this performance is outstanding, but I don't think she's singing it the best way she can, I think she could have done a lot better; it sounds like her voice was in good enough condition to do better.
I don't understand when people complain that she lost her voice after 1996. Some of my fav performances are after that time. I like her voice best during the Glitter/Charmbracelet era even though I didn't like the CD's that much...
It's a fact that she lost a great portion of her voice through the years since 1997. But SHE CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE UP with it and kill her songs again only If she will REST.
Her voice is very vulnerable to damage, that's why she needs rest.
Like this one, ofcourse she must have a long rest to condtion her voice b4 the concert.
ALso, dont forget that the key register in this perf was transposed lower from the original
She's never had a lot of stamina. When people talk about her vocal peak in '95-'96 she hardly performed, her Daydream world tour was only 7 shows with a week in between for resting. In the early 90's her voice was so good because she was getting a lot of rest. Compare that to the many performances and promo's she does now. That's why her chest voice sounds strained. When she's well rested she sounds fantastic eg 2005 performances, after her break between Charmbracelet and Mimi.
did she ever lip synch this song? coz i dont remember watching a VOL performance where she lipped it.. She always does this song LIVE and i love it! this is one of the best ever.. also the one from BET 2005.. =)
this performance was absolutely fantastic. whoever says she lost her voice can go sing some chest notes like this! stop picking on her. shes really careful with her voice. on this new album its not my favorite, as her voice is a little raspy and irritated on some songs. but lets face it. EOM was one of the best of her albums. she proved she still had her 5 octaves and chest voice. the reason why on this album (e=mc2) it wasnt quite as good is cause she knew she didnt have to prove anything else.
Belting notes in this performance seemed so effortless. I can't say the same about the TEOM tour. This tour, her voice was GREAT, she looked GREAT, overall.. amazing. TEOM, her voice was, admit it, so off and she couldn't have picked a more terrible way to dress.
thats amazing i luv the different endings she does to this song, my fav is when she performs on the today show back in about 1999 an she does a great ending there!
the last good performance of vision of love... She even hides the signs and indications of her vocal decline! Really amazing... I hope her voice comes back at this level at least!
lets just say that she cant sing that songs live. but she can sing them piece by piece at the studio... she admitted it. "someday i can sing like this,someday like that so I go to the studio and do certain parts of the song" ...so the question is... what does she do at Live then? Lip-synch ofc ;) cheers!
hehe i dont care what she wears or how she like to behave, she have every right to do whatever she likes! i Care about her music and Voice , wich i still really like and adore and ofc i still buy her stuff plus i'm waiting for every new performance (live or not)to come to the public with agony! ;) i just wish that she always sing completely live even if she doesnt sound like alboum or good enough. i still love live,even the so called "bad performances" ;)
i luv the charmbracelet era, she looked and sounded perfect, and harked back to the mariah b4 butterfly, the one that could execute these seemless notes like in the performance, can't wait 4 new music n feb.
the reason why she worked her butt off is because she wanted to show fans that she was not leaving any time soon. If she would have sounded as she did in MIMI people would have thought it was the end of her, but she took it easy because druing the charmbracelt tour that is when she had a big decline in her voice. I think know she understands what she has to do.
def one of the best EVER performances of vision of love i have heard so far...this is up there with the daydream era performances..it was a nice new twist on the standard version ..as good as some of her mimi tour perfs last year if not better..her belting/control was pretty immaculate and she was hitting practially ALL the notes..!
not to criticize her or anything or tell her what to do but MC should focus more on performances like this. This performance was absolute perfection. Her in the fantastic gown, the mic stand, giving us great hand moments, good moments with the mic in the stand, kneeling down to hit the note, perfection. It was almost kind of Whitney. Too bad she's not consistent as of late. She'll become more of a legend if she gives performances like this one.
