So a few hours before we all learn that Whitney Houston was dead, i removed her ‘I Look to you’ album. Since news broke of her death, it seem like everywhere i turn someone is playing one of her songs; I’m not going to lie, i have not played one Whitney Houston song since i learn of her death; to me doing so would feel hypocritical. The last time i could remember playing a Whitney Houston song was back in 09 when her last album came out.
I remember back in the days when me and my friends use to argue about who was better, Whitney or Mariah? I could tell you who my vote was on, it wasn’t Mariah. So what happened? Well i think Whitney became irrelevant over the years. I know she was trying to make a come back, and i was one hoping that she would have made it back, but listening to a few of her performance before she died, it made one wonder if she really had it in her. Her voice for most part sounded to my untrained ears as if it was gone, it seem as if she struggled through a few of her performance lately; she basically cancelled most of her tour a year or so ago, because she had lost her voice. Like i say, maybe she had one more in her, but i wasn’t convinced of it.
I’m sadden that she is gone. I know she left an amazing body of work, and maybe a few days from now i would get around to listening to a few of my favorite songs, but as of now, I’m not going to suddenly remember that i love me some Whitney music, when i all but forgotten about her.
