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...amazing,” said Whitney E. Washington ’05. “Just seeing all those rooms, I was thinking of the things that had been done there. You feel closer to them because you’re there...
...Whitney Museum: Your wife says she wants a Monet print from the Met, but don't you think she might actually be much happier with a Lichtenstein or a Warhol? We think so, too. Even after your visit to the gift shop, there's plenty to see at the Whitney, from avant-garde lawn sculptures to totally incomprehensible oil paintings. Note to party leaders: Please alert Museum staff well ahead of time in the event that John Ashcroft wishes to pay a visit. Staff will require at least a week for ordering and positioning special opaque draping materials...
...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...