Friday 22 June 2012

Duelling Divas: " I Will Always Love You"



This is what happens when us normal, regular folk try to tackle the Whitney Houston version of I Will Always Love You:


Though the critically acclaimed song was written and released by Dolly Parton in 1973, it wasn't until Whitney Houston covered the song two decades later that it really took on the iconic status it now enjoys. In fact Houston's rendition was such a worldwide phenomenon, and so different from the original, that many didn't realise it was a cover or a Country song.



ORIGINAL:
Dolly Parton's version had a sweet sincerity about it, as well as an honest delivery that sold the emotion and story of the song. The song was written by Dolly in response to her professional split from mentor Porter Wagoner, so it's no surprise that the delivery was so convincing.


COVERS:
Whitney Houston put a soul spin on the song that included changes in the structure of the song and in its vocal melody. Interestingly it was the Lisa Ronstadt version that Whitney heard before deciding to cover I Will Always Love You, and not the Dolly Parton original.




Amber Riley: Standard Whitney Houston imitation, with the exact same vocal lines that Whitney used (look out for all the falsetto switching in the climax and the mimicry in her vibrato). It's good, vocally, but nothing more than a pale imitation of Whitney Houston.


Beyonce :I really enjoyed this ambient rendition, just wish it had been longer and that we had heard her tackle the big notes of the song.


Beth Ditto :A simple and honest rendition that is less about the vocal and more about the lyrics. Definitely leans towards the original Dolly Parton version.


Charice: A brave choice starting the song a capella, but it gives the song its requisite atmosphere. Charice plays with the melody here and there, and it gives the song a fresher feel than some of the other versions. I'm not really a fan of the placement of her voice, or the way she flattens it out, but other than that it's a good rendition.


Jennifer Hudson: A haunting rendition that took place days after Whitney Houston's passing. Great vocal, that was controlled and measured. It also showcased well Hudson's solid midrange, which is often overshadowed by her high octave belting.


Jessica Sanchez: Great control, and great technique. This renditions was cut a little short to shoehorn it into the American Idol schedule. I would have loved to have heard her do the whole song, and see how she managed the big, sustained notes after the bridge.



Leona Lewis: A guitar led arrangement that subtly nods to the original. Leona's vocal melody is slightly different from either the original or Whitney's version initially. However, when the bridge hits it veers directly into Whitney Houston's lane. Leona has no problem hitting the notes, or with managing her breath control and this rendition shows how easily she transitions into her falsetto.


Linda Ronstadt: Very much in the vein of the Dolly Parton version, but with a slightly more gusty vocal. It's possible to hear where Whitney Houston took inspiration; sharing a similar, fast, vibrato on certain words and the use of head voice at the end.


Nicole Scherzinger: I really liked the softer take on the first chorus, and her midrange in the verse. However, there seemed to be a lot of tension in the voice when it came to the big notes. This wasn't an issue when she sang a snippet of the song, in response to Simon Cowell's shade, during the auditions of X-Factor USA. (I felt really sorry for the girl on stage, though).




Which Diva did you prefer?  Vote and comment below!

96 comments:

  1. what a great post , most of the videos gave me chills when they hit the notes ! i have to say Leona was stunning vocally and moved with such ease through her range but i also had to vote for Nicole scherzinger because i was for some reason in the mind she possessed little to no vocal ability and i was blown away by her ability in the second video ! i was also surprised to learn dolly was the first to record this song ! x

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  2. oh and here is the clip Nicole was talking about
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYmKMoRqw1U

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  3. i prefer jennifer hudson version of i will always love you that was on a tribute show where whitney was actually there. it was so awesome to see whitney egging someone on to hit the notes of the song.

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  4. LOVE THIS POST EXCELLENT!!! I love the comparison of each singer's rendition to the original and the videos you picked couldn't have been more on point. I totally agree with your comment about the placement of Charice's voice. Jennifer Hudson's version was ok, honestly it wasn't her best. I personally LOVED Jessica Sanchez's, Nicole's and Leona's versions the best

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  5. I wondered when this controversial Duelling Diva's would appear.


