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GMA "Beautiful" performance (38,029) by Marise from Russia It was terrible. But it's not Mariah's fault. She was good, in my opinion, but Miguel ruined their performance, he was totally off key. It seems like he can't sing at all. So sad. On the other hand, Beautiful went up in iTunes. And it's good news. I hope their next performance will be soon and much better. (Friday 24 May 2013; 21:32)

GMA (38,028) by Lee from UK Now that's what I'm talking about. Live performances are the only way to go. Mariah sounded good. She didn't sound perfect, but at least it was live. I love the "Always be my baby" segment, especially with the Disneyland photo of her and Nick at the end. God bless the recorders who upload to YouTube. In addition, she handled the wardrobe malfunction pretty well. (Friday 24 May 2013; 20:02)

Performance problems (38,026) by PJW from The U.K. Okay, so this is going to be slightly controversial, but has anyone noticed that more often than not, there's a "problem" with Marian's performances in the last few years (let's say from DFAU at the AMAS). And by that I mean she "couldn't hear herself" (all the time) and has to take the earpiece out, she "couldn't get in to her dress/her dress popped" (a few times now), the backing track messes up or there was a problem with the post edit (again, a few times). I mean really, how often can this - and especially the same problems - happen? Where's the professionalism from her or any of her team/the external teams? I'm not going in attacking her here, there are just certain things that keep happening during important performances and I don't understand how. (Friday 24 May 2013; 19:42)

Just when you think it can't get any worse (38,025) by John john from UK Then GMA performance happens. Just saw the performance with Miguel, what a mess. The end was just terrible. I'm pretty gutted, because I thought it would be amazing. I was hoping for a smooth ride, but just lately it never happens. Maybe the whole team need to rethink these ideas before anything happens. I just want one concert with "no moments". (Friday 24 May 2013; 18:44)

GMA (38,024) by Deedre aka MiTodoChop @HBF from Canada I'm with Stephen, despite obvious glitches this performance I thought she did really well. No debate about this one being live/dubbed. WBT was great, especially considering being in the morning. #Beautiful had issues obviously, but considering how the song started way early (not sure what that was about?) and the backing track being off and Miguel being off key most of the song - it really went better than it could have gone. Lol. I'll never be one who agrees her "voice is shot", because the fact that she can still hit a song like WBT like that despite having using her voice recording and performing for 23 years, I personally always feel blessed we still see her. Maybe that's just me, but I always feel at this point she could stop anytime, and we might only see her performing as often as someone like Aretha. I will say though, there was room to allow more time to rehearse #Beautiful. (Friday 24 May 2013; 18:09)

How about those "other" great MC songs? (38,023) by Geronimo from USA GMA was pretty funny. I'm not sure singing in the morning is her thing, but at least she had a good time. It also makes me crave an unplugged set from her again with less glam and hoopla. She has so many songs that are not hits, but that are just great songs. I wish she would dump some of the "hits" one day and try a different approach with her broader catalogue. At this point, what's she got to lose? In fact, I think it would improve her already considerable legacy. (Friday 24 May 2013; 18:08)

#Beautiful GMA (38,022) by Edward from USA As everybody has stated, she sounded good in everything but #Beautiful. #Beautiful was not beautiful, and it is sad because that is the single that they should be killing on stage. It sounded and looked so unrehearsed and messy, but I will leave it at that. She looked stunning on stage. (Friday 24 May 2013; 17:41)

Beautiful rehearsal (38,021) by Licia from USA I just saw a video of the "Beautiful " rehearsal and she sounded way better at the rehearsal. Not sure if I can post the link, but look up #Beautiful Mariah Carey Central Park GMA performance 2013 if you want to see it . (Friday 24 May 2013; 17:35)

GMA performance/Will (38,020) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom Despite the obvious limitations Mariah's voice now poses, I'm glad she sung the songs live. For me, I hate it when she fakes it, and for the most part today, she didn't. WBT was particularly good. She changed it up to prove that she was singing live, something she needed to do after the AI performance. #Beautiful was a boiling hot mess, but at least she sang most of the song live. Like I've said before, she needs to accept the limitations of her voice and just sing her damn songs live. I was particularly impressed with the clarity of her whisper register today. It sounded beautiful. She was also hilarious. I don't get why she sat on a chair for #Beautiful though. It was a very strange way to duet with someone, but it's Mariah, she can probably get away with that haha. I do agree with Will to the extent that she and Miguel (who was out of key) really need to nail this song live, as realistically they'll get very few opportunities to perform it together, and it is her current single, which should be pushed more on TV for me. Perhaps Mariah should do a solo performance on Ellen or something. (Friday 24 May 2013; 16:38)

