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Jomeo
(New England)
Posted: May 14, 2013 - 20:09
 

I've had the opportunity to drive aretha when she comes to town. She is an absolutely terrible person. The first time I chalked it up to having a bad day,no big deal. 2nd, 3rd and 4th times there is no excuse for her behavior so anytime I hear anything by her it makes me sick. SUCKO BARFO ALL THE WAY!!



jessfine
(The Driftless Area)
Posted: May 14, 2013 - 19:59
 
 ScottN wrote:
Chain, chain,chain...chain of poodles.  Or so says the neighbor seven year old.
Wonderful song from The Queen.

 


Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont)
Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 13:14
 
 Toke wrote:
Will all you modern ''SOUL'' listeners please not, THIS IS SOUL.. you will of course notice she is actually singing and there is no repetitive drum and bass thumping away in the background. ... Wow I really needed to say that as to steal the title of soul to the Crap that is produced today really annoys me.

 
Come on, "Sex Machine" or "Mother Popcorn" (among many songs) by James Brown have painstakingly repetitive drum and bass patterns throughout most of the songs; are you saying that the "Godfather Of Soul" was misnamed?  I'm not sure if there is much modern music which is called "soul" anymore; there are all sorts of new labels which have been concocted.

SmackDaddy
(San Diego)
Posted: Nov 21, 2012 - 13:42
 
 Toke wrote:
Will all you modern ''SOUL'' listeners please not, THIS IS SOUL.. you will of course notice she is actually singing and there is no repetitive drum and bass thumping away in the background. ... Wow I really needed to say that as to steal the title of soul to the Crap that is produced today really annoys me.
 
Please DEFINE soul music? Personally I think it's nothing more than a term to say "black people singing" and therefore is a crappy ass term.

tonypf
(Honolulu)
Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 16:09
 
 

Not here.

rpdevotee wrote:
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Snoopy2
(Radio Paradise)
Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 17:41
 
chain chain chain...chain of fooooools!!!! {#Bananasplit}

Toke
(Bournemouth UK)
Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 05:52
 
Will all you modern ''SOUL'' listeners please not, THIS IS SOUL.. you will of course notice she is actually singing and there is no repetitive drum and bass thumping away in the background. ... Wow I really needed to say that as to steal the title of soul to the Crap that is produced today really annoys me.

4merdj
(donde el viento se devuelve)
Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 19:31
 
{Overplayed}^+ ... yes ... but {Jolly Good}^+ too!! {#Cheers}

kcar
Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 04:43
 
 fredriley wrote:

{#Roflol} Me, I used to think it was 'chain of poos', which brings up an altogether less pleasant mental image :o)
 
Chain of poodles -> chain of poos -> pain of scoops. 

rpdevotee
(San Jose, CA)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 01:05
 
OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED, OVERPLAYED

SinisterDexter
Posted: May 16, 2012 - 09:43
 
The Queen abides.

tulfan
(Still in SE MI)
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 06:16
 
Superb...

Desimia
(Buenvenidos a Me-ah-mi)
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 14:10
 
sing it sista!
 


thais
Posted: Mar 31, 2012 - 13:07
 
 YESLizK wrote:
More Aretha!   {#Clap}
 

YES!!!!!

MORE ARETHA!!!!
MUCH MORE!!!!
LOTS OF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALL DAY LONG WITH HER!!!!!!
please.....

     

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 21:42
 
More Aretha!   {#Clap}

rommi
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 05:23
 
really good start for today! :) ten, ten, ten...

Stingray
(NWO reloaded)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 11:20
 
"10" - of course!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 11:19
 
 ScottN wrote:
Chain, chain,chain...chain of poodles.  Or so says the neighbor seven year old.
 
{#Roflol} Me, I used to think it was 'chain of poos', which brings up an altogether less pleasant mental image :o)



ScottN
(Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.)
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 - 10:01
 
Chain, chain,chain...chain of poodles.  Or so says the neighbor seven year old.
Wonderful song from The Queen.

stevetheshoe
(wayfaraway)
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 - 09:58
 
Being from Detroit, Sister Franklin gets a ten for everything she does.


BKardon
(Louisville, CO)
Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 16:00
 
 Dave_Mack wrote:

Keep listening {#Dancingbanana}Bill has played that a few times.  I love that one too.  (In fact, he played it last weekend)

 
I could go for an occasional Aretha set.


kcar
Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 01:05
 
 fredriley wrote:
I do like this, but IMO The Commitments version had much more zip. Still, this is worth a good 7 from the Nottingham jury (9 for the Commitments cover).
 

I just love the frustration and anger in her voice as she sings. Reminds me of another song about a woman in chains—"House of the Rising Sun."

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 04:13
 
I do like this, but IMO The Commitments version had much more zip. Still, this is worth a good 7 from the Nottingham jury (9 for the Commitments cover).

