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It's too perfect.
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Rexermus
I saw this literally last post in Most Viral. This is BS
YourUncleTheConvictedFelon
If this isn't a repost, hats off to you.
Begotten
Legend says on a clear winter night, you can still see her standing on that stage, not singing
CaptainFlowers0
When the title says the joke
BaronVonYumYum
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/arts/music/mariah-carey-new-years-eve-times-square.html she should take resp. for not prepping
realmdweller
"It doesn't get any better than this."
cherypi
Brandon Rogers?
purpdrank87
No she said that
DoggoFroggos
youcanrelaxaroundme
I don't know how anyone is suprised at this performance, have you not been seein the shit she's been saying and doing the past 5 years?????
fivepygmygoats
What has she been doing?
monkeymuffins
Descending into alcoholism, more or less... except for when she was pregnant, Mariah's vocals have been deteriorating for years.
OHhenry89
She doesn't even tour anymore, the least she could do was actually sing
NoConscience
Ken leeeeeeee tulibudibudowtchuuuu
POLO314
SometimesISayDumbShit
Who was that? I was too busy drinking and being merry to watch anything on tv
DeliciousPandaTears
Oh shit son. He's talking about Maria's dumpster fire.
gizmonicus
I like this. i needed an alternative to train wreck, now I have one.
LocoRojoVikingo
Pariah Carey
JustCallMeBean
I like this comment.
natriusaut
I really don't like her or her songs, but actually this picture shows how good she controlls her anger.
HermanManly
Trying to sing without in-ears is like having 3 people reading a book out loud but everyone is 1 word ahead of the other. Try it.
ThaneofGlamis
Yes! Thank you! People seem to think it's easy. "Just get up there and sing."
Rentaldog
So, some are saying shes singing and some are saying its all lip synced. I think thats where all this confusions coming from.
AceTrainerPuppet
They didn't get her monitors fixed so they ended up having to play her album over the speakers and she had to sync through it.
DoubleSunMoonMoon
Aha, yes! I also laughed at... Whoever this is. Who is this?
kendalfromdimensionC132
https://youtu.be/ZU1pGJW5aLs here is the original performance for ya. Not sure if it's been posted yet.
flowerrface
Thank you! I'll add this to the post... dunno why I didn't think of that....
Feytality123
catsrn
A song with no notes was essentially the theme song of 2016
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
The notes all died
eggbag
How did the dancers hear the music then?
nwaw
She couldn't hear herself. Do you know how quiet an unamplified human voice is with loud music and crowd sounds competing?
JustCallMeBean
Neither of those statements even remotely address his question minus one
eggbag
Neither of these statements even remotely address my question -1
kojenk
The dancers just have their practiced sequences.
codesofsugar
Not the performance 2016 wanted, but the performance 2016 deserved.
BronzeLeaguePro
2016 has been a good year. Most people are optimistic about the future again. Have hope, for Harambe watches over us from heaven.
TheSexyMexi
ShakeyGraves
Not the original comment this post deserved or needed
DootDanger
Truth gets you down-dooted apparently.
ShakeyGraves
Not bumming me any for calling out someone who stole this line
YourLocalSnitch
Not the negativity anyone expected or asked for
Ryebread91
Not the reply he wanted but the reply he deserves.
WhatUpIGotABigHawk
Nice, use my title from a post, way to be original.
Fundoplication
"I'll just let the audience sing"
StephaneLambert
And still get paid
Itsjustagoddamnpopularitycontest
feel sorry for her "I wanted a holiday too, can I not have one?"
nivE3066
She could had one and not worked instead of doing half her job. You didnt see cops in nyc or emts doing half their job
Itsjustagoddamnpopularitycontest
sarcasm's not imgur thing I see.
nwaw
Pretty graceful way to deal with a tech failure, tbh
VictoryPhoenix
Graceful would have looked more professional.
heeloo
I thought it was a cop-out. You're supposed to be one of the great "singers", yet you don't have the balls to attempt to sing w/out backing.
DaemonAldent
I think you're thinking of beyonce. Maria Carey isn't considered great is she?
DaemonAldent
Haha I came back to this today and saw the downvotes...most I've ever gotten! Yall are some sensitive people though, aren't ya.
YorgleVanBlorglestien
I think was considered to be at one time
melveys
Mariah Carey has sold over 200 million albums globally. One of the best selling female artists of all time. She was at her peak in the 90s.
