Aretha franklin

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genuinely loved by the NY COOL
occassionally some deserve just that little bit more

Postscript
Aretha Franklin: A Legacy in Music
Her voice was a pure, painful, and unforgettable expression of American history and American feeling, the collective experience of black Americans and her own life.

By David Remnick

Culture Desk
Aretha Franklin Is As Immortal As Can Be
Listening to her sing was like listening to the embodiment of a divine signal. She received it and she broadcast it.

By Amanda Petrusich

Culture Desk
An Astonishing Rendition of “Dr. Feelgood”
Seated at the piano, in March of 1971, she gave a performance that was so scandalous and sublimely virtuosic that it verged on epic.

By Emily Lordi

 

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Fellow singing legend, Diana Ross paid tribute to Franklin on Twitter, writing, “There is a brilliant FLAME about to go out , ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY Say a prayer and let her go with love-Deep Breath”. An emotional Patti LaBelle wrote: My thoughts, my heart and my prayers are with Aretha Franklin, the greatest singer of all time, and all of her loved ones right now”. Another legend in her own, Barbara Streisand It’s difficult to conceive of a world without her. Not only was she a uniquely brilliant singer,but her commitment to civil rights made an indelible impact on the world”

 

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Fans pay respects to Aretha Franklin at her Walk of Fame star in Hollywood after the ‘Queen of Soul’ dies at 76 – Daily News

 

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The memories...

 

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Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, died on the same day as Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, 41 years later ... and it's both weird and fitting.

Aretha's passing fell on Elvis' 41st death anniversary -- August 16, 1977 -- albeit under extremely different circumstances.

 

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Sad, but oddly enough her Blues Brothers character hubby - Matthew Guitar Murphy just passed away a few months back.

That's one of my favorite scenes from that movie.

 

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no reson not to acknowledge her achievvements further

Happy Friday!

I’m Adam Pasick, a senior editor at Quartz who works on the Quartz app, Daily Brief, and Obsession email—but really I’m just a lifelong Aretha Franklin superfan.

Aretha, who died yesterday of complications from pancreatic cancer, had been suffering from ill health for several years—but the Queen still had the raw power to inspire crowds, mostly notably in 2015, when she brought tears to the eyes of Barack Obama and millions who watched her show-stopping rendition of “(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman” at the Kennedy Center.

She was an unabashed diva—quick to eviscerate anyone who failed to give her her propers—with more than her fair share of eccentricities. But ultimately none of that mattered, as her former band member Billy Preston explained to the New Yorker’s David Remnick, in an excellent 2016 profile of the singer:

“She can be hiding out in her house in Detroit for years. She can go decades without taking a plane or flying off to Europe. She can cancel half her gigs and infuriate every producer and promoter in the country. She can sing all kinds of jive-ass songs that are beneath her. She can go into her diva act and turn off the world. But on any given night, when that lady sits down at the piano and gets her body and soul all over some righteous song, she’ll scare the shit out of you. And you’ll know—you’ll swear—that she’s still the best f***in’ singer this f***ed-up country has ever produced.”

The tides turned in Muscle Shoals. Aretha’s fame was never guaranteed—she had nearly a dozen albums that flopped before she made it big.

She began singing gospel in the Detroit church of her father, the famed pastor C.L Franklin, and signed at an early age to Columbia Records, which attempted to market her as a jazz singer in the vein of Billie Holiday. It was only after she signed with Atlantic Records and began working with producer Jerry Wexler that the true Queen of Soul emerged, at a tiny music studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

There, with a backing band of some unusually funky white musicians, she recorded the soul-baring single “I’ve Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” in 1967. “Coming to Muscle Shoals was the turning point in my career,” the singer said in a documentary about the studio.

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(AP Photo)
In 2014, Gawker’s Rich Juzwiak compiled a great rundown of Aretha’s many feuds and rival run-ins. Asked to comment on Taylor Swift, the queen of shade said: “OK, great gowns, beautiful gowns.”

Barack Obama’s advice: “When you’re deejaying a party, open with ‘Rock Steady.’”

“The red light was on — the red light means you always are recording. Tape was very, very expensive. We kept the music going, and I captured the eight bars that has taken me around the world. Everybody thought it was the most phenomenal drum break in my life—and all I was doing was keeping my time. I just smile, because 98 percent of the people of the world didn’t know my drum break was an accident. I love it.”

Here’s a video of Aretha doing the song, sans band, on Soul Train.

Have a great weekend!

A few deep cuts. Here’s a playlist that shows off Aretha’s unequaled music range, whether she’s recording spirituals, her own material, or songs made famous by others. In particular check out:

• Her cover of the jazz standard “Skylark,” which prompted jazz goddess Sarah Vaughn to say, “I’m never singing that song again.”
• “Ain’t No Way,” penned by Aretha’s sister Carolyn, which showcases the all-time-great back-up singers known as the Sweet Inspirations. They included Cissy Houston, whose daughter Whitney would perform this song in her 1983 global debut.
• “Day Dreaming,” penned by Aretha herself, featuring the same heavy-hitting rhythm section as “Rock Steady,” plus jazz flute player Hubert Laws. She sings: “I wanna be what he wants when he wants it/And whenever he needs it.”

(Reuters/Las Vegas News Bureau/Handout)

 

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Rest in Heaven - Queen of Soul!

 

[MisterB]

I took my weekly Spin/Yoga class last night. Our instructor scrapped her original music selection and played Spotify's Aretha tribute station/channel. Each of us in the class commented throughout the class as different songs played: "Oh, I had forgotten she recorded that!"

My goodness Aretha had quite the repertoire. If I'm being honest here, I'm really quite annoyed with myself today that it took this legend's death for me to realize how ignorant I was of her music. Trust me, that's changed! I have added much Aretha Franklin music to my collection today.

I saw this YouTube video earlier today of her talking about covering Adele's Rolling in the Deep. WOW! Such a class act!

Enjoy:

 

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And the day she stood in for a sick Pavarotti....

 

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Imagine that no autotune , no choreography and no dancers. Blasphemy.

 

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A tribute by Blackish co~star, actress & singer; Jennifer Lewis

 

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