10. Whitney Houston - I Am Changing (Live in San Francisco, 1986)

[@johnbailey667]

As Mariah once said of Whitney, “The first time I heard Whitney’s voice, I was mesmerized like the rest of the world. I was captivated by the power in her range and her unique ability to wrap a lyric in an emotion.”

[@matinvernile4181]

G aqqwaccfff

[@DaniloStrever]

This is because she doesn't know what people feel when they hear her voice

[@dm3889]

@@DaniloStrever I simple google search will let you know how they felt about her voice including Beyoncé, Shania, Brandy, Christina Aguilera, etc. you don’t have to downplay one person to uplift another. She literally was complimenting her talent please let this tired beef die. They loved one another.

[@Rayquaza676]

@@DaniloStrever Mariah know she has a beautiful voice, but she said it because she know how incredible was Whitney.

[@CAPoet72]

Mariah should take a seat.

[@diorrboyyyy]

Nobody will ever sing like this. This ladys voice is like heaven on earth plus 20 mill angels gracing us with their presence

[@karig.8091]

Her voice is 8th wonder of the world 🌎

[@bestvocalsbyvocalists849]

She is*

[@jeauxjo4845]

*throws phone. phone charger. outlet. sheet rock. whole house out the window* 😫😫🙌🏾✨✨✨✨Yasss MA’AM Got Damn It!!! WHITNEY....SAANNGGGGG this damn song with so much CONTROL, POWER & CONVICTION!! She OWNED this song as if it was originally hers. Whitney Elizabeth Houston you are truly missed. My Queen. THE VOICE. ❣️ 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@slideslick7616]

You better preach!!

[@adonaiyah2196]

Me too

[@bilalnasir2758]

There are only 2 types of people in the world, Whitney fans and people who have not heard this performance.

[@bryanbaker9945]

Thank you to whomever thought to hit the record button thirty-six years ago. This entire concert is such a gift to younger generations. I was only six when she sang this, but I’m in absolute awe of this performance as a forty-two year old.

[@newyorkzboy119]

This is vocal perfection

[@CatsArts]

I agree, vocal control is magnificent, miss her a lot.

[@ikanpusing]

In Vocal Industry...this woman is GODZILLA, The Queen of Vocal Monster!!. GOOSEBUMPS

[@thatsnotwhatiasked]

Listening to other clips from this concert I am convinced that this was one of the very very best vocal nights of Whitney Houston's entire life.

[@graysang5386]

true. operatic headvoice. resonant belts (up to that G5). fucking stamina

[@cyrusjbeast]

Gray sang Whitney in her prime supported notes like no other

[@Alsterwave]

It’s just divine

[@jimtim9190]

Actually, it was just one of the night in 1986 tour.

[@etolerific]

I agree but you might mean best night ever recorded….

[@Mehapes7777]

No other vocalist male or female could match Whitney's voice ,she is the greatest.this performance was out of this planet

[@honestperson3042]

Mariah is a better vocalist

[@Mehapes7777]

@@honestperson3042 Nope

[@honestperson3042]

@@Mehapes7777 This is your opinion. With 56 seconds vocally destroys any singer from the past, present and future kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHeuf5atqMyXi9E If we talk in live performances, If It's over Grammy is still technically and vocally unbeatable

[@Mehapes7777]

@@honestperson3042 disagree honey.. and she's too technique for me Matter of opinion

[@Dino-su2wh]

better tina turner

[@walterwright8242]

Vocally unmatched in too many ways to mention. The simple fact is she is the greatest singer ever...past, present, and future.

[@adonaiyah2196]

I love watching this

[@geisasantos3086]

Tecnicamente tanben

[@CAPoet72]

Greatest vocalist. Ever.

[@jamesrick80]

I laugh at anyone who says they sing better than Whitney Houston.......no one better

[@TheMastersuperblaste]

This has to be THE greatest live vocal performance to ever take place on planet Earth. I've NEVER heard anyone sing with this kind of power, cadence, velocity, beauty, control and passion all combined in ONE VOICE--LIVE or in a STUDIO RECORDING. Whitney absolutely BULLIED this song! Body slammed it from the floor to the ceiling, from the windows to the muthafuckin walls! Flung it around like a cheap dollar store ragdoll, then, for the grand finale, went straight for the vitals to claim it as hers FOREVER! Her vocals here are superhuman level. Like Storm from the X-Men, backed by an army of hovering angels. Like Troy (Brad Pitt movie) going into battle. No one and I mean NOOOO OOONNNEEE can touch this performance. Not even Jennifer Holiday herself! I just wish there was video footage of this particular performance. I want to see how she looked and what she was wearing. You just know the veins in her neck were popping out like crazy while she was hitting and holding those notes!

