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Rest in Peace Whitney!

Best rendition of the Star Spangled Banner ever at the Superbowl Giants-Bills. I remember it was during war time in Iraq and everyone in the stands had American flags. Very sad what happened to her life...

BK METS wrote:Best rendition of the Star Spangled Banner ever at the Superbowl Giants-Bills. I remember it was during war time in Iraq and everyone in the stands had American flags. Very sad what happened to her life...

Same here. That rendition of the National Anthem was the best of all time! She was way better in my eyes than what became of her life. Hopefully she is in a better place now. RIP Whitney....

Completely agree on her rendition of our National Anthem. Considering the setting and context, it gave me goosebumps.
Ironic that her passing comes on the eve of the Grammys. I'm sure they'll quickly put together quite a tribute for her.

A beautiful woman with one of the best voices I have ever had the pleasure to hear. A character flaw, exploited in my opinion by that...to keep these Boards PG...JERK Bobby Brown, took her from us too soon.

RIP and it is our loss. Voices and a presence like hers in her prime do not come along every day.

She has the greatest voice my ears have ever heard....She will be missed... No matter how she passed, her last 20 years shoud've have been so much more, but once again Drugs and Alcohol wreaked so much pain for her and those around her. I hope all the young children and anyone take pause and learn from such a tragic early loss of life because of Substance abuse.

She will live on in the lives of many through her music and that voice and may her passing not be in vain...

Her Rendtion of the National Anthem will be played in many stadiums for centurys to come...

Her life makes me think of Dwight Gooden. (This what my wife means by turning everything to baseball )
Both could have been better for so much longer. The wrong choices robbed us of seeing their talents over a normal period of time. For both, it was beautiful while it lasted.

DOUGHBOYS wrote:Her life makes me think of Dwight Gooden. (This what my wife means by turning everything to baseball )
Both could have been better for so much longer. The wrong choices robbed us of seeing their talents over a normal period of time. For both, it was beautiful while it lasted.

Great analogy Doughy. The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.

Glenneration X wrote:

DOUGHBOYS wrote:Her life makes me think of Dwight Gooden. (This what my wife means by turning everything to baseball )
Both could have been better for so much longer. The wrong choices robbed us of seeing their talents over a normal period of time. For both, it was beautiful while it lasted.

Great analogy Doughy. The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.

It brought Strawberry down too.... Imagine the numbers he woud have put up had he stayed clean and lived life, like, say a Derek Jeter....
Another was Ken Caminitti... I wonder what it is, that makes so many athletes and cultural icons stumble into the the darkness of abuse...

Outlaw wrote:

Glenneration X wrote:

DOUGHBOYS wrote:Her life makes me think of Dwight Gooden. (This what my wife means by turning everything to baseball )
Both could have been better for so much longer. The wrong choices robbed us of seeing their talents over a normal period of time. For both, it was beautiful while it lasted.

Great analogy Doughy. The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.

It brought Strawberry down too.... Imagine the numbers he woud have put up had he stayed clean and lived life, like, say a Derek Jeter....
Another was Ken Caminitti... I wonder what it is, that makes so many athletes and cultural icons stumble into the the darkness of abuse...

Elvis, Marilyn, the Mick, the Kennedy's, the list goes on and on and the tragic stories are endless. The inability to control one's demons has taken down some of the greatest figures in every part of American culture and in many cases shortened their lives. Fame can be both a blessing and a curse.

Undoubtedly one of the best voices of all time. Her anthem rendition at the SB will always be revered as one of the best ever. At that time, our country needed an injection, Whitney delivered and once again made us proud to be an American.

R.I.P. Ms. Houston

Gone too soon and certainly agree she was a terrific talent. However, let's not be so quick to blame Bobby Brown for the drugs. While obviously not the best guy on the planet....Whitney Houston is the person most responsible for her drug abuse. Enough said.

Outlaw wrote:She has the greatest voice my ears have ever heard....She will be missed... No matter how she passed, her last 20 years shoud've have been so much more, but once again Drugs and Alcohol wreaked so much pain for her and those around her. I hope all the young children and anyone take pause and learn from such a tragic early loss of life because of Substance abuse.

She will live on in the lives of many through her music and that voice and may her passing not be in vain...

Her Rendtion of the National Anthem will be played in many stadiums for centurys to come...

Extremely Well Said.