She is being dissed not because her lyrics or the fact shes black. But this is a song established for our country hundreds of years ago, this isnt some fucking jazz black song, and its not a black fucking hip hop shit, its a fucking song about our nations pride, america, not africa, and she was africanizing a fucking north america song; if you have pride in being black ok cool but keep it with your shit, but dont taint our culture and history with your crap. Thankyou dumb bitch
Aretha had an awesome career and has had oodles and oodles of debt. I'm half suspecting she was hired to sing this just so she could pay off some of her debt. But sad to say, in this video, she is quite the has-been. Also, I tried on a replica of that hat by the same artist. ^.^
She is a great singer and will always be regarded as one of the great singers. Obviously people who judge are not singers and don't realize that when you get older your voice just isn't what it used to be. She still sounds great regardless.
GOD SAVE OUR GLORIOUS QUEEN, GOD BLESS OUR NOBLE QUEEN, GOD SAVE OUR QUEEN. THIS IS OUR ANTHEM YOU CUNTS. BORN IN ENGLAND, LIVE IN ENGLAND, DIE IN ENGLAND.
@cbass3789 lol Opress us and We will kic your asses, and last time I checked, Half your people hate the royal family? lol.....LAND WHERE OUR FATHERS DIED< LET FREEDOM RING.
I am surprised at some of the most demeaning low down nasty things said in respect to this woman, who is really a Godsend and an American blessing. I am praying for the people who chose to post these cruel comments. Aretha is remarkable and I am blessed to be able to have heard sang at the inauguration. It was a proud moment for all America. Long live the Queen!
@xfirealchemistx Aretha is amazing, she is such an inspiration, I got so teary eyed watching her.... she is the Queen of Soul not just because of her style but because of the emotions she brings to her singing! I absolutely love her.
( further arguing the symbolic significance)**however, aretha isin't just a queen of black culture, she's a queen of american culture itslef, especially in that her music represents a time when when the lines between "white" music and "black" music were more dissolved then they ever had been before, and imo ever have been.
erbbody know white people love aretha, it's because she brought 'soul' to the whole culture like it had never known - she brought the black experience to the whole culture
this could have been the worse performance ever and still have been symbolically legendary. black culture and soul are pure reflections of eachother - are one in a sense, and aretha is the undisputed queen of soul - not just the music genre, but *soul*. watching this feels very immense.
Aretha Franklin takes me back when I was just a kid under 10, back in the early 70's was some good years and I've learn a lot from those days now then growing up about the old school music. It makes me feel that they years are going FASTER now days and there no chance if it slowing down.
Is it just me, or did anybody else notice that she paused at SUCH an inappropriate spot that she actually said "MY C__T". Yikes, ...you think somebody would have caught that during one of the practices and told her to pause on the "N", ...NOT the "T". ...just sayin. ...but it does get funnier the more times you watch it.
@BuffaloTPU In case you didn't know...this isn't even a National Anthem...lmao, I'm british and I know America's national anthem is "Star Spangled Banner"...fail.
@jsga obviously it is, but a lot of countries in europe have used or still use the song... no one knows who composed it, the song was first used in france to praise the king
If you would have seen this performance 10,000 miles from America like I did, you'd feel differently about a lot of things. For one you'd realize how much fear there is in the world of differences and individualism. Our country is the place where one and all partakes in the bread of freedom as a family. Also you'd see yourself getting treated differently in foreign countries - with respect - now that Obama is President. I heard all of that and more in Aretha's heartfelt performance.
she sounds like a pig being slaughtered here. gone are her days. i did not even understand any word that has come out from her mouth if shes enunciating words or doing exactly what a pig does when being slughtered. oh i forgot, im watching a pig in a human body so wat can i expect.oh no, it's not even a human body, it's a gorilla. a black obese gorilla.
@cuno858 "God save the Queen/King"was your anthem the tune was popular during the 1600's and 1700's and who country has that song,but not part of the uk? liechenstein
To all who keep complaining about this song being stolen, how much American music have you profited from over the last 60 years alone! This is a real queen who has given much to the cause of civil rights through her music and God given talents. You people place all this glory on these so-called Monarchs who do nothing but sit in a Palace and suck off the poor.
That lady is so blessed with music she feels things in the melody and it cant hardley come out of the human body , it was cold on this day but still she sing from her heart people could only hear music as well as she can sing it , Her voice is better then many peoples ears she out sings the ears of some you gotta be able to feel in your ears and heart to hear all she puts out in her voice its a nice gift to have .
@TexasDistortion Better than it worked over the past 8 years you idiots voted GW Bush into office. At least he is doing something for the country. Stay the course Mr President.
@TexasDistortion Why are you even on this page pig breath? He just passed another sweeping reform bill for your cronies on wall street you moron. You are the one that needs educate yourself. But get your head out of Rush Limbaugh's fat ass first. History is being made as we speak buzzard face! Obama/ Biden 2012
@eagleswing44 yes reform for him means spending, oh but im sure idiots like you think that the only way to get out of debt is to spend more money. Thanks obama for bankrupting the country anbd make an ass of what was once a rich and powerful nation. Get a job hippy
@TexasDistortion Oh you mean like George W Bush did by doubling the national debt starting a war that has left the country billions in debt, raising taxes while giving tax break to the wealthiest Americans. Obama inherited this mess buzzard breath. And I haven't been a "hippie" in 30 years but I do have a job and I pay taxes. what about you?
