Fontella Bass - Rescue Me (1965)

[MrWasabiLover]

if i had three thumbs i would put them up up, up up and away

[Lobitta504]

this was before Aretha Franklin

[John1948Five]

@Lobitta504 No, Fontella and Aretha were of the same era.

[henrix999]

wow thats groovy



[chloeasmithson]

ONE dislike.

[gutshammer1]

Who would dis like this?!?

[myvictoryismine1]

Is this aretha franklin?

[John1948Five]

@myvictoryismine1 No, this is Fontella Bass.

[illoris]

@John1948Five LOL

[niloh96]

@myvictoryismine1 Do you see any mention of Aretha Franklin,no?

retard.

[killbohatesross]

@myvictoryismine1 The name of the video sort of gives that away dont you think?

[niloh96]

My god such an absolutely amazingly spectacular voice!!!

[1baratone]

Awsome song and what a voice ^L^

[creamyfilling102]

i'm gonna go out on a limb here and say lip synched. listen to the studio version and then this one.....if ur gonna do that, at least record a second version in the studio and save it for live performances.

[MrShortfastloud]

@creamyfilling102 you could be right but could they do that back then?

[Pellebo11]

160k views and just one dislike thats pretty awesome

[MyRealtalktv]

iN THOSE DAYS THE CHURCH SOUND WAS WHAT WAS BECOMING MAINSTREAM AND NOT MANY OF THE WHITES COULD DO IT BUT NOWADAYS EVERYBODY IS SOUNDING LIKE THIS ITS THE STANDARD AND THOSE PEOPLE PATHED THE WAYS FOR THE MUSIC WE HAVE TODAY LOL IT 'S FUNNY LMAO

[complete101]

@MyRealtalktv ... That was not a church sound love... Thats the Sound of true R&B...

[MyRealtalktv]

@complete101 Love, what i'm refering to is ROOTS. the roots of the sound you are hearing which sprang out of the church in black america and became the signature sound all around the wold today. if you can open your mind and look at the history of how the sound became mainstream and what blacks had to endure in the music industry you will understand. think of it it terms of a tree with branches the roots and stem of the tree is Black Gospel Music the branches i'll leave to your imagination!

[John1948Five]

@MyRealtalktv It's my opinion that most things improve with integration. R&B is a combination of blues and pop. Rockabilly was a combination of country, r&b and pop. Rock is a combination of blues, r&b, pop, classical, rockabilly, doo-wop, etc. Gospel was blues music with a religious theme or blues was gospel with a secular theme, depending upon your POV. Taking the best from all venues is what it's all about.

[MyRealtalktv]

@John1948Five Gospel was not blues at all. Blues is Gospel with the lyrics converted to mainstream. For black people in America and even the Carribean the church was the only place safe for them to congregate as a community most of the time! it was the heart of the community and where everything happened women even gave birth there because they were not allowed in the hospitals. They cooked, eat and even slept there at times and comforted themselves with music and dancing and a sound emerged

[John1948Five]

@MyRealtalktv Using logic 101, if Blues = Gospel then Gospel must = Blues. I was only pointing out they were the same except for lyrical content. I am no expert but I would guess they may both go back to african tribal roots. Music is ever changing with the various venues borowing for each other. It's very hard to pin down.

[MyRealtalktv]

@John1948Five Blues was a by-product of Gospel music

[John1948Five]

@MyRealtalktv OK

[John1948Five]

@MyRealtalktv Regarding the second part of your comment: You're right that blacks had to endure a lot of discrimination in the music industry but when compared to other areas i.e. schools, voting rights, jobs, the judicial system, the music industry was a leader in integrating our society. I grew up no exposure to blacks except through the music. Respect earned by Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and others made me and my peers much more ready for civil rights than would have been otherwise been true.

[MyRealtalktv]

@John1948Five thanks for your response i appreciate inteligent communication. would it supprise you to learn that things have not realy changed in universities, joband judicial system here in Europe.

[John1948Five]

@MyRealtalktv Yes, that would surprise me. In the USA all areas of our culture are much more integrated than when I was a child in the 1950s. I'm not foolish enough to believe that racism is no longer with us but it is much less severe than it was and remedies are much more available when racism does rear its ugly head. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 may have been the greatest peice of legislation passed in my lifetime.

[onlyuros]

crnche

[Aneciarra]

I love it !!!!!! :)

[aretathebest1]

Je l'adore d'autant plus que mes parents m'ont mis son prénom, et je ne suis que plus fiére de ce jolie prénom !!! C'est une DIVA cette femme, une vraie de vraie !!!!

