CHAKA HANDS DOWN!!!!!

Chaka.

But I do like Whitney's too when she says... "Chaka Khan... CHAKA KHAN!"

JANFAN4L said:

Sorry Chaka but Whitney makes me wanna go buy sum high heels and a sandy blond wig and in the gay 90's (no i never dressed up).

This isn't even a contest. Chaka. Whitney's is good, but it's virtually a copy of Chaka's. Why bother unless you're gonna change it up at least a little bit?

paisleypark4 said:

r u serious! CHAKAs vocal was off the hook compared to Whitneys thin voice.....even the old disco music sounds better than the music used on the remake...Chaka put her foot into "Woman!"

Well, I guess I'll go with Chaka's, although I really like the intro that was added to Whitney's version ("Whatever you want, Whatever you need....", etc) - nice chords and vocals.

JANFAN4L said:

Yeah...Me too.....

Whitney did this cut a justice. She ain't Chaka but it is a good listen in my opinion. And yeah...it's real funny when whitney does that 'Chaka Khan...CHAKA KHAN!'.

It's even more entertaining when she says 'bobby...BOBBAY!'

Both versions are cool with me, primarily because (besides the intro) Whitney's version was basically a copy of Chaka's.

If I had to vote...well, I have Chaka's version on vinyl, and I don't have Whitney's at all...so there you go.

now don't you all be silly....Chaka of course!!!! Whitney's is nice too more modernized dance version...Chaka just has that nostalgic retro feel.

chaka's is better but i do like whitney's a lot. like janfan said, i also loev the whole "chaka khan...CHAKA KHAN!" bit at the end.

Chaka Khan by FAR.

The whitney version is worse because Oprah used it in her show. Was Oprah able to convince those transfixed women that she was just like them? Oprah has completly disappointed me by turning her show into a celebrity kiss ass fest. Everybody is great, everybody is her friend, every audience member is smiling like their hypnotized.... .....Does she really believe those phoney hollywood people are her friends? People like maya and quincy are real friends, ignore the rest O. :

I like the Chaka version better by the way.

I don't understand how anyone can choose Whitney's over Chaka's original.

lilgish said:

Nah, Oprah doesn't like all the celebrities. She was very wishy washy with Madonna when she was on her show in late 2003. A month or so later, she had her lesbian lover, I mean friend, Gayle on and was talking about how Madonna said some things that annoyed her. She didn't want to confront her on the show, so rather than doing that to her face, she dished her with Gayle on a different show in front of the studio audience instead. For all the good she's done, Oprah is a hopelessly naive hypocrite.

[b]CHAKA KHAN!!! I LOVE THE FUNK!!! Although I like Whitney Houston, I don't care for that watered down version (a bit too corny for me).[/b]

Nippy blew that shit outta the damn water. makes me get tingly in my naughty gay bits when she hits them damn notes.

glamslamkid said:

hmmmm

glamslamkid said:

You mean when she hits the exact same notes that Chaka hit when she did it?

No doubt about it...



...Wild Child all the way.


Where's Harley.
Thought she would have shut this thread down long ago.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

Chaka all the way!
And can I say this...
'P-U-L-E-E-Z-E, all you wanna be divas, Please stop covering Chaka.
I get so tired of thinking my gurl is coming on, and it is a faker like Whitney or WORST, Mary J!!!

RipHer2Shreds said:

prodigalfan said:

I almost agree with your comment until I read the words "Mary J." I actually really like her cover of Sweet Thing.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Liking that cover is blasphemy to most orgers. Whenever someone starts a Mary J. bitch thread, that always comes up.

VoicesCarry said:

I know it is. It actually happened to me before when I said I liked it. They can kiss my ass, cuz I still think it's a good cover.

Whitney Houston

RipHer2Shreds said:

Ummmmm...No. Listen to them both. Whitney puts POWER into that damn song. She does NOT sound like Chaka. She sounds better than Chaka. Especially that "IIIII GOT IT!!" part. Chaka don't do that shit. Pa-yow.

i like whitney's version to. very uplifting. i also thought she looked her best in this video, her pregancy had her glowing and looking rosy and healthy.

glamslamkid said:

Yea right..if anything its the opposite..to me thats the part that really differentitates them..to me , Whitney sound like she straining to push that out whereas Chaka sound like she was puffing on a cigarette, took it out and went to screaming and then went back to smoking....effortlessly almost.....Chaka's voice is wayyyyy more powerful, loud and fuller than Whitneys..ESPECIALLY on that part! IMO