Screaming Mimi.
Hilarious comedy-sized, er, "lungs" aside, Lord knows what we've done to deserve Mariah Carey over the years. True, the whole "Glitter" debacle was fun, (always nice to see a "diva" self-destruct) but now, sadly, she's selling records by the shed load again. And God alone knows why.
Throughout the charts, you'd be hard pushed to find a more cold, clinical approach to apparently soulful music. Mariah seems to think that just because she CAN hit such high notes, she has to do it in every single song, where it only further detracts from any sense of realism or depth. The music is rubbish to begin with, of course, with laughable, cliched syrupy love nonsense that is so bland and uninspired you imagine she only retreats into her high pitched wails and yelps to get away from singing them. Worse still, she's now further into her "ghetto" image, so instead of standing around with people who she normally would cross the street to avoid, she's also now attempting to sound like them. Newsflash - it doesn't work.
Of course, these rappers are here to provide street cred, but these people are bought more easily than the bling they're obsessed with. It's not a sign of how much they respect her as an artist, it's a sign that her record company can afford them.
Anyway, it's garbage. Mariah Carey stopped making good records.. well, after her first single, actually. This is another in the long line of bad ones, and you can't help but pray that "Mimi" is banged up and shipped straight back to the slave ships.
4 comments:
Words cannot express my gratitude in having found another rational human being who shares my hatred of Mariah Carey's "music."
Yes, her voice is unusually powerful, but it usually is subsumed by the most trite, simplistic arrangements imaginable.
Glad you've found a kindred spirit in The Fortress, Tumuli.
Yes, she's got a great voice, but someone needs to tell her how to use it properly - screeching and wailing for no good reason - other than the fact she can - ain't it.
So what music floats your boat, Tumuli?
So many acts to name... Velvet Underground, Funkadelic, PJ Harvey, The Smiths, on and on...
Scanning my blog archives (it only launched in December) will yield a more accurate description. I am in the midst of writing more reviews, but I doubt many will be interested.
What about you?
Pfff, too many to mention, but I'll try my best.
Prince, Bowie, Marilyn Manson, Dandy Warhols, Weezer, Slipknot, Ash, Placebo, Radiohead, Dylan, Korn..
That's one of my guilty secrets, actually - I haven't actually looked at anyone else's blogs at all. Something I must correct.
Oh - The Velvet Underground and Nico album is one of my favourites, by the way. I have a few George Clinton releases (Parilament, Funkadelic), and The Queen Is Dead by the Smiths. Good taste in music, guy!
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