music: Divas, the "before I hated them" special
I've splurged, and bought a lot of old music over the last month or so. Some of my purchases include the early works of divas I am now really irritated by, namely Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. I bought . . .
Mariah Carey - self-titled album (it was stolen out of my car last summer), emotions (had it on tape: haven't seen it in years), music box (never actually owned, 'til now), and daydream (had cd, but haven't seen it in years either). anything past this point is her "trash-ho" phase.
Whitney Houston - self-titled album (had on tape), Whitney (step-sister stole my tape and then lost it in late 1987, along with Belinda Carlisle; I was pissed (definitely a point for the biologically gay argument)), and I'll be your baby tonight(also had the tape). POINT: I already have the Bodyguard on CD, and I have the GH set for the few newer songs that are (barely) tolerable.
The point of this post, however . . .
Whitney, on the Whitney album***, covered I Know Him So Well, from Chess! She partnered with Cissy Houston, and it was okay. Not superb, but okay. It's just funny that I would have heard this version several times, but never recognized it when I heard the Barbra cover in '96 (which led me to check out the OBC from the library).
Sorry for the babble, procrastinating at work is fun!!!
***Who, after releasing a self-titled album, names their second album after just their first name? Why isn't Be Your Baby called Whit? or W? She could call the newer stuff HOuston. sorry 
doubleplusgood.
Mariah Carey - self-titled album (it was stolen out of my car last summer), emotions (had it on tape: haven't seen it in years), music box (never actually owned, 'til now), and daydream (had cd, but haven't seen it in years either). anything past this point is her "trash-ho" phase.
Whitney Houston - self-titled album (had on tape), Whitney (step-sister stole my tape and then lost it in late 1987, along with Belinda Carlisle; I was pissed (definitely a point for the biologically gay argument)), and I'll be your baby tonight(also had the tape). POINT: I already have the Bodyguard on CD, and I have the GH set for the few newer songs that are (barely) tolerable.
The point of this post, however . . .
Whitney, on the Whitney album***, covered I Know Him So Well, from Chess! She partnered with Cissy Houston, and it was okay. Not superb, but okay. It's just funny that I would have heard this version several times, but never recognized it when I heard the Barbra cover in '96 (which led me to check out the OBC from the library).
Sorry for the babble, procrastinating at work is fun!!!
***Who, after releasing a self-titled album, names their second album after just their first name? Why isn't Be Your Baby called Whit? or W? She could call the newer stuff HO
doubleplusgood.