[@philipcohen958]

I feel you all are overreacting. To say no one better is just ignorance.

[@armaniharper3440]

Philip Cohen there is NO ONE better then Whitney Elizabeth Houston.

[@revolutionishere]

Nobody did it like Whitney. Her dexterity across multiple genres is a testament to that. She also took god with her everywhere she went and everywhere she sang. She was destined to be the best bringing all of that to the table and the unshakable confidence she had in her instrument.

[@mariahyohannes]

@@philipcohen958 Show me better! You can't!!!

[@terrencemalbrough5766]

I dont know what key she sang I Am Changing in but, I do know her range and power seems other worldly. Crystal clear, loud, big, and dynamically beautiful. Wow I have not heard a better voice.

[@bishbish3103]

Terrence Malbrough She sang it in B, but she usually sings it in C and ends with C#

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

@@bishbish3103 we dod not know what keys she sang it, the evidence points more to C because of footage released by Arista itself...the blue dress and the red dress are all C

[@thekaliko]

she straight clowning! I've never heard her give this sustained fire from start to finish

[@expertvocalcoach5712]

Greatest vocalist of all times BY FAR

[@henriquecosta1441]

I would define Whitneys voice as the most precious gift on the world of arts

[@adamtsarouchis]

No better than whitney !!!! she is the best ever !!!

[@12jayboo]

Whomever stops on this performance and really listens to all the the things this amazing singer does with her voice has got to be overwhelmed. This is like 9 minutes and 17 seconds of a thrilling vocal rollercoaster, I have never been so excited while listening to a singer perform. It's like "What is she gonna do next"? Why is this performance not on her live album? Thank God for KZbin!

[@Oozscar]

12jayboo her live album sucks, the only two good performances were OMIT at the grammys (her best ever live for me) and TGLOA at arista, that disc doesn't showcase the magic in whitney's voice, songs like All at once and Where do broke hearts go deserved to be there so people can see why she is the voice

[@TheMastersuperblaste]

12jayboo That is the genuis of Whitney Houston, in her prime years.

[@kylesummers2462]

They didn’t truly search for her best performances. I honestly could’ve found better performances in 30 minutes of searching.

[@diorrboyyyy]

@@kylesummers2462 1 min of searching

[@adonaiyah2196]

She's the greatest

[@philipcohen958]

My favourite Whitney performances are from 86-87 and then 90-91. This is one of them!!

[@rosemont2283]

Tone. The tone...

[@Swahili14]

4:29 Her voice transitioned into opera goddess 🙌🏿😂 Rest in power The VOICE 👑❤

[@dezireezy]

SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG WHITNEY!!!!!! I'm not sure I've EVER heard Whitney SANG quite like this before!! #LawdJesus #Help

[@pimp2428]

Take your time baby!!! I saw her in concert in 1994 and I was never the same!!!

[@Black_American_Native]

That's so awesome. I would've love to see her. I know you had goosebumps

[@Fuzziefeelings]

No singer EVER! Her voice here had no limits she dived low, then climbed high. Back and forth, belting long thunderous vibratos, that would have my fillings come loose. Sorry other singers, you have your place too, but at the top is this woman. She was overly blessed. All hail the EMPRESS of vocals.

[@mashanomalbrough62]

Whitney Houston and Sarah Vaunghan are the best.

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

AND ELLA

[@marialamorita]

No one can't compare to this lady.. Many women will come but no one's is closer to her talent..... Powerful and angelical at the same time..

[@terrencemalbrough1173]

Those long notes are perfect.

[@sam07761]

Untouched. Whitney your voice lives on

[@tonirotugal9626]

Goosebumps all over!!! I can't even believe what I heard just now. I know who she is, and now I know why they reference her-THE VOICE!

[@cynthiasoolihua2410]

"walking, walking down the wrong road there ain't nothing, there's nothing you're gonna find, no, no, no, no no all of those years, of darkness see can, really, make you blind" This is how I prefer the chorus, honestly. Her on-the-spot reworking of the lyrics was phenomenally perfect.

[@jamaalshelton6793]

What were they originally?

[@timmy841212]

@@jamaalshelton6793 Walking down the wrong road / there's nothing I couldn't find / all of the years of darkness / can make a person blind / but now I can see..."

[@chasca23]

Only Whitney could turn a song from a musical into a soul-shaking gospel song. Thank you for posting.

[@ginasays1]

For anyone who doesn't know or is in doubt that Whitney is The Voice then this is the performance to refer them to. & if anybody has never had the pleasure of being in a black church where gospel is sang like this every Sunday....you are missing out! This is straight Sunday Morning Church, Take Me To The King, Hallelujah singing!

