Sunday, March 16, 2008

Mariah Carey - SNL Performances (3/15/08)
Touch My Body

Migrate (Featuring T-Pain)

64 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's my Girl!!!

She Looked B-A-N-G-I-N!!!

She Sounded A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!

'migrate' sounds like a Hot Club Banger, Mariah has never sung over a hard hitting beat like before I LOVE IT!!


Ali, I'm curious as to what you think.

OstiBoi said...

Kinda sucked! Her face showed no emotion and all she did was moving her arm up and down. Also, she looked like she was reading the lyrics or something..duuh pretty mediocre as her songs.. I mean Touch My Body was more upbeat than Migrate and her vocals are a bit shaky and pitchy...

ALI said...

I think she did good, but not great.

Vocal wise she was fine, but I didn't like that she stood still most of the time. Other then that good performances.

Anonymous said...

she was a tad pitchy on 'touch my body'

BUT THAT 'MIGRATE' SONG IS HELLA BANGING!!!

sean said...

thanks for migrate. mariah looks better than ever!

Anonymous said...

thanks ali!

this made me soo excited for E=MC^2 to leak! I can't wait to hear the studio version of "Migrate" it's gonna be a hit for sure!

Anonymous said...

she is DIVA.
the Join is Incredible

Anonymous said...

DAYUM! MIGRATE IS HOOT!!!!

Anonymous said...

Her pitch was all over the place but she still sounded good. Her voice has really gone through tons of damage; she is constantly cracking and struggling to hit notes. But with that said that was a good live vocal compared to most of the current singers who lack real vocal chops.

She's looking good too. The last time I saw her on TV she had really chunky thighs and couldn't pull off those short hot pants or whatever they are called. Looks like she lost a lot of weight.

george said...

Migrate is H O T!! She sounded & looked damn fine!

Anonymous said...

Ali,

What do you expect though? This is Mariah Carey NOT Madonna or Janet. Mariah came into the Biz to Sing, she's a pure vocalist NOT a Dancer.


I think both performaces were Great. She wasn't like sometimes doing her 'Model/Pose Performace'.


She gets extra credit for changing that damn hair of hers, she was sporting that damn blonde/straight hair since 03 and it was tired some.


Ostiboi Both songs are 'Emotion/showing' songs what in the world are you going on about? If you think 'TMB' is more upbeat then Migrate then your on something, I can tell your a MC hater to begin with.

ALI said...

I do agree... She looked really good tonight.

Anonymous said...

she allways sucks live ... well everyone says MARIAH can sing ... but really she cant ... she usually lip syncs the intense parts of her songs ...i think shes corny

Anonymous said...

ostiboi is like mariah hater.

Anonymous said...

I could care less about how she looked, she is not the star she once was. I thought she was miming the first verso of Touch My Body. Her voice is all over the place and the urban sounds she is striving for isn't working. She relies on her background singers way too much. I miss the old Mariah.

Tufas said...

people complain about MADONNA...

here we have Mariah Carey, a 40+ year old parading in nothing else but underwear, with songs with very very deep lyrics about touching her body, that can NOT dance or be a performer on stage..

you have it all wrong, children... I bet your average age is 13, with brains the size of peas.

OstiBoi said...

^Her face was so dull and im kind of a hater beacuse a lot of blogs were closed for posting that mediocre single of hers.

She also showed her diva attitude like: "Look at me im soo cute and have no brains but here i am!" And whats with the hand moving up and down? She thought her notes would be more powerful with that waving?

Anonymous said...

Mariah Is Lookin and Sounding Fierce!!! Migrate is a Mega-Hit Waiting to Happen!!!

DRB said...

Is she supposed to be emotional singing about having her body touched and going to a club?

TMB was not lipped. Its called harmonising with the background singers.

She was nervous as hell in the 1st song.

Her higher range was not 100%, but still great. Noticed when she introduced T-Pain, just talking loud, it didn't seem all right.

I cannot wait for her album

Anonymous said...

No I think she was miming the first verse. It sounds a lot better than the second one. Why would she be nervous? She has been performing for a long time.

Bengal said...

can't wait for her album... thanks ali for posting... these were nice performances... she definitely has damaged somewhat of her vocals... and yes she stood still too obviously most of the times... but her signature move is moving that hand so nothin you can do about it ppl... and yes... she still rocks because she sang really hard songs and harmonized great with the backups... and i do think she should be nervous for trying to sing something so hard live and no that's not lipsync people... she has a diva pride that big so why would she use lipsync on SNL

Anonymous said...

wtf happened to hear voice? she can barely sing. first verse of tmb was definitely lipped. well, at least she looked good.

