Oh word?
“‘No Air’ was originally a song that was for Whitney Houston. That was also with the Underdogs. A lot of people would ask me what that song is about and I would make up different answers, because I didn’t want to explain the fact that that song was about aliens. That song is about two people that are on different planets. If you listen to it it’s talking about all of this s*** about gravity and space and s***. The music for that song in the beginning was like background music for a seminar for families of unsolved murders or something. One of the Underdogs came in and heard the piano and we ended up writing a song for Whitney Houston. That was actually my first big hit. My first multi-platinum thing. That was the beginning of my professional confidence.
https://lifeandtimes.com/check-the-credits-songwriter-james-fauntleroy-ii-on-writings-hits-for-rihanna-jordin-sparks-justin-timberlake-more/4
“‘No Air’ was originally a song that was for Whitney Houston. That was also with the Underdogs. A lot of people would ask me what that song is about and I would make up different answers, because I didn’t want to explain the fact that that song was about aliens. That song is about two people that are on different planets. If you listen to it it’s talking about all of this s*** about gravity and space and s***. The music for that song in the beginning was like background music for a seminar for families of unsolved murders or something. One of the Underdogs came in and heard the piano and we ended up writing a song for Whitney Houston. That was actually my first big hit. My first multi-platinum thing. That was the beginning of my professional confidence.
Whitney would have kept to this theme similar to Bowie, Elton and The Carpenters. I could imagine it being a great evolution in her career
Such a cool piece of trivia to this song
https://lifeandtimes.com/check-the-credits-songwriter-james-fauntleroy-ii-on-writings-hits-for-rihanna-jordin-sparks-justin-timberlake-more/4
“‘No Air’ was originally a song that was for Whitney Houston. That was also with the Underdogs. A lot of people would ask me what that song is about and I would make up different answers, because I didn’t want to explain the fact that that song was about aliens. That song is about two people that are on different planets. If you listen to it it’s talking about all of this s*** about gravity and space and s***. The music for that song in the beginning was like background music for a seminar for families of unsolved murders or something. One of the Underdogs came in and heard the piano and we ended up writing a song for Whitney Houston. That was actually my first big hit. My first multi-platinum thing. That was the beginning of my professional confidence.
That’s wild, I can totally hear Whitney singing this song
It’s been awhile about to go on a Whitney binge
this really is a classic