Sunday, September 30, 2012

Whitney Houston Look a Like

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I'm pretty sure that Whitney Houston has many look a likes, but I bet it would be hard to find someone that sounds just like her in singing too. There are Whitney Houston look a likes that sing, but I haven't heard anyone sound like her yet. If a movie had to be made about Whitney, it would be a blessing to find someone that looks just like Whitney. I do not think that would be hard. The lady in the photo, in the black dress, to your right, looks so much like Whitney. Now, she has the looks, but can she act?

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Thoughts on R. Kelly

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When my mother was sick who died in 2001, she wanted to hear R. Kelly's songs. She did not care for R. Kelly's music but she seemed to like one of his songs. That was,"If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time". I played the song for her in the 90's and told her that it reminded me of something that she would say or write or sing. She said, "Hmm Hmm." The song was released in 1999. I wanted to write R. Kelly, but I was afraid. R. Kelly seemed like a bad boy type of guy to me. But there was something good that I always felt about him. My mother was old fashioned and warned me to be careful of writing some of the rich and famous. I took a chance and wrote R. Kelly, but he probably never got my letter.

In the year of 2000, I heard R. Kelly's song, I Wish. I didn't care for it right off of the bat until I saw the video. My mother was very sick in 2000 and said, "Let me hear some of his songs." She caught me off guard. I had been talking to her about R. Kelly's video. When she heard some of his music, she said, "It sounds like he might have had some troubles. Maybe he lived a tough life on the streets." I don't remember the song that we were listening to that made her say that. I played more than one of his songs. I think my mother saw beyond the outer appearance of R. Kelly on her sick bed. It wasn't like my mother to want to hear his music.

I just came across a video of R. Kelly receiving prayer in 2001. Again, that was the year my mother died. I'm wondering did my mother pray for R. Kelly too before her death. I believe R. Kelly has good in him.



R. Kelly Performed "I Look To You" Before Sung By Whitney

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R. Kelly had written I Look To You for Whitney Houston a long time ago. It must not have been meant for Whitney to sing it right away. When she was getting tired near the end and wanting to see Jesus, that was the time for her to sing it then. I'm glad that R. Kelly saved the song just for her. He knew Whitney.


Thursday, September 27, 2012

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.

 

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

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 - What Hasn't Been Told?

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Reports won't stop about Whitney's death because people know something is still wrong. I wouldn't be surprise if somebody knows something more.  The story doesn't add up to a lot of people about Whitney's death because I believe there are some things that hasn't been told. All we know, she was on drugs, she had marriage problems, and the old Whitney was coming back. When things started looking good, things got worse. Shockingly, we heard and saw all over the news Whitney had died. The media blamed it all on Whitney, but I feel from the story that I heard about her death that there was something more going on. It seemed as if Whitney could not be herself. She told Diane Sawyer that she was not self-destructive, and I believe Whitney. At the same time, I believe Whitney was trying to tell us something. If she had something more to tell, she probably could not tell it to the world. If, and I say if there is something more to be known, the truth is going to come out one day. I believe that it will be God's will because he is truth. No lie can hide behind him.




Saturday, September 22, 2012

Whitney Houston - Being Black

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Whitney: My root is not black. My root is gospel. My root is not R&B. My root is gospel music. That's where I come from. I come out of the church. Gospel is not something that you can categorize. It's not black. It's not white. It is a feeling. It is soul. It comes from the soul. It's something that you can't deny. If I wanted to, I couldn't........I try to deliver that in everything that I do.

My Opinion: Whitney was very mature in music. People said that she wasn't black enough, but I don't think some people really know what the meaning of black is. Whitney Houston was a mature black woman that sung from the soul. She was on a much higher level than hip hop. Being black doesn't mean that you are always  down and out. One day you might be down and the next day you might be up. One day you might sing about love and the next day you might sing about something else. One day you might sing one song one way and the next day the same song a different way. It all depends on how the spirit hits you. Nobody knows how you come and go. People can't figure you out when you are strong and spiritual. They know you have something and not like everybody else. So people covet and try to put a label on you because you won't go with the crowd. But when there is a spirit in you, you have to flow with that spirit. You can't be everybody else. That is what made Whitney Houston unique, and there will never be another Whitney Houston. God made only one. All of the things that people said about Whitney being black was just people that covet. God said, "Thou Shalt not covet anything that is thy neighbor's." It is the Tenth Commandment that God wrote. If you want something, ask God. The same God that gave Whitney is the same God that can give you too. All you have to do is ask. There is no need to covet and lie on anyone else.

