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Sep 6 15 4:22 PM

mcfan wrote:
The thing that made it more noticeable is that she started arranging her songs way too high as well, with vocals that were impossible to replicate live in that vocal state.

She wasn't perfect in the #1's/Rainbow eras but the songs were also suited for her voice at the time. She could still nail songs like "I Still Believe" and even "Can't Take That Away" or "Against All Odds" (despite the bits that she lipped).


This is true. I think Mariah painted herself into a lot of difficult situations in the 2000's by recording songs she just couldn't realistically replicate on an average day. Not because she cant sing them. She did those vocals in general in a studio but because her voice wasn't anywhere near dependable or strong enough day to day to reproduce them when needed on stage.

It kind of painted her into a mental trap then of panicking herself, wondering if she can do the song or fool people that she was miming it instead. Fortunately, from around Memoirs she seemed to ditch this and you'd hear much more 'real' stuff. The last few albums felt a lot more natural from what she was doing.