Members DaytimeFan Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 It's a loss, very sad and sadly not that surprising. I saw the article linked to earlier than featured several photographs of her out at a club the other night. Her body took all it could take and it finally gave out. A tragic end to one of the most brilliant talents of the last 50 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 18 or 19. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted February 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 I think she's a teen, I know Whitney was pregnant with her, when she filmed the "I Will Always Love You" video and that was 1992 ish? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 To be honest I feel like she left us a long time ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 This is a true classic. The very first Whitney video I saw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfPOXmT9HMA&feature=related 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angela Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 Pre-1990, nobody would have guessed that Whitney would be the first, second or third one of them (of the greats from the 1980s and, I agree, they were just bigger in the 1980s) to fall apart like that. She seemed to have it all and have it all together better than the other three put together. No obvious signs of anything (i.e. drug use, I assume) in the room. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 I loved sell-out Whitney. LOL It's a good thing Clive Davis forced her to go pop, instead of the gospel-tinged R&B Whitney originally wanted to do. Had she gone down that path, she probably wouldn't have made an impact. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_0yGXSByck&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKOwzf0vsa0&feature=related 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 Way too young to lose her mother. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 Whitney was American's sweetheart and pop-princess. The anti-Madonna, who parents never thought was a good role-model for their children for obvious reasons. Pop icons from the 80's all had something different to contribute to the landscape of the pop charts, unlike today where I can't tell most of them apart. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 In such shock. My mother and grandmother are devastated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 MJ death was devasting but I think this is more devasting. I still feel this is a bad dream. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) I really would have guessed Aretha would have died first. Yea. I know. Edited February 12, 2012 by weareclouds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) And while I can see where that music was seen as selling out, it truly does have a unique, fun style, with some life to it - it's nowhere near as bland as some of what Clive Davis pushed on people over the years. I guess her true voice may have been more of a throwback to Aretha or disco, but those first years of her big career hold up very well. That's the price of Autotune. Whitney had that big voice, as Mariah later did, and Celine. Now, even if someone has a voice, can we hear it, when the alternative is someone buying up a robot-voiced Katy Perry singing about a threeway? During the 80's it seems like a lot of critics and elites saw the sounds as being crap and weak compared to previous years, but so much of it holds up today. I miss pop music. Edited February 12, 2012 by CarlD2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angela Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 Whitney performance from last night: http://perezhilton.com/2012-02-11-whitney-houston-performs-yes-jesus-loved-me#.TzcczU58AW8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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