    Personally I prefer Dolly's, I am not taking away how incredible Whitney made the song and how she blew everyone away with it its just the writer uses a song to send a message and Dolly did that, I believed the message of the song from her and not so much Whitney (I did until the last massive belted note which shattered any kind of feeling that she had built up).


    As for the the imitators I think Hudson, Ronstadt and Lewis did the best job in covering the song, but that is just down to personal taste.

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  6. It was Hannah's suggestion, so I hope she sees it! Not sure where she is at the moment :(. As for the song I think Dolly's version captures the true meaning behind the song, which often is more impressive to me than a big vocal.

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  7. I don't think I've seen that. I'll see if I can find it!

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  8. Yeah, its weird, because a lot of people don't realise nicole has quite a voice. I think her X-Factor "moment" surprised many people.

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  9. Love this post. But...I would have chosen a different video for Dolly. Like this one from the year she wrote it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve3G9ZceKOE&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLRKzx08-FwuStc8KR-pPfDg

    In the video used, Dolly herself seems to be influenced by Whitney's rendition as much as all the other singers ( except Ditto and Ronstadt).
    Of the covers I liked Ditto's rendition best. It's a tender song. Who the hell shouts when she is trying to be tender to someone? ;)

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  10. Here's another great rendition, Dolly and Melissa Etheridge( who covered the song on the 2003 tribute to Dolly's songs album "Just Because I'm A Woman")

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIslUjj55cU&feature=related

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  11. "I really enjoyed this ambient rendition, just wish it had been longer
    and that we had heard her tackle the big notes of the song."
    hahahahahaha From Beyonce??? hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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  12. props to dolly
    but absolutely no one in this world can sing this song like whitney houston
    no matter what people say no one can capture the magic that houston did

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  13. Ah will need to hunt Hannah down, where are ya girl???


    Totally agree with your statement there, I'm not taking anything away from Whitter's version as it was pretty spectacular but that was mainly down to her massive and pretty much perfect voice.


    But yeh Dolly delivered it as it should have been.

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  14. You've got to be kidding..."capture the magic"?
    Not of the song she didn't. This is a tender song. When's the last time you "shouted tenderly".
    The only magic Houston captured is the magic of her vocal ability. Whic we all know was magical..."yes, Whitney, we got it already"
    I'm sorry but anybody who thinks Whitney captured this song perfectly must be utterly unfamiliar with the emotion this song is about.

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  15. Agreed 100% DD..And Stuey ;)

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  16. Lol, so not a leona or a beyonce fan. Who do you like, henrique?

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  17. I actually find Dolly's version harder to sing!

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  18. DD, this is the video and it's insanely amazing, so much better than the later tribute:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0a-giMarZo
    truly moving and impressive to me.
    Christ! and this vid makes me love Whitney even more, she's so kind and that smile. I bet she could divide the Red Sea with it :)
    I prefer Whitney's version to Dolly, not only because of her vocals, but the dramatic, yet soulful feelings, from sad beginning to heartbreak and despair when she belts chorus after the pause at the end of the song. Whitney's songs from Bodyguard probably formed my musical taste in childhood, for they're the firts ones I loved.
    And I'm sooo curious how Beyonce's full version would sound, her gorgeous vibrato fits the song perfectly

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  19. Hey ! There is a portuguese show called "A tua cara não me estranha" where some portuguese national artists have to imitate some international worldwide artists. A portuguese singer called "Romana" had to copy Whitney Houston's I will always love you, and i think that she did a pretty good job. Here's the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPzqZftiDJQ
    It starts at 0:40 (She wears make up and clothes like whitney, because she has to, she a blonde white girl) what do you think ?

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  20. LOL Is RuPaul involved in that show in any way? Just wondering ;D

    I thought as an imitation of Whitney that was a very poor one. Romana actually sang it with real feeling. ;)

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  21. Please Jordin Spatks' rendition

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  22. Do check out faye wong's rendition~~

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  23. Thanks so much for doing this article! I know I requested it but I wasn't able to drop a comment.


