The Jackson 5 version will always be memorable, but I think Mariah did a great job

suga10 said:

The Jackson 5 version will always be memorable, but I think Mariah did a great job

She did

sounded good 20 yrs ago...she butchered it at MJ's funeral...

love the version from VH1's Save the Music a few years back:

I think she did a great job with it. One of my all time favorite covers.

avasdad said:

I like her version. She can sang!

1sotrue said:

avasdad said:

sounded good 20 yrs ago...she butchered it at MJ's funeral...

True but to her defense she was overcome with grief and emotion I think we can understand.

grief??? no..i think the pipes are rusty now....no going back to 1993...

It's great

I like it way better than the jackson's

To hear a kid sing about love in such a way makes no sense

Dewrede said:

It's great

I like it way better than the jackson's

To hear a kid sing about love in such a way makes no sense

The song was originally gonna be a socially conscious song but Berry decided against it. The lyric "you and I must make a pact/we must bring salvation back" hence why the lyrics could've been about brotherhood than a love story. Berry felt a group of kids doing those type of songs was too mature for them.

As for Mariah's version, I liked it but I don't know, I can't stand to hear her version now, I don't know why. I'm biased to the J5 version especially the ending vamp.

"Just look over your shoulders, honey!"

Dewrede said:

It's great

I like it way better than the jackson's

To hear a kid sing about love in such a way makes no sense

mariah def made it her own for sure. Even when people re-sing this song, usually the re-sing the Mariah arrangement. Especially when they get to the third verse with Trey hitting that high note. The falcetto makes me want to listen to this version only just because I know that part is coming.

I like hers better, believe it or not.

avasdad said:

Sad, but true. I have almost every Mariah album, and though I would have paid to see her in 2006, I would not even consider it now.

Eh, it's OK, but the original is a billion times better.

AlexdeParis said:

Eh, it's OK, but the original is a billion times better.

Yep. She turned a Motown classic into a glee club performance.

avasdad said:

1sotrue said:

avasdad said: True but to her defense she was overcome with grief and emotion I think we can understand.

grief??? no..i think the pipes are rusty now....no going back to 1993...

Mariah's voice hasn't been the same for a very long time.

The Mariah from the 1990s vocally is much different than now.

She has exhausted her vocal cords- and think there was some damage that occurred.

This happens to many singers.

I don't like it

Mariah is an amazing singer,but she's never been good at covering songs.Every remake that I heard from her is lackluster.I prefer Brenda K. Starr's original version of "I Still Believe" over Mariah's lame remake,and the same goes for the Jackson 5 classic.

SoulAlive said:

I don't like it

Mariah is an amazing singer,but she's never been good at covering songs.Every remake that I heard from her is lackluster.I prefer Brenda K. Starr's original version of "I Still Believe" over Mariah's lame remake,and the same goes for the Jackson 5 classic.

And don't get me started on "Without You". Badfinger's original and Nilsson's remarkable cover (which is the version Mariah covered) outpowers her lol

Timmy84 said:

Dewrede said:

It's great

I like it way better than the jackson's

To hear a kid sing about love in such a way makes no sense

The song was originally gonna be a socially conscious song but Berry decided against it. The lyric "you and I must make a pact/we must bring salvation back" hence why the lyrics could've been about brotherhood than a love story. Berry felt a group of kids doing those type of songs was too mature for them.

i didn't know that