[@ebouhoward8287]

Karen Clark Sheard gives it to you straight just like this!! She isn't a Whitney, but she and Twinkie (in her prime) are pretty close!

[@kylesummers2462]

Ebou Howard yes. Karen is disgustingly talented and anointed. (And Twinkie in her day). But yes you’re Karen at times has me jumping just like Whitney does.

[@kylesummers2462]

Joash Scott ooo Im not putting them on the same level. Whitney is out of this world, the best.

[@ebouhoward8287]

@Joash Scott I'm just as big a fan of Whitney as you, but cut it out. Karen has plenty of great performances that highlights her amazing abilities. We can celebrate other artist without taking away from another!.... Oan, Whitney reminds me a lot of Tramaine Hawkins just on another level!

[@ebouhoward8287]

@Joash Scott smh!.. First, I'm well aware this is a Whitney video. Thanks for the unnecessary reminder. Secondly, as I stated before. We can celebrate Whitney without putting down other artists. Lastly, anyone with an ear for music can hear the vocal similarities between Tramaine and Whitney as well as Whitney and CeCe! Not that they are on the same vocal level, but their singing styles are very similar. No argument needed from here. I have a real life and arguing on KZbin regarding a singer isn't productive to it!

[@JonBjonb4play]

my favorite rendition of this song performed by Nippy

[@jobuck879]

To the people who try...and I do mean try....to say that Glennis is equaled to Whitney...let Glennis attempt to do this song...I'm sure 100% of you would tap Glennis on her shoulder and ask her to have several seats....there is no way Glennis could even be in the same galaxy as Whitney...THE VOICE will live forever through her majestic vocals....

[@TheMastersuperblaste]

Yes! Glennis would need to have herself a stadium full of seats. This has to be THE greatest live vocal performance to ever take place on planet Earth. I've NEVER heard anyone sing with this kind of power, cadence, velocity, beauty, control and passion all combined in ONE VOICE--LIVE or in a STUDIO RECORDING. Whitney absolutely BULLIED this song! Body slammed it from the floor to the ceiling, from the windows to the muthafuckin walls! Flung it around like a cheap dollar store ragdoll, then, for the grand finale, went straight for the vitals to claim it as hers FOREVER! Her vocals here are superhuman level. Like Storm from the X-Men, backed by an army of hovering angels. Like Troy (Brad Pitt movie) going into battle. No one and I mean NOOOO OOONNNEEE can touch this performance. Not even Jennifer Holiday herself! I just wish there was video footage of this particular performance. I want to see how she looked and what she was wearing. You just know the veins in her neck were popping out like crazy while she was hitting and holding those notes!

[@Paula58]

Glennis studies her video, she even phrases her words the same way. She has a nice voice, but girl get your own style, there will only be one Whitney.

[@work1343]

People who say they are at the same level don’t even know Whitney at all… They’ve watched probably 2, 3 maximum live videos of her and most of the times it wasn’t even during her prime… I laugh so bad when I see people thrilled by her All The Man That I Need performance on the HBO saying it is her best… God if they only knew…. 🤣🤣🤣 that live is nothing compared to this one!!! No one touches Whitney

[@mateusmarques5343]

@Alex Thats true, All the Man that I need on the HBO its not even in Whitney's top 10 performances.

[@ericdavis6261]

😆👍

[@SerafiniAGaunt]

LMAO that audience member at 0:26 really said "SANG BITCH" xD

[@kissingerpe5967]

LMFA Wtf

[@iluvapplehead]

So harshly

[@diorrboyyyy]

LMFAOOOOO

[@happyhappy5829]

Must be some uneducated uncivilised dhead

[@janet135]

God please give us Whitney and take all of Hollywood in her place ♥️♥️♥️♥️ your voice lives on Queen

[@bleu1306]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@TheDimplePuppet]

Never heard this before. LOVE IT!!!

[@quintonmorris1175]

Jesus, this woman! My God, what a voice!!!

[@chopardriah7992]

This is TALENT in all its splendor 😭

[@joshuamacfl]

Epic,timeless,untouched performance and voice.she is the very best we had.

[@sharonpowell1969]

This amazing talented woman. I don't listen to her much because I miss her so very much. It is 2019 and I am still crying whenever I hear her singing. 😥😥😥

[@coolmusiclover6745]

I live for everything at 4:44😍😍😍😍

[@devonteturner7944]

Whitney Houston's voice is my favorite type of art I come up with most of the time. My mom has a bunch of her CDs Whitney sold to her before anybody else.

