voted My Love Is Your Love
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
the vacant miming of manic happiness
this is what frightened me about her for years and still does
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like "so emotional" was huge, too, like i remember her winning a bunch of awards for it when i was a kid. it was so confusing to me. even then i knew it sucked.
― horseshoe, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
I mean "So Emotional" isn't emotional, like, at all.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
Every song from Whitney except "Love Will Save the Day" hit #1 on the pop chart.
come on the "don't you wanna dance say you wanna dance don't you wanna dance" part is sung so exuberantly!
IMO it only reads as exuberant if you are looking at her glassy-eyed rictus grin in the video, and even then only if you're being charitable
otherwise it's just unsubtle honking on a bridge akin to the second chorus of "I Will Always Love You" where she brays really flatly
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
xpost -- Song or single? We're not talking Thriller here...
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
no i hate the video, but i found out about her death on Saturday night when i was out, and then when i was driving home they played "i wanna dance with somebody" and "million dollar bill" on the radio and i was struck anew by how infectiously happy "i wanna dance with somebody" sounds! i had been feeling that her death was kind of surreal. that was the moment i got sad.
― horseshoe, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
single, mais oui
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
i am v biased in favor of upbeat songs about dancing, tbf. madonna's "into the groove" is the best song in history, maybe.
To me "Greatest Love of All" is more horrifying than "I Wanna Dance." Her self-regard is chilling.
Her self-regard is what sells "GLOA"! That and the voice.
Horseshoe, I agree re: "Into the Groove"!
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
i wanna dance with somebody
― (_()_) (Lamp), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
Now that we're sharing Whitney experiences, let me mention that one particularly moronic teacher in sixth copied the lyrics in perfect Palmer handwriting, photocopied it, and distributed it as a graduation poem.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
Saving All My Love For You
― J0rdan S., Monday, 13 February 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
more people should just post song titles that could double as declarative statements itt like lamp and j0rdan
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
"Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (with Enrique Iglesias)
I have never heard this but I assume it is terrible
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
i only realized much later that "saving all my love for you" is sung from the pov of a woman having an affair with a married man. i don't know why it surprised me; it just seemed out of place with the smooth AC sound.
― horseshoe, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
that makes the song that much more awesome IMO
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
― some dude
We Didn't Know
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i think "saving all my love for you" is my favorite of the early ballads.
― horseshoe, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
my actual shortlist:
Saving All My Love For YouHow Will I KnowGreatest Love of AllI'm Your Baby TonightI Have NothingIt's Not Right But It's Okay
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
no one's voting for "My Name is Not Susan"?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
i like that song, but no
― horseshoe, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
My short list:
You Give Good LoveSaving All My Love For YouHow Will I KnowLove Will Save The DayI'm Every WomanExhale (Shoop Shoop)It's Not Right But It's Okay
You guys are also sleeping on "Love Will Save The Day"
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
every time I think of "Love Will Save The Day" I start actually humming "Love Will Lead You Back" and I am much happier
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
You're disappointing me today.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
aww "So Emotional" is a good one: "ain't it shockin what..............love can do!" love that pause
voted "How Will I Know", cuz you know about these things.
― Euler, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
Saving All My LoveHow Will I Know
so torn!!!
But I need to rep for "All At Once"... my grandma died right around that time & my little sister and I used to bawl over that damn song
I love that whole first album, tbh
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
her first album is really her best
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
I'd like to hear a band like the Jesus Lizard fronted by a singer like Whitney Houston.
― Euler, Sunday, May 20, 2007 3:59 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark
― Euler, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
imagine Whitney covering "This is Not a Love Song."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
Oh god, back to the Bill Laswell thing again.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
imagine Whitney singing in Last Exit.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
It's easy if I don't try.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
so emotional and how will i know reallythink i'm picking the latter.
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 February 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
Never liked "I Will Always Love You." The bombastic treatment is so totally wrong for the simple eloquence of the song. Plus that fucking sax solo. And the modulation. "I Have Nothing" so much better as big-ballad numbers go, so basically Greg, Alex and Al OTM way upthread.
Am working on getting acquainted with the post-Bodyguard stuff, which I mostly didn't know except "Exhale" and "It's Not Right But It's Okay." For now, though, "How Will I Know" by a mile.
