Whitney Houston dead at 48!

[Angela]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avtj8tdpr5Y

I'm a little ashamed to say I'm totally shaking my stuff to this right now. I loved the dance music in the late 80s, early 90s. I remember when I was maybe 7 or 8 a lot of the big dance names (like George Lamond) were performing at Flushing Meadow Park in Queens. Me and my sister watched politely from a distance while my cousin ran to front of the stage and got herself autographs.

[SFK]

LOL, I miss these days too, tunes were so catchy and fun. Mostly reminds me of riding in the car with my mom and brother. I don't drive much these days and I really think that's why I'm so out of it when it comes to what the hot songs are right now.

"I'm out the door babe'uh! There's other fish.in.the.sea!"

Carl, I thought of you today when I was watching the homecoming. I was hoping they'd march in to this:

http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/aretha-franklin/album/amazing-grace-the-complete-recordings/track/on-our-way

[DRW50]

Wow, thanks for finding that. There is not a day that goes by when that song isn't in my head. It truly is an experience.

[SFK]

You're welcome. You are not alone, this one is always in my head too, it's those claps! I'm not a regular church goer like I was as a kid, but I remember the chills when we'd all stand and the doors in the rear of the church would swing open and the choir would march in to a song like that.

[Cheap21]

Im watching the Bodyguard for the first time right now

Im sure the upcoming Dancing With The Stars will have a tribute dance to Whitney. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" seems like an obvious choice for that

Edited February 19, 2012 by Cheap21

[quartermainefan]

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I think it is nice he didn't know the song but learned it just to pay tribute to someone he didn't really overlap with musically at all. And the crowd reaction was nice when they all realized what he was singing. This touched me more than the others I have seen for some reason.

Edited February 20, 2012 by quartermainefan

[SFK]

That was nice. I always appreciate an artist making a song his or her own in an organic way.

Edited February 20, 2012 by SFK

[SFK]

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Did you all see the letter Cissy wrote to Whitney? It's on page 12 of the program:

http://www.nj.com/ne...ral_read_t.html

Edited February 20, 2012 by SFK

[DRW50]

That is so beautiful - it's chilling. Thanks for letting us know about that. The program is impeccably done.

So apparently there's some controversy about Aretha not being able to attend but still doing a concert? I wonder if Aretha feels comfortable when so many of those who were supposed to be her successors are instead dying before her.

[All My Shadows]

I love how simple the program is -- you'd expect it to be a big, enormous thing worthy of Whitney's legendary status, but it's really basically identical to the programs we have at our family funerals, right down to the poem and picture collages.

[Angela]

That letter really got me choked up. It's heartbreaking, beautiful and indeed chilling all in one.

[ReddFoxx]

That letter was beautiful and very moving.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

God, I hope this isn't true...

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/houston_getting_report_kristina_9skdt65yQzE9RHuC7WxFGO

[Cheap21]

Okay who let their grandma get on the internet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW-ADgjRdCU

[Jonathan]

XFactor would have definitely resurrected her career. I think XFactor needed her just as much.