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(Daily Mail) Obvious Aretha is still a GIANT of the music world   (dailymail.co.uk) divider line 51
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El Freak [TotalFark] 2008-02-10 05:46:53 PM  
Yet I'd still rather listen to Aretha than Britney/Christina/Whichever American Idol clone is popular at the moment.

 
gopher321 [TotalFark] 2008-02-10 06:37:26 PM  
I'd rather listen to Etta James than Aretha.

 
MiamiBlues 2008-02-10 07:47:00 PM  
I'd rather listen to Bessie Smith than Etta James.

 
LarrytheBlueOkie 2008-02-10 08:07:08 PM  
I'd rather listen to Memphis Minnie than Bessie Smith.

 
nobozo 2008-02-10 08:16:27 PM  
El Freak: Yet I'd still rather listen to Aretha than Britney/Christina/Whichever American Idol clone is popular at the moment.
gopher321: I'd rather listen to Etta James than Aretha.
MiamiBlues: I'd rather listen to Bessie Smith than Etta James.
LarrytheBlueOkie: I'd rather listen to Memphis Minnie than Bessie Smith.

I'm hanging with you guys from now on.

 
mfaby 2008-02-10 08:21:00 PM  
First I saw '65' and cant believe it was her age.

THEN I saw '2008' and thought thats what she weighted!


Oh, Aretha, your 'Freeway of Love' has been over-build...

 
archerjoe 2008-02-10 08:21:56 PM  
Aretha has talent. A rare commodity in today's commercial music scene.

 
Fark_Q 2008-02-10 08:29:19 PM  
being a loud, fat, black woman is not a talent. if that is the case, there is whole slew of them in Philly that would have won a grammy by now.

 
ne2d [TotalFark] 2008-02-10 08:29:23 PM  
I'd rather listen to Diamanda Galas than Memphis Minnie.

 
MrKraclenutz 2008-02-10 08:30:13 PM  
Jesus!!!

i144.photobucket.com

 
Gulper Eel [TotalFark] 2008-02-10 08:32:20 PM  
I'd rather listen to Ma Rainey than Memphis Minnie.

/am i late?

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-02-10 09:08:14 PM  
Yes, she's a big fat crazy lady.

She's also the greatest pop singer of the 20th century.

Go ahead, argue with that. Throw your Billie Hollidays at me, your Bessie Smiths, your Otis Reddings, your Sinatras, even your Piafs your Jolsons and your Carusos. Great artists, every one of them. But 'Retha eats 'em all for lunch. A bad pun but a true fact.

 
El Freak [TotalFark] 2008-02-10 09:13:02 PM  
Fark_Q: being a loud, fat, black woman is not a talent. if that is the case, there is whole slew of them in Philly that would have won a grammy by now.

Thanks for admitting you know fark all about music. You may now go back to listening to Fergie and Kanye West.

 
RocketRod [TotalFark] 2008-02-10 09:13:34 PM  
Ribs
Eggs
Sausage
Pie
Eggs
Cake
Tapioca

So she likes eggs... that dame can sing!

 
Brettster808 [TotalFark] 2008-02-10 09:26:16 PM  
You know, I see her picture and think of that voice and all I can see is a beautiful woman.

 
steve_s 2008-02-10 09:30:50 PM  
When did Divine come back as a older black woman?

I keed, loves me some Aretha.

 
Auditory_Hallucination 2008-02-10 09:42:28 PM  
The Dynamite Monkey: Yes, she's a big fat crazy lady.

She's also the greatest pop singer of the 20th century.

Go ahead, argue with that. Throw your Billie Hollidays at me, your Bessie Smiths, your Otis Reddings, your Sinatras, even your