Search - Whitney Houston :: Just Whitney (Special Edition) (CD & Dvd)

AWESOME &.VERSATILE VOCALS...BRAVO WHITNEY!!!

Bradly Briggs | TOLUCA LAKE, CALIFORNIA | 03/30/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Media can do so much damage to wonderous talents and I have witnessed this since my teens in the sixties when Judy Garland was labeled a has-been in 1965 yet when I witnessed her tremendous performance opening night at The Greek Theatre on 9/13/65 this was to be the greatest concert experience ever for this now forty-plus year concert goer yet strangely the next day neither major newspaper reported on this...I learned at a young age to judge for yourself! Forget about all of the negative press and enjoy "Just Whitney" in her finest hour...this two-disc set is worth it's weight in gold with the DVD being a wonderous musical fantasy while the CD is richly varied and filled with great performances...who could ask for anything more?

"One Of Those Days" starts the groove right with Whitney in superb form on a wonderfully flowing song that is infectious and should have been a huge blockbuster hit...a riveting "Tell Me No" is a great Whitney athem with an edgy tremendous vocal that is one of her all-time finest and guaranteed to wear out the repeat mode! "Things You Say" is wildly romantic and engrossing while the great self-penned Bobby Brown duet "My Love" is quite winning and has a nice flow to it.

A funky romantic jam "Love That Man" is a cooker that has a hit sound to it while "Try It On My Own" is one of Whitney's greatest ever athem performances...this is a solid classic and thrilling to experience both vocally and emotionally and defines what this magnificent singer is all about. A great funky jam "Dear John Letter" flows like honey while the hypnotic "Unashamed" is dark and exotic and this great yet sadly overlooked collection should have been a huge blockbuster...shame on the music industry for not giving support to this collection of versatile and wonderous performances...should have had multiple Grammy Awards and sold more than just a few million...a perfect example of why the music industy is in the pit!

Many have recorded "You Light Up My Life" but never has anyone gone to the core of this song until this beautifully moving version...a performance filled with so much feeling and emotion that it can easily bring one to tears...Bravo to Whitney Houston for this wonderous and incredibly great performance...you are something else!!!

Closing this masterpiece is the engaging hit "Whatchulookinat" which is a wild rhythm cooker that should have gone to #1 but with so much bad press this great song was only top 10...listen to these lyrics! Stop taking apart this legendary talent and just enjoy...thank you Whitney Houston for sharing your great gift and please keep it coming and we do love and miss you alot and look forward to more great music delivered in a way that only you can!!!!

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