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  • Nov
    13
    2012

    Christina Aguilera Screams Off-Key On ‘The Voice’

    Written by TriniTrent | Filed under Cee Lo Green,Christina Aguilera
    Christina Aguilera The Voice TheLavaLizard

    Christina Aguilera performs live on ‘The Voice’.

    For years, critics have been warning Christina Aguilera that her constant scream would ruin her voice but she chose not to listen. Tonight, however, the once golden-throated diva learned a harsh lesson while performing on ‘The Voice’ and straying dramatically off-key during her set.

    Dressed like Madonna, Aguilera was joined by Cee Lo Green to sing their duet, ‘Make the World Move’. If you read my review of her ‘Lotus’ album then you know that I regard this song as the weakest cut on the entire LP. Regardless, watch Aguilera perform the tune on ‘The Voice’ below:

    Aguilera actually kicked off this performance in fantastic form but everything went to hell in a basket when she attempted to scream at the climax. That is exactly what happens when singers don’t know how to belt and don’t understand the key points of resonance.

    Where are Aguilera’s fans who claimed that nothing is wrong with her technique and that everybody who says otherwise is a “hater”? Speak up because the class needs to hear your latest excuses for this nonsense.

    Thoughts?



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    • South of Love

      There was alooooooot of shouting and carrying on happening without a Patti LaBelle in sight, what was going on here?

    • ItsMeAgain

      OMG, I feel bad for hear! I wonder if she watches her live performances after? :’(

    • MusicFan

      oh christina *sighs* …. *go plays stripped*

      • CJ

        i cant believe the woman in the performance i just watched is the same woman who recorded stripped which was one of the best pop albums of the 00′s vocally and musically .. so disappointed she let her gift deteriorate like this

    • Girrrl

      From 2:40 to 2:50 I laughed my ass off. Christina has got to quit playing. Plus that song sucks.

    • Topman

      I can’t stop playing that note; sounded like she was gargling

    • nasjei

      Overall the performance of this horrible ass song was ok… She had a missed note, But Trent you’ve got to stop bashing Chrissy when MC sounds like shit and you boost her like she’s Whitney 1985 or something… Chaii Please, Aguilera may not be Genie in A Bottle teas but her make the world move is extraordinary when put up against Triumphant!!! Just Real!!!

      • Theman4u

        I love this comment, so true

      • Unbothered

        Once again, why does someone always bring up what Mariah is or isn’t doing in a Christina post? As if making fun of Mariah takes away from the fact that Christina sounds like she’s being skinned alive? Let’s try to stay on topic, stans.

    • Naudisweet(Xtina Stan)

      Her technique is horrible true, but every singer misses notes, including the one in the GIF. Youtube any number of them. PS your obsession with Mariah is kinda out there don’t you think? I mean you work her into every conversation, lol.

      • DRB

        Considering Mariah and Christina’s history, that gif couldn’t be more appropriate.

    • Tracy

      Tragic……TRAGIC!

    • Bibb

      Well, I’m not going to hop on the bandwagon and declare the entire performance a disgrace based off of one faulty note. She didn’t sound THAT bad……….p.s her stylist should be shot to pieces!

    • Diva

      I love Christina but she has always made bad choices vocally and fashion wise. She still more talented than majority of the other female artist out. I just wish she’d stop being so hard headed and get her shit together.

    • diob

      trent this is why people dont take you seriously. She hit one faulty note I can call out a bunch of faulty notes that mariah has hit. I can even play you performances where she has to lip sync because she cant hit the notes. I think the performance was fun. She sounded great until she hit that note. I am one of the sane xtina fans who will call her out. Yes her technique isnt good. But hey thats her. She has been singing this way since she was 8 I dont think its going to stop now.

      • Pabbs

        If she wants to still be able to sing in 10 years from now she might want to learn how to belt properly.

    • DRB

      My face as I scrolled down to that gif was golden!

    • DRB

      Btw, and I’m not a Trent stan by any means, but the issue isn’t a bad note. It’s the fact that anytime she belts, it sounds like her vocal chords are ripping. Belting should not sound like that regardless of a husky tone.

