Queen of soul
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RIP so much RESPECT
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@Crimsonorblue22 Amen.
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Never has a great vocal artist been imitated so often and so horridly. She was a one off genius, the Ella Fitzgerald of her life time. The screamers today are just screamers—unconnected to the meaning and truth and beauty—sound and fury signifying nothing. All great artists are truthful even inspite of themselves at times. She was. She could not sing a false note or a false phrasing. It was never about her suffering and struggles. To reduce her to that cliche is to demean her gift. She sang brilliantly both in bad times and good. Hundreds of screamers have had lives as tough as she had. But they never produced the operatic qualities of sound she did each time she set her mind and pipes on connecting to a song. She was the John Cohltrane of the voice and that is my highest praise I can offer any singer. It was about the authenticity and truth that came out. When music fills a spatial dimension with an architecture of sound music has reached its highest state. You are in an architecture of sound sculpted by a musical artist of great humanity and generosity with her. Great classical composers like Mozart could do this even with small pieces, thus we know it can be achieved in any form of music, if enough talent and skill are unleashed. A tiny few contemporary musicians and singers can achieve this level briefly. She could and did build a world of sound quite beyond the narrative of the lyric. The lyric was merely her invitation in. She was the greatest female singer of my life time and no one else came close.
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Aretha Franklin was both a talented and gifted.
Talented in that her vocal ability was basically unmatched both in the past and even now.
Gifted because she was able to tap into that talent to a degree that few can.
Few are able to maximize such extraordinary talents. She was a one off genius, as @jaybate-1-0 so eloquently put it.
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@jaybate-1.0 sweet write! Started listening to some songs a few days ago when I heard she was bad! Do u have a fav?
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Chain of Fools.
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Watch Tony Bennet duet with her. Most younger women he has dueted with its clear that he was singing with persons he had to help and complement, and not overwhelm with his pipes. With Aretha, he acted like he was singing with a peer. He gave her as much room as she needed to get comfortable with him and then just sang along effortlessly not worrying about her. It was beautiful.
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@jaybate-1.0 https://ew.com/music/2018/08/16/aretha-franklin-performance-barack-obama-to-tears/
I love this one
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Crimsonorblue22 said:
@jaybate-1.0 https://ew.com/music/2018/08/16/aretha-franklin-performance-barack-obama-to-tears/
I love this one
Oh… WOW. I guess I missed it when Carole King was honored. That was literally the best thing I’ve seen online in the past few months. Thanks!
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@DanR they are playing part of that on Stephen Colbert in a lil while
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@DanR if you get a chance, they played all of it. Much better on tv.
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