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  • a great song and a great singer!!!

  • I honestly don't see a change in her voice. I think it is the singing style that changed. Many people perceive a change since her look drastically changed from the Vision of Love Album. I think the style is less Soul...R&B and more pop.

  • I love that in the Rosie O'Donald show she could show off her most intimite songs like close my eyes , petals etc 

  • the best live for close my eyes...!

  • I wish there was HQ version.

  • I wonder what make Mariah's voice to change so drastically from the daydream era to butterfly era? I mean, it's only like 2 to 3 years span but it changed so much. Is it because the daydream tour that was too rigorous?

  • @stewardlie both butterfly and daydream are great

    music box and the christmas record too

  • @stewardlie Yes, also the divorce afected her in so many different ways, and if we add the lack of rest factor, we have the reason.

  • @stewardlie Think about a bunch of factors. The Daydream tour was tiresome; she had been singing for years outside her comfortable range, with incredible belts; she got married, thus, more free to do what she wanted (she probably took some alcohol in here, which damage the voice); no rest; nodules getting bigger; working day and night... -> these are fact.

    Some say she had undergone a surgery during this period, to remove her nodules, and that changes the voice aswell. -> not proven

  • @Rivendarr she has rested her voice for almost 2 years now,let's see if that has helped her voice,she said it helped.

  • LOVE this song..possibly one of my favourites...and it shows just how glorious a song-writer she is...

  • LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this song!!!

  • OMG, is she a bird or something? she is much further then a DIVA!!! Love you Mariah:)

  • this song changed my life

  • I love the part from 3:03 to 3:07

  • Good performance.

  • My favorite song of all time! LYM MC : )

  • @mohawktwo U DESERVE TO LIVE IN HELL,,,ITS HELL FOR U HEN!!!! AHAHAHAH

  • She must be from some other planet, that's so beautiful.

  • This was the best performance of this song for me. She changed it up and made it different than the studio and didn't harmonize too much with the back up singers. This song is magical and with the imperfect improv she did throughout the performance, it was spectacular.

  • I know mariah wanted to do this song again..lol! She probably was thinking..."I sound a hot mess"..... She probably just came back from a concert and been singing so much that her voice is a little raspy... which is fine..

  • Love this song, I'll have to cover it soon. And my latest Mariah cover is Touch my body! :)

  • her best lyrical song

  • hot

  • I really wish I could find the sheet music for this song. This is one of my personal favorite songs and I would love to play it one day!

  • one of the best live vocal performance! and i miss this Mariah!

    

  • well..she is nasal flaring because she sings a liitle nasal..because of her vocal nodules..her chest vocals were affected...

  • I miss This Mariah, she has te most beautiful voice!

  • she is so young omgd

  • I Love this song!! :-(

    

  • her voice is tired she is tired at this point in time and needs rest i know how she feels :( but she is still vocal queen!!

  • cant she sings wothouth opening her nose holes?

  • @universmusic i dont think anyone can sing without using there nostrils! its called breathe control lol

  • Her hair is beautiful on that side too

  • i love this performance<3 is it just me, or does her nostrils look a lot bigger in this video that usual? just an observation

  • 2:15 - 2:31 I like this part!! She looks so sweet ... an angel!!!

  • she is so beautiful here! <3

    but wasn't it 1998?

  • @iiAmitx3 yeah it was :) well observed

  • Her low register is so rich =)

  • look at her eyes. she love doing this

  • This is the reason why she is so special!!! <3

  • Her older music was so much better. I miss this Mariah.

  • i love this song and i am happy to see this clip...love u Mimi, see u on Sunday in Singapore I am ready to fly in to see u~

  • You will always be number one Mariah, no one ever will have a better voice then you. You are a miracle. The BEST of the BEST.

  • @yummy39301 or buy the cd maybe?

  • This song tells so much.

  • ...i think i miss walter afanassieff

  • @yerayo yes! i so wish she would go back with him again, they created the best magic ever~

  • @yerayo did he die or somethin? cos ive never heard of him maybe im behind lol

  • @GUGU2101 no he didnt. he worked with other artists after parting ways with mariah. search for him here on youtube.

  • @yerayo now that she's gonna go back to sony do you know she's gonna work with walter? cause they had a fight if im not wrong.

  • @iiAmitx3 wow i didnt know she was going back to columbia... after your comment i checked it... kidna shocking.. but well, tommy motola isnt there anymore, so i think things will be a little different.

    but, i dont think this would help at all when it comes to her working with walter or not. unfortunatelly.

