Oh, I thought she got that from Auntie Ree. Or possibly her mother. Both used it during their careers. Both of who were always much more talented and, more importantly, didn't need drugs or booze to help them.
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Scooter Nik wrote:Oh, I thought she got that from Auntie Ree. Or possibly her mother. Both used it during their careers. Both of who were always much more talented and, more importantly, didn't need drugs or booze to help them.
going by how the drugs and drink destroyed her voice, you have to say musically, her best work was well before she choose to become a crack smoking drinker.
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Judging by the responces on here I assume it was a drugs related death? Or are people jumping to conclusions?
I can't believe Bobby Brown has out lived her to be honest. I'm not a fan but she was a singer with genuine talent, something which can't be said of the majority of singers these days.
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Well I don't mind saying that I thought she was the bees knees at her peak. And in the style she sang in, never mind stupid comparisons with other genres, she was simply the best at that time (mid 80s). But of course we are all much superior and totally in control of our lives. What a silly drug-addled tart she was.
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Whitney Houston had a great voice. No doubts about it. But if we are to consider her a great artist purely because of her voice then doesn't that render the words that came out of her mouth meaningless, or simply a means to an end? I can't imagine her lyrics were solely written as a method of maximising melody so I'll rule out the latter.
I guess her lyrics are meaningless in any attempt to define artistic worth. Which is a good thing because her lyrics really were meaningless. Ok, maybe not INXS "meaningless" - but certainly so to anyone past the age where appeals to childish emotions take precedence over appeals to reason.
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