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Aretha
« on: August 13, 2018, 10:59:58 PM »
Just heard that Aretha Franklin entered hospice care tonight.  That's sad news indeed
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2018, 12:03:19 AM »
It is indeed. Her life, at least the early parts, were far from happy. Pregnant at 13 I believe? Then a series of ups and downs in life but she was an excellent role model in many ways.

Then there is that voice! Golly we're lucky to have had decent recording equipment for the best part of a century!

Jude and I have been a bit morbid on this trip. Whenever we think of some person, famous or not, from our 'Youth' we tend to google them.

Far too many of the, are dead or bonkers.........

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Re: Aretha
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2018, 12:44:42 AM »
The voice!

I'm thankful for her music ---- from when she was young and thin --- weren't we all....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2xuj6LaCMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khBG1ZY1a8M
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2018, 01:15:59 AM »
 Aretha and Greg Allman both gone , I hardly listen to music anymore , it just makes me sad .

 Dusty
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2018, 07:02:20 AM »
Quote from: oldbike54 on August 14, 2018, 01:15:59 AM
Aretha and Greg Allman both gone , I hardly listen to music anymore , it just makes me sad .

 Dusty

Yeah, me too, Dusty.. I didn't realize what it was for a long time, but lost the fire in my gut to play, listen, etc.
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2018, 07:17:28 AM »
Quote from: oldbike54 on August 14, 2018, 01:15:59 AM
Aretha and Greg Allman both gone , I hardly listen to music anymore , it just makes me sad .

 Dusty

You probably said the same thing when Johann Sebastian Bach passed away! :laugh:


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Re: Aretha
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2018, 08:45:06 AM »
what a voice.
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2018, 08:57:30 AM »
Quote from: LowRyter on August 14, 2018, 08:45:06 AM
what a voice.

Oh, yeah. We'll always remember the queen of soul.
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2018, 09:02:40 AM »
I can hear this coming out of my transistor radio tuned to CKLW in Detroit:

"R-E-S-P-E-C-T"

The queen of soul indeed. "Just a little bit"
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2018, 10:16:20 PM »
 Aretha can form a duet with Mary Jane Jones .

 Dusty
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2018, 11:42:30 PM »
Sad news but at least we got to be there for most of her life and still have her music which will live for a very long time.
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2018, 10:23:33 AM »
One of my favorite scenes from the Blues Brothers movie.  :cool: :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY66elCQkYk

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Re: Aretha
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2018, 10:33:01 AM »
Weird Al Yankovic would do H-O-S-P-I-C-E   (Too soon I know)  love her music! Great in the Blues brothers. We bought tickets to see her here a couple of years ago, but she had to cancel. The Pointer Sisters filled in, they put on a really good show :thumb:
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2018, 02:48:37 PM »
Quote from: screamday on August 15, 2018, 10:23:33 AM
One of my favorite scenes from the Blues Brothers movie.  :cool: :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY66elCQkYk

Yeah, that was great.
Such a fantastic voice!
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2018, 03:52:40 PM »
Quote from: pebra on August 15, 2018, 02:48:37 PM
Yeah, that was great.
Such a fantastic voice!

I grinned all the way through it..  :smiley: :thumb:
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2018, 09:15:18 AM »
 The Queen has left us  :cry:

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Re: Aretha
« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2018, 09:25:10 AM »
yes, just read that. The suffering is over. For her, and all those that cared about her.
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2018, 10:01:16 AM »
Another one of the greats gone.
Shame.
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #18 on: August 16, 2018, 10:31:33 AM »
She will be missed. One of the greats!
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #19 on: August 16, 2018, 10:42:40 AM »
Chain, chain, chain, chain of fools...

I saw an interview with her 'I'm a diva when I need to be a diva.  Otherwise I'm the lady next door'.

Back in the '90s Pavarotti was supposed to perform Nessun Dorma at the Grammys.  At the last minute, he couldn't make it.  Who stepped in?  Aretha Franklin.  She had something like 30 minutes notice and delivered a great performance.  A little R*E*S*P*E*C*T for an awesome talent.  RIP Ms. Franklin.
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #20 on: August 16, 2018, 04:30:42 PM »
Nothing but respect from me.. RIP Aretha.. have a good trip.
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Re: Aretha
« Reply #21 on: August 16, 2018, 07:39:57 PM »
RIP Vanessa el Rio. WildGuzzi members did not give you respect. And you had a great voice.

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Re: Aretha
« Reply #22 on: August 31, 2018, 09:39:22 AM »
Aretha's funeral streamed live:

www.npr.org/music
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