Has Whitney Houston's passing caused you to reflect on how untalented others, currently hailed as great, are?

Question

To me, there seems to be a sad irony in Whitney Houston's dying now.
The world witnessed a number of her struggles, and she seemed to have emerged successfully from them. At the moment of my writing this, her cause of death has not yet been determined, or revealed, but something makes me feel that ultimately repercussions from the way she abused herself may be the result, like a heart attack.

The sad irony:
On the eve of the grammy presentations, for a legend to leave, it sems to me, should give us all pause, not just in how much we take for granted, and how vapid the values of our culture have become that reality tv wins the ratings wars, and shock value surpasses substance, in almost every contest, but also in how much we have allowed our culture to be eroded by exalting the undeserving.
It seems to me, the place for auto-tune-enhanced artists should end at variety shows, but when it comes to awarding people with professional success, and proclaiming them as our greatest, we should demand more.

I believe that losing Whitney, like Michael, and Elvis, should cause us to appreciate how rare their gifts were that we were all graced to have experienced, be inspired to find, and share, our own, and, elevate our tastes, our requirements, for what we will allow ourselves to be exposed to, which contributes to how we ultimately define the rest of our standards.

Whatever challenges Whitney Houston may have faced in her personal life, her talent elevated her to the level of Legend.

Answer 1

!she was a very talented artist and there were her destroyers everywhere, who pushed her into a breakdown in life!!!

Answer 2

It just saddens me that the stars with the real talent are passing away, while the talentless are being hailed as the next best thing.



Take Cheryl Cole for instance, can't sing, is auto tuned to death and uses her looks to elevate her to super stardom. Just a pretty face with no real talent and a conviction for GBH.



Whitney had more talent in her little finger than any of the talent shows' manufactured rubbish have.



Sadly though, anybody can be a star, they don't have to be talented, just popular enough and look good too. Whitney had the whole package and then some. I just hope that the few truly talented artists, such as Adele can remind the deluded public what real talent is all about.



R.I.P. Whitney x

Answer 3

Well I'll start by saying, anyone of us can fall into drug addiction, at anytime. We never know when we might get injured, and have to be put on prescription drugs, or something, any of us ''could'' become addicted, so Im not going to judge her, like some of the other answerers. None of us should be so self righteous. Drug addiction does not discriminate against anyone. .Whitney Houston was one of the best imo. Her powerful voice is something I could never forget. Yes. Her music makes today's music sound that much worse. Im not a fan of any of today's music, because the great talent from music artists of yesterday, cannot even compare to the ''not talent, autotune'' singers of today's so called music. Rip Whitney.

Answer 4

No, but it makes me think of the people who never did a drug in their life who were killed by people who did do drugs because they drove a car while under the influence. Whitney Houston was her own problem and should not be celebrated in death. She was a druggie, end of story.

Answer 5

I don't feel sad for those who are on drugs and then die.

I feel sad for those who have cancer.

Whitney choice to do drugs. She didnt have to. No matter what her 'problems' were.

Drugs weren't something she had to take up. She wanted to. No body forced her to do drugs or drink excessively.

It's the same as drinking then driving. You die, thats your problem. Stupidity.