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  • It saddens me that Whitney hasn't been this good in over 10 years -_-

  • This is who and what I fell in love with so many years ago... i still love her

  • for someone special p

  • Breathtaking! Amazing!

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  • This is when your are a Great sanger!

    No, and not singer. This is really good

    grammar. LOL

  • i almost fainted after listening to this...I'm still gathering myself more than amazing...simply words escape me...

  • The first time we saw this my sisters cried because of all the emotion they felt coming out of her voice , my God what a gift .

  • I must have this exact rendition of this song. Other versions pale in comparision to this one. How do I obtain this version , DVD, MP3, CD - HELP!

  • It's on a DVD my sister had it i think it's her Greatest Hits DVD it's got all of her vids on it & in the special features it has my fav Why Does It Hurt So Bad live (no version compares to that 1).

  • i have that version of whitney's live performance as an MP3 file if you still want it.

  • Hi, Would you be able to share that live MP3 with me?

  • yeah just PM me your adress and ill send it to you.

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  • look out mariah because my girl whitney is back with that god given voice and she is about to burn up the charts.

  • i love the coat whitney is wearing, can anyone comment as to what are the writing on the coat .

  • 'scuse me while i pick my jaw off floor...INCREDIBLE !!!

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  • This is just an amazing performance. Everytime I watch it, it is like the first. I never cease to be amazed at the vocals and the presence she has at this moment. It is otherworldly for sure.

  • The greatest of all times!!!

  • Whitney es la VOZ!!!!, es fantástica y única! nunca habrá una como ella!

  • OMG!!!! Both are stars of there ERA...Whitney was the top selling black female of her ERA and now Beyonce is the top selling black female of this ERA.. A couple of years from now someone else will hold the title..Generations come and go..But in the end they both are and always will be LEGENDS of the music industry...SO STOP THE DAMN CAT FIGHTING OVER WHO'S THE BEST...LETS JUST ENJOY THE DAMN MUSIC!!!!!

  • B has away to go before she gets the title of legend...Tina Turner, Cher, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Micheal Jackson, Elvis, Whitney Houston, B what?

  • Whats more - in our day, there was much more class in artistry. Even if sex was hinted it was tasteful - these days well....need I say more? I love that whitney was beautiful but not trashy - privately she had some issues but musically as an artist she was classy - can't say the same for many artists today including B.

  • Imma youngster...im living in the beyonce era...but i do i know if beyonce came on stage in a over sized leather coat and a mic she might get laffed off stage or the audience will be like "wtf"....i respect whitney cuz she can get you attention with just her voice...

  • thats true but it's "classic Whitney" you would never see Whitney dancing like Beyonce. They are far to different to compare!!!!

  • WHAT?? OMG YOU MUST BE A FOOL.

  • wisdaniel, you must be young! let me educate you on this issue... Whitney Houston by far is more talented than Beyonce... In my opinion, Beyonce has more sex appeal, that's it... she's young and this is her time now... Whitney is a legend, read about her! She's simply known as, The Voice... that's all that needs to be said about her! This performance solidifies that!

  • wisdaniel, following post I posted about 3 months ago... Simply the best live performance... her voice is amazing, no one can do it better, look at how she plays to the crowd, she had them and she knew it... the way she held the mic, the way she moved her arms... the only bad thing about this video, it ended... DAMN THIS WAS GOOD! (Beyonce, who?) Please show me any performance in which Beyonce or anyone else did something this amazing!

  • In case you didn't know Whitney was a former model, once quoted the most beautiful singer in the world. Beyonce does NOT have more Star Quality than Whitney....she hasn't even earned herself a respectable title within the music Industry like Whitney who is labeled "THE VOICE" simply because she is THE Greatest singer of all-time. Also Whitney's song I have nothing is the most covered song on American Idol...Beyonce's songs are not standard- like like Whitney''s. Don't be a fool now.

  • LOL you sound really young...

  • Yes, Whtiney is one of the greats of my lifetime, at least. Effortless and wonderful singing performances, even if people put her down now, she has left her legacy.

  • We fall down.... but we get up...

  • she should rededicate this song to here fans who never stopped loving here.we almost had it all

  • EPIC

  • I agree with everybody here, this is an amazing performance,  it just doesnt get any better than this! ... devestating! ..... I'm speechless....

  • See this is why i call her "THE VOCAL TSUNAMI"

    Jesus take the wheel...If God created a better voice he kept it to himself!!!!!!

    To all these "so called" Divas of today...Whitney is the one to study if u want to become a GREAT SANGER, yes...SANGER!