I saw her live in Albany and though she didn't perform this song, she was absolutely amazing. She was freakin' gorgeous and all of her notes were on point; her whistle register is as strong as hell. She sends chills through your body, live, seriously.
I am the main one on here saying that everyone is entitled to their opinion but that statement throws me bc I've found her performance of this song on TAOM to be raspy and scratchy
there has been a big fuss that her voice has changed and stuff like that but i think her voice has gotten better because i think she is starting to learn to control it i mean she sang great younger but she just stood there and sang and it was like raw..now her voice is like trained..i just think her voice is better now than before because her performances of her old songs like vision of love are better now then they were before
i dont kno why yall always fussin bout witch performance was betta....?.....they both were great....just leave it at that...stop being petty!damn....the bottom line is that she can SING HER ASS OFF!!!!so leave it alone.....:>
WOW WOW WOW!!! That was great!!! Of course we all remember the CB tour! She nails all of her songs EVERY TIME!! And I love how the guy who recorded it is like, practically screaming with excitment when she hits her high notes - we all love it when she does that, sends a shiver down me every time!!!
This was better than the performance on BET, why can't we just all admit it? Are you scared that she couldn't do it like this today, so you're just hailing the best RECENT version as the best ever? If that's the case, don't worry, her tours are really the only reason that her voice gets into the incredible shape it's in... As for the BET performance, it was simply a stripped down version of this one...
being able to whistle doesn't make the whole song. If you're just looking for a high not then that's your thing but for me the whole performance of VOL on BET was crazy good.
damm Billybob!! where did you get that file? I got chills everytime I hear those high notes !! please send it to me to: juan_perezh@hotmail.com. It´s for me and a friend´s birthday man, pleasssseeeee
One of the best interpretations of this song since the year of the "Butterfly", what this high note means?! Simply THE voice that the universe have never known, and will never know!
with this she has proven to me that she still possesses her voice, cause i thought that she doesn't anymore cause she rarely does these high notes, she doesn't perform 'Emotions' and stuff like that
I have to hear her whistles every day! Awesome performance btw!
Vinc131291 7 months ago
i love the way the guy that was recording the video freaks out when mariah whistles at the end of the song!
great performance for that period!
bixxius 11 months ago 3
100% LIVE and AMAZINGLY powerful!!!!!
theoneandonly2503 1 year ago 2
Actually the BET one has an attempted F5 belt but Mariah didn't execute it properly and she jumped straight from an Eb5 belt to an F6.
TheDeathsAdvocate 1 year ago
@TheDeathsAdvocate lol yea but it was nice :P
iiAmitx3 1 year ago
I love the Diva face after she did the last whistle AMAZING!
LoboAscuridad 1 year ago
Love ur scream at the end :D lol!!!
lurisena 1 year ago
@lurisena - It's called whistle register lol
LoboAscuridad 1 year ago
@LoboAscuridad
Not Mariah's..... Billybobtheduck's...
Bazinga!!!
lurisena 1 year ago
@lurisena - What?
LoboAscuridad 1 year ago
@LoboAscuridad
Doesn't matter... peace :)!!!
lurisena 1 year ago
@lurisena haha I understand now. bye
LoboAscuridad 1 year ago
AMAZING!Oh my gosh she's fantastic here! 5 stars for the biggest selling female artist of all time!
mediterraneoboy 1 year ago
the queen of singing! the queen of chant!
cinkey8 2 years ago
Just so amazing it gives you shivers! :-)
BabycakesEm 2 years ago
Excellent Peformance!!!
