Whitney Houston singles poll

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

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?

yes

You know, something in the 3 minute mark that doesn't feel like the aural equivalent of a diabetic coma?

I need examples, kevin! pretty please?

if you don't like "how will I know" you should prob give up, yeah

:(

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.

Sorry, I tried :(

You are the devil.

^ p much :(

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.

Now you are a dog latin devil.

i prefer my Whitney as A+ effervescent dance-pop: How Will I Know vs. I Wanna Dance w/ Somebody vs. So Emotional

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.

voted how will i know. nothing else even comes close, such a jam.

I almost forgot to vote! *forehead slap*

"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

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

voted "i have nothing"

Good choice.

I keep wavering b/w that and "How Will I Know".

DO-ONT. MAAKE. MEEEE. CLO-OSE!!! ONE MORE DOOOOOOOR.

Moka, try I'm Your Baby Tonight. new jack excellence

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

(but for all that they are still amazing)

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.

had to go w/ How Will I Know. anything else would have been a lie.

My Love Is Your Love

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...

share my life, take me for what i am
cuz i'll never change all my colours for you
take my life, i'll never ask for too much
just all that you are and everything that you do

^^all-time POW opening lines imo

stay in my arms if you dare
or 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"

or must I emerge in you there

Moka, try I'm Your Baby Tonight. new jack excellence

― gospodin simmel, viernes 17 de febrero de 2012 10:20 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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)

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.

"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."

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.

"I Wanna Dance With Somebody", duh.

lol PP

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.

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.

the I wanna Dance w Somebody hair is problematic for me

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

"So Emotional" with its synthetic production reminds me of Wilson Phillips deliberately singing "I wanna be impulsive!"

Greatest Love of All 0

!!

You Give Good Love 0

o_O O_o

Guess I should've voted my heart and "I Have Nothing."

My Love Is Your Love 7
Heartbreak Hotel (with Faith Evans and Kelly Price) 0

Not sure I really get this preference.

am I wrong for loving the "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" hair?

yes, yes you are

it's just...so...EPIC tho

it's terrible

it's amazing

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

"Impulsive" is my favorite Wilson Phillips single.