Added: Mar 11, 2010
From: Bushtrikster
Duration: 9:53
ARetha!
Channel: Music
Tags: aretha franklin once before go live radio city music hall 1990 queen of soul patti labelle melba moore
Rating: 4.2' max='5' min='1' numRaters='5' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#overall ( ratings) Views: 551 Comments: 38
ZebFAN2010 Says:
May 14, 2010 - Out of all the r&b divas of that generation, do you know who is still consistently selling out at a higher ticket price? Aretha Franklin. I recently saw her in Nashville, TN where she performed to a sold out crowd and received multiple standing ovations. Aretha's voice has matured and changed tone, and to be honest, this video is when her smoking was at its worst. However, her voice returned after she stopped smoking. And now that her diet is healthy, her voice is also back.
ZebFAN2010 Says:
May 14, 2010 - You should listen to the way Patti Labelle lies in her interviews today and claims she can sing even better than she used to. In what world is shrieking considered singing? She's a joke. She's invented a character of herself. This character is some drag who flies around the stage as if she's trying out to be cast in some witch movie. Hell, her Snickers commercial isn't even going to be released lol. Patti's theatrics have always gotten in the way of the song. Aretha serves the song.
ZebFAN2010 Says:
May 14, 2010 - Aretha's tone, yes..., has changed. Each decade it has offered something new. I'll let you know though, that Aretha's style has still not been matched by any singer in any vocal period she's had. For a patti fan to claim that Aretha is not hitting the notes. She is hitting the note, her tone is an aged and experienced one in this performance, but that does not change the fact she is hitting the notes. Patti has never given consistent performances where she has not had a single bad note
ZebFAN2010 Says:
May 14, 2010 - And you discuss Aretha's choise of outfits. I am not a fan of her outfits, but there is one thing Aretha is not. That is she is not shallow. She embraces her body as should most women. However, Patti has gone out of her way to deny her heritage and the aesthetic structure God gave her and gotten plastic surgery. There is nothing more shallow than plastic surgery.
MissThingSings Says:
May 14, 2010 - @ZebFAN2010 Patti's voice is not always perfect, but there is no question hers has held up MUCH better than Aretha's. Aretha cannot sing anymore, PERIOD. That flimsy "falsetto" she's been choking up for the past decade is embarrassing. There is NO excuse for Aretha Franklin to lip synch, even as pathetic as she sounds. That is a gutter butt, especially for a singer of her (former) caliber. Triflin'!
ZebFAN2010 Says:
May 14, 2010 - @MissThingSings Is that what you think? She cannot sing period? That's why she's still invited to play larger events than Patti and is still selling out and getting standing ovations. I saw her most recent concert and it was sold out and everyone left saying it was the greatest concert they've ever been to. So don't give me that bullshit. You're just a bitter fan of Patti's because Patti still and won't ever get recognition for her bda singing.
ZebFAN2010 Says:
May 14, 2010 - I've already explained to you why she lip synched and you're still too stupid comprehend it. You were even too stupid to read that this performance was from 1990. I'm not asking you to solve some difficult equation with a series of proofs needed. I'm asking you to digest the words in front of you that are clearly telling you that she was asked to lip synch it. Aretha has two lip synched performances throughout her entire career. Patti has lip synched before too.
MissThingSings Says:
May 14, 2010 - @ZebFAN2010 Zeb, I don't want to bring your father into the covo, so I am not going to mention drag queens THIS TIME. I see you don't want to discuss THIS performance, and that's because you know her voice is tore up. She can't hold the note to save her live. Raspy and ragged...Patti's version was off the chain. Clear, powerful and divine!
MissThingSings Says:
May 14, 2010 - @ZebFAN2010 The only thing Aretha hits today that she hit back in the 70's is Mack's Chicken Shack...isn't that where ya mama work's? The doctor couldn't fix the damage to her voice..it is forever ruined. THANK GOD it's not as bad as Whitney, but it certainly is not good. Aretha hasn't sounded worth anything since the 70's...
MissThingSings Says:
May 14, 2010 - @ZebFAN2010 Grammy's have nothing to do with talent...there are so many soul sisters who could sing Aretha into the ground it isn't even funny!
MissThingSings Says:
May 14, 2010 - @ZebFAN2010 Aretha can sell tickets, but so can Britney Spears. Her voice is gone and her performances are tired..she can't even move! I think she's lazy and grossly overrated.
