Willie G. Moseley Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 One CD I've never purchased (and should have) was Aretha--Live at Fillmore West. Arguably the best live soul album ever, and it included a reprise of "Spirit in the Dark" w/ Ray Charles. And now, Don't Fight the Feeling, that four-CD collection of complete Fillmore West recordings (w/ King Curtis) looks awful tempting, all of a sudden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Here is the well written Billboard obituary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 The world will miss her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 51 minutes ago, gorch said: The world will miss her! More than Tom Petty?? *ducking* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs_42 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 1 minute ago, kizanski said: More than Tom Petty?? *ducking* I think if Tom was alive, it would kick you in the sack for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Just now, bubs_42 said: I think if Tom was alive, it would kick you in the sack for that one. "it"? Is that a zombie joke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Be nice. Tom Petty is not around to add his celebrity tweet over the death of Aretha Franklin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 1 minute ago, Steve Haynie said: Tom Petty is not around to add his celebrity tweet over the death of Aretha Franklin. Finally! Something I like about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie G. Moseley Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 I bet the bulk of that Billboard article was already in stasis, w/ the details of the passing and funeral arrangements dropped in. Nothin' wrong with that kind of journalistic pre-planning, particularly if it's widely known that someone is in a terminal slide. For that matter, around the time we called in hospice for my father, I wrote some remarks while "still waiting" that were ultimately presented at his funeral. The Billboard article is well-written, IMO. Jeffro enlightened me about such "bios on ice" (my term, not his) about a dozen years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCChris Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 34 minutes ago, Willie G. Moseley said: I bet the bulk of that Billboard article was already in stasis, w/ the details of the passing and funeral arrangements dropped in. Nothin' wrong with that kind of journalistic pre-planning, particularly if it's widely known that someone is in a terminal slide. Common practice for media outlets. The obits for most if not all well-known people are 99.9% written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alantig Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 2 hours ago, MCChris said: Common practice for media outlets. The obits for most if not all well-known people are 99.9% written. What Chris said. That's why there's the periodic celebrity obit posted when they haven't died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disturber Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 R.I.P. , true Queen! Check out the Muscle Shoals documentary. It might still be on Netflix. Some great stories about Aretha, and a funny anecdote about when Rick Hall tried to throw Arethas husband from a balcony. Not quite sober. And buy the Aretha box set if you don't have it already. It's mandatory in any record collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio Custom Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 RIP. We still have her music, and it's great to look back at her work. She played a pretty mean piano, too, lookit the hammers workin' inside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 A very cool clip with Smokey Robinson: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomteriffic Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 From the Billboard obit: "She won critical acclaim for her vocal versatility when she stepped in for opera star Luciano Pavarotti at the 1998 Grammy Awards to sing the aria “Nessun Dorma.”". Could Pavarotti, for all his talent, cover for her on "Chain of Fools"? Doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixlicks Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Sad day . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 In the last weeks or months I have seen several celebrity passings. What can I say, TDC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathman Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 R.E. S. P. E. C. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 On 8/16/2018 at 4:09 PM, Studio Custom said: Took me a while, but I got it - lol #N-O-R-E-S-P-E-C-T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 What is it? Is that a different person in the background photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynic Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 48 minutes ago, Steve Haynie said: What is it? Is that a different person in the background photo? Patti LaBelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCChris Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Steve Haynie said: What is it? Is that a different person in the background photo? 12 minutes ago, cynic said: Patti LaBelle Those people all look the same to Fox News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudshark Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 On 8/16/2018 at 3:09 PM, Studio Custom said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCChris Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Off to probate! What a mess: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/22/entertainment/aretha-franklin-will/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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