i met whitney at this show in nashville TN. she came to a Christian/Gospel show and sang with all her might. i met her backstage and she was the most wonderful person. she had her troubles and admitted it. but isn't the TRUE gift of salvation a gift of forgiveness and mercy? i believe that. she gave joy and encouragement to so many through music. and all of those who want to judge...that is NOT your place. judge lest you be judged. forgive and show mercy to a fellow brother or sister in Christ.
I have a Holy Spirit moment right here in my living room,Praise Him to the highest,Hllelujah,glory to His holy Name!!!!!!!! RIP my dear sister ,as you are.....you deserve peace and rest,oh yes you do..Thank you for sharing this.For I do go to the Rock of my salvation,yes,I always will.
I could watch the first 40 seconds of this over and over as best manual in "spirit raising" by a professional musician I've seen on video. First, as everyday woman enters stage you can see the transformation to angelic messenger take place at :22 as she snaps her head "waking up" to the sublime divinity and then the quintessential Whitney crack in her voice (which YOU can't imitate) on "who do I LEAN on" at :29 , leaving an immense whole from which tears pour out and the Holy Spirit pours in.
Its because after you've sung a song a zillion times, you have to change it up just to keep up your own enthusiasm for the melody. For singers, its the creative genius of the vocal chord spontanious arrangement in performance, in an effort to give youself to your audience, although you have had to sing it so many times.
Why would anyone pay to see someone sing something when they can hear the same exact version for free in your home??? Not tryna start anything, dats just my opinion.
'Normal'.. u said it in ur comment; it is normal- who wants normal?! She is a musician u do realize and is doing some great musical things in this performance. Usually people comment questioning why she doesn't sing like she does in her live performances on cd.. it would be far more exciting. Anyway, it just sounded like u were disappointed with her improvisational approach when I think it is entirely appropriate here.
@dagll Thank you, I do 'realise' that she's a musician but the singing in this performance is very broken up and patchy, that's all I was trying to say.
I suggest you listen to Tokyo I Go to Rock, as well as Tapei, Nobody sings this song like Whitney. Karen does sing it extremely well too, but those renditions you will see what I mean especially Tapei! Karen and Whitney can only sing this song right.
She does not smoke crack you misinformed twit. Stop bothering people with your silly sh*t trying to draw attention to yourself. Whitney, live your life woman, your a beautiful child of God.
if you could only understand that its(life) truely about God and you not about how other portray him or other peoples action (for which lots are fake) get you a king james bible and learn/believe on him and not other people action/how they life.!!!
God is real, im not gonna debate with ya about this bc it seems like you already have you mind made up about this subject (not trying to sound cocky at all)
@FrEaK4877 you are certainly hateful, everyone makes bad decisions at one time or another - i'll just bet you were one of those who persecuted MJ as well. People like you is what is wrong with our society
I love the comments about Whitney not being some note-for-note karaoke vocalist. It's true. Where do people who can't sing get the idea they can comment knowledgeably on real singers? Do you tell your doctor how to perform surgery, or your dentist how to fill your teeth? Real singers have more education than a brain surgeon. Whitney grew up singing and has had the BEST training, all her life. Grab some humility get real.
i completly agree with you and i think so too. God give her this amazing and powerful talent to lead those people who seeking the best way. And our savior and Lord Jesus is the only way to go to heaven. And i think Whitney are the best person the show it. Welcom back dear sister Share the good news for those who need it and those who lost it. I pray for your career and ministry. welcom back to the father house.
If only she has recorded a Gospel album in her prime! This Day, In Return, Bridge Over Troubled Water. Don't Cry For Me, I Go To The Rock, Joy To The World, Amazing Grace, He/I Believe, A Quiet Place - nearly all of which she's performed live & a few recorded at different times - but imagine them all on a record with Whitneys best ever voice in her prime all over them! However, her Preachers Wife Gospel CD is the bestselling Gospel album of all time!
when do you consider ot be whitney in her prime? I personally feel it was between 1987-91. her voice was pure but the tone was slightly heavier than her earlier work. also, when she sang she seemed to be more sincere. especially on songs suc has all the man that i need and the star spangled banner.
God gives his gives without repentence. She has a gift that God gave her but it doesn't mean that she is working within that gift with his plan for her. But God didn't come to earth to condem. We were already condemed. He came to save us. This is the beauty of love and salvation.
