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[remamamama]

J Rome & Jennifer Nettles of Sugaland - I Will Always Love You

[Zolas]

remamamama, on 21 June 2012 - 01:20 AM, said:

J Rome & Jennifer Nettles of Sugaland - I Will Always Love You

WOW!

First I was like: 'oh no, not another attempt that ends up in disaster' but this was REALLY good. Maybe the next best thing that happened to the song. Really impressive. Love both their voices!

[remamamama]

Zolas, on 21 June 2012 - 02:15 AM, said:

WOW!

First I was like: 'oh no, not another attempt that ends up in disaster' but this was REALLY good. Maybe the next best thing that happened to the song. Really impressive. Love both their voices!

That guy is a huge Whitney fan. I think his videos were posted here before.

[truthspeaker06]

Jrome & Jennifer did AWESOME last night & J is from Jersey, in fact the same region as Whitney & he has stated that she is his biggest icon. I really loved their cover & I love them both. Something so genuine & sincere about them that I just feel

[remamamama]

I just found out that Paul McCartney dedicated his Abbey Road medley to Whitney at the Grammys. At the beginning if you listen carefully he said "this one's for Whitney".

[remamamama]

Devon Franklin on Oprah talking about Whitney & Sparkle

[Butterflyj30]

Wow @ the Devon interview

[love4whit]

http://www.etonline....eath/index.html

[Whitney~Lover]

Adele saying she always wanted to sound like Whitney Houston.

Don't know when this is from precisely, but it was uploaded after 2/11.

[remamamama]

will.i.am tells of his mother’s meeting with Whitney Houston
Friday, 29 June 2012

will.i.am says his mother loved meeting Whitney Houston.

The musician has recalled working with the soul diva, who passed away earlier this year.

Will told Whitney that she reminded him of his mother because of her grace and good manners, so she asked to meet his mom to see their similarities.

"When I was working with Whitney Houston? she reminded me of my mom, just how graceful and polite she was. I told Whitney this and she said: 'Let me see the proof of that, you should bring her down!' I called up and said: 'Ma, get your butt down to my house this minute! Whitney Houston wants to see you so she can see your personality!' She loved Whitney," he told British newspaper The Guardian.

http://www.independe...on-3153739.html

[remamamama]

Brandy Tells A Never Heard Before Whitney Houston Story

[the1nonlydkd]

Zolas, on 21 June 2012 - 02:15 AM, said:

remamamama, on 21 June 2012 - 01:20 AM, said:

J Rome & Jennifer Nettles of Sugaland - I Will Always Love You

WOW!

First I was like: 'oh no, not another attempt that ends up in disaster' but this was REALLY good. Maybe the next best thing that happened to the song. Really impressive. Love both their voices!

WOW!! That gave me CHILLS!!!! They were BOTH really good!! The harmony was GREAT!!! And did anybody notice how Jennifer was CHANNELING Whitney when she took over during the climax @ about 2:00! If I were listening to just audio and didn't know who it was on those couple of notes I would have thought it was Nippy! Even the way she was holding her top lip @ about 2:02-2:04 when she was singing "ALWAYS LOVE YOU" Its kinda like she was smiling while she was belting and Whitney used to ALWAYS do that!

[artchannel]

remamamama, on 21 June 2012 - 01:20 AM, said:

J Rome & Jennifer Nettles of Sugaland - I Will Always Love You

I really really like the way they pulled it off. Whitney really inspired the world.

[karan]

To be honest I have not watched 90% of these tributes and I don't even feel like! In my Aretha Franklin Voice 'There ain't nothing like the real thing'
Seriously, was watching the Broadway tributes and couldn't even enjoy. The BET tribute did make me cry though, but it was not exactly the performances(vocally), but the emotions behind them!

I don't think as a fan at this point I look for any vocal extravaganza with non-mainstream artists, because for me there ain't any point looking any further when you've already heard it the best way it could possibly have been sung. The tribute IMO should be as grand as Whitney and her entire legacy itself is. So I'm talking about big names with average/good vocals. Alicia, Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey(singing a Whitney song and not just giving a speech), Patti La belle, Celine Dion etc etc. That way new listeners get introduced to her music, I believe in that theory coz I was myself introduced to Whitney only 5 years back when I heard Leona Lewis singing 'I Have Nothing' on X factor. The younger generation getting into Whitney's music - is the best way her legacy could be celebrated and can be the best tribute to her.
I'm still waiting on a concert!

PS : My brother caught me red handed while I was a crying mess watching Cissy perform, thank god he didn't make fun!!

[Every1lovesNippy]

karan, on 10 July 2012 - 02:48 PM, said:

To be honest I have not watched 90% of these tributes and I don't even feel like! In my Aretha Franklin Voice 'There ain't nothing like the real thing'
Seriously, was watching the Broadway tributes and couldn't even enjoy. The BET tribute did make me cry though, but it was not exactly the performances(vocally), but the emotions behind them!

I don't think as a fan at this point I look for any vocal extravaganza with non-mainstream artists, because for me there ain't any point looking any further when you've already heard it the best way it could possibly have been sung. The tribute IMO should be as grand as Whitney and her entire legacy itself is. So I'm talking about big names with average/good vocals. Alicia, Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey(singing a Whitney song and not just giving a speech), Patti La belle, Celine Dion etc etc. That way new listeners get introduced to her music, I believe in that theory coz I was myself introduced to Whitney only 5 years back when I heard Leona Lewis singing 'I Have Nothing' on X factor. The younger generation getting into Whitney's music - is the best way her legacy could be celebrated and can be the best tribute to her.
I'm still waiting on a concert!

PS : My brother caught me red handed while I was a crying mess watching Cissy perform, thank god he didn't make fun!!

I'm with you. I honestly can't stand to listen to most of these "tribute" performances. All I want to hear about from these artists is why Whitney was great, and what songs of hers inspired them. Then I want some great live Whitney clips and I'm good. I was a mess during BET too, though. It was the emotions; because the artists were ones who had really loved Whitney and it showed. Next to Whitney, all these "great singers" just look so ordinary. But you are right, if some half way decent singers sang and then said why she was the best, maybe that would help the younger generation to learn about her music. We'll see how Divas goes.