Surprisingly... (38,019) by jaker20 from US Miguel isn't really that good on Beautiful as well. The whole segment was a bit of a hot mess. I think they need to sing this on a late night show acoustic. MC was great on the rest though. By the way MC's cussed when her dress popped. Well there's always a first lol. (Friday 24 May 2013; 16:10)

GMA (38,018) by Licia from USA Mariah did good on "We belong together" and "Always be my baby", but the "Beautiful" performance was not good. It could have been better. No one can deny the songs were not live though. (Friday 24 May 2013; 15:55)

GMA (38,017) by Will from England Well, I can't defend that performance of #Beautiful. The editing/backing track (whatever that was) was more than just a hot mess. I saw a live feed and at first, I thought that the audio was a bit messed up. But then I saw the tweets and I became more disappointed. I did not see the two previous performances, but you know, I'm not really bothered with those two songs, since it's #Beautiful that should be the perfect vocal performances, not two old hits. (Friday 24 May 2013; 15:31)

MC slayed GMA (38,016) by jaker20 from US All live. I don't know what some of you are going to say this time. To be honest, it wasn't perfect, there's some heavy breathing and some bum notes on the ending of #Beautiful, I think they didn't have time to rehease that song, but overall she slayed. I loved every minute of it. I loved Always Be My Baby. She's so much fun, so cute, and so hilarious. Lol and all live. I bet the haters will still find faults, but whatever. I thought she did great. I really hope she performs #Beautiful again on another show. Such a hot summer song. (Friday 24 May 2013; 15:23)

Joe (38,015) by RadChad from United States Exactly. I can agree. The only thing I initially found a little suspect soundwise was the "comes along" and "feel like hope is gone" lines in Hero, but after watching a few times, I gave it the benefit of a doubt, because I could hear her sound a little raspy on the "strength to carry on" line (and on a side note: wouldn't really make sense to lip those parts since she's sung them well in the recent past in a lower key). But I totally agreed if lipped on some parts, I honestly believe 98.99 % of it was live. I just hope she gives a stellar performances today, so everyone can be happy and just look forward to the music. (Friday 24 May 2013; 12:48)

Lip sync, dubbing, bad editing (38,014) by Joe from United Kingdom I didn't think the AI performance was terrible. To people claiming she lip sync the entire performance, not true, to those saying she sang the entire thing live, also not true. As a die hard lamb I can tell what's lipped/live. She lip sync a couple notes here and there, this is nothing new. This is one of those rare times she got caught out and then when it was live the dubbing was just generally off. If she did a complete live/raw performance and sounded off on a couple notes, she'd be crucified by the media so she can't win either way. Just my thoughts on the subject. Now I'm just ready and looking forward to seeing Mariah at GMA. (Friday 24 May 2013; 3:35)

Joe from the UK (38,013) by Deedre aka MiTodoChop @HBF from Canada I just wanted to say hello. I hope you enjoy it here. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts and opinions. (Friday 24 May 2013; 0:28)

Final thought on alleged lip sync (38,012) by RadChad from United States You believing she lipped her Idol performance is still your opinion, unless you were there playing the song back for her yourself, she comes out and say it, or her camp confirms it. Otherwise I will stick to my opinion of it being a dubbed live vocals. And this is just my opinion, even if she did lipped her performance, it's forgivable. She wouldn't be the only one to do it. Many individuals love to sit on their high horses act overtly entitled to crucify, but I'm sure you all have let someone down or not lived up to the expectations of someone or something in life. So yes it's okay to be disappointed and express that, but eventually get over it, get over your feelings because no one's perfect, we're all human, make mistakes and disappoint people sometimes. Let it go. (Thursday 23 May 2013; 22:49)

#Beautiful on BET's 106&Park (38,011) by T from USA Hey everyone, it's crucial to get Mariah's new video on the BET nightly countdown. It will increase awareness and sales and make the song a bigger hit then it's already become. Mariah's lead singles always make the big countdowns, let's keep the the trend going. Voting is so easy. Thanks everybody! http://www.bet.com/shows/106-and-park/106-park-voting.html (Thursday 23 May 2013; 22:22)

Monroe (38,010) by RibbonB from USA Jenny, I totally agree. She is absolutely gorgeous. And Roc is totally handsome too. What a treat to finally see them interacting with dem puppies. Mariah loves her Jacks, so it's nice to see that they will probably follow in their mommy's footsteps as Jack aficianados. Now, if we can get a photo of Roe walking one of the doggies, I would just be tickled pink. (Thursday 23 May 2013; 22:04)

