DeafTourette
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OP... Did you mean overall life experience or strictly singing/song breadth? We need clarity.
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Celine v Whitney - Who's the best?
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OP... Did you mean overall life experience or strictly singing/song breadth? We need clarity.
StreetsofBeige
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LegendOfKage
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That is EASILY my favorite Celine Dion song, and with good reason. It was written by the same guy who wrote Meat Loaf's first and second Bat Out of Hell albums. That's why it has an epic theatrical touch that the rest of her songs generally do not. Here's the original version:
All that said, I still have to give it to Whitney.
DeafTourette
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Not about the thread...just posts. When someone brings up her tragic life as a dis on her whole life when the thread is about singing... I have to ask. Maybe it isn't a concern for you but it is for me.
Burning Blade
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Is this a serious post? Whitney is the GOAT.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
My fav Dion song too. The Meatloaf version is awful. Some duet with another singer.
LegendOfKage
Member
Yeah, I like Meatloaf and love those two albums, but Dion's version is superior.
PumpkinPie
Banned
Well only one of them is still alive, so I'd say she wins by default.
bitbydeath
Gold Member
I don’t think either were all that.
Chrissy Amphlet though, now that’s talent!
Chrissy Amphlet though, now that’s talent!
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TaylorSwiftFan
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Celine Dion. Has the better songs. I cannot think of a single Whitney Huston song that I want to listen to again.
Krappadizzle
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I prefer Whitney, but I wouldn't say she's better. They are both incredible singers with amazing range and power. Both are great, I just prefer Whitney's music more.
Winter John
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Has to be Whitney. I like my rock stars to be depraved, screaming, out of control junkies. You know what you get when your rock star isn't causing mayhem every night on a cocktail of drugs? This -
TheGrat1
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She has the hands of an orc.Madonna looks like she was prepared by a mortician now.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I swear to god, my parents (both in their early 80s) don't have hands that veiny and old looking.
cormack12
Gold Member
Purely talent with a bit of 'would I woo them' as well
Richard Packer
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I feel the people who prefer Celine over Whitney are the same type of people who pull their penis out of their boxers during sex.
Winter John
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Did you know that Whitney Houston's debut LP, called simply Whitney Houston had 4 number one singles on it? It's hard to choose a favorite among so many great tracks, but "The Greatest Love of All" is one of the best, most powerful songs ever written about self-preservation, dignity. Its universal message crosses all boundaries and instills one with the hope that it's not too late to better ourselves. Since it's impossible in this world we live in to empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves. It's an important message, crucial really. And it's beautifully stated on the album.
Ionian
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Marvel14
Banned
End of Thread. Celine shouts too much...
Marvel14
Banned
Whitney is the best African American and Celine is the best Anglo-French Caucasian.
Can we at least agree on that?
Also Whitney has the best husband in terms of celeb gossip and recognition and Celine the best in terms of low profile and anonymity.
I also think Whitney is the best movie actress and Celine the best restaurant owner.
Rockondevil
Member
Both are great but Celine gets my vote.
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Prefer Whitney, I think they both have amazing range,, but Whitney’s voice has more volume to it.
Winter John
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You don't like amazing danceable songs like '' Queen of the night'', ''I wanna dance with somebody'', ''How will I know'', ''I'm your baby tonight'' or ballads like ''All the man that I need'', ''I have nothing''...???
All the older and more mature and educated people I know prefer Whitney by far! Celine is sooo boring.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Aretha Franklin?
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
I find it a TRIP when a thread is about vocal talent folks will go into rants about age, drug use, husband's, etc.
Celine Dion has a great voice and has range better than 90% of most female singers out there right now (the known ones)... But Whitney Houston was FAR AND AWAY her superior! In range, volume, bass, etc. Not even Mariah Carey came close! I think some of the FEW who were in that 10% league were/are Jennifer Hudson, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Janelle Monae...
Whitney's superiors are/were Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson, Patty LaBelle...
Celine Dion has a great voice and has range better than 90% of most female singers out there right now (the known ones)... But Whitney Houston was FAR AND AWAY her superior! In range, volume, bass, etc. Not even Mariah Carey came close! I think some of the FEW who were in that 10% league were/are Jennifer Hudson, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Janelle Monae...
Whitney's superiors are/were Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson, Patty LaBelle...
jonnyp
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Cannot stand the style of music, sorry.
DeafTourette
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Each of those songs is a different style. What are you on about?! LMBO!
jonnyp
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As in I don't like any of them, Sherlock?
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
That's insanely odd. How old are you?
jonnyp
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Have no idea what age has got to do with it. I listen to a wide range of genres, and all kinds of music, from the early 1900s to present. As I said, I can appreciate and respect Whitney's undeniable talent but her music is so far removed from what I enjoy to listen to and I have no idea what is so difficult to understand about that.
Peggies
Gold Member
Well you go into rants about race because when someone says she seems trashy to him, it has to be because he has something against "successful, beloved black women".
lostinblue
Banned
Celine Dion for consistency.
It's like if Celinion is/was Niki Lauda and Houston-we-have-a-problem was James Hunt.
It's like if Celinion is/was Niki Lauda and Houston-we-have-a-problem was James Hunt.
Ionian
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Look up her
Bobby brown. They did a show about it as they were broke and addicted to meth or crack. Was on television. He talked about picking nuggets out her ass due to the use of drugs. That happens from malnutrition. Husband (Bobby) was on TV with her laughing. Their reality show.
They seriously showed that on TV.
Her performance here was a massive flop. She couldn't sing. Girlfriend worked the gig. American national anthem, only Meat-Loaf was worse. Grew up loving both. Was on TV, never saw either live. Got the sweaty t-shirt as she called to me after gigs.
A massive loss to music.
lostinblue
Banned
simply the best
I don't get anything the paragraph other than that she sucked singing the american anthem, sorry.
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Peggies
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MastaKiiLA
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Whitney absolutely slays. And that says a lot, because Celine is pretty amazing in her own right. But peak-Whitney was a force of nature. That voice...so fucking amazing. Goddamn you Bobby!
Ionian
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Girlfriend worked the gig, I got the sweaty T-Shirt.
For Whitney. She worked backstage and crew for kitchen, I always asked her the gig ways as they can watch side-stage.
You feed a crew, you win them.
lostinblue
Banned
AH! thank you for clarifying.
Bragr
Banned
You what?
Ionian
Member
It's famously bad, was the first on her tour.
People walked out, was all over the press.
Don't believe try Google.