|
02-15-2011, 12:27 AM
|
#1 |
|
Timed Out
How Do You Identify?:
Permanently Banned 5/27/2011 Preferred Pronoun?:
hy ho, hy ho; he, she, it, whatever Relationship Status:
Going slow ... 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: in her orifices ... la frontera
Posts: 1,433
Thanks: 6,414
Thanked 2,957 Times in 952 Posts
Rep Power: 0   |
In celebration of Aretha Franklin
Before the Grammy Awards, I thought of starting a thread in celebration of Aretha Franklin. There has been discussion in the Huffington Post, among other newsies, that Aretha has pancreatic cancer. This got me to thinking a lot about her music and the ways in which it has intertwined with my life. I want to celebrate her while she lives. To thank her in my own way. So, I will tell a short something and post a music video. I invite anyone who loves her music to do the same. Be nice
 My first relationship, every time I heard this song, I was filled with something so powerful, so deep inside, such love, that when I heard it, I nearly cried. That first love: the racing hormones, the newly found poetry that expressed secret desires, the recall of the first kiss, the first uh huh, all of that at one time just hearing this song. I still get goose flesh... and I remember. Now, music lovers will probably just have to say that Dionne Warwick sang this song too around the same time (and many others followed later). True dat. But there is something so evocative in Aretha's version. So much in the gut, so very real, that I favor hers over Dionne's. I'm posting two versions because there is a palpable difference in sound (and it coheres with her history, her pain, her story/ies.). The first is rather sweet, song by the choir soloist. The second, well you be the judge. |
|
|
| The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to waxnrope For This Useful Post: |
|
02-15-2011, 09:44 AM
|
#2 |
|
Timed Out
How Do You Identify?:
Permanently Banned 5/27/2011 Preferred Pronoun?:
hy ho, hy ho; he, she, it, whatever Relationship Status:
Going slow ...
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: in her orifices ... la frontera
Posts: 1,433
Thanks: 6,414
Thanked 2,957 Times in 952 Posts
Rep Power: 0 |
bumpity, bump
Posted this late last night. I hope others remember Aretha's music and what they were doing when particular songs of hers became popular.
I listened to this last night and thought to post on the songs to break up thread, but will post here. It doesn't need explanation. Many of us have felt a fool ... |
|
|
|
|
02-15-2011, 10:04 AM
|
#3 |
|
Member
How Do You Identify?:
human 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: nomad
Posts: 712
Thanks: 1,450
Thanked 1,189 Times in 451 Posts
Rep Power: 1004849 |
THANK YOU!
i remember so many thangs concerning aretha that evoked huge emotions in me over the years... many years... hell...ALL my years... but... i think this is the one that has been sung along to by me the most thru the years... this rendition is the one i always hear in my head... no matter when or how or where its being played... |
|
|
|
| The Following User Says Thank You to rlin For This Useful Post: |
|
02-15-2011, 11:04 AM
|
#4 |
|
Timed Out
How Do You Identify?:
Permanently Banned 5/27/2011 Preferred Pronoun?:
hy ho, hy ho; he, she, it, whatever Relationship Status:
Going slow ...
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: in her orifices ... la frontera
Posts: 1,433
Thanks: 6,414
Thanked 2,957 Times in 952 Posts
Rep Power: 0 |
Good one, rlin. Another righteous pick for the songs to break up thread, too. The "freedom" refrain, it is a strong and uplifting part.
Thanks! |
|
|
|
|
02-15-2011, 04:32 PM
|
#5 |
|
Timed Out
How Do You Identify?:
Male Preferred Pronoun?:
He/Him Relationship Status:
Widow 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Permanently Banned 11/15/2011
Posts: 1,223
Thanks: 2,618
Thanked 2,582 Times in 837 Posts
Rep Power: 0 |
Wooo, sing it Aretha!
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2011, 04:38 PM
|
#6 |
|
Timed Out
How Do You Identify?:
Male Preferred Pronoun?:
He/Him Relationship Status:
Widow
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Permanently Banned 11/15/2011
Posts: 1,223
Thanks: 2,618
Thanked 2,582 Times in 837 Posts
Rep Power: 0 |
Sing it again Aretha!
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2011, 05:17 PM
|
#7 |
|
Junior Member
How Do You Identify?:
femme Preferred Pronoun?:
She, Her Relationship Status:
Single 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Soon to be in NC
Posts: 5
Thanks: 1
Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts
Rep Power: 0 |
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sQz29AN1gs&feature=relmfu"]YouTube - Aretha Franklin - Willing To Forgive[/nomedia]
You listen to her and then realize how we as a society have cheapened the word diva by using it to describe anyone who has a hit single these days |
|
|
|
| The Following User Says Thank You to carrieinNC For This Useful Post: |
|
02-15-2011, 05:32 PM
|
#8 | |
|
Member
How Do You Identify?:
human
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: nomad
Posts: 712
Thanks: 1,450
Thanked 1,189 Times in 451 Posts
Rep Power: 1004849 |
Quote:
tell it! |
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2011, 05:42 PM
|
#9 | |
|
Junior Member
How Do You Identify?:
femme Preferred Pronoun?:
She, Her Relationship Status:
Single
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Soon to be in NC
Posts: 5
Thanks: 1
Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts
Rep Power: 0 |
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
| The Following User Says Thank You to carrieinNC For This Useful Post: |
|
02-15-2011, 06:11 PM
|
#10 |
|
Senior Member
How Do You Identify?:
Butch, Preferred Pronoun?:
People call me by my nic name. Relationship Status:
Not Single, Not Desperate. 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 3,833
Thanks: 4,645
Thanked 4,033 Times in 1,720 Posts
Rep Power: 21474854 |
I like her shes a classy woman!!!
