Timmy84 said:

Lionel, Phil, hell might as well include Tina even though she was around for two decades before the '80s she was definitely an '80s superstar. Definitely more '80s pop icons still alive.

Thanks for reminding me, Timmy!

Speaking of Tina...

Umm...yeah!

mjscarousal said:

Alot of you do not know how to read... you just read what you want to read

I did not imply their was no 80s star alive still... THEY ARE... but none on the SAME MASSIVE LEVEL AND SUCCESS as Michael, Madonna, Whitney and Prince during the 80s

thats not being biased.. thats a FACT

Also, Tina Turner is not an eighties superstar... Her prime was mostly during the 60s/70s.. just because she continued to do music during that decade doesnt mean she was the most relevant of it.

There is not a damn thing wrong with my reading comprehension skills. My achievements in that realm have been documented, nourished, developed and grown...ever since I was ten years old and entered the fourth grade.

So now...I finally can, do and will always...

Imagine Me

For me that is most certainly thanks in no small part to the efforts of Superstars, whose names were NOT...Michael, Prince, Whitney nor Madonna!

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If I am being offensive to anyone right now, I'm truly sorry about that because honestly, that's not my intention. I'm tired as hell and I really do need to go to sleep but I cannot seem to do that. The JOY that I'm experiencing right now...that Whitney Houston OFTEN sang about...just won't let me!

Exactly Hatrina, Whitney is at peace...

Please get some sleep but for you hurt yourself

R.I.P. Whitney- Forever

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Its sad Prince & Madonna are now the only 80's superstar icons left now. We need to treasure both of them........

I just have to add to this...that Madonna will be treasured just the way she wants to be. Very sadly, I cannot in all honesty, at this precise moment in time, say the same thing about Prince.

I'd do anything I could to change that. However, after the so many years of praying, begging and pleading, I've come to accept that it's not up to me. What will be regarding Prince and his legacy will just be. I can only be thankful for what he meant to me and it took a mighty long time for me to see that nothing would compare to him...that clearly.

[youtube]...I'd have put a video of Prince performing "Nothing Compares To U" right here...but I can't because HE doesn't allow that here! [/youtube]

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mjscarousal said:

Please get some sleep but for you hurt yourself

R.I.P. Whitney- Forever

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LMAO! I'll be a weapon of vast destruction before I ever hurt myself. Believe that!

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HatrinaHaterwitz said:

mjscarousal said:

Please get some sleep but for you hurt yourself

R.I.P. Whitney- Forever

[Edited 2/18/12 22:42pm]

LMAO! I'll be a weapon of vast destruction before I ever hurt myself. Believe that!

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Its sad Prince & Madonna are now the only 80's superstar icons left now. We need to treasure both of them........

the death of Michael Jackson really made me realize that we need to appreciate the legendary icons that are still around.We don't have too many of them left

Chancellor said:

babybugz said:

I was waiting for them to get off..half of the stuff he was preaching about had nothing to do with whitney.

Then you missed the message. Whitney LOVED the Lord and was NEVER-ever ashamed to speak his name on & off stage. Whitney battled her Demons through out her career but she never stopped praising God and her friends, Family and Fans witnessed that.

Marvin's "message" had EVERYTHING to do with Whitney and how she lived her life and what she showed people....

Marvin wasnt suppose to spend 30-min repeating what we already heard for the last 2hrs...His job was to BRING it all together at the end and Preach a lesson about "Life"...Trust me, Whitney would have approved of the sermon...

You need to remember to open yourself up and "listen" to the message instead of shutting down because you're not hearing a person's name every 2-second...Listen to the "message"....It's a life-lesson...

Fly on Nippy.. fly on

Chancellor said:

babybugz said:

I was waiting for them to get off..half of the stuff he was preaching about had nothing to do with whitney.

Then you missed the message. Whitney LOVED the Lord and was NEVER-ever ashamed to speak his name on & off stage. Whitney battled her Demons through out her career but she never stopped praising God and her friends, Family and Fans witnessed that.

Marvin's "message" had EVERYTHING to do with Whitney and how she lived her life and what she showed people....

Marvin wasnt suppose to spend 30-min repeating what we already heard for the last 2hrs...His job was to BRING it all together at the end and Preach a lesson about "Life"...Trust me, Whitney would have approved of the sermon...

You need to remember to open yourself up and "listen" to the message instead of shutting down because you're not hearing a person's name every 2-second...Listen to the "message"....It's a life-lesson...

I was blessed by that sermon... I really needed to hear that... I thought it was great.. not sure why some people here didnt like it I see why... they werent listening to the message.

mjscarousal said:

Alot of you do not know how to read... you just read what you want to read

I did not imply their was no 80s star alive still... THEY ARE... but none on the SAME MASSIVE LEVEL AND SUCCESS as Michael, Madonna, Whitney and Prince during the 80s

thats not being biased.. thats a FACT

Also, Tina Turner is not an eighties superstar... Her prime was mostly during the 60s/70s.. just because she continued to do music during that decade doesnt mean she was the most relevant of it.

prodigalfan said:

babynoz said:

Thanks and congrats, btw.

