runninshine Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Oh wow, how sad. [] RIP [W] http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-whitney-houston-dead-20120211,0,3411485.story http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/46355454#.TzcYm13BonV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Such a tragic life.... A rise to fame and then the "pitfalls" of it all. Very sad to hear of this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 R.I.P. Whitney... [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 So very shocking and sad. She bought joy to many lives. May she rest in peace, and may God bring comfort to her friends and family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 She bought joy to many lives, including Trey's, who got to install her Klipschorn AK4s I thought he did it for Tanya Tucker? Did he do it for both? Regardless, certainly a voice that will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Another loss for music, Sad to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I'm sure this is going to bring out the flame throwers but..............I really think it's time we quit overlooking what certain celebrities do and become and then feel sad when they die despite the fact that they became complete morons and their life goes down the tubes along with any special talent they had, at their own hand. Then we get to watch the glorification when true to form her last couple days were captured acting just like the looser addict she's been for a long time. Sorry guys she WAS one of the most incredible voices that I had ever heard but that's been gone for quite a while and sorry, but she's not some role model for children or life in general, nor are countless actors, musicians, politicians and every day people that in spite of all the wrong doings that you and I would be incarcerated for and deemed by society to be losers, get away with things and are still praised because they have a lot of money or because the general public makes it a tragedy because of who they are. This story would be different if it were inspiring and was a true story of falling from grace and true recovery and perspective to be shared, but it's not. I really love what Jimi Hendrix brought to the table musically and I listen to many things that he did, but he wasn't someone I aspired to be like as a person and don't feel bad because he partied too hard and choked on his vomit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I do like her version of the National Anthem even though the song itself in my opinion is one of the worst ever written. (Yes, I am still a patriot) Tony Bennet did a hell of a job with it too. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 She bought joy to many lives, including Trey's, who got to install her Klipschorn AK4s I thought he did it for Tanya Tucker? Did he do it for both? Regardless, certainly a voice that will be missed. You are correct, I guess it was Tanya Tucker. My memory is beginning to play tricks on me. I must have had them both filed under "fine and talented women." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I really love what Jimi Hendrix brought to the table musically and I listen to many things that he did, but he wasn't someone I aspired to be like as a person and don't feel bad because he partied too hard and choked on his vomit. You don't? I understand the individual responsibility argument, but its value is that it focuses us on making choices, rather than just floating in the wind. Some choices are very difficult to make, more so for some people than others, thus dependency, addiction, and all the other negatives. And whether we are really making the choices, or just seeming to, is one of the oldest philosophical issues. It might be that "there but for fortune go I" -- or perhaps I would never go there, regardless of fortune. I don't pretend to know. I miss Jimi and Janis and Whitney. We think we knew them, just a little ... and even if we didn't, "any person's death diminishes me." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyeanderson Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I think we all know folks that "checked out early"and I guess we all loose because of it. What some would have become IF they hadnot, we will never know. I lost my best friend when he was 22; you just have toguess the “what if” part. He was a motorcycle victim hit by a car on his wayhome from work. We suffer for their loss. Another of my friends would see folkspassed out at parties on their backs and turn them on their sides; did he saveany of them? He doesn't know but he knows they weren’t dead the next time hesaw them. I think he did it partly because of hearing how Jimi died. Gettingthrough our younger years is a challenge for many. Three christmases ago I was at my friends house and and three of us were talking about how the hellllll we ever got past 20 let alone 30, drinking and driving didn't use to be a big deal, we were all pretty good at it. To get so far along only tofall victim to your own faults is a real shame. I saw a women last summerat a local concert that I went to high school with, she had something to dowith the class reunions and said to me that I wouldn't believe how many of thefolks that we were in school with were gone, It bummed her out so much shewouldn't say the "how many" part. I guess I have to go to the 40threunion this summer to find out if I want to know. Life is tough for lots offolks, living is harder. Last one standing wins? I don't know but it’s not theend of the stories that we will continue to here until it’s our turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo33 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I do like her version of the National Anthem even though the song itself in my opinion is one of the worst ever written. How unpatriotic of you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jheis Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Another slow motion train wreck comes to a screeching halt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 bottom notch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I certainly don't like to hear of someone dying but she never impacted my life in any way. She had a lot, more than most and threw it away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1101 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Elvis Presley Dead............same deal. People just tend to accept and forget the self destructive behavior of artists. They remember the good..............like losing a pet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo33 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Elvis Presley Dead Elvis is not dead! He only left the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BLSamuel Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I do like her version of the National Anthem even though the song itself in my opinion is one of the worst ever written. How unpatriotic of you! Well it is set to the tune of an old English drinking song and glorifies war. And is incredibly difficult to sing even by very good singers, or so I've been told. But other than those couple of things or because of them maybe it's the perfect choice? [:S] And do kids today hear it? "Jose can you see ..." (how to add the little accent thingy over the e - hozay) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSamuel Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I miss Jimi and Janis and Whitney. We think we knew them, just a little ... and even if we didn't, "any person's death diminishes me." And Elvis, and Michael, Amy, and Tommy (Bolin, between Elivs and Michael somewhere....) as a local promotor said. Another fine talent destroyed by the music industry. And I think I remmeber Whitney's mother Cissy not allowing her first album to be released until she was at least 20 something. And there are many more.... Keith, Jim, and John (Belushi - he so much wanted to be a blues musician first, actor second...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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