@eagleswing44 hahahah typical liberal scum, blam is on bush. you right, bush rasised out debt buy sending up inbto 2 wars, BUt he didnt raise taxes, infact ifhis massive tax cuts expire this very year. So since this is all bus';s fault then obama has turned everything around and were out of debt, and the spending has stopped... oh wait. wake up shithead he is running this country into the ground and socializing everything. but wait socialism worked for greece..
@TexasDistortion You need to do some serious research on the Bush administrations 8 years pal. Don't just listen to made up stuff you here at the tea party rallies. Bush raised taxes for working Americans while giving tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. It pays to educate one's self.
@eagleswing44 When did i say i support Bush? Never. Im against socialism and the demise of our great country. And why should the wealthy pay for the poor? They worked hard to get that money i think theve earned the right to keep it. Im not rich, yet i believe in working hard and taking care of one self with out crying like a bitch to the government for handouts. man up. and while your at it do a little research on you boy obama and his minions, they are pissing on the constitutuon.
@TexasDistortion Yeah. Why should the wealthy pay for the poor? Why should anyone have a social conscience? Why should we help those in need? Why? Why? Why?
@kingdaniel69 Why have a president or a congress or a senate or a declaration of independence or a constitution? Idiocy you speak! The wealthy do not pay for the poor. The wealthy have pillaged and robbed the poor for decades in this country. Then they have the gall to expect tax breaks. It's not the rich that keep this country moving. I'll just bet you're one of those Americans who calls yourself a Christian too. "The wealth of the wicked is laid up for the just" Proverbs 13:22.
@eagleswing44 I was being facetious earlier about why should we help others or have a social conscience, i come from a country with an amazing socialised healthcare system where you if you are sick you don't need any money we have a great welfare state too.
I am not a Christian but i help others, those less fortunate than me, i am a nurse and very proud.
You have got a hard job convincing Americans to be anything else but selfish, they'll think you are a communist! Keep up the good work.
@kingdaniel69 My apologies to you and may you be blessed for the good work you do. It's so unfortunately that there are so few out there like you. You are so right although most Americans have little clue as to what communism is let alone why they are using the word. Sickness and suffering has become a comodity in this nation and people continue to fall for the hype.
@nolano2010 Obama is doing what he was elected to do. He helped to enact reforms such as the Healthcare bill so 43 million working Americans can recieve healthcare. He is working for the people of this nation and not just providing tax breaks and incentives for the wealthiest Americans and coporate thieves like former president Bush did! Just sayin!
@eagleswing44 Oh that's right. He's taking the tax breaks away from the wealthy and raising taxes for everyone. My bad. You're right. Totally forgot about having to pay for everyone else's healthcare.
And he wasn't elected because of his ability to enact reforms. I highly doubt the entire 96-97% of African-Americans that voted for him actually care about reforms. This election was about race.
@nolano2010 If you'd stop and use your brain for a split second you will realise that African Americans make up roughly 13% of the US population. Although most of us voted for him I highly doubt African Americans elected Barack Obama. The Bush Administration got Barack Obama elected by putting the wealthy first and thumbing it's nose at the middle class. They also started wars that will go down in history as senseless hysteria based on lies and deception. Thanks for ending it Mr President!
@eagleswing44 But that is another issue, Bush's first election win was rigged thanks to his brother and Florida, makes you wonder what the world would have been like had somebody stood up at the time?
@eagleswing44 are you really American? Americans don't spell 'realise' with an 's.' It is always spelled realiZe ('z') in North America (US & Canada). Brit in disguise, perhaps? ;-)
@eagleswing44 and just curious, why spell realize as realise then? Only British/Australian people do that. Canadians and Americans always spell it as realize.
@cuno858 I'm living proof that all Americans don't spell realise with a z"! Look it up in the dictionary and then find something more meaningful and inlightening to talk about, OK?
@cuno858 And you are a "natural born moron"! So are you crack heads now insinuating that because one does not spell realize with a z they are not natural born Americans? Am I really reading. What kind of drugs are being tampered with out there where you are? Are you one of those midwesterners cause I hear some strange stuff goes on out there.
@nolano2010 Actually all the elections before this one were about race. This was the only one that wasn't. It's about race when median demographics control the masses. Obama has substance. It was about wanting a leader who was the real deal, and having enough with settling for people who looked the part but were not up to the task. Tired of "the package" with nothing inside. That's what change and hope means. We did more than elect a black man, we elected a good man, and for both we are proud.
@TexasDistortion Aretha's happier than she ever was because her fathers and Dr Kings dream are becoming a reality. We've still got a ways to go but true progress is never easy! Look at how long it took America to pass a civil rights act. God's truth is marching on!
And that's the tune of god save the queen, it's not actually the same lyrics at all dispshits... Nice job. We changed the lyrics shortly after our revolution to distance ourselves further from the crown.
