I'll try and say this sensitively.
I have a big problem listening to all the hype over Whitney Houston's death and burial.
She had a good voice, she sang some good songs but why is there so much media bullshit over what was a very flawed person. The headline should have read "Drug Addict with Good Voice, Dies."
She squandered a huge talent and the millions that people paid to listen to her. I'm not biased, I paid to see her in concert many years ago at Wembley Arena.
I suspect that there are lots of drug addicts with good voices and I suspect that there are lots of non drug users with brilliant voices. Why aren't they celebrated?
I realise that this is a massive over simplification but you get my point.
I couldn't agree more. It's still on the news here in the States this morning.
ReplyDeleteIt's always a tragedy when a talented person dies, especially if it's from something entirely avoidable. But I agree with you, the fuss is out of proportion.
ReplyDeleteI actually found some of her recordings impossible to listen to. I don't know what the technical term is but dragging out the notes beyond the natural timing gave some of her songs an unpleasant cringe factor for me.
(WV is odufards - maybe that's the term!!)
The other thing that made me angry is that her 18 years old daughter also has a drug problem. What a wonderful mother!
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