In celebration of Aretha Franklin

waxnrope · 02-15-2011, 12:27 AM

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.

waxnrope · 02-15-2011, 09:44 AM

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 ...

DomnNC · 02-15-2011, 04:32 PM

Wooo, sing it Aretha!

DomnNC · 02-15-2011, 04:38 PM

Sing it again Aretha!

carrieinNC · 02-15-2011, 05:17 PM

[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

rlin · 02-15-2011, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by carrieinNC

YouTube - Aretha Franklin - Willing To Forgive

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

damned skippy!!!
tell it!

girl_dee · 02-15-2011, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by carrieinNC

YouTube - Aretha Franklin - Willing To Forgive

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

I completely agree!

waxnrope · 02-16-2011, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by carrieinNC

YouTube - Aretha Franklin - Willing To Forgive

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by carrieinNC

YouTube - Aretha Franklin - Willing To Forgive

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

Amen to that! I thought about this song, didn't put it up ... too close to the bone right now ... but, her phrasing and feeling in this song is something. As for hit single diva's? True dat. There's no magical electronics used for Aretha's voice enhancement! Thanks for this and your insight

waxnrope · 02-16-2011, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by DomnNC

Wooo, sing it Aretha!

Quote:

Originally Posted by DomnNC

Sing it again Aretha!

Definitely makes you want to dance, right?

Thanks, DomnNC. Good to get the coffee running.

rlin · 02-16-2011, 09:43 AM

WOW.....
a tribute...
WOW...

rlin · 02-15-2011, 10:04 AM

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...

waxnrope · 02-15-2011, 11:04 AM

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!

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rlin Member How Do You Identify?: human Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: nomad Posts: 712 My Photo Gallery 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...

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waxnrope 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 My Photo Gallery 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!