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Nick Jones Talks About Cece Winans & Whitney Houston

 

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We’ve all looked at lyrics as just poetry or a song. I don’t remember ever being affected by a song in a bad way. I knew the Lord. I didn’t let words and ideas take over me. During the time when Chaka Khan sang I’m Every Woman, no one said anything about a song being demonic. Now the word demonic is used so much. When Whitney Houston died, Chaka Khan mentioned the word. Even the hand signs people use are now demonic. Everything is demonic, and if you know and love the Lord, you might not let that bother you. However we do need to be careful because the world is full of evil now more than ever. 

In the video, Nick Jones shared some thoughts on Cece Winans belief about a song she thought was demonic when Whitney Houston asked her to participate.

Whitney Houston - Lover for Life

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Lover for Life is a great song. Whitney did a great job singing it Live in South Africa. Her back up singers, dancers, and musicians were great too. I do not believe that it was one of her greatest hits, but I think it should have been. It is said that the song was dedicated to Nelson Mandela.

Whitney Houston - One Wish for Christmas

WHITNEY HOUSTON- ONE WISH (FOR CHRISTMAS)*VIDEO*: youtu.be/QUcGTlZFcC0 fb.me/DKv4d5n7
— whitneyhoustonclub (@whitneysfanclub) December 19, 2012

Whitney Houston's song, "One Wish for Christmas", is a beautiful song. I never heard it until it was posted on Twitter by whitneyfanclub. What a beautiful song to listen to as we think of Christmas. We carry Whitney to our Christmas.

Whitney Houston - Never Give Up

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Whitney Houston sings and tells the world to Never Give Up. This is an unreleased recording. Sometimes it seems like Whitney knew what everybody was feeling even though she didn't know every individual. It seems as if she knew what people were going through and what they were about. Whitney shared with us her words in songs. Her songs speak to us.

Star Spangled Banner Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston performed the Star Spangled Banner song in 1991 before the Super Bowl. I had graduated from high school the year before. I still had dreams of being a singer, but that was a dream for me. While I was out of high school with no job, I had to think reality. 1991 was the year that I was just sitting around the house. The day that I saw Whitney singing the Star Spangled Banner on television was like a performance I had never heard before. The Star Spangled Banner was a song you had to sing right, and Whitney blew everybody away. My mother who was a critic said, "Gail, Whitney has made history now." Sure enough, Whitney did.

 When Whitney was through performing, I said, "Mama, if I ever become a singer, I'm not singing the Star Spangled Banner song. I'm going to write my own. People are too critical on how people sing the Star Spangled Banner, but no one can touch Whitney Houston."

 

Whitney Houston - Million Dollar Bill Club Remix

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Whitney looked as if she enjoyed making the music video, Million Dollar Bill. Someone made a club remix of the video. The way it was made is how I see Whitney. I saw Whitney as a woman that could really throw down if she wanted to. She needed someone to write more songs like Million Dollar Bill. There was more in Whitney, but someone needed to help bring it out. I believe that Whitney could dance if someone had taught her. Yet and still, we love what she did do and it was well done.

Whitney Houston - Miracle

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When Whitney Houston's song, Miracle, was released, it was the year of 1990. That was the year I graduated. Many thought I was a miracle, and I thought others were too. However, I didn't know that some of them were abused and so troubled in life. There are some that smile on the outside, and there are some that are sad on the outside. It's hard to guess what's truly on the inside. Some of my classmates are dead and gone. It's a miracle to be alive. Some people are here and can help each other, and we don't know who is going to leave this world first. We are always apart and too busy in life. Some families could be close, but there is always somebody keeping everybody apart. If you come from a close family, that is also a miracle. If you are able to help someone, you are that person's miracle. If you have a true best friend, that is a miracle. Cherish the good in life that you have because it's a mean world out there.

There were many mornings when I would wave goodbye to my mother standing in the doorway; knowing that someday she might leave me in this world alone. She was my miracle. She watched Whitney Houston with me, and little did I know that she would be another miracle to leave us so soon. Whitney Houston was a miracle that needed love. Fans let her know that they loved her music, appearance, and performance. I wasn't a screaming fan with pictures all over my wall buying every album she made. I wasn't allowed to worship any human being. I was taught that God is a jealous God (Duet.6:15).  I just listened to her songs and watched her performed, and it hurt so bad when I found out she was gone. I feel like I love her more than I ever did. When she was alive, I saw her as a star. When she died, I saw the human being and the love she had for her fans. The older you get, the wiser you become. That too is a miracle, and miracles come from God. 

Whitney Houston & R Kelly

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You remember Whitney singing, I Look to You, written by R. Kelly? Of course you do. Now you can hear Whitney and R. Kelly singing it together. It sounds like somebody recorded R. Kelly singing it and added it on to Whitney's single. People have been doing that kind of thing a lot on YouTube. I guess this single has been done by professionals. I'm not for sure. It's hard to tell these days. There are some talented people out there. It's amazing how this was done and Whitney and R. Kelly didn't even sing it together.

Whitney sounds nice with R. Kelly. It would have been nice if he had done more with Whitney. I think that he would have been a great songwriter for her. She probably would have stood out even more with him. I think that it is good to work with more than one producer and songwriter. I'm glad Whitney chose to do something with R. Kelly before she passed away. Now R. Kelly has something special to remember about Whitney. I hope that R. Kelly continues to stay clean and do great things with his talent. I hope he will be around for a long time. We loose so many talented people, and it's always the ones with talent it seems. That kind of gets on my nerves. R. Kelly has a great ability to write R & B and Gospel. R. Kelly can bring out true voices in singing.

 

Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight

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When I first heard Whitney Houston's song, I'm Your Baby Tonight, I liked it okay. When I first saw the video, and have seen it a hundred times, it was just a video to me. But now, you hear a lot of stuff about Hollywood. There are signs and symbols that people talk about and pay attention to. In the 80's and 90's, I never knew about those signs and symbols. Nobody was talking about the all seeing eye on the back of a dollar bill. People were just excited about the music and videos and spending that dollar to buy music. Nobody was accusing Hollywood of being a cult like people do today. There were many young people that wanted to grow up to be Hollywood stars, and I use to be one of them. I heard a little bit of history about pyramids, but not to the point in which they talk about it today. It is also a symbol on the back of the dollar bill. Hollywood does use the all seeing eye and the pyramid a lot as a symbol. When I watched Whitney's video, I never cared much for the mirrors and shadows. Especially the mirrors. The mirrors in her video made me think of Bruce Lee whenever I saw them. My mind would go back to his movie, Enter the Dragon. It probably all means nothing, but it's good to know what's going on in our world. It's good to know about what we listen to and what we are looking at and what we might be getting involved in. We do have to be careful. If not, it could be our death in not knowing.

Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You

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When I first saw Whitney Houston's music videos, I knew she was an actress before she became one. I remember when I first saw her video, "Saving All My Love for You".  I thought, "Wow. The girl can act." As the video rolled along, I thought, "I don't know a man in this world that would try to resist Whitney." In the video, Whitney pretends to spend a lot of time in the studio with a married man. She seems to like the man and singing that she was saving her love for him. I looked at it as just entertainment, but Whitney was singing and acting it out so well. I thought, "I wonder did she actually have that experience in real life?"

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My mother sat with me and watched the video. She said, "That guy in that video look just like Jermaine Jackson." I had to rewind the tape and take a second look at the video. If my mother had never said that to me, I never would have recognized the fact that he did. Then we remembered that Whitney did sing with Jermaine. As the video continued to play my mother said, "Gail, never get involved with a married man. You'll never have him. He'll be running back and forth between you and his wife. Never get a guy with a ready made family. He'll be paying child support. You don't want that." My mother talked with me through the whole video.

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The thing that sticks in my head most about the video is the man's wife. She was looking at Whitney like she wanted to say, "Yea, I see you, and he's my man." In the video, Whitney was looking nervous. Whitney had me laughing. When I saw that lady looking down at Whitney, I thought, "Huh oh! That woman ain't stupid." The lady that played as the man's wife was also a great actress. I can't forget the look in her eyes.

At the end of the video, Whitney was walking alone. I sat wondering if Whitney really did have an affair with Jermaine Jackson. My mother always thought that Jermaine and Whitney liked each other. I didn't doubt it. My mother would say, "You can raise children, talk to them, and tell them, but that doesn't mean that children are always going to do what you say." Whitney's mom sounds a lot like my mom. Moms know their children. My mom would say, "I carried you for nine months, and I know about what you will do and what you want do." I use to tell my mother that Whitney was a good girl, and with the kind of mother that she had, she wasn't going to mess up too bad. My mom would say, "Yea, but Whitney ain't perfect. That's why her mom talks about her like she does. She had to whip Whitney's behind, like I had to whip yours. I need to whip it sometimes now."

To make a long story short, when I see Whitney, I see me. When I see her mother, I see my mother. I miss my mother, and I miss watching Whitney with hers. When Whitney died, it hurt because she felt like a part of my family. As I watch the video, "Saving All My Love for You", I can hear my mother spiritually saying, "Don't you forget Whitney."

Whitney Houston - Look into Your Heart

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.Whitney Houston sings "Look into Your Heart" by Curtis Mayfield & Aretha Franklin from the original Sparkle movie. Sparkle was a 1976 film. Sparkle was Irene Cara. I'm wondering if Whitney knew that she would do a remake of the movie Sparkle singing this song somewhere in the 90's. It was a tribute to Curtis

Whitney Houston - Family Comes First

Nothing's better than family,
For the ones who love u so
Be a shoulder to cry on when u are in need
They will never leave u alone
When your friends bring u down
And they drag you through the dirt
And nobody is around
They will carry u through the hurt


Just remember that family comes first
Where u gonna run to? when no one is around
Do u think think they will love u when your face is on the ground? (face is on the ground) when u feel your strength is almost gone and when your heart is getting weak (getting weak) and u don't think you can keep holding on and they stand for your feet (just remember) family comes first..............

Whitney and Natalie Cole Sings Together

Whitney Houston and Natalie Cole performs together. I loved hearing them both. I remember watching this video with my mother. When Whitney was getting down with Natalie in singing, my mother would laugh a little and say, "Yea, but Natalie has been singing a long time."  My mother picked up on tiny little things. It made no difference to me that Natalie had been in the singing business longer than Whitney. My mother was old school anyhow. I liked it all.

Where Do Broken Hearts Go

Whitney Houston's, Where do Broken Hearts Go, is a beautiful song. It's about the only song that I could sing by her in the 80's. If Whitney was broken hearted before she left us, I believe she found her way home to Jesus. If she decides she wants to visit her family and friends looking down from heaven, knowing Whitney, she'll worry heaven to get her message through to them somehow (LOL). I believe heaven has a way of letting us know that our loved ones are okay and in heaven. Whitney loved people, and broken hearts do rest in heaven.

Whitney Houston - Art Expressing Her Song

Whitney Houston sung a song titled, "I Have Nothing". It's the words, I have nothing, that made me listen to her song. When she sings the words, if I don't have you, it makes me think about how sad life is when we loose someone close to us.

The music world is sad without Whitney Houston. I don't care about the music. To have her here would be enough for me. If Whitney could be here and be happy, that would make me happy again. Tonight I think of her in my art and spare time.

Whitney and CeCe - Count On Me

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Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans sings Count On Me. Yea, I was counting on Whitney with faith. She was changing and things appeared to be getting better for her. I think Whitney knew that God was calling her near the end. Things are kind of hard to see in life sometimes, and especially when you are busy and on the go. It's hard to pay attention. Maybe God was showing Whitney her real purpose, and maybe Whitney was finally beginning to see. I will not say that singing was not her purpose, but I know that God had something better planned for her in a much better way. He had something better than just the spotlight of this world for her.

In Whitney, I saw myself. I use to beg God to let me into the entertainment world, and he told me no. He mentioned to me that there were bad things going on and how people cursed his name. I probably wouldn't have gotten as far as Whitney did. I might would have dropped out with God working on my conscious. Still, I was counting on Whitney. She acknowldeged God and reminded me of myself. Because of her upbringing, what she was taught never left Whitney though she experienced some bad things.

(Proverbs 22:6) Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Well, Whitney was getting older. Whitney was growing. I think she saw the entertainment world for what it was and is. She began to want to settle down with her Lord and Savior and find out how great she could be in him. I'm still counting on Whitney that she made it. I want to see her there.

Whitney Houston - Million Dollar Bill

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Million Dollar Bill was written by Alicia Keys. I enjoyed listening to this song when I heard Whitney sing it, but now I feel full in my stomach. In other words, I get sort of sad. Whitney was a million dollar bill, and it seemed as if she was tossed aside and died. Her death was a sad one, and I can't help but feel that some people didn't even care. I feel that Clive Davis should have postponed everything. It doesn't sound like he was upset enough. Clive should  have made everybody go home. He should have ended that party. Somebody should have corrected Clive because I don't think he was right. I was a little bit upset with Whitney too for going to the party. All of those friends Whitney had that were suppose to have been God fearing, and none of them told her not to go? Wish I was one of those friends. I would have given her something to think about. I would have been hated because I would have told her things that she did not want to hear. I've got to stop listening to how she died, because I know that she ought to be alive right now. I feel that she was a million dollar bill that was used. I try to remember the times that she was alive and entertained. I try to think that it was nothing more than music.

Whitney Houston and Hip Hop

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If I had the turn tables, I would do a remix of Whitney Houston's, "One of Those Days", and Grandmaster Flash, "Bus Dis". Of course, I would have to get his permission. I would take the "Bus Dis" away from Grandmaster Flash and add it to the beginning of Whitney's song. When the song gets to the chorus of Whitney's, "One of Those Days", I would take away the Grand - Grand- Grandmaster and mix it with her chorus. When she got to the hello part of the song, there would have been a sound of the old style telephone ringing. You see, Whitney could have been hip hop too. Then again, she had to be. I can sense it in her music. It's just one of those days.

Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Akon Remix

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Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Akon are remixed. "HOLD MY HAND", and "MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE". However, I have heard of a better version of this remix. It seems as if Whitney and Michael are singing more of the chorus, Hold My Hand, together in this version. It seems like one song. You don't get to hear the chorus from Whitney's song.  It seems like Whitney's song was made to be Michael's song. In the better version, I have heard the chorus of Whitney's song mixed with the chorus from Michael's song and the whole 9 yards.