God bless her for being able to survive through her tribulation. I can't think of how many times I saw Whitney doing this song cracked out of her MIND...but by the grace of God she got to the rock of his love and redemption and thankfully she is still alive and just as beautiful as ever!
all have sinned and come short of the glory God ! and who are you to judge this woman of God . yes she might have fallen, but she is getting back up and still had the word of God hidden in her heart !
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Just once, could she have sung the melody through without messing around with it? She is so talented, but I don't feel she did this blessed song justice.
Whitney Houston is a PROFESSIONAL singer. Not some karaoke singer. She's gonna give her own personal interpretation of the song as PROFESSIONAL SINGERS do. Karaoke singers just sing it note for note and everything.
P.S. And she was probably winded because she WAS pregnant at the time.
I think she made a mess of this song. If she would stop acting silly and just sing, she would do so much better. She doens't need to impress; she has already done that. She seems to try too hard!
I GO TO THE ROCK! Where do I go? When there's nobody else to turn to, Who do I talk to? When nobody wants to listen, Who do I lean on? When there is no foundation stable, I go to the rock! I know it's able, I go to the rock. I go to the rock of my salvation, I go to the stone that the builders rejected, I run to the mountain, And the mountain, it stands by me
You are judging saying she is saved arent you? You should quote the last part of that verse. When you are going to the rock you dont have to go the the drugs and you dont have to go the the alcohol. True I dont know her relationship with God but you can judge a tree by the fruit it bears.
i was at that Dove Awards, It was amazing, I would give anything to back and relive that, it was amazing, Whitney Houston, Cece Winans and Shirley Caeser on stage together. Wow! What a true Blessing! Loved it
Really Good song. Does anyone know the bass part to it. If they do could they kindly make a tab of it or have a demonstration of how it being played. thx.
1st of all I must say that, I love your screen name! Secondly that break down sure is funky. Lastly did you hear the power in Whitney's voice when she belted out "I GO TO THE ROOCCK" just before the break down. All I can say is, WOW!
Ohhh yes I heard it babyboy!! Wasn't that just powerful? You like my name? Some people don't get it, but people like you get it!! I am the juice of nippy!! LMAO!! But umm thank you so much!! I just added you and love your videos!!
What year did this air?
padussia 1 day ago
This is what you call an anointing. This isn't learned, nor is it taught. It is pure gift from high above!
trey1029 3 days ago
A Angel is gone from here on earth. Whitney will really be missed here....
love4lifer 2 weeks ago
i met whitney at this show in nashville TN. she came to a Christian/Gospel show and sang with all her might. i met her backstage and she was the most wonderful person. she had her troubles and admitted it. but isn't the TRUE gift of salvation a gift of forgiveness and mercy? i believe that. she gave joy and encouragement to so many through music. and all of those who want to judge...that is NOT your place. judge lest you be judged. forgive and show mercy to a fellow brother or sister in Christ.
MrDTJones1 3 weeks ago
I have a Holy Spirit moment right here in my living room,Praise Him to the highest,Hllelujah,glory to His holy Name!!!!!!!! RIP my dear sister ,as you are.....you deserve peace and rest,oh yes you do..Thank you for sharing this.For I do go to the Rock of my salvation,yes,I always will.
serpentinecreature 3 weeks ago
Super-Star, R.I.P....
Rixar13 3 weeks ago
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I could watch the first 40 seconds of this over and over as best manual in "spirit raising" by a professional musician I've seen on video. First, as everyday woman enters stage you can see the transformation to angelic messenger take place at :22 as she snaps her head "waking up" to the sublime divinity and then the quintessential Whitney crack in her voice (which YOU can't imitate) on "who do I LEAN on" at :29 , leaving an immense whole from which tears pour out and the Holy Spirit pours in.
hymnistic 6 months ago
Its because after you've sung a song a zillion times, you have to change it up just to keep up your own enthusiasm for the melody. For singers, its the creative genius of the vocal chord spontanious arrangement in performance, in an effort to give youself to your audience, although you have had to sing it so many times.
paperdollz2007 9 months ago
all that she's been through she still has a voice nothin but god can do sumthinq like dat
basketballcamp23523 1 year ago
AMAZING
Daniel40501 1 year ago
Why can't Whitney ever sing a song normally the same way she recorded it.
