Aretha Franklin RIP

Birneybau · 16-08-2018 06:04PM

Incredible singer, incredible story.

Had first kid at 13, 2nd at 14! Father involved with Martin Luther King.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/16/aretha-franklin-queen-of-soul-dies

Gwynplaine · 16-08-2018 06:17PM

All the dormant fans will come out of the woodwork now, heartbroken.
Great voice. R.I.P

bodhrandude · 16-08-2018 07:26PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

ok. is it just my age or is it a sad indictment of modern music that we used to have people like Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, Freddie Mercury, Bowie, Hall & Oates, Ray Charles, Hendrix and now we have Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, Demi Lovato, Bieber, Minaj....I mean, can anyone honestly argue that these people are in the same league? Did the former group use up the finite amount of mojo in the universe?

Well I'm glad to say, no disrespect to Aretha RIP

, but Mavis Staples is still around and she's playing the Picnic, I canna fecking wait. I know Aretha will be partying with Etta James and Nina Simone up there, god bless them.

pleas advice · 16-08-2018 08:25PM

R E S T E C P

squawker · 16-08-2018 08:33PM

RIP Aretha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwY5QylvU6k

nullzero · 16-08-2018 08:35PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

All the greats are leaving us. Truly sad.

Poppycock, we still have Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato... Yeah they're not replacing the Aretha Franklin's et al are they?

fryup · 16-08-2018 09:22PM

never a fan of american soul music tbh,

but i acknowledge the fact she was important figure in american R&B with an amazing voice

RIP

Pelvis · 16-08-2018 09:26PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

ok. is it just my age or is it a sad indictment of modern music that we used to have people like Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, Freddie Mercury, Bowie, Hall & Oates, Ray Charles, Hendrix and now we have Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, Demi Lovato, Bieber, Minaj....I mean, can anyone honestly argue that these people are in the same league? Did the former group use up the finite amount of mojo in the universe?

Jimmy Hendrix, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury........ Hall & Oates? Wuuut...

bodhrandude · 16-08-2018 09:39PM

Pelvis wrote: »

Jimmy Hendrix, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury........ Hall & Oates? Wuuut...

Yeah didn't they just do a gig in Dublin a few month ago with notorious bad sound problems, there was definitely folk venting about the gig in the Gigs and Events forum.

Summer wind · 16-08-2018 09:51PM

Absolutely totally unforgettable. May she Rest In Peace.

Melodeon · 16-08-2018 10:24PM

In another nice little link with Elvis, go to 2:15 to see (and hear) Aretha do her bit of Jailhouse Rock in the greatest movie of all time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9HpQU09Z0I

Actually, watch from 2:00 and see how many greats from that movie are now gone.

I see Matt 'Guitar' Murphy died only 2 months ago.

Cody montana · 16-08-2018 10:32PM

murpho999 wrote: »

George Michael is waiting for her.

Is she being buried in a men's urinal?

Cork Boy 53 · 16-08-2018 10:37PM

Cody montana wrote: »

Is she being buried in a men's urinal?

Grow up.:(

Niles Crane · 16-08-2018 10:38PM

Always seemed like she was a lot older than 76.I remember her being put up on the big screen at the US Open tennis a few years ago and was shocked to discover she was still alive.

RIP, she had an incredible voice.

16-08-2018 10:38PM

Such a shame. Goodbye to an absolute legend.

It’s funny, I always associated Aretha Franklin with Motown, but despite growing up in Detroit, she never signed for them.

iguana · 16-08-2018 10:47PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

That's disrespectful, the woman just died.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtBbyglq37E

Declan A Walsh · 18-08-2018 06:44PM

I was watching some of her live performances on Youtube just to remind me of the wonderful talent of Aretha Franklin. She is a great loss to the music world (not just soul music). She has been much imitated by others but no-one could emulate her style.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 01-09-2018 05:04AM

The funeral took the piss. Like a gangster's send off, gold plated casket, rows of limos, vintage hearse. A week long.

It wasn't becoming of her. It was vulgar to take the piss like this. Not dignified.

Christian my arse, the price of that coffin would feed a village in Eritrea for a year.

Badly Drunk Boy · 01-09-2018 05:11AM

She was great at what she did. but I just am not a fan of that. I know millions were, though.

dr.fuzzenstein · 01-09-2018 06:20AM

I thought Aria Grande's performance brought the difference between true legends that were famous for raw talent and today's stars that are famous for, I have no idea what, into sharp focus. Every single one of the background singers could sing her into next week.
Like Kanye West singing Bohemian Rhapsody. Grumpy old git alert, but what the hell? These kids of today wouldn't know real music if it bit them on the ass. (Shakes fist)
Oh god, I'm my dad.

screamer · 01-09-2018 08:03AM

This....she was very weak no vocal talent at all. I laughed when the pastor said when his daughter mentioned her name he thought it was a new dish in taco bell. Ha! Anyways as for the funeral sure it's not what everyone would do but it's her family's wishes and who knows could be hers too. To each their own, death is the greatest of all levellers no matter how your funeral is.

screamer · 01-09-2018 08:03AM

This....she was very weak no vocal talent at all. I laughed when the pastor said when his daughter mentioned her name he thought it was a new dish in taco bell. Ha! Anyways as for the funeral sure it's not what everyone would do but it's her family's wishes and who knows could be hers too. To each their own, death is the greatest of all levellers no matter how your funeral is.

ceadaoin. · 01-09-2018 05:01PM

The pastor has apologized for groping Ariana grande. Looking at the video, he definitely was and she looks very uncomfortable. If he's like that on tv in front of millions of people can only imagine how he behaves in private. Disgusting, I'm glad he was called out on it

https://news.sky.com/story/aretha-franklin-funeral-bishop-accused-of-groping-ariana-grande-apologises-11487347

How Soon Is Now · 02-09-2018 02:22AM

ceadaoin. wrote: »

The pastor has apologized for groping Ariana grande. Looking at the video, he definitely was and she looks very uncomfortable. If he's like that on tv in front of millions of people can only imagine how he behaves in private. Disgusting, I'm glad he was called out on it

https://news.sky.com/story/aretha-franklin-funeral-bishop-accused-of-groping-ariana-grande-apologises-11487347

I can guarantee if he was white this would be all over the Internet and media much more then it is now.

Just goes to show doesn't it.

Aretha Franklin RIP

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