vainandy said:

PurpleCharm said:

SoulAlive said:

That will be "Hello" gawd damn patethic

Najee said:

"Stuck On You" was a horrible one!

vainandy said:

So horrible they used it for a dishwashing soap commercial!

gemini13 said:

I used to like that one Anyhow,is not the music of Stuck on You very close to a song by Eric Clapton?

SoulAlive said:

I loved "Can't Slow down" too, I thought it was a wonderful album, I even liked the sappy "Hello".

Anx said:

just having looked at the lyrics what is the song really about then , coming down off a drug trip or something is it ?

That shitty video was the first music video I remember watching. ugh And yes I agree, that is one of the worst songs ever!

I think it has a catch melody but the lyrics are horrible. This just goes to show that a potentially great song can be ruined if the songwriter is on crack.

minneapolisgenius said:

Are you kidding? I'm Still Standing is like a freaking masterpiece, IMO. Elton John sang like a champion on this track.

Now the video on the other hand is one of THE gayest video of the 80's!!! Too colorful.

EDIT: I meant that in a good way.
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vainandy said:

What about So Emotional? That song is very uptempo (rock guitar included). It's the only Whitney song that could work in a DJ rotation.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...RVmPfiYSeI
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I've changed that song title to "Spitting on the Ceiling", so I guess you all know what my opinion of the song is.

vainandy said:

I love that song You don't like any ballads,do you?

dammme said:

perhaps "Wonderful Tonight"?

speaking of Eric Clapton,I think he plays guitar on "Dancing On The Ceiling".Shame on Lionel for asking him to contribute to that horrible song.

SoulAlive said:

SoulAlive said:

shame on Eric for agreeing to play on it

Actually, that one is the only song she has ever done that is even halfway decent. It's still pretty weak though compared to people that came before her. I've never been one to lower my standards....even when jams become scarce. I just pull my old stuff and wait for something better to come along.

Now you know me better than that. I love some slow jams by folks like Prince, Rick James, Cameo, The Barkays, Lakeside, Heatwave, Switch, The Stylistics, Blue Magic, Norman Conners, GQ, Midnight Star, Player, Skyy, One Way, Ohio Players, Average White Band, Millie Jackson, Kwick, hell, even The Commodores. It's just adult contemporary or crossover pop sounding ones that I hate.
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TonyVanDam said:

I was talking about the video of course. I already said that I thought the song was better than "Dancing on the Ceiling". I'm not really a fan though of Elton John's 80s stuff anyway. The song's ok I guess. More for nostalgic reasons than anything else.

vainandy said:

I think that her first two singles ("You Give Good Love" and "Saving All My Love") are very soulful....these are R&B slow jams that became pop hits."You Give Good Love" was produced by Kashif so it's not as pop-ish as most of her later singles.

No it's not as poppish as some of her later stuff but it definately sounds like it was recorded with the intention of crossing over (which totally turns me off). Yeah, most R&B songs that become pop hits usually started out on R&B radio and become a hit on there first. However, I saw a documentary on her on one of the channels, maybe the E Channel, that her producers, record label or someone told her when she was recording her first album...."Tone it down Whitney. You're sounding too black. You want a big hit don't you?". It's very clear that she was more concerned with doing whatever it took to get a crossover hit, than having the guts to stand up to these people.

If someone calls theirself making R&B music, they need to make the strongest and best R&B songs they possibly can. If the pop audience just happens to like it...fine, but if they don't...fuck 'em.

I saw that documentary on E Channel.It was Clive Davis who told her "tone it down...make it sound more pop".

And isn't he an ooooold fuddy duddy looking man? No wonder her shit sounds weak, listening to someone like him.

I think this is when mtv and videos were out of control. This is when MTV had to much power in the industry.

The video was thought up before the song lyrics.

ElectricBlue said:

You're speaking in the past tense.

SoulAlive said:

Timeless stuff... you really can't tell from the video that it's a song from the 80's...

pkidwell said:

Please elaborate...

vainandy said:

That was the single that the country stations began playing. No wonder you hate it.