it was AN ORDEAL
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah it was. Comical moments too though. I remember having to explain to my dad what moshing was and why a bunch of girls were jumping around and slamming into one another.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
omghttp://farm7.staticflickr.com/6120/6344604386_5c7af06713_z.jpg
the greatest love of all is easy to achieve when you are this awkward
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
wait, "student entry music" -- like entry to your classroom or over the speakers in the whole school?
Over the P.A. system for the whole school. I'm in charge, and I'm a tyrant.
― clemenza, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
AHHHH amazing!! I have one pic of my dad and I at one (sadly not here right now) where I am wearing a one piece floral jumpsuit (!!!) and have hair mid-way down my back. It was not a good look.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
clemenza that is totally awesome
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
i made that skirt with my grandma because i was totally into the 50s at the time (?!)
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
For some reason I can't recall, we had to go to the gym when my 5th grade class finished a DARE ("to keep kids off drugs") program, and watch a slide montage of photos of us sitting through the DARE program set to 1.5-2.5 runs through "The Greatest Love Of All."
― da croupier, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
x-post - ^^^
Cute.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
glad I'm so old, God have mercy on the rest of you
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
Yup, we sung "Greatest Love Of All" at our middle school graduation (June 1986). Also "That's What Friends Are For."
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, February 13, 2012 10:42 AM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Oh Jesus, I just remembered that nearly everyone at my senior prom (there were only prob about 70 ppl there) got in a circle and sang That's What Friends Are For as the last song of the night. It was pretty horrifying.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
enbb i demand to see that pic you speak of!
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, February 13, 2012
oh like the nuns didn't force you guys to gather round the victrola to mime "Easy Living."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
nuns dug Uriah Heep? Wow.
― da croupier, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
Lech that pic is awesome!!
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks! That reminds me that I need to call my parents. Children are our future.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
Kerr - not a chance.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
My 5th grade class lip-synced and danced to "How Will I Know" at our school concert
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
Damn--da croupier beat me to the Uriah Heep joke.
― clemenza, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
nuns pushed "Top of the World" and "Let It Be" on us
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
Was "That's What Friends Are For" a consensus elementary school graduation song? Is it still. My grade 8 class did it too, but that was 1993, at which point I figured even then that the song was pretty musty.
― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
tried to find the clip from say anything where joe sings 'the greatest love of all' at their graduation. youtube could not help me...
― and the answer is: Opinions differ. (stevie), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
i was wondering when someone was going to mention that!
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Monday, February 13, 2012 11:21 AM (48 minutes ago)
― tl;dr skl;dr (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
office break room filled with lunchers listening to CNN guest clinically describe drowning- and drug-related autopsies.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 February 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
i thought everyone had to sing "the greatest love of all" at some point in school.
Yup, in high-school choir.
― jaymc, Monday, 13 February 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
Also, one of my favorite Whitney moments was when three girls did a choregraphed routine to "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" at our 4th-grade class talent show.
― jaymc, Monday, 13 February 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
Was "That's What Friends Are For" a consensus elementary school graduation song?
"Don't Worry Be Happy" for me.
― jaymc, Monday, 13 February 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
Indie-dom enters the tribute game:
http://pitchfork.com/news/45407-watch-girls-pay-tribute-to-whitney-houston/
No big suprise that Girls are fans though, and I don't think I mean that in bad way..
― Mule, Monday, 13 February 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
Owens is apparently crying by the way
― Mule, Monday, 13 February 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
watch-girls-pay-tribute-to-whitney-houston/
no fucking thanks
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Monday, 13 February 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
haha been holding my tongue on snarking about the tunnel vision hilarity of that headline or at least a couple hours
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
Morbius that's happening at my job today too
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
This thread = slowly making progression for mournful to awesome
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
For = from
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
Mostly I just recall being bombarded with Whitney singles during elementary school carpools and then singing the songs to myself later when I was alone
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
join us here homie! Whitney Houston singles poll
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
Ha ok
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, of course:
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/13/10394035-sony-hikes-whitney-houston-album-prices-online?chromedomain=digitallife
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 February 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
"He's dead? Why didn't you say so!"http://images.wikia.com/simpsons/images/6/6e/159.jpg
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 13 February 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
Sales of Whitney Houston albums have soared on both sides of the Atlantic following her death in Los Angeles.Whitney - The Greatest Hits is at two on the US iTunes chart, while Whitney Houston - The Ultimate Collection is second in the UK iTunes chart.Some fans reacted angrily on Twitter after The Ultimate Collection's price was temporarily raised on iTunes UK.The price was increased from £4.99 to £7.99 but has since reverted to its former cost.Several fans on Twitter described the alleged price hike as "greedy" and "shameful".iTunes and Sony Music, Houston's record label, declined to comment on the matter.
Whitney - The Greatest Hits is at two on the US iTunes chart, while Whitney Houston - The Ultimate Collection is second in the UK iTunes chart.
Some fans reacted angrily on Twitter after The Ultimate Collection's price was temporarily raised on iTunes UK.
The price was increased from £4.99 to £7.99 but has since reverted to its former cost.
Several fans on Twitter described the alleged price hike as "greedy" and "shameful".
iTunes and Sony Music, Houston's record label, declined to comment on the matter.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 13 February 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
sealed bodyguard for 150 bucks is about as frenetic as things got on the ebay front.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/REMEMBERING-WHITNEY-HOUSTON-The-Bodyguard-Original-Soundtrack-LP-New-Sealed-/180818106575?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item2a199958cf
― scott seward, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
nowhere near MJ numbers the weekend of his death, but, you know, that's to be expected.
telling that the bodyguard ost was the one people really wanted. more so than the studio albums. though the first two did okay for a minute there.
― scott seward, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
its not oop is it?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 13 February 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
well its more a case of there being less vinyl copies than the actual studio albums too. i'm sure the cd is still in print. it must be.
― scott seward, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
Love in Any Language!!! We had to sing that, too.
The Whitney song we sang was "One Moment in Time."
― tokyo rosemary, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
Oh I love "One Moment"
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 13 February 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.juancole.com/2012/02/arab-world-mourns-whitney-houston.html
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
went to a bar in soma last night to see optimo - there was a whitney houston shrine (complete with several candles burning) in the front entryway. lots of drag queens in full-on sequined whitney evening gowns. stirmonster played 'i wanna dance with somebody' twice - first time acapella, the second time with bonkers EQing - the crowd went wild obviously
― geeta, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link