    Another version that I heard recently was on the show Duets where Jennifer Nettles and this other dude sang it together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlVFnM0925g

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  24. Honestly I prefer Whitney's but Dolly's twang just adds something that makes me feel something.

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  25. Lol I felt sorry for the girl onstage as well XD Nicole shut Simon up very nicely XD

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  26. Lol I felt sorry for the girl onstage as well XD Nicole shut Simon up very nicely XD

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  27. I disagree haven't you ever witnessed a love soo strong that you or someone else wanted to shout it from the mountain tops?

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  28. Sure I have. But this song is neither about that kind of love nor is it about the kind of moment one would want to shout.

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  29. Whitney Houston Rendition is far greater to that of Dolly Parton's I love the melisma, and the strength of her voice, dolly's put me to sleep

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  30. Opie agree that Dolly stayed to the lyrics but Whitney (our dividing point) has greater power greater style I think in this song whitney proved herself equal to the great Barbra

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  31. Just saying, I've always felt that Whitney handles melisma rather clumsily when compared to her contemporaries. Mariah and Celine do better runs, IMO.

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  32. JGHGHDHGGHDUHUHTUGRTGIUGJIHGUBFHJITHJTIHJITHJTKHJITHJIFGFJGHUHGPIHGURHJRGURYHKJFHUFDHKHURHGKGHFGR! Never in my life have I been so flabbergasted Celine Mariah are great in their own right nut Whitney was a wielder of Melisma grown in choir one that in the grammy performance of when you believe left mariah pink in the face. Her strength of the greatest love wasn't equally matched in Celine (slightly annoying) tribute to Whitney. I will say they are equal to her but not better.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7qX3eQVnQ0

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  33. Pffft Mariah left Whitney hopping on one leg at the Oprah performance of When You Believe, soooo.... In any case, I was talking about melisma. Mariah's voice was always much more dexterous than Whitney's. Just compare the runs Mariah used in "Lead the Way" and "Forever" to any of the ones Whitney did her whole career.

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  34. And I repeat kfajdjfhjghjfhgjfgkhfhjghjaljifejfennbcuhajifjiejedfjfuheuhrrjnjdakncjhufefujfifjdncjnj. (I would weather be Whitney in your video than Mariah in mine) I find myself in hard position because I love both but Mariah isn't even close to whitney's strength so what mariah could run all over the place (which in lead the way and Forever makes me want to shoot myself) whitney showed control Mariah just ran and ran and ran and ran and ran and ran and ran and ran and ran and ran and ran and ran and ran and ran which as whitney showed in my video all the running can't hide from Whitney. Mariah runs make her an easy sparing partner for power singers

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d__cAseYi8Q

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPnowla4JKY

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  35. Clearly we have different priorities. Mine ultimately is with the song and it's delivery. Yours seems to lie with vocal acrobatics. This is why I prefer Dolly's rendition of this song and Whitney , for me, isn't even in Streisand's league.

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  36. Haha even Barbra saw her as her equal

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  37. I'm sure she did. One would have to have some kind of ego to claim otherwise about oneself. But I have no connection or ties or investments in either and can therefor freely judge and speak MY mind. And I say...not equal. But you don't have to agree with me at all. Like I say...that's just MY mind. I respect your opinions William. I just don't hold the same ones. :-)

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  38. who do you feel is equal to Barbra Striesand

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  39. I would agree she is one of those who rivaled Barbra but I think there are a few more in the Pop Era i.e. Donna Summers, Whitney, and Betty Wright

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  40. Lol whitney is where we started off and I dismissed from my list. Don't try to sneak her back in. I'm too clever for that ;-D
    I would say the other two ladies weren't working in the same genre really.
    Then we might as well start mentioning singers ranging from Ella fitzgerald to Janis Joplin to Patsy Cline.

