Why Whitney Died

Townhall.com ^ | February 15, 2012 | Bill O'Reilly

[BigSkyFreeper]

She was hooked on cocaine before she ever met Bobby Brown. Brown is a dirt bag, but she was already down that path of destruction long before he entered her life.

[truth_seeker]

“That is why I think there may be something genetic that predisposes them to be substance abusers.”

That is widely known in science. And was written about in 1939, in “Alcoholics Anonymous” aka the Big Book.

What is known by SOME in recovery is once the genetic switch is thrown, it can’t be turned back.

And what Whitney apparently missed in her several stints in “rehab” is that a cocaine user can’t successfully use Zanax or booze, either.

[Kaslin]

Excellent point

[Kaslin]

Excellent point

[McGruff]

Did someone make you a moderator. If not don't act like one. O’Reilly is a blowhard and no friend of Free Republic.

[rollo tomasi]

So truth is now mocking?

Houston sold “it” so well because she new the Anthem was taped and dubbed.

What would happen to the moral if the audio skipped, a la Ashlee Simpson?

[csmusaret]

“If it turns out.....” is not speculating. I guess I could have added “for example” at the end to make it ummistakeably clear.

[Kaslin]

Here is from Wikipedia

The Star Spangled Banner Whitney Houston Song

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Lip-sync controversy

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In the days following Houston's performance of the national anthem at Super Bowl XXV, a controversy arose when it was reported that she lip-synched to her own pre-recorded version of the song by media such as the New York Post, USA Today and St. Petersburg Times. Larry Estrin, the Super Bowl engineer, told USA Today that TV viewers actually heard the studio version, "plus her live voice, plus the audience reaction," and added that "She sang the melody and words the same way (as the studio version), but she sang her heart out."[68] St. Petersburg Times, in its February 2, 1991 article of the Florida Orchestra, wrote that "Both Houston and the orchestra recorded the music before the game.[...] Some people have speculated that Houston lip-synced the National Anthem at the game."[69] On February 4, 1991, Mary Jo Melone of the same newspaper, in her article of Houston's Super Bowl performance, clearly stated that "It was the Memorex. The singing and music you heard were prerecorded."[70] Bob Best, an NFL pre-game entertainment official told USA Today that the NFL chose the recorded version because "we felt there were too many risks to do it live." USA Today reported that it is customary to use pre-recorded versions of the anthem at games, adding that in the past such stars as Diana Ross, Barry Manilow and Neil Diamond have sung to their pre-recorded versions of "The Star Spangled Banner."[68] Best, in an interview with the New York Post, also said that what was played was "protection copy"―it's so-called to protect against the singer's last minute inability to sing―Houston recorded several days before the game at an L.A. studio.[71] Kathryn Holm McManus, former executive director of the orchestra, in an interview with St. Petersburg Times in 2001, reaffirmed that, saying "At the game, everyone was playing, and Whitney was singing, but there were no live microphones. Everyone was lip-synching or finger-synching."[2]

During this controversy, Ms. Houston's personal publicist, Regins Brown said that "Our understanding is Whitney sang live into a live microphone." Brown added that the song was recorded in a studio several days before the Super Bowl, which has always been the National Football League (NFL) policy, stating "NFL policy is that when they have a performer singing the national anthem for live TV, they request the performer record what they call a protection copy, just in case the singer has laryngitis, the day of the Super Bowl."[68] Dan Klores, a spokesman for Houston, explained "This is not a Milli Vanilli thing. she sang live, but the microphone was turned off. It was a technical decision, partially based on the noise factor. This is standard procedure at these events."[72] According to Jet magazine, similarly, several music industry officials including Estrin emphasized that "this issue is not a case of Milli Vanilli, because the bottom line is―it was Ms. Houston's voice and she was singing."[68]

It actually make sense to me and people need to stop bashing her for "lip syncing" the song

[ArrogantBustard]

AFN can do as it likes. They never asked my opinion, and likely wouldn't care if it were offered. BFD.

That aside:

1) As a solo performance for, let us say, close of the broadcast on a radio station ... I don't like it. I don't care for the "personal touches"; the odd trills and unpredictable phrasing. Neither Whitney, nor Jose, nor any other performer "owns" OUR National Anthem. Get over yourselves.

2) As a "crowd" performance for, let us say, the opening of a sporting event ... I consider it abominable. The personal touches and attempt to "own" the song explicitly shut we the people out of singing OUR National Anthem. That's grossly inappropriate and arrogant.

3) Back in the early 1990s, I attended a Pavarotti concert in DC. It was opened with OUR National Anthem ... I'm not sure if President George HW Bush's presence had anything to to with that. LP specifically invited us to join in singing it, and we did. The house ROCKED. That, FRiends, is how OUR National Anthem should be sung in public. Jose, and Whitney, and all their imitators miss the point. Luciano Pavarotti (a foreigner) got it.

And that's pretty much all I have to say about that. I don't expect most folks to agree with me.

[dfwgator]

Luciano Pavarotti (a foreigner) got it.

How about Enrico Pallazzo?

[ArrogantBustard]

LOL.

Sixth link down on the right side is Roseanne Barr.

Appropriate.

[dfwgator]

At least Leslie Nielsen had an excuse, being Canadian and all that. ;)

[lesko]

She screamed to damn much.

[fatnotlazy]

Brown may have at best 10% of the blame. It has been said the drug use started before Bobby Brown, but even if that’s not true, he was gone well before her death, so what was her excuse? And if the marriage was that bad, why didn’t she chuck him out long before she did? She certainly didn’t need him around. She had a very successful career so it wasn’t like she needed him to support her. I guess I just don’t get anyone, male or female, ssticking it out in a harmful relationship.

[NoLibZone]

Obama killed Whitney.

[Kaslin]

Maybe next time I will just leave the name of the author off and perhaps then you comment on the article and not the author.

[Veto!]

got tired of the music that sounded like: “oooh baby I want to throw up in your glove compartment...la..la...la”

I don't know what your problem is, SMARTY. That's pure poetry, which you'd recognize if you were wrecked, wasted, and smashed like the rest of us.

[sinanju]

Exuuuuuse me! I was under the impression that “hot piece” goes back to the Jimmy Cagney era.

May have sounded a little coarse but I was referring to her once-glorious beauty.

Try not to assume too much.

[Elsie]

"Thank you, Whitney..."

[DB]

Better to be an eagle for a day than a snail for a life time.