Stevie Wonder - Whereabouts

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Stevie Wonder was a good friend of Whitney. They did a song together titled, "We Didn't Know". Nobody seems to have that music video uploaded on YouTube right now. However, someone did upload a video of them singing the song live on Arsenio Hall.

Stevie Wonder sung at Whitney's funeral. After he was finished singing, it made me think of the song that he made titled, "Whereabouts". When I think of Whitney, I think of that song by Stevie. It's a beautiful song.

 

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Watching the Movie, Sparkle

Tonight, I watched the movie Sparkle of 2012. It was a good movie. Sparkle had the right name. She was the spark  that wrote great songs and sung background for her sister. Sparkle was also a singer and songwriter that sung solo in the end.

There were some things in the movie that looked familiar, but I do not have the spirit to talk about it. So I won't talk about it because I do not feel led to do so.

 I enjoyed watching Whitney play the mother of the girls. Each daughter had something about them that was just like the mother. They all had talent, they all were strong, and they all took a chance in life to sing. However, each one had their own personality and chose different paths to take in the end. What I like most is the ending because the mother showed love for all of her girls.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Denzel Washington opens up about friend Whitney Houston’s addiction

Denzel Washington opens up about friend Whitney Houston’s addiction


Ahead of his upcoming film "Flight," Denzel Washington caught up with GQ magazine and discussed a variety of topics, among them his friend Whitney Houston, who died in February.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Whitney Houston Dateline 1996

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There was an interview of Whitney Houston on Dateline back in 1996. It was the kind of interview where you got to hear Whitney's side instead of the media. She talks about the gay rumors and her marriage to Bobby. You get a chance to see her mom talk about Whitney and you get to see Whitney as a mother as well. You also get a chance to see Whitney's praying and singing mom in the church. When I see the interview, I see that Whitney's role model was her mom. It appears that Whitney had a very good role model. She was raised to know God and how to live. Moms like that can't control everything while raising a child. Although they can make mistakes raising their children, they are about as perfect as they come. I had the same kind of mother. I know that mistakes in life can still be made because Whitney had to learn some things on her own. I know because I'm learning on my own without my mom. Children make their own mistakes too. However, I think Miss Cissy Houston did a great job, and I think that Whitney did fine considering life is hard. It is not always easy.



Whitney Brings Laughter to Theater (Sparkle)

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I haven't seen the movie, Sparkle, yet. However, I know it's a great movie and intend to buy it on DVD. Today, I was just browsing the internet and saw this movie clip of Sparkle. It is when Whitney sees the girls on television and the audience in the theater finds it funny.

There are different stories being told about the people that went to see Sparkle. I've heard all kinds of stuff from the public to the radio. However, people that I know that went to see it said that it was a very good movie and that everyone should go see it.




Tuesday, September 11, 2012

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."



Sunday, September 9, 2012

Whitney Houston's B-Day Party of 1989

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From YouTube
It was 1989 that Whitney had a big party on her birthday. I do not remember it at all. I never saw it pronounced on The Insider.  Well somebody did see it (deminoravideos), and it was nice that the video is shared on YouTube.

Bobby Brown was invited to Whitney's party.   No matter what kind of person Bobby was, Whitney recognized him. They were friends and seemed happier in those days. Whitney chose others as her friends like El Debarge, Isaiah Thomas, and Ashford and Simpson. These are good folks. People want to know why Whitney chose Bobby in her life. Well, at first, maybe she made a difference in his life by choosing him as a friend. As a friend, maybe Bobby made a difference in Whitney's life. It looks like he spent time with her. That's the kind of man Whitney looked like she needed. Maybe that's why Whitney married Bobby. Maybe their lives became complicated as entertainers when they got married.

