Mariah Carey -- 'I'll Be There'

At today's memorial to Michael Jackson at the Staples Center, Mariah Carey performed the Jackson 5 hit "I'll Be There" with Trey Lorenz.

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46. Mariah Carey did not do well at all! She should have worn a simple plain black or white dress! Look at Jennifer Hudson very classy lady! As for the signing it was over the top, she should have made it simple without the theatrics, her hair would have been better up, definitely not one of her classier performances. Disappointed! Definitely should have left Trey to sing the song, look at Usher's tribute very classy sincere guy!!!

Posted at 5:12PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Kamsi

47. Oh yeah. And her hair sucked too.

Posted at 5:13PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Alexa

48. we are criticizing mariah (myself included).... but when SHE dies, we are going to have a memorial just like MJs and be sad for picking on her and instead of saying she looks like a $2 whore with her boobs hanging out in her coffin, we'll be saying things like "she was never afraid to be bold" and "push the limits" blah blah blah.... im just saying....

Posted at 5:22PM on Jul 7th 2009 by toolgirl

49. Sarah Dear, Mariah is only successful in numbers. That is the problem with you Mariah Carey fans. You measure everything in number. That means nothing just as her music means nothing. It isn't timeless and it won't endure the test of decades to come. Not one of her songs are considered a "Classic". Music that stirs the soul and makes you think back to the good times when you first heard it. All you lambs have are numbers. This woman isn't an artist. She stopped being that over ten years ago. She is a fake, manufactured, and cartoon like entity that makes money. No one takes her seriously outside of her base.

And by the way, Obsessed, like all her other singles, rocket to the top now because of download campaigns that her lambs put together buying multiple copies to get her to number one. Most other serious artist don't have that and don't need it. At the end of the day, Mariah Carey is a clown and fodder of the business. She has decided to go that way which is why she is mocked.

This was a memorial service, not a cocktail party in the country. She should have covered up her chest. But then, that's all she is now is her looks. She is such a wasted talent gone wrong. She was immaculate back in the day (When Tommy was in the picture) but since then, she is nothing more than...well, you get the picture.

There is nothing great about this seven year old woman besides her mind thinking how great she is. Jennifer Hudson, though unintentionally, showed her up for what a real singer is. Hell, her background singer sang better than her. She can't sing anymore and she uses distractions and thinks that we fall for them.

Take note here today. This woman would NEVER get the public respect and support for her or her work or career like that of this truly great entertainer...cause he was real. Flaws and all, he was real. She is nothing more than something to fill the space until someone authentic comes around. She isn't on the level of the greats and never will be. She just sells records and makes money. That's it and that's all she is.

Posted at 5:14PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Jennifer S.

50. Awful. Just absoulutely awful.

Mariah NEEDS to shut her big yap and go home to her teeny-bopper son... I mean, husband and take care of the "twins" (if you know what I mean).

She's ALWAYS been just a marginally-talent screecher who think if she screeches *louder*, it masks her mediocrity. FAIL!

Posted at 10:46AM on Jul 8th 2009 by Carter Forster - London, Ontario, Canada

51. Handcuff her and she could not sing

Posted at 5:40PM on Jul 7th 2009 by montecristo

52. Mariah Carey should be ashamed of herself. Looks like she forgot she was going to sing at a Memorial Service. She looked more like a burlesque stripper, No class what so ever, and her singing was horrible as well !

Posted at 5:59PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Mariah suxed

53. Wow. Some of you sound like a bunch of 90 year-old blue-haired church women. I don't see anything wrong with her cleavage. It's not like her tits were hanging out everywhere. And to Ms. Jennifer B., the wannabe music history expert, I do remember Mariah's older songs, and I'm sure a lot of other people do as well, and they do remind me of a time and era of when I first heard them.. Stop trying to speak for everyone.

Posted at 6:00PM on Jul 7th 2009 by KC

54. What was wrong with her voice while singing that song ?

MJ deserved a better performance


Posted at 11:54AM on Jul 8th 2009 by angel 77

55. TO !!! 6. she trying to be white too???

Posted at 3:55PM on Jul 7th 2009 by blackwhite

LIKE OUR PRESIDENT < SHE IS HALF WHITE !!! So Do You think She should Deny Being Half White and Half Black.

Posted at 6:05PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Blues Gutiar

56. TO 37. we are criticizing mariah (myself included).... but when SHE dies, we are going to have a memorial just like MJs and be sad for picking on her and instead of saying she looks like a $2 whore with her boobs hanging out in her coffin, we'll be saying things like "she was never afraid to be bold" and "push the limits" blah blah blah.... im just saying....

Posted at 5:22PM on Jul 7th 2009 by toolgirl

Posted at 6:07PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Blues Gutiar

57. TO 37. we are criticizing mariah (myself included).... but when SHE dies, we are going to have a memorial just like MJs and be sad for picking on her and instead of saying she looks like a $2 whore with her boobs hanging out in her coffin, we'll be saying things like "she was never afraid to be bold" and "push the limits" blah blah blah.... im just saying....

Posted at 5:22PM on Jul 7th 2009 by toolgirl

WHEN SHE DIES THERE WILL BE A SERVICE I AM SURE... BUT NOT LIKE MJ'S OR ELVIS'S

SHE IS A GOOD SINGER, BUT THERE THOUSANDS OF GOOD SINGERS...

ONLY ONE MJ AND ELVIS......................

THEY LIVED THE SAME TYPE OF LIFE, NOT ABLE TO GO OUT IN PUBLIC.. MARIAH CAN COME AND GO AS
SHE PLEASES WITHOUT BEING MOBBED...
SHE IS JUST NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING AS BIG OF EITHER OF THESE TWO.

Posted at 6:11PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Blues Gutiar

58. Mariah wanted to be the center of attention, she was not there to show Michael respect, she was there to show what a 2 bit ho ho ho she is. Wonder who she left baby sitting her husband And, her singing whats just as disgusting as she is

Posted at 6:20PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Mariah suxed

59.
EVERYONE TRY TO SING WHEN YOU ARE CRYING? ARE YOU ABLE TO??
I DARE U GUYS TO TRY IT... i GUARANTEEE YOU CANT.

Posted at 5:00PM on Jul 7th 2009 by sarah leah

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Yup, been there done that. It IS tough to do. I choked up at my boy friend's memorial when I was in high school, having to sing The Cure's Pictures of You and choked up at the fourth word and could barely make it through the rest of the song. Very painful memories. I'm no fan of MJ but I sure have mad respects for his talents and gifts he brought so selflessly into and onto the world. I seriously hope that his beautiful children carry on their father's humanitarian works. RiP MJ!

Posted at 6:31PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Malice

60. 45.
EVERYONE TRY TO SING WHEN YOU ARE CRYING? ARE YOU ABLE TO??
I DARE U GUYS TO TRY IT... i GUARANTEEE YOU CANT.


Mariah was in no way choked up, the only thing choking her was the straps around her neck holding her fake breast up

Posted at 6:35PM on Jul 7th 2009 by faker

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