I didn’t cry when Bowie died. I didn’t cry when Prince died. It’s not the sort of thing I do, no matter how much I loved the person’s music. But I was sitting at my desk at work yesterday getting quite choked up and teary thinking about Aretha. I was a little surprised at how deeply I felt, but one listen to the records and I know why.
You know where the obituaries are so you don’t need me to tell you about her. This track always hit me right in the heart, and now I find it hard to get through without blubbing again.
Download: Angel – Aretha Franklin (mp3)
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I also didn’t cry when Bowie passed away, although his music had changed my life literally in the mid-70’s. However, Aretha was the queen of my heart. I knew she had been ill, but it was hard for me yesterday when I head the news on TV. I was at a clinic waiting to be called for a doctor’s appointment, when the news was given on morning TV. I started to cry immediately as if she had been my close relative. In fact she was more than that. Her soul music came from the heart and touched everyone’s heart because they shared the same human vibe.
She was a powerful force of nature and it will be almost impossible to be repeated. She was one of a kind. My one and only mighty diva! RIP Aretha. Lots of love from Brazil. 😦
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Stevie Wonder’s favorite Aretha Franklin song.
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I’m still so messed up on some level I can’t make myself do the proper small piece on her father’s greatest sermon.
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