Why Whitney Houston's , I will always love you wasn't nominated for Oscar ?

Why indeed?

Because it wasn’t written for that movie. Dolly Parton wrote and recorded it in 1973.

It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film. The performers of a song are not credited with the Academy Award unless they contributed either to music, lyrics or both in their own right.

Wasn’t it already used in “Best Little Whorehouse?”

R4 it was.

Like OMG!

It may not be written for the movie but Whitney Houston's rendition of the song is completely different and was composed exclusively for the movie. Bodyguard, the movie is famous for that song alone. Academy is dumb.

How can a cover win an Oscar for Best [italic]Original[/italic] Song?

R7 OP is dumber

R7 even of they nominated HER version,,Houston still wouldn't of been nominated because she's not the songwriter, the songwriter's would of been nominated

r8 it is not a cover. Singing same lyrics doesn't make a song cover

[quote]even of they nominated HER version,,Houston still wouldn't of been nominated because she's not the songwriter, the songwriter's would of been nominated

Oh, dear! x10

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It's a shit song from an unwatchable movie.

[quote]it is not a cover. Singing same lyrics doesn't make a song cover

It's more than just the lyrics. The melody is the same as well. They may sing it differently, but... well, that's exactly what a fucking cover is. It's like "Hallelujah". Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and Rufus Wainwright all sang the same song in their own ways, but it doesn't make Buckley or Wainwright's take any less of a cover.

It should be nominated every year! And it should WIN every year too!

Uh huh. Well, why don’t you go through the list and post all the winners for Best Original Song where the same song was used in multiple movies? Then we’lll take you for your SPECIAL TREAT FANK YOU

Is this a parody thread or something?

I think OP wins fool of the months award on DL.

Dear OP, Whitney was a treasure, an exceptional talent, but the song was written by Dolly Parton and Whitney's brilliant version was a cover version of that song.

Awful song

Wild Is The Wind - David Bowie

written by Dimitri Tiomkin

Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone

written by Dimitri Tiomkin

OP doesn't understand that people cover songs all the time

OP? Are you even gay?

Why wasn’t “Into the Groove” nominated? Or

“Live to Tell” or “Crazy For You” or “This Used To Be My Playground”

Queen of The Night shoulda been nominated too.

[quote]R10 even of they nominated HER version,,Houston still wouldn't of been nominated because she's not the songwriter, the songwriter's would of been nominated

A write-in vote could have overriden that!

I want to go back in time and get Bobbi K away from Nick Gordon. Why isn't he in a jail cell?

And I was LOUD, I was LOUD, I was really LOUD, I was LOUD, quite LOUD, quite LOUD, I was LOUD and I was LOUD, and LOUD, painfully LOUD, one dimensionally LOUD, So I was the best, because I was LOUDER, so LOUD, endlessly LOUD...

I feel your pain, Whitney!

Singing the same lyrics doesn't make it a cover song?

This is a LOON thread.

She should have been slapped for ruining Parton's beautiful song with her awful caterwauling.

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"I will always love You OOO HOOO YOOOOO YOH DA LAD DI HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

Are you referring to that?

This thread is...a special kind of stupid.

We won't even get into why it was inexplicably bumped after lying dormant for two months.

OP likes blue