REACTION Whitney Houston at VH1 Divas Live 1999 - I will always love you

[@HegeOfficial]

Which one of Whitney’s runs in this performance is your favorite?

[@thetiocory_]

it’s the last ‘youuuuuu’ for me, a finale slay.

[@mercedestadawetneyhouston8698]

Yes es somuch love miss wthitney Houston verey much

[@mercedestadawetneyhouston8698]

I somuch love miss wthitney Houston pls more riacsion miss wthitney Houston

[@christianWilliams-pc4jn]

My favorite is 7:52--7:56.

[@nahuelma97]

That little speech at the beginning is one of my favorite quotes ever: "It's all about love and, to me, music and love are the same thing. So, if kids grew up with music in their lives, then there's no question that there would always be love"

[@whitneyfan9019]

Love her and miss her so much. Her live performances were always top notch and 99.9% it was better then the studio version.

[@ciaransammon]

The greatest voice of all time.

[@rongotwalt4487]

I love all her runs because this performance is so raw, organic and dynamic ! This is what greatness sounds and feels like ! She is the ultimate performer and storyteller ! I think this is Whitney at her very best ! She grabs the audience , caresses and soothes their souls and places a piece of her in their hearts forever ! I'm so impressed with your absolute love and admiration for Whitney ! You're are a true fan and I feel that's how most of us feel ! She sings with such commitment and dedication to her craft ! She is always in tune with herself and her audience at all times ! Thank you Hege for posting one the greats of our time ! It was so wonderful and heartwarming to witness ! Keep posting and sending you much thanks and love from Canada ! 👍🤗🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️

[@HegeOfficial]

Oof me too, so hard to pick favorites, but some of the ones on the second chorus really made my soul explode! And yes to everything you just said to describe her. She really made her mark in music history. Thank you so much for watching, and for your kind words!

[@dynamicvehiclesimulation8633]

Amazingly enough, this was about 2 months before her 1999 world tour, during which her performances of this song got even better. She will forever be my absolute favorite artist. ❤️

[@Eden-dm3lf]

You're so sweet, she was lucky to have fans like you. She's the best singer singer of my lifetime ❤️

[@phillipburke9621]

The best ever 💙🥺 pls do more live Whitney hehe

[@crazybill2128]

She is the best. More Whitney pls...

[@HegeOfficial]

Will do! :)

[@KevinPlaysGuitar]

This is such a remarkable performance! I love what she did there on 8:44-8:46 like holy moly!!! 😆 Her runs are so top-notch. So amazing to watch and see your reaction to it.

[@amorphous7474]

Now this is such a gorgeous and classic performance. Would love to see more classic performances.

[@HegeOfficial]

Yes? I’d love to make more, so thanks for letting me know ☺️ and feel free to suggest performances. I might make a «90s diva» series or something :)

[@christianWilliams-pc4jn]

​@@HegeOfficial kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6jJlnR9gdxla9Esi=E1x9XVHGmlvG6AFH. One of my favorites a lot of people don't know about this performance but she was in her prime and her head voice agility at the end is the most stunning out of all of her live performances.

[@thetiocory_]

I was 9 watching this with my mom, VH1 had an encore so I got to stay up and see it again…it’s a performance that has never left me, the depth is unmatched…someone commented on another video that she plays with her vocal chords like one would play a violin, and that is it for me…she could go anywhere and we all wanted to unapologetically sink into her colorful tones and silky vibrato. Thank you for your share~ She really was thee storyteller too! It’s like she drives us in the fastest sports car while shifting effortlessly and brings us to the brink, every time 💜

[@HegeOfficial]

What a sweet memory! :) And your descriptions of her are on point. Thank you so much for watching, and I hope you'll have a great weekend :)

[@urblack7954]

UR SO OLD !!!!

[@mercedestadawetneyhouston8698]

Yes mam I Alwys love Ms wthitney Houston forever love the best voice qeen of all singer live Ms wthitney Houston 👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️

[@HegeOfficial]

legend

[@krissy9128]

By 1997 Whitney was out of her prime but she still killed it. Of course, by 1999 onward she starting losing/ lost some of her upper range but still held it together. It was so sad when she lost it entirely for many reasons. R.I.H to a legendary diva!!! Mariah & Whitney = My golden voices

[@christianWilliams-pc4jn]

This is divas live 99. This was the end of her prime. She didn't have her full vocal ability at this point that she had earlier... But she didn't need to. When you're the greatest of all-time even at your end of your prime you're still so good. The one thing she never lost was her unsurpassed tone.

[@brunorobis192]

Whitney the BEST!! BRAZIL LOVES HER

[@ismaelm.mbaangue9147]

Great performance 🙌💯

[@HegeOfficial]

So good!

