Back when life was simpler, people care for titles such as “icons” and “superstars”. These terms mean much more before. These titles are sacred and bequeathed ONLY to people deserving of the ultimate form of pop culture adoration. You are not a pop king unless YOU CAN DO SOMETHING BETTER than the moonwalk. Then of course, YOU ARE NOT A DIVA, unless YOU ARE WHITNEY HOUSTON. The death of Ms. Houston is both shocking and, to a certain degree, expected. The reason is simple, she is a diva. Unlike run-of-the-mill singers, a diva is a talented and rare creature of destruction and resurrection. She is a reincarnation of the phoenix; burning from the pain of life and rising from the ashes of personal redemption. No one in the past decades exemplified this more than the late Ms. Houston. She is more than a superb talent. She is more than a terrific performer. She is first-rate diva who burns and rises once in a lifetime.
NUMBER TEN: I’M EVERY WOMAN
A real diva is a talented but vulnerable woman with an abundance of innate strength but feels powerless in the midst of unfolding love. Here she is declaring that she’ll do EVERYTHING for a man.
CHOICE LINES: I’m every woman/It’s all in me/Anything you want done baby/I’d do it naturally
NUMBER NINE: [TIED] (1) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (2) SO EMOTIONAL
Of course, she finds a man during a dance because she has been dancing FOREVER – almost losing all her senses in the process – looking for him. Once she finds him, just a mere touch will maker emotional. Yes. All self-respecting diva requires an unusual amount of personal drama.
(1) CHOICE LINES: I’ve been in love/And lost my sense/Spinnin’ through the town/Sooner or later/The fever ends/And I wind up feeling down/I need a man/Who take a chance/On a love that burns/Hot enough to last
(2) CHOICE LINES: I get so emotional, baby/Every time I think of you/I get so emotional, baby/Ain’t shocking what love can do
NUMBER EIGHT: SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU
Goodness. Our heroine realizes her man is married. But that does not stop her from loving her man. Oh. No.
CHOICE LINES: My friends always tell me/Find a man of my own/But each time I try/I break down and cry
NUMBER SEVEN: DIDN’T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL
But forbidden relationships are doomed from the star. Still, she has enough confidence to point that his man will never love like another woman like that again.
CHOICE LINES: Didn’t we almost have it all/The nights we had until the morning/You know you’ll never love/That way again/Didn’t we almost have it all
NUMBER SIX: WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO
Fact: she is brokenhearted but she thinks he still cares for her.
CHOICE LINES: Where do broken hearts go/Can they find their way home/Back to the open arms of a love that’s waiting there/And if somebody loves you/Won’t they always love you/I look into your eyes/And I know/That you still care for me
NUMBER FIVE: RUN TO YOU
A diva performs multiple roles and she has to keep appearances in public for her fans. She is supposed to be strong. She is supposed to be unbreakable. She is until she comes home at night.
FIRST-RATE DIVA LINES: Each day, each day/I play the role/Of someone always in control/But at night/I come home and turn the key/There’s nobody there/No one cares for me
NUMBER FOUR: [TIED] (1) ALL AT ONCE (2) I HAVE NOTHING
Things are not getting better as she isolated herself from the rest. Her life is crumbling until she has nothing left but another tear to shed for her man.
(1) CHOICE LINES: All at once/I’m drifting to a lonely sea/Wishing you’d come back to me/And it’s all that matters now
(2) CHOICE LINES: Don’t walk away from me/I have nothing/Nothing/Nothing/If I don’t have you
NUMBER THREE: ONE MOMENT IN TIME
But the public forgives her as she pleads for another chance. No. She DEMANDS for another chance. A real diva has no competition but herself and time. The race is difficult as it is one-sided but our heroine is going to come up on top.
CHOICE LINES: Give me one moment in time/When I’m racing with destiny/Then in that one moment in time/I will be/I will be/I will be free
NUMBER TWO: I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
Magnanimous in her professional triumph, she has accepted the truth that he is not for her. She wishes him all the best but not before declaring eternal love. The drama
CHOICE LINES: I’m wishing you joy/And happiness/But above all/I’m wishing you love
NUMBER ONE: THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL
She listened to her soul. She found her self. She is still incomplete but no one CAN TAKE AWAY HER DIGNITY. Ever.
CHOICE LINES: I decided long ago/Never to walk in anyone shadows/If I fail/If I succeed/At least I lived as I believe/No matter what they take from me/They can’t take away my dignity
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