We R-E-S-P-E-C-T Aretha Franklin

Still Processing

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🗓️ 30 August 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week we pay our respects to the late, great Aretha Franklin. A legendary singer, writer, arranger, pianist, performer and more, Ms. Franklin channeled both the difficult and beautiful aspects of American culture to make the songs that have scored our lives. From her breakout hit “Respect,” to her performance of “Dr. Feelgood” at Fillmore West in San Francisco, to her rendition of “My Country, ’Tis of Thee” at former President Barack Obama’s first inauguration, she left a legacy of virtuosity and swagger that will live on — both online and off. We’ll be taking some time off, but you can expect us back in your headphones sometime in the fall."Respect" (Aretha Franklin, 1967)"Respect" (Otis Redding, 1964)"I Never Loved a Man [the Way I Love You]" (Aretha Franklin, 1967)"Dr. Feelgood" - Live at Fillmore West (Aretha Franklin, 1971)"Think" (Aretha Franklin, 1967)"Think" - The Blues Brothers version (Aretha Franklin, 1980)"Rocksteady" (Aretha Franklin, 1972)Aretha Franklin performing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" at former president Barack Obama's first inauguration (January 20, 2009)Aretha Franklin performing "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors"A Different World" theme song (1988)

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0:00.0	Okay, Jenna, if you were flipping around the radio in the summer or the spring of 1967,
0:07.7	this is what you would have heard.
0:10.2	The turtles singing happy together.
0:19.6	Frank Sinatra, a Nancy Snatcher singing their number one hit something stupid.
0:29.5	They've lighted me long, something to the strong, Alfie.
0:36.0	What will you lend?
0:39.2	Deon Warwick singing Alfie.
0:41.2	Okay.
0:42.2	But at some point, that summer or that spring, you would have also heard this.
0:48.3	I'm Jenna Wortham.
0:52.4	I'm Wesley Morris.
0:54.0	This is still processing.
0:58.1	I'm a few weeks ago, Aritha Franklin left our world, joined another.
1:15.8	So we wanted to take some time this week to celebrate her legacy as an artist and a pop
1:21.4	culture slash internet icon.
1:23.2	Then you hear something like respect and it's just like this jangling runaway, it's
1:41.9	like a getaway car is what it sounds like to me.
1:45.2	You know, like this woman just hopped in and just is just driving off.
1:50.3	She's peeling out.
1:51.6	But also in addition to that, the thing that you hear when you hear that song is like
1:55.5	she is, there's like an anger.
1:57.7	So there's an odyshrighting version.
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