https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-iLG8UmSes
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
Anyway, self-destructive drug addict diva dies shockah. The tragedy preceded the death by at least a decade. Lookout, Lindsay.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
when was her last hit?
― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
The I Look To You singles didn't go top 40, though two went R&B top 20. Her last pop hit was actually the re-issue of "Star Spangled Banner" after 9/11.
― da croupier, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
with itunes and amazonmp3 she will get a good few hits now
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:02 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMdXi6f5KRg
oh, serge
― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
trying to find the best live version of My Name Is Not Susan
rip
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
neve campbell at the leafs game = the only non-whitney twitter trend lol
― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
at the time I thought "What an odd, awesome name for a Top 40 single."
xpost
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
oh no....rip
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:11 (twelve years ago) link
Holy shit. She was performing last night.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
Holy hell
RIP
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
Gotta agree with this:
https://twitter.com/#!/joncaramanica/status/168515061055369216
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
mmmmm.
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:19 (twelve years ago) link
damn shame. not really a fan of hers but i remember liking her in a couple of films (the preacher's wife, i'm thinking?). she seemed, at the time, to be pretty charming and classy and chill( kinda like lindsay used to be : / ) none of which makes her drug issues and fucked up personal life any more tragic in a way but still...
― omar little, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxZD0VQvfqU
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
The fact that her first record was a Soft Machine cover featuring Archie Shepp completely blows my mind.
xp
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:30 (twelve years ago) link
was just singing the bridge to 'how will I know' in the shower last week
― calstars, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCDLQew0LI
imo this was the best of 80s pop whitney
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:37 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I'd heard she sang fairly well Friday night, seemed like she was continuing uphill--so this is fairly startling, disheartening if not a shockah. Whether she was sober, and something like a long-damaged metabolism finally running all the way down, or toasting Friday night's recent little victory, with one last rock too many: "Memories, they hang you up and hold you."
― dow, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:38 (twelve years ago) link
ts: anita baker whitney ("you give good love") vs. teenpop whitney ("how will i know") vs. new jack whitney (the '90s)
― textile in thighville (get bent), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:40 (twelve years ago) link
crazy this happened the night of Clive Davis' pre-grammy gala
― da croupier, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:40 (twelve years ago) link
wonder how much of this is still going to happen
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501368_162-57375894/clive-davis-gala-is-white-hot-kinks-to-perform/
― da croupier, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
clive cancelled the event btw.
― textile in thighville (get bent), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
love this so muchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdoamCoYTs0
― prolego, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
xpost makes sense
At the Beverly Hilton on Friday, Alicia Keys was getting ready to rehearse. Monica and Brandy will also hit the stage. Vintage clips of the annual event played on the big screen, showing performances from Houston, Lou Reed, Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin and Usher.
Houston isn't on the performance list, but that could change.
"It's her favorite night of the year ... (so) who knows by the end of the evening," said Davis, who founded Arista Records and is now the chief creative officer of Sony Music Entertainment.
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2012/02/11/clive-davis-grammy-party-canceled-after-whitney-houstons-death/
― textile in thighville (get bent), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDzdqranbUc
:(
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
90s whitney was the best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J538b-OLRU
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
i forgot how good love will save the day is; total winner.
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
I am truly shocked, still hard to even process this.
apparently this sparkle remake was first going to happen around 2001, and was pushed aside after aaliyah (who was supposed to co-star) died
― da croupier, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
"It's Not Right..." is the last time I remember her as a Billboard/cultural force. That Thunderpuss remix was everywhere in '99.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
so sad...r.i.p. whitney.
― scott seward, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
Holy shit Whitney what the fucking fuck
― the late great, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that moment of "it's not right but it's okay" being released was sort of a revelation--i fucking love that song.
my sister somehow didn't know about her drug problems and she was sort of shocked that whitney houston had extensive enough drug problems that they might conceivably have caused her to die at 48. she was like, "courtney love's still alive!" and i considered whether the only difference between the two in terms of their demons was that whitney houston had powerful handlers for the early portion of her career.