[@marialamorita]

I had the opportunity of watching her singing in Madrid when her 2nd album..... Amazing.. It's one of my memories...

[@mikel4531]

This is why Whitney was the greatest female vocalist in the 80s 👑💖✨

[@diorrboyyyy]

OF ALL TIMEE….

[@mikel4531]

@@diorrboyyyy idts

[@diorrboyyyy]

@@mikel4531 Thats your opinion sir…. its been proven time and time again that shes the greatest…. this is clearly one of those times.

[@mikel4531]

@@diorrboyyyy She was the greatest in the 80s along with Luther Vandross, RIP both 💖💖

[@work1343]

This was the best show she has ever done… OUT OF THIS WORLD… I wish there is some lost recording somewhere

[@LucasAlves-de3fx]

Whitney the best

[@inoshika7141]

Perfection!!

[@gracet3647]

out of this world

[@ladylovepeace89]

Oh my Jesus

[@justinlarke1915]

I don’t even know what Just happened here. What did my ears just hear! #Amazing She is simply the best!!!

[@angezze]

4:28 that SLAYED me!

[@bobby12348]

N Bravo 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿😇 Whitney was the greatest of all time!😁🤣😇

[@demartorris]

SHAKEN,SHOOK!🥰❤💯👏

[@reneemartin943]

The greatest of all time there will never be another ❤

[@swicca5040]

Epic performance

[@bleu1306]

This gave me chills!

[@teeteefabtownsend5622]

Omg what a VOICE

[@mslydia2212]

Perfect song for what is occurring in my life 2018 Don't give up

[@dahighbar]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ida5067]

!!!!!!!!!

[@dahighbar]

Meesta kevin Aids is real go get checked out

[@Imadeyoumad288]

dahighbar WTF

[@keithtaylorjr.8667]

Yesssss Whitney!!!!!!!

[@seanyokay]

My God......slay it Whitney …..Bravo....That's all I say.

[@drel1793]

one of a kind 😔😔gone to soon

[@takemyhand1988]

Lyrics Look at me Look at me I am changing, trying every way I can I am changing, I'll be better than I am I'm trying to find a way to understand But I need you, I need you I need a hand I am changing, seeing everything so clear I am changing, I am going to start right now, right here I am hoping to work it out, and I know that I can But I need you, I need a hand All my life, I've been a fool Who said I could do it all alone How many good friends have I already lost How many dark nights have I known Walking down that wrong road There was nothing I could find All those years of darkness Can make a person blind But now I can see I am changing, trying every way I can I am changing, I'll be better than I am But I need a friend, to help me start all over again Oh, that would be just fine 'Cause this time I am, this time I am I am changing, gonna get my life together now I am changing, yes, I know how I'm going to start again, I'm leaving my past behind I'll change my life, I'll make a vow And nothing's going to stop me now

[@rmilledge19]

Tears

[@dwaynesansom]

Sing it my baby you are me and I am you,love...

[@WesleyRiosOficial]

Como pode existir tanta perfeição

[@LucasAlves-de3fx]

Tenho que concordar kk

[@kauanhalexsanderassis3111]

Vdd

[@Rayquaza676]

Love this woman.

[@albertthjairii4840]

Inacreditável

[@sergiocarneiro3703]

Morrerei sem tê-la visto (ao vivo)! Fazer o que né???? Espetacular!!!!! Morrerei mais ou menos em paz!!!

[@paulalewis3389]

Beautiful 2018!!!!

[@watchredvelvetsreallybadbo2411]

perfection

[@anghangin923]

How come this is not part of her live album?

[@diorrboyyyy]

alot of performances isntt

[@pedrarigida]

THE VOICE

[@Black_American_Native]

Wow

[@rosemont2283]

“Strained” - people who don’t know what they’re talking about

[@nottoomuch87]

Shes oversinging like a mf and I dgaf!!! Thats how amazing her voice is. 😭

[@EliSlayz]

That one dislike got me like😡

[@olliet7739]

Eli Slayz it's Bobbi's sidebitch 😉

[@iralevifan]

Its Jennifer Holiday

[@timmy841212]

@@iralevifan 😂

[@bestvocalsbyvocalists849]

@@iralevifan lol

[@sonnywilliams1270]

I guess my grandma couldn't save me in the end🔶🥰☀️sdwloveeli

[@geisasantos3086]

4:14 G#5 eu tenho um aplicativo e quando vou assitir vídeo eu coloco ele junto com you tube e vejo as notas que cada cantor faz !

[@lutherhenry7201]

Qual porfavor ?

[@faq605]

Hola, cuál es la app?