DivasForeverChannel 2 years ago 11
she sound just like the recording....WOW!!!
nippyme 2 years ago 3
You better get it Mariah!
trentnjones 2 years ago 4
it was ok. ive seen better from her on this song
1037pm 2 years ago
ABSO FUCKING LUTELY AMAZING!
gasdev 3 years ago 16
lol i totally agree
XforeverlongingX 2 years ago 3
the screaming guy is so cute
tvARTUR 3 years ago
He made me laugh so much!!! :D ... I'd do the same :P
lurisena 2 years ago
this performance is outstanding, but I don't think she's singing it the best way she can, I think she could have done a lot better; it sounds like her voice was in good enough condition to do better.
crazy2hazy 3 years ago 2
it really shows how mariah loves this song. she never lips this song.
allthegoodmen 3 years ago 3
2:47 what! 2:52 what!!!
spinky916 3 years ago
LIVE!!! no comment period
juicybytes 3 years ago
Such a diva. Get it girl!! :D
Alcazar1024 3 years ago 3
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this is so PERFECT!
artookhey 3 years ago
wow,,the guy is freaking out..haah i love this one
bodyandsoul24 3 years ago
I don't understand when people complain that she lost her voice after 1996. Some of my fav performances are after that time. I like her voice best during the Glitter/Charmbracelet era even though I didn't like the CD's that much...
Tsukikuroi 3 years ago 4
It's a fact that she lost a great portion of her voice through the years since 1997. But SHE CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE UP with it and kill her songs again only If she will REST.
Her voice is very vulnerable to damage, that's why she needs rest.
Like this one, ofcourse she must have a long rest to condtion her voice b4 the concert.
ALso, dont forget that the key register in this perf was transposed lower from the original
bobumer 3 years ago
She's never had a lot of stamina. When people talk about her vocal peak in '95-'96 she hardly performed, her Daydream world tour was only 7 shows with a week in between for resting. In the early 90's her voice was so good because she was getting a lot of rest. Compare that to the many performances and promo's she does now. That's why her chest voice sounds strained. When she's well rested she sounds fantastic eg 2005 performances, after her break between Charmbracelet and Mimi.
Tsukikuroi 3 years ago
i was there in zurich concert mariah is the best i will never forget that day my hole life i saw mariah live i was like shock i had all the pic
mariahemc2 3 years ago
i love how she belts it out at 3:10!!!!!! amazing
J3LoCar3y 3 years ago 3
did she ever lip synch this song? coz i dont remember watching a VOL performance where she lipped it.. She always does this song LIVE and i love it! this is one of the best ever.. also the one from BET 2005.. =)
J3LoCar3y 3 years ago
Nope this is one of the songs where she's never lipped it!
kevonh 3 years ago
yeah and it's cool coz it's her first song ever and she always sings it live,, ☺ ☺ ☺
J3LoCar3y 3 years ago 3
there are certain that she never lips: VOL, Make it happen, Hero, I'll Be There.
crazy2hazy 3 years ago 2
they need to release a dvd of this tour!!!!!!!!!!
J3LoCar3y 3 years ago 2
agree!
artookhey 3 years ago
WOW! i loved this tour, It was amazing in person (in MD), she rocked the entire show!
bigsteel 3 years ago
this performance was absolutely fantastic. whoever says she lost her voice can go sing some chest notes like this! stop picking on her. shes really careful with her voice. on this new album its not my favorite, as her voice is a little raspy and irritated on some songs. but lets face it. EOM was one of the best of her albums. she proved she still had her 5 octaves and chest voice. the reason why on this album (e=mc2) it wasnt quite as good is cause she knew she didnt have to prove anything else.
roniandcheese18 3 years ago
Belting notes in this performance seemed so effortless. I can't say the same about the TEOM tour. This tour, her voice was GREAT, she looked GREAT, overall.. amazing. TEOM, her voice was, admit it, so off and she couldn't have picked a more terrible way to dress.
waldaberd 3 years ago
This is amazing. Her voice was on point here.
trentnjones 3 years ago
old mariah!
i miss u!
sidneyviper 3 years ago
Now that's what i'm talking about!!
