RIP Whitney Houston

I couldn't disagree more. He's not responsible for her death.

I am actually offended (yes, offended) that you think so.

 

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Neither. I do feel offended, but I actually think it's funny that I am reacting that way to a post on the internet. Usually i don't care...

 

Where the hell was the Bodyguard?

 

Getting sued by, and then counter-suing Stephen Baldwin.

 

Crack is whack, kids.



And Dolly Parton's original is better.

 

Er, wack. Whatever.

 

Houston, she had a problem.

 

It was either an overdose or a suicide. Very sad.

 

I caught this news earlier at work. WHOA!!! I thought she was doing better in the past couple of years. (not that I really follow it)

I remember that whole 'Bodyguard' soundtrack back in the early 1990's. I worked in a kitchen and let's just say, I was one of only 2 white guys back there which meant the radio station was SET to a certain station.

That song.... I grew to HATE it!!! I timed it one day. From 7am to 3pm the song was played 20 times!!! AT LEAST TWICE an HOUR!!! To this day I HATE her version of the song.

Still, she was a true talent. RIP Whitney. I can take some of your 1980's material but I swear if I hear that.... I almost can't type it.... 'I will always love you' song again I will sing praises that you are dead and gone and you will never sing it again!!

Seriously it is right up there with "The Eagles ~ Take it Easy!" If I NEVER hear these songs again for the rest of my life it will be too soon!!!


Whitney

 

The Bodyguard was about the second or third date with my future wife. Whitney was so lovely...and that movie was so awful. My wife loved it! I got laid! Thank you Whitney. I will always love you.

 

Whatever you thought of her songs, there was no denying how great a voice she had. Her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner at Super Bowl 25 was incredible. Incredibly sad that someone so talented would **** their life away the way she did. She was on a german TV Show (Wetten Dass ...) a year or two ago during her "comeback", it was frightening how fried her voice was. It was gone, and not coming back. The scary thing was when she was being interviewed interviewed afterwards, she seemed oblivious to that undeniable fact, talking about wanting to show her daughter (who was sitting next to her on the interview sofa) what great talent she had.

And Kate, you didn't see this coming? Seriously?!!! Is motherhood like crack?

 

Her Superbowl performance was pre-recorded. She sang into a dead mic.

 

Every living thing dies. Not sure why this should be news at all.

 

Maybe

 

that was gonna be my joke. i was looking through the thread to see if it had been done.

 

i could see feeling that way if you had a particular sentimental attachment to the dolly version, or maybe if like jack1138 and a lot of people you were simply inundated with the whitney version in the early 90's to the point of complete burnout. i think the dolly version definitely has more intimacy and vulnerability. the spoken part in the middle though is too much for me and really takes me out of the song. of course the same could be said for the sax solo in the whitney version, ugh.

but as far as a pure rendition of the song goes whitney simply blows dolly out of the water. dolly's version is sweet and touching but whitney's version is whitney at the goosebump-inducing peak of her powers. i think even dolly would admit that whitney recorded what will ultimately be remembered as the definitive version of the song.

 

It really is tragic, because she really did have incredible talent when she was in her prime. I have to agree, though, that Bobby Brown is not to blame for her death. Sure, it appears that he did have a negative influence on her, but she was an adult, and capable of making her own choices. It's difficult, but not impossible, to overcome addiction. I've noticed that people tend to want to assign blame when something like this happens. I've seen it many times in celebrity death threads here.

 

lol

i was just gonna post that.

 

I cracked up.

I cracked up again.

 

Didn't she almost have it all?

 

That's pretty much whey I like the Parton version better. That, and she has bigger breasts. I also don't like vocal theatrics, no matter how talented the singer. Maybe it's because less talented women such as Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera really, really wore out my patience, but all the same I don't appreciate the x10,000 approach Houston takes to the notes.