Β With the music and the backup singers and the kids dancing and all the excitement, Mariah Carey’s recent rendition of “All I Want for Christmas is You” was far from the worst thing ever. Β But you might not know that by some of the shade she’s getting lately. Β She’s not the Mariah people want to remember.
Her performance may not have been the worst, but it doesn’t get any better when you isolate the lyrics. Β The website Gawker started their story on it by saying, “Remember when Mariah Carey could sing? Β Most millennials probably can’t.” Β They then suggested she ask for a new voice from Santa.
TMZ points out that she passed on taping the performance so she could have an hours-long telephone conference about her divorce. Β Which could have impacted her voice.
But it’s also been 20 years since she recorded that song. Β And you ability to belt out those high notes changes over time. Β It happened to Cher, Robert Plant, Neil Diamond, Axl Rose and others.
So should Mariah hang it up so we remember her powerful voice as it once was? Β Our Man on the Edge, Robert Wilder, hit the streets to find out…
