June 25, 1969
June 25, 1969
#1June 25, 1969
Posted: 2/15/12 at 12:16pm
On June 22, 1969, the greatest voice of her generation died.
By June 25, 1969, after the initial shock and grief had worn off, the average American had just about enough of the mourning.
Sure, they loved this woman when she was at the very top. The admired her singing, her movies, her will to succeed and overcome.
But..
In the last five years of her life she began to look like nothing more than a strung out junkie. Her whole persona(vocal or otherwise)was self-indulgent. Her relationships were disastrous. Her choice of husbands, dreadful. Her fortune gone.
Her great days were behind her.
I mean, she died in a bathroom for god’s sake.
Another junkie....dead. Who Cares? No one is going to give a s*** about her in another month.
Hindsight is 20/20.
The saga of Whitney Houston has just begun...
"There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up." - Billie Holiday
Updated On: 2/15/12 at 12:16 PM
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#4October 4,1970
Posted: 2/15/12 at 12:49pm
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yawper
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#6October 4,1970
Posted: 2/15/12 at 2:18pmI agree Anth but I doubt Houston will be built up like Garland has been. The media game today is so broad with a multitude of outlets I doubt anyone will get traction like the Golden Age greats did.
Yawper
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8October 4,1970
Posted: 2/15/12 at 4:14pmJudy was a true artist. Her voice had a subtlelty that Whitney could never match. Judy knew how to put across the lyrics; Whitney was pyrotechnics.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#9October 4,1970
Posted: 2/15/12 at 4:18pm
"Judy was a true artist. Her voice had a subtlelty that Whitney could never match. Judy knew how to put across the lyrics; Whitney was pyrotechnics."
Um, Ok. Because that makes total sense....
#10October 4,1970
Posted: 2/15/12 at 5:16pm
September 23, 1917:
Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta is born.
....but the world goes 'round
#11October 4,1970
Posted: 2/15/12 at 5:32pmOMG, tazber, I remember watching El Santo in Guatemala. He was a very big deal in Central America. A lot of the boys wanted to be him.
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Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
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