― horseshoe, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
"Whether she was sober, and something like a long-damaged metabolism finally running all the way down"
judging from the pictures of her the night before, she definitely wasn't sober...
― scott seward, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
shit, 48. RIP
― arby's, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
or earlier this week. not last night.
― scott seward, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=4wsCdxdRIL4
― geeta, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
dammit let's try that again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wsCdxdRIL4
― geeta, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
that thunderpuss remix was the stone cold shit for real
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
I remember Elvis Costello doing a Guest VJ hour on MTV when Blood & Chocolate came out. He played one of her videos, "How Will I Know" I think, and came on afterwards saying "please please please please Whitney, please can I write some songs for you? omg what a voice"
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
i have the first album on and was just reminded of a great album track called "someone for me":
http://open.spotify.com/track/57gkU8WvqF62FTRDIIHqjH
― textile in thighville (get bent), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
When she was on, she was ON
she is a great example of taalent elevating horrible source material, because so many of her singles were schlocky nonsense that she imbued with so much depth and feeling
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that Thunderpuss remix is 10/10 classic.
"you give good love" will always be my favorite song of hers, though. this performance is absolutely perfect:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM3rM1DTJ9Ythe last minute or so in particular... just staggering. what a voice, for real.
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
I remember the EC MTV thing. I thought he had said, "Please. Let me write you some good songs."
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
i remember reading an interview with her where she said she hated a lot of the material she was given, and that was a big reason for her going over to more hip/young r&b stuff later on.
― textile in thighville (get bent), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP)
100% OTM. I've always had reservations about her recorded output - a little too schlocky, middle-of-the-road, AC - but there was no denying her voice.
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
Well fuck
http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/whitney-houstons-daughter-bobbi-kristina-brown-found-unresponsive-bathtub-n297596
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 31 January 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link
oh no
― example (crüt), Saturday, 31 January 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
― lex pretend, Saturday, 31 January 2015 18:38 (nine years ago) link
wowwww sad.
― aybaybayfan (The Reverend), Saturday, 31 January 2015 23:38 (nine years ago) link
Omg I just heardSo unbearably sad
― groundless round (La Lechera), Sunday, 1 February 2015 01:03 (nine years ago) link
(I'm not sad personally but I find the situation really really tragically sad)
― groundless round (La Lechera), Sunday, 1 February 2015 01:04 (nine years ago) link
:((((((((
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/27/bobbi-kristina-brown-daughter-of-whitney-houston-dies-aged-22
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Monday, 27 July 2015 07:21 (eight years ago) link
jesus. nothing about this story that isn't tragic.
― Credit: howtokeepapositiveattitudedotcom (stevie), Monday, 27 July 2015 08:31 (eight years ago) link
Has anyone else watched WHITNEY, the 2018 doc? I watched it last night and it dragged me through the wringer all over again. Usually I don't like talking head interviews in documentaries but these were very direct and it was illuminating to hear from her closest friends and family (except Robyn)
I want to look up this performance because it sounds extremely emotional and that is how I feel after watching this movie. RIP Nippy & Chrissy.
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."
― horseshoe, Sunday, July 8, 2012 8:34 PM (six years ago) Bookmark
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
here it is :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tGzCBzGEts
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
I saw can I be me by nick broomfield and its pretty sad viewing.
― candyman, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:01 (three years ago) link
This looks terrible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx8p_quBV3I
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 27 November 2022 15:30 (one year ago) link
No surprise. It was produced and written by a guy who's done some of the hackiest biopics ever, and Clive was also a producer. Kasi Lemmons is a great director though - if this helps her finance her own projects, so be it.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 27 November 2022 15:54 (one year ago) link
Wow, Kasi Lemmons in the director!? I don't think I've seen anything of hers since "The Caveman's Valentine."
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 27 November 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
Saw the trailer for this while taking my kid to see Matilda on Friday (which is superb). This movie looks like dreck - cheap, tacky, melodramatic and appallingly overacted.
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Sunday, 27 November 2022 16:49 (one year ago) link
snake is skipping the tail and starting on the midsection these days, no point to finding historical truth when there's money to be made on the backs of people who can't complain
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 01:24 (one year ago) link