i am v biased in favor of upbeat songs about dancing, tbf. madonna's "into the groove" is the best song in history, maybe.
― horseshoe, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
To me "Greatest Love of All" is more horrifying than "I Wanna Dance." Her self-regard is chilling.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
i wanna dance with somebody
― (_()_) (Lamp), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
Saving All My Love For You
― J0rdan S., Monday, 13 February 2012 19:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
"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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
― some dude
We Didn't Know
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i think "saving all my love for you" is my favorite of the early ballads.
― horseshoe, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
no one's voting for "My Name is Not Susan"?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
i like that song, but no
― horseshoe, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
You're disappointing me today.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
her first album is really her best
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd like to hear a band like the Jesus Lizard fronted by a singer like Whitney Houston.
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― Euler, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
imagine Whitney covering "This is Not a Love Song."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh god, back to the Bill Laswell thing again.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
imagine Whitney singing in Last Exit.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's easy if I don't try.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
"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 (1 year ago) Permalink
"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 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, and always.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 08:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
million dollar bill gonna top this
― Dick Townwolves (Captain Ahab), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 08:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's not right but it's ok
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
BTW I actually voted for "Saving All My Love For You", stone cold classic ballad, right up there with the greatest of all time.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
what is it about "Million Dollar Bill" that ppl find appealing
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
xpost -- Confession -- I loathed that song when it first hit, to the point where I would turn off the radio when I heard it start. ("You Give Good Love" I happily adored.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 17 February 2012 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
She had a great voice but all of her songs are borefests imho. Is there any single in here that isn't an over-emotional ballad?
― Moka, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 February 2012 06:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
You know, something in the 3 minute mark that doesn't feel like the aural equivalent of a diabetic coma?
― Moka, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
I need examples, kevin! pretty please?
― Moka, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Fuse is running Whitney videos all day today, just heard "If I Told You That" for the first time and it was pretty good!
― some dude, Saturday, 18 February 2012 13:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wasn't "The Star Spangled Banner" from 1991 Super Bowl intro released as a single (and a minor hit)? May be her best vocal performance; certainly it's the best I've ever heard it sung.
I kind of hate this actually! The national anthem is the national anthem and is kind of destroyed by soft-rock backing.
Missed this but would have voted "How Will I Know" like everybody else.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 18 February 2012 14:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
what about a dubstep backing
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 February 2012 14:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
I actually thought the instrumental arrangement was impressive - lots of interesting and unusual chord changes and such to go with the vocal flourishes.
― Lee626, Saturday, 18 February 2012 14:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Rob Sheffield's twelve favorite Whitney songs.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 February 2012 17:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Million Dollar Bill" (2009)Whitney’s last shot was a return to the original Eighties game plan, except at this point, her vocals were too ravaged for either pop or soul.
Whitney’s last shot was a return to the original Eighties game plan, except at this point, her vocals were too ravaged for either pop or soul.
― Lee626, Saturday, 18 February 2012 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
For anyone not aware of this, her funeral service is all over the television right now.
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 February 2012 18:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
When I was in...probably sixth grade and listening to pop radio incessantly, I awoke to "Love Will Save The Day". The sun was just coming up and the light was slightly violet through the window and everything felt very calm and peaceful as the vibraphone came in and it really did feel like love might save the day. It's still one of my more idyllic childhood memories.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 18 February 2012 19:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wish my radio station had played "Love Will Save the Day."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 February 2012 20:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah "my love is your love" has long been the whitney song of choice for people who don't actually like what whitney houston was all about.
I actually do like what Whitney was all about, and it's still my favorite of her singles. That song just puts me in a good place.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 18 February 2012 20:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
whitney....this was incredible... much (very very much) as i have always loved Whitney, 'I will always love you' is the one song of hers that I never really loved, certainly never felt, didn't appreciate - and also about the very single song i haven't listened to after she died.to suddenly hearing it now, after all those thousands? of times i heard it, and now feeling every little part of it. it was me, not Whitney, that hadn't gotten it. the most beautiful thing she's ever sung. beautiful.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 18 February 2012 21:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
guess this belongs in the Whitney Houston R.I.P. thread
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 18 February 2012 21:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just heard My Love Is Your Love again for the first time in I don't know how long. Catchy as hell, that one!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 17 September 2012 22:05 (8 months ago) Permalink