"I Wanna Know What Love Is" Destroyed
Mariah Carey
Crazy, psych ward graduate, Mariah Carey, did an awful remake of the 1984 gospel-styled, Foreigner classic "I Wanna Know What Love Is." Carey deliberately leaked the remake to the internet yesterday and it is awful. I knew she would destroy and ruin the song.
Mick Jones, the British lead singer of Foreigner, who coincidentally wrote the tune, did it a million times better. When one writes such an instant classic, it is best to deny remake requests. Right now, I'm trying to forget Carey's awful rendition, lest it ruin my memory of the song.
Carey's deteriorating voice is on dull display, showcasing the fall from the heights of pop stardom, it once occupied. Carey's voice, much like at Michael Jackson's memorial last month, is audibly cracking, whimpering and wobbling.
She had to apologize to audiences the next day, blaming her terrible performance on being emotional over Jackson's death. What's she going to blame it on this time - the death of the Foreigner classic she killed. She is to this song what Dr. Conrad Murray is to Michael Jackson - musical Propofol.
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If one is going to do a remake, one should ensure it is as good as or better than the original. Turning in sub-par remakes only angers audiences. If you are not going to bring something new to the table, other than your over-inflated ego, don't bother showing up.
How is it Sony's Whitney Houston smoked enough drugs to clear poppy fields in the Middle East, yet still sounds better than Carey, even with weak songs and few of which are unoriginal and devalued (i.e. Houston's new song "Salute").
What happened to Carey's voice. Something went haywire with it in the mid 90's and it never came back. It appears to be a natural occurrence, but one that transpired decades earlier than normal for a singer, if at all.