    Inwhich EVERY female singer after her has said they have...Too bad that they fall short!!

    Whitney "THE VOCAL TSUNAMI" Houston...THE MICROPHONE WAS INVENTED FOR YOU!

  • Glad that I was here, to witness Whitney Huston the greatest singer during my lifetime. She's a effortless singer, with phenomenal vocal ability.

  • Damn she just effs this song up. I cant stop watching this.

  • It is so heavenly. It's the voice. It was our gift. Don't you get it. Our gift. Just to make this crappy world a little easier to deal with.

  • It there anymore songs from this concert? Would so love to hear them if there were.

  • just listen from 4:25-4:35...those 10 seconds are enough to give you chills and leave you breathless...

    NO one can ever match or even come close to the pureness, power and range of Whitney...she is a one in a lifetime talent....

  • I actually was addicted to the studio version...right up til I borrowed my friend's Whitney's Greatest Hits DVD & watched THIS.....MY GOD I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAYYYY & KEPT REPLAYING THIS CLIP OVER & OVER & OVER ( you get my drift) lol... I was SoOoO desperate to get this version on casette tape that I bought a tape recorder just to get the audio LOL...Nobody can touch this woman- talent or beauty- she is one of a kind- yall be thankful to God for making such a wonderful gift to see and hear:):):)

  • once you see a live performance by whitney, it's hard to go back to the studio version. a studio can't catch this woman's voice

  • From 5:05 to 5:11, just effing sick.lol Whitney was wrong for that. Cant nobody do it like my Whitney.lol

  • I love her! she is the best!

  • amazing! I miss her....

  • Put a headset on and get the best of this song. It will put chills all over your body. God" I Love Whitney... :)

  • You have a fan for life Whitney, what a wonderful voice!!!!

  • I never get tired of this - great song.

  • This performance makes me want to cry. I can't believe how much control she has. One minute light and angelic, and the next growling and taking us to church. A true talent, no one but Aretha in her prime can touch this performance. I love you nippy!

  • Love it, love it, love it!

  • Whitney is the best... just amazing.

  • I so need to be in bed right now, but I just can't stop watching this video! I remember when VH1 had this video in heavy rotation. I'm so glad it's posted on youtube. Takes me back. Thanks for sharing this.

  • She is one of the best singers period. Fierce!!!

  • It does NOT get better than this...What an amazing voice!

  • tell me who else can just stand up on a stage and just sing? who else?

  • jennifer hudson and leona lewis can,fantasia and mary j, thats it.

    all the over rated beyonce, rihannas, ciaras, keri hilsons, dont even stand a chance!

  • Leona? she does NOT have that kind of power!

  • i agree, i love leona lewis, she's a great singer, but she's just NOT whitney houston!

  • <3 this performance!!

    What year was this?

  • 1987...I believe.

  • OMG! I just love her.

  • yup ALMOST why dont you just stop if we are done??????

  • Whitney sings from the soul and just rips your heart out. Her voice will probably never be the same. What talent and beauty. Her, Natalie Cole, Tina Turner, Chaka Kahn, Gladys Knight, Regina Belle, Jennifer Holiday, all soul singers with such distinguished voices. They sound like no others and can blow away most of the competitions. Singer today cannot sing. They just dance and shake their behinds and their voices are so processed in the studio. Live they sound terrible. Thanks.

  • oh cmon, whitney is (was?) great, i love her, but there are good singers today too, not all of them need to shake their asses and they have a good voice..

  • the popular singers today ARE FAR BELOW good... in my opinion

  • Forget about Beyonce! Whitney is the DIVA!

  • Beyonce who?

  • if only today's so called 'artists' could sing half this good live. But then again hardly anyone can touch Whitney. Girlfriend is phenomenal

  • Simply the best live performance... Her voice is amazing, no one can do it better... Look at how she plays to the crowd... she had them and she knew it... the way she held the mic, the way she moved her arms... the only bad thing about this video, it ended... DAMN THIS WAS GOOD!

  • Whitney sings with so much power and passion, not only is she singing it ,she's living it ,

  • Mariah does it too noone can sing like mariah and no one can sing like whitney they are both a legend and people say that the girl who sings "bleeding love" is the new whitney houston but not at all she's so far away from whitney and mariah but when whitney started doing drugs she didnt live her songs like before!!! in her album "my love is your love" she didnt sing like before with a heart !!! and Mariah there is no 2 like her

  • stil my fave song and id by Ms.Houston!

