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

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.

I think this is a huge part of why her death has hit me so hard, and depressed me so much. It's tough to know that you'll never hear anyone that good again, that you'll never feel inspired to the same depths again. It's like there's nothing to look forward to, which is a bad feeling...

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Every1lovesNippy, on 10 July 2012 - 07:47 PM, said:

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.

You got me to the T!!

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Nice tribute from JHud

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Essence Festival 2012 - I Wanna Dance With Somebody

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I'm not sure if this has been posted...

Well anyway, I really liked Gladys' tribute here...

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Joshua Lenox singing The National Anthem Acapella in tribute to "The Voice" Whitney Houston. God bless you Whitney and thank you for sharing your gift with us while you were here. RIP I will always love you

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[steno]

short little tribute from mc hammer

http://zeenews.india...mmer_115729.htm

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often wondered would he write a song for her to sing.......

http://www.theinside...ston/index.html

[steno]

this is lovely. personal. not celebrity though

http://therumpus.net...on-and-whitney/

[steno]

this encompasses a lot of celebrities in one go:

http://photos.essenc..._death#!1184863

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AOL Music: Jordin Sparks 'Sparkle' Tell-All: Singer Shares Whitney Houston Set Secrets During In House Q&A (EXCLUSIVE

"I had to believe in myself and say, 'They picked me, they put me here, they cast me for this. I know I have what it takes to do this'," Jordin Sparks told AOL Music, explaining how she got through her daunting, first-ever film role. Trusting in her talents as a singer helped Sparks became the youngest "American Idol" winner yet at the age of 17, but starring opposite Whitney Houston in the upcoming remake of the 1976 musical movie "Sparkle" was a whole other story.

The 22-year-old credits her supportive cast mates, including the late legend herself, for helping her portray the film's lead character and namesake, Sparkle. "The cast was so amazing, helping me with open arms," she said. "They didn't have to do that, and I wasn't expecting it. I thought it would be more like a hazing thing! I had nightmares of stuff like that happening."

As Jordin recounts, Houston spent her last months before her tragic death this past February nurturing the young talent on set. "She was wonderful," Sparks said. "She wore the executive producer hat, and she wore the coworker hat and the actress hat. And then right after a scene, she'd be right there saying, 'Do you need anything? How did you feel about that?' Sometimes she would be there telling me it was OK after a really emotional scene, after I've dug deep to a place that I don't really want to think about. The director would yell 'cut,' and sometimes, I couldn't stop crying. And she'd be right there rubbing my back saying, 'It's OK, it's OK, I know.' She was amazing."

The bond Sparks forged with Houston lives on, as the pop star felt during her moving tribute to the fallen icon at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. "That was the scariest moment of my life, so far," Jordin confessed. "That was the first time that I had ever performed that song ['I Will Always Love You']. It was one of those things where you look through Whitney's songbook and say, 'I'm going to leave 'I Will Always Love You' in a pretty wrapped box on a pedestal, and I'm going to go over here and sing 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody,' 'cause nobody is going to get mad at me for singing that!' So, my knees were shaking, my hands were clammy, my heart was pounding. I was sweating, dry throat, everything. Every nervous tick you could have, all at once. I don't even remember what happened. I was up there, and then I was not! All of a sudden, I was backstage again."

"But it was one of those moments where I definitely felt her presence," Sparks added. "She was all around that arena, and I just knew from spending time with her on set, she was like, 'You got this. You go, girl. You got this.' That's how she was. She wanted to see everyone else shine, which is incredible, because there aren't a lot of people who are like that. Especially people who are more established, they don't want anyone coming to take their spot!"

"Sparkle," in theaters Aug. 17, did more than give Jordin the opportunity to uncover her silver-screen talents while working with a legend. The film's '60s-era, Motown-inspired soundtrack is helping her transition into a new phase of her career as a recording artist.

"'Sparkle' actually gave me that opportunity to experiment with the new sound that I wanted to do," she said. "It will open up the door to that more R&B, gospel-inspired, rhythmic stuff that I've been dying to do."

Sparks hasn't released an album since 2009's Battlefield, but she's been hard at work prepping her third studio effort. With five to seven tracks locked down, Jordin warns her "Idol" fan club, "I'm definitely going to a different place, not super pop like I was before. I loved it when I was doing it. For that place that I was at in my life and the age that I was at, it was perfect. But I've grown up a lot."

For Sparks, growing up also means being able to manage an increasingly hectic schedule. In addition to the new music, she's set to start filming the upcoming George Tilman Jr.-directed indie flick "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete," alongside fellow "Idol" alumn Jennifer Hudson.

"I am going to have to be the best juggler in history," Jordin admitted. "I'm excited for the challenge. At 17, I may not have been up for it, but now I definitely am."

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remamamama, on 24 July 2012 - 02:07 AM, said:

Sometimes she would be there telling me it was OK after a really emotional scene, after I've dug deep to a place that I don't really want to think about. The director would yell 'cut,' and sometimes, I couldn't stop crying. And she'd be right there rubbing my back saying, 'It's OK, it's OK, I know.' She was amazing."

This is so moving to me

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Dubai's Fountains Choreographed To Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You"

http://www.huffingto..._n_1273200.html

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