I bet sitting here on that couch they had no idea her version of the national anthem would go down in history as the greatest of all time

Man she was killing the stage... Go Whitney Go Whitney

she killed that performance hoarse N' all yes ma'am the one and only and sorely missed

Damn Whitney is the shit

I’ll always respect Arsenio for affirming Whitney in that moment. Not that she needed it, but I’m sure she felt good knowing that he had her back.

Holy shit Whitney did great singing live and moving so much in the first two verses/choruses of this song. But, back around this time, she was WHITNEY HOUSTON. She was flawless from '86-'93.

I really like how she is so true and direct about her answers. The Truth Will Set You Free...

Everything that she sang was just great love , loved her voice pure perfection.

Poor thing, she was so hoarse and still did her thang...

My heart broke for Whitney when she was booed at the Soul Train Awards. She was deeply hurt by that. I don’t think she truly ever got over it. So sad.

Singing White.."How Will I Know IF He Really Loves Me..??" Lmao that was funny as hell. 😂😂🤣 you tell em Whit!

Whit and Arsenio were so close she's been on his show so many times i love her interviews on here she seemed so comfortable and herself RIparadise Whitney

Haha! "How will I know if he really loves me?!" Whitney's wit and sense of humour are sorely missing in many of today's celebs!

Nippy was phenomenal. She slayed in every Genre that she sang in. I can appreciate the mainstream pop that Clive brought her to the forefront with. In addition to the soul and gospel that she went on to record. She touched my soul so deep and there will never be another like her.. RIP dearly missed.

Thanks so much for posting this video. It's great seeing beautiful Whitney and hearing them talk about significant things in her life - her nickname Nippy, The Star-Spangled Banner, and the infamous Soul Train Awards.

She sang this song so effortlessly I love it

Whitney paved way for Rihanna Beyonce without Whitney Houston they would not be any of them today Beyonce shakes her ass Rihanna lip syncing and people praise them but it makes me so mad our bad this generation music anybody can get a Grammy anybody can get a top 10 single is not like it was back in the day when you had to work for it and do not have to take your clothes off to get attention people these days don't even have talent

Whitney slayed. Anyone still listening in 2019.💝💝💝 People stop talking about Whitney can't dance. The Voice was doing the running man. I love it!!!!!She did her thang on Arsenio's show. She was hoarse and still sounded better than other singers. Whitney gave us so much joy with her music. Job well done. RIP QUEEN

A wonderful singing teacher I was blessed to have as an undergraduate told me, that if you are going through a rough period where you are not quite your best, technique is what will help you sing through it if you absolutely have to and rest is not an option. Ms Houston showed us that her 90% is something that most of us would kill to sound like...what an absolute blessing to the world she was

just hard to believe a great singer like Whitney Houston and people had to say her music was not Black Enough.... Let's leave it at it was simple great music and during the course of the year of 2012 let us continue to support and prayers for us as fans and her family. For those of you that celebrate Easter, let us remember her that week especially the family.

That's the most dancing she has ever done in her life. She was working it!

She was special. She had one of the greatest voices ever, she was very attractive and down to earth. The hate she received from the fans at the 89 Soul Train awards was probably based on jealousy. She was able to sale 4-13 Million albums and she wasn't limited to only a Black audience.

6:08 😂😂😂😂 SHADE

Amen to that, she could not have said it better, God made her to sing like that, and that’s the way it is.

we have one of the greatest vocals in history and this is how we were as black people, judging each other. I had no idea about this and it broke my heart.

I miss my sister she has always given us all of her! It's in the eyes & the soul that counts. Her FAITH has ALWAYS BEEN stronger than HER thorns! RIH. Nippy

Whitney also hated how In Living Color said she couldn't dance and how that hurt her feelings. I think she did a dance routine to counter that claim.

Hey guys! I was a 70's child! this era was MY TEEN years. I can say this. There was unity & NO competition back then. They stood in solidarity. Whether it was pop. Rock. Country. Even alternative. It was ALL great music. Aquanetta hairspray. And jet black eyeliner❤🎉

🤣😂 @ 4:50 Whitney wasn't having it. Arsenio wasn't lying, there was no half stepping on HIS show. No studio singers. Also, at one point, Roseanne was cool af.

I so loved the way Arsenio introduced his guest, especially his favorites!!

A person should just be allowed to be oneself without having to conform to what other people want them to be,whether these other people are from the same background as the person or not

8:23 you can see she's checking him out

She was dating Eddie Murphy at this time. Hint: Arseno living fantasy through friends!

dance whitney!!!!

Clive really had THE VOICE on stage doing the running man!

She sang and was hoarse, what singer does that today? Again, no one like Whitney.

