funny I should run across this thread...I was just downloading some of her off of ITunes....I love "The answer is you" beautiful voice...such a sad story.
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I still remember her last hit, "When You Get Right Down to It," like it was yesterday.

I love it when she sings "Living All Alone", you can really capture the emotion in her voice.....she definitely was gone too soon.

i still don't know if i believe that suicide story 100% though

missfee said:

really? why.. i didnt know there was a conspiracy??

BIG fan here...

Some of my favorite songs:

"Slow dancing"
"You know how to love me"
"Forever with you"
"Leavin` the good life behind"
"Without you"
"Old friend"
"Loving you - losing you"

I was listening to a compilation of hers the other day.The song "Old Friend" is a masterpiece....a beautiful,sparkling song that I never get tired of hearing.

Hell yes

This was the 1st and BEST thing I bought from her..


Very exclusive compilation

Her rendition of "Betcha By Golly Wow" is the ULTIMATE

Harlepolis said:

I have that compilation It is amazing,isn't it? 2 CDs of her best songs."Falling Star" is heavenly.

Harlepolis said:

It even puts Prince's version to shame

I still feel troubled by her suicide letter when said "I'm tired!".

remember when Mo'Nique was introducing the show @ the apollo when they found her dead in the dressing room.

Miss Mo'Nique handled the crowd very well, I was very supriced.

I remember coming back from school with BET play her videos/interviews NON-STOP which continued for 2 days,,,,right then and there I realized that she died.

I bought her last album then "I Refuse To Be Lonely" which includes the haunting prophetic song "Give Me One Good Reason To Stay" which sums up her suicide.

She and Donny Hathaway struggled with the SAME enemy; self-depression. They didn't believe that people actually loved them, which is a doggone dirty shame.

Harlepolis said:

In addition to that compilation,I also have this one:


It contains many songs that aren't on the previous set....uptempo hits like "Riding The Tiger","Don't Wanna Change The World" and key album tracks like
"Meet Me On The Moon".

SoulAlive said:

I thought about getting this one, but then I noticed 1/2 of this compilation have edited songs(Thats Rhino for you right there ) so I passed on it.

Harlepolis said:

yeah there are alot of single edits,which sucks but it does contain many songs that you won't find on other compilations

Harlepolis said:

u actually believe that Donny Hathaway killed himself???

http://www.youtube.com/wa...4iFl0yMm-s

http://www.youtube.com/wa...s6hkSS5BfY

http://www.youtube.com/wa..._xejvPU_ME

Love Phyllis but I still can't listen to her music without feeling sad so the result is I don't listen as often as I'd like.

I Can't Stand This Living All Alone and Old Friend in particular make me misty.

missfee said:

Who the hell am I to believe otherwise, I'm not a conspiracy theorist

Sooo,,,,enlighten me please(about BOTH)

Harlepolis said:

I REFUSE TO BE LONELY is one of the saddest albums I've ever heard. I remember when she died. I was working at a record store and and a woman came in and was looking for her cd's...she told me she had killed herself. I was not too familiar with her music and I bought a best-of collection and fell in love....when LONLEY came out...it haunted me for a long time. I was going thru some stuff of my own and 'Give Me One Good Reason To Stay' said it all for me....I get chills now thinking about it....gone too soon .

peace

missfee said:

What are u saying?

Graycap23 said:

There's this myth going on about Donny getting "killed" as opposed to the suicide story. Heard alot of bullshit, one that he's an FBI target(don't know why), the other says that he was killed for a homosexual motive,,,and alot of other stuff I 4got about.

I love my people, but they tend to exaggerate the death of their own and make a conspiracy theory out of it. Like the last rumor I heard about somebody pluging machine OFF Luther Vandross

I'm not saying I don't BELIEVE that, but unless there's an evidence that prove otherwise, I'm sticking to the "suicide" version of the story.
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Harlepolis said:

i mean i just asked a question, no need to get an attitude about it. Yeesh. can people ask a simple question anymore?
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JackieBlue said:

I know what you mean.There is so much pain and heartbreak in her songs.It's hard to listen to these songs without getting depressed

missfee said:

I'm sorry If I gave you the impression that I was having an attitude, I was actually serious

SoulAlive said:

'tis true

Best "Warbler" I've seen live in my life.....bar none!