  • @yerayo i don't think he is what she needs. she needs to work with "today's" producers and writers, as sad as it sounds, to be as successful as today's artists.i don't think a song like my all would be a #1 hit today unfortunately. (and i love this song a looooooot)

  • @iiAmitx3 i see where you're coming from. but i don't think she needs to sell records. 160 millions is good enough lol (though that number might already be bigger by now). butterfly didn't sell as much as emancipation for example, but i still think it's very superior. so sell a little less, but create beautiful, perfect, meaningful, personal songs. i think that'd be best. ;)

  • @yerayo but TEOM had amazing songs and amazing vocals and it is almost my favorite album (my fav is butterfly) and it still was super successful, what mariah really needs is good promotion like she got in sony and to chose the right singles.

  • @iiAmitx3 i'm not so confident she'll get as much promotion as she used to back when she was mrs. sony music. i hope so, though. ;)

  • @yerayo she was mrs. sony then of course but she is mariah carey now. i think it counts for something. lmao

  • @iiAmitx3 you are absolutely right. let's. hope. :)

  • @yerayo  YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. HER MUSIC WAS SOOOOO MUCH CLASSIER WITH WALTER'S INFLUENCE.

  • @yerayo they are the dream pair, only them can make wonders!

  • @yerayo It looks like walter was an asshole... but the true is that they used to make magic together

  • i really hope one of these days she releases an album which tops butterfly. so far, not even close. it is perfect.

  • This performance actually gives me goosebumps, i did not appreciate her during her prime. There needs to be like HD DVD release of all her live TV performances, i'd have that on pre-order stat!! So effortless and look at her there, breathtaking.

  • I love youtube, the net and mirageMC for this. Just discovered the amazingness of this song and would have never been able to watch this clip over and over from 13years ago. Mariah was at her TOTAL PRIME in this era. She looks so breathtakingly beautiful and her voice. God. The need to release more Mariah DVDs there are hardly any i'd be the first to pre-order.

  • I wish this was released as a single. Very beautiful song.

  • One of her best live performances in her career.

  • @danmillerscotland Yes! I haven't met too many people who recognize this as one of her best performances. Most are too caught up in the bells and whistles. But this is so genuine, so simple, and that more impactful for it.

  • @jaquen1977 this song is so great!! :D

  • Gosh I love this song.... its like she made it just for me!

  • one of her very best songs and this performance is one of her best. shes not often much of a performer; i think she gets nervous and tries a little hard, but here shes stunning.

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  • The raspyness in her voice in this performance is orgasmic.

  • I love this song..the most beautiful song. :>

  • love this!

  • Her hair looks beautiful on hay side of her face, she looks younger like that. At 2:30 she looks like an Angel

  • This is the most beautiful song ever written. My all time favorite. God bless Mariah!!

  • 1 of my all time fave Mariah songs. I have a 2 month old name Mariah, just realized the coincidence :0

  • Simply one of her greatest performances. So simple, understated, and ringing with real emotional grit.

  • dear god i thank you so much to be alive to witness this spectacular singer singing in my day. mariah is the BEST SINGER THERE EVER WAS IN HISTORY!!!

    not only her phenominal voice but also her extreem talent in writing lyrics

    you blessed the world with your voice baby and i will ALLWAYS LOVE YOU MIMI NO MATTER WHAT!!! your bigist "lamb" from israel

    jesse

  • Mariah my angelll..... :)

  • @KimiKatKK

    Your my angel Kimi

  • Butterfly was her best album, all the songs written were personal and about her life experiences. Her last couple of albums have been more commerical and less personal, which is a shame . Undeniably, she has a great voice. I got goosebumps when she started singing this song.

  • she struggles too much in high notes, is impossible for her to be an alto, anyway her range can hit that kind of notes

  • @tian2009 Musically she's considered an alto.. Naturally.. But her vocal abilities vary and range within the 5 octaves she possesses. But on wiki and even SINGING for dummies book they label her as an ALTO singer with the ability to span into soprano and whistle register.

  • @tian2009 She´s an alto. She struggles in high notes cause she has nodules.

  • @mcdamian17 she doesn't struggle all the time....matter fact high notes are playground..even now..lol

  • @aquamarine11500 she struggles in upper CHEST register

  • @mcdamian17 Nooo she can belt out her higher CHEST register just as effortlessly,it's just when her nods act up she has a hard time reaching it because she becomes hoarse.

    she always had the advantage with higher registers period.

  • luv dat song and this performance is so awsome Oo luv it

  • She is not an alto. With her range it's impossible to put her in one colony. She cango as high as a Colotura Soprano and can even labled as a Dramatic Soprano. But alto? Not in this lifetime.

  • @immarocker247 Dude she's a natural alto with the ability to go very high.

  • @Conner526 Her range is too wide to put her in one category. What part of 5th octave didn't you get?

  • @immarocker247 She herself defines herself as an alto, she has more ease in the lower octave, her voice is naturally low, and she has a rich lower tone. She is an alto.

  • @Conner526 Alot of people can argue differently. Nontheless she's great.

  • @immarocker247 Naturally she is an ALTO. She said this, her mom said this, wiki says this, and Singing for dummies book also says this too. She is also able to hit tenor notes but that doesn't make her a tenor.. NATURALLY she is alto.. But she has other abilities.

  • @irvinmaraj Tenor is a male vocal fach you do not use it in conjuction with females. Mariah is a contralto who can aldo sing mezzo and soprano range and she also posesses coluratura abilities. The wierd thing about mariah is that her lower range would actually allow her to sing as low as standard classical bass/baritone males

  • @immarocker247 who the fuck would call mariah a DRAMATIC soprano.. i'm sorry.. but seriously MARIAH a Dramatic soprano?? not in this lifetime

  • what a beautiful song!

  • She did have a relationship with her dad her whole life, he even walked her down the aisle, she just wasn't very close to her dad because he lived out of state and didn't have much in common with her since she was into music and he was into math.

  • AMAZing!!

    love SOOO MUCH the B'fly era!

  • You know its gettin bad when people are writting in the description box''Just see,it's completly live!''Like it's rare.......

  • god she is amazing

  • i think she should have continued the soft whispers on the 3rd and the 4rd verse(if thats what its called) because her voice was kinda worn out that day

  • This is my favorite song of hers and I was sooo happy she performed it. I was like 10 when she performed this.

  • I love u Mimi!

  • she looks better than her sister...

  • @kusoradio wow do yu mean wit kuso shit?xD

  • @kusoradio duh! and her sister is a prostitute (and a whore) she said so many mean things in an interview about mariah... she was so ungreatful

  • @kusoradio yes sure her sister allison is hiv+, worked as prostitute and used any kind of drug.. mariah is different for what she has in her heart, the great strenght to go other way not following her sister in destroying herself

  • For some reason, she really looks like her sister in this performance.

  • who is her sister??

  • Alison Carey.

  • i want to see her sister , too. I love Mariah, everything about her character and her being an artist is wonderful really.

  • her sister aint shit, she was a prostitute and on drugs!

  • So what if she is do uknow her whole story? She endured a lot and her bad choices put Mariah on the right path. Everybody says she was a teen mom, & drug-fiend hooker. But no1 mentions the countless racism she endured, cars blown up, dogs poisoned, getting beat up every day after school, she also claim to have been molested by a family member & one of her school teachers. That's more than enough to drive you to drugs and sex, not excusing her actions u shouldn't judge u haven't walked her shoes.

  • @Jrcrave wow, who are you talking about? Mariah or her mom? I never heard that Mariah suffered these kinds of things?

  • @marklung I'm talking about her sister Alison

  • dont u compare her to her sister! That old prostituting junkie!

  • Okay, we all know that but she is still her sister and they do look alike whether you like it or not.

  • @superx57 That might be because they're related...=/

  • I had the same feelin of what she sang man.

  • Amazing.Mariah

  • esta preciosa con el pelo liso

  • I guess she prefers to be called black because of cultural implications for her.

    Anyways for me her ethnicity is Latina :) Her sister's skin is white.

  • @theTeabag Actually...her mother is white irish her father is black and her fathers grandmother is venuzualan...so yeah she's mixed race...her sisters skin is darker than hers aswell...

  • I know what her background is. I wrote she's Latina to me because term "mixed race" doesn't say much person's appearance. For example, Uzbek ppl are mixed race too and they don't look similar to Mariah :)

    On the contrary, word "latina" immediately brings to my mind Mariah-look.

    Actually Alison Carey's skin is even lighter as you can see here

    watch?v=eXQUbAKQJsg

    and she looks even more Latina.

  • I agree. Mariah is Latina. no matter what she says. There's no such thing as I'm half white and hispanic.. Cause Hispanic/Latino is A very mixed mixed ethniq group. I mean, if her father was half Spaniard/spanish then her father would be half white and black.. but theres lots of blacks in Venezuela and many Native Venezuelans(native american)

  • Her father's Dad was from Venezulan and his mom was Black American from Gegoria, I believe, I also heard South Carolina.

  • She is Biracial and multi ethniq.. cause hispanic is not a RACE. its an ethniq group of different mixes and cultures.. why do you think Latinos look so versatile, some brown, white, black, different facial features.. All of the Americas are mixed.. thats beautiful to me :)

  • your race don't make you who you are it's how you act LOVE YOU MARIAH!!!!!