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Jun 21, 2011 - 00:43
 
Like heaven after that Ani Difranco dreck.

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: May 20, 2011 - 09:06
 
Does it get any better than the Queen of Soul? Tell it, Aretha...Sweet set list!


estprophet22
(neit hertHereNor here)
Posted: Apr 21, 2011 - 22:50
 
 Dave_Mack wrote:

Keep listening {#Dancingbanana}Bill has played that a few times.  I love that one too.  (In fact, he played it last weekend)
 
Don't stare at the banana when you listen to this song. You could have a stroke. 

estprophet22
(neit hertHereNor here)
Posted: Apr 21, 2011 - 22:49
 
You best step aside, son. Aretha's gonna rock it.

Dave_Mack
(Kicking out the jams)
Posted: Mar 18, 2011 - 08:10
 
 BKardon wrote:
Great!  Now how about playing Rock Steady?
 
Keep listening {#Dancingbanana}Bill has played that a few times.  I love that one too.  (In fact, he played it last weekend)


BKardon
(Boulder, CO by way of State and Madison)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 10:28
 
Great!  Now how about playing Rock Steady?

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 12:05
 
Was just about to switch off of RP to some OTHER station...but then Aretha comes on......OK, I'll listen a while longer.

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 20:48
 
Queen of Soul, I bow to you...first, last and always...thanks for all the memories. {#Crown}

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 19:53
 
 Panama_Floyd wrote:
Just in case someone hasn't seen it yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLrsCnBvQFo
 
This had me laughing my ass off.  I'd never seen it before... Aretha AND Liza?  Wow...  And I love this song because every time I hear it, I remember that scene in "Michael" with Travolta's character dancing with all the women in that bar... What a great movie...  Aretha IS the Queen of Soul. {#Notworthy}

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 05:15
 
 Alafia wrote:
STILL the best version of this song.

 
I'm not aware of many well-known covers of this tune - other than The Commitments' version.  This is better.


HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 05:11
 
A floor-filler at the time !  #9   {#Dancingbanana_2}

shawshank
(Maryland)
Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 05:10
 
{#Dancingbanana_2} oh yeah!!!!!{#Dancingbanana}chain, chain,chain!!!!! {#Bananajumprope}


rpdevotee
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 11:26
 
Arethra has a large repertoire of music...
This is not her only good song..and, after a few thousand playings,
it is definitely not her most entertaining.  For the same reason I wouldn't 
eat the same sandwich every day, I wouldn't want to hear the same
Arethra Franklin song over and over and over and over and over...
I listen to RP because typically I don't hear the same mainstream
stuff that has been played to the point of saturation. {#Rolleyes}

calypsus_1
Posted: May 22, 2010 - 21:23
 

Aretha Franklin & Billy Preston - "O Holy Night" Live



Panama_Floyd
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: May 08, 2010 - 17:44
 
Just in case someone hasn't seen it yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLrsCnBvQFo

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 07:05
 
 rtrudeau wrote:

This song is certainly a blessing after enduring Ani Difranco.


 

You said it.  Cleanses the palate wonderfully.

Xeric
(Montana)
Posted: Jan 02, 2010 - 11:12
 
 Danimal174 wrote:

Umm...you know how the rankings work, right?

 
Indeed, I do.  And, uh, you're clear on this "sarcasm" thing, are you?


Danimal174
(Upstate South Carolina)
Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 14:48
 
 Xeric wrote:
This is one of the great soul tunes.  A solid 2.
 
Umm...you know how the rankings work, right?


Alafia
(A little bit further)
Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 14:46
 
STILL the best version of this song.


Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 14:45
 
SING IT Girl!!!

Panama_Floyd
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 01:00
 
10, 10, 10.

One of these mornin's, the chain's gonna break...

But not this morning.

btt
(firmly ensconsed in the Beautiful B.C Interior)
Posted: Jun 27, 2009 - 08:01
 
Greatness !!!{#Bounce}

karen
(neither here nor there)
Posted: May 26, 2009 - 12:41
 
My karaoke standard.  It's a shame that my singing doesn't do The Queen justice...

billbangert
(Cincinnati)
Posted: May 23, 2009 - 10:35
 
I really wanted to give Bill a chance today and do work around the house listening to RP.  But to play this so close to another worn out song in Time Has Come Today has me sprinting for Pandora!

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 20:34
 
That brings back great memories!  I could pick up WLS out of Chicago with a little AM radio tucked under my pillow as a ute.   {#High-five}
 
 
 bokey wrote:
...listening to it on a transistor radio stashed under my pillow at night...
 


fuh2
(salmon land)
Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 20:33
 
This seduced me to be another one of her chain of fools.

furaha
Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 18:43
 
It is almost an insult to "rate" this woman singing this song.