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Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

There are very few female singers that my ears like. While I’m sure she’s a lovely person, Mariah Carey does not make my list. To be fair, only Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin are on that list. Maybe some Whitney once in a while. Oh yeah, Anne Murray and Karen Carpenter too. I love Diana Ross. Almost forgot about her. I just don’t like high notes. They hurt my ears and make me want to bark. I have a degree in trumpet performance so you’d think I’d like high notes, but I just don’t. (And I only started playing trumpet to sit by a cute boy. I actually prefer the sound of the trombone.)

Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1970 in Huntington, New York. I guess Guinness World Records calls her the Songbird Supreme. Umm, okay. I guess I don’t like birds anymore either. She has a five octave range which is pretty impressive, but my ears only want to hear the lower two octaves. Wikipedia claims she has the ability to reach notes beyond the 7th octave so, umm….wouldn’t that be into the 8th octave? Ruff!

Music critic G. Brown said, “For better or worse, Mariah Carey’s five octave range and melismatic style have influenced a generation of pop singers.” Yeah, I hate that melisma crap. A melisma is basically when you get all warbly over a note and can’t pick a pitch. There are some people who can pull it off and do it well. Mariah might be one of those, but I don’t want to hear it. Just sing the damn note. Don’t get all diarrhea about it.

Influences

Mariah Carey says that from childhood she has been influenced by Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, and Aretha Franklin. Hey! Those are my top peeps too!

She was also influenced by Minnie Riperton, which explains a lot. Lovin’ You by Riperton was one of my favorite songs as a kid but even back then, I didn’t enjoy the squeaky notes. (Did you all see the Southpark episode with John Stamos’ brother Richard? He was singing Lovin’ You at half time and a bomb had been set to explode when he hit the high F note in the song.)

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