I remember being there for this and seeing the crowd all around... Almost Everyone was happy and peaceful that day. It may not have been the best performance of her life, bit it was obviously the most inspiring and important of her career. Bravo
@damhar The ones who scour these sights with insults don't know the first thing about beautiful, gospel filled, soul and R&B music. I just laugh at them because they really are pathetic. Go to another damned spot if you don't like it.
God bless Aretha. This will be remembered as one of the greatest performance of the 21st Century. You could feel the emotion and the heart behind it. I cried openly when I watched it on television. I was overwhelmed with patriotism and pride in my country, especially when I reflected on how far we've come with the historic election of Obama as our 44th President.
Thank you Aretha. This is a tribute that America will never forget.
@mafaon321 well said and I feel the same today as I did then about President Obama...it moved me to tears again today when they played on NPR/ Fresh Air tribute to Dr. King who said ..."there will be a day when all of God's children sing with new meaning, 'My Country 'Tis of Thee"...I remember Obama's Inauguration with great pride and joy, and I only hope this can be true for ALL Americans some day
Aretha was being herself, I don't see why people are so down on her for this performance. She sounds like somebody's momma singing out from her heart.
for those who say she can't sing: i wonder who do you listen to because nobody does it better than her...she has one or two equals but no one is superior.
I love how all the haters are saying she can't sing. When i SERIOUSLY doubt they've been singing for 60 years. and have accomplished nothing compared to her.
Go listen to her songs back when she was young, let me put it like this, you wont be able to comprehend how amazing she is. Shes a Legend, more then MJ
She may have had a career thats spanned a long time but no one can say with honesty that this performance was any good I like aretha, but this was aweful!
the injustice and brutalities of racial injustice, Yet, despite this having mapped out and forging a career that spans many decades and insurmountable successes.
You are obviously oblivious and void of knowledge in history and probaly racist. This historic figure was chosen due to the prophetic nature of this election to King's words and having been personally witness to
She should not have been chosen to sing this song. Her voice is terrible at her age. Should've gotten someone else - Patti Labelle or Barbra Streisand would've been better.
I can't stand people pretending this actually sounds good.
She was not out of key. People always say someone was out of key when they don't sound good. There are other things that can make a voice sound questionabke aprt from being off-key. Aretha is a legend but her natural voice placement is not on her side when it comes to aging thus causing the pitchiness, scratchiness, wobble and nasal sounding tendency to her voice.
True, all things being equal, her voice seemed often screechy and somewhat shallow, and that was the main problem. So I may have talked too fast in that respect, and your post made me regret my wording. Yet the lady's pitch was approximative in some vibratos, and to me, 2:39 is plain off. But it's in no way a disgrace. In other words, she didn't sing off key, but she sometimes was, for physical reasons.
This country was called the land of the free by Samuel Francis Smith. Kind of funny he called i that while blacks were walking around in chains. Samuel is a racist cocksucker. Samuel, his song and the American empire can suck a monkeys cock.
Magnificent! The undisputed Queen. This woman is a living legend. No one else could have carried the torch of song this day but her. She was one of many who was there through the struggle and her voice is a natural resource. Let freedom ring! Give it to em Queen!
SHe IS THE besT VOICE In AMERICA...okay but this was her worst performance...still no one maybe Jennifer Hudson or Whitney Houston can sang not sing like her
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This was not good. Ree need to stop now. But to be honest, I didn't see anything special about her in her hey day; I heard plenty of singers who was just as good in many of the churchs I attended here in the south. Her voice is common enough, she was just marketed well.
Keep it real y'all... You know she didn't bother to learn the lyrics. She totally forgot what to say after my cunt tree tis of thee
Boobalopbop 2 days ago
Josh groban's version is the best
sugordon 1 week ago
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She is being dissed not because her lyrics or the fact shes black. But this is a song established for our country hundreds of years ago, this isnt some fucking jazz black song, and its not a black fucking hip hop shit, its a fucking song about our nations pride, america, not africa, and she was africanizing a fucking north america song; if you have pride in being black ok cool but keep it with your shit, but dont taint our culture and history with your crap. Thankyou dumb bitch
shimorishiak 1 week ago
Whitney Houston > Aretha Franklin.
Aretha had an awesome career and has had oodles and oodles of debt. I'm half suspecting she was hired to sing this just so she could pay off some of her debt. But sad to say, in this video, she is quite the has-been. Also, I tried on a replica of that hat by the same artist. ^.^
ScorpionGrasshopper 1 week ago
her voice used to be as beautiful as her hat is now
kaylareinamiriam 4 weeks ago
We I love listening to this, she has such a sweet angelic voice :D
HB3ZZY 1 month ago
America, Darlene Love, Tina Turner, and Aretha Franklin. Three more reasons if not three of the best reasons be proud to be an American.
randyseck 2 months ago
She is a great singer and will always be regarded as one of the great singers. Obviously people who judge are not singers and don't realize that when you get older your voice just isn't what it used to be. She still sounds great regardless.
johnnyjemimah 2 months ago
GOD SAVE OUR GLORIOUS QUEEN, GOD BLESS OUR NOBLE QUEEN, GOD SAVE OUR QUEEN. THIS IS OUR ANTHEM YOU CUNTS. BORN IN ENGLAND, LIVE IN ENGLAND, DIE IN ENGLAND.
cbass3789 2 months ago
@cbass3789 lol Opress us and We will kic your asses, and last time I checked, Half your people hate the royal family? lol.....LAND WHERE OUR FATHERS DIED< LET FREEDOM RING.
randyseck 2 months ago
worst time to take a breath right in the beginning. my cunt.... try ._.