MissThingSings Says:
May 14, 2010 - @ZebFAN2010 Speaking of Snickers..I think Aretha should lay off of them. What about a Jenny Craig commercial??
MissThingSings Says:
May 14, 2010 - @ZebFAN2010 A 68 year old morbidly obese woman going on stage in clothes 5 sizes too small is pretty shallow...and disgusting. I think Aretha should consider some sort of surgery. I'm sure your mother would have more than a few things fixed on her if the surgeon accepted food stamps...maybe when your father gets a job he can facilitate that....
MissThingSings Says:
May 14, 2010 - @ZebFAN2010 I am not JUST a Patti fan...I love Ella, Sarah, Nina, Gladys, Dionne, Nancy and so on...Aretha cannot hit the notes anymore...her voice is shot. Doesn't mean she wasn't once an amazing artist...just mean she hasn't been for a very long time. Deal with it, baby girl.
Bushtrikster Says:
May 14, 2010 - @MissThingSings Hmmmmm seems like Patti not doing so well either...thought I would upload the video of her opening note....FLAT.....hmmmmwhat you gonna put that down as? Menopause.....diabetes......lack of technique? Well up comes the video just to remind you.....READY?
ZebFAN2010 Says:
May 14, 2010 - You can state Aretha is a poor singer all you want, but all those ladies you mention have recieved awards and been praised for their music. Patti hasn't. She received literally no hits. Her so called "hit song" has been made more famous by a bunch of other singers. Believe it or not, Patti has never sounded good nor will she ever. It's only you handful of fans who appreciate her. Most everyone else thinks she oversings.
ZebFAN2010 Says:
May 14, 2010 - @MissThingSings How is that shallow? Do you understand the definition of shallow? That is placing value on looks more so than personality. In other works, making fun of overweight people is shallow. You would fall into the shallow category. We call this kind of logic rational.
ZebFAN2010 Says:
May 14, 2010 - You would take the time to trash talk my mother and father and then make such rash attacks towards somebody's welfare. That is pathetic. Why do you stoop to such low levels? That's nasty. I am a undergraduate at a state university. My father passed away from stage 4 lung cancer when I was only seven years old. My mother is the proud mother of three children who all attended colleges and is currently very ill. I would suggest you take your classless personal attacks elsewhere. You are a disgrace.
Bushtrikster Says:
May 14, 2010 - @MissThingSings listen here you bitter twisted drag queen - who the fuck do you think you are talking to......get it rite - you are just a frustrated old queen yourself who is probably JEALOUS you don't have a uterus.....GET OVER IT AND SIT BACK AND WATCH A REAL TRAIN WRECK OF A VIDEO OF YOUR PATTI CAKE - TACK LABELLE!
Bushtrikster Says:
May 14, 2010 - @MissThingSings SEE IT THERE - THIS ONE IS STAYING UP!
TheQueenAretha Says:
May 14, 2010 - @ZebFAN2010 Zeb pay this fool no mind, he is just a sorry imitation of a human being.
mostick313 Says:
May 20, 2010 - Interpretive Skills, Interpretive Skills, Interpretive Skills is what it takes to take a simple or even complex song and OWN IT and do it completely different than all Others. Aretha, The Royal one, has a Rare Vocal Technique that is completely unknown to every singer I ever heard! Arethas Rare Vocal Technique allows or causes her to to do just what shes doing right now, A Steller Steller Performance of Epic Proportions! I will visit this page often for sho!
1990soulman Says:
Jun 25, 2010 - @MissThingSings Ok I herd Patti Labelle version and I most say best I actually heard her like I said I only like her with "Labelle" when she went solo its hit and miss for me but I like both version equally for different reason
MsESQusiteAKA Says:
Jul 2, 2010 - @MissThingSings Her voice may not be what it used to be but it is still pristene and better than about 95 % of the so-called singers out now. You deal with that boo...
ZebFAN2010 Says:
May 14, 2010 - What does Patti Labelle ave to show for her career? She's not been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Aretha was the first woman to be inducted. Aretha has the second most grammys of any female singer and the most r&b grammys. Patti Labelle has the same number of Grammy awards as Barack Obama. Aretha Franklin's hat made a bigger splash in the news than the reunion of that oversinging group "Labelle"