Rest in Peace sweet Aretha Franklin, you gave us so much and more.

What a wonderful soul, singer and performer

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Aretha once said on Prince :

‘He was a very unique musical individual who was so into his music.

He definitely was one of a kind, there truely was only one Prince.

He was music to the max.

He's gone, but his music will go on.

He just had a mystique about him, that kind of made you want to know a little bit more about him.

I don't really don't have any shelved music, everything I recorded is out there.’

She played Purple Rain on the piano together with Herbie Hancock at the White house in 2016.

Prince remixed a single for a duet she did with James Brown.

...and so much more...

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Please, share all your memories of this wonderful soul and one of a kind unique voice.

I know they truely loved each other and each others work.

rest in peace!


I remember like most of us (I guess).. the Nude tour by Prince, back in 1990,

The great encore of this tour included an amazing version of the Aretha song "Respect" sung by Rosie Gaines..

In Tokyo, the filmed tv-broadcast, amazing.. this live version..

much love to Aretha Franklin.....


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[Edited 8/16/18 9:13am]

Bold choice from a true original!

wrong forum. Active thread: http://prince.org/msg/8/456068

Every forum is the right forum for this lady.

Heaven just got a little brighter and a lot more SOUL...Goodbye sweet Queen

dbpdexter said:

Every forum is the right forum for this lady.

Heaven just got a little brighter and a lot more SOUL...Goodbye sweet Queen

Yeah, someone earlier posted that the King (MJ), Queen, Prince, & Princess (Whitney) are all gone. At least we saw Aretha's coming & could brace ourselves a bit.

thedance said:

She definately had a voice unlike any other. I never really was a big fan but she did have alot of great songs. My respect for her increased a thousand times when she sang an opera song on one of the award shows (can't remember if it was for the Grammy's or the Oscars). The original person who was supposed to sing it was terribly ill and canceled and they asked Aretha to step in. Being the professional that she was, she said yes. She had never sung the song before, I think she listened to it once or twice backstage and then she went out and blew everyone away! Her voice was amazing! R.I.P. Aretha. Be at Peace.

My favorite:

bop: "Think"

slow jam: "I Say A Little Prayer"

also top choices (OBVI there are too many to choose from): "Who's Zoomin' Who", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Sisters Are doin' It For Themselves", "I Knew You Were Waiting", "You're All I Need".

kingricefan said:

r.i.p. beautiful one

kingricefan said:

She definately had a voice unlike any other. I never really was a big fan but she did have alot of great songs. My respect for her increased a thousand times when she sang an opera song on one of the award shows (can't remember if it was for the Grammy's or the Oscars). The original person who was supposed to sing it was terribly ill and canceled and they asked Aretha to step in. Being the professional that she was, she said yes. She had never sung the song before, I think she listened to it once or twice backstage and then she went out and blew everyone away! Her voice was amazing! R.I.P. Aretha. Be at Peace.

it was the 1998 Grammys.She filled in for Pavarotti,who called the night of the event and said that he was sick and couldn't attend They quickly asked Aretha to do it,and like the true professional that she is,she sang it and did an incredible job!

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kevinpnb said:

Bold choice from a true original!

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Never heard this before.

What a surprisingly wonderful and fresh jazzy version !

He could do it all.

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TrivialPursuit said:

wrong forum. Active thread: http://prince.org/msg/8/456068

Sorry. It's Prince related.

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read again : "Please, share all your memories of this wonderful soul and one of a kind unique voice.

I know they truely loved each other and each others work."

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Like that I discoverd there is a cover version of Aretha of 'Nothing Compares 2 U'

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Respect.

Vannormal said:

Prince remixed a single for a duet she did with James Brown.

He killed it. Prince turned a pretty generic, quite lame in fact, song by 2 giants in decline into a 10mn long killer funk jam, almost rerecording the entire track except for the vocals. Prince clearly took this remix seriously, probably because he was given the unique opportunity to remix those 2 icons, but also, I suspect, to spank James a little by showing how, by 1989, he had become waaaay funkier than James (whose 80's releases had been relatively unremarkable). I also remember reading that Prince had offered Chocolate to Brown at some point circa 1986, who turned it down. If true this could also have been P's way of getting back at Brown. In any case, this remix is a must-have for any Prince fan

Vannormal said:

TrivialPursuit said:

wrong forum. Active thread: http://prince.org/msg/8/456068

Sorry. It's Prince related.

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read again : "Please, share all your memories of this wonderful soul and one of a kind unique voice.

I know they truely loved each other and each others work."

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Like that I discoverd there is a cover version of Aretha of 'Nothing Compares 2 U'

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Respect.

That doesn't make it a Prince thread. It's about Aretha Franklin dyin'. Prince is already dead.

databank said:

Latin said:

It would have been so cool if Prince had worked with Aretha....maybe write and produce a few songs for her.I wish he had given her a great track like "Open Book".

SoulAlive said:

kingricefan said:

She definately had a voice unlike any other. I never really was a big fan but she did have alot of great songs. My respect for her increased a thousand times when she sang an opera song on one of the award shows (can't remember if it was for the Grammy's or the Oscars). The original person who was supposed to sing it was terribly ill and canceled and they asked Aretha to step in. Being the professional that she was, she said yes. She had never sung the song before, I think she listened to it once or twice backstage and then she went out and blew everyone away! Her voice was amazing! R.I.P. Aretha. Be at Peace.

it was the 1998 Grammys.She filled in for Pavarotti,who called the night of the event and said that he was sick and couldn't attend They quickly asked Aretha to do it,and like the true professional that she is,she sang it and did an incredible job!

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Never knew this. What a God given talent!

rogifan said:

NorthC said:

databank said:

He killed it. Prince turned a pretty generic, quite lame in fact, song by 2 giants in decline into a 10mn long killer funk jam, almost rerecording the entire track except for the vocals. Prince clearly took this remix seriously, probably because he was given the unique opportunity to remix those 2 icons, but also, I suspect, to spank James a little by showing how, by 1989, he had become waaaay funkier than James (whose 80's releases had been relatively unremarkable). I also remember reading that Prince had offered Chocolate to Brown at some point circa 1986, who turned it down. If true this could also have been P's way of getting back at Brown. In any case, this remix is a must-have for any Prince fan

Dammit, I never knew this! I have heard the original and I agree about that. Edit: I've heard Prince's remix now and I'm not sure if I agree that he "killed it". Sounds to me more like he was overloading the track with beats and horns and sound effects that take away your attention from two of the greatest voices in popular music- even if the song itself isn't that great; I still agree with you on that. But a mediocre song doesn't become a great song just by adding extra beats and sounds to it. [Edited 8/17/18 11:12am]

Listen again. Forget the original, take it as a Prince track feat. James and Aretha. It's one of the funkiest things he's ever done

She will be missed. I am grateful that there didn't seem anything particularly tragic about the way she died like so many others recently. RIP, Aretha.

By the way, I saw this today. It is parts of her last Rolling Stone interview (2014 I believe) that weren't published,

https://www.msn.com/en-us...spartandhp