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  • I just watched the other video that was included in the explanation! LOL! During the inauguration I was so caught up in the whole thing (and distracted by that hat) that I totally missed the "shut up" moment! AND she gave them the 'death stare' to! Man, when my mother would give me that look I would freeze! LMAO!!! That was too funny!

  • her tone is so...unpleasant.

  • ur so stupid; it was an emphasis on the T in it

  • You know she's a mother not only did she tell someone to shutup but she gave'em that "I'm not playing face" and kept on singing. THat is too funny!! (Laffin)

  • This is pathetic. The trouble is that the bar is so low that anyone can step over it. So sad...

  • jeeez where is the RESPECT these days!!!!

  • LMAO!!

  • She said "Let It(AH)" She just put emphasis on the T.

  • Someone obviously edited this video >>

  • Mrlugibale I'm black and we don't say what you said so watch ur mouth

  • It was "LET IT- UH". You know how black gospel singers like to go, "Jesus- UH! You are Mighty- UH". Hahaha

  • She said "LET IT", not "shut up". Then on top of that, it sounds nothing like "shut up".

  • @jriley1992 you must can't read lips, she looked down and said it i think she was talking to somebody who maybe said she can't sing or something like that because look at her singing let it before does it look the same no obviously you can't see!

  • then you can look at her facial expression and how she said.

  • @jriley1992 people hear only what they want to hear

  • It actually kind of sounds like shes saying, "sit up."

  • Actually, Aretha was telling her growling stomach to shut up.

  • HAHAHA LMAO. watch?v=_jh0w-RS7xI @0:05. In this video, Aretha did mention the same word. This was way back 1998. You guys are feeble-minded. HAHAHA

  • Ok, she clearly said "Let iTUHHHHHH". In other words, she stressed the T in "It" and exhaled loudly. It wasn't "shut up". But I do think this joke was pretty funny.

  • @zingalom wtf no she dont

  • .....but who????

  • lol wow love u rehta but dis was to funny

  • ummmmmmmmmmmmmm nope.

  • WHATEVER it is that she said- she have that look like "boyyyy or guuuurllll..u better dooo that!"....that look my grandmother would give me when i was in trouble. respect the queen! lmao

  • maybe someone was heckling her that we did'nt hear.props to her if that is the case

  • you can clearly here the "t" at the end of it "it" and it's let it... are you guyys fucking stupid?

  • If you knew anything about black music back in the sixtees when we performed when we said "shut up" we were not teling anyone per say to shut up what we are saying is" i know i sound good, i even sound to good to my self, sut up was the same as you go girl!

  • Idiots. That 1 was from her guts and soul and definetly 1 of the best parts of the whole inauguration! - She said more in that 1 belch then a million boring long speeches could... + Watch for Al Gore bobbing his head up, he KNOWS...

  • maybe she wanted publicity.. she hasnt been in the light forawhile with new music, maybe it slipped though her mind, and it just happened and it was just like a 1.5 second thought.. cos a part of her wanted to.

    just an opinion dont go ape shit.

  • maybe she wanted publicity.. she hasnt been in the light forawhile with new music, maybe it slipped though her mind, and it just happened and it was just like a 1.5 second thought.. cos a part of her wanted to.

    just an opinion dont go ape shit.

  • She's saying "turn it up" dickhead......so she can stay in key!

  • umm she exaggerated the "T"

  • LMAO!

  • she said turn it up

  • Sounded to me like she sang "Hand that" Then said "To the" and took a breath before the female backing Vocals sang "Free".

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  • Aretha Franklin did an outstanding job!

  • im sticking to what i said she said SHUT UP LOL LISTEN LISTEN its all good though

  • lol

  • she said let it ring ,SHUT UP let it ring lol

  • she clearly said shut up anybody can hear that lol damn

  • No my friend, She didn't. It's just a gospel inflection. Anybody who has experience in the Gospel Baptist church understands that. Say and think what you will, Aretha has far better sense than to say SHUT UP while all of the world is watching her at THE most historic inauguration the US has ever known.U BETTA THINK!!!