CNNBRFIINF
Uh, if there were a sing-off between Mariah Carey and Beyoncé, Beyoncé could not compete. Bey is a great performer, not a great singer.
monkeymuffins
Beyoncé is a great singer. But she's nowhere near Mariah at her peak.
lugubri0us
weliveinaspaceshipdear
Sync* not sing* (In case you're not native English..."sync" means to make two things line up with each other...like lips over a vocal track)
ringox
Line up or synchronize
NateintheNorth
That feeling you get when you read something and realize you've been saying it wrong forever. Like nun chuck. A kid I know says nissle.
Smugglecats
Wait is nun chuck not proper? What's actually said then?
JustCallMeBean
No. Actually, sync is slang for synchronize, which means to cause multiple things to occur at the same time and/or rate.
ItsaTobis
...thats basically what was said. Actually.
PeterMus
Mariah wasn't lip syncing. She was actually singing and wasn't able to hear the song. Try putting in earplugs and singing to a melody.
BlackHartMTB
Are you her publicist?
heeloo
I'm not a professional with hours of practice. I would think a highly decorated performer would be able to do it though.
JustCallMeBean
Highly decorated performer? Was she in a war or something?
ihateeggs
Nah. Just a skank since the 80s who can't hold a note clearly and got to be famous for some reason.
monkeymuffins
In the 90s, Mariah Carey had one of the greatest female voices in the world, next to Whitney Houston and Celine Dion.
ShittyBiologyTeacher
Is that why her voice keeps going when she stops moving her lips?
ImgurPoof
But it didn't...
Ihazcheeseburger
Did on the second song. On the first song the high notes were clearly a recording.
HermeneuticalQuandary
She literally says they're playing the album
BrainFrogz
Canadian here, can someone fill us in on what happened? The whole country was too busy watching Rick Mercer talk about Crashed Ice andHockey
itsrexmanningday
Mariah Carey bombed her performance on New Years Eve in Times Square: https://youtu.be/Et_De5vO1_Y
TheUsernameIsStrongWithThisOne
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oceanskysforever
Daaamn that was hard to watch
oceanskysforever
THANK you ive been waiting for someone to post it
TheAwfulNene
Her IEM mix was fucked. Information is scarce and contradictory, so reading between the lines it looks like she couldn't hear her vocal 1/2
TheAwfulNene
in her monitors. With the vocal not present in the stage wedges, she was utterly fucked. Singing without monitors is almost impossible 2/2
outspokencanary
She was lit AF. She didn't attend the sound check apparently. She could barely walk to the stage. The lip sync screw up was the second song.
outspokencanary
The first song she was like "I get a holiday too" "let the audience sing" and just awkwardly walked around. The dancers did great!!!
joedan31
Her ear piece was broken or something so she couldn't hear her music to sing to so she basically stood there doing nothing
Canisiel
Any video?
VampireWarioFromDrMario64
Who is "she"?
whatupmyknitters
Mariah Carey, not Britney Spears.
Calculussucks
It was Mariah Carrey.
TheMayorOfTittyCity
Britney Spears
Calculussucks
I thought it was Mariah Carrey.
kojenk
I dont get it. These type of performances takes a lot to practice. If things go out of whack, its not like you can impromptu like in rock.
kojenk
For a rock concert from one of the legends i have better expectations, not of pop music icons.
ent0mbed
She seems to have a reputation for skipping rehearsals, but there should always be back-up equipment for something of this importance.
CydonianCyborg
It didn't look like it was rehearsed at all tho. It just looked so awkward.
kojenk
dude what? Things went wrong. the rehearsed plan broke.
CydonianCyborg
there were parts where she went up to the backup dancers and gave them instruction that she made up on the spot.
pigeonkitty
I ended my 2016 by accidentally biting my tongue so hard I had to get stitches at the urgent care
Omnislash9
I broke a toe! We are indeed 2016's last victims
iamtotallyahuman
I found out I'm allergic to bees on new years eve. I've been in bed sense. I feel your pain.
SaintTsunami
I fell asleep. Then woke up and was having a dump when I heard fireworks. I shitted in the New Year.
southernsmoke
I broke my ankle
Flutterfinn
SO bowed me in the jaw 5 minutes to the ball drop. Bit my tongue pretty good, too. He got a disgusting bloody kiss at midnight.
PlusSizedGentlemanInAnUndersizedGarment
Ouch, that sucks.
pigeonkitty
Plus I was eating Indian food so my mouth was filled with spices. I let loose a bloodcurdling scream in the restaurant while drooling blood
Calculussucks
Actually, I reread this when I was a little less tired, and it is just horrible. I hope you're OK now.
