Watch Big Media give the Fraud a chance to show he really knows how to spell the word.
Remember the Umbrella Hero production after the Fraud couldn't get he and Michael under an overhang?
Posted on 08/16/2018 8:30:02 AM PDT by paul in cape
May she rest in peace.
For me, her performance at the Grammy's, stepping in for an ill Luciano Pavarotti at the last minute, was the best.
Video at link
Please feel free to add your own.
Respect is my favorite Aretha song.
Did you know all the musicians on the track were a bunch of country white boys from Muscle Shoals, AL?
Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
And they’ve been known to pick a song or two (yes they do)
Lord they get me off so much
They pick me up when I’m feeling blue, now how bout you?
Here it was, showing the Fraud could really use an umbrella:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9L4sOPHFE
She had so many good songs.
One that comes to mind her is her 1987 duet with George Michael “I Knew You Were Waiting For Me”.
Another duet is one she did with Michael McDonald around ‘94. It was called “Ever Changing Times”.
Or maybe even (help me out here-I may not have the title correct) “Think” which she sang in the “Blues Brothers” movie in 1980.
May “Queen Aretha” forever rest in peace in the Kingdom of our Lord & his beloved son, Jesus Christ. I believed her political leanings were completely wrong...but...I also believed that she may have been the best woman singer in the history of the world.
Her voice was magic, her voice was uplifting, her performance in the “Blues Bothers” movie was dynamic and her voice was penetrating at all times with either positive or pragmatic feeds.
Like a Frank Sinatra, like a Kate Smith, like a Tony Bennett, Like a Doris Day....we won’t witness to many gifts from God like Ms. Aretha Franklin. Sleep and rest well, my Queen of song!!!
Thanks so much for posting this. I was lost as to how to express myself over her death...how to honor her life. By simply dropping this post, you honored her on my behalf, and allowed me to express my grief.
P.S. I was about 18 when “Respect” hit the charts.
They’ve been known to pick a song or two.
It’s this simple
Muscle Shoals>Memphis Stax(barely)>Motown
Chess is not comparable but damn worthy
Black music I grew up on and still listen to daily
PS ...there was some incest tween Muscle Shoals and Memphis
There’s a video of her on a German or British TV show back in the day, singing “Don’t Play That Song,” and accompanying herself on piano. I think that’s my favorite Aretha performance.
Fun fact: Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records wrote (or co-wrote) that song.
Operation Heartbreak--Aretha Franklin (1961)
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