Bluzes Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Lady Soul. The first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Aretha Franklin was an artist of passion, sophistication and command, whose recordings remain anthems that defined soul music. Long live the Queen. Aretha - Your Songs will be anthems in the Halls of DCI/DCA forever, as well. Rest In Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) On PBS Newshour (8/16), a segment interviewee from Vienna shared how Aretha was an opera buff so much so that she substituted for one world renown impressario when he could not complete the performance. The song she sang in his stead was Nessun Dorma. She brought the house down by all accounts. Well Drum Corps knows a bit about that piece, right PR and JDS? Edited August 17, 2018 by xandandl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 hour ago, xandandl said: On PBS Newshour (8/16), a segment interviewee from Vienna shared how Aretha was an opera buff so much so that she substituted for one world renown impresario when he could not complete the performance. The song she sang in his stead was "Nessun Dorma". She brought the house down by all accounts. Well Drum Corps knows a bit about that piece, right PR and JDS? At Billboard's website, the Grammy producer explains how that happened. (Speaking of Pavarotti, the infamous ballad that Blue Devils performed in 1989, "If We Were in Love", comes from Yes Giorgio, a movie in which Pavarotti starred.) 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) Here's Aretha Franklin singing "America the Beautiful" (a tune much used in drum corps) three years ago, when she was 73. Edited August 17, 2018 by N.E. Brigand 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 16 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said: Here's Aretha Franklin singing "America the Beautiful" (a tune much used in drum corps) three years ago, when she was 73. Speaking of Franklin and patriotic songs, when she sang the national anthem at a 1968 event, she came in for a lot of criticism that nowadays would, um, not see print in professional publications: "She crucified the song and tore my heart to shreds .... tossed around as so much garbage when ‘soul sister’ Aretha Franklin jazzed it up beyond the realm of the musicians ... bop-style singing [is] disgraceful ... objectionable ... nerve-shattering ... Disgraceful and entirely unnecessary ... She jazzed up the singing of it in such a manner that surely made the blood of every true American who heard it boil ... 'Soul' has its place—where, I’m not sure—but certainly not in the performance of our country’s Anthem ... degraded and subjected to sacrilege ... Yes, give Negroes their rights and opportunities, but let us first be certain they have adequate training and instruction, so that their actions will not be a disgrace and humiliation to all Americans." That was just four years before DCI's founding, and I think worth noting as a reminder of how much the world has changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 20 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said: At Billboard's website, the Grammy producer explains how that happened. (Speaking of Pavarotti, the infamous ballad that Blue Devils performed in 1989, "If We Were in Love", comes from Yes Giorgio, a movie in which Pavarotti starred.) Forgot all about that and it was a jaw dropper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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