On my morning drive going to work, I always listen to The Morning Rush show by Chico & Delamar on RX 93.1 and on one segment they were talking about Whitney Houston's performance at London's O2 Arena recently. They said that she apologized to her audience for the bad quality of her voice. At that time, I was thinking that she may have missed a few notes or her voiced cracked and she gave a mediocre performance. Later during the day I saw an article about it on Yahoo with a link to the video of her performance.
Tsk tsk. What a pity. She sounded almost out of breath throughout the song plus, she really couldn't get to the high notes anymore. People are saying that it's from the drug abuse and although she's cleaning up her act now and trying to make a comeback, her voice is just not that good anymore. Yes she was one of the great icons looked up to in music. She was even dubbed a golden girl because during the peak of her fame, she was phenomenal.
I admire the fact that she's put on a brave face and rehabilitated herself. Her comeback included the release of a new album which did okay in sales and a series of tours and tv appearances which has almost always gotten bad reviews. So is it too late for Whitney now? I think in terms of her singing voice, she still has it although it might not reach high octaves unlike before. If she could work on the vocal range that she has now and just work on that, she might still be able to salvage her career. Otherwise, she should rethink a new career path.
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She used to be one of my favorites and I was quite hopeful that she could make a big comeback. :(
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