TheFever77 1 year ago 3
@TheFever77 because she is awsome
1333fuller 1 year ago 2
Why would anyone pay to see someone sing something when they can hear the same exact version for free in your home??? Not tryna start anything, dats just my opinion.
Jonterrel20 1 year ago
@Jonterrel20 for the experience dummy,,, duh
Tiffany25ism 1 year ago
@Tiffany25ism I can experience boredum in my own home...(shrugs shoulders) im just sayn.lol
Jonterrel20 1 year ago
@TheFever77
'Normal'.. u said it in ur comment; it is normal- who wants normal?! She is a musician u do realize and is doing some great musical things in this performance. Usually people comment questioning why she doesn't sing like she does in her live performances on cd.. it would be far more exciting. Anyway, it just sounded like u were disappointed with her improvisational approach when I think it is entirely appropriate here.
dagll 10 months ago
@dagll Thank you, I do 'realise' that she's a musician but the singing in this performance is very broken up and patchy, that's all I was trying to say.
TheFever77 10 months ago
When troubles come, i definately go to the rock,
Thank you Whitney for inspiring us through out the years.
nippy4life1 1 year ago
Stunning!!!! Whitney rules!
hypnophil 1 year ago
KMAUR i have listened to alot of versions of this and I have to agree with you NOBODY sings it like Whitney! I love it! You sing it to us girl!
tammyjammy1 1 year ago
LOL somebody said she went to the wrong rock..smh..we've all fallen short
Vocellist2010 1 year ago
even tho she was hoarse she still delivered! was she pregnant here?
jonippy24 1 year ago
Well, thank God for the Rock! And she has been redeemed!
softbrown23 2 years ago 3
mercy, I just noticed BB bouncing around here-
Witney We love you. God is doing a work and your going to come back RICK,STRONG,and SOON
AZUREE100 2 years ago 3
YES GOD IS REAL, Witney please do a complete gospel album. We will cover you girl.
AZUREE100 2 years ago 2
Is she holding back!? Listen to Karen Clark Sheard sing this. OMG
fossilkid4life 2 years ago
She was hoarse hear for one, plus she does it in Tapei the best I ever heard anyone do it in 1997. This rendition she was in hoarse voice.
kmaur21 2 years ago
2:39-2:40 those runs are sick!
kmaur21 2 years ago
I suggest you listen to Tokyo I Go to Rock, as well as Tapei, Nobody sings this song like Whitney. Karen does sing it extremely well too, but those renditions you will see what I mean especially Tapei! Karen and Whitney can only sing this song right.
kmaur21 2 years ago
What year was this filmed?
Lukin4SumthnReal 2 years ago
@Lukin4SumthnReal. I believe 1996
jetstar186 2 years ago
She Still got the power!! BUT What the Devil....is this commercial!!! American Airlines?
professorfingers 2 years ago
They ain't need to put the promotional considerations right at that moment! That was so wrong!
Love Whitney!!!!! Love, love, love!!!!!
perry3340 2 years ago
bless him whitney
ICANDIGUOUT 2 years ago
She does not smoke crack you misinformed twit. Stop bothering people with your silly sh*t trying to draw attention to yourself. Whitney, live your life woman, your a beautiful child of God.
9ballbusto 2 years ago 4
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to the biblefags saying this is about god... its about her, and her crack addiction.
FrEaK4877 2 years ago
if you could only understand that its(life) truely about God and you not about how other portray him or other peoples action (for which lots are fake) get you a king james bible and learn/believe on him and not other people action/how they life.!!!
Jelks17 2 years ago
if you could only understand that god doesn't exist.
FrEaK4877 2 years ago
God is real, im not gonna debate with ya about this bc it seems like you already have you mind made up about this subject (not trying to sound cocky at all)
Jelks17 2 years ago
Show me proof, you're a very stubborn person.
FrEaK4877 2 years ago
so if he don't exist why are you listening to gospel music
platinumcrownent 2 years ago 2
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This isn't gospel music, this is music about a woman who smokes crack.
FrEaK4877 2 years ago
@FrEaK4877 you are certainly hateful, everyone makes bad decisions at one time or another - i'll just bet you were one of those who persecuted MJ as well. People like you is what is wrong with our society
slim22z 2 years ago
@slim22z Hahaha, I do indeed hate religious people. The weakest of our species.