  • Just effing ridiculous, Whitney the power, the range, the skill. Bow down bitches and stop hating haters, lol

  • after seeing this, what i can say, if i'll die in minutes, i'll die fscking happy

  • you must be kidding! the studio version is great, but this live version is breathtaking!

  • I CANNOT STOP WATCHING THIS!!!! Amazing is all I can say...

  • Whitney I love you!

  • I think the studio version is average compared to this performance!

  • i second that... this was absolutely AMAZING

    she was so sweet, so filled with grace and poise. she still knew how to sauce it up and bring a little grunty sexy diva, but there was still something so good and innocent about her

    if only she had kept her personal life on the low, she would still have this appeal today

  • Bloddclautttt!!!!!!

  • Look at Whitney smile at tha beginnig, she knew she was the perfect diva, the classy one, the voice blessed by god, but i prefer the bodyguard tour version of this song, she sound so sexy and sensual

  • gets no better... 10/10

    Missu/one

  • WOW!!! Just WOW!!!

  • she kills all the others singers

  • NOOOOOOO almost all the other singers!!!! Mariah and Whitney are "the voices" we didnt find someone who can sing like Mariah and Whitney !!!Some says that the girl who sings "bleeding love" is the new Whitney but please she cant sing the quarter that Whitney did with her voiceeeeee Mariah and Whitney are the unic voices forever !!!! I aint saying that Mariah and Whitney have the same voice of course not!!! diferent voices but powerful voices and noone cant sing like Mariah and noone like Whitney

  • I like both Whitney and Mariah but Whitney is in a category all by herself.

  • That is what I call a TRUE performance, sung with HEART & SOUL: I was blessed hearing this.

  • this was when whitney was UNTOUCHABLE... classic.

  • pelo amor de deus , deixa eu adicionar esse vídeo no meu orkut, sou maluca pela Whitney, amo cantar as músicas dela!!!

  • great great great song...no word..she's the one...

  • if it isn't the world's most talented singer....

  • Every time I come back to this clip .... I'm just taken to another world .... this is the power and true inspiration music brings to life ..... thank you Whitney for everything you have done for us .... we love you always.

  • Mijn god, wat is dit prachtig!

  • I'm not even a huge whitney fan, but i have to say, this is one THE most perfect performances by a vocalist ever. just pure pure beauty.

  • ....pelle d'oca...Whitney è davvero straordinaria!

  • Just beautiful , she is so talented liek Mj she need a comeback.

  • so much feeling unbelievable , best live performance i've ever heard!

  • THIS, my friend, THIS, was perfection!!!! This is why she became a STAR! There will never be anyone who can inhabit a song like this woman could. I'm glad I was around during these years and not the sad shell of an artist she is today.

  • She had perfect diction, which a majority of singers do not possess. In my opinion this was one of or quite possibly her best live performance. This live version of this song purely beats the studio version. So much emotion and demands your attention.

  • I agree. This is her best live performance. This is the best live performance I have ever seen or heard! Period!!

  • excellento!

  • what are you talking about. SHE HAS TALENT, one of the best singers known to mankind hahaha

  • 3:51 to 3:58 is the best part

  • Love Whitney of this era. Her rendition of this song is perfect, her timing, pitch, stage presence, watching her cue her Musical Director (M.D) example, at 5.25 it's all so incredibly perfect. Whitney isn't just singing this song, she is living it, and there aren't that many singers who can convey this, from their heart and soul. I feel as though she reaches deep inside me, and touches my soul, and l start to cry. Quite an admission for a guy, eh? This is emotion at it's best.

  • lost count of the number of times I have watched this...still in awe!

  • Its bittersweet and beautiful, because this isn't the Whitney of today anymore.

  • the very definition of soulful

  • she was so pretty and had so much talent. It s sad that she had to throw it all away for a piece of shit like bobby brown. it was as if he took a delicate flower and crushed it until there was no spirit left in it

  • goosepimples all over. what a beautiful woman she was and what a wonderful voice she had.

  • I miss this Whitney!

  • Wow !! Serious Goosepimples when you hear this song !!!!!!

  • what a performance!!

    transcendent!

    no one does it better than the queen!!

    this is by far the best rendition i have ever heard!!!

    she sang it with such emotion!!!

    benchmark of perfection!!

  • ooh la la~ look how cute she looks ;)

  • this is my absolute favorite whitney song of all time!!

  • This is vocal supremacy at its purest form!

  • Excellence at it's best. No distracting scenery and wearing clothes to capture or keep the audience engaged. Just singing. The best performer of my time!

    "The nights we held on till the morning, you know you''ll never love that way again"! So, so true!!

