I'm following a few blogs online and two of them currently feature Whitney Houston. MisterHubs currently has MTV Icon: Whitney Houston featuring Mad TV's fun gibe at the artist and Ruff has One Moment In Time using the song (of the same name) as his inspiration for this year's resolution. Copycat that I am, I'd like to share and help preserve this beautiful, beautiful song that I can't seem to get tired of (plays on my iTunes and my mobile) by the same wonderful artist.
Don't mind the last part. I know there's a boo-boo somewhere at the end; she must have been rattled by performing live in such an intimate venue with Mariah. I'm a Whitney fan through and through but we all know Mariah can out sing her when she belts out those high C's of hers. They both have outstanding voices and amazing vocal ranges but Whitney's songs are the ones I grew up with.
Personally, I find Mariah's songs a little impersonal. Wikipedia has this to say about Mariah,
Don't mind the last part. I know there's a boo-boo somewhere at the end; she must have been rattled by performing live in such an intimate venue with Mariah. I'm a Whitney fan through and through but we all know Mariah can out sing her when she belts out those high C's of hers. They both have outstanding voices and amazing vocal ranges but Whitney's songs are the ones I grew up with.
Personally, I find Mariah's songs a little impersonal. Wikipedia has this to say about Mariah,
...is well-known for her vocal range, power, melismatic style, and use of the whistle register. However, some critics have said her efforts to showcase her vocal talents have been at the expense of communicating true emotion through song.
Or probably it's just the way she sings them. I have great respect for her as an artist and I admire her songwriting skills, spewing out those words, playing with phrasing and making them sound so liquid the words just melt together.
In Mariah's Breakdown, can you catch these words?
In Mariah's Breakdown, can you catch these words?
underneath the guise of smile gradually I'm dying inside
friends ask me how I feel and I lie convincingly
'Cuz I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm suffering
so I wear my disguise 'til I go home at night
and I turn down all the lights and then I break down and cry
friends ask me how I feel and I lie convincingly
'Cuz I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm suffering
so I wear my disguise 'til I go home at night
and I turn down all the lights and then I break down and cry
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Thank you for the shout-out, and thank you for your comments. It feels flattering to know that a narcissistic nurse slash writer like me happens to get new readers like you. :-)
I love Mariah inasmuch as I love Whitney, they have amazing vocal ranges, they connect to the listeners in a very emphatic way, and their songs, ah, they totally take my breath away. When "When You Believe" featured both of them together, I knew, I just knew, that that song will definitely be a big hit. And not surprisingly, it did.
Linked you up kurast docks. Hope to read more amazing posts from you soo. :-)
Ecstatic. That's exactly what I feel right now.
Uhmm (speechless) Thank you.
Mariah's Breakdown has got to be one of her impeccably-written songs. Good lyrics, and a nice melody too.
Very meaningful and she rendered it beautifully.
bloghop. =)
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