LikeAnEmployee 3 months ago 6
@LikeAnEmployee My friends were laughing at that for days... My cunt tree?? lol
Boobalopbop 2 days ago
Aretha! What a Gift She Has Brought to the World
TheDefjams 3 months ago
i crying
dontaecausey 5 months ago
Give it to em Queen! The undisputed queen of soul!
eagleswing44 5 months ago
She should have rehearsed this. Sounds like granny on the wrong drugs.
SignorSid 6 months ago
@SignorSid what you mean she the oueer of soul she did that song so who care what you think
dontaecausey 5 months ago
I am surprised at some of the most demeaning low down nasty things said in respect to this woman, who is really a Godsend and an American blessing. I am praying for the people who chose to post these cruel comments. Aretha is remarkable and I am blessed to be able to have heard sang at the inauguration. It was a proud moment for all America. Long live the Queen!
xfirealchemistx 6 months ago 11
@xfirealchemistx Many commenting here are stupid, immature Americans, what do you expect?
eagleswing44 5 months ago
@xfirealchemistx Aretha is amazing, she is such an inspiration, I got so teary eyed watching her.... she is the Queen of Soul not just because of her style but because of the emotions she brings to her singing! I absolutely love her.
kaqcruz03 3 months ago
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Um... Ew? I'm not sure what's more revolting her appearance or her voice, I am too scared to look at her mouth incase food falls out.
0:50 PMSL @ how tragic that is, she sounds like she is gasping for air whilst choking on food.
EnglishAB1 6 months ago
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EnglishAB1 6 months ago
That gurl ain't getting a recall ticket thats for sure!
MrMinoDan 7 months ago
Love this, but she should've sang "RESPECT" with modified lyrics:
What you want, Obama got it;
What you need, McCain ain't got it!
plugee 7 months ago 6
( further arguing the symbolic significance)**however, aretha isin't just a queen of black culture, she's a queen of american culture itslef, especially in that her music represents a time when when the lines between "white" music and "black" music were more dissolved then they ever had been before, and imo ever have been.
erbbody know white people love aretha, it's because she brought 'soul' to the whole culture like it had never known - she brought the black experience to the whole culture
bajarlman 7 months ago 4
@bajarlman
*'socially' and otherwise constructed lines between white and black music
bajarlman 7 months ago
this could have been the worse performance ever and still have been symbolically legendary. black culture and soul are pure reflections of eachother - are one in a sense, and aretha is the undisputed queen of soul - not just the music genre, but *soul*. watching this feels very immense.
bajarlman 7 months ago
Aretha is awesome, but the some of mistakes made me laugh a little.
P.S. the hat is great :)
aubrey3601 7 months ago 2
We were watching this live at school. Afterwards, I heard some annoying girl say that she "sang it wrong". What's wrong with this generation?
MrSratticusFinch 7 months ago
maravilhosa, thanxs from brazil, valeu!!!
marcotukoff 8 months ago
Aretha Franklin takes me back when I was just a kid under 10, back in the early 70's was some good years and I've learn a lot from those days now then growing up about the old school music. It makes me feel that they years are going FASTER now days and there no chance if it slowing down.
MsCuriousCat 8 months ago
oops, didn't read the other comments, ...obviously, some others noticed this too.
slicklocrian 8 months ago
Is it just me, or did anybody else notice that she paused at SUCH an inappropriate spot that she actually said "MY C__T". Yikes, ...you think somebody would have caught that during one of the practices and told her to pause on the "N", ...NOT the "T". ...just sayin. ...but it does get funnier the more times you watch it.
slicklocrian 8 months ago 2
NEVER try to "Modernize" the National Anthem.....it never works
BuffaloTPU 8 months ago
@BuffaloTPU In case you didn't know...this isn't even a National Anthem...lmao, I'm british and I know America's national anthem is "Star Spangled Banner"...fail.
JonathanGardnerTV 7 months ago 2
MY CUNT...TREE TIS OF THEE...
Seriously, that's how she sings it.
S13AR10AFan 9 months ago 5
@S13AR10AFan LOLOLOLOL
JonathanGardnerTV 9 months ago
Dat hat
dylad 9 months ago
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What a fat-black gorrila.. Quick someone get her Some Popeye's Chicken..
omes7922 9 months ago
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fat black
thedudeabidzz 9 months ago
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fuck this fat black
thedudeabidzz 9 months ago
fuck this fat black cunt
thedudeabidzz 9 months ago
@thedudeabidzz TRUST SHE AINT WORRIED ABOUT YOU LOL
malesoprano88 9 months ago
At this moment I was for and with the USA.
