Heh, Aretha, early 1983 and that blonde hairdo. I saw the performance a few days ago.

Timmy84 said:

Heh, Aretha, early 1983 and that blonde hairdo. I saw the performance a few days ago.

This is back when it was a bold statement and and rebellious for women of color to be blond. Now every bama and their mama is blond these days. It's totally lost all of the sass and shock value it had from Queen Re's time and before.

Ottensen said:

Timmy84 said:

Heh, Aretha, early 1983 and that blonde hairdo. I saw the performance a few days ago.

This is back when it was a bold statement and and rebellious for women of color to be blond. Now every bama and their mama is blond these days. It's totally lost all of the sass and shock value it had from Queen Re's time and before.

True. And I think in Aretha's time, only three other black women in music wore blond (Etta James, Mary Wells and Mary Wilson).

I forgot but Donna Summer also sported blond hair in the early '90s (I think).

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Ottensen said:

Timmy84 said:

Heh, Aretha, early 1983 and that blonde hairdo. I saw the performance a few days ago.

This is back when it was a bold statement and and rebellious for women of color to be blond. Now every bama and their mama is blond these days. It's totally lost all of the sass and shock value it had from Queen Re's time and before.

It's a look that needs to die a quick death.