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  41. Haha worth a try and I agree Ella fitzgerald and patsy cline

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  42. Not on Janis? Obviously then you never saw this. :-)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGEcCjoXxX4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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  43. I see you that video of Janis and raise you this video of Whitney

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  44. oh haha forgot the clip, and I will never rate Janis equal to Whitney, not in retaliation I just don't find her voice as moving, as powerful, or as soothing, as a fan of Whitney I must include the video (well more so audio) click on it if you wish


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZGVUpXQHV4

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  45. Oh, were we just talking taste? Well then...neither Whitney nor Ella make my top 15 favorite singers . I thought we were attempting a more objective assessment making a sum of timbre/tone, technical control, range, musicality, flexibility, length of time the sounded great, all around length of career.
    Well, just taste for me it's Alison Krauss, Barbra Streisand, Patsy Cline, Edith Piaff, Shelby Lynne, Shirley Bassey, Elkie Brooks, Maria mcKee, Janis Joplin, Kate Bush, Allison Moorer, Ofra Haza, Amy Winehouse, Celine Dion, Tina Turner, Peggy Lee, Pink...in no particular order

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  46. Sorry but a studio recording of just the lead vocals doesn't count as a cappella in my book. Nor can it 'raise' a live performance like the Janis video. ;-)
    Other than that...yes I know that single and therefor it is one of the ones which lead me to my opinion. Consequently it's not going to make me change my view. :-)

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  47. Not Ella haha I was doing it out of taste Luther Vandross, Ella Fitsgerald, Barbra Striesand, Donna Summers, Mariah Carrey, Betty Wright, Teena Marie, Michael Bolton, Michael Jackson, Adele, Beyonce, Pattie Labelle & Cyndi Lauper (I wish they were a group) , Bonnie Tyler, and of course Whitney Houston. I included videos to show that my new duo has potential with a little work .

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FftK-yxcQGk

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX-EcV6K578

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWrmjEAkTBw

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  48. Nah, Ella, though one of the best ever singers, doesn't move me.
    Didn't realize I could also include the guys...in that case I'd like to add to the list of singers I love.Robert Plant, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Darrell Scott, Elvis, Michael Jackson,Raul Malo
    And some more ladies: Bette Midler, Sarah Jarosz, Adele, Dolly ( of course), Bonnie Raitt

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  49. haha do you have a dream duo

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  50. Not really, not as a permanent hook up. But I would love to see Krauss and Plant hook up for at least one more album. And maybe if I think on it I could come up with one or two hook ups for just the one song, just out of curiosity. Like Amy Winehouse with Krauss for instance. Really wonder how that would have worked out.
    Know some of those from the past which worked really well though
    This one comes to mind...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw77E4JmP1g&feature=youtube_gdata_player

    Oh and I don't know how that could happen but some more who absolutely should be on the list but I forgot to add..Tom Jones and Patty Griffin

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  51. I'm in love with Bonnie Raitt, I know you dont want to hear this but I would love it if the 90's vocal trinity had done a song (though I don't care to much for celine) I think it would be interesting.

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  52. Why would I not want to hear this?
    I am not sure about that being interesting musically. They are all too alike. It would likely end up a belting duel..(thruel?)

    Aah another thing we agree on...Bonnie Raitt's awesomeness. :-)

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  53. Haha she is awsomeness, I think the thruel would by why I liked it everyone would have brought their A game their be runs and notes unheard limits pushed by each star I love that kind of stuff

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  54. So I gathered. :-)
    I on the other hand find it only interesting as long as it services the song. Let me put it this way, these two performances were the most ''WOW''
    I found on youtube this month..
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wprQLrhmnBg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBCd5ak-mGw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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  55. haha I get it your more for the lyrical interpretation while I'm more for the voice.

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  56. Basically. But not how I would put it. The voice is definitely equally important. And so is it being sung live. I just don't care about acrobatics in and by itself.