No, I actual believed MJ to be innocent.
FrEaK4877 2 years ago
@FrEaK4877 MJ was innocent. our society made him weird.
2handsforchrist 1 year ago
I love the comments about Whitney not being some note-for-note karaoke vocalist. It's true. Where do people who can't sing get the idea they can comment knowledgeably on real singers? Do you tell your doctor how to perform surgery, or your dentist how to fill your teeth? Real singers have more education than a brain surgeon. Whitney grew up singing and has had the BEST training, all her life. Grab some humility get real.
TreasureOne 2 years ago 2
4:03 POWERFUL
witcherderrick 2 years ago 2
I certainly pray she goes to the Rock... God blessed her in an amazing way. Imagine if she used it for Him....
indianajay19 2 years ago 3
i completly agree with you and i think so too. God give her this amazing and powerful talent to lead those people who seeking the best way. And our savior and Lord Jesus is the only way to go to heaven. And i think Whitney are the best person the show it. Welcom back dear sister Share the good news for those who need it and those who lost it. I pray for your career and ministry. welcom back to the father house.
mpchoriste 2 years ago
Whitney praising God!
gv1967 2 years ago
If only she has recorded a Gospel album in her prime! This Day, In Return, Bridge Over Troubled Water. Don't Cry For Me, I Go To The Rock, Joy To The World, Amazing Grace, He/I Believe, A Quiet Place - nearly all of which she's performed live & a few recorded at different times - but imagine them all on a record with Whitneys best ever voice in her prime all over them! However, her Preachers Wife Gospel CD is the bestselling Gospel album of all time!
SoulAndRnBFan 2 years ago
when do you consider ot be whitney in her prime? I personally feel it was between 1987-91. her voice was pure but the tone was slightly heavier than her earlier work. also, when she sang she seemed to be more sincere. especially on songs suc has all the man that i need and the star spangled banner.
siempre2904 2 years ago 3
She was excited...lol
masculine31 2 years ago
i hate when whitney gets up and talk the words instead of just singing it.
f068492 2 years ago
her performance of this song on saturday night live and classic whitney concert are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!
jamelcrawley 2 years ago 2
gosh, i wish she would become a christian artist! that's would be amazing! i love her!
trulyamazingxx 2 years ago
i love the orignal on her cd!!! but this is great i life her rendition of this song!!!
COME HOME WHITNEY!!!
proverb31woman 2 years ago 2
She's simply amazing! She has a voice like no other. I love this girl.
mzsandy1023 3 years ago 2
God gives his gives without repentence. She has a gift that God gave her but it doesn't mean that she is working within that gift with his plan for her. But God didn't come to earth to condem. We were already condemed. He came to save us. This is the beauty of love and salvation.
girlswithguitars859 3 years ago
love this song so much
gospelfriends 3 years ago
God bless her for being able to survive through her tribulation. I can't think of how many times I saw Whitney doing this song cracked out of her MIND...but by the grace of God she got to the rock of his love and redemption and thankfully she is still alive and just as beautiful as ever!
stylecollective 3 years ago 2
wow ! yall are HELLA disrespectful !
all have sinned and come short of the glory God ! and who are you to judge this woman of God . yes she might have fallen, but she is getting back up and still had the word of God hidden in her heart !
How dare you ? !
calt09 3 years ago 21
Where is your respect for God!!!!!!!!1 You got to be living a bad life
princejaray 3 years ago
Betcha she'll tear it up if Twinkie Clark was sitting at the organ. The only cracking you'll be feeling is the HOLY GHOST coming down your spine!
jjisola 3 years ago 6
WOW! Damn this woman, she is too good
ConstantDeathByYou 3 years ago
true27 you're fooling yourself. Whitney is The Voice.
wicklahgirl 3 years ago 3
This was at the 1998 Dove Awards.
macbookworm21 3 years ago
Bobby looks like he was high... not on the Holy Spirit but on some white powder x(
islezeus 3 years ago
LMHO!!
nippyme 3 years ago
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mzsandy1023 3 years ago
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Waw i love the end when they change the beat...what is that shit about the ad tho cutting everything, no respect!!!
babacool81 3 years ago
whit was with child.....
fats69 3 years ago
I love this song, i kno the words off by heart!
meeeeeeow95 3 years ago
what happened to this Whitney?? I used to love her soo much
brokenspirit11 3 years ago
GIRL U BETTER SING LOL
aow10 3 years ago 10
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Just once, could she have sung the melody through without messing around with it? She is so talented, but I don't feel she did this blessed song justice.
