Who gives a shit?

First…sorry for not posting more frequently.  Second, sorry for posting this video.

Last night a friend of mine asked, “Hey, did you know that Mariah Carey remade that Foreigner song ‘I Wanna Know What Love Is?’”

“Really?” I replied, “that is a bad ass 80’s song! Did she ruin it?”

“Nope, it is exactly the same.”

Oh great…that is just what people need.  Here’s my opinion. Mariah Carey has a great voice…honestly one of the best. Yet, if an artist wants to remake a song especially one that people know, they should put their own creative stamp on it.  You might say, “but she added a choir and electronic beats.”  To that I say “shut up!  shut the hell up!”  That song is the damn same!  The best remakes are when the artist shows you “this is an old song and this is how I interpret it.”  It is not one where they say, “this is an old song and this is how I will sing it during karaoke.”  You are called a recording artist for a reason, so please, be an artist!  Shit…the Fugees had two on their album “The Score.”  Both, “No Woman, No Cry” and “Killing Me Softly” are remakes and both are great new songs.”  Or how about that fat Hawaiian guy who died, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole?  His version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” is amazing.

Why?  BECAUSE THEY MADE IT THEIR OWN SONG!

There are others, but I got shit to do.

What Mariah did with her song was manage to freak me out while watching the video.  WTF?  What’s with the green screen, cheesy graphics, and uncomfortably long shots of families that have faced an implied yet challenging situation?  Did someone actually direct this and have a creative concept in mind?

Here is the piece of shit video that she released.  I CAN’T BELIEVE I JUST BLOGGED ABOUT MARIAH CAREY!  While you watch this, I am going examine just where my life went completely wrong.