bboy87 said:

Where do you guys get these pics and animated GIFs. They're so appropiate for these threads.

Guys can we please be politically correct! If it was a family member I am sure you would not like someone talking like a lot of you are. People come in ALL DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES!

NBM said:

If I had a family member come out the house looking like this they wouldn't have to worry about anybody else talking about 'em cuz I'd be first in line. It's not just the weight it's the undignified way she dresses which emphasizes the weight. Hey, she's entirely within her rights to look a hot mess, but I'm within MY rights to sit back and laugh at her wacky ass

SCNDLS said:

Typical

NBM said:

If that person comes out looking like that and dressed the way Aretha does, don't expect ANYBODY to not talk.

I know, I know, she's the Queen of Soul but she set herself for R.I.D.I.C.U.L.E.

Take care, TCB.

NBM said:

Let me help ya out.

SCNDLS said:

if it were someone close, I would tell them, I have done it, just politely,'uhm no offense, but that just doesn't look right, no offense, you should chew some gum' cause I don't want to sit, say nothing and let the person embarass themselves.... I'd want somebody around me to tell me if I didn't look right

You know what? She look like a cross between Rasputia and the michelin man. Think about it!!
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mayebelle81 said:

thinking about it

I can't stop laughing



And I love her rendition of Puccini's Nessun Dorma!

Imago said:

Tutti Mangiare Remix?

Timmy84 said:

Fixed your quote for you.

uPtoWnNY said:

We really need a youtube video for this!

In a related note.

bboy87 said:

I got SOOOO excited when I saw Carl's link but was disappointed.

SCNDLS said:

Oh well. Sorry about that.

I looked around on the tube but I couldn't find it.

carlcranshaw said:

Oh, no, it's not your fault, I'm just achin' to see that mess with my own eyes. But that video was good too, showing Ree-ree in her sexified glory.

SCNDLS said:

If you go back and watch that show Aretha was (Pardon the expression) Tagging them ****. Every time one of them would try to do a run Aretha did a run BACK.

Shania Twain tried to sneak Aretha at the end of a song with a run and Auntie Ree tagged that h..... um, what I mean to say is Aretha responded with a well placed melisma of her own.

For those who don't believe me go watch the Divas VH-1 show again.

carlcranshaw said:

I remember watching that show thinking that Ree-ree was gonna cut one of them ho's for stealin' her spotlight. Did you see the Making of Divas show on VH-1 years ago? The producers spilled all the tea about Ree's diva-ish behavior leading up to the show and how on the day of the show she wasn't speaking to them so they had no idea if she was actually coming.

the fact that mofos can spend more time talking about this woman's weight rather than the fact that she can still outsing any one of these dime a dozen broads that yall listen to is more disturbing to me than her weight.

Yes, I am concerned for her health. However, the woman's a living legend. There's just too much outright disrespect for Aretha. The fact that she wears the shit without concern for tabloidish comments that come from so-called music-lovers speaks volumes to me. The fact that someone just called her fill-in performance for Pavarotti, "ghetto" and nobody is getting corrected??!!??!!



This place has truly gone to shit.

CLIP HAS SURFACED!!!!!

She’s a good sport. I bet she could kill that song if she wanted to. The lyrics aren’t much but I always thought it had a nice melody.

PricelessHo said:

Go on Aretha, I ain't mad at ya!

I know everybodys trippin about this because we make much about her weight, but for me, it just boils down to this being my friends mom, and I dont care HOW old am, I DO NOT want to hear my friends mom, or ANY mom over 60 something singing some damn Touch My Body. I had to check MY OWN mother a couple years ago because we were in the car going shopping, and Shake It Off came on and she knew ALL the words. Thats her young, hip phrase she will want to use for the next 5 years, too

PricelessHo said:

Awesome!

Ottensen said:

awwww

that reminds me of my friend, he bought and ipod for his mom and taught her how to put songs on it. and about a month later he got curious as to what her top 25 tracks were, only to find shakira tearin' up the #1 spot with 55 hits of hips don't lie with the #2 track having like 6 hits

so cute

Cinnie said:

isn't it? i really like what they've done with the horns