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  57. I understand sometimes I feel the same but I love me some acrobatics i.e. Patti "the acrobat" Labelle :)

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  58. Luckily ...we both are being provided by many wonderful singers. :-)

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  59. i know i love the fact this website has so much information on them

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  60. Not so much on my favorites unfortunately but I remain hopeful for that Alison Krauss vocal profile. ;-D

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  61. Are there more vocal profile websites

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  62. I have no idea. I actually don't care all that much about range and such. But Alison my absolute fave and one day I thought it would be fun to see if there was info on her voice in that regard, found this site, saw one could put in request and then sort of got sucked in as it were. :-)

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  63. I came here for Teena Marie, but I get watch your saying range isnt everything like Georgia brown vs Babs, Babs slays her with ease

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  64. I will get to that, I've been very sidetracked lately.
    I still have my notes though, so I can pick up where I left off.
    Once I finish the notewatching, feel free to pester DD until the profile makes it to the light of day ;D

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  65. lol I totally will Serendipity. Just let me know. But I don't think I'd have to pester DD much. I know he's been taking notes already as well. :-)

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  66. I never said Mariah was a stronger singer, I simply provided evidence that the two are pretty much evenly matched in that department. Whitney drowns Mariah out in one performance. Mariah wins in the next. There is no clear victor, seeing as they are both inconsistent in that aspect.

    i do believe my original point was that Mariah did better vocal runs, and now you have conceded that point (however ridiculously.)

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  67. I never conceded I said Maraih overdoes them not a trait a master would do but I would concede that they ate practically equal

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  68. I'm sorry, but unless you can produce a clip where Whitney does a run that exceeds Mariah in dexterity and intricacy, I consider this a victory. Mariah has done faster, more complicated runs than Whitney ever has- clearly meaning that she has more mastery over the skill than Whitney does. Also, Mariah, as I have said previously, has better note delineation than Whitney (whose runs were always rather sloppy and slurry in comparison.) This actually does constitute for a better run.

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  69. Mariah is without a doubt the "queen of melisma." In her prime nobody
    could compare. Whitney, undoubtedly, had the stronger belting voice. So I
    think all things considered they are pretty equal, each having their
    own strengths. However, I disagree that Mariah didn't abuse the melisma a
    bit. They were always so well tailored to her songs but there were times
    I wish she would have just sustained the notes. Especially when
    belting. It seemed rare she would hold the notes and she had such a
    pretty, resonant voice. When she held notes with vibrato it was awesome.
    Songs like 'forever,' while good...she turns every single word into a 40 syllable extravaganza.

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  70. I know and I will give an advantage to mariah in melisma because she is good at it but she needs control

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  71. What do you mean she needs better control? I agree that she should reign in her melisma (and she does, now) but as for her voice, I'd say she had far more control over it than Whitney. I've never seen Whitney able to use her voice in the complicated ways Mariah does. Mariah could control tone and texture. Whitney could play with tones and registers, but never had the technical control of Mariah.


    Also, after both experienced vocal decline, it was obvious that Mariah could control what remained far better than Whitney could.


    tl;dr: Mariah has excellent control.

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  72. How do you define a stronger belting voice? Loudness? Resonance? For me, Mariah always had a more impressive belting sound than Whitney. In Whitney's earliest tracks, her high belting sounded like...squealing, a bit. Forced, high, and nasal. Examples include "The Greatest Love of All" and "Didn't We Almost Have it All"


    Mariah's high belts at the beginning sounded effortless in comparison. "Anytime You Need a Friend" and "Emotions (the live version, of course.)".

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  73. I am pretty sure restraint is part of control by definition so I don't get your argument against it. And Whitney at her prime had excellent control over nearly all her voice, though through improper technique.

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  74. Yes, and Mariah has excellent control even after her peak- with very good technique! I would go as far as to say her control was twice as good as Whitney's. She sang with ease, she played with tone and texture. Whitney could not control her texture or tone, and even had trouble with breath control- just watch her performance of "I Know Him So Well". Unlike the studio version, she doesn't hold a note for any longer than two or three seconds.


    As for restraint... I suspect you haven't heard her new material. Mariah is very much restrained. Her new songs generally have a grand total of 0 runs. She does indulge once in a while... IWTKWLI comes to mind... but generally doesn't.