Did you just get married Ottensen??? CONGRATULATIONS...

and sorry for the

Ain't it just like a funeral for everybody to start catching up with each other ?

Yeah, we been together for a minute. No kids though. I want a beagle or a lab retriever instead

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Entertainer said:

Timmy84 said:

Sorry if Aretha's statement was already posted but here we go (free2befreeda posted the news column of her saying this):

I don't want to say Eff Aretha but lady please, you could have sat in a chair for half of the ceremony and wore ted stockings. Your fans would have understood, how many times do you get to send off your god daughter.

No class! Not surprised, lost a tone of respect for her.

I don't know what happened with Aretha but I do know as a singer myself that had she gone it would not have been enough. When a performer is present, no one cares how they feel they want to see you perform. Maybe that's the reason. As far as Bobby and his people, maybe he was afraid of an ass whupping, must be some hard feelings there. Remember Sam Cooke's brothers beat the shit out of Bobby Womack not long after Sam died. Family gets fanatical.If it were my family, I'd want to beat bobby's ass too.

shellyk84 said:

Timmy84 said:

As far as I know Aretha doesn't even have a message board for her...

Speaks volumes Timmy84

Well, actually, I have been friends with one of Aretha's sons for years, and anyone ever stopped to think that maybe she doesn't even want one in existence?

The speculation and projecting around this place, and during a time like this...

Timmy84 said:

Here's what I don't get, now that I watched Aretha's interview...

All these years, it almost seemed accepted that Aretha was her "godmother" so all of a sudden when the interview happens and Al Roker tells of the interview, all of a sudden it comes out that she wasn't and Darlene Love was the real godmother. This is the first I had heard of this.

probably a publicity gimmick by the likes of guys like clive davis. happens in the biz.

Ottensen said:

shellyk84 said:

Speaks volumes Timmy84

Well, actually, I have been friends with one of Aretha's sons for years, and anyone ever stopped to think that maybe she doesn't even want one in existence?

The speculation and projecting around this place, and during a time like this...

I already said maybe she didn't want one anyway. Can't say I blame her.

petes2 said:

Timmy84 said:

Here's what I don't get, now that I watched Aretha's interview...

All these years, it almost seemed accepted that Aretha was her "godmother" so all of a sudden when the interview happens and Al Roker tells of the interview, all of a sudden it comes out that she wasn't and Darlene Love was the real godmother. This is the first I had heard of this.

probably a publicity gimmick by the likes of guys like clive davis. happens in the biz.

It's funny how one believes the stories the industry prints until someone dies because I swore I had no idea...

missfee said:

Timmy84 said:

Wow... I usually don't dig Tyler but he definitely told the truth here...

Yes he did. That man knows his bible.

People can say what they want about Tyler, but it's clear to me that this man knows and loves The LORD.

SoulAlive said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Its sad Prince & Madonna are now the only 80's superstar icons left now. We need to treasure both of them........

the death of Michael Jackson really made me realize that we need to appreciate the legendary icons that are still around.We don't have too many of them left

I been saying this since 2009. But too many unappreciative peeps on this site. They trashed Whitney up until last Saturday...

Rest well, dear Nippy!

I take great comfort in knowing that you are in the arms of OUR...

Precious Lord!

AMEN!

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Bobby, Jr., LaPrincia, Bobby and Landon outside the funeral service. Hmm, I guess Bobby's fiancee is behind LaPrincia and Tommy Brown not too far behind her.

FlexiTime said:

Does anyone know if Robin Crawford was at the funeral?

FlexiTime said:

FlexiTime said:

Does anyone know if Robin Crawford was at the funeral?

No I don't. But I'll check.

A Whitney fan shows a sign that paraphrases from Whitney's breakthrough 1985 hit, "You Give Good Love", which was Houston's first number-one Billboard hit on the R&B charts and a top three pop crossover hit:

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Ottensen said:

shellyk84 said:

Speaks volumes Timmy84

Well, actually, I have been friends with one of Aretha's sons for years, and anyone ever stopped to think that maybe she doesn't even want one in existence?

The speculation and projecting around this place, and during a time like this...

Just asking if Aretha had any fansites or forums to get a view from her fans but

she has'nt got any

fantastic tribute from Chris Cornell

All this pity for that retard Bobby Brown is incredible to me.

No one ever seems to realize that Whitney's family loathes him for a very lucid reason. Instead, he's absurdly labeled the "victim" here, for years before this tragedy, and even the day of the doggone funeral itself.....