[78-L] Another drug death?

[Malcolm Rockwell]

I am not a fan of WH, either. I calls it vocal acrobatics.
Technique for technique's sake leaves me cold.
Malcolm

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On 2/12/2012 5:42 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> I always preferred Dolly Parton's sweeter version of the song (which she wrote) to Houston's overblown histrionics.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
> On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:36 AM, "Jeff Sultanof"<jeffsultanof at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> I remember well when her first album and single came out. Warner Bros.
>> published the sheet music for several songs on that album (I believe we did
>> a matching folio but I can't remember now). I do remember that she was
>> already being discussed as having 'issues;' all sorts of them were bandied
>> about. I just remember that her records gave a great shot in the arm to our
>> sheet sales that year. When a song is popular, it is automatically arranged
>> for all sorts of ensembles (at least then). And that first album had some
>> great singing on it.
>>
>> The other thing I remember was that the song "I Will Always Love You" was a
>> split copyright (meaning that two different print companies could sell
>> sheets on it), and the first sheet was rushed into print by the other
>> company. That company chose to print a very basic form of the song,
>> probably close to the lead sheet Houston worked from, and we were told it
>> did not sell very well. Our resident arranger took down everything she
>> sang, and we couldn't print enough copies to keep the thing in stock; sales
>> went through the roof. I can envision all sorts of amateur singers trying
>> to imitate her every note.
>>
>> I do recognize that this subject is off-topic, but I hope no one minds that
>> I shared.
>>
>> Jeff Sultanof
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 3:23 AM, Jeff Lichtman<jeff at swazoo.com>  wrote:
>>
>>>> Just heard about the death of Whitney Houston at. 48. Great
>>>> pedigree, horrible taste in men, which probably led to lifelong drug
>>>> abuse. Too bad. A waste of talent.
>>>>
>>>> Cary
>>> I'm not inclined to blame her drug addiction on the men in her life.
>>> Bobby Brown didn't hold her down and force her to take cocaine. It
>>> seems likely to me that interest in drugs is what attracted them to
>>> each other in the first place.
>>>
>>> This must be terribly hard on her family, and especially on Cissy
>>> Houston, who is now 78 years old.
>>>
>>>
>>>                        -        Jeff Lichtman
>>>                                 jeff at swazoo.com
>>>
>>>