[John1948Five]

@aretathebest1 Est votre nom Fontella ? Le chanteur dans cette vidéo est la Basse Fontella. Je crois que vous pouvez l'avoir confondue avec Aretha Franklin. Tous les deux chantent comme les anges.

[nefertifer]

talented lady and still doing col stuff she recently colaborated with cinematic orchestra she is awsomw aahw should be colaborating with more talented people

[ScientificoPiano]

Why is it so fascinating to watch people who can truly sing beautifully sing? It's so mesmerizing.

[lindsay3640]

theres only 1 better version of this

I heard it on Utube. It was a bird singing in a bar I think

[lizavetanikolaevna]

I simply love Fontella... and I hope she's doing fine

[Aneciarra]

@lizavetanikolaevna I love it :)

[usabeautiful10]

I love this song, I love Fontella, she is so gifted.

[primestyme]

We were 1 .... years... old .... wow~!

[Vincepost20]

Awesome



[whothefuckusesmyname]

the last backround dancer ist constantly mistaken.... fun to watch it...

[Raxarax]

back when music was music and not a product pumped out by multi billion dollar conglomerates. when people actually played instruments.

[MusicDory17]

I love this song in Sister Act!!

[MusicDory17]

I love this song in Sister Act!!

[survaterialtechtron]

on my way_ rescue you33...

[NewBaldwin]

made me :-) :*( :-) 

[elioks]

the last part of the song is delicious

[trollywog]

heaaviii luv it

[cjthemusicman]

We all need rescuing sometime - happy that music helps - especially great classics! Thanks! :)))

[SuperJadeDragon]

You can see she wants to break out! I don't know why but she reminds me of Lauryn Hill.

[rAYsimmon]

Another timeless hit from a very, very talented singer! This is REAL music.

[cameron120587]

Whoopi Goldberg is not in this video as she was born in 1955, and this was recorded in 1965: she would have been ten years old, and I don't see any kids on stage, do you?

[Bevhillsfan]

i love this song

[lookamhot]

classic

[sisigwithrice]

I needed to hear this today... ^_^

[mikelremmerswaal]

I'm doing this song on my school next mond.

[papi420chulo]

Amazing track! Thanks for educating, whenever I've heard this I always believed it was The Queen of Soul.

[JTGirl1995]

<3 I like this song a lot

[twilightfreak545]

i love this song i can even dance this song cuz i have to dance this song in dance class

[chimney1993]

is this the woman that sang it in sister act?

[3031607]

Nooo

[chimney1993]

who is the woman that sang it in sister act?

[3031607]

Nooo

[chimney1993]

it is! LOL

[blue5639181]

Whoopi Golberg

[philnald]

i think it is her... it only played in the background right??? check the credits if u want. lol.

[chimney1993]

yeh, in the background. its definitely her there is nobody else sounds like her, its defo her hahaaa

[shirls2]

A Great song and singer love Shirls xx

[kapomc]

me encanta esta cancion! mil años buscandola desde ke vi yo robot xD y aki staaa ke gran cancionnn!

[SaxPlaya4]

When she humms at the end of this song, it was acturally supposed to be another line to the song. Though, while recording, she dropped the lyrics and had to improvise(because of recording). SMART AND VERY QUICK THINKING.

[HartiaKozu]

I love the upper chorus girl xD She doesn't know the dance!!! jajajajajajaja Se pierde un montón de veces xD

[iloveclassics50]

o how often i feel i want to be rescued

[vivaciousmuse]

this is my absolute good mood song

especially when a day is great but something little went wrong ;)

[minola666]

me encantaaaaaaaaaaa hacia tiempo q la buscaba pero creia q era de aretha!!!

[Patulle]

Perfect!!!!!♥

[pgh45rpms]

Fontella Bass earned a Gold Record for Chess with Rescue Me -- their first since the era of Chuck Berry. Soul of the Man was the intended hit side of the single, but DJ's all over flipped the 45 for this classic.

[ElisaN92]

this is talent.

[Crimsonsparkles]

Really? :p oh my mistake.....i should have known that....thanks for telling me ^^;;

[tian012]

i want karaoke of this song

[nleon23]

love this song its old but its still good

[VesuviusRecords]

Thank you so much for posting this! You did a major service to historocity!

Fontella Bass "Poor Little Fool" got me into the record industry in the first place!

[MONRAYDAYIZBACK]

i like dis song. and you ,mentioned never recorded here are a list of songs aretha turned down and never recorded. which all went on to be hits.

this will be

its raining men

im coming out

our love

ive got love on my mind

and many others partiucarly late 70;s diana ross and natalie cole songs, and other songs, by the head females, alot of those songs aretha turned them down, when they were bought to her first.