's are coming back but I prefer dresses that are timeless and are not going to make the concert look dated in 10 years. Somebody mentioned Bob Mackie on here a few days ago. If he's still designing she should go to him. (Monday 9 February 2015; 1:05)
Wouldn't it be nice? (49,940)
by Edward from USA
While in Vegas, wouldn't it be nice if Mariah brought two drag-queens on stage as part of her show. She could bring RuPaul and Wendy Williams. RuPaul would be great and glamorous, and Wendy Williams would be. There. As I was saying, RuPaul would be great. Mariah could bring back her wild horses from the Butterfly video on stage and set them free while they run unbridled towards Wendy Williams forcing her to run for her life, and then Wendy's wig would be flying over the fake rainbow. Then Mariah would stop and say: I'm sadly sending my horses to therapy for having dealt with such a traumatic experience of seeing Wendy without her wig. If Mariah did that, her Vegas show would be a sure hit. (Monday 9 February 2015; 1:03)
Shelly (49,939)
by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter
I was thinking along the same lines of Mariah having 4 costume changes and hair changes for a set list divided into 4 parts. While it may be impossible to get the hair done in such short time, she can just use wigs customized for her. I think it will be fabulous and really take people for a walk down memory lane. I hope she has something major and grand planned for her Vegas shows. She's in top shape physically at the moment so any look will be great on her. I hope she diversifies instead of only gowns. Hopefully Vegas will give her the fresh start she needs. The voice is still there, the confidence is just shaken up I guess. (Sunday 8 February 2015; 23:48)
Ardis and others (49,937)
by Travon..SweetSweetFantasy from USA
I have witnessed many drug users in my lifetime including my own brother. I have never tried drugs nor will I. I can assure you that not all drug users take drugs for reasons of their own choosing. Usually it starts from influence then decision. Most of the time it's how they live their life and make their living to get by emotionally, finacially, or healthwise. Note that I never said it doesn't happen the way you claimed. Your statement to Edward seemed as if Mariah never speaks to her own sister because of her drug problem, is pointless and lacks other topics that might cause her to do so as well. Saying Mariah could be a drug addict because she went to Studio 54 as a child (article response) and has a sister on drugs lacks merit. Janet Jackson's mom took her at 7-10 years old to Studio 54 to see Michael Jackson perform and Anderson Cooper also at a young age with his parents went there. Anderson actually met Michael Jackson in a limo around pre-teen not knowing that his crush, Janet Jackson, was the sister of Michael. Are they drug addicts in your mind because they were exposed to drugs? I have no problem with you other than your implying that Allison could be telling the truth when she is known to lie with bold confidence. If you don't know, there is no need to correct with such confidence. That is how rumours and senseless topics are spread and I don't believe Edward was stating anything but opinion. (Sunday 8 February 2015; 20:43)
Baby, yes again (49,936)
by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter
Aren't you contradicting yourself when you say MC is the "master of lip synching" and then saying you're glad she is "lousy at being fake" when lip synching? The other performers who lip synch would be Beyonce, Madonna, Britney, JLo, even MJ sometimes. But what these people do on stage that people chose to ignore them lip synching is they're putting up a show. They are not only hiding behind dancers, they're dancing themselves. They go through days of rehearsals to get their moves right and the visual performance and stage effects that they put up is what keeps the audience entertained. Nobody at this day and age is stupid to think that these people are singing perfectly in tune while jumping around the stage or swinging from strings. They even rework their hits by remixing them. They're excused because the people going to the show gets the performance as a substitute for live singing. In case of M her entire performance is dependent on her voice. Noone told her to sing every line, but atleast try to sing when you can, or atleast put up a proper lip synch. Change up arrangements/remix the songs to give the audience a new look at an old song. MC is the queen of remixes and re-doing vocals of her songs, she just doesn't seem inclined to waste time re-recording some songs with a newer arrangement. You gotta give the audience something worth their time and money. Either a great visual performance, or a great vocal moment. (Sunday 8 February 2015; 20:05)
Like Mariah (49,935)
by Dove from USA
I bought the song Like Mariah the day the 5H album came out to support our girl. I hadn't had a chance to listen to it but I finally played it today and my son said, "I like that song." I asked, "Really, you do?" He said, "Well, I never heard it before right now, but yeah I l like it." It's not the type of music I normally listen to but I kind of like it too. The actual version sounds a lot better than the slowed down chipmunk version that's on YouTube. I actually watched the X Factor season they were on but the only song I remember them doing is Anything Can Happen. But yeah, the song Like Mariah is pretty cute and my 11 year old son even liked it. Good luck to them. (Sunday 8 February 2015; 19:31)
Otti (49,934)
by Abraham from USA
"When she is caught lipsync it's because she wants it to"? Lol, could you run that by us again. Regarding Jamaica, the whole concert was a disaster with "Fantasy" and "We belong together". Let's just forget about it and move on. Focus on Vegas and hope Mariah slays. And hope that she wears more better ensembles. (Sunday 8 February 2015; 19:15)
Re: The Truth (49,933)
by Ardis Logic from Earth
I find it comical and odd that you are concerned about "the haters" when you choose one of the biggest Mariah haters of all time as your profile picture. What's up with that? (Sunday 8 February 2015; 18:51)
Ardis / Alison (49,932)
by Edward from USA
Ardis, you only have to see the trajectory of Alison's life to realize whether what she says should be taken with a grain of salt or not. Why do you think a judge would give Mariah custody of Michael if he didn't consider the child wasn't in good hands. How many times have you heard about Morgan or Patricia trying to leech on Mariah or using her name for personal reasons? Alison was offered various opportunities to get her life straight once Mariah was making good money, but instead of grabbing those opportunities she decided to go on with the life that she had chosen. When you're an addict is not as easy to just change, but when you have a support system willing to help you, you have to do your part too. Alison decided to go and keep on having babies knowing there was a possibility of them being born with HIV, that's being selfish to me. I hope they reconcile because they are family, but attempting at discrediting Mariah wouldn't only make things worse after everything Mariah has done for her. (Sunday 8 February 2015; 18:03)