I've never seen Whitney dance so much in my life. It's cute. :) Funny that Roseanne Barr gave Whitney advice on the star bangled banner! LOL Who knew that she'd go on to sing that song like no one ever before her. Whitney and Arsenio were soo cute together. I love watching all these old clips. There was so much potential of where her life should've gone away from drugs. But I'm glad we had her for as long as we did. I hope she's at peace now.

This Whitney is my favourite Whitney. Her looks and outfits were edgey, fashion forward and on point. At this point she had the right amount of fame for her to handle. The Bodyguard fame seemed too much for her to handle that she started breaking apart after that.

@36tookie ..........Love the new word "RIParadise" that you've presented to myself & the world of KZfaq. I hope you didn't put a "patent" on it (smile)......I plan on using it on some of my future "on-line"comments on Whitney and any other cherished entertainer who the world has lost.

I don't know what people were talkin' about, that is some true hateration-holleration up in there.. Whitney Houston sings like Whitney Houston, a voice and sound of her own. As what? As God intended, with each design that he makes.

This is the Whitney I remember - so happy, sounded FAB and looking radiant, which she was in the end - I always loved Whitneys music no matter what !! Loved the hair and her jeans ripped in the knees !! :)

Whitney just so naturally talented and beautiful! Love Arsenio too!

Amazing voice....

when she said "how will i know if he really love me" lmbo i died

People were dumb, because she wasn't running all over the place, but was singing "straight" and yes on her first records her voice was more polished, to sound lighter and more white, but her voice still had that "black" quality in the tone (very colored)

Whitney is Gorgeous .....

NIPPY! WE LOVE YOU♥

"hOw wIiL i kNoW iF hE rEaLlY lOvEs mEeeeee". 😂

I'm sorry but Whitney was a better dancer than she was given credit for!

Arsenio has powerful voice!

The best and worst Star Spangled banner, side by side.

Whitney,"there will be no Milli Vanilli up in here!"🤣

Good job Whitney Houston my favorite as always 👍😊

1 year later of this interview. Her career would be pushed into the stratosphere...

Miss u 2 Rosey! Also sis. YOUR FAITH IS STRONGER THAN YOUR THORNS! A!! Man u are a king that has done great things on your crown ur king of the interview thing.❤️🙏❤️💪✌️

I love how she just openly said and throw a shade on MiliVanilly (i hope i wrote it right) ; now everybody will be mad...

She is so beautiful

RIP Whitney Houston.

I remember this segment....Timeless..."The Voice"

I agree with everything you said this all so very true I just wish more people could understand what Whitney went through!!!

Even though her biggest hits still had a Gospel influenced delivery, she still wasn't singing the type of songs Anita Baker, Regina Bell, or Miki Howard was singing. To top it off it appeared that she had a WHITE man in the "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" video. Basically they felt she was a sell out. And the fact she only one 2 Grammys up to that point blows me to be quite honest. She has the greatest female voice to be recorded...point...blank...period.

Great advice from #RosanneBarr to the beautiful late great talented #WhitneyHouston😂😂😂🤗😍😇

I keep Telling My children they Ain't started NOTHING NEW🙄 ..2019 THEM RIPPED JEANS back in style 😂😂😂

Wow this is priceless!

Queen Nippy ❤️🎶❤️⭐️ Never forgotten 🌹⭐️ & Never replaced ⭐️

you could tell she was still hurt by the fact she got booed at soul train 7:36. I couldn't imagine having my own people boo at me that must have really hurt her

@nuthingbut79thebest ......So very true.....this IS PRICELESS!.....as are ALL of the old Arsenio Hall clips. The memories, my God, THE MEMORIES......absolutely precious! Arsenio provided a showcase for our people (African-American) to exhibit their God-Given talent when very few entertainment & "talk-show" hosts were giving Hip-Hop, R&B, Black actors & actresses that same opportunity for national exposure. To my way of thinking, Arsenio was a national treasure....and we should let him know that.

R.I.P

Miss you Nippy💜🙏🏽

Whitney sang and she was the best at it which I believe is why people booed her. Those were some jealous ass black people. Instead of lifting her up they put her down and her mother wrote in the book that she actually started crying in 1989 after the show. Thats so heart breaking.

Diana Ross and the Supremes were first to hit the pop charts big, then Roberta Flack and Diana had some # 1 hits in the early 70's.. then Donna Summer became the first real dominate female artist on the pop charts ever..having 4 number ones in a 12 month period and 9 consecutive top 5 singles from 78-80. She was the first female in the modern pop era to have the number one single and album simultaneously (3 times in 8 months), took 3 double album to the top of the charts in 14 months, and she was the first to consistently sell albums 6 gold, I platinum, 2 double platinum and 1 triple platinum album between 75-80. Billboards top act from 1976- 82 with 12 top 10 singles.Ross never had a gold album as a solo artist until 1980. Tina Turner had her comeback going in 1984 & 85... these were all before Houston arrived

the soul train controvesy really affected her..she talked about it alot thoughout her career...i believe marrying Bobby Brown in a way was her trying to say see IM NOT A SELL OUT....whitney houston had a gift but her gift was also her curse....ppl that know her said on some occasions she was really self concious and insecure...thats why it pisses me off when ppl pass judgement on her..you have NO IDEA what she had do deal with on a regular basis...

