A week ago Ray and I went to see our first Mariah Carey concert and I wasn’t disappointed.
I’ve loved her voice for years and I always wanted to see her perform live and listen to her angelic voice in person.
Mariah’s forte are ballads, since that’s where her five-octave vocal range truly shines, and ballads are what have made her one of the best selling artists of all time in the world.
Unfortunately, once she was already an established artist, she decided to introduce hip-hop sonorities into her music, and the results have been, in my opinion, mixed at best. The reason being that her singing style requires the music to stay in the background, while the loud sounds often found in hip-hop tend to drown her beautiful voice.
Naturally, a pop concert is not going to be very '”quiet” and this one wasn’t the exception. The first half of the concert was nice but not excellent in my view, precisely because her voice was constantly drowned by loudspeakers that could wake the dead.
The second half however was better, and it was a pleasure to witness live the magic that this woman can create with her voice.
In terms of spectacle, this wasn’t a stand-up production. The stage was functional but not impressive and the only other elements were barely choreographed dance routines that were more distracting than complementary. All in all, Mariah’s voice was the reason to be there, and everything else was clearly just in support of it.
While I enjoyed the show and loved hearing her voice, I do have to say that this was by far the tamest concert I’ve ever attended. Would I go see her again? Possibly, but I’d try someone else first if I had the choice.
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