I've loved Aretha my entire life (56 years) and I've finally decided this is my favorite Aretha song!!! Nothing else noplace can compare to her voice & these lyrics. Magnificent is an understatment.
To sing is to transmit a feeling.. Aretha Franklin can do that with her eyes covered... Tooo bad this merit is no longer present in the new musics/singers nowadays :(
Man, this is her best of all. She is the only Queen of Soul. These young girls out their get back in line of her, because you can't sing it like Aretha.
"Back in the day" people made music because they loved to create such master pieces, rather than nowerdas when people just want to get rich from selling their bodies in music videos with auto tune and machines.
@DJSF2796 Bullshit. The real difference between music then and music now, is that music used to have integrity. You used to feel something when you listened to music. Whether you felt the rhythm or you felt the emotion, you fucking felt something inside.
Never was a big fan of Aretha but heard this today on the radio & WOW. This is fighting for the best version I have heard of this song next to the org & Roberta Flack's version!!!
@rockismsplashs though i know she plays the e. pno on this intro,what always goes into my head is mr. afroman billy preston.ev-er-y time.he has that kind of fly birdie melancholic sentiment.i started learning this song and stopped at 'i know that',because though i knew aretha played it.b.p.popped in my head.i played that intro over and over and over.never learned it.its too fascinating.oh i could knock this song out now but some else's rendition. not this one
@nicoleray143 I knew the song before the movie and never paid it much attention when listening to my Aretha CD, after hearing it on the movie i went straight home to listen it to... it was played at the perfect scene in the movie which made me fall in love with...nice to know that someone shares the same sentiments.. :-)
Simple just "gifted". This songs give we chills all over and I just want to stop close my eyes and reflect. I don't know of any voice today that has that effect on me.
love this song
missboo231 13 hours ago
Such beauty
jay1beaux 6 days ago in playlist Favorite videos
I always send this video to people that I love who are feeling down. Today I will send it to Aretha ...
HSMusicMom 1 week ago
brilliant!
noodles41 2 weeks ago
THIS WOMAN IS WONDERFUL!!
willie7554 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
I've loved Aretha my entire life (56 years) and I've finally decided this is my favorite Aretha song!!! Nothing else noplace can compare to her voice & these lyrics. Magnificent is an understatment.
queenvme 1 month ago 2
That coat she's wearing at 1:36 is something I would love to have
Oakcliffsweety 1 month ago
To sing is to transmit a feeling.. Aretha Franklin can do that with her eyes covered... Tooo bad this merit is no longer present in the new musics/singers nowadays :(
vicisthebest548 1 month ago 2
Who can touch her??!!
lhjohnson40 1 month ago 4
Man, this is her best of all. She is the only Queen of Soul. These young girls out their get back in line of her, because you can't sing it like Aretha.
maryziel52 1 month ago
Excellent
Grandma Mary
Fr3derick 1 month ago
Quelle voix magnifique , tu es la reine de la soul , Dieu te garde Aretha !
jeannou59 1 month ago
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jeannou59 1 month ago
Good music brought me here...
bembry409 1 month ago 3
What an intro!
Dchiet75 2 months ago
I know why Ms. Franklin is the queen of soul. God has blessed her with an incredible voice.
msval1962 2 months ago
Aretha, girrrrrrrrrllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!
nostalgiahistoria67 2 months ago in playlist "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (as sung by varous artists)
Remembering this one from Aretha from way back. Still sounding GREAT.
prettycountrygirl2 2 months ago
Heard this before Jumping The Broom
Reniika94 2 months ago
this lafy has a true gift from god
TheSexygranny52 2 months ago 2
Beautiful, just Incredibly Beautiful!
coffeeblk46 2 months ago
"Back in the day" people made music because they loved to create such master pieces, rather than nowerdas when people just want to get rich from selling their bodies in music videos with auto tune and machines.
DJSF2796 2 months ago 3
@DJSF2796 Bullshit. The real difference between music then and music now, is that music used to have integrity. You used to feel something when you listened to music. Whether you felt the rhythm or you felt the emotion, you fucking felt something inside.
verbalmasterbation 2 months ago 3
This version is different from what she has on the album. I wonder why is that. Is this the extended version??
