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[NippyFanNy779]

 Terrence, on 02 April 2012 - 04:17 PM, said:

Wait... I just saw it. It was just Kelly? I thought Jennifer Holiday, Faith Evans and someone else was supposed to be singing together for her or something. That was it? Could that have at least sung JLM like Whitney's version? If you missed Kelly's speech and didn't see the pics on the background I would have never guessed that was a Whitney tribute... I guess BET... I guess...

Those people were all there just for the Mahalia tribute. It was poor and that is putting it nicely

[tms78]

this was recorded at a time where the music community was still reeling from her passing. I didn't really expect anything more than a simple acknowledgement.

Everybody in that room was either a fan, a friend, or a vocal descendant, but the Mahalia Jackson tribute was planned. While we want Whitney to be honored extensively, Mahalia is/was deserving of more time, as she is the reason that Gospel music (and it's inflections) were even accepted by popular radio. That made a lane for Aretha, who pointed to all the doors that Whitney kicked down for female singers. Mahalia is the matriarch, and I wouldn't have been mad if the whole show was about her.

That being said, Kelly Price sang wonderfully. I got calls from non-Whitney fans that were moved to tears last night by this.

The American Music Awards will do a full-on tribute. She is still the queen of the AMA's.

[Terrence]

 tms78, on 02 April 2012 - 07:35 PM, said:

this was recorded at a time where the music community was still reeling from her passing. I didn't really expect anything more than a simple acknowledgement.

Everybody in that room was either a fan, a friend, or a vocal descendant, but the Mahalia Jackson tribute was planned. While we want Whitney to be honored extensively, Mahalia is/was deserving of more time, as she is the reason that Gospel music (and it's inflections) were even accepted by popular radio. That made a lane for Aretha, who pointed to all the doors that Whitney kicked down for female singers. Mahalia is the matriarch, and I wouldn't have been mad if the whole show was about her.

That being said, Kelly Price sang wonderfully. I got calls from non-Whitney fans that were moved to tears last night by this.

The American Music Awards will do a full-on tribute. She is still the queen of the AMA's.

I understand what you're saying. Really I do. But it seems like we keep saying the same thing over and over again about these "tributes." Lackluster, boring, uninspired, etc. We keep pulling the same excuse saying they're wasn't much time, people were still grieving, etc. Then we always look forward to the next one. We are running out of next ones. Whitney won't be getting tributes on award shows for the next three years. After this current round of shows are over, that's it. Oscars done. Grammy's done. BET COG done. When is someone finally gonna get it right and give her the fitting tribute she deserves?!

[NippyFanNy779]

 Terrence, on 02 April 2012 - 10:35 PM, said:

 tms78, on 02 April 2012 - 07:35 PM, said:

this was recorded at a time where the music community was still reeling from her passing. I didn't really expect anything more than a simple acknowledgement.

Everybody in that room was either a fan, a friend, or a vocal descendant, but the Mahalia Jackson tribute was planned. While we want Whitney to be honored extensively, Mahalia is/was deserving of more time, as she is the reason that Gospel music (and it's inflections) were even accepted by popular radio. That made a lane for Aretha, who pointed to all the doors that Whitney kicked down for female singers. Mahalia is the matriarch, and I wouldn't have been mad if the whole show was about her.

That being said, Kelly Price sang wonderfully. I got calls from non-Whitney fans that were moved to tears last night by this.

The American Music Awards will do a full-on tribute. She is still the queen of the AMA's.

I understand what you're saying. Really I do. But it seems like we keep saying the same thing over and over again about these "tributes." Lackluster, boring, uninspired, etc. We keep pulling the same excuse saying they're wasn't much time, people were still grieving, etc. Then we always look forward to the next one. We are running out of next ones. Whitney won't be getting tributes on award shows for the next three years. After this current round of shows are over, that's it. Oscars done. Grammy's done. BET COG done. When is someone finally gonna get it right and give her the fitting tribute she deserves?!

^^^ THIS ^^^ Thank you! IMO the only show to get a pass was The Grammy's and to date they had the best tribute IMO and I still have a feeling that they will possibly do something else next year now that they have time.

