What's All This Then

Why should I care what this guy has to say?

The correct answer is that you shouldn’t. We’re all entitled to our opinions. Develop your own. I try to be sane and rational, but that may change with the level of caffeine intake. I’m just telling my stories in the hopes they may amuse and/or inform others. And... I Confess... I'm showing off my bitchen collection a bit.


Tuesday, August 28, 2018

A Belated RIP for Aretha Franklin

This one was so big it actually made headlines in the mainstream media.  Aside from Fox News making the announcement with a picture of Patti LaBelle and Trump boasting she once worked for him, her death elicited beautiful responses from a diverse population.

Aretha held the well deserved title of Queen of Soul.  Her singing served the song and she only did vocal gymnastics when the song warranted.   (unlike the current crop of manufactured 'divas' undeserving of the title).

She transformed Otis Redding's Respect from a narrative about a man wanting to 'get some' from his girl into an anthem of female empowerment.  Accomplished without changing a word.

The records she made on Atlantic are pretty awesome.

So in 1987 she teamed up with Keith Richards for a remake of Jumpin' Jack Flash for a Whoopie Goldberg comedy.  The result is this single.

 Aretha - Jumpin' Jack Flash (Arista 1987).




Keith produced.  Keith and Ronnie Wood played.  Aretha made the song her own.  A gem.



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