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For years I couldn't figure out why Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" felt incomplete, almost as if it were starting in the middle. Turns out it was: the single had trimmed off the first 58-seconds, including an extra verse and Joe South's incredible mood-setting guitar intro. Here's the full-length cut, culled from the reissue of the Lady Soul LP.
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OK so my plans to save up for a laptop went out the window the other day when I went to Planet Video. I was only looking for one CD and I ended up with 4. Great. Yeah, but no, but yeah - they were actually awesome. 1. Brighton Treats with Popped Beats: A double CD compilation of a collection of top 40 songs with underground beats. Absolute magic. 2. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: What can I say? It was recommended to me with great enthusiasm ("Album of the Year" type stuf... MORE
The Queen of Soul tackles the Macca songbook with predictably excellent results
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www.lanier2.imeem.com Aretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. More than any other performer, she epitomized soul at its most gospel-charged. Her astonishing run of late-'60s hits with Atlantic Records -- "Respect," "I Never Loved a Man," "Chain of Fools," "Baby I Love You," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Think," "The House That Jack Built," and several others -- earned her the title "Lady Soul," which she has worn uncontested ... MORE
This is a gem from Aretha Franklin's Rare and Unreleased album
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who is greatly assisted on this cover of The Band's classic by having Duane Allman on guitar
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It's been quite a day, the moon is on the brink of fullness, and I wanted to hear, ...no, needed to hear, some ARETHA. Good night all you "Do Right" people.
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We all know the peppy little tune, "I Say A Little Prayer For You" by Dionne Warwick (where she goes totally flat in some of the harmonies with her back-up girls, causing me to cringe every time I hear it), but have you heard the version by Aretha? It's smokier, more soulful, more yearning, and brings the song to a whole new level. In Dionne's version, you imagine a little 20-something working girl tootling along in her day thinking about her lover and smiling as she think... MORE
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We all know the peppy little tune, "I Say A Little Prayer For You" by Dionne Warwick (where she goes totally flat in some of the harmonies with her back-up girls, causing me to cringe every time I hear it), but have you heard the version by Aretha? It's smokier, more soulful, more yearning, and brings the song to a whole new level. In Dionne's version, you imagine a little 20-something working girl tootling along in her day thinking about her lover and smiling as she think... MORE