4kane 3 years ago
Whitney Houston is a PROFESSIONAL singer. Not some karaoke singer. She's gonna give her own personal interpretation of the song as PROFESSIONAL SINGERS do. Karaoke singers just sing it note for note and everything.
P.S. And she was probably winded because she WAS pregnant at the time.
JayKG01 3 years ago 5
Rest in peace Dottie. Surely God is saying, "Welcome home, my good and faithful servant."
GTJack17 3 years ago 4
Rest in peace Dottie...I'm sure God is saying, "Welcome home, my good and faithful servant."
GTJack17 3 years ago 3
Powerful.
rmbb10 3 years ago 2
I love this version, but does anyone have AaronGeoffrey's version?
macbookworm21 3 years ago
I think she made a mess of this song. If she would stop acting silly and just sing, she would do so much better. She doens't need to impress; she has already done that. She seems to try too hard!
navigator012007 3 years ago
fishxcrab 3 years ago 9
thanx for the lyrics!
akens2006 3 years ago
I love how whitney broke it down in the end. Go whitney!lol
gemini8816 4 years ago 3
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Shame she dont start walking what she is talking.
Kagaines 4 years ago
You don't know what this woman does. Everyone loses their way. Don't judge, it's not your place.
Blatino 4 years ago 8
"Thou shalt not judge" "Judge lest though be judged". Whitney is saved. Are you?
abelevine 4 years ago 4
You are judging saying she is saved arent you? You should quote the last part of that verse. When you are going to the rock you dont have to go the the drugs and you dont have to go the the alcohol. True I dont know her relationship with God but you can judge a tree by the fruit it bears.
Kagaines 4 years ago
sometimes you just lose it, you don't mean to but it happens.
apsotolicgirl 4 years ago 2
That is true, God is very forgiving thankfully. He has the final say on judgement day. She does do a good job on the song.
Kagaines 4 years ago
Whitney is annointed. You might be right about her, but its still not our place to judge her, for all have sinned and fall short of Gods glory.
ZenannM 3 years ago
God forgives and forgets our sins. Who are we to judge others?
gv1967 4 years ago
i was at that Dove Awards, It was amazing, I would give anything to back and relive that, it was amazing, Whitney Houston, Cece Winans and Shirley Caeser on stage together. Wow! What a true Blessing! Loved it
tosweet69 4 years ago 3
What year was this?? She is AMAZING!!
tenor1687 4 years ago 5
I think 1998!
akens2006 4 years ago 3
I love this song. I love gospel,it cheers me up
CrissyJB 4 years ago 4
Really Good song. Does anyone know the bass part to it. If they do could they kindly make a tab of it or have a demonstration of how it being played. thx.
coolfishy 4 years ago
LOVED IT!!!!! Thank you for posting it!! I Know I Go To The Rock!
attore25 4 years ago 2
actually i like the whole thing
WH012 4 years ago
Diva!!!Love the performance!!
TakeControl2007 4 years ago 4
Powerful.
rmbb10 4 years ago
Represent Georgia Mass !!!!!!!!I love it :)!!
Blessinme 4 years ago
Did you know that a little Cherokee indian lady named Dottie Rambo wrote this song? She does great lyrics.
Alex
alexanderhartley 4 years ago
That little Cherokee lady has written some of the most beloved songs in the gospel genre. She is a living legend.
thebigkak 4 years ago
the end was the best part
WH012 4 years ago
Diva! she does it amazin and effotlessly at the same time. year was this?
JayKG01 4 years ago
The greatest singer of all time, Miss Whitney Houston!
blashblash007 4 years ago
I love the break down at the end!!!!
nippyjuice 4 years ago
1st of all I must say that, I love your screen name! Secondly that break down sure is funky. Lastly did you hear the power in Whitney's voice when she belted out "I GO TO THE ROOCCK" just before the break down. All I can say is, WOW!
justdavon 4 years ago
Ohhh yes I heard it babyboy!! Wasn't that just powerful? You like my name? Some people don't get it, but people like you get it!! I am the juice of nippy!! LMAO!! But umm thank you so much!! I just added you and love your videos!!
nippyjuice 4 years ago