Teh One Who Knocks
01-03-2017, 12:36 PM
By Stephanie Pagones, Nick Fugallo and Kathianne Boniello - The New York Post
<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And now, for the grand finale, 2016 is taking out Mariah Carey live on stage <a href="https://t.co/kfBJxXjepB">pic.twitter.com/kfBJxXjepB</a></p>— The Ostrich (@ALostrich) <a href="https://twitter.com/ALostrich/status/815419456956563456">January 1, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Mariah Carey really dropped the ball in Times Square on New Year’s Eve — with lip syncing that was decidedly out-of-sync.
Carey had been assigned to perform two of her hit songs, “Emotions” and “We Belong Together.”
But the singer appeared unable to hear her own song track, ultimately giving up and standing on the stage with closed mouth and a hand on her hip.
Meanwhile, her vocal track went on without her.
“Well, Happy New Year,” she huffed. “We can’t hear, but I’ll just go through the motions,” she said, later adding, “I’m trying to be a good sport here.”
“It was kinda like the ‘Saturday Night Live’ performance,’’ said Leslie Keeley of Manhattan, referring to Ashlee Simpson’s infamous out-of-sync turn on “SNL” in 2004. “The end of 2016 was not good for Mariah.’’
Carey had been heavily hyped by ABC as the star attraction of “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve 2017.
And indeed, she made quite a splash — just not in the way the network had intended.
Twitter users went wild.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ISIS just took responsibility for Mariah Carey's performance. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MariahCarey?src=hash">#MariahCarey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nye2016?src=hash">#nye2016</a></p>— Bruce Rosenberg (@nesorb) <a href="https://twitter.com/nesorb/status/815422793257021440">January 1, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The amount of 💩hitting the fan right now behind the scenes of that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MariahCarey?src=hash">#MariahCarey</a> lip sync debacle... <a href="https://t.co/2vvTA4MjdB">pic.twitter.com/2vvTA4MjdB</a></p>— Bonnie Bernstein (@BonnieBernstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/BonnieBernstein/status/815422106099924992">January 1, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mariah Carey's backup dancers deserve Oscars for their performance of having to act like nothing was wrong <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MariahCarey?src=hash">#MariahCarey</a></p>— Jessica Winters (@thisisjessicaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/thisisjessicaw/status/815420585199149056">January 1, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After that performance, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MariahCarey?src=hash">#MariahCarey</a> should be required to perform at the Trump Inaugural.</p>— Duff Tyler (@DuffTyler) <a href="https://twitter.com/DuffTyler/status/815424660506636289">January 1, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And now, for the grand finale, 2016 is taking out Mariah Carey live on stage <a href="https://t.co/kfBJxXjepB">pic.twitter.com/kfBJxXjepB</a></p>— The Ostrich (@ALostrich) <a href="https://twitter.com/ALostrich/status/815419456956563456">January 1, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Mariah Carey really dropped the ball in Times Square on New Year’s Eve — with lip syncing that was decidedly out-of-sync.
Carey had been assigned to perform two of her hit songs, “Emotions” and “We Belong Together.”
But the singer appeared unable to hear her own song track, ultimately giving up and standing on the stage with closed mouth and a hand on her hip.
Meanwhile, her vocal track went on without her.
“Well, Happy New Year,” she huffed. “We can’t hear, but I’ll just go through the motions,” she said, later adding, “I’m trying to be a good sport here.”
“It was kinda like the ‘Saturday Night Live’ performance,’’ said Leslie Keeley of Manhattan, referring to Ashlee Simpson’s infamous out-of-sync turn on “SNL” in 2004. “The end of 2016 was not good for Mariah.’’
Carey had been heavily hyped by ABC as the star attraction of “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve 2017.
And indeed, she made quite a splash — just not in the way the network had intended.
Twitter users went wild.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ISIS just took responsibility for Mariah Carey's performance. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MariahCarey?src=hash">#MariahCarey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nye2016?src=hash">#nye2016</a></p>— Bruce Rosenberg (@nesorb) <a href="https://twitter.com/nesorb/status/815422793257021440">January 1, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The amount of 💩hitting the fan right now behind the scenes of that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MariahCarey?src=hash">#MariahCarey</a> lip sync debacle... <a href="https://t.co/2vvTA4MjdB">pic.twitter.com/2vvTA4MjdB</a></p>— Bonnie Bernstein (@BonnieBernstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/BonnieBernstein/status/815422106099924992">January 1, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mariah Carey's backup dancers deserve Oscars for their performance of having to act like nothing was wrong <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MariahCarey?src=hash">#MariahCarey</a></p>— Jessica Winters (@thisisjessicaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/thisisjessicaw/status/815420585199149056">January 1, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After that performance, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MariahCarey?src=hash">#MariahCarey</a> should be required to perform at the Trump Inaugural.</p>— Duff Tyler (@DuffTyler) <a href="https://twitter.com/DuffTyler/status/815424660506636289">January 1, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>