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I thought The Pointer Sisters were singing but it was Whitney Houston . . .


For the longest time, I thought The Pointers Sisters were singing "How Will I Know?" until at some point I found out it was Whitney Houston. No doubt Whitney is great but I still think the song sounds more like a potential Pointer Sisters song. And they'd be great at it -- love those sisters!

Have you ever had the wrong artist in your head when hearing a song?

Posted - August 22, 2017

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  • 46117
    That sounds like the Pointer Sisters to you? 

    No way, Jose'.

    Plus she only has one voice.

      August 22, 2017 7:36 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Yeah, you're right, but . . .  :)

    I believe this was Whitney's first hit maybe - - or at least it was the first song I had heard from her -- I didn't know who she was. Yes, I admit that the song sounds similar to The Pointer Sisters to me. 
    :)
    And at several spots in the song, at the chorus and "Don't trust your feelings" spots. to me it sounds like more than one singer.
    :)
    Perhaps - - most likely- - it's all Whitney just overdubbed or something.

    Anyway, I know you're right -- now that I'm very familiar with Houston's voice, it sounds like her. (And still a bit like The Pointer Sisters! Ha!)

    Thanks for answering, Shar to the Rona!
    :)
      August 22, 2017 8:04 PM MDT
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  • 46117
      August 22, 2017 7:42 PM MDT
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  • 7132
    So who did you think was singing? Alvin and the Chipmunks?
      August 22, 2017 7:54 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    What in blazes are you going on about?????
      August 22, 2017 7:59 PM MDT
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  • 7132
    Erm.... your answer to Welby's question, "Have you ever had the wrong artist in your head when hearing a song?"   
      August 22, 2017 8:06 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Yeah, well, I just said that it didn't sound at all like Whitney who has only one voice.

    So why would you ask me if I thought it was the Chipmunks.  That made no sense to me.
      August 22, 2017 8:08 PM MDT
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  • 7132
    You posted this as a separate answer which made no sense to me.
      August 22, 2017 8:11 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Oh.  I knew we would find the reason behind all this.

    Let's move on.  Onward and upward.

      August 22, 2017 8:13 PM MDT
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  • 7132
    I thought Smiley Virus was singing Bruce Springsteen. He had the title first.





      August 22, 2017 8:03 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Smiley can only wish to be equated with Bruce.
    :)

    And if you want to, listen to Miley's song again -- when it first came out, I though for sure in the choruse she was singing " I came in like a RAINNNN -- Bow !!"
    :)

    I'm idiotic at times. 
    :)
    But a nice idiot.



      August 22, 2017 8:09 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    She actually PICKED that stinker when she had a million choices.
      August 22, 2017 8:09 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Ha! Your comment is worded perfectly here to me here, Shar to the Rona! It made me laugh, thanks!
    :)
      August 22, 2017 8:13 PM MDT
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  • 7132
    Springsteen? Are you criticizing Springsteen? Best go elsewhere then. Them's fighting words.
      August 22, 2017 8:13 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    I don't like that song and I don't really like him much either.  (sorry)  He's got a few good ones.


      August 22, 2017 8:17 PM MDT
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  • 7132
    Lol.... a few? Three plus hours worth at a typical (sold-out) Springsteen concert. Not too shabby for a 67 year old man with a career spanning more than 40 years.

    Best to move on here as well.......
      August 22, 2017 8:23 PM MDT
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  • "I thought, for a very long time, that this voice was the voice of Elvis Presley."

    Terry Stafford - "Suspicion"



                       (you know, back before music videos and the internet)
      August 22, 2017 8:18 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Oh, YEAH!! I would think the same thing!
    Except this guy is a bit more attractive in a cuter way than Presley in my opinion -- though that has nothing to do with the logistics of your answer, I realize, ALF! (Like you said, before music videos and the internet)
    :)
    It's a nice song, too -- I hadn't heard it before.
      August 22, 2017 8:23 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Ha! Someone else besides us thought the same thing, ALF! This video was suggested after I listened to your post. A mix of both Stafford and Presley singing the song!
    :)


      August 22, 2017 8:27 PM MDT
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  • I didn't think Elvis that ever recorded it, but it seems like I was wrong.  They are quite different though.

    Elvis Presley - "Suspicion"

      August 22, 2017 8:31 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Yeah, that's way different than either that "mix" or Stafford's version. I like Stafford's version better, based upon my initial quick listenings just now to them.
    :)
    But Presley's is good, too. This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at August 22, 2017 8:45 PM MDT
      August 22, 2017 8:42 PM MDT
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  • I like Stafford's version better also and I'm a big Presley fan.
      August 22, 2017 8:47 PM MDT
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  • 17364
     Love Whitney.  She tried, but never was able to dance.  She walks and marches, but not dance.  Its endearing.  
      August 23, 2017 1:01 AM MDT
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  • 22853
    I never noticed! Ha!
    Yeah, I like her singing a lot, too.
    Thanks for answering, Thriftymaid!
    :)
      August 23, 2017 7:59 AM MDT
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