Nobody wanted to see Whitney's pregnant ass. That's why Chaka was in there and Ashford and Pimpson and TLC. Shit she needed all the help she could get.
I hate Whitney's version btw. Chaka owns this song and her video is superior as well.
Nobody should ever cover a Chaka Khan song. You're better off wearing a sign on your head that says " I AM INFERIOR TO CHAKA KHAN AND YOU ALL KNOW IT!"
I'm giving props to Ashford & Simpson for writing the song and Arif Mardin for an outstanding production and arrangement!
You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
I expected that. I almost posted a couple times and then decided to skip it. I dig Chaka (just not this song), but I've never been a Whitney fan. I wasn't really listening to a lot of that kind of music during her heyday.
I expected that. I almost posted a couple times and then decided to skip it. I dig Chaka (just not this song), but I've never been a Whitney fan. I wasn't really listening to a lot of that kind of music during her heyday.
The really sad thing is the younger generations strongly associate this song more with Nippy than they do with Chaka. The same goes for Mary J's version of "Sweet Thing". I can't stand hearing Chaka sing these songs live anymore but I guess she has to in order to remind folk where these tunes originated from.
"It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
"The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing." - Socrates
The really sad thing is the younger generations strongly associate this song more with Nippy than they do with Chaka. The same goes for Mary J's version of "Sweet Thing". I can't stand hearing Chaka sing these songs live anymore but I guess she has to in order to remind folk where these tunes originated from.
Why can't you stand Chaka singing these songs anymore? Granted, her voice may be lower than it once was in her prime but she can still sing and does so very well still! So, I'm puzzled by your statement... :scratch head:
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
Any version of any song by any artist is better than a version by Shitney. Hell, even the old ass original version of "The Star Spangled Banner" from the 1700s or 1800s is better than hers.
now that is cold Andy
"Remember, one man's filler is another man's killer" -- Haystack
The really sad thing is the younger generations strongly associate this song more with Nippy than they do with Chaka. The same goes for Mary J's version of "Sweet Thing". I can't stand hearing Chaka sing these songs live anymore but I guess she has to in order to remind folk where these tunes originated from.
HEY HEY HEY!
Don't generalize my generation, man.
I NEVER in my LIFE will associate "I'm Every Woman" to Nippy. NEVER HAVE, NEVER WILL! Same with "Sweet Thing". It's not Mary J.'s song, it's Chaka's.
The really sad thing is the younger generations strongly associate this song more with Nippy than they do with Chaka. The same goes for Mary J's version of "Sweet Thing". I can't stand hearing Chaka sing these songs live anymore but I guess she has to in order to remind folk where these tunes originated from.
Why can't you stand Chaka singing these songs anymore? Granted, her voice may be lower than it once was in her prime but she can still sing and does so very well still! So, I'm puzzled by your statement... :scratch head:
No, her voice is fine. It's just that whenever she makes a television appearance, she's so predictable. She's either going to sing "IEW" or "Ain't Nobody" or both and she has worn those songs OUT!!! That's why I say I can't stand hearing her sing them. I know these are songs the massess are familiar with but most of her fans who have been following her for years want to hear her sing other songs from her incredibly vast catalog. 27 years of hearing her perform "Ain't Nobody" over and over and over again, it's just grown really old. It's like, "Oh God! Not again!!!"
[Edited 10/8/10 17:36pm]
"It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
"The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing." - Socrates
The really sad thing is the younger generations strongly associate this song more with Nippy than they do with Chaka. The same goes for Mary J's version of "Sweet Thing". I can't stand hearing Chaka sing these songs live anymore but I guess she has to in order to remind folk where these tunes originated from.
HEY HEY HEY!
Don't generalize my generation, man.
I NEVER in my LIFE will associate "I'm Every Woman" to Nippy. NEVER HAVE, NEVER WILL! Same with "Sweet Thing". It's not Mary J.'s song, it's Chaka's.
FUCK WHAT YOU HEARD!
And SHE HAS TO, WHY NOT!?
I hear you, bro! But, I can't tell you how many times I've read or heard on shows like American Idol where "IEW" being referred to as Nippy's song. I work with a gal in her late 20's and she told me she's heard the name Chaka Khan but she doesn't know any of her songs. I asked her has she every heard of "I'm Every Woman" or "Sweet Thing" and she told me "Yes" and I said, "Well, those are Chaka Khan songs."
[Edited 10/8/10 17:40pm]
"It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
"The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing." - Socrates
I NEVER in my LIFE will associate "I'm Every Woman" to Nippy. NEVER HAVE, NEVER WILL! Same with "Sweet Thing". It's not Mary J.'s song, it's Chaka's.
FUCK WHAT YOU HEARD!
And SHE HAS TO, WHY NOT!?
I hear you, bro! But, I can't tell you how many times I've read or heard on shows like American Idol where "IEW" being referred to as Nippy's song. I work with a gal in her late 20's and she told me she's heard the name Chaka Khan but she doesn't know any of her songs. I asked her has she every heard of "I'm Every Woman" or "Sweet Thing" and she told me "Yes" and I said, "Well, those are Chaka Khan songs."
Why can't you stand Chaka singing these songs anymore? Granted, her voice may be lower than it once was in her prime but she can still sing and does so very well still! So, I'm puzzled by your statement... :scratch head:
No, her voice is fine. It's just that whenever she makes a television appearance, she's so predictable. She's either going to sing "IEW" or "Ain't Nobody" or both and she has worn those songs OUT!!! That's why I say I can't stand hearing her sing them. I know these are songs the massess are familiar with but most of her fans who have been following her for years want to hear her sing other songs from her incredibly vast catalog. 27 years of hearing her perform "Ain't Nobody" over and over and over again, it's just grown really old. It's like, "Oh God! Not again!!!"
That's like Divas 101, man. Yeah I knew that around '93 or '94 or somewhere around there. That's when I first heard that Whitney began singing background for the likes of Chaka. Whitney and two other guys (I presume musicians from the session) sung together. Chaka did the rest of the backgrounds (obviously that's just her going I'M EVERY WOMAN at the end). I think Whitney was doing the "whoa-whoa-whoa..." refrains and parts of the original chorus.
I failed this course because I had no idea!
me either
I vote for Chaka of course. Although, I give Whitney credit... she is the ONLY one who covered Chaka that I can actually listen to.
"Remember, one man's filler is another man's killer" -- Haystack
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How dare her! 
Never liked any version of this song... other than the deep "whoa.. whoa... whooooooa" part.
Granted, her voice may be lower than it once was in her prime but she can still sing and does so very well still! So, I'm puzzled by your statement... :scratch head:
I work with a gal in her late 20's and she told me she's heard the name Chaka Khan but she doesn't know any of her songs. I asked her has she every heard of "I'm Every Woman" or "Sweet Thing" and she told me "Yes" and I said, "Well, those are Chaka Khan songs."