She was on point there!

2:40 to 2:44 she looks like she's seen GOD!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

The whole performance seem like she was in a trance actually,,,notice how she steps to the microphone at the beginning, its weird. You have the sense that she might even not have seen the audience through out the whole thing.
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They'll never be another... Why can't more artist sing about love?

Damn man....and that's all I can say.

She is/was one of thee best.

This summer I discovered "Young, Gifted and Black" and that album has changed my life. I love it.

This song is gorgeous.

Does anyone else like the album?

The first time I heard her sing Someday We'll All Be Free I wailed.

Jesus. I just watched that again and there are parts where you can tell her eyes are just rolling back in her head How philisophic this gift of singing is, is just so hard for me to describe. It makes my soul sing and I ache that I don't have this ability because inside I'm all they wah Khan but outside, I'm only me ReRe was FEE LIN IT
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So.....after watching a performance like this, do u guys see why I can't stand the likes of Alicia Keys and those like her? Constantly singing out of key, pitch and tune?

Graycap23 said:

I don't think you're going to find one argument against your thesis

shonenjoe said:

Hell yeah, thats my absloutle FAVE Aretha album ever!

The whole album is superb as well as its outtakes,,,,between producer Arif Mardin, Donny Hathaway(who co-arranged and played all over the album), Cissy Houston's vocal arrangments and finally ReRe's confident(I think she was at her most confident in that album), you have a feast of ALOT of soul and earcandy.

Harlepolis said:

I agree with all you said. My parents played the hell out of this album back in the day.

Aretha aint called The Queen of Soul for nothin'! What a great talent

Harlepolis said:

Seriously, every time I hit play and the piano melody to this song begins, and this album begins, my entire mood is altered. This, followed by Daydreaming and beyond... She was just on fire.

What are some of the outtakes from this album period? I want to try and track them down.
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shonenjoe said:

you guys are making me want to run out and get this album!

You can find the outtakes in here, its a compilation of outtakes/alternate tracks from the first six years of her Atlantic records period(I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) - Let Me In Your Life).

This is pretty essential if you're an Aretha fan.

Oh, and the YG&B outtakes are..
My Cup Runneth Over
Lean On Me
I Need A Strong Man(The To-To Song)
Heavenly Father

I'll stage a ballet on a tabletop
Command performance finger size
And although I ain't got no tune
My show ain't gonna fly
I'll find the music there in your eyes

DAMN

One of my fave Aretha songs1 LOVE IT!
Great perfrmance too; though I couldn't help thinking that the mic needed to be higher lol

The lyrics are gorgeous.

When the bass kicks in, agggh

I just got the "Rare and Unreleased" collection. It's really awesome.

Graycap23 said:

Singers like that just need to sit down and be quiet for a while. It's not even the pitch or key, it's the lack of soul. I'm sorry, but if a singer doesn't feel what they're singing; doesn't own the song, then I don't care how good their voice is, they just need to shut the fuck up.

Re's voice.