  • no people her mom is Irish and her dad is Venezuelan and black there you go now stop fussing she is so talented i adore her!!!

  • Why does her race really a big deal to her lol

  • She can still sing WTF... She sung this song even better this year at vegas!! /watch?v=jdxmRi4M0kg

  • mariah carey is amazing, her race shouldnt matter

  • Mariah used to sing live sooo beautifully/flawlessly.. I still love her but I wish she'd go back to this period of her career.

  • I wonder why Mariah doesn't refer to herself as hispanic/latin or having latin origins when people ask her what her ethnicity is..

  • Mariah has no Latin/Hispanic in her so that's probably why...

    :P

  • if her father was Venezuelan, then she is half hispanic regardless if he was a black Venezuelan he still had hispanic origins his last name was Nunez until he changed it when he came to America.

  • because she isnt latin shes american irish and veniswalum.

  • Venezuelan is latin therefore she is half hispanic.

  • Venezuelan is Venezuelan not Latin Latin aren't fully black and her father was full Venezuelan so no latin you dumb fuck

  • Venezuelan is still hispanic you fucking idiot whether it be black, indigenous, European, or a mixture. Nice try, how about using your brain next time instead of opening your mouth for your moronic comments.

  • Mariah had a Southern Black American Grandmother, her dad was not from Venezuela but his father was, she found out her Great grandmother was Venezuelan and her Great grandfather was unknown so that's probably why. She sis say in Latina magazine she could be Latino once do to their mix heritage. But Latino is not a race it just means you're from Latin America, look it up

  • In my opinion, this is Mariah's most beautiful song...

  • Nothing can be more beautiful than this!!! OMG!!!!

  • love this mariah is amazing and i miss the rosie show!!!

  • This was in 1998.

  • the best

  • she's very beautiful. :)

  • Perfection !!! I adore her

  • Seriously, I come back to watch this performance like everyday. I prefer it to the CD version because you can see the emotion even more.

  • shes awesome

  • Perfect perform Mariah! Love it!!!

  • You know Rosie was wishin

  • lookin stunning

  • this song has ALWAYS been 1 of my favs!!! this performance is perfection

  • Who d'ya think looks more feminine: Mariah Carey or Rupaul?

  • you .. moron

  • I really miss this Mariah. I felt like she was so superb then, and much more genuine than what she is now. Nowadays, I feel like she is stuck in that "I am the diva, and I am making a comeback" mode. She is more concerned with looking sexy and having a nice body than taking care of her voice...which sadly she is losing in my opinion. I feel bad for her really, I think she's lost her damn mind..

  • Her vocals are damaged fool. It has nothing to do with her not taking care of it. She didn't take care of it by trying to sing like a opera star all the time for 10 straight years. Now her voice is diminishing as they all do over time. She is getting older, not younger.

  • For one, do not call me out my name because you don't know me like that. Thank you. TWO...what you are saying is bascially the same thing...she lost her damn voice and her mind. This is NOT what happens to everyone...if you don't believe me then please look up a live Teena Marie or Celine Dion performance in 1999 and one that happened within the past few years..they've still got it and so should Mariah.

  • Uh, no one called you a name.. Can you not read or something?

  • Celine and Teena do not sound the same. Whitney, Aretha, Gladys, Anita Baker, the list goes on and on you listen to debut and recent tracks and they all have suffer voice change and weakness. Christina Aguilera is starting to lose hers already, same age as Mariah was when she cracked. 27 It happens and Christina was told back in 2000 that she wouldn't be singing for long if she continue to sing crazy on tour. Celine lost her voice at 22 and stop talking to preserve it

  • In my eyes Mariah Carey is GODS gift to music and song n anyone who loves to sing with all their hearts. She weither or not she writes her own lyrics she can sign and her voice is amazing. If I was able to meet 1 person passed away or still with us it would be Mariah. HANDS DOWN. I wouldn't even think about the other person. She is such and inspiration to me those who she touches with her music.

  • 4:09 lol :)) love you...really

  • what happened at 4:09?

  • i think you´re wrong on this... close my eyes was co producer with Walter but the lyrics was wrote by Mariah only

  • I went and looked at this song in the album after I saw this just yesterday, and you're right. This particular song was only co-PRODUCED by Afanasieff. Really makes me wonder what changed after all. Thanks for the challenge.

  • I think what changed was the times in music period. Her desire to stay relevant and transient is more powerful then her desire to write "deep" songs. Music today that is big and successful is music that has no meaning . That is why I feel that her music at least still has a music, even though it might not be as "deep" as her former music.

  • Well said, I totally agree. I absolutely love this song and I wish she would write more like it. Mariah is still the best though!