Whitney
Houston Dead
From
Rolling Stone,
((Whitney
Houston was found dead today in a Beverly Hills hotel room, the Los
Angeles Times is reporting.
Paramedics
arriving at the Beverly Hilton found the singer's body. ))
Well,
we knew it was going to happen. No one parties that hard without it
coming back to hit you hard. This is what happened to Whitney. She
only 48 years old. That is extremely young for someone to die in
such manner.
Like
Michael Jackson and Amy Winehouse, this a wake up call to substance
abusers.
She
was an amazing artist with an outstanding voice. She brought many
elements of R&B and Soul to the mainstream. In her prime, she was
a pretty woman. (Yep, a good looking woman with talent too.) She
came around during an age when you had to have real talent to reach the charts.
I
remember hearing her songs and loving the smooth sounds coming from
the music. Her voice was simply outstanding. A lot of female
artists have modeled their voices after hers.
She
also had some pretty good roles in a few movies. (The
Bodyguard
Waiting
to Exhale
)
At
one point, she was just as big as Michael Jackson. That all
changed...
Years
later, she started to be known for her heavy drug use instead of her
music or acting. I remember seeing her in a performance and she
couldn't even hit all of those high notes she once could. It was
really sad to hear and watch that. Then there was the train wreck of
that stupid reality show with Bobby Brown. That show just made both of them look like jokes. And, do you remember that strange interview she did
where she said, “Crack is whack”?
Oh, Boy.
Here
are some of my favorite hits from over the years. I guess having an
amazing talent wasn't enough for her and she turned inward and
started destroying herself. A real shame I say.
RIP, WH.
Side
Note: For fun, I would loudly sing “I'm Every Woman” just to get
people to laugh seeing a big dude singing that song. Sometimes my
other manly friends would join me in the song.
How
will I know...
Good
Love
Saving
All My Love
I
wanna dance with somebody
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