Aretha Franklin - What If I Should Ever Need You - live

[verynice8878]

yes she has always been of

[Genevaave]

Yeah she has always been off when it came to fashion and style

[privatedancer06]

Luv this! luv Gladys and the Pips version equally

[blmason72]

teets!

[tyavion]

Aretha has never had a descent sense of fashion or style. NEVER.

[rellenoz]

She boobalicious!

[rellenoz]

Alright for the boobage girl. Aside from that, she slaughters this song and the audience. just wonderful.

[missmochashake]

Aretha your the best !!! Queen of soul regardless how bad the video sounded.

[pronkking]

ok, what in Sam's Hell is goin on withe the cowboy boots and the flower in the hair. I cant quite get past how it just looks wrong. Am I supposed to give her a pass because it was the late 70's?...or do I shoot her stylist in the eye. Usually, I dont nit pick at her clothes because she is who she is...but this little ensemble makes me think thats she's got a bullseye on her back.

[TruthSerum101]

It's pretty close to what she wore on the La Diva cover. Her vocals here and there are SPECTACULAR.

[TheQueenAretha]

You know what you ain't nothing but a wack ass hater. You have no right talking about what the hell she has on. Her outfit is not what matters. When Patti has looked way worst.

[brandonmachew3204]

@pronkking I can't believe people are ready to shoot you over your critique of her outfit. This queenaretha person makes me ill. Cowboy boots with a billie holiday type hair thing going on and a wierdly fitted cocktail dress yeah, i agree a little off, however She is in INCREDIBLE voice. Yes I realise you didn't say anything bout the vocals. Anyway, I realise what your saying. 70's was a wierd era for fashion.

[TheQueenAretha]

You do the same to me.

[DigitalDezinesCEO]

@brandonmachew3204 Fool this is old as hell! Who cares what she had on!

[brandonmachew3204]

@DigitalDezinesCEO Did I say that her outfit had anything to do with her performance or that Golden voice, answer: No i didn't fool, and yes I realise this is "old as hell". I didn't say anything about the Queens performance. Did i say i look at her differently over her bad wardrobe? no i didn't. So what i'm saying is read and properly analyse my previous comment. Thank you, Fool.

[DigitalDezinesCEO]

@brandonmachew3204 HUSH!

[brandonmachew3204]

@DigitalDezinesCEO Lol, what a well articulated argument.

[stillphil]

Now THAT is how to sing a BALLAD

[broncofangj]

wow this is just breath taking and she looks soooooooooo beautiful you betta sang ReRe!!!!

[MekaMeka916]

Not only is her singing flawless, but her gold make up is the best!!!! She made me have goose bumps singing this song! lol

[jbell8303]

Thanks so much for this post ArethaFan2006! I LOVE this song... Yeah, where the hell did you get this VIDEO?! I've tried to download this song everywhere, do you have this album by any chance?

[jbell8303]

SANG!!!!! SANG SANG SANG!!!!!!!

[taddyd1]

This live version has a much better arrangement than the recording, which sounded like it was done for Patty Page.

She sang so sweetly during this mid-late 70s  era and her voice was at it's most clear and powerful.

[stillphil]

PATTY PAGE !???

HAHAHAHA ! taddyd you are 1/2 killin' me

[taddyd1]

Marion Williams, Mahalia, the Caravans(with Ms Shirley Ceaser and Inez Andrew) Dorothy Love Coates were all front and center in the Gospel World before and after Her Majesty began her Glorious Reign

and DITTO: Gladys, Dionne, Cissy, Dee Dee Sharp and Warwick ,Fontella, Martha Reeves, Ruth Brown, La Verne Baker, Betty Everett, Big Maybelle, Etta, Esther Phillips, Gloria Lynne, Nancy Wilson were all pre 1967 in R&B and pop.

[taddyd1]

What planet did you come from? Dinah was originally a gospel singer who came after SuperStar Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Roberta Martin Singers, The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Soul Stirrers, the Ward Singers, Mahalia etc

all of whom Aretha listened too along with

Ms Wahington.

[TheQueenAretha]

Is it true that Cl Franklin and Clara Ward were lovers.