Raw ballads (38,009) by Anonymous from I really hope the ballads are not MC and JD trying to make the next WBT. They tried to recreate that with varied results on E=MC2. The One from Charmbracelet is one of my all time favorite MC and JD songs. Personally, I think they are better at the mid tempo. (Thursday 23 May 2013; 21:28)

I'm just glad Idol is over (38,008) by jaker20 from US I just hope MC does not come back to that cheap show, where almost everything is staged and faked for television that even Nick Cannon is complaining why his wife got involved in it. I'm sure the Cannons have learned their lesson. I hope this teaches MC a lesson not to come back to that cheap show. To me, you can put bells and whistles, make the queen of England sing there, its still cheap. I don't know anyone who listens to great music watches that show, and from what I have read here a year ago when MC was announced to judge, I'm pretty sure few here watched it before MC joined. So if you enjoyed it, good for you. lol. Hey to each his own. I didn't watch the show by the way. I only saw MC's finale performance. IMO, AI represents everything that is wrong about current state of the music industry and celebrity, but that's another discussion. Manufactured instant popularity. Oh well, I'm just glad it's over. Great singer from AI? Lol. I'll give you a couple of good singers from that show, they're hardly great. Great singers doesn't mean anything anymore in the world of AI, they brand anyone "great" to pat their relevance in the industry. Remnants of Simon Cowell's character. I find it funny that some people claim they work on audio when they clearly don't understand the difference between lip and dubbed, then present their opinion as fact. Such ego. Oh well, the stuff of internet claims. I'm just glad #Beautiful is doing well. Lol. (Thursday 23 May 2013; 21:19)

Re: Geronimo, Anthony, and Samuel (38,007) by nikki from usa Thumbs up, great posts. Tickets were available for Mariah's live performance the day before AI. She sang the medley 3 times and AI could've just chosen the best one, but instead they cut and pasted all 3 like a Frankenstein's project. Their production was awful. Since there were real live fans there, you can go on YouTube and hear her voice live. They weren't supposed to bring things in there, so there's no visual, but you can hear her if you type this into YouTube's engine. A fan posted this from her live event. Mariah Carey Medley - May 2013 (live taping - take 1 of 3). This was much better than what AI showed, which is why I say I still think they're mad about that 18 million. (Thursday 23 May 2013; 20:59)

Raw ballads (38,006) by Geronimo from USA I'm looking forward to this album, because it seems like Mariah is having the kind of creative streak Lauryn Hill mentioned having during the making of Miseducation. I really hope, however, that by "raw" ballads she means songs that have straight-forward melodies, unobscured by ornate production and background vocal harmonies, that easily translate into powerful live performances. (Thursday 23 May 2013; 14:45)

The whole debate (38,005) by Lyric from USA What bothers me is the fact that Mariah's voice has deteriorated to the point where she has no faith in her live singing capabilities. I may be ignorant on the issue, but why does her performance need to be "dubbed" if she is in top vocal shape? This will be an unpopular opinion, but I think Mariah needs a vocal coach. She is becoming a studio vocalist and she has lost her stage presence as well. She seems so uncomfortable on stage. I should be used to Mariah's new singing style, but she never uses her vibrato or melisma any longer, so I'm forced to believe she's just not capable. I want the best for Mariah and I find myself being so critical because she is one of my favorite vocalists. I'm not asking for 90s vocal gymnastics, but I hope the new album has more than whisper vocals and strained belting. Beautiful is a refreshing song and I want to see it do really well. (Thursday 23 May 2013; 12:38)

Samuel (38,004) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom I suggest you re-read my posts. I've never said I expected a spellbinding performance. I simply stated that Mariah should give an honest performance, and either accepts the limitations of her voice or does something about it. If you or anyone disagrees with my opinion, then I suggest you get over it and move on. It's not a statement of fact, just my opinion. If I'm talking smack, then it shouldn't be too hard for you or anyone else to accept. With regards to her recording deal, you'd have a good point if it wasn't for the cheque cut for the radio and Joseph Khan being hired for the video. IDJ definitely expect a return on that investment, as it is business after all. I agree that IDJ were very slack with MOAIA promotion. However, I think that was more to do with the fact that they didn't like the music and were still mad at Mariah for (quite rightly) abandoning E=MC2, when they had invested so much. Also, despite an industry bias with women over 40, record companies seem to invest money in Madonna and J.Lo, expecting a return. I see Mariah as no different. In any event, this is the last I'm going to say on the matter, as I've just expressed an opinion. I've not been abusive to Mariah, as suggested by others. In fact, I'd say the response from some people towards me here have more so bordered on abusive. If people think what I've said is so ridiculous, then they shouldn't get so worked up over it. Clearly, I've touched a nerve. That's all I'm going to say on the matter. (Thursday 23 May 2013; 12:33)

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