Anonymous said...

First and most important of all, the audio and video playback are not 100% synchronized. I personally enjoyed both performances and they were great taking into account that it was Mariah's first time performing these songs. However, I didn't like that Mariah did not really sing the second verse of "Touch My Body" and she seemed to not have sang at all the part right before the high-belting part of TMB. Also, I am not sure if she lip-synced the last part of "Migrate." I watched the performances on TV and I was convinced that she sang it live but after watching this video several times, I do not know what to think.

Anonymous said...

Very stale, boring performances. It's a shame that Janet had the flu.

That's the only reason why Mariah was on. Janet couldn't make it for the taping due to illness.

Anonymous said...

Anybody got an MP3 of migrate live?

Anonymous said...

Migrate is OK, but it's not going to be in Hot 100 charts outside the US. Let's face it - it's nothing special.

Anonymous said...

um, touch my body is real easy on the vocals, so why the hell is she struggling so much?? i wonder if she's losing her voice.

yeah, she lost weight, and thank god for a slightly diff hair style, but overall i'm not impressed like i used to be. an this is from someone who's purchased all of her albums.

and i wish blogs all over the world would block the word "hate" or "hater"...since when does having an opinion or critique equal hate?! people annoy me.

mara

Sean said...

for MARIAH CAREY she sounded awful. her pitch was all over the place. her ad-libbing was bad also.

on a positive note! she looks amazing.

Anonymous said...

AMAZIIIIIIIIIIING! I LOVE LOVE LOVE MIGRATE!


CAN SOMEONE RIP MIGRATE IN MP3????????????????????? PLEASE!!!!!!!! I WANT IT SO BAAAAAD!

Anonymous said...

Shut up OstiBoi.. Don't judge someone if you don't know them!! Mariah was HOT and KILLED IT!! Love her!!

Anonymous said...

FYI Mariah is not even 40 years old. I don't think you need to compare her to madonna. Look at madonna's video for hung up, you could almost see her vajay-jay. She didn't sound amazing to me, but you gotta give her credit, it's one of the first times she sang these songs live.
Mariah is a singer, not a dancer, she'll never be like janet or madonna. she's got the voice, not the moves.

Migrate and Touch My Body don't have deep lyrics, it's just about having fun.

Anonymous said...

WOW! Great performance!!! I'm so glad it was 100% LIVE and she gave her all to it. Props.

About Migrate... It's amazingly catchy and FUN!!! I love it!

Anonymous said...

Mariah aka Mimi is back !!!!!!!!

TMB is so catchy with the 2 male dancers for the oh yeah oh yeah part...MC rocks !!

Migrate is deff a club banger !!!! It's funky and reggae with guest T Pain MC is the 1st female collaborator surely this song will be a No.1 hit !!! Go MC !!!! We LOVE MC !!!!

Anonymous said...

LOL at all the morons who said she sound great. Get real. She sounded horrible. She lost her voice like 10 years. Why do you think she changed her music. She needs to sit down, like now!

Casey said...

excuse me. mariah is in her 30's please get the age right if u want to talk shit about OUR GIRL!

Anonymous said...

Tufas

1st off Mariah will be Turning 38 This Month

NOT 40


Madonna will be '50' this year


That is a HUGE Diffrence. you queens are always comparing the two when they are NOTHING alike never was. Why do you people always find something to compare the two.

Anonymous said...

horrible horrible horrible and i like Mariah but she sucked big time her voice was off pitch and she was very scratchy looks like a performance on American Idol. Janet would have done much better she would have gave a performance well Janet will be replacing Mariah in May on SNL and she will be hosting

Anonymous said...

Migrate is Hot anothe hit for Mariah

Anonymous said...

And she is suppose to be a "big star"?

Lame songs and extremely lame performances.

Anonymous said...

http://www.zshare.net/audio/900983572f30e9/
mp3 of migrate

Anonymous said...

Being a "Diva" doesn't excuse the fact that she couldn't talk her way through both of these songs. I wonder if her hoarse voice and her slim body have to do with her weight loss methods...

Anonymous said...

Mediocre at best. Big Mariah fan but both performances looked cheap and unrehearsed. On a positive note however, at least Mariah is looking amazing. Her figure is in the best shape it has been.

Stein said...