JayTMichael 3 years ago
thats amazing i luv the different endings she does to this song, my fav is when she performs on the today show back in about 1999 an she does a great ending there!
tubefan1001 3 years ago
i love how she extends the ending
vdude15 3 years ago 2
the last good performance of vision of love... She even hides the signs and indications of her vocal decline! Really amazing... I hope her voice comes back at this level at least!
sodade21 3 years ago
i liked the bet blueprint one also
vdude15 3 years ago 4
how does she hide it?
middlecreek 3 years ago
On her new album, she hits some of her highest notes. She sounds like 90's Mariah.
garbagefan2 3 years ago 2
lets just say that she cant sing that songs live. but she can sing them piece by piece at the studio... she admitted it. "someday i can sing like this,someday like that so I go to the studio and do certain parts of the song" ...so the question is... what does she do at Live then? Lip-synch ofc ;) cheers!
sodade21 3 years ago
During TAOM, she was able to do this, plus x10. Idk, I'm still impressed. I think we still have the 90's Mariah, but I respect ur opinions! :-)
And yeah, you make valid points. Not like these other people. "OMG, she's dressing slutty to hide deterioration."
garbagefan2 3 years ago
hehe i dont care what she wears or how she like to behave, she have every right to do whatever she likes! i Care about her music and Voice , wich i still really like and adore and ofc i still buy her stuff plus i'm waiting for every new performance (live or not)to come to the public with agony! ;) i just wish that she always sing completely live even if she doesnt sound like alboum or good enough. i still love live,even the so called "bad performances" ;)
sodade21 3 years ago
Same here. Sometimes she lip-sync's, but she only does that on tv performances I noticed. Who cares, let's just appreciate her voice. ;)
garbagefan2 3 years ago
the best all i can say
jjjj787878 3 years ago
that was an amazing performance, i hope her new era is as good as this kind of performance
gcsilva 3 years ago 4
love it
royalrocksCG 3 years ago 2
I love u mariah!!!!
mariahcareynum1fan 4 years ago 4
Showstopping...
gllindsay 4 years ago 2
jeje me hace gracia escuchar la emocion de la gente al oir esta cancion.Fabulosa
undala 4 years ago 2
i love how she belted those notes out
wewillhaha 4 years ago 3
i wanna jump on her and snog her face off for that performance. Fucking loved it.
gulfrazthehunk1 4 years ago 4
putangina grabe. oh my god. glamorous. very glamorous. tangina. shit. oh my.. halimaw. i love you na talaga. tangina.
folkjazz 4 years ago
i luv the charmbracelet era, she looked and sounded perfect, and harked back to the mariah b4 butterfly, the one that could execute these seemless notes like in the performance, can't wait 4 new music n feb.
juliancastillo30b 4 years ago
agree i Love ButterflyTour and CharmTour best in song choices and vocal Live Full Length Strengths and styles...better than MimiTour.
transhurray 4 years ago
the reason why she worked her butt off is because she wanted to show fans that she was not leaving any time soon. If she would have sounded as she did in MIMI people would have thought it was the end of her, but she took it easy because druing the charmbracelt tour that is when she had a big decline in her voice. I think know she understands what she has to do.
Darkangel80008 4 years ago
Perfect voice !
Titice 4 years ago
she's actually more on point here than the bet version, this is the shit, one of the best singers in the world
juliancastillo30b 4 years ago
wow those high notes are AMAZING!!! :-)
miragefreak 4 years ago
wow wow definitely amazing!!
JELOxCAREY 4 years ago
mariah does f5 all of the time just check at her version in nyc? I think the BET version crushes this version
Bababasjd 4 years ago
bet one is different than this one they're both amazing
foreverlonging 4 years ago
def one of the best EVER performances of vision of love i have heard so far...this is up there with the daydream era performances..it was a nice new twist on the standard version ..as good as some of her mimi tour perfs last year if not better..her belting/control was pretty immaculate and she was hitting practially ALL the notes..!
bboy412 4 years ago
HER VOICE!!!! those notes are mad
WOW WOW WOW
likeatattoo 4 years ago
this is the best version of the song ever in my opinion
she was so beautiful in the charmbracelet era
still is of course!