  • so what did she say smart arse

  • she didn't SAY anything. It was simply an exaggerated T on Let It-Ah! Anyone who listens to Aretha knows that it is a very common inflection in her singing style. THINK people. Why would she be saying anything in the middle of a song????

  • @iknowdasright Yah im not "convinced" she said "shut up" either *BUT* i do think something like puttin a unruley fan or sound guy in check is RIGHT up her alley! Aretha has a reputation for being a "diva"...in the "dont fuk me, do what i want" sorta way...so It wouldnt surprise me! lol right? ;)

  • She said LET IT! She didn't say shut up omg lol it was obvious she said LET IT as she was singing LET IT LET IT RING...

  • i'm going to have to guess that someone was in her ear piece saying something.....

  • I think it is a load oc crap and if it is not crap, then I believe that she probably had some good reason to tell the person to shut up. Was probably a senator from Mississippi, Alabama, etc.. who was purposely interrupting her.

  • I wish she had. Great woman, a national treasure, unlike these pigs trying to kill health care.

  • how came she so fat?

  • cause she eats babies

  • Aay I'm just tellin, I love Aretha no need to - my comments down

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  • 0:08

  • 0:05

  • theres a very slight jump in the video just when she says shut up... :s

    x

  • True or not, Aretha can tell 'em to shut up any time she wants to.

  • thats not even real or is it

  • No she did not LOL

  • i noticed that her facial expression changes when she says it as well.

  • lol

  • I hope she was saying it to Dick Cheney...who, with his ever classless personality, probably was talking, laughing, weeping (not for the emotion of the moment, but for the loss of his party) and pissed her off. Actually, could have been any number of sore losers that day. Indeed, these soore losers are still bemoaning that President Obama won. They can say what they want, it all comes down to race, and they despise that there's now color in the White House. Hateful group of people.

  • liar she sia dlet it!!!

  • the queen of soul needs voice training? blasphemy! R-E-S-P-E-C-T Aretha

  • sry but just my opinion

    if you compare her voice now with 10 years ago you can see that it sounds really different

    her voice aged because of the age but also because of less training I think

    JUST MY OPINION I don't want to be disrespectful but you have to say that it sounds really different

  • no need to say sorry. i agree it sounds different here but i just listened to a vid of her in 2007 where her voice was stronger than ever. i think maybe this was an off day or a bad choice of song,but each to their own

  • well it was cold maybe she was a bit ill and wasnt sang warm

  • @kathryn8169 that comment is fierce! I was rolling on the floor! Keep those great comments coming!

  • She doesn't need training, it's just aging. It happens. Her voice is still pretty great, and that's to say nothing of her timing, personality, and piano skills.

    Voice lessons are for american idol douchebags. They all wind up sounding exactly the same. Perfect "technique" and no soul. Sister Re is a natural.

  • well that's true but I didn't say something bad about her piano skills or personality

    and yes sadly most of the people today doesn't have soul anymore ... in my opinion modern R&B sindgers mostly all sounds the same

    but I know what I say that some people are pissed...

    music today doesn't have feelings and soul anymore which it had back then

  • she said two times?

  • hahaha

  • who would she be saying shut up to lol!! she obviously just mumbled sumthin whilst singing loads of singers do that!

  • Maybe she's a schizophrenic?

  • haha!! maybee

  • she sounds like a dying dog

  • Wasn't there, wasn't able to view it live on TV, so I'm unable to speak to what did or didn't happen. Not much can be seen with this camera angle. She may quite simply addressing (nearly inaudibly) someone who was verbally harassing her during the performance. IMO no news here or any reason to criticize.

  • The media will do anything to ruin ones reputation...Now you all kno she didnt say no shut up...

  • Ya heard? They know she didn't say that, but they love to hate on Aretha. She would *NOT* ruin her reputation as the Queen to say "shut up" in the middle of a song. Never has, never will.

  • I heard shut up .. are we watching the same video?

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  • lol what ever happened to ''respect''???

  • It's NOT FAKE! I saw it live and it did sound Luke she said shut up...

  • mooooo

  • I'm a white-man calling bullshit on this one. She is better than that.