BUT----
What happened; usa is still at war in Iraq and Afghanistan(when binladen is hiding in Pakistan)
What a waste of a chance of a lifetime to get back friends here in Europe
jokelip 10 months ago
looks like gucci mane!!! BURRRRRRRRRRR
RLPizI 11 months ago
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deblonge 11 months ago
Beautiful! What a momentous moment! What a momentous day!
eagleswing44 11 months ago
damn she gots a realy good voice .. i respect her and the black culture =) =) =)
vanevogue 1 year ago
she looking real cogic right there!!!!!
flcogicboy 1 year ago
@flcogicboy Yes, we stole the song and changed the words.
american2015 10 months ago
Doesn't this reminds anyone of...
"God save the our gracious Queen
Long live our noble Queen
God save the Queen
Send Her victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us
God save the Queen"
Clearly this is England's national anthem... right?
I'm just sayin'
jsga 1 year ago
@jsga obviously it is, but a lot of countries in europe have used or still use the song... no one knows who composed it, the song was first used in france to praise the king
RusNad 1 year ago
@RusNad actually our King... in Britain.
jsga 1 year ago
@jsga No you're right lol. Well, then again, America used to be a British colony so I guess we borrowed the music.
mtm197077 11 months ago
what a bad luck for her to have a cold on such an occasion
ksionc100 1 year ago
I've GOT TO GET ME ONE OF THOSE HATS!
notabadguy06 1 year ago
did you hear Aretha!! She said shut up @ 2:30 - 2:32!!
SuperCherry123456 1 year ago
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!
1:24
"FATHER" *voice cracks*
ZingZee123456789 1 year ago
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ZingZee123456789 1 year ago
My country TITS of the sweet land of liberty
XxMw2HacksxX1 1 year ago
MY CUNT *breathe* TREE TIS OF THEE.
S13AR10AFan 1 year ago
thank you aretha now I'm crying like an idiot in front of my computer!!
awbeck 1 year ago
It's tough singing when it's cold out. Try it sometime.
illustrate100 1 year ago
I send all my love to you miss Franklin
ahwadodem 1 year ago
If you would have seen this performance 10,000 miles from America like I did, you'd feel differently about a lot of things. For one you'd realize how much fear there is in the world of differences and individualism. Our country is the place where one and all partakes in the bread of freedom as a family. Also you'd see yourself getting treated differently in foreign countries - with respect - now that Obama is President. I heard all of that and more in Aretha's heartfelt performance.
MeredithWaters 1 year ago
@partyreturns Be quiet racist.
Dominick629 1 year ago
standing ovation for the hat
SaltyDoughnut 1 year ago 38
when u gett older ur voice changes she still is dee queen
cece1640 1 year ago
we SHOULD have days off from work and school for performances and moments in american history like this, instead of crap like columbus day
likeshshnia 1 year ago
She herself has said she hated this performance since it was cold outside and that effects her voice.
robertsnowden19 1 year ago
this to me is not Aretha's best but she is a great singer
95LilCece 1 year ago
she sounds like a pig being slaughtered here. gone are her days. i did not even understand any word that has come out from her mouth if shes enunciating words or doing exactly what a pig does when being slughtered. oh i forgot, im watching a pig in a human body so wat can i expect.oh no, it's not even a human body, it's a gorilla. a black obese gorilla.
estoryahehe 1 year ago
Wonder what the States would do if England took their national anthem and put new lyrics to it. It's our country's anthem, not just some random tune.
xxhunnyxxbeexx 1 year ago
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN :O .... THIEVES!!! Hahaha, jk :P
cuno858 1 year ago 20
@cuno858 Aretha is the Queen! What the hell are you talking about! There is no other queen!
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 hahaha, touche :P
cuno858 1 year ago
@cuno858 teheheheheh!
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@cuno858 "God save the Queen/King"was your anthem the tune was popular during the 1600's and 1700's and who country has that song,but not part of the uk? liechenstein
soccerruben1 1 year ago
Not stealing the UKs national anthem at all are you :)
davesgotfilms 1 year ago
I love Aretha Franklin, she dont lip sync like Mariah.
jesusluvsme12345 1 year ago
why do they play the melody of the british national anthem at a US president's inauguration? very silly.
Meskiagkasher 1 year ago
STOP SMOKING CIGARETTES AUNTIE RE RE!!! YOU'LL SOUND BETTER!!!!
vangoghmatisse 1 year ago
@vangoghmatisse Aretha stopped smoking about 18 years ago.
TheQueenAretha 1 year ago
"FAATHAAA" omg lol sorry, I love Aretha but that part gets me rolling EVERY single time....."FAATHAAA!"
