Aretha Franklin's Top 25 Greatest Vocal Runs

A top 25 countdown of what I feel to be Aretha's greatest soul runs in studio. I tried my best to judge each vocal run from a technical and musical standpoint, but in some cases, I think my personal bias overcame. Anyways, enjoy the vid!

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[RomuloVideos2]

Oh yeah! This video reminds me why Soul Music is my favorite kind of music!

Aretha foreveeeer!

And thanks for giving the name of the songs @BZBlaner

[BZBlaner]

@RomuloVideos2 You're welcome :) I decided to put the song names up because I get lazy and don't reply to people LOL.

[kelvinpyaeko]

4:27, 4:36 and 5:57 reminds me of mc runs in joy to the world 94, ATYNAF scatting and VOL run she did in the intro... :)

[BZBlaner]

@kelvinpyaeko There is so much fusion of Aretha in Mariah (much more than Minnie in fact). You can just tell by that run at 5:57, which is bona fide Vision of Love!

[iiAmitx3]

@BZBlaner thank god mariah is honest enough to respect the legends that came before her! :) and i think minnie influenced mariah only with accessing the whistle register and less with singing style. and i think mariah took her whistles to a more creative place rather than i think ALL the others which are using whistles to "show off". mariah truly uses the whistles as an instrument :)

[BZBlaner]

@iiAmitx3 Indeed, Mariah is the most musical and creative with her whistle tones. Thanks for watching :)

[1hes2ranger85]

"Listen at her!"

There is no other singer that I can think of (besides Ella F.)who does so much while still maintaining such authenticity. You never get the sense that she's showing off while performing her magnificent vocal feats, fried in DEEP soul; no, she's just doing the best she can to sing that song with all of HERSELF, all of her GENIUS. What a great gift she's shared with us, I'm so thankful for her. Awesome vid!

[ManOfBamboo]

What can anybody say about this woman that is not stupidly obvious already? There is no other singer/vocalist that matches Queen Ree's degree of musical creativity/genius and vocal greatness. Aretha's vocal calibre is something that very few individuals in music history have any business being in. All I can say is that Aretha is and will forever be in a league of her own musically, she is the definition of musical understanding and vocal greatness. It helps that this video is brilliant, too.

[JayGroYEAH]

i think her version of Amazing Grace had 25 moments that could easily be considered her best runs too! shes da queen

[Slaychelle]

Glory halleluuu! Yas!

Amazing video *replays*

[ThePianoguy89]

She's the greatest singer and she is incredible at riffing and melismatic phrases period! Her riffs in the sond octave are out of this world!

[eugenemusictv]

Im shocked Can't Turn You Loose, A Deeper Love, Mary Goes Around, He'll Come Along, or anything from the Amazing Grace, and Fillmore West wasn't on here these are good though hope to see more Aretha vids on here great vid and thanks for the share

[Elileojo1]

Wow. Aretha makes me feel special! I love you Aretha.

[ManOfBamboo]

Why am I only just watching this? :(

[iiAmitx3]

@kelvinpyaeko yea that's where i heard it (you got me XD) but i don't remember either.

[kelvinpyaeko]

@iiAmitx3 definitely! mc said it best in one interview about it. something like 'whoever is influenced by me or whitney is indirectly influenced by aretha' ..i don't remember exactly, though :)