GadenKerensky
You should have put on an act! Like, you were cursed by the Indians or something!
Calculussucks
That sounds both exciting and horrible. Not that it wasn't all just bad, but I really do like the excitement/attn. that comes from injuries.
NotYourLady
I never realized I feel that way too until reading your comment. What is wrong with us?!
Calculussucks
We like attention and excitement, just like any other human being. You're already hurt/sick, might as well enjoy it, right?
JacenSolo
Isn't it human? Cause it's attention grabbing, which makes it exciting?
porkofadifferentkindofpork
There's nothing wrong with liking the attention, unless you start faking illness to get attention. This is known as 'munchausen syndrome'.
Calculussucks
Yeah, I don't do that. Just like morphine and Lortabs, it is fun only when necessary.
twofishtails
And look up "Munchausen by proxy", really nasty.
imscaredofzombies
That was so uncomfortable to watch
NotABadLookingNarcissist
Ive been avoiding it for that very reason.
Alivid
The first blood of 2017: a meme year has begun
piklikl
Yeah, watching a performer take the hit for a tech crew person's failure is always super uncomfortable (usually it's the other way around)
Freya7
She's a diva
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plainoldfool
I don't think her monitor was working. She said that pretty early on "can I get a monitor here?". She couldn't hear herself
DidItForScience
The main sound is pointed outward and the crowd is loud as fuck. You can hear her repeatedly asking for music in the monitors.
piklikl
Her monitor clearly wasn't on. She couldn't hear the music, and she had a huge crowd shouting at her. Can't sing if you can't hear music.
jab33677845
I was shitfaced when this happened mined filling me in?
BigAZNMan
You would have immediately lost your buzz and sobered up.
zambrano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkTy_vSPkWc
webdevz
Finally ... Someone provides a damn link. I can't look away! It's so awful.
professionalthirdwheeler
they only played background music, she couldn't lip sync, and she "let the audience do it for her"
TheBlueMuppet
Wonder how many takes it took not to fuck up that tea angle.
kraeftig
There are such things as fake glasses for that type of shot
CyanideSynn1221
She was drunk, performance sucked. Lol she was mad, it was great.
TeammateAssist
Was she really drunk?
JustJoshinya9001
She looked high as fuck.
dobbythehouseelf
That's my question. Someone I know works there and said her equipment was actually working totally fine. She looked smashed the whole time.
waitdoyounot
Dunno. But what I heard was she couldn't hear the music so she couldn't lip sync and it was super awkward.
CyanideSynn1221
I saw a thing saying she had been drinking a bit. I assumed because she was being led closely when she walked. Heels are hard, harder >
CyanideSynn1221
TheAwfulNene
Her IEMs weren't working, so she couldn't hear herself singing. She could have taken them out to hear the backing track on the monitor 1/2
herewegoat
Yeah that is what the good PR person she has wants you to believe. Watch the footage, wasted diva on display.
TheAwfulNene
wedges on the stage, but then her own voice would have been drowned out and she'd have no idea if she was in key or not. Not good at all 2/2
MargauxB
Her in-ears weren't working so she couldn't hear the song to sing along withZ
CSharpShooter
They were working, just didn't have the vocal track so she couldn't lip sync.
dobbythehouseelf
I actually know some people that were working their that night and said all her equipment was working perfectly fine.
Derf15
The audio company working the show has released a statement stating just the opposite. That all in-ears were working as expected.
ImGur8
But the audience and the dancers next to her could....mhmm.
Ansatsunin
"You're a moron, Harry!"
Mechuyaswell
Omg those dancers knew what to do before hand!? Was it all a routine?!?! SHOCKED, I AM.
Tenshigure
Dancers don't really need their music to perform, 95% of the routine is muscle memory after hundreds of hours of practice. Not the same.
Tenshigure
A singer could perform without monitors, but it could be off-key as well as off-time. Would've looked even worse than it already was.
ImGur8
2/2 late on beat 2 then it's all off. That's what makes it crazy is they could be on beat which means they heard it she was lip syncing 2/3
ImGur8
Later which means she heard it as well.
ImGur8
Well of course they don't need music to do the routine but the difference Is sticking to the beat. If the count Is 8 and they start 1/2
nwaw
As a singer: the in-ear is necessary to hear yourself properly. What comes out over the speakers has a (very slight) delay.
ChaosandChaos
They didn't have monitors? Or is that too fancy?