but this is when i discovered her
so itll be so special to me =]
charmedpariah 4 years ago
I love the way she sings that song!!!
jtubu 4 years ago
not to criticize her or anything or tell her what to do but MC should focus more on performances like this. This performance was absolute perfection. Her in the fantastic gown, the mic stand, giving us great hand moments, good moments with the mic in the stand, kneeling down to hit the note, perfection. It was almost kind of Whitney. Too bad she's not consistent as of late. She'll become more of a legend if she gives performances like this one.
slave4supernewty 4 years ago
Yep true its cause this is sang with little falsetto, and more belting
foreverlonging 4 years ago
good point, this is fantastic all around she includes every aspect of her voice in this 1 performance very smoothly
foreverlonging 4 years ago
Mariah truly is a vision of love... Amazing voice... A miracle...
janninebjskho 4 years ago
she is amazing!!!!
initochanchan 4 years ago
wow, amazing..very high note..she reach C7???
alamsmp1 4 years ago
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DiGilex 5 years ago
thank you this is amaazing.
kenjadams85 5 years ago
she is soo good. Mc can still make say "how on earth did she do that?"
initochanchan 5 years ago
i cant stop laughign that the guy went nuts
iheartyou1246 5 years ago
damn Awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
usernamemen 5 years ago
That is an amazing performance!! It makes me laugh at the end when Mariah does the high note and the guy recording this goes nuts!! hahaha!
leehuk1982 5 years ago
i'm sorry for reply the message, sorry
nonobabum 5 years ago
only the best, the best voice, the best diva, the best women, THE BEST
nonobabum 5 years ago
It's okay, she's so good you just gotta say it twice!!
taw91891 5 years ago
jajaja thank you for not keeping in mind my "supposed error", you are very kind
nonobabum 5 years ago
only the best, the best voice, the best diva, the best woman, THE BEST
nonobabum 5 years ago
So amazing...great rendition of the song :)
adamino85 5 years ago
This woman sings like a dolphin, amazing and i love this girl.
unitedx 5 years ago
her voice is a gift of God, amazing.
razzbairee 5 years ago
i was that concert it was zurich it remind me those day i saw mariah live it was great love u mimi ;)
mariahforever2 5 years ago
do u know if this concert was filmed? did u see any cameras rolling? would love to have this on some sort of future live DVD compilation..
cjdavis83 4 years ago
Awasome! Amazing! Perfect! I really really loved it! and Mariah is so cute and pretty! amazing voice amazing high notes
HotTamale111 5 years ago
yeah !2003, i was there !!! it was soooooo great !!
Calvinzh 5 years ago
i love mariah
kourt22 5 years ago
love her the most!!
limsingyong 5 years ago
this is superrrrrrrrrrr
mariahama2097 5 years ago
I saw her live in Albany and though she didn't perform this song, she was absolutely amazing. She was freakin' gorgeous and all of her notes were on point; her whistle register is as strong as hell. She sends chills through your body, live, seriously.
ThEsUpReMeDiVo 5 years ago
this is so awesome.
harrywoo 5 years ago
2006 Pepsi Smash VoL was the best
youtube.com/watch?v=eH5KKUE4ZAg
hengx 5 years ago
that was a great perfomanse from my mimi...WOW....i am proud of her
famkima 5 years ago
Her performance of VOL during her tour (2006) now is the best i've seen so far, but this is great too.