SupaHead1977 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Aretha Franklin
I LOVE this Aretha song....Probably my favorite Aretha Franklin joint..next to A Rose In Spanish Harlem...
DaHottz 2 months ago
какав само глас аретин, а тек обрада, боља од оргиналне верзије <3
anando41 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Aretha Franklin
какав само глас и обрада, боља од оргинала
anando41 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Aretha Franklin
Nothing beats the original by Simon & Garfunkel.
Art's voice just fits it better. But this is still great.
TheRoyalBreton 2 months ago
beautifull version but I want to hear the version of queen esther marrow. does anyone knows where could I find it?
TheJureeee 3 months ago
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TheJureeee 3 months ago
Never was a big fan of Aretha but heard this today on the radio & WOW. This is fighting for the best version I have heard of this song next to the org & Roberta Flack's version!!!
hjernigan3 4 months ago
what a song what a voice wow
76shakes 4 months ago 2
Quelle belle voix ,je ne comprend le texte mais rien que la melodie en dit trop.
silva130 4 months ago
Quelle belle voix
silva130 4 months ago
I love the whole song but the intro is incredible...
gutta1815 4 months ago 17
@gutta1815 UR RITE,GUTTA,THAT ENTRO IS BANANAS!!! APRECIATE UR KEEN EAR,
rockismsplashs 2 months ago
@rockismsplashs though i know she plays the e. pno on this intro,what always goes into my head is mr. afroman billy preston.ev-er-y time.he has that kind of fly birdie melancholic sentiment.i started learning this song and stopped at 'i know that',because though i knew aretha played it.b.p.popped in my head.i played that intro over and over and over.never learned it.its too fascinating.oh i could knock this song out now but some else's rendition. not this one
ohmphthschwrhu 2 months ago
@gutta1815 i dont know why in my head that organ sonds like billy preston.
ohmphthschwrhu 2 months ago
the great godmother of soul
STYRRUPPS 4 months ago
The arrangement on this song is incredible. Theres harmony, call and response and loads of contrast. One of the greatest recordings of the 1970's.
rievans57 5 months ago 2
Donny Hathaway"s work
MisterBings 5 months ago
Movie ain't had nothing to do with it ... I've always loved this .
ceilinggod 5 months ago
@nicoleray143 I knew the song before the movie and never paid it much attention when listening to my Aretha CD, after hearing it on the movie i went straight home to listen it to... it was played at the perfect scene in the movie which made me fall in love with...nice to know that someone shares the same sentiments.. :-)
videoaddict01 5 months ago
@videoaddict01 (-:
nicoleray143 1 month ago
was this in pursuit of happiness?
Jeezay999 5 months ago
Wow! my goodness what a song sung by the Queen of songs
MrPotter8581 5 months ago 3
same here lol
Faithiioo 5 months ago
GLEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hogs1629 6 months ago
The movie Jumping The Broom brought me here (-:
nicoleray143 6 months ago 46
@nicoleray143 Same for me...lol!
ebonyladyy 6 months ago
@nicoleray143 thank you i just sitting here thinken of wat movie i heard this song in
TheJasminep88 5 months ago
@nicoleray143 me to, the movie's on again & i heard this & i was like i have to go look this up & hear Ms. Aretha sang!!!
gigga143 1 month ago
@nicoleray143 Mee Too!!
TheJefft63 1 month ago
@nicoleray143 hahahah, me too :)
dezmak 1 month ago
Simple just "gifted". This songs give we chills all over and I just want to stop close my eyes and reflect. I don't know of any voice today that has that effect on me.
youratlbrutha 6 months ago
I luv it... so so much... God, tks for givin' us this amazing singer, just an angel of our Lord...
MrEscobar65 7 months ago
This is what it means to be "gifted"! I know many people who can sing, but this, moves me, inside, and very few people, have this ability!
Aretha was special then, she still is today, but when she was THIS performer, she could not be touched!
free2bpoppie 8 months ago
The beginning of this song still sends goosebumps down my arms. Aretha can do that to you.
doc2skate 9 months ago