  • Yep, fake alright, someone has played around with the sound.

    I listened to several versions of her singing that day and none of them at the time you state make any sound, vocally or fakingly.

    So therefore this is a fake and a load of crap.

    If you dispute this, then listen to all the other videos of her signing that song that day and listen out for it yourself.

  • 'Let it'a...' you joker.

    At several points Aretha makes her singing like she is really speaking out, that's a master-singer.

  • yeh its turn it up

  • lol this is fake

  • omg this is racist!

  • She looks like a frog,

  • sounds like turn it up!

  • she clearly does try to tell someone to shush.

  • now your whole response makes me laugh there is no way she said let-it-a you just need to look at her face to see she told someone to shut up cause she looked down at them and scowled and you can clearly hear she said shut up!!

  • That is exactly what happened, that doesn't even sound like shut up! and by the way who sings the words shut up if I were going to tell someone to shut up i would stop the show and say it then finish!

  • i know right i dont know why they gave yo comment 6 thumbs down

  • I know why they gave my comments 6 thumbs down. Two reasons: 1) Because i'm telling the truth; and 2) Most, not all, but most of the people that post comments on here are some ignorant ass bastards/racists and everything else. We live in a generation that hails stupidity and anything that's against that is booed. I'm not offended though, i think its funny actually. No one reads these comments anyways unless they look to see if anyone's responded, which i didn't until now.

  • Somebody shoot me... she sucks bigtime

  • Aretha did great! I

  • lord help aretha 'cause she sounds a mess

  • she getting old

  • yes I agree, she's the best ever but now she should stop singin', for herself, her glory and her face.

  • hmmmm this is funny but i love herrr!!!!! shes the best!

  • I think she did ok, after all, she's pushing 70 years old. I was honored that she was selected to sing.

  • It really sounded like shut up. However, Patti Labelle would have delivered a true performance!!!

  • I agree.

  • haha ur really bored

  • lol

  • boooooooooooooring

  • It's such an abrupt, unnatural change from singing a high "let it right" to a deep "tah"

  • she sounds horrible ... like she's gonna eat somebody

  • she eats a lot.

  • urethra scat sings

  • um..... she was Scat singing you silly fool! obviously you don't know much about music. lol.

  • HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH

  • r u retarded? that sounds nothin like shut up

  • You sir, fail.

  • lol

  • wow.  she actually said "let it-TAH", NOT SHUT UP SILLY

  • whoever put this on here is a lame

  • Sadly most people wont forgive you for being human! it was a cold day and her vocal cords surely were stressed from

    frost bite and freezing temperatures, she did her best with what she had to work with. Bless her for trying.

  • such a disaster on such an important day ! she should retire and let others who have voices sing, she just lives on her legend which is long gone away.

  • Areatha did not say shut up, she was using a technic to clear her throat which no doubt had become dry, because of the frigid temperature. It is common for this to happen since it takes a frequently used technic of breathing and exhaling with control so as to belt out the proper notes.

    Her throat was begining to stick and she was lubricating her throat to finish the song strong & proper.

  • Similar to racist often misspell. Franklin?! It was only 19 degrees and OUTSIDE. "Shut up" was used in a context of self-confirmation" you idiot, and how many grammy's have you won?

  • how many videos are you going to post this on if you don't like her don't watch her i pitty your life that you have so little to do you hafto watch someone sing who you don't even like? fuck off i dont see you singing for america or obama

  • true DAT!

  • Turn it up is what i heard as well, who would she be saying shut up to anyways? Unless, there is some imaginary Aretha nemesis there.

  • I see some people been drinking a lot of haterade, u need to give it up

  • She did not say "shut up" she said "Turn it up"!!!!!

  • Ms. Aretha Franklin can say whatever she wants, I would listen to her recite her grocery list before I would listen to a lot of people give their version of life's insights. She is a gift from God to us all. I also don't think she told anyone to shut up, that just isn't her style, and the woman most definately has style.

  • Wow...you are out of your fucking mind.

  • No disrespect but you're a dumb ass..