    • Mary

      I can’t at this Mariah Carey gif at the end of post. Guy, really… Mariah Carey don’t sing without lipsync since 1990′s. You really want talk bullshit of “The Voice of this Generation” (#58 on Rolling Stones Greatests Singers of All Time) using ONE pity note? Well…

      • MyCooL

        You sound like person born in the 2000s

      • Sam

        “don’t sing without lipsync since 1990′s..”?? Clearly you don’t have a tv or access to youtube. Done.

    • sam

      LMAO YOU KNOW THAT MOORIAH IS AT HOME WATCHING THIS SHIT LAUGHING HER FAT ASS OFF

    • Alicia

      Honestly I thought you were just cutting up on here. But Cee lo is showing more control than her on this one. She wasn’t supposed to end up like this. She was supposed to be the one voice from that 2000s pop generation to be the real singer.

      I’m mad.

    • Pabbs

      Please Xtina stop screaming and start singing.Thanks.

    • theman

      Y’all better get out of here with that bullshyt, Mariah has many recent performances where she has belted in a great way. She’s a tremendous technician and knows where to place her belts. Mariah’s tone is also still very nice. Everything isn’t harsh. Stop being haters. Mariah does not have anything to do with this.

    • Theman4u

      Well to be honest Mariah was already lip-synching when she was xtina’s age and that was suppose to be her prime.

      • theman

        Sit your hating azz down. She was still delivering great performances with great musicianship.

      • DRB

        Mariah’s prime was up until she was 27 and even at that point, had put out, sold, and received more acclaim that Christina is even near so….

    • Micky Click

      Yess Keep Bringing in My Mariah She Laughing At You B***hes All The Way To The Bank I Swear Ya Some PRESSED Queens!

    • DC3BKM

      OMG! That note tho…how the hell did Christina ever let her voice get that bad? Like u couldn’t even play that note off and try to salvage it. It was a gargling hot mess! No mas Xtina!

    • Shea Butter

      I live for that fucking Mariah gif!!

    • Shea Butter

      ….so i really love how she put her finger to her ear like it was the mic giving her problems! LMAO!

    • B

      It was one bad note. I love how this site conveniently fails to recognize when Mariah has a bad performance or the fact that she lip-sync 90% of the time. I’m a huge fan of Mariah but she’s been singing worse than Christina. Just look at the last triumphant performance, she was having trouble singing notes in the 4th octave. Yet this site failed to write something like Mariah ‘struggles’ in the title because it’s biased and hypocritical.

    • huhil

      goodness, apart from sounding disastrous she looks like adele slapped one of nicki minaj’s wig while wearing madonna’s vma vogue costume.. i cant

    • Music-Doc

      Besides the embarrassing off-key note, this was a solid performance. However, I still hate this damn song! I hope she will release “Let There Be Love” as the next single.

      But, how much do you guys want to bet that she will perform “Just a Fool” with Blake Shelton next?

    • Girlbye

      So interesting that Mariah has to be mentioned to deviate from the fact that Christina sounded like a car that wouldn’t start. It’s ok, though. Y’all will always be pressed hos with nothing better to do than attack the iconic artists who inspired your faves. Bye.

      • C-D-C

        Simply put: they have no arguments FOR Christina. She looks like a cheap hooker in drag, sounds like a hyena being skinned alive, and to top it all off, she’s flopping harder than the likes of Keri Hilson and Brandi. Even lowered the commercial bar EXCEPTIONALLY low for ALL pop artists with her previous studio effort, Bionic.
        Christina’s supporters have a grossly exaggerated sense of what she really is. She was NEVER considered to be as memorable, talented, acclaimed, or popular as those in her peer group (Beyonce, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Lady GaGa), let alone her predecessors.

    • http://LavaLizard critic

      I actually watched this performance live. I didn’t like the fact that she chose to perform this song anyways when she has so many amazing songs on her album. I was distracted for majority of her performance because of her weight and that outfit. I just can’t believe huge she is now. Then to top of the performance, she hits that note which sounds like she strangled or something. I am speechless. smh

    • http://twitter.com/#!/EriqSanez theeriq

      Christina? I thought that was Ursula, the sea witch… Thank God that song didn’t make it to the Back to basics album, THAT was a good album.

    • DOMOdotSCORE

      Christina, baby, that note, goodness. She needs to start working on her belting and if she doesn’t want to do so then she needs to stop belting.