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  75. Struggled with breathing? Yeah whitney may have their but that wasn't a constant trait. I see we will never see this end and by the way Mariah better than Whitney belts lets do we need to show those When you believe clips every time Whitney and her belt Whitney over powered her.
    I included this clip to show her breath control and there are some great runs in it.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROspobtsE3Q

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  76. Again, I refer you to the Oprah performance... and the studio version.
    And those runs... nowhere as impressive as Mimi's sorry.

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  77. I actually prefer Whitney's runs over Mimi but I am no music expert and even in the Oprah performance and original Whitney defeats Mimi in belts. I would say whitney always had more power except post-drugs.

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  78. LOL at you saying Whitney's runs were better. She lacked clarity- the notes all became a jumble, not clearly delineated like Mariahs. In a run, each note should be distinct- even in the studio, Whitney struggled with this.

    And you are completely deaf. In the Oprah- and the studio- at the climatic belt, Mariah totally drowns out whitney. In the Oprah performance, check out 5:46. In fact, I'll link it here:

    http://youtu.be/GIfX2StSkIY?t=5m46s

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  79. lol at your comment first off prefer isn't a word about technicality and second many people including I loved whitney style third Mariah was louder for like two seconds and even then you could hear whitney strength who continued to power through mariah

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  80. Where did I use the word prefer?


    You love Whitney's sloppy runs? that's YOUR preference, but it still points to the fact that her voice was clumsier than Mariah's.


    LOL for the rest of the performance Whitney couldn't regain dominance. Which is why she started hopping on one foot and making wild movements. And in any case, even if it was for only two seconds, it shows that the capability IS there. And how, lol, does she 'power through' once she's drowned out?

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  81. I used it in the comment before last you should read before you comment. I already ceded the argument of Meslima the 5 comments ago so I have no clue why you are still rambling on about that. And Whitney does it at 5:14-5:44 & 6:06 She also does it at the Grammys performance 2:26-3:06 never being over powered by the 5 octave songstress.

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  82. Pffft as if I would take the time to reread every one of your comments before replying. Excuse me if I, occasionally, forget. It happens, you know.

    As for 'powering through' I thought you meant powering through while being drowned out by Mariah. Because when she is, she certainly isn't 'powering through'.



    And THIS is why I say we can never really know WHO had more power. Because each performance is inconsistent.

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  83. I read each of your comments so it is possible but I understand. And I guess I agree with the power line.

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  84. Lol, more like I bullied you into agreeing :D

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  85. haha I take it you have experience in it :) after talking to opie Im used to be pushed into accepting others opinions

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  86. Lol.


    //rereading my comments and cringing at the awful stanning that I've been doing. My actual opinion remains unchanged, of course. That doesn't prevent me from recognizing my overly aggressive tone, strange and crazed behavior, and my new-found tendency to post before reading.


    I blame exhaustion lol.


    "Once in a while, everyone needs a little therapy." -Mimi, of course.


    Unfortunately for you, William, you were my therapy :D

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  87. haha I think I ticked you of with my joke in my about mariah runs my sarcasm also irked someone else. But glad to be someones therapy I personally wasn't hurt I was to busy falling in love with every diva on the site as Opie can attest to :).

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  88. I sure can. And some not even on this site (yet).
    And lol William, if I managed to bully you into accepting other opinions BESIDES your own..I'd be quite happy with that. But not if you feel bullied into accepting other opinions INSTEAD of your own. :-)

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  89. I think its less bulling and more being proven wrong

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  90. That's alright too.

    It's just that I know I am opiniated and will argue my opinions vehemently. But not with the intent to bully the other into ''my'' view. More because I likethe sparring. A good opponent sharpens the mind.
    And imo both you and Reiko are a joy both to spar against and with. :-)

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  91. haha thanks opie I try

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  92. I was shocked to see Whitney won this. I was so confident that everyone would vote for Dolly. I know Whitney is talented and everything but after listening Dolly's version I feel like Whitney is a robot programmed to sing every note perfectly but no emotion at all.

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  93. Beyonce sounds great, I wish would sing the entire thing.

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