  • One of the best live performances ever!!!

  • Such emotion that i can almost feel coming through the screen. Her voice and prescence pentrates and lifts your soul way up high. Whitney's voice is proof that a higher power is present when she sings. Her vocals raise you up!

  • Dnt we all miss her!!!uh, i love this lady! Her voice is undeniably untouchable...Celine is gud but there is only one Whitney Houston! Nobody does justice to a song like THE VOICE!

  • I just love her with all my forces, with all my soul, she is the best EVER!! Welcome back Whitney, I've missede youuuu!!!

  • her phrsaing, how she hits every note she sings, how she feels the song and makes us feel the same...What is undeniable is that Whitney is special.

  • This is one bad .....you better do Whitney

  • there is no onle like Celine, Mariah  Whitney

  • You must be joking! Celine can never sing any of Whitney's songs!

  • Crazy!

  • SHE is the G.O.A.T.! (greatest of all time)! My girl is back!!

  • lol

  • no comment shut up all!!!!!

  • I love her so much. Welcome back Whitney... :) Yes" she is the Best!

  • She is my inspiration, and she is so beautiful. THE BEST SINGER EVER!!!!!!!

  • pitty she uses drugs (as i have heard) why no one keeps this diamond from "good souls"?

  • she was feeln it...lol check her out at 3:57

  • She is coming back YESSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!

    The best singer EVER !

  • had almost forgotten what a talent she is. i hope she comes back swinging!

  • she makes me fall in love with this song over and over again!

  • I am almost 72 years old - Whitney is the greatest singer in my lifetime. Her phrasing, vocalization, nuances, and STAGE PRESCENCE demonstrates her greatness. Want to catch her tour this year - whereever it is!!! You Go Girl!!!

  • I am 71 years old - Whitney is the greatest singer of my lifetime - phrasing, range, vocalization unmatched in my lifetime. And WHAT A STAGE PRESCENCE!!! Waiting to see you in concert.

  • i love this song whitney is the bet singer ever no one can touch her her voice is just amazing wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Her voice is awesome. Simply beautiful!

  • She is blessed and doing much better today. Wait for her new album, we will be again and again so thankful

  • what an amazing voice! beautiful!

  • Loving you makes my life worth living... Whitney Houston

  • everytime i watch this video,whitney well automaticaly attached in my time that she prove the greatist singer of all time.....bravo..........magnif­ecient.

  • we want you back!!!!

  • Iyo yo yo yo yo!!! hay iyadlala ingane yabantu bandla umona phantsi!!!! Yo, she is firing from all cylinders in this track yall, daaaaamn. And what I like most about her perfmances and shows is that the sets are simple coz she dont need no bulshyt theatrics on her stage simply becoz her voice is big enuff to makeup for all that stage bling bling shyt that the madonnas and michael jacksons of her and this era need!! Bless u child!

  • very well said!:)

  • The Best Ever

  • she's amazing......sooooo talented

  • No one better in history. She had it all. To whom much is given , much is owed. too bad. People would give anything to sing like this.

  • Trust me you have no Idea:)

  • Simply the best.

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  • I love this song!

  • THE best...

    Haters have issues...

  • i mean just to listen to her voice gives me chills omg, let me be honest and admit it one time she (whitney) is the only reason i visit youtube this right here is my idol guys,lol for real she is the best ever!

  • The best voice in history. Also powerful lyrics. Wonderfull. Sad story though. She was and is unreachable.

  • i know you are speaking the truth hun lol trust me she just can't be replaced imo she is the Voice! i just love this lady and no one'e live performance can be compared, no one!

  • 5:27 is a great note

  • This is going on my Favorite list just to remind me that there used to be artists that could sing live.

    Amazing performence.

  • You can buy this live performance on iTunes.

  • Whitney dont do a bad version of the USA national antham either

  • That's "Anthem," not "antham." And you are absolutely correct. She did a fabulous rendition of the United States National Anthem. This performance is one of her best ones. She took the song, slowed it down, and performed the lyrics right off the page of the sheet music. I hope she gets her voice back.

  • What is this from?

  • This just has to be the absolute very BEST live performance of ALL time by any artist male or female! Breathtaking!!

  • ABSOULUTELY AMAZING! Sometimes we forget how great of a singer Whitney was and can be again--I still love her and I listen to this song all the time just to remind me that despite everything she has a great legacy.

  • I love how she sings but i love even more that she does not make an ugly face when she sings difficult parts.

  • simply amazing

  • What an AMAZING singer - and song!

  • best performance ever

  • Amazing i have chills . She had and still has such talent