LeSoleilNoir 5 years ago
I am the main one on here saying that everyone is entitled to their opinion but that statement throws me bc I've found her performance of this song on TAOM to be raspy and scratchy
mcsguardianangel 5 years ago
no version of BET was the best
alejandro102690 5 years ago
version of shining trough the rain is best
bluefox08 5 years ago
dat is wow
holyboy27 5 years ago
there has been a big fuss that her voice has changed and stuff like that but i think her voice has gotten better because i think she is starting to learn to control it i mean she sang great younger but she just stood there and sang and it was like raw..now her voice is like trained..i just think her voice is better now than before because her performances of her old songs like vision of love are better now then they were before
alejandro102690 5 years ago
i dont kno why yall always fussin bout witch performance was betta....?.....they both were great....just leave it at that...stop being petty!damn....the bottom line is that she can SING HER ASS OFF!!!!so leave it alone.....:>
capreasj 5 years ago
exactly :}
middlecreek 5 years ago
good job!.
Dotcomname3 5 years ago
HAHHAHAHAA dude...ur funny on the recording...awesome video...i woulda been that excited too...hahahahah LOVES IT
beps2003 5 years ago
DAMN that was a hot a** performance. That has got to be her best performance of this song in 2000s. That was amazing woah CHILLS! :}
middlecreek 5 years ago
WOW WOW WOW!!! That was great!!! Of course we all remember the CB tour! She nails all of her songs EVERY TIME!! And I love how the guy who recorded it is like, practically screaming with excitment when she hits her high notes - we all love it when she does that, sends a shiver down me every time!!!
leehuk1982 5 years ago
haha, the guy recording was lovin it, i think this version was awesome, not sure which one i like better tho, the BET performance or this one.
ANTWONY 5 years ago
lol i was at that concert.. she rocked..love her
scm0583 5 years ago
^Pretty much. And it's not just the whistles that make it better. The belting is stronger, clearer, heavier and thicker.
JoeDeigh 5 years ago
This was better than the performance on BET, why can't we just all admit it? Are you scared that she couldn't do it like this today, so you're just hailing the best RECENT version as the best ever? If that's the case, don't worry, her tours are really the only reason that her voice gets into the incredible shape it's in... As for the BET performance, it was simply a stripped down version of this one...
billybobtheduck 5 years ago
This version sucks ... I'm not sure if it's her voice or the sound because it was done with a camcorder but sucks. The bet version from 2005 ROCKS
Eightcrayondon 5 years ago
What about it sucks? It's leaps, bounds, miles, and light years ahead of that mess on BET Blueprint where she couldn't even whistle.
JoeDeigh 5 years ago
being able to whistle doesn't make the whole song. If you're just looking for a high not then that's your thing but for me the whole performance of VOL on BET was crazy good.
Eightcrayondon 5 years ago
Wicked live version...quite simply THE voice!
craig4oz 5 years ago
damm Billybob!! where did you get that file? I got chills everytime I hear those high notes !! please send it to me to: juan_perezh@hotmail.com. It´s for me and a friend´s birthday man, pleasssseeeee
juancito1975 5 years ago
When did she sing this do you know which year?? I love Mariah she has the most amazing voice
Carmamellcutie 5 years ago
It was in Zurich, Switzerland on October 22, 2003...
billybobtheduck 5 years ago
WHAOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH!!!
One of the best interpretations of this song since the year of the "Butterfly", what this high note means?! Simply THE voice that the universe have never known, and will never know!
tgifyou 5 years ago
AMAZING!! GOOSEBUMPS!
zeeks 5 years ago
OMG, one word, three letters....WOW!!!!!!!!
ThEsUpReMeDiVo 5 years ago
indeed a very good one. i am impressed. actually i don't like anything she after the daydream tour but this was great.
Manool 5 years ago
with this she has proven to me that she still possesses her voice, cause i thought that she doesn't anymore cause she rarely does these high notes, she doesn't perform 'Emotions' and stuff like that
Manool 5 years ago
I ain't gonna argue... this is by far her best post-Glitter performance of Vision Of Love, even perhaps the best since the Butterfly era...
hopeland 5 years ago
i think the one @ proctor's theater is the VERY best... just listen how she sings the "all" at the end...
Manool 5 years ago
Proctor's theater was Music Box era...
billybobtheduck 5 years ago