[taddyd1]

Ms Ward did spend time in the Franklin home and he was single. ????

[monrayday]

dont listen to rumorers. i dont know if its true. but she could have stayed there and people just started talking

[1binns]

THE LORD HAS SENT AN ANGEL!!

[SoulSir]

Aretha's has an soulful, smokey tone to her pleaseing style of singing and this song has beauty because of Ree vocal gift.

[caesar6882]

the most beautiful voice ever !

[direfranchement]

Perfect. You hit the nail on the head. Dinah used melisma, although her voice wasn't as flexible as Aretha's. Dinah begets Aretha who begets Whitney, who all the contemporary R&B and some pop singers (i.e. Xtina) try their hardest to imitate, some with more success than others, but Whitney's singing is just a more polished, "mainstream" take on the Aretha formula. It begins and ends with Aretha, who did it first with great success, and did it best.

[ZebFAN06]

Aretha paid tribute to Dinah Washington with an album during her Columbian recording years.

[jimmmmy41]

I love love love those Dinah covers she did, Drinking Again especially. What is Romance?, awesome!

[aubrey1015]

Yall crazy as hell them riffs and runs have been done by many a black singers it's not a Retha thing...get over it where do you think she got her inspiration?

[monrayday]

nobody can do it like aretha though. arethas voice always did them riffs and runs so easily. and beautifully

[godsgifttoearth]

GIRL CAN SIIIIIIIIING!

[waudosiganga]

Great voice. Great poetry, balance and passion in the lyrics and in the music. Wish I was at this live gig!

[jrocc01]

check out the riff at 1:50 to 1:54, beyonce uses that riff alot.

[Emeless]

Aretha looked as if she jumped right off that sofa she was laying/posing on during the photo shoot for the cover of "La Diva" and started singing one of my favorite songs from it. Great sentiment in the words. Kinda syrupy, but sentiments from the heart can be that way sometimes. Thanks for posting.

[caesar6882]

Aretha was the best that ever was and no one will ever come close....Some people hate to admit this but we all know it`s true !

[LouLou1355]

I'll admit it, caesar6882.. She was the best. Her voice is simply beautiful.

[godsgifttoearth]

Yes, she looks FAB!!!!

[taddyd1]

This is better than the corny strings and Lennon Sisters Singers from the recording.

Both the ballads from the lp had interesting lyrics with killer melodies; Van McCoy's "syrupy" arrangements f'd em up. Solo with just piano she'd of had everybody cryin.

PS: I loved that photo.

[maatspear]

she looks beuatiful on here and her voice is spine chilling on here just 2 years (1981) from her voice turning horse

[laron214]

how did you find this? i've only heard about this album, but never heard any of the songs. she's looking good here.

[shonuff2good]

This the period that I loved her voice best, from 1976 to about 1981 however, I love her voice at any period.

[soulfan28]

You are right about that. Her voice was off the hook during this period.

[ZebFAN06]

Patti Labelle can eat her heart out on this one, cause this is when Aretha's voice was prime. This is the greatest voice I've ever heard on this video ever. Sound quality is a bit off, but her vocals are untouchable.

[taddyd1]

At the time of this performance true Aretha fans know her pipes were at their amazing peak. Her fan base had shrunk in 1979 (due to disco and Natalie Cole etc) to its lowest point, but she was SHOCKINGLY POWERFUL even in the back row during this 1975-1980 period and the high notes were pure bell. Material wasn't always the best but the voice was simply unmatched. Sweet Passion, YOU, With Everything I Feel In Me, and La Diva criminally aren't even available and never have been on CD.

[taddyd1]

This song is titled "What If I Should Ever NEED You?" from the highly underrated last lp from Atlantic: La Diva. Dr. Franklin also recorded "If Ever I Should Leave You" (from Camelot) on her classic Laughing On The Outside lp on Columbia. This posted live version has a better arrangement than the orginal recording which was on the mushy side with too many strings and a Patti Page chorus. THANK YOU for spreading the LOVE.

[ZebFAN06]

If anyone has anythign else from La Diva (such as it on album) that would be awesome.

[comicalk]

nice to see this again. very beautiful! La Diva, that's one Aretha album i gotta get my hands on. chills.