Whitney Houston R.I.P.

we're lucky no one chose "Where Do Broken Hearts Go."

Ain't it shocking how terrible this song is?

it's not shocking actually

ha well played

Dolly Parton is set to earn millions from Whitney Houston's cover of her song I Will Always Love You, it has been revealed.

The track, which Whitney covered for the soundtrack of The Bodyguard, was originally penned by Parton in 1973.

Last month, Parton revealed to CNN that Houston's cover had already raked in lots of cash for her.

'When Whitney did it, I got all the money for the publishing and for the writing, and I bought a lot of cheap wigs,' she said.

and if one of her other songs had been the one everyone bought someone else would've earned all the money...

and would hopefully buy cheap wigs too

Dolly Parton is set to earn millions from Whitney Houston's cover of her song I Will Always Love You, it has been revealed.

haha "it has been revealed"

how is this news at this point

haha seriously

although i do really wonder what percent of dolly's earnings over her career can be traced directly to WH's recording of that song. 10%? 50%? 90%?

the-dream said a while back that he made like 15 million off writing "umbrella" alone, so the mind reels at how big the royalties are for "i will always love you"

Well, if Nick Lowe received a $1 million royalty check for that terrifying cover of "What's So Funny 'Bout..." on The Bodyguard soundtrack, I can only imagine what Parton earned.

haha "it has been revealed"

i'm picturing dolly having like a huge factory pallet of cash under a velvet sheet in her living room, inviting a bunch of journalists over, and then at the appointed time, whoosh.

like a huge factory pallet of cash under a velvet sheet in her living roomin her castle made of cheap wigs, for a more perfect world!

Diamanda Galas releases a statement on Whitney's death:

http://www.diamandagalas.com/houstonstatement.htm

wow, Diamanda... OTM?

I'm not used to saying that

you goths always stick together

dolly parton has got to be the richest lady in tennessee

i love her so much

yeah she is the sweetest

also i know this is not news to anyone and i do like whitney but holy jesus does dolly sing her song better than houston.

love dolly so much. I'm sure IWALY made her a ton of cash, but it's not like she didn't have other huge hits too y'know

she's got porter waggoner money still, bless her heart

diamanda is always otm

well yeah she's got hits but like, the biggest pop hit she wrote AND performed, "9 to 5," you know that wasn't a cash cow like IWALY

diamanda is always otm

she was not OTM here as much as she was just mad and racist

http://diamandagalas.com/images/letters/diamanda_vs_timbaland_thetakedown-1.gif

shades of marisa tbh

this would be a good one to let go

this would be a good one to let go

― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10:40 PM (Yesterday)

^^^^^

Just heard the last of a radio special on Whitney's actual music, with good tracks from her last album. No acrobatics, but steadfast and melodious: "Though I don't know if I'll make it through/I look to you." Anybody familiar with the whole album?

I Look to You is a very good album, it's quite understated in many ways - and her voice didn't just lose a lot in her "later" years (sounds so sad), it also gained something, as did her performance, in its roughness and grit. "I Look to You" is good, and "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" and "Nothin' But Love" are great songs, the latter produced by Danja, but nothing desperately-trying-to-be-modern about it (only "Million Dollar Bill" comes a bit close to that, perhaps). And there's more good tracks, and nothing that's out of place.

some impressive gospel performances at the funeral

Bunny does candelit tribute to "Didn't We Almost Have it All"

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I was out to lunch with my family yesterday, and the TV was playing in the background. It looked like a press conference, but I couldn't figure out the context. Why is this white dude addressing an all-black audience? Is that white dude Kevin Costner? Nah, can't be. Why would Kevin Costner be addressing an all-black audience?

Of course, it was Kevin Costner, whose presence made sense once I later learned the context.

"I wish I was her real bodyguard." WTF. I barfed.

holy shit @ insane racist diamanda galas

"shades of marisa" otm

The singer suffered from cardiac disease and could have had a heart attack before drowning, officials say. Cocaine is listed as a contributing factor in the death.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-03-23-whitney-houston-20120323,0,919750.story

:(

i guess she was just doing coke every day, a little weed and alcohol to take the edge off.. jesus. she must have been living like this for years. sort of amazing she lasted as long as she did if so.

idk that doesnt sound so bad

live while you're young

i'm sure her family and friends would agree

idk i think that many years of addiction what constitutes friends gets twisted through a particular refractory index. everything gets modulated by addiction. everything gets swept into that particular economy. we all saw it in this case, how marriage and drugs were sortof a package deal. this always extends into everything. this is why its sad but i guess i'm glad for her sake it isn't crack that showed up on the toxicology report. crack is cheap. crack is wack.

this is classy as fuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt9GeWbofrM

that's nice

thicke is so absurd

ha yes, but that's rather beside the point

he's having GROWING PAINS do you get it because he is getting older

holy crap was the bet awards tribute discussed elsewhere on ilm? i don't feel like i can finish watching it, but cissy houston sings, or wails, really, a version of "bridge over troubled water" where she changes the lyrics to past tense, viz. "your time had come to shine / all your dreams have gone away." i couldn't finish watching her performance tbh. before that, monica did an amazing version of "i love the lord."