KCOP 13. I remember that station well before it became UPN 13. LOS ANGELES IN DA YOU TUBE BUILDING.

@padussia I don't see it either and i'm black. some people just love to hate on others that are doing something in the world.

She was on Arsenio so much...

UNMATCHED

@4:51 whit Face is priceless lol

Need anyone say more? This is the master class

(Lastly) that situation did affect her and that's why the "I'm Your Baby Tonight" didn't fare as well as the first 2 because she tried to go for a more urban sound. And marrying Bobby Brown was another product of that whole stigma.

sooo cute!

Back in that time is was not cool to cross over to pop, whitney later made that cool and set the blue print for the rest to follow her. People born in the 90s dont relize it was a diffrent world back then. Whitney truly blazed that trail!!!!!!

My baby.

I never remember anyone saying that they thought Diana Ross, Ella Fitzgerald, Dionne Warwick or Marilyn McCoo sang "too white." I wonder why they held Whitney to a different standard?

@ThePearlofeire Like i said before, i can't speak for those people that believed that because i don't share that same view point. WHitney herself couldn't even figure out what it meant, I love WHitney Houston no matter how she was. I don't see how she was acting white or what that even means but what you saw on oprah is true. some disadvantage african americans want black people to be successful but they don't want them to be so successful they fit in with white america.

ouch. ugly on here. i do not curse. i just know that whitney houston is the best live singer of all time. she is THE VOICE. she did not need all the crap in the background. she just sang. sadly...she is gone. too soon. but she is just the best. whitney. sorry. i am white. it is not a white or black think. gay or straight. how about talent? that is all i care about. and she is gone. her music and talent made me smile.

@ericaw004 @ericaw004 I want to know what black people from the US mean when they say a black person is "acting white"because it seems to me from what I have seen (I think it was on the Oprah Winfrey show a few years ago) that some or a lot of African-American from tough,poor and disadvantaged backgrounds don,t like it when another African American person is successful.

I remember when this episode aired. I was like 10 years old.lol

Well artists like Rihanna and Beyonce woulda been booed out of the building because they truly "crossed over" with their music lol

Karrtt1234 you have nailed it with the facts on other female artists. Especially when it comes to crossing over to Pop.Berry Gordy knew all those many yrs ago to do crossover music,after all who buys all those records? White people.everyone knows black people don't buy nearly half as many records. And I'm black so don't come for me!.. Clive Davis I believe wanted Whitney to achieve the ultimate success and stands to reason for Pop Music but y'all wanted to bash her at the soul train awards calling her "Whitey" even then y'all started with the bashing! She's Not the 1st female to sing Pop and won't be the last! I had to get this off my chest for some yrs now! Excuse me...

Diana Ross, Tina Turner, and Aretha paved the way for Whitney. If we are to follow your logic without them there would be no Whitney Houston. Also, if anyone can get a Grammy or a top 10 single; where is yours?

I recall back in the 80s listening to the Tom Joyner Morning Show and they used to talk bad about Whitney and read from the National Enquirer about her and I thought that was so childish. I recall that Tom Joyner and his morning team were not fond of Whitney Houston yet would play her records. I would bet even back then they would have applauded Whitney getting booed at the Soul Train Awards.

Whitney: there will be no millie vinillie in here! *audience reacts & whitney feigns coy expression* LOL Whitney could be witty or bitchy when she wanted to be in her interviews. XD I miss her :(

WOW sooooooooooooo true

Actually Diana wasn't the first, Mary Wells was.

what did she make then? and diane was known all over the world too, and she did do it first. it's a fact.

Soo said the way it ended

adoro esta música da wh de tudo

I think it’s crazy how people judge Whitney and say that she wasn’t black enough.. Uh well duh Whitney was never introduced to the public as an RnB singer.. She was pop but she crossed over.. Whitney has always been a soul singer because that’s where her music came from.. But I remember the soul train awards and yes she got booed because of a comment that was made towards Anita Baker..

Lets be very clear! If Whitney didn't sing the songs to appeal to a broader audience, she most likely would NOT have become a super star. Black people are not loyal supporters of artists who truly represent black music anywhere near people who sing a broader range of music. That's a fact! If I was a singer, I wouldn't limit my sound and audience to just a 'black' audience either.

Do you have the full episode of this I wanna watch it so bad!?