JonathanGardnerTV 1 year ago
To all who keep complaining about this song being stolen, how much American music have you profited from over the last 60 years alone! This is a real queen who has given much to the cause of civil rights through her music and God given talents. You people place all this glory on these so-called Monarchs who do nothing but sit in a Palace and suck off the poor.
eagleswing44 1 year ago
i got to get me a hat like that....
notabadguy06 1 year ago
That lady is so blessed with music she feels things in the melody and it cant hardley come out of the human body , it was cold on this day but still she sing from her heart people could only hear music as well as she can sing it , Her voice is better then many peoples ears she out sings the ears of some you gotta be able to feel in your ears and heart to hear all she puts out in her voice its a nice gift to have .
fromthispoint 1 year ago
@fromthispoint Amen to that! Finally someone who can hear!
eagleswing44 1 year ago
man i bet she regrets this, hows that change working for you?
TexasDistortion 1 year ago
@TexasDistortion Better than it worked over the past 8 years you idiots voted GW Bush into office. At least he is doing something for the country. Stay the course Mr President.
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 WHAT? what is he doing for the country? do a little research and learn american history, dumbass
TexasDistortion 1 year ago
@TexasDistortion Why are you even on this page pig breath? He just passed another sweeping reform bill for your cronies on wall street you moron. You are the one that needs educate yourself. But get your head out of Rush Limbaugh's fat ass first. History is being made as we speak buzzard face! Obama/ Biden 2012
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 yes reform for him means spending, oh but im sure idiots like you think that the only way to get out of debt is to spend more money. Thanks obama for bankrupting the country anbd make an ass of what was once a rich and powerful nation. Get a job hippy
TexasDistortion 1 year ago
@TexasDistortion Oh you mean like George W Bush did by doubling the national debt starting a war that has left the country billions in debt, raising taxes while giving tax break to the wealthiest Americans. Obama inherited this mess buzzard breath. And I haven't been a "hippie" in 30 years but I do have a job and I pay taxes. what about you?
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 hahahah typical liberal scum, blam is on bush. you right, bush rasised out debt buy sending up inbto 2 wars, BUt he didnt raise taxes, infact ifhis massive tax cuts expire this very year. So since this is all bus';s fault then obama has turned everything around and were out of debt, and the spending has stopped... oh wait. wake up shithead he is running this country into the ground and socializing everything. but wait socialism worked for greece..
TexasDistortion 1 year ago
@TexasDistortion You need to do some serious research on the Bush administrations 8 years pal. Don't just listen to made up stuff you here at the tea party rallies. Bush raised taxes for working Americans while giving tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. It pays to educate one's self.
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 When did i say i support Bush? Never. Im against socialism and the demise of our great country. And why should the wealthy pay for the poor? They worked hard to get that money i think theve earned the right to keep it. Im not rich, yet i believe in working hard and taking care of one self with out crying like a bitch to the government for handouts. man up. and while your at it do a little research on you boy obama and his minions, they are pissing on the constitutuon.
TexasDistortion 1 year ago
@TexasDistortion Yeah. Why should the wealthy pay for the poor? Why should anyone have a social conscience? Why should we help those in need? Why? Why? Why?
kingdaniel69 1 year ago
@kingdaniel69 Why have a president or a congress or a senate or a declaration of independence or a constitution? Idiocy you speak! The wealthy do not pay for the poor. The wealthy have pillaged and robbed the poor for decades in this country. Then they have the gall to expect tax breaks. It's not the rich that keep this country moving. I'll just bet you're one of those Americans who calls yourself a Christian too. "The wealth of the wicked is laid up for the just" Proverbs 13:22.
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 I was being facetious earlier about why should we help others or have a social conscience, i come from a country with an amazing socialised healthcare system where you if you are sick you don't need any money we have a great welfare state too.
I am not a Christian but i help others, those less fortunate than me, i am a nurse and very proud.
You have got a hard job convincing Americans to be anything else but selfish, they'll think you are a communist! Keep up the good work.
kingdaniel69 1 year ago
@kingdaniel69 My apologies to you and may you be blessed for the good work you do. It's so unfortunately that there are so few out there like you. You are so right although most Americans have little clue as to what communism is let alone why they are using the word. Sickness and suffering has become a comodity in this nation and people continue to fall for the hype.
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 I was taken the P out of TexasDistortion and his selfish attitude.
kingdaniel69 1 year ago
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nauort23 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 You do realize Obama doubled Bush's deficit in his first year, right? Just sayin...
nolano2010 1 year ago
@nolano2010 Obama is doing what he was elected to do. He helped to enact reforms such as the Healthcare bill so 43 million working Americans can recieve healthcare. He is working for the people of this nation and not just providing tax breaks and incentives for the wealthiest Americans and coporate thieves like former president Bush did! Just sayin!
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 Oh that's right. He's taking the tax breaks away from the wealthy and raising taxes for everyone. My bad. You're right. Totally forgot about having to pay for everyone else's healthcare.
And he wasn't elected because of his ability to enact reforms. I highly doubt the entire 96-97% of African-Americans that voted for him actually care about reforms. This election was about race.
nolano2010 1 year ago
@nolano2010 If you'd stop and use your brain for a split second you will realise that African Americans make up roughly 13% of the US population. Although most of us voted for him I highly doubt African Americans elected Barack Obama. The Bush Administration got Barack Obama elected by putting the wealthy first and thumbing it's nose at the middle class. They also started wars that will go down in history as senseless hysteria based on lies and deception. Thanks for ending it Mr President!
