Post by unit7 on Nov 17, 2015 19:16:55 GMT -6
Watched a swedish documentary about WH tonight and then started looking at clips on YouTube, reminding me that she was one of a handful of those very rare stars who got it all. It's so sad the way her life evolved and that she left far too early. Not the first time in history that stardom went wrong, but in this case perhaps extra sad, regarding her divine talent.
I clearly remember how floored I was when her debut album came. Then later in the early 90s I'll never forget a story Tony Mazerati told. He was hired to work with one of the main stars here back then on a session that I played on and he was asked about how it was working with all these mega stars. He told a little about all incredible lead vocal sessions he'd had with almost all the big names, but said that WH topped them all and when she switched to the highest gear everybody in the control room just froze with jaws dropped.
Looking at all those clips reminded me about her force of nature and I found myself sobbing time after time. As mentioned, extra touching because of her divinity and many of the messages in the songs (The greatest love for instance), combined with her tragic destiny. Perhaps a bit corny arrangement/production and video but what really got me was the end of 'It's not right But it's ok' when she's repeating 'I'm gonna be ok' so groovy and captivating, and so convincingly, and then it strikes you that No, sweetheart, it didn't turn out ok at all..
I clearly remember how floored I was when her debut album came. Then later in the early 90s I'll never forget a story Tony Mazerati told. He was hired to work with one of the main stars here back then on a session that I played on and he was asked about how it was working with all these mega stars. He told a little about all incredible lead vocal sessions he'd had with almost all the big names, but said that WH topped them all and when she switched to the highest gear everybody in the control room just froze with jaws dropped.
Looking at all those clips reminded me about her force of nature and I found myself sobbing time after time. As mentioned, extra touching because of her divinity and many of the messages in the songs (The greatest love for instance), combined with her tragic destiny. Perhaps a bit corny arrangement/production and video but what really got me was the end of 'It's not right But it's ok' when she's repeating 'I'm gonna be ok' so groovy and captivating, and so convincingly, and then it strikes you that No, sweetheart, it didn't turn out ok at all..
