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In the discussion thread: Sorry about Whitney Houston, but she really wasn't "that" good. [View all]

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Sun Feb 19, 2012, 01:50 PM

NYC_SKP (49,522 posts)

77. Hey, neither of us is dead, right, and we still have 17 fingers between us, right?

Unless you've been screwin around again.

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84 replies	Author	Time	Post
Sorry about Whitney Houston, but she really wasn't "that" good. [View all]	GoneOffShore	Feb 2012	OP
I strongly disagree.	frogmarch	Feb 2012	#1
A little question:	cliffordu	Feb 2012	#2
Uh....It's been nice knowing you!	CaliforniaPeggy	Feb 2012	#3
Nonsense...	hlthe2b	Feb 2012	#4
Maybe you don't like "pop" music at all.	Quantess	Feb 2012	#5
Dolly Parton's "I will always love you" was infinitely superior.	NYC_SKP	Feb 2012	#6
I love me some Dolly!	Viva_La_Revolution	Feb 2012	#8
Gotta love that she wrote these songs about her own life and loves! Jolene:	NYC_SKP	Feb 2012	#9
Dolly was just being sweet and gracious, as usual.	Frank Cannon	Feb 2012	#24
I can't tell you how strongly I diasgree with you as well (as another person posted). IMHO	nirvana555	Feb 2012	#10
Well, both were great, but only one actually wrote the song. (nt)	NYC_SKP	Feb 2012	#11
Dolly has a nice voice but it does not compare to Whitney's	Motown_Johnny	Feb 2012	#22
Whitney's version had way more sales and many more awards than Dolly's version	MrScorpio	Feb 2012	#82
Dolly! Every word explodes with emotion!	Bake	Feb 2012	#35
dolly parton "when i wrote that song	SwampG8r	Feb 2012	#49
And that's just how classy Dolly Parton was and still is!	NYC_SKP	Feb 2012	#73
Dolly got more real emotion into one syllable than ANYBODY else ...	Bake	Feb 2012	#84
Disagree. You might be too young to know.	NYC_SKP	Feb 2012	#7
I've probably heard and made more live music than you've had hot dinners	GoneOffShore	Feb 2012	#31
I couldn't stand her either.	kurtzapril4	Feb 2012	#72
Possibly, possibly not. Probably not. Almost certainly not, odd thing to say.	NYC_SKP	Feb 2012	#74
ahem.	cliffordu	Feb 2012	#76
Hey, neither of us is dead, right, and we still have 17 fingers between us, right?	NYC_SKP	Feb 2012	#77
YEah.....	cliffordu	Feb 2012	#79
This message was self-deleted by its author	Tripod	Feb 2012	#12
she was that good.	Whisp	Feb 2012	#13
I don't believe you.	Ptah	Feb 2012	#14
WTF!	Tripod	Feb 2012	#15
Agree 100%	rufus dog	Feb 2012	#16
Hey, hey, hey!!! Since when is honest aesthetic minority dissent gangtackled here?	MiddleFingerMom	Feb 2012	#17
Thank you.	GoneOffShore	Feb 2012	#30
I'm with MFM!	Bake	Feb 2012	#36
That was what I was wondering.	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2012	#70
I'm not really of fan of that music style but since she just died I was going to go with the flow.	limpyhobbler	Feb 2012	#18
Meh. De gustibus etc. nt	trackfan	Feb 2012	#19
Sorry to learn of your hearing impairment	Motown_Johnny	Feb 2012	#20
snort	laundry_queen	Feb 2012	#21
lol! Okay.	HappyMe	Feb 2012	#23
I never found her shrieking vocal gymnastics to be all that inspiring.	Frank Cannon	Feb 2012	#25
And had I posted that subject line as the headline of this thread	GoneOffShore	Feb 2012	#33
Hmm...I kind of think that 'shrieking' as far as vocals	HappyMe	Feb 2012	#48
My biggest complaint about Ms. Houston, may she rest in peace, is...	Orrex	Feb 2012	#26
Karaoke?	HappyMe	Feb 2012	#28
I know, I know.	Orrex	Feb 2012	#29
Yes, there's even a webcam where you can watch karaoke from a New Orleans bar ...	Bake	Feb 2012	#37
Isn't that against the Geneva Convention?	HappyMe	Feb 2012	#39
It depends on how you define "torture."	Bake	Feb 2012	#41
I agree.	HappyMe	Feb 2012	#42
That's not 100% true!	LynneSin	Feb 2012	#34
Oh God, I'm jabbing knitting needles in my ears now!!	Bake	Feb 2012	#38
Fuck yeah!	JVS	Feb 2012	#43
How do you feel about little girls with red wigs singing "Tomorrow" then?	yellowcanine	Feb 2012	#55
Tell it, brotha.	Doc Holliday	Feb 2012	#78
Opinions are like......	marmar	Feb 2012	#27
I have to disagree with that and even I'm not a big fan of her music	LynneSin	Feb 2012	#32
I agree. She had real talent,but I don't care for her genre of music.	Swede	Feb 2012	#40
She isn't a one trick pony. If you watch the video clip above of The Greatest Love of All...	JVS	Feb 2012	#46
Nice to know I'm not the only one	Rob H.	Feb 2012	#44
"...she rarely passed up an opportunity to bludgeon listeners over the head with it..."	yellowcanine	Feb 2012	#56
Whether you like her or not, she had a GREAT singing voice...	Iggo	Feb 2012	#45
Lovely. Thanks for playing.	nolabear	Feb 2012	#47
I liked her, and I am interested in listening to those you think were/are more rewarding to hear.	Ptah	Feb 2012	#50
Susannah McCorkle, China Forbes, Jonatha Brooke	GoneOffShore	Feb 2012	#51
Thanks, I enjoy Joan Baez and Emilylou Harris.	Ptah	Feb 2012	#52
Storm Large is singing occasionally with Pink Martini	GoneOffShore	Feb 2012	#64
Wooot!	flying rabbit	Feb 2012	#83
"Sorry..........BUT......." doesn't really work for me when someone has died.	yellowcanine	Feb 2012	#53
+1	ScreamingMeemie	Feb 2012	#59
If one doesn't offer a critique on the body of work of an artist who just died	GoneOffShore	Feb 2012	#66
Don't flatter yourself. This was no critique on the body of work of an artist.	yellowcanine	Feb 2012	#71
Bullseye, Y.C......... (n/t)	Paladin	Feb 2012	#75
I wish I could sing like she did.	RiffRandell	Feb 2012	#54
Too much Whitney	Polly Hennessey	Feb 2012	#57
I think her voice was very good. The music she sang over . . .	RZM	Feb 2012	#58
I'd like to hear your view of Anita O'Day	Ptah	Feb 2012	#60
Watch it, now!	Iggo	Feb 2012	#65
Not really-	digonswine	Feb 2012	#61
STRONGLY DISAGREE.......She sang effortlessly.........	MindMover	Feb 2012	#62
that is possibly	backwoodsbob	Feb 2012	#68
I apologize to your greater sensibilities for my song choice.....maybe you have a better one...????	MindMover	Feb 2012	#69
I agree, she was a warbler, I don't like warblers. n/t	A Simple Game	Feb 2012	#63
Hell of a thing to say the week she dies. But, if you really...	TreasonousBastard	Feb 2012	#67
I'm relieved to know I'm not the only person on Earth who was not a big Whitney fan.	Pool Hall Ace	Feb 2012	#80
Really?	MrScorpio	Feb 2012	#81

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