    • Mary

      100 GREATEST SINGERS OF ALL TIME (by Rolling Stones)

      01. Aretha Franklin
      58. Christina Aguilera
      79. Mariah Carey

      Christina have a great voice, this note wasn’t good, but it was ONE note. Some people here need to use Youtube and try know better the best voice of this time.

    • Seraj

      Although that was awful, why isn’t there any mention of Mariah’s awful performances? I’m not a fan of either of them, but this site is extremely biased.

      • Unbothered

        Because this was a Christina Aguilera post. Christina Aguilera, who just released an album, and has only performed twice. It’s not rocket science. When Mariah starts promoting things, obviously he’ll post those performances too.

    • thegoldennerd

      Christina…no. It was not only flat, but the total loss of volume, and that dead from a mile run…like…no Christina. She should be leaving her prime right now, not experience not sounding like the musical embodiment of retirement and middle age.
      That gruff sound she prefers is not natural to her. She already had a beautiful voice, but she was just determined to be something she is not. This performance was not bad…until it got to that moment…and yes it is one faulty note…but it was the big moment. It was meant to be the definitive moment of the song and look what happened.
      Now to everyone mentioning Mariah (including the subtle hints from Trent), please just stop. Yes Mariah is not where she used to be when she was younger, but that is due to her nodules and age, not because of the way she sings. Christina’s hazardous way of singing ends up with things like this. She has always been like this even in her younger days at the start of her career. It is only showing more because her voice has experienced massive wear and tear. Christina won’t learn restraint (know your limits), and she won’t learn how to sing properly (breath support, resonance, intonation), so moments like this will happen more and more. Mariah may have lost a lot of her ease, but that is only in her chest, and she can still hit E5′s with great ease. Her top and her bottom are very much in tact. And even if it is not, she knows how to work around that. Christina does not, she keeps going for the same thing, expecting different results.
      And Trent, it might just be time to stop talking about Christina, cause even though this is true what you are saying, to have as many post about her, and not ever not shading her…it is one thing to be critical (saying she fucked up her voice, and pointing out the glaring flaws), it’s another to be as patronizing in the way you choose to speak. I love shade as much as the next person but this is a bit much.

    • pixie

      …. ………. and now my ears are bleeding.

    • Hyaci

      Say what you want about Mariah, but she has NEVER done anything as badly as that horrible… wannabe run at 2:30.

      • Kitty

        Of course she hasn’t, all of her vocals are pre-recorded to perfection so she won’t be exposed as the hot mess she is, vocally.

        • Hyaci

          Yes, Mariah is not in good vocal shape, but she’s in better shape than Xtina.

          And if Mimi prerecorded that horrible Triumphant performance… IDK what to say. In any case, it’s still better than 2:30

    • http://www.brownsista.com Kanyade

      She reminds me of Cyndi Lauper in that get-up. If Cyndi were burlesque. If Christina is content with singing the way she does; if her fans like it, well, we can only “love it”. Maybe one day she will get back to her former artistry…

    • Tim

      She has a great voice, ever since she had Max, her voice has gotten darker and mature. Now, it’s time for her to use better technique. If she keeps this up, she’s gonna end up like Adele. Vocal hemmorage.

      • Hyaci

        I seriously doubt she’ll change her technique. On the bright side, Mariah, Celine, Whitney, and many others still sound good with vocal conditions (with Mariah having had nodules since before her career even began) so not all hope is lost.

        • PJ

          ok… if whisper notes are what you call sounding good. but yes, christina needs to change her techniques or take it down a notch and not do the big bombastic songs where she does a lot of that throaty wailing. subtle christina is when she’s at her best and she still has a flawless falsetto so there are tricks and ‘vocal gymnastics’ lol she can do still.

        • hyaci

          What I mean is Mariah had nodules even at her peak.

          /fail

    • Ivy

      It is hilarious how everyone has so much sh..say what you want xtina is a great singer. Many wish they could sing like her. One bad note and people have so much to say. Clearly she is hated on regardless of a note, thankfully over the years she has developed a thick skin other wise she would nit be where she is today.

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    • Nelly

      lol I guess I am the only one who didn’t think it was THAT bad. I mean besides that painful note I think the performance was decent.

    • Gene

      Lets be honest, Christiana needs to save her voice and stop all this screaming and shouting, it will not end well for her in the long run, her attire and getup was disastrous. She needs to step it up and show people she got it because people are not buying her albums and being turned off by her.

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