RIP: Aretha Franklin

The Queen of Soul has passed.

ian

 

It's almost worth watching the blues brother's remakes for the music...

RIP

JR

JohnRoberts said:

It's almost worth watching the blues brother's remakes for the music...

RIP

JR

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yup

Part of my growing up years, as I became a big fan of R&B as a skinny white kid in the burbs of OK City.  What a talent!

Bri

JohnRoberts said:

It's almost worth watching the blues brother's remakes for the music...

RIP

JR

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Why mot the original:

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/flashback-see-aretha-franklins-show-stealing-scene-in-the-blues-brothers-712456/

Cheers

Ian

From ruffrecords link (thanks for making me watch this again )

As her fellow film star put it, “The Queen had a wry, skeptical eye on the world but once you got her laughing you were in. What a voice! What a soul,” Aykroyd, the only major living cast member left from the film’s “Think” scene, tweeted. “Angel choirs should prepare for increased rehearsal and discipline.”

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I feel big passion for that old soul music, it´s my sound for special moments, good or bad, and love THAT woman, her voice made sexy a spiritual thing...rather than sadness I feel more happiness that she´s been here.

In the studio with Tom dowd and Aretha franklin
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3diMP_MT124

ruffrecords said:

Why mot the original:

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/flashback-see-aretha-franklins-show-stealing-scene-in-the-blues-brothers-712456/

Cheers

Ian

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Yup thanks,

I inadvertently watched one of sundry blues brother's sequels about a week ago with low expectations (a lot of the original stars are long gone). It's basically an extrapolation of a SNL skit on steroids, but they seem to get the music right.

It was worth watching for the music alone, I would watch the next BB sequel if they can keep the music quality up to the same level.

JR

PS; Aretha is a lot more than a player in an old BB movie, but it was a sign of the respect she deserved and got for her music career. RIP

As a kid I listened to the the songs of my parents and older sister and brother which was a lot of pop songs from the 50’s and 60’s.  I Rember hearing, “I ain’t Never loved a Man”.  Something changed in me with that song.  It was the first song I heard by Aretha and my love of the blues started with that song at the age of 10.  Such a spiritual experience.  RIP Aretha.

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As a kid I listened to the the songs of my parents and older sister and brother which was a lot of pop songs from the 50’s and 60’s.  I Rember hearing, “I ain’t Never loved a Man”.  Something changed in me with that song.  It was the first song I heard by Aretha and my love of the blues started with that song at the age of 10.  Such a spiritual experience.  RIP Aretha.

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