In celebration of Aretha Franklin

Canela · 02-16-2011, 11:45 PM

Shhhh! Yes yes, 8 tracks....obviously I go back a ways...ahem...

So yeah, she surely can make you feel her pain...I love love love me some Aretha Franklin!

Thanks for starting this thread...I am loving it!

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Originally Posted by waxnrope

8 tracks? OMG! I haven't even heard of those for decades!

And I ain't laughing at you, but at me!

Yeah, this was one of those pity party songs ... and you could really cry cause she is so good at making you feel her pain ... which matches your own.

Thanks, Canela for the story ... that's what I'm after: how some music relates to your life, past and present. I mean, I listen to Aretha, and can pinpoint exactly where I was (I've moved a lot), who I was with, what year, etc. It's like a personal, musical history, ya know?

waxnrope · 02-17-2011, 08:30 AM

Listening to this one now, I have a different read on the words then I did when a youth. We used to say, " ... take me to bed ... " and mess up the original lyrics. Hormones, right? But now ... a woman asking to be taken for granted ... different feelings about this now. It is My la frontera.

waxnrope · 02-17-2011, 08:50 AM

oh man, this song ... I woke up with it this morning. Sorry for the repeat. Just cannot help it ... songs, music, have such a way of speaking the feelings, the thoughts, the deep reflections of one's interior. One's soul. Heart. Just feeling this shit.

waxnrope · 02-17-2011, 08:58 AM

remember this one? She is dressed fine here ... I used to wonder who the heck picked her outfits ... I'm a faggy butch, what can I say?

Catch Flip "the devil made me do it" Wilson on the intro?

theoddz · 02-17-2011, 09:50 AM

I have always adored, adored, ADORED anything Aretha has done!!!

Most of the great R&B voices in history came from gospel roots, and Aretha is no exception. I think spiritual music is the foundation on which many people find the heart and soul to put into their music. Faith is a strong thing and, through the years, I have come to rely on mine, and I know its ability to move hearts and minds and mend bridges. Gospel music speaks to me and no one, except maybe Mahalia Jackson can get in there and *quite* do it like Aretha.

So, here's to celebrating Aretha and her great talent in the world of Gospel Music.

....and

Thanks for this great thread!!!

~Theo~

waxnrope · 02-17-2011, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by theoddz

I have always adored, adored, ADORED anything Aretha has done!!!

Most of the great R&B voices in history came from gospel roots, and Aretha is no exception. I think spiritual music is the foundation on which many people find the heart and soul to put into their music. Faith is a strong thing and, through the years, I have come to rely on mine, and I know its ability to move hearts and minds and mend bridges. Gospel music speaks to me and no one, except maybe Mahalia Jackson can get in there and *quite* do it like Aretha.

So, here's to celebrating Aretha and her great talent in the world of Gospel Music.

Thanks for this great thread!!!

~Theo~

Thank you, Theo (and, little Ivan, of course). I have not brought up, except by innuendo, her religious roots ... But yes, these are primo examples of her personal journey, her odyssey in music ... and life. One can hear the Gospel nuances in her "secular" songs. It brings to mind a little something I wrote about G-d and Sex ... never mind. These songs are great and I love your picks!

rlin · 02-17-2011, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by waxnrope

remember this one? She is dressed fine here ... I used to wonder who the heck picked her outfits ... I'm a faggy butch, what can I say?

Catch Flip "the devil made me do it" Wilson on the intro?

i remember watching this when it aired! i was a tyke dyke then... but i was mesmerized... i wanted her to be mine... she had such a presence... i didnt know why i wanted to be beside her... i just did!

waxnrope · 02-17-2011, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by rlin

i remember watching this when it aired! i was a tyke dyke then... but i was mesmerized...[i wanted her to be mine...she had such a presence... i didnt know why i wanted to be beside her... i just did!

"i wanted her to be mine.. " That's coz you're a greedy bastid

"Presence" is an apt descriptor for her. You hit it spot on. It, this "presence," is when she sings, palpable and, well, just with/in you.

Greyson · 02-17-2011, 10:46 AM

I too grew up listening to R&B. (Back then it was also known as the Motown Sound and/or Soul Music.) I remember my first big crush, 13 years my senior playing and singing R E S P E C T, over and over again. I was in the 7th grade.

I cannot access YouTube right now but if I could, I would post Aretha singing the song about a "Chain of Fools."

Chain, chain, chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaainnnnn, Chain of fools.

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