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Whitney Houston Dead: Hear Her Isolated Vocal Track From 'How Will I Know?'

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Whitney Houston's death was a shock, but not a surprise -- not after years of her life sent downward-spiralling into a drug-ravaged, raspy-voiced tabloid mess. But there is a reason why Houston mattered so much to so many people, and it's remember that at its peak, her voice was simply a work of art.

This isolated vocal track from her 1985 hit 'How Will I Know?,' off her self-titled debut album, is possibly the greatest tribute of all to her unparalleled if eventually squandered voice. It strips away the '80s dance-pop cheese and brings the song's tragic lyrics, and the singer's later tragic life, to the fore.

Consider it a reminder that once upon a time, when people spoke of Whitney Houston and pipes, they mean this...

Hear Whitney Houston's Isolated Vocal Track from 'How Will Know?'


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jupl1

Just a humble thought

-In light of recent tragedies what if we all worked as community on lyrics, poem, etc.? Where we work together… where no one is better than anyone else?

-Why not?

-Below is extremely rough/rushed drafts for example/Extremely sorry about that!

Please free to do whatever desired with following:

(Please know not trying to make any statements with following, etc! Don’t pretend to have any answers about such subjects! Thank you for understanding!)

(Nay sayers, etc. please don't apply, etc.)

Speaks volumes
When the sensitive die
Are we too insensitive
Even just to try
To ask the real reasons why?

She is beautiful
Inside and out
But dies alone beneath spirit’s surface… amongst waters of doubt
When will the wise be the ones
To ask what these tragedies are truly all about?

What if we were wrong
About the judgements of History
What really killed him
When all along
Could it not have been you and me?

To say the least
Sadly the countless more
We are all in need of revelations… reach out… save… heal one another
Otherwise what are we truly living for?

When one reaches out… bares their souls
Should these strengths not be praised
For is it not more noble
To seek our own strengths
By eternally comforting those needing to be consoled
Than hiding in the futility of comforting our own insecurities
Judgement's evils and questions raised… need not control?

Bottom line is
We’re all in this life together
And yes we all do rely on one another
For in our present time
And the best of all worlds
Peace without peace within
Never allows for that one true blessed gift
The blessed gifts of peace of the mind

Now if we all always needed somewhere to walk to
Somewhere someplace to call home?

And if we all always needed someone to talk to
Someone somebody when they’re all alone?

What kind of world would that be?

When it’s very simple...
What it comes down to is up to you and me

You and me
You and me

Seek what it means to truly be free

You and me
You and me

For sometimes within such simplicity
Awaits the answers of truly being free
You and me

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Come in out of the darkness
There’s enough light for us two
Stop chasing shadows
For they can soon stand taller than you

Everyone needs somewhere they can walk to
Somewhere someplace to call their home

Everyone needs someone they can talk to
Someone somebody when they are all alone

Come in out of storm’s rain
For there’s shelter here for us all
Tears can sadly go unnoticed
When shed in lives of pain

Let them fall

Let us comfort you

One and all

Let them fall
Let them fall

For the Sun will shine once again

Not for one but for in doing so… by comforting one another… then for us all
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　

February 16 2012 at 4:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
LIZRED

The Beverly Hilton will forever be known as the " Heart Break Hotel."

February 12 2012 at 4:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply