A Woman Was Kicked Off A Plane For Belting Out Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You'

[FarCenter]

An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York's JFK Airport was forced to make an emergency landing in Kansas City after a woman refused to stop singing Whitney Houston's famous ballad "I will always love you."

A video taken by another passenger on the flight shows police escorting the woman off the flight while she continues to sing out loud and off-key.

The man who took the video said that the woman was "screaming and singing" for an hour, according to KMBC.com.

"The woman was being disruptive and was removed from the plane for interfering with the flight crew," airport spokesman Joe McBride told KCTV. "There was a federal air marshal on the aircraft, who subdued the woman and put her in cuffs and removed her from the plane."

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[NoPasaran]

1. At least they landed first

More than I would have done.

[HappyMe]

9. lol!

I haven't flown for quite awhile, but I have always been lucky in that I didn't have to endure drunks like that.

[SidDithers]

16. Thread win on first reply...

Nicely done.

Sid

[hfojvt]

36. I just thought of this scene (with apologies to the VAWA)

[sharp_stick]

2. Off key or not

simply performing that earworm in public should be cause for the return of the pillory.

[CBGLuthier]

3. How do they know she was not doing Dolly Parton's original version?

Was it overwrought and tiresome?

[Jamastiene]

24. If she had been doing Dolly Parton's version,

I doubt anyone would have had a problem with it. They really are like two different songs.

[peace13]

4. Mom...is that you?

I worry every time my mother flies!

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. Maybe the Dolly Parton version would have been a better idea?

It's quieter, for one.

Easier for the amateur to approximate, for another.

[upaloopa]

6. I felt like belting out in agony on a flight from

Atlanta to LAX on a 767 last week.
I was stuck on the middle seat of the middle section. The seat did not recline. The little screen on the back of the seat in front of me was about 20 inches from my face and once in a while a commercial came on which I could not turn off. After about 4 hours of trying to sleep sitting up I was really tired and stiff.
Maybe this woman felt the same as me.

[L0oniX]

7. Oh come on now ...there are far worse songs to sing on a jet.

Let's Get It Up - ACDC or Let's Get physical or WMCA ...Geeze give her a break

[enlightenment]

21. "Midnight at the Oasis"

I'm not a DP supporter - but I'd happily eject someone at 32000 feet if they were singing that over and over . . .

[liberalhistorian]

39. Ya know, I feel a lounge thread coming on,

"the top songs you'd hate to hear sung on a plane". It could be a companion to the hilarious thread a few months ago about the worst songs of the 70's.

[riqster]

52. "Someone left the cake out in the raaaiinnn..

[Blue_Tires]

66. Chuggo would win with 99% of the vote

[liberalhistorian]

38. I dunno-I really can't think of

an earworm that would be worse; I think I'd want to hurl myself out of a plane's window to get away from it. Although I do agree that Dolly Parton's original version is ten thousand times better and easier to hear than Whitney's. I never understood all the fuss over Whitney, a horrendously overrated, overhyped "talent", who wasted the talent she DID have with drugs and bad choices.

[enlightenment]

50. Johnny Horton

Pretty much any of his - but particularly "The Battle of New Orleans" (which I actually like in a weird way - and love to torture my students with it).

Earworm Central . . . and yes, I think you should start a Lounge Thread!

[WinkyDink]

61. "99 bottles..."

[DevonRex]

8. In fact, Dolly Parton wrote it

and IMO did it better.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_Always_Love_You
"I Will Always Love You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. The country track was released on June 6, 1974 as the second single from Parton's thirteenth solo studio album, Jolene (1974). Recorded on June 13, 1973, the singer wrote the song for her one-time partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, from whom she was professionally splitting at the time. "

&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I am not a country music fan at all. Most of it I hate. But her voice is just so clear. She has a bit of the mountain music in her. Anyone who's ever heard Jean Ritchie sing knows what that is. Or if you've seen the movie Matewan you've heard it.

I have no doubt Whitney Houston was touched by that sound, too.

[Jamastiene]

22. I'm the same way about country music.

I hate most of it, but when it comes to Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and a select few others. And yes, Dolly Parton's version of the song is sweet. Whitney Houston's version literally hurt my head and ears.

[DevonRex]

26. We have similar tastes then. There's one more

from the 70s. Remember John Prime? He did "Sam Stone" and "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore" and "Illegal Smile." He was my favorite war protester lyricist. Country but not. Rock but not. Now he's definitely country.

[napkinz]

34. First time I've heard this version

And I like the original version, Dolly Parton's, way better.

Just beautiful.

[DevonRex]

37. And the meaning isn't sappy at all, now I know the back story.

That makes me like it even better.

[MADem]

53. The song was also incorporated into the "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" soundtrack.

Dolly sang it to Burt Reynolds--here it is:

[pinboy3niner]

10. Eight Miles High

[DreamGypsy]

35. The Byrds were flying back from London where they got to meet the Beatles...

... and the Rolling Stones, or so reports Roger McGuinn (on Live From Mars). He and Gene Clark decided to write a song about the trip. They decided to write about the airplane trip. Gene said "Ok, how high do you think this plane is flying?". Roger replied "Well, it's around 35,000 feet, that's about seven miles high.". Gene thought for a few seconds, and replied "Seven miles high, huh. That doesn't sound quite right." So, ...



There is a little controversy about McGuinn's telling, but it makes a good story.

[KamaAina]

11. That's what she gets for flying American Idol Airlines

[pinboy3niner]

13. HA!

[pinboy3niner]

19. Good thing she wasn't on Survivor Airlines

She would have been voted off.

[L0oniX]

28. LMAO

[alphafemale]

12. I'd have fucking flushed her.

I'd have fucking made her fit.

[Jamastiene]

18. I'd fly with you any time.

[Jamastiene]

14. I remember reading something about someone playing the song repeatedly

sometime back in the 90s. I don't remember if a neighbor attacked the guy or if the guy got arrested for it. I remember thinking about all of the headaches that probably caused. That song ALWAYS gave me a headache, even if I only heard a little of it. *cringes at even the thought of that earworm*

[HughBeaumont]

15. Don't expect me to be sympathetic. Whitney's rendition is horrendous to the point of torture.

And yes, you'd be able to tell between Dolly's sweetness and the ruined air-raid siren annoyance.

[DevonRex]

23. Agreed.

The song wasn't meant for Whitney's voice.

[hfojvt]

25. I don't mind the singing so much

what always bugged me was the video.

It kept showing Whitney with a 10,000 watt smile.

I'm like - isn't this supposed to be a sad song about saying good-bye? What's with the frigging smile?

[Orrex]

51. Wow.

Never have I felt so alone as when I have voiced my utter hatred for Ms. Houston's yodeling rendition of that song.


I feel so validated at long last!

[Jamastiene]

17. Part of her punishment should be to buy headache medicine for each and every

passenger who had to endure that.

[hfojvt]

20. coming this fall

"Songs on a Plane"

clip of Samuel L. Jackson

"I'm sick of this motherfricking songs on this motherfricking plane."

[pinboy3niner]

27. LOL! Well...

[Brigid]

58. The mental image of a bunch of snakes . . .

Raising their heads and singing "I Will Always Love You" just makes me I wonder what they would sound like?

[pinboy3niner]

63. One can only imagine...

"Iiii...Iii...Iiii...will always love yooooouuuuuu..."




Snake, rattle & roll!

[deutsey]

31. LOL

[sofa king]

29. I would have kicked Whitney Houston off the plane for that.

Whether I asked for it or not or like it or not is irrelevant compared to the possibility that such behavior might interfere with the operation of a giant hurtling ball of death.

The "giant hurtling ball of death" part turns out to be the most important part of that situation.

[onpatrol98]

30. Let Me Happily Add To This Thread - I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE WAY WHITNEY HOUSTON SANG THIS SONG

And, I like Dolly Pardon's version as well. In fact, I would be hard pressed to find a song sang by either of these two women that I thought was poorly done. And, if I had either voice, I would count myself fortunate. In fact...I think I shall listen to some of their songs, now. And, I know just which one I'd like to start with!!!

[pinboy3niner]

32. Just keep us apprised of your travel shedule, will you?

[onpatrol98]

54. They would definitely toss me

[hfojvt]

33. my favorite Whitney Houston song

"Oh, I wanna fly with somebody
I wanna share a seat near somebody
yeah, I wanna fly with somebody
with somebody who loves me..."

[DrDan]

40. "No photos are allowed to be taken on the aircraft" - huh?

since when?

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. Right after 911

[DrDan]

43. have flown many many times since then - never once heard announcement re no photos - and my wife

always takes pics in the air while flying

do you have a link?

[nadinbrzezinski]

48. I have been told this on flights with

southwest, American Aorlines, Mexicana de Aviacion and Volaris

[DrDan]

44. this seems to be American's policy

“Use of still and video cameras, film or digital, is permitted only for recording personal events. Photography or video recording of airline personnel, equipment, or procedures is strictly prohibited. “

[DrDan]

46. apparently SW's policy is ok for digital and video above 10K feet

so I guess it is an individual airline policy

[Nay]

55. I took a bunch of photos on the plane about 2 years ago AA, I think it was. DC to Vancouver, CA.

No one said anything to me.

[DrDan]

65. I agree - probably an individual airline policy

airports are a different story

[Tikki]

41. It is prob how she coped with the stress of flying..

When I had my first MRI, I ran like five Kraftwerk numbers through my
head to stay focused and quiet so I could finish that awful experience.

Maybe that lady was scared.

Tikki

[demosincebirth]

45. Did you annoy everyone on board?

[Tikki]

49. I just know I have been scared out of my wits before and I have a strategy...

of using music as a deflection. I would use an iPOD and earphones or run a song through my head...that is
the difference.


Tikki

[ChairmanAgnostic]

47. Good. I HATE that song.

The flight crew showed good sense.

[ecstatic]

56. She is diabetic and "her behavior was a result of her condition."

I hope she ensures that her medication or whatever doesn't run low again.

[Brigid]

57. There is an ad at the bottom of this thread . . .

For private singing lessons.

[Generic Brad]

59. Has she been in her 80's & singing gospel it would have been equally annoying

I point this out because there was an old woman who did just that on public transportation a few months back. And I got jumped on by people here for admitting I would not like it if I had been subjected to the uninvited singing.

So I think I understand how this works. If we belt out Whitney Houston songs and we are not a senior citizen, this is wrong by DU standards. But if we are in our 80's and sing gospel, it is considered adorable and inoffensive and I am a whack-a-doodle crank for thinking otherwise.

It is so hard to keep track of what is socially acceptable since I do not know the exact age or song book that makes that behavior OK.

[Bonobo]

60. If it had been "We Built This City"...

It would have only taken 10 minutes.

[LeftInTX]

62. I wonder if anyone has ever belted 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall on a plane?

[pscot]

64. She's lucky they didn't just

toss her out over Abilene.