[@thomasrehag1747]

What a saint tamer.... 💜💜💜💜

[@thomasrehag1747]

0.44 - 0.47 Stunning lyric soprano... 🤫🤫♥️♥️

[@itsnot._kaii0]

THE F#5s on 4:13 & 5:27 😩

[@MichaelReyy]

G5s

[@Imadeyoumad288]

5:29 *dies in shock*

[@TheMastersuperblaste]

This has to be THE greatest live vocal performance to ever take place on planet Earth. I've NEVER heard anyone sing with this kind of power, cadence, velocity, beauty, control and passion all combined in ONE VOICE--LIVE or in a STUDIO RECORDING. Whitney absolutely BULLIED this song! Body slammed it from the floor to the ceiling, from the windows to the muthafuckin walls! Flung it around like a cheap dollar store ragdoll, then, for the grand finale, went straight for the vitals to claim it as hers FOREVER! Her vocals here are superhuman level. Like Storm from the X-Men, backed by an army of hovering angels. Like Troy (Brad Pitt movie) going into battle. No one and I mean NOOOO OOONNNEEE can touch this performance. Not even Jennifer Holiday herself! I just wish there was video footage of this particular performance. I want to see how she looked and what she was wearing. You just know the veins in her neck were popping out like crazy while she was hitting and holding those notes!

[@roycecovington2154]

She. Went. There.

[@cyrusjbeast]

Royce Covington and beyond

[@tybabyz]

5:30 DEAD

[@mateusmarques5343]

This Tiiiiiiiiiiimee!

[@henryreinhart5249]

What do you call that technique in 6:00 in "I Am?"

[@PrincipalScratcher1]

A controlled cracking of the voice. LOL

[@newyorkzboy119]

Mixed voice belting with vibrato

[@SMAnthonyW]

a resonant C#5 followed by a resonant sustained B4 lol. it sounds like she cracked a bit when she did that little trill, but it was fine

[@allengje]

That is also called a vocal cry

[@mat_o8975]

@@newyorkzboy119 That's belting and yes, very controlled vibrato with a vocal cry.

[@ruannakisiaalvesdasilva3960]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😍😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jboog6061]

Eargasm 4:46

[@jboog6061]

7:17 wow

[@harrymorris5319]

3:08 5:34

[@Andre-pn1iu]

What album did she record this song?

[@snippy2514]

no album it's just a cover, thats why its best to listen to live performances than records

[@Andre-pn1iu]

@@snippy2514 Who's recorded this song?

[@bryanbaker9945]

@@Andre-pn1iu it’s from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls. I believe Jennifer Holliday sang it originally.

[@Andre-pn1iu]

@@bryanbaker9945 Thank you!

[@sonnywilliams1270]

⚓🎚️☀️87th st. Los Angeles CA. 1984SDWJR

[@seraphim6364]

4:37

[@dwaynesansom]

Did the person @0.26 say "sang it" or "sang B#%*" ? I gots to know lol

[@legendcarter2662]

I thought it was the second thing you said at first too lol

[@isiaihdavis5475]

She' said " Sing Nippy " which of course is Whitney's nickname.

[@seraphim6364]

1:11

[@henryreinhart5249]

Do you have a live version of this? :D Thanks!

[@gr8thingz12]

stop playin lol

[@Imadeyoumad288]

WTF LOL

[@Swahili14]

Bruh Whitney THE VOICE Houston didn't need no studio She just needed a goddamn mic to destroy the entire music industry ❤ It's all live dummy

[@sonnywilliams1270]

Guess no Pringles bottle then.....blood is blood to the swamp....

[@geisasantos3086]

5:31 G5

[@whitneyfan7107]

Yes

[@ZUN4812]

Is it not a F#5??

[@diorrboyyyy]

@@ZUN4812 no it wasnt sharp

[@ZUN4812]

@@diorrboyyyy Ooh okay.

[@nunyabiz3668]

@ ZUN4812 In between note. The vibrato makes it oscillate between F#5 and G5. I think you could call it either note tbh

[@tasiawood]

Lol 3:57 Christina Aguilera

[@Sperm_monkey]

tasiawood no thats all whitney and only whitney!

[@JordanPringle]

Lmfao dont mind the other person, i get it, she really be doing that

[@kingroyalty-thelion1776]

That would be one of Christina Aguilera's vocal inspiration which is no other than the legendary Whitney Houston The mother

[@Jonvocals]

Christina has always credited the legendary Whitney Houston as one of her main vocal influences.

[@chloeadams8703]

No.. That's Whitney

[@kevin-k4d]

5:28

[@kevin-k4d]

5:28