Could Aretha's Bow be Any Bigger?

Aw, c'mon - besides "Respect" y'all haven't prolly EVER gave two farts about Aretha one way or another...
Who's big enuf to admit THAT?

I will admit that. I didn't know who she was until I googled her.

Some kind of singer, heh?

Looks like you're short of fiber again, snood.

I've loved Aretha since I saw her on The Merv Griffin Show. My brother and I were dancing around the living room as she sang. She's magic, with or without a hat.

Gus, stop pretending you're McGentrix.

...and you're out of gas again. But I bet you couldn't name 3 Aretha Franklin hits without googling either.

Aretha is the Queen of Motown, and don't you be forgetting that!

Honestly Snood, Respect is far from my favorite Franklin song.

My favorite is Chain of Fools

Then there's

Think (what you're tryin' to do to me)
I'm gonna knock on your door ('til you come back to me)
Spanish Harlem

I never loved.....loved a man, the way that I.....I love you. (steamy)

Since you been gone.

You make me feel (written by Carol King)

etc...didn't have to look any of them up


I don't know if I'm supposed to, because I'm white, but I love love love Motown.

I bet Snood can't name 3 Barry Manilow tunes without Googling?

Aretha was never on the Motown label.

I know but Detroit is Motown. Aretha IS Detroit. Therefore, Aretha is Motown.

I hope you were planning to put something good on that bet, because you'd lose.

And hits. Sheesh, who cares about hits. Let's talk about songs she performed well. Do right woman, do right man. Natural woman. Night time is the right time.

She was fabulous once upon a time. She's still better than a lot of performers, but she needs to accept that the voice isn't what it is, and modify what she's trying to perform.

This person certainly heard what I did (or is at least one of the other people willing to admit to it)

bloomberg

why would you ever write that?

I know. I found that kinda strange because either (a) snood thinks the only song Anyone knows by Franklin is Respect, or (b) because a white person can't like her.

eoe....just an aside....this sounds ignorant but I didn't associate some songs being motown just because they recorded on the motown label. I mean, I know about the record label, but to me, it's like a genre of music. Like rock, jazz, etc.

sorry if I sounded dumb.

Keep on truckin' eoe.

I didn't mean to offend, only to correct.

Aretha was not Motown and her sound wasn't Motown, which was very distinctive as we all know. Aretha came out of the Atlantic/Arista crew and her sound, once they found it, was gutsier and more gospel-tinged than say, Diana Ross or Tammi Terrell. Aretha took you to church like Ms. Ross never could or dared to even try.

I guess when you say Motown you mean Detroit but, considering the risk for confusion, when talking about music and Detroit-bred artists in particular, there's a need for clarification or it will appear that you're not hip to what you're talking about.

I confess I thought her name was Uretha until I was in high school I just never noticed the "A".

Snood was rather cranky yesterday.

I'm not hip at all.

Marvin Gaye? Is Marvin Gaye motown?

Mandy, Copacabana, (thinking Real Hard)... ok. Got me there.


I was cranky because I have love for Aretha, and didn't like people making fun of her.


On another note, didya know that Aretha gave Obama a gift of several of the original manuscripts of her dad's (Rev C.L. Franklin) sermons and a bible with a message from her written in it? I thought that was very cool.

Aretha Franklin was an Atlantic artist. Marvin Gaye was Motown. He was also one hell of a drummer and his real name was marvin gay....you can see why he'd change it.

and no, this white boy didn't need to google anything. I cut my teeth on soul and r&b.... and am conversant on old Sun artists, stax/volt and the memphis sound, as well as motown and atlantic artists. I even played in a 10 piece soul review. Only white kid in the band. Although I have snood on ignore I see by you posting his quotes that us white folks aren't allowed to know about "his" artists.

tell us snood if you will, about Deep Purple and Pink Floyd.

Hope . Change. Well, maybe not everywhere.