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 But that is another issue, Bush's first election win was rigged thanks to his brother and Florida, makes you wonder what the world would have been like had somebody stood up at the time?
kingdaniel69 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 are you really American? Americans don't spell 'realise' with an 's.' It is always spelled realiZe ('z') in North America (US & Canada). Brit in disguise, perhaps? ;-)
cuno858 1 year ago
@cuno858 I won't even dignify that with a response! :)
eagleswing44 1 year ago
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cuno858 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 and just curious, why spell realize as realise then? Only British/Australian people do that. Canadians and Americans always spell it as realize.
cuno858 1 year ago
@cuno858 I'm living proof that all Americans don't spell realise with a z"! Look it up in the dictionary and then find something more meaningful and inlightening to talk about, OK?
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 you're not American. You maybe be naturalized but you aren't a natural born American.
cuno858 1 year ago
@cuno858 And you are a "natural born moron"! So are you crack heads now insinuating that because one does not spell realize with a z they are not natural born Americans? Am I really reading. What kind of drugs are being tampered with out there where you are? Are you one of those midwesterners cause I hear some strange stuff goes on out there.
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 yeah, your grammar is messed. Just like I suspected, NOT American.
cuno858 1 year ago
@cuno858 Crack is a really dangerous drug!
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@eagleswing44 I know, so I advise you to stop using it.
cuno858 1 year ago
@cuno858 When you get help for your crack addiction we can have an inteligent conversation! In the meantime I think I'll enjoy listening to Aretha!
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@nolano2010 Actually all the elections before this one were about race. This was the only one that wasn't. It's about race when median demographics control the masses. Obama has substance. It was about wanting a leader who was the real deal, and having enough with settling for people who looked the part but were not up to the task. Tired of "the package" with nothing inside. That's what change and hope means. We did more than elect a black man, we elected a good man, and for both we are proud.
MeredithWaters 1 year ago
@TexasDistortion Aretha's happier than she ever was because her fathers and Dr Kings dream are becoming a reality. We've still got a ways to go but true progress is never easy! Look at how long it took America to pass a civil rights act. God's truth is marching on!
eagleswing44 1 year ago
And that's the tune of god save the queen, it's not actually the same lyrics at all dispshits... Nice job. We changed the lyrics shortly after our revolution to distance ourselves further from the crown.
Ranceman13 1 year ago
I remember being there for this and seeing the crowd all around... Almost Everyone was happy and peaceful that day. It may not have been the best performance of her life, bit it was obviously the most inspiring and important of her career. Bravo
Ranceman13 1 year ago
Sounds awful.
2l28DRAIN 1 year ago
@2l28DRAIN Truly.
bigsteel 1 year ago
@2l28DRAIN can you sing
damhar 1 year ago
@damhar The ones who scour these sights with insults don't know the first thing about beautiful, gospel filled, soul and R&B music. I just laugh at them because they really are pathetic. Go to another damned spot if you don't like it.
eagleswing44 1 year ago
@2l28DRAIN I actually agree with you. I had to stop it as my ears started to bleed
Bublinkary 1 year ago
中国人看了会怎么想呢?
我们活在谎言和旧世纪.
YalasoCN 1 year ago
YOU BETTER SANG ARETHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YaBoiDaGemini1 1 year ago
MY CUNT
jared201345 1 year ago
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Obama the first half-caste biracial mixed-race president not black
OBAMAisHalfCaste 1 year ago
Go 'head Areatha! let 'em know you still have it.
Wordless06 1 year ago
singing this as an audition for chamber singiers
peacegirl898 1 year ago
wtf r americans singing God Save The Queen for?
Send her victorious
happy and glorious
long to reign over us
God save the queen
?
I thought it was a Canadian Anthem.
VeritasTruthEmet 1 year ago
@VeritasTruthEmet Yeah, it makes me sick every time I hear it. Its a reminder to us, how we are still subjected to british monarchial bull crap.
qigong1001 1 year ago
What had happened to her voice?
ktrkhoustonfan 1 year ago
quels voix cette femme j'adore patricia
patriciadu13011 1 year ago
ring ring ring ring ring ring ringg!
ProgressiveTRadio 1 year ago
Why is this song always sung by a black singer?
TarEldamir 1 year ago
God bless Aretha. This will be remembered as one of the greatest performance of the 21st Century. You could feel the emotion and the heart behind it. I cried openly when I watched it on television. I was overwhelmed with patriotism and pride in my country, especially when I reflected on how far we've come with the historic election of Obama as our 44th President.
Thank you Aretha. This is a tribute that America will never forget.
mafaon321 1 year ago 23
@mafaon321 well said and I feel the same today as I did then about President Obama...it moved me to tears again today when they played on NPR/ Fresh Air tribute to Dr. King who said ..."there will be a day when all of God's children sing with new meaning, 'My Country 'Tis of Thee"...I remember Obama's Inauguration with great pride and joy, and I only hope this can be true for ALL Americans some day
oneirishpoet 1 year ago
Aretha was being herself, I don't see why people are so down on her for this performance. She sounds like somebody's momma singing out from her heart.
