yes
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 February 2012 06:26 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
I need examples, kevin! pretty please?
― Moka, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:29 (twelve years ago) link
if you don't like "how will I know" you should prob give up, yeah
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 February 2012 06:30 (twelve years ago) link
:(
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 February 2012 06:41 (twelve years ago) link
I've just listened to it and I didn't like it :/. It still has all the problems I find in her music; corny synth strings, unnecesary bombast like the sax solo and the filler guitar riffs and the chorus is drilled into your brain 64 times before the song ends.
She had a great, powerful voice... pairing it with excessive gimmicks and maximalist choruses that keep on adding muso rubbish each new bar is overload for me.
― Moka, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:43 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry, I tried :(
You are the devil.
― Tim F, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:50 (twelve years ago) link
^ p much :(
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 February 2012 07:00 (twelve years ago) link
Her first two albums were produced by the same person that brought us Kenny G so I'm not surprised I find no love in my heart for her music. She was typecasted into milquetoast territory since her early days.
― Moka, Friday, 17 February 2012 07:02 (twelve years ago) link
Now you are a dog latin devil.
― Tim F, Friday, 17 February 2012 07:02 (twelve years ago) link
i prefer my Whitney as A+ effervescent dance-pop: How Will I Know vs. I Wanna Dance w/ Somebody vs. So Emotional
― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Friday, 17 February 2012 07:07 (twelve years ago) link
Ok, I'm sorry... I'll find my way out of this thread. I just wanted to check if there was something in her entire discography that was different from what I've heard from her and which I might have overlooked.
― Moka, Friday, 17 February 2012 07:18 (twelve years ago) link
voted how will i know. nothing else even comes close, such a jam.
― psychgawsple, Friday, 17 February 2012 07:21 (twelve years ago) link
I almost forgot to vote! *forehead slap*
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 February 2012 07:27 (twelve years ago) link
"It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" holds up really well. the vid is shameful tho
i also dig her sprechgesang in "I'm Your Baby Tonight" right after the chorus. she had a thing for fast vocal delivery, too bad she became a melismatic nutso instead
― cock chirea, Friday, 17 February 2012 08:02 (twelve years ago) link
How Will I Know vs. I Wanna Dance w/ Somebody vs. So Emotional
OK, scratch So Emotional. It has some fine payoff moments, but the production is cluttery & i could really do without the constant shredding. the chorus is great, though! (which, I guess, must be why I remember it being a favorite, when in fact it is not)
the other two, though.. The vox on HWIK are untouchable, and IWDWS is just pure aces all around. hmmm
― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Friday, 17 February 2012 08:15 (twelve years ago) link
voted "i have nothing"
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Friday, 17 February 2012 08:17 (twelve years ago) link
Good choice.
I keep wavering b/w that and "How Will I Know".
DO-ONT. MAAKE. MEEEE. CLO-OSE!!! ONE MORE DOOOOOOOR.
― Tim F, Friday, 17 February 2012 10:09 (twelve years ago) link
Moka, try I'm Your Baby Tonight. new jack excellence
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 17 February 2012 10:20 (twelve years ago) link
surprised no one told moka to try "it's not right but it's okay" or "my love is your love" which are the classic whitney songs for the "finally she's not doing power ballads and is singing over ~kool beatz~" crew
― if u leave imma crank wu-tang in my black matte truck (lex pretend), Friday, 17 February 2012 10:22 (twelve years ago) link
(but for all that they are still amazing)
― if u leave imma crank wu-tang in my black matte truck (lex pretend), Friday, 17 February 2012 10:23 (twelve years ago) link
Listening to "Didn't We Almost Have It All". This song makes me think of my dad so much. His favourite pop song is probably "That's What Friends Are For". I don't really understand this approach to pop (for him I think it's the broadway resemblance), but it makes me think of my family home too much for me to hate it.
― Tim F, Friday, 17 February 2012 12:01 (twelve years ago) link
had to go w/ How Will I Know. anything else would have been a lie.
― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Friday, 17 February 2012 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
My Love Is Your Love
― The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Friday, 17 February 2012 13:06 (twelve years ago) link
As Lex/Tim foresaw upthread, I'm not a big fan of the power ballads (although I appreciate her voice is incredible on these). My Love Is Your Love has such an incredible groove though...
― The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Friday, 17 February 2012 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
share my life, take me for what i amcuz i'll never change all my colours for youtake my life, i'll never ask for too muchjust all that you are and everything that you do
^^all-time POW opening lines imo
― if u leave imma crank wu-tang in my black matte truck (lex pretend), Friday, 17 February 2012 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
stay in my arms if you dareor must i imagine you there?
"i have nothing" might actually be an even better example of the "loneliness of queens" as per mark s's essay on "i will always love you"
― if u leave imma crank wu-tang in my black matte truck (lex pretend), Friday, 17 February 2012 13:11 (twelve years ago) link
or must I emerge in you there
― Tim F, Friday, 17 February 2012 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
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― if u leave imma crank wu-tang in my black matte truck (lex pretend)
Ok, this is more like it. I always thought 'it's not right' was a Tony Braxton song, dunno why. I actually like these ones much better.
― Moka, Friday, 17 February 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
"Saving All My Love For You" is the only one, for me, where the production doesn't spoil and date the song, the 1980s/90s equivalent of "with strings."
― ‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper (Eazy), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
I was warbling "The Greatest Love of All" while getting my two-year-old dressed this morning and my four-year-old daughter told me to quit singing Christmas songs.
― pplains, Friday, 17 February 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
"I Wanna Dance With Somebody", duh.
― Turrican, Friday, 17 February 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
lol PP
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
I blame it on my cat like screetching. :-( They ALWAYS tell me to stop. :-(
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Never ever would pick that one. That video was so awful. But difficult to choose a fave.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
the I wanna Dance w Somebody hair is problematic for me
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 18 February 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
"So Emotional" with its synthetic production reminds me of Wilson Phillips deliberately singing "I wanna be impulsive!"
― ‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper (Eazy), Saturday, 18 February 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
Greatest Love of All 0
!!
― ‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper (Eazy), Saturday, 18 February 2012 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
You Give Good Love 0
o_O O_o
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 18 February 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
Guess I should've voted my heart and "I Have Nothing."
My Love Is Your Love 7Heartbreak Hotel (with Faith Evans and Kelly Price) 0
Not sure I really get this preference.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Saturday, 18 February 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
am I wrong for loving the "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" hair?
― The Reverend, Saturday, 18 February 2012 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
yes, yes you are
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Saturday, 18 February 2012 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
it's just...so...EPIC tho
― The Reverend, Saturday, 18 February 2012 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
it's terrible
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 18 February 2012 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
it's amazing
― The Reverend, Saturday, 18 February 2012 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
i have to say, i wasn't gonna like actively hate on on campaign against IWALY getting votes itt, but i really feel it is an appropriate tribute to her body of work to see it tied for 10th place here
― some dude, Saturday, 18 February 2012 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
"Impulsive" is my favorite Wilson Phillips single.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 February 2012 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
My Love Is Your Love 7I'm Your Baby Tonight 4Love Will Save The Day 3
^^^ this is amazing. I'm genuinely shocked at these results -- in a good way.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 February 2012 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
i like "my love is your love" but it seems like a really odd song to hold up as whitney's best
― The Reverend, Saturday, 18 February 2012 01:47 (twelve years ago) link