[@manuelt966]

This wasn’t Whitney in her prime, But I suggest her performance of “I love you Porgy, And I am telling you, I have nothing Medley 1994 AMA” It’s a great performance Her voice pre 1995 was much stronger than in this video

[@HegeOfficial]

You’re right, I was talking before thinking there a bit. But I let it slide given how she’d probably deliver above and beyond anyway, and she didn’t disappoint. Thank you so much for the suggestions, I’ve put them on my list ☺️ Appreciate you watching, and hope you’ll have a great weekend.

[@manuelt966]

@@HegeOfficial Oh for sure. What makes her my favourite singer was her ability to interpret a song and connect it with emotionally so deep and then display that connection in her performances. Great reaction!

[@tomitemidara2915]

Hege, let us take a moment to appreciate your respect, genuineness, positivity and kindness on your platform. Not many beautiful souls like you around on KZbin! 🌟

[@HegeOfficial]

You’re so nice! Thank you so much for your uplifting and kind words ☺️ I appreciate you

[@robbpowell194]

I am so glad you dove into this. It is, in fact, Whitney in her prime. This, of course, was the theme song to The Body Guard, in which she starred with Kevin Costner. I never did see the movie but the song was transcendental. You really need to dig up Kevin's eulogy for her at her funeral. It will give you so much insight into her as a person and as a performer, especially as it relates to this song. Her momma was one of the great gospel singers of her era, and you can just see Whitney channeling her in her storytelling through song. That is a true gift of the Black Gospel tradition. She then takes it to a new level. She not only set the bar, she IS the bar. While singers may match her note for note, they will never embody the song as she did. I was a grown assed adult when I first saw this. Even then, I could recognize what I was seeing and what a gift Whitney was to the world. While I never followed the gossip around her, I knew that she was struggling for her life. When she passed away, it was such a gut punch. Watching her through your eyes was gratifying. You express yourself brilliantly in English. You really could be working for the United Nations or a multinational organization. Why you haven't had headhunters knocking at your door is beyond me... If you want to see, what for many of us, was a real highlight of her career, dig up her performance of The Star Spangled Banner at the 2002 Super Bowl. Having just endured 9/11 and still being in shock, America needed the kind of performance she gave. The whole event was emotionally charged and she delivered. I mean, she delivered. I am not American, but in early 2002 we were "all Americans". Thanks for this.

[@HegeOfficial]

Thank you so much for your kind and insightful comment ☺️ I did watch the movie, but I haven’t heard Kevin’s eulogy. Now I definitely will. Guessing I need a tissue box. And thank you so much for the recommendation! Might make that my next Whitney one ☺️ Only thing is, with the docus I’ve watched on her in the past I might have seen parts of some of the performances, so I never really know haha. I’m so glad you’re a Whitney fan btw, cause that means one more reason to make more content around her. Your love for her really comes through in your whole comment btw. I remember I rented (sorry, I don’t know if that’s the right word for library items) a copy of one of her albums from the library as a kid, after getting absolutely hooked from watching that Disney movie about Moses and hearing her duet Mariah Carey (Miracles) in it.

[@robbpowell194]

@@HegeOfficial ☀️

[@robbpowell194]

It shows you how old I am when I get the decades confused . It was 1991, during the first Gulf War, when she sang. We were all on edge because even Canada was involved in the conflict

[@muratbais777]

I love all you say. I agree completely

[@HegeOfficial]

I’m glad to hear! Thank you so much for watching ☺️

[@humanbeing8309]

You're so beautiful. Thank you for your kind words

[@HegeOfficial]

Aw, thank you ❤️

[@BurdofSin]

I love her so much, Her voice gives me happy chills and I love love love her voice 💕🦋

[@TheRealEli717]

This was not an 80s production. The Bodyguard film and soundtrack was released in 1992. I will always love you was #1 for 14 weeks and went on to become the biggest selling single by a female artist in history, and has surpassed over a billion plays on KZbin. The soundtrack is still the biggest selling soundtrack album of all time. Her first 2 albums were released in 1985 and 1987, her third album was released in 1990 followed by The Bodyguard in 92.

[@HegeOfficial]

I believe I corrected myself (text on video) and that I said that the instrumentation sounds 80s, or specified that I meant the DX7 sound. But thanks for your input.

[@AnjeannetteMarie-Swifie4Ever]

She was magical ✨✨✨

[@donidoni11]

Whitney... anything Im in. This song came out in 92 I believe. So 1999 she had been singing this for years. Check out the Grammy performance or I Have Nothing Billboard (red dress) those bodyguard years.. wow! I did catch that tour (yes Im that old) life changing

[@ismaelm.mbaangue9147]

The song is originally by Dolly parton it came out in 74 so Whitney's cover for the movie was released in 92.

[@mercedestadawetneyhouston8698]

Wethney Huston is the best singer live in the world period

[@tiffanyharris7456]

Whitney Houston

[@НурланТастурганов]

Beautiful woman

[@MrSoulshock44]

Please more Whitney 🙏🏾

[@muroeristavi]

@HegeOfficial I loved this❤❤❤....Please react to Whitney Houston live at AMA's 1994....there is a 4k version ...that ine if you can please 🙏🙏or Nother live ❤️

[@tombest3215]

Rest in peace withney

[@suemiller7772]

Keep playing Whitney Houston music

[@cedude69]

By that time the smoking & drugs had taken a huge toll on her beautiful voice

[@HegeOfficial]

It’s so sad the way it all ended for her :’( But she really left a stunning musical footprint in the world, and will always be one of the greatest to me and so many people ❤️

[@cedude69]

@@HegeOfficial I often wonder why no one was able to save her. Many people tried! Shouldn't have ended that way.

[@metz1114]

XD i was just showing u to my grand mother. she told me to like all ur videos

[@HegeOfficial]

Hahaha, I like your grandmother! Thanks for watching ☺️

[@warrenflint9950]

Watch whitney do her 3 song medley Different planet.😊

[@cassandrasimmons6070]

Great reaction… please react to Whitney Houston singing All the Man I need live at the Welcome Home Concert

[@christianWilliams-pc4jn]

The only thing you said wrong in this entire analysis was that Whitney has one of the most perfect tones. But actually her tone is Thee Greatest. Some come close, but nobody equals that tone.

[@maxmusterman7672]

12 02 2022 ////////////it's been 10 years now that whitney has been gone"

[@jeffwuerth3947]

First time watching you. You stop too much for me. Good luck with your channel.

[@peterjonesdelacruz]

she performed My Love Is Your Love right before this song, so she was a little out of breath in the beginning.

[@musicistherapy1]

Jennifer Hudson did a similar performance to this specific song in front of Whitney with the “You” could you please react to it.. I love your channel!!

[@HegeOfficial]

I'd LOVE to! Thanks for the recommendation

[@najibhah]

Whitney Houstey was a great singer. Now, why not you make a reaction on the singer from Indonesia, Putri Ariani who cover the song, "I will always love you". Please open the channel of "Putri Araini Official". Love to hear your comment and reaction on this.

[@joebear2504]

Listen to a guy singing this song, Gabriel Henrique.

[@revolutionishere]

It's called a soprano scale 👁️👁️

[@HegeOfficial]

«Soprano» refers to a vocal range (or f.ex. saxophone range but not in this context), it’s not a scale.

[@jokina9289]

You should react to her 80’s performances more, when her voice was at its “freshest”. This is an example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/borXZmdjfNF2Z6s

[@bertjones3010]

At your first pause where you are discussing her first run. I gotta say, that style of embellishment is definitely not my favorite by a long shot. So often (and I'm not saying it's the case here per se) singers who use this device, where you run up and down on a lyrics is irritating (It's one of the things that puts me off on Angelina). So often it comes across as a vocal athletics rather than singing the song. I do find that some vocalist will carve out a section to embellish as a standalone - like using scatting., or humming, or yodeling as example - Floor, Diana, Haley have all done that. Fact is Diana will do it on most of her performances. For me that distract from the lyrics of the song, and allows the vocalist to modulate without detracting from lyrics. I realize a lot of people disagree with my sentiment, but that is my reaction to lyrical embellishment.

[@HegeOfficial]

It’s a personal preference thing. I personally adore a good run, and especially understand the desire to play around on songs you’ve done again and again. But it does depend on the composition, genre and setting. You don’t go wild singing runs over a classical piece or in a musical unless the musical director has requested it. But on this song and with a singer of Whitney’s caliber, I’d personally say more is more and it’s wonderful ☺️

[@deew5587]

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[@PooleySteen]

Why would someone with her talent just throw it all away?

[@HegeOfficial]

Humans are complex, I guess. I’m very sad for her and for the music that could have been, but I’m also all for celebrating all that she did give while she was here ☺️

[@whitneyfan9019]

She’s human and we all make mistakes. Even in her later years when her voice wasn’t all the way there she still gave it her.

[@christianWilliams-pc4jn]

It's called addiction. Addiction is a disease a lot of addicts can get better because they hit rock bottom they run out of money and they get help. For someone with as much money as Whitney Houston had there is no running out of money there is no rock bottom so the addiction continues. One of the hardest things for her at the end when her voice was deteriorated was she knew she was the greatest and when she lost her voice it only exasperated her addiction because singing was everything to her.

[@jimcorbeil]

: )

[@HegeOfficial]

☺️