__________________
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. It is said, " Some lives are linked across time..... Connected by an ancient calling that echoes through the ages "...... |
|
|
|
| The Following User Says Thank You to MysticOceansFL For This Useful Post: |
|
02-15-2011, 06:42 PM
|
#11 | |
|
Practically Lives Here
How Do You Identify?:
Femme Preferred Pronoun?:
dee Relationship Status:
Hitched up 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Livin’ the Dream
Posts: 24,079
Thanks: 30,560
Thanked 54,856 Times in 13,915 Posts
Rep Power: 21474873 |
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
| The Following User Says Thank You to girl_dee For This Useful Post: |
|
02-15-2011, 07:01 PM
|
#12 |
|
Infamous Member
How Do You Identify?:
Femme Relationship Status:
. Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: .
Posts: 5,530
Thanks: 4,478
Thanked 12,947 Times in 3,419 Posts
Rep Power: 21474857 |
I absolutely adore Aretha and I think this is her finest live performance. She had less than 30 minutes to prepare for singing one of Puccini's masterpieces. I love how she made it her own at the end. How ironic that she has the same cancer that took the life of the man who made this aria his trademark and also my Mom who loved this piece so much we played it at her funeral. |
|
|
|
| The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Miss Scarlett For This Useful Post: |
|
02-15-2011, 07:06 PM
|
#13 |
|
Practically Lives Here
How Do You Identify?:
Femme Preferred Pronoun?:
dee Relationship Status:
Hitched up
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Livin’ the Dream
Posts: 24,079
Thanks: 30,560
Thanked 54,856 Times in 13,915 Posts
Rep Power: 21474873 |
wonderful lyrics...
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2011, 09:39 AM
|
#14 | ||
|
Timed Out
How Do You Identify?:
Permanently Banned 5/27/2011 Preferred Pronoun?:
hy ho, hy ho; he, she, it, whatever Relationship Status:
Going slow ...
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: in her orifices ... la frontera
Posts: 1,433
Thanks: 6,414
Thanked 2,957 Times in 952 Posts
Rep Power: 0 |
Quote:
Quote:
 Thanks, DomnNC. Good to get the coffee running.
|
||
|
|
|
|
02-16-2011, 09:43 AM
|
#15 |
|
Member
How Do You Identify?:
human
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: nomad
Posts: 712
Thanks: 1,450
Thanked 1,189 Times in 451 Posts
Rep Power: 1004849 |
WOW.....
a tribute... WOW... |
|
|
|
|
02-16-2011, 09:52 AM
|
#16 | ||
|
Timed Out
How Do You Identify?:
Permanently Banned 5/27/2011 Preferred Pronoun?:
hy ho, hy ho; he, she, it, whatever Relationship Status:
Going slow ...
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: in her orifices ... la frontera
Posts: 1,433
Thanks: 6,414
Thanked 2,957 Times in 952 Posts
Rep Power: 0 |
Quote:
Quote:
|
||
|
|
|
|
02-16-2011, 10:06 AM
|
#17 | |
|
Timed Out
How Do You Identify?:
Permanently Banned 5/27/2011 Preferred Pronoun?:
hy ho, hy ho; he, she, it, whatever Relationship Status:
Going slow ...
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: in her orifices ... la frontera
Posts: 1,433
Thanks: 6,414
Thanked 2,957 Times in 952 Posts
Rep Power: 0 |
Quote:
This piece is my favorite as sung by Pavarotti (my parrot, Rico, swoons over it and sings along  ... he has a not too good voice). I wept when he died. My net access skips due to loading problems, but I will listen at another time - carefully. She's not classically trained, Aretha, but in such a short time to prepare, well, even if she were an opera diva, dang! that ending still brought gooseflesh 
|
|
|
|
|
| The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to waxnrope For This Useful Post: |
|
02-16-2011, 10:24 AM
|
#18 |
|
Timed Out
How Do You Identify?:
Permanently Banned 5/27/2011 Preferred Pronoun?:
hy ho, hy ho; he, she, it, whatever Relationship Status:
Going slow ...
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: in her orifices ... la frontera
Posts: 1,433
Thanks: 6,414
Thanked 2,957 Times in 952 Posts
Rep Power: 0 |
for my sister, Dolores
This was my sister's favorite Aretha song. We even went to hear a live performance ... twice ... long drive and all. May you sing this with the angels, Dolo.
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2011, 10:41 AM
|
#19 | |
|
Timed Out
How Do You Identify?:
Permanently Banned 5/27/2011 Preferred Pronoun?:
hy ho, hy ho; he, she, it, whatever Relationship Status:
Going slow ...
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: in her orifices ... la frontera
Posts: 1,433
Thanks: 6,414
Thanked 2,957 Times in 952 Posts
Rep Power: 0 |
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2011, 08:07 PM
|
#20 |
|
Timed Out
How Do You Identify?:
Permanently Banned 5/27/2011 Preferred Pronoun?:
hy ho, hy ho; he, she, it, whatever Relationship Status:
Going slow ...
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: in her orifices ... la frontera
Posts: 1,433
Thanks: 6,414
Thanked 2,957 Times in 952 Posts
Rep Power: 0 |
discography discovery
Digging through her discography and discovered this song, originally done by Maxine Brown, sung by Aretha. Classic early Aretha ... the phrasing, and reaching those notes effortlessly.
There's no past story associated with this song because I just found it. But, I, as many of us, can understand her disbelief of betrayal. The denial. But unlike other songs of this type, she hung onto her faith in her partner, which proved to be a good thing. I'm feeling cynical, so won't say anything more .gif "Say What?") |
|
|
|
| The Following User Says Thank You to waxnrope For This Useful Post: |
 |
|
|
Linear Mode
