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[Mind Speaker]

johnonippy, on Dec 7 2009, 10:04 PM, said:

Mind Speaker, on Dec 7 2009, 08:58 PM, said:

Wow, how have I never seen this?  I'm slippin'!  

You prolly has. Just forgettin in your old age...

I got cha old age, Johnno!  

[Carmen]

Whitney winning a Grammy for IWDWS:

[LuVaBoY]

Carmen, on Dec 8 2009, 07:03 PM, said:

Whitney winning a Grammy for IWDWS:

Oewhh thx hahah she really deserved that one, they still play IWDWS to this day! It's mad! The way she starts her acceptance speech LOLLLL! "I'm so nervous, you don't know" and the way she fixes her hair: priceless!

[Carmen]

LuVaBoY, on Dec 8 2009, 07:15 PM, said:

Carmen, on Dec 8 2009, 07:03 PM, said:

Whitney winning a Grammy for IWDWS:

Oewhh thx hahah she really deserved that one, they still play IWDWS to this day! It's mad! The way she starts her acceptance speech LOLLLL! "I'm so nervous, you don't know" and the way she fixes her hair: priceless!

Yes, those were the good old days....I watched the Album of the Year video too (from the same channel), there was some heavy competition (Whitney,Prince, MJ, U2....real artists, you know) I simply adore the '80's!
Whitney was totally cute when she took over her award. It's rare because she looked a bit shy. Usually she has more confidence when she got an award and have to do an acceptance speech. I put it down to the fact that she was still very young.

Edited by Carmen, 08 December 2009 - 04:43 PM.

[Nik31]

Mind Speaker, on Dec 7 2009, 08:58 PM, said:

Wow, how have I never seen this?  I'm slippin'!  

Hhhhmmm what a VOICE, so crystal clear. Love it, thanks.

[Kevin]

Nik31, on Dec 8 2009, 10:58 PM, said:

Mind Speaker, on Dec 7 2009, 08:58 PM, said:

Wow, how have I never seen this?  I'm slippin'!  

Hhhhmmm what a VOICE, so crystal clear. Love it, thanks.

Loving this. Whitney never seizes to amaze me.

[guymc]

Kevin, on Dec 8 2009, 05:12 PM, said:

Nik31, on Dec 8 2009, 10:58 PM, said:

Mind Speaker, on Dec 7 2009, 08:58 PM, said:

Wow, how have I never seen this?  I'm slippin'!  

Hhhhmmm what a VOICE, so crystal clear. Love it, thanks.

Loving this. Whitney never seizes to amaze me.

Who and why are all those people going up on stage???

[Mr Jace]

guymc, on Dec 8 2009, 10:04 PM, said:

Kevin, on Dec 8 2009, 05:12 PM, said:

Nik31, on Dec 8 2009, 10:58 PM, said:

Mind Speaker, on Dec 7 2009, 08:58 PM, said:

Wow, how have I never seen this?  I'm slippin'!  

Hhhhmmm what a VOICE, so crystal clear. Love it, thanks.

Loving this. Whitney never seizes to amaze me.

Who and why are all those people going up on stage???

LOLOL!! Looks funny, doesn't it? Back in those days, the nominees/celeb attendees used to get onstage during award show finales, whether they could sing or not.

[johnonippy]

I've never seen the first clip from the '89 NAACP Awards. Does anybody have the whole thing? Whitney was SANGIN that night!

[Mind Speaker]

johnonippy, on Dec 10 2009, 05:12 PM, said:

I've never seen the first clip from the '89 NAACP Awards. Does anybody have the whole thing? Whitney was SANGIN that night!

Literally my favorite performance of HUTL!  The begging was a bit more tame than Arsenio, but that ending?  Forgetaboutit!

[ARG2009]

Kevin, on Dec 8 2009, 08:12 PM, said:

Nik31, on Dec 8 2009, 10:58 PM, said:

Mind Speaker, on Dec 7 2009, 08:58 PM, said:

Wow, how have I never seen this?  I'm slippin'!  

Hhhhmmm what a VOICE, so crystal clear. Love it, thanks.

Loving this. Whitney never seizes to amaze me.