I am finally willing to agree that Touch My Body is utter nonsense. She's a bit old to be making dumb references to YouTube and the like. I initially had it on the same level as 'It's Like That' i.e. no where near Mariah's best but functional but this live performance confirms that she's just not fun enough to pull it off.

The dancers were not needed.

She better have some trick comparable to 'We Belong Together' up her sleeve if E=MC2 is to fly.

Looks like Mimi is back to doing albums by the numbers. Shame.

Anonymous said...

Migrate is the type of song where I bet it sounds AMAZING in-studio, compared to live. Can't wait to here that one.

I saw Mariah in concert for her last tour, and the woman can still sing and hit those extremely high notes. She hasn't lost it.

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Mike1984 said...

Ali! Could you upload the video that your recorded to rapdishare, mediafire or something like that? PLEASE!

bigboy said...

seems like mariah is still trying desperately to find a way to market herself. she has one of the most amazing ranges of any singer in our generation, yet she stands on stage and bounces up and down while sort of singing mundane and clichéd hip hop lyrics. i just miss the true talents of this woman being highlighted. instead of being dumbed down to fit into the most popular selling genre of this decade.

Anonymous said...

Vocally, she was off tune and she could not dance so how does that make an "amazing" performance???


I don't agree witht he posts saying her performances were "great" and "amazing." Both performances were simply mediocre. Mariah is a singer and not a dancer so I understand why she could not dance but the material (i.e. lyrics) in both songs are different from her usual style so I can understand why she had problems staying in tune.

M.I.K.E. said...

mariah...my girl mariah
MIGRATE is fierce!!! i cant wait to hear the HQ version in studio, but it sounds so promising!

i think the stage where she performed was pure crap cuz even TOUCH MY BODY sounded weird

Anonymous said...

haters can kiss my ass.


Mariah's so much better than everything out there right now....

Anonymous said...

oh my. She was reaching for those notes. and damn Mimi gone street on "Migrate"

Anonymous said...

lol basically, no ones ever satisfied...

if she had gone up there, looked comfortable, and sang well, she would automatically have been lip singing

ok, so what? shes human. shes not somebody whos always comfortable on stage. it doesnt really matter how long shes been in the business, some people just arent natural performers like that, so stop hating so much...

and bottom line, if you sing the way she does for the amount of years she has, your voice is bound to be somewhat damaged...

she still sounds just as amazing as before, and about 104831257230 better than all these wannabes today...

Anonymous said...

Her voice wasn't totally on point, but it wasn't bad.

Anonymous said...

I wish Janet wasn't sick. SNL would've been a lot better. Mimi needs more rehearsal time. Obviously Janet mimes all of her songs, but its a given since her dance routines are so fierce.

Anonymous said...

MIGRATE is amazing. I'm sooo in love with Mariah all over again. She is the only queen out there. That joint is pure fire. it has tocked in my head like glue.... i agree with all of you she is gonna be the reigning queen of 2008 and in history a legend. Expect 18th an 19th #1s. I'm soo happy with this music. She is a true composer/musician/vocalist. again, i agree with you all she is the queen

Anonymous said...

I FUC&ING LOV MARIAH CAREY
I WILL START BUYING ALL HER ALBUMS
HAHAH

PAYZ PLAY said...

Fuckin' bad lips synch, she cannot even do it on time. At least, if you ain't doin it live, try to make it look live. What a stupid whore... She should definitely retire... She can't move at all... Diva my ass. What a boring performance.

Anonymous said...

lmmmmmfao @ janet reachin' #19 on the charts without radio play. thats BAD u dum janet fan thats not anything to be proud about...

in which mariah played it smart here ;)

Touch My Body is already #16 with ONLY radio play, its digital release in March 24th which is going to easily deathrone Love In This Club and make Mariah #1 where she belongs.

Adrian said...

SHE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

WOW!!! SHE IS THE BEST OF ALL SINGERS!! I LOVE HER!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH, FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD!!! I WAS WAITIN THAT SOMEONE UPLOAD THIS VIDEO BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE IT LIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
LOVE FROM ARGENTINA,
CECI

Solostar1 said...

woowww..MIGRATE is simply the best..It sticks to my head.And TMB, the Oh yeah Oh yeah at the last part is impressive....

richieboy0383 said...

Dammmmmnnnnnn She loooks sooo Goood!!!!!! She Lost A LOT of weight!!!

Anonymous said...

some of you Mariah lambs really kill me don't even put Madonna and Janet in this one she sucked big time how awful...lol and i'm not a haters it's just fact

Anonymous said...

lol in another live performance mariah dod, the crowd went crazy when tpain stepped in