The rest of these shows need to do better. Granted I'm sure the AMA's will be off the chain with their tribute and they have a lot of time but the COG could have been better. There were people that they could have pulled right out of the audience and asked them to do something in honor of Whitney and I know they would have said yes. Rev. Cesar would have done another song for Whitney's tribute, so would Yolonda, and we know Ms. Holiday is always ready to show off. Not to mention Faith was already there. I just feel like that was a huge missed opportunity especially considering the mark Whitney made not only in music in general but in Gospel Music.

[Petra]

 NippyFanNy779, on 03 April 2012 - 08:28 AM, said:

 Terrence, on 02 April 2012 - 10:35 PM, said:

 tms78, on 02 April 2012 - 07:35 PM, said:

this was recorded at a time where the music community was still reeling from her passing. I didn't really expect anything more than a simple acknowledgement.

Everybody in that room was either a fan, a friend, or a vocal descendant, but the Mahalia Jackson tribute was planned. While we want Whitney to be honored extensively, Mahalia is/was deserving of more time, as she is the reason that Gospel music (and it's inflections) were even accepted by popular radio. That made a lane for Aretha, who pointed to all the doors that Whitney kicked down for female singers. Mahalia is the matriarch, and I wouldn't have been mad if the whole show was about her.

That being said, Kelly Price sang wonderfully. I got calls from non-Whitney fans that were moved to tears last night by this.

The American Music Awards will do a full-on tribute. She is still the queen of the AMA's.

I understand what you're saying. Really I do. But it seems like we keep saying the same thing over and over again about these "tributes." Lackluster, boring, uninspired, etc. We keep pulling the same excuse saying they're wasn't much time, people were still grieving, etc. Then we always look forward to the next one. We are running out of next ones. Whitney won't be getting tributes on award shows for the next three years. After this current round of shows are over, that's it. Oscars done. Grammy's done. BET COG done. When is someone finally gonna get it right and give her the fitting tribute she deserves?!

^^^ THIS ^^^ Thank you! IMO the only show to get a pass was The Grammy's and to date they had the best tribute IMO and I still have a feeling that they will possibly do something else next year now that they have time.

The rest of these shows need to do better. Granted I'm sure the AMA's will be off the chain with their tribute and they have a lot of time but the COG could have been better. There were people that they could have pulled right out of the audience and asked them to do something in honor of Whitney and I know they would have said yes. Rev. Cesar would have done another song for Whitney's tribute, so would Yolonda, and we know Ms. Holiday is always ready to show off. Not to mention Faith was already there. I just feel like that was a huge missed opportunity especially considering the mark Whitney made not only in music in general but in Gospel Music.

yes, when you think about it, the Grammys had one day to prepare a tribute and it turns out they did a better job then all these combined..i believe the AMAs will do her justice

[tms78]

 Terrence, on 02 April 2012 - 10:35 PM, said:

 tms78, on 02 April 2012 - 07:35 PM, said:

this was recorded at a time where the music community was still reeling from her passing. I didn't really expect anything more than a simple acknowledgement.

Everybody in that room was either a fan, a friend, or a vocal descendant, but the Mahalia Jackson tribute was planned. While we want Whitney to be honored extensively, Mahalia is/was deserving of more time, as she is the reason that Gospel music (and it's inflections) were even accepted by popular radio. That made a lane for Aretha, who pointed to all the doors that Whitney kicked down for female singers. Mahalia is the matriarch, and I wouldn't have been mad if the whole show was about her.

That being said, Kelly Price sang wonderfully. I got calls from non-Whitney fans that were moved to tears last night by this.

The American Music Awards will do a full-on tribute. She is still the queen of the AMA's.

I understand what you're saying. Really I do. But it seems like we keep saying the same thing over and over again about these "tributes." Lackluster, boring, uninspired, etc. We keep pulling the same excuse saying they're wasn't much time, people were still grieving, etc. Then we always look forward to the next one. We are running out of next ones. Whitney won't be getting tributes on award shows for the next three years. After this current round of shows are over, that's it. Oscars done. Grammy's done. BET COG done. When is someone finally gonna get it right and give her the fitting tribute she deserves?!

this is BET we're talking about. when have they ever done a tribute right?