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Monday, 13 February 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
For someone who only released 7 studio albums, she sure had a lot of singles, tho, huh? 29 top 40 hits, all in a 16-year span.
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Monday, 13 February 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
How Will I Know / I Have NothingIt's Not Right But It's OkayI Want To Dance With SomebodySaving All My Love For YouI'm Your Baby TonightLove Will Save The DayHeartbreak Hotel (Remix)I'm Every WomanMy Love Is Your Love
― Tim F, Monday, 13 February 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
The key change in "I Have Nothing" is one of the most spinetingling things ever.
Enough! Y'all have swayed me. I'll listen to "I Have Nothing" again.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
I think what distinguishes it from other divastraganzas (e.g. "Without You" or "All By Myself", say) is how dangerous it sounds, both in its obsessive intensity and also in its vertiginousness. Whitney sounds like she takes a run-up to the key change with a flying leap over a bottomless chasm.
― Tim F, Monday, 13 February 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
Listening to the second album on Spotify and it sounds like an '87-era mastering job! Interesting that a record like that would languish so long without being remastered.
― timellison, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
the second Whitney album is a giant pile of festering penises
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
I asked about the third album on the other thread but got no responses. Hot or not?
― Tim F, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 04:47 (twelve years ago) link
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" is the only one of her songs I'll admit to liking IRL so that's my vote.
"How Will I Know" is ok. "All The Man I Need" is her best ballad IMO.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 07:50 (twelve years ago) link
"I Have Nothing" and "I'm Every Woman" sounded the best to me the last couple days.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 08:03 (twelve years ago) link
Well, and always.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 08:04 (twelve years ago) link
million dollar bill gonna top this
― Dick Townwolves (Captain Ahab), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 08:18 (twelve years ago) link
I'd totally forgotten about 'Queen Of The Night' until I happened upon an obligatory airing of The Bodyguard yesterday. A pretty fierce jam, a la En Vogue. Just wanna point out that it shouldn't be slept on.
Probably always gonna be 'Love Will Save The Day' for me, though.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 10:44 (twelve years ago) link
Alfred: Wrong on Whitney, Wrong for America
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 04:06 (six years ago) link
giving me ALL THE RONG THAT I'LL EVER NEEEEEED
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 10:26 (six years ago) link
YOUR LOVE! I'll RE MEM BER! FOR EV ER
Don't make me clooooose--
*does shoo hand gesture*
--one more door!
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 13:08 (six years ago) link
Greatest Love of All 0
Admittedly, Toni Erdmann wasn't out yet when this poll was done but ... damn.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 13:11 (six years ago) link
I'd have voted for her version.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 13:11 (six years ago) link
Sandra Hüller's?
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 13:13 (six years ago) link
wtf alfred, no "i have nothing"?
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 13:14 (six years ago) link
*reads last few posts before the thread bump* ah
i guess i don't understand what more you could even want from whitney if "i have nothing" isnt yr pinnacle or at least top 5
there are other value judgements at play that i guess i dont fully understand?
or yr heart is a lump of coal, either or :)
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
now imagine Glenn Frey singing "I Have Nothing"
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
'It's Not Right But It's Okay' still rules.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
The album version, yes.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:41 (six years ago) link
Alfred revise your opinions4u on "I Have Nothing".
Or must I emerge in you there.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
DONT WALK AWAY FROM MEEEEEEE
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 22:08 (six years ago) link
How's this for a poll: Cinematic covers of "The Greatest Love Of All"--Loren Dean in SAY ANYTHING VS. Sandra Hüller in TONI ERDMANN?
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
― Tim F, Wednesday, June 7, 2017
emerge away
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 23:51 (six years ago) link
Her most depressing song.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 02:04 (six years ago) link
RONG
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 03:05 (six years ago) link
All this discussion about her worst single and no mention of One Moment In Time?
― Custard Cream, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 04:25 (six years ago) link
this thread is an abomination
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 05:31 (six years ago) link
...because "How Will I Know" wasn't a total sweep?
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 05:46 (six years ago) link
NOW i mean
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 05:59 (six years ago) link