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...perhaps neediness isn't your thing. Maybe you're the sparring type, and you live your life the way you feel; no matter what, you keep it real. Then Whitney Houston--reedy substance abuser, self-proclaimed child of God, spouse of one of the world's most consistent recreational-drug suspects, and singer of tough platitudes--awaits your...
...problem when a singer's personal life is more interesting than her music. The lives of America's two grandest pop divas have become as scandalously compelling as an Aaron Spelling script. But their songs, as demonstrated above, have not. Carey's Charmbracelet and Houston's Just Whitney ... offer decidedly different approaches to the pop comeback; one is penitent, the other defiant. Both are letdowns...
Just Whitney...has loads of energy. Negative energy. The first single, Whatchulookinat, is a letter to the editor of the National Enquirer disguised as an R.-and-B. song. "Messin' with my reputation, ain't even got no education," sings Houston. "God is the reason my soul is free, and I don't need you looking at me." Few of Houston's lyrics are so specifically barbed, but she has a rare gift for imbuing even the blandest cliche with disdain. Houston is still one of the dozen best singers in the world, and her defiance would be worth slogging...
...best songs on Charmbracelet and Just Whitney...are covers. Carey does a terrific remake of Def Leppard's Bringin' on the Heartbreak, and Houston turns the cheeseball standard You Light Up My Life into something vaguely moving. Both have succeeded with covers before--Houston famously with Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You, Carey with Journey's Open Arms and her near-cover of Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love. Perhaps when your own life is unbelievable, it's easier to sing as someone else...
...echo that Halvorson’s unique style of developing relationships has made an impact on individuals both inside and outside of the Harvard community. “He’s really blessed a lot of people in his own unorthodox way,” says P. Colton Houston ’04. Thaker puts it most bluntly: “He’s cool, he knows that he’s cool, and he treats you like you’re cool...