Hmmmmmm gimme someadat soul Aretha girl.
skasha99 1 year ago
I loved the starting... "My cccuntt......try tis of thee"
twinkieluver42 1 year ago
@twinkieluver42 you made me laugh :-DDD my ccccuntt....try
Bublinkary 1 year ago
God Save the Queen, long may she rule over us....
MrBackar 1 year ago
for those who say she can't sing: i wonder who do you listen to because nobody does it better than her...she has one or two equals but no one is superior.
luckystar1985 1 year ago
I love how all the haters are saying she can't sing. When i SERIOUSLY doubt they've been singing for 60 years. and have accomplished nothing compared to her.
Go listen to her songs back when she was young, let me put it like this, you wont be able to comprehend how amazing she is. Shes a Legend, more then MJ
Sn1p3TilluDr0p 1 year ago
She may have had a career thats spanned a long time but no one can say with honesty that this performance was any good I like aretha, but this was aweful!
ramsdenrik 1 year ago
Beautiful. A legend signing on a legendary day. What a moment in time.
areti1 1 year ago
b! b! b! b! b! b! b!
ikeikel 1 year ago
Excuse me...
Her what? What kind of tree?
ThexLastxCall 1 year ago
the injustice and brutalities of racial injustice, Yet, despite this having mapped out and forging a career that spans many decades and insurmountable successes.
gabrielle1891 1 year ago
You are obviously oblivious and void of knowledge in history and probaly racist. This historic figure was chosen due to the prophetic nature of this election to King's words and having been personally witness to
gabrielle1891 1 year ago
her what???
ForgottenSoldierPunk 1 year ago
She should not have been chosen to sing this song. Her voice is terrible at her age. Should've gotten someone else - Patti Labelle or Barbra Streisand would've been better.
I can't stand people pretending this actually sounds good.
driftingdrought 1 year ago
driftingdrought? ARe you kiddin gme? Patti Labelle!!! She sounds awful and always has! She sounds like my vacuum cleaner!
ZebFAN2010 1 year ago
"Let it ring! Let itshutuplet it let it let it riiing!"
ImCoolLikeMyMom 1 year ago
I just can't see Aretha in another career path, she is so soul-full
skasha99 1 year ago
for all the people that's talking badly about Aretha, you must have not heard her songs from before. this woman is a living legend.
and if you've never heard her songs and is judging her based on this performance, that's just ignorant..
lidyaFACE 1 year ago
pues ya ves, lo que hace la edad
amberycooper 1 year ago
I'm sorry to say, Aretha was out of key, monstrously.
ARadicalAliensNoun 1 year ago
She was not out of key. People always say someone was out of key when they don't sound good. There are other things that can make a voice sound questionabke aprt from being off-key. Aretha is a legend but her natural voice placement is not on her side when it comes to aging thus causing the pitchiness, scratchiness, wobble and nasal sounding tendency to her voice.
okebaram 1 year ago 2
True, all things being equal, her voice seemed often screechy and somewhat shallow, and that was the main problem. So I may have talked too fast in that respect, and your post made me regret my wording. Yet the lady's pitch was approximative in some vibratos, and to me, 2:39 is plain off. But it's in no way a disgrace. In other words, she didn't sing off key, but she sometimes was, for physical reasons.
ARadicalAliensNoun 1 year ago
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She did not deserve the first place on the rolling stones list of best singers....
SSTTEEAALLTTHH 1 year ago
kkkkkkkkk "shut up" kkk hilário
fejuncor 1 year ago
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This country was called the land of the free by Samuel Francis Smith. Kind of funny he called i that while blacks were walking around in chains. Samuel is a racist cocksucker. Samuel, his song and the American empire can suck a monkeys cock.
fearyourweapon 2 years ago
omg - she sounds perfect even when she makes a mistake!!
SHARRAH2008 2 years ago
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fearyourweapon 2 years ago
2:10
SHARRAH2008 2 years ago
Magnificent! The undisputed Queen. This woman is a living legend. No one else could have carried the torch of song this day but her. She was one of many who was there through the struggle and her voice is a natural resource. Let freedom ring! Give it to em Queen!
eagleswing44 2 years ago
wow!
inanebanter 2 years ago
what u hear is soul within a dieng nation maybe:)? what the bleep i know:)
steinerdude 2 years ago
SHe IS THE besT VOICE In AMERICA...okay but this was her worst performance...still no one maybe Jennifer Hudson or Whitney Houston can sang not sing like her
kdh2533 2 years ago
i know alot of people hate me to say this but i feel mary j. blige is the close thing to ree
1990soulman 2 years ago
SHUT UP IS AT 2:30
bunnyrabbit246 2 years ago
While that woman is singing ,"ring ring ring ring!!!she says,"ahhhhhh SHUT UP"....LOL
bunnyrabbit246 2 years ago
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This was not good. Ree need to stop now. But to be honest, I didn't see anything special about her in her hey day; I heard plenty of singers who was just as good in many of the churchs I attended here in the south. Her voice is common enough, she was just marketed well.
carolinaguy321 2 years ago