My mother use to warn me about things that could happen in a marriage. She told me that there was sometimes competition in marriages and envy. I think the things that might have happened in Whitney and Bobby's marriage was normal like any other marriage.  You can be the greatest entertainer, but being a human being will never go away. There will still be ups and downs, disagreements, break-ups, and make-ups. That's just a part of life.  However, love should keep people together, but marriage is not for everyone.

Looking back at Whitney's party is a good memory. It was something new for me to see because it was my first time seeing it today.





Friday, September 7, 2012

Whitney Would Seek Those That Could Shoop

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Whitney Houston's concerts are fun to watch. If you were at a Whitney Houston concert in the past, you know that she would seek those that could Shoop. When this song was first released, I never saw her in concerts performing Shoop. I wish now that I had seen them. Whitney's concerts help to make her songs hits I do believe. I did not like Shoop when I heard the song, but her concert gave it a great illustration. It added more meaning to the song for me seeing Whitney reaching out to people and sharing her talent singing this song. It looked like promotion then and now more so than ever. Watching Whitney perform is like she really isn't gone from us. When we watch Whitney and her sense of humor, we can smile remembering her. Whitney made the Shoop song a great song with her love for people. I just didn't know Whitney the way I know her now. I appreciate her more with better understanding. Now when I hear the Shoop song, I hear it differently.

In the Audience, people loved Whitney. Some of them would go up on stage just to get a hug from her. One girl was so excited that she did not care to sing the Shoop song. She just adored Whitney.
If she could come back, the world wouldn't be the same. I mean in a good way. We need to see such miracle.





Whitney Houston live in Brunei 1996 - Exhale (Shoop Shoop, HD)



Whitney Houston - Live in Brunei 1996 from Della Miles on Vimeo.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Jessica Sanchez Sings I Will Always Love You



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366 × 448 - Top 3 finalist Jessica Sanchez sang 'I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing' by ...

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Tonight, Jessica Sanchez sung at the Democratic Convention. She has a great voice and has been on American Idol. Jessica has sung Whitney Houston's song, "I Will Always Love You". I wish Whitney could have heard her singing tonight. I wish Whitney was here with us.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

When You're High in Fame, They Say You're Gay

Have you noticed that every singer in Hollywood that is high in fame is considered gay. Come on! Everybody can't be gay. I never heard that Michael Jackson was gay until he started making millions with his Thriller album. He had been singing since childhood. People might have said that he was gay before his thriller album, but the rumor was heard strong when he hit big on his thriller album. Some thing's not right. I had to think about the time when Stephanie Mills and Michael were dating. It looked as if Michael loved women and especially Diana Ross.  Then they tried to say Michael was prejudice. If he was, he did not start out prejudice.




I'll never forget the time when I heard the rumor that Donna Summer was a man. This was long before the Internet came around. I thought, "No, not Donna Summer. She doesn't sing like a man. Sounds like she's loving men to death in the way that she is singing her songs. Looks like she was born a woman to me. It's all in her attitude, actions, and ways." Somebody said to me, "Yea, but they never show pictures of her in her teens or childhood." Well today, I learned more about Donna Summer. I learned that she was married and had two beautiful daughters.

Oh, and I can't forget Whitney Houston. When Whitney wasn't as big as she is today, nobody said nothing about her being gay. Then after she made big money, everybody started saying that she was gay. It was all in the tabloids. I remember the first time it was printed. Believe it or not, there are some people that do not remember the gay rumors of Whitney Houston. That is because a lot of people did not care. They loved her music and thought she was beautiful. They remembered the rumors of her and Jermaine Jackson more than the gay rumor. They remember all of the guys she dated like Eddie Murphy. Whitney was a good church going girl. I suppose nobody likes that in the entertainment world. You have to be bad and follow the crowd. Well, Whitney had her faults and made mistakes. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't give a rip about those mistakes. The only thing that I wish she hadn't gotten involved in was the drugs. She probably was so weak and down and out that she just didn't care. I have felt like that every blue moon in my life, but God gives me the strength to keep going and teaches me that I should not give up.

People, do not let anything or anyone control you and take over your life. Stay away from bad things and people that do not solve the problems in your life. That means religion, family, alcohol, drugs, and whatever it may be. The answer is in God, and remember, when you are high in fame, no one is greater than God. 

Isaiah 45:5
am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: