33 Comments:

1. why is she always waving!!!!

   By stef, on November 10, 2008 10:59:02

2. ^^ I think it's the wind machine...
   
   and any song that uses that "electric piano" sound is unlistenable to me...

   By bud, on November 10, 2008 11:34:52

3. Up! Career's over! Time to do Playboy!

   By thebig28, on November 10, 2008 11:40:45

4. Frankly I don't think she was that bad.

   By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 11:57:59

5. What's the story here? All she did was sing "Hero" in a different key than the album version. She still hit every note. What's the problem?

   By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 11:59:16

6. The problem is that if she were a contestant, she might not have made the cut. She was in horrible voice, mono-tonic, with no control. Maybe she had a cold. Maybe she has voice damage over the years, maybe her implants are choking her, but this was a very "Britney Spears Comeback" level of a bad performace.

   By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 12:08:47

7. Woooow, that was NOT Mariah Carey-worthy!!! That's what's wrong with it!!!!

   By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 12:34:09

8. I don't think it sounded that bad. Just sounds different from how she normally sings it. She normally sings it with higher notes.

   By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 12:35:38

9. Excuses, Excuses. Mariah is too lazy to be bothered rehearsing. She would rather sit backstage for 3 hours staring at her own reflection while stuffing her chipmunk cheeks with bon bons. I cannot stand this woman.

   By She's a fat old has been, on November 10, 2008 12:46:14

10. WTF she killed her own song. that's just sad. why was she so out of breath??

    By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 13:38:17

11. I feel violated after listening to this!

    By Jo, on November 10, 2008 13:43:51

12. she used to have such a beautiful voice...awesome range...what was it, six octaves? and now all she does is that pseudo-rap-singing shit that you can't even understand...WTF is that? Go back to SINGING, for god's sake and maybe you'll redeem yourself.

    By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 14:34:10

13. I think she was 8 octaves and Celine Dion was 6 octaves.

    By she was better before she got divorced, on November 10, 2008 14:35:59

14. she's high or drunk.

    By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 14:36:39

15. Mariah only has 4 octaves, my God how people exaggerate. Lots of singers have 4 octaves including Christina Aguilera who can easily hit the same high notes, she just doesn't show off like Mariah does. Mariah's voice is so overrated it's ridiculous. Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Sarah Brightman, and Kelly Clarkson all have better voices.

    By She should stick to shopping, on November 10, 2008 15:04:13

16. She used to have a 5 octave range and she could hit higher notes than anyone, but she started smoking cigarettes, so she can't do that anymore. I think Celine Dion is the one with the 8 octaves.

    By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 15:09:33

17. Mariah Carey ALWAYS sings like this live-in-concert. She pulled this on her Rainbow tour - I was ready to sing along with her for all my favorite hits and homegirl pulled a fast one on the audience.
    
    She changes the notes/song/words whenever she feels like it. I haven't been to a concert since.

    By HauteSexyCool, on November 10, 2008 15:53:49

18. She sounds sick - Im sick so I feel her pain... congestion makes you sound crappy

    By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 16:09:34

19. Batman and Joker also have great singing voices. Why won't you give them the credit they deserve. And frankly, Mariah has nothing on the Joker in the looks department. He avoids the bon bons backstage

    By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 16:31:30

20. mmmmmmm... bon bons

    By snoot, on November 10, 2008 16:41:24

21. Ummm.. Maybe I am missing something here but she sounds fine to me. She hit every note but just didn't bring it like the album version.

    By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 16:53:12

22. Wow. Just, Wow. Her range really was 8 octaves when she 1st started... but this is not a song that requires a big vocal range. I don't know if it was a cold or not, because a cold will hinder your singing but DAMN! She could have lowered the key or something. This is the 5th time I've seen her mess up her OWN SONG! Vocal lessons sweetie, I know you can afford them. Please try to get your voice back.

    By Toni, on November 10, 2008 18:26:50

23. she definitely has a cold.. give her a break. it's practically impossible to belt it out well when you're all congested like that, unless your bent upside down.

    By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 19:16:37

24. She sounds bored. I'd be fucking bored too, if I sang the same crap song for the 1,000,000 fucking time. I'd be too busy thinking about my payday (that's one tasty candy bar!).

    By I'm hungry, on November 10, 2008 19:42:36

25. She sounds sick, like she has bronchitis or something...

    By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 21:04:42

26. Hey, at least she's singing, not like the Britney's Madonnas, etc.

    By anonymous, on November 10, 2008 21:45:43

27. LOL@lame excuses for her suckage. Look at Simon's face, he thinks she sucks too. Nose jobs change your voice, why do you think BABS never had one?

    By Mariah fans are lemmings, on November 10, 2008 22:25:21

28. - Mariah has a 5 octaves range, and its the only one with it. She is in the Guinness book for higher note ever recorded for her performance at the Superbowl in 2002. Only dolphins can reach such a higher note. No one has or ever had a 8 octave range
    - She doesnt smoke.
    - Simon Cowell: "To me the greatest singer is Mariah Carey...". But dont take the word of a world class producer for it, im sure all the bozos here saying she is crap are the ones who are right.
    
    

    By Marlon, on November 11, 2008 03:08:37

29. She was WAY better when she first started in her career. Her voice was smoother and more controlled. And, her music was better.
    
    Since she became so full of herself, she got worse. She doesnt sing anymore, she yodels. And, her music is lame, and unoriginal.
    
    Ive seen better singers get turned down during the auditions. If she was auditioning you KNOW she wouldnt have gotten through.

    By Donamitria, on November 11, 2008 05:52:35

30. This is not different from her usual suckage. People are talking about diffrent pitches, but she sounds terrible in any.

    By anonymous, on November 11, 2008 07:52:49

31. That was just painful ... I used to love that song.

    By anonymous, on November 11, 2008 10:06:08

32. Is she even relevent? Uh...lemme check in my book of relevent people here...yea...she's not in here.

    By Kendal, on November 11, 2008 11:55:04

33. For those of you who remember Mariah was in the Guinness Book of World Records not to long ago for having a five octave range and singing a G7# when she sang the National Anthem. But that’s not true. The note she sang was a B6. You can play this note on the piano if you don’t believe me. However it was later found out that there was some tampering going on with the sound equipment and so she’s supposedly no longer in the book.
    
    If you’ve been musically trained you know that octaves are arranged C D E F G A B and then C’. There are 8 octaves on the piano and to count octaves you start with the lowest note and count to the same note in the next octave until you get the range. Now in order for Mariah to sing all eight octaves she’d have to be able to sing several notes lower than what any man can which is impossible even for someone with her range. The lowest most men can sing is a G2 while there are those like Viktor Wichniakov (a male opera singer) who can sing C2 (C1 in European standard). Mariah’s lowest note she ever sung was C3 at the end of My All, and the beginning of Emotions, and You’re So Cold–not A2 or D3 like some people keep saying.
    
    A singer’s true range is measured by the number of notes they can actually SING–not necessarily HIT. You see, in actuality Mariah can only sing up to D7. The E7 she hit on Emotions (album version), the F7 she hit on All in Your Mind, and the G7 she hit in 2 live versions of Emotions were all done when she was either congested or sick. You see in order to access what is called the flageolet register the vocal cords are held closely together and a high pitched sound moves up into the sinus cavities. When a singer is sick or congested the vocal cords become swollen making it easier to access this range but it can throw a singer off a little when this happens. This explains why none of Mariah’s songs with the exception of Emotions, and All In Your Mind have been written to go higher than D7. Mariah herself has said that she’s hit notes she can no longer do. If you’ve ever heard the clip of Mariah singing All In Your Mind acapella you’ll notice she can’t go higher than D7. You can find that clip by going here
    www.geocities.com/notes_and_octaves/mariahcarey.html
    You’ll also find a clip of Mariah singing her G7 and a G7# (it was unintentional because it didn’t match the melody) But I doubt some of the accuracy of what the author has written about Mariah’s range. That’s why I’m telling the information now so that nobody will get confused. Now if you have been paying attention Mariah’s range (C3 to D7) is 4 octaves and 1 note.
    
    Next Mariah has 2 top vocal registers she can use. One is called the “Whistle Voice” and the other is called “Super Head Voice”. Contrary to popular belief whistle voice can be used by both females AND males. That’s right–MEN can do it too. The only reason hardly anybody uses it is because the voice can be hard to control since the sound is moving into the nasal cavity and so it sounds soft and has a low volume. Super head voice on the other hand has a higher volume and a sharper sound and it doesn’t really move up in the sinus cavities. It DOES take a little more effort than whistle voice but it’s easier to control. It also sounds higher than whistle voice but it’s the EXACT same range–whistle voice has a lower volume because the tone of the voice is airy while super head voice isn’t.
    
    And guys CAN sing as high as women. And woman CAN learn to sing as low as men (alto’s are most likely able to do this). The lower your is the wider you can develop your range with practice. If you’ve heard of Adam Lopez then you probably know he can sing D7 using super head voice. Technically he doesn’t hold the record for highest note ever because Betty Wright also uses super head voice and when she appeared on Making the Band II (when she was teaching Sara how to control her voice) she sang Eb7 which is higher than D7 by a semitone so if anybody holds the record for singing the highest note ever it’s neither Mariah or Adam it’s Betty Wright. Mariah could HIT those notes when she was sick but she couldn’t hold them because THE NOTES IN THE 7TH OCTAVE ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ACTUALLY SING. I don’t expect many people to know this but this is the reason why no opera has ever been written in the 7th octave.
    
    In conclusion I would also like to say that it IS possible to have a range wider than Mariah, but neither Whitney Houston or Christina Aguilera have a wider range. Whitney has a 3 octave range (C3 to C6–she did C6 on How Will I Know) and Christina has close to a 3 and a half octave range (E3 to G6#–the note she sang on The Christmas Song was D6 in super head voice).

    By anonymous, on November 12, 2008 12:37:42