Hey Kevin! Your are a great musician, can you confirm me what is the Whitney´s vocal range? It´s true she had 5 Octaves? There´s any video on youtube with her performances live that proves that? I remember I saw one but I can not find it now...

[Kevin]

ARG2009, on Dec 16 2009, 04:38 PM, said:

Kevin, on Dec 8 2009, 08:12 PM, said:

Nik31, on Dec 8 2009, 10:58 PM, said:

Mind Speaker, on Dec 7 2009, 08:58 PM, said:

Wow, how have I never seen this?  I'm slippin'!  

Hhhhmmm what a VOICE, so crystal clear. Love it, thanks.

Loving this. Whitney never seizes to amaze me.

Hey Kevin! Your are a great musician, can you confirm me what is the Whitney´s vocal range? It´s true she had 5 Octaves? There´s any video on youtube with her performances live that proves that? I remember I saw one but I can not find it now...

I think she has a 3.5 octave range. And that's massive. If she had 5, we would've heard her doing whistle like Mariah. A piano has 7 octaves on it. Mariah has a 5 octave range. She doesn't have an 8 octave range. And Whitney has around 3.5-4 octave range (well she used to). I think she has 2.5-3 octaves now. I'm pretty sure she can hit C6 in her head voice now on a good day. She was hitting G5 in her head voice in Moscow on MITM.

[karan]

Kevin, on Dec 16 2009, 11:57 AM, said:

ARG2009, on Dec 16 2009, 04:38 PM, said:

Kevin, on Dec 8 2009, 08:12 PM, said:

Nik31, on Dec 8 2009, 10:58 PM, said:

Mind Speaker, on Dec 7 2009, 08:58 PM, said:

Wow, how have I never seen this?  I'm slippin'!  

Hhhhmmm what a VOICE, so crystal clear. Love it, thanks.

Loving this. Whitney never seizes to amaze me.

Hey Kevin! Your are a great musician, can you confirm me what is the Whitney´s vocal range? It´s true she had 5 Octaves? There´s any video on youtube with her performances live that proves that? I remember I saw one but I can not find it now...

I think she has a 3.5 octave range. And that's massive. If she had 5, we would've heard her doing whistle like Mariah. A piano has 7 octaves on it. Mariah has a 5 octave range. She doesn't have an 8 octave range. And Whitney has around 3.5-4 octave range (well she used to). I think she has 2.5-3 octaves now. I'm pretty sure she can hit C6 in her head voice now on a good day. She was hitting G5 in her head voice in Moscow on MITM.

But I heard it from another pianist that whitney's range has been 5 octaves at her peak and mariah's was claimed to be only 4. I personaly don't know much about octaves, but whatever it is something tells me whitney's better at it
For people who haven't seen her major performances showcasing her 'octaves' - as they call it. Here're my recomendations:
One moment it time, grammys 1988
Star spangled banner, super bowl
Greatest love of all, Statue of liberty
Didn't we almost have it all, New york
All at once, AMA, 1987
Do you hear what I hear, tonight show
Enjoy

[Mind Speaker]

Kevin, I somehow even doubt that Mariah had 5 octaves.  For her to have five, she would have had to be able to hit every note in between and she has a huge break in her range.  There's a few notes along the way that she can hit the sharp or the flat, but not the note itself if that makes sense.  (I don't play, but I have a CRAZY ear that picks up on every little thing.  Some folks call my ear 'instaear.'  LOL!)

[John-John]

Mind Speaker, on Dec 16 2009, 01:32 PM, said:

Kevin, I somehow even doubt that Mariah had 5 octaves.  For her to have five, she would have had to be able to hit every note in between and she has a huge break in her range.  There's a few notes along the way that she can hit the sharp or the flat, but not the note itself if that makes sense.  (I don't play, but I have a CRAZY ear that picks up on every little thing.  Some folks call my ear 'instaear.'  LOL!)

PRAISE YOU! Someone else knows there's the "dead zone" of Mimi too! I was a lamb WAAAAY back in the day but I TOLD folks Mimi couldn't sing every note up to the whistle register. She's missing a few. Not hatin, just statin. That's why I never said or believed in the 5 octave thing. Yes--spans 5 octaves, but doesnt' include every not on the scale WITHIN the 5.