  • lol

  • What a joke! If anything she was accenting the last phrase she was singing that might of made it sound like she would say that, but no she didn't say shut up. That is her & other artists style of song & singing. Read into it what you want. On another tip, I don't buy into the "black" woman sings the "My Country Tis of Thee" song just because we have a black president now. To me that's still racist & it's not like all of the sudden the racists are gonna just cater to African Americans now.....

  • you haters when will you stop, I think ignoramus is the correct word for u butu's and from my listening of this clip some moderation was done to it. You go Aretha, let all haters take the back seat!!!!!

  • um, I think she said "Turn it up." da!

  • look at that big ass hat that bitch has on

  • if someone was talking while the pres of usa was being whatever Aretha has a damn good reason to tell them to shut up!

  • NOw yall know she didnt say shut up. People are so messy and immature. She did not say shut up nor does it even sound like she said shut up.

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  • She can tell who ever the hell she wants to 'shut up' .... interrupting Ms. Franklin while she sings for America. hell, everyone should've shut the hell up.

  • Oh hell NOOO. LMFAO!!!!! She is a diva, but will always be great

  • well then.

  • SNAP!!!!

  • SHE needs to shut up. XD

  • i dont like OBAMA

  • Sour Grapes

  • iz it coz he iz black?

  • no not even he stands for alot of things that i dont even want to get into.but do your research and you will see.

  • Yall are so stupid to think she said shut up. It didnt even sound like she said shut up.

  • yeah it does

    moronXD

  • I don't believe that Aretha told anyone to shut-up during her performance. It would have been all over the net if she had. I think the uploader is pulling a funny one. They say in the video notes to go to the CNN site, but I didn't hear anything there. This video is a good one, though. I laughed my you-know-what off about all the comments and the video itself. Good job!

  • maybe the sound engineer was saying something to her thru her earphones that was annoying her and she sent a more-than-clear message to him: shut up!

    maybe...gotta ask aretha straight, to get the real answer.

  • From cherrybombed. com:

    Candice Says:

    Someone needs to tell Arethas hat to Shut-Up!

    January 20th, 2009 at 5:38 pm

  • LMAO i feel the same way!!

  • asiarock779: are you referring to the hat comment? LOL!!!!

  • All yall haters need to go get jobs.......

  • LOL this is the real thing its not altered but really she sounds HORRIBLE

  • haha i played that over like 20 times hah fuuunnnnnnyy

  • Aretha Franklin, 20 Grammy Awards, First Woman Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Queen of Soul Internationally renowned with hits still remembered 40 years after they were made. She isn't saying "shutup"  To all you idiots who think she is saying shutup, for one, you can't give an allabi to why she would say that, and two, it doesn't even sound like it. It sounds like 'let it"

  • This video is not altered its the real thing...my sister was there filming and caught the same reaction with sound...I it was her best performance, but Aretha I still love ya!!

  • She didn't tell anyone to shut up this video is altered and you all need to stop this

  • She should shut up! her voice here is utterly repulsive and she probably wanted obama to take a shit in that hat HAHAHA

  • This is rubbish you are talking crap

  • low hanging tits

  • i was wondering what she was doin there thanks

  • Hmmm..

    I don't know if that was completely accurate.

    I just think you made it kind of sound that way.

    Sorry, just an opinion.

  • You guys are young and disrespectful. Your parents should have explained that when it's a lengend, you don't past judgment. You should be honored and thank god these great singers are still around to grace us with a lengendary voice .

  • I am pretty sure probably couldn't hear anything people were saying. Usually during performances they wear a mic, so they can just hear themselves and be on cue with the music.

  • has she been questioned about it?

  • I believe that she sang "god bless ya".

  • ...you know, she only looked down for a split second as what you think was "shut up" came out. Before and after that, she was in her own world.

  • I couldn't really hear it too well, as all the sound is in the right audio channel.

  • whatever....Sit up or shut up..lol if The Queen said shut up, so be it! the US Pres has kept his mouth shut about this shut up thing anyway, so no big deal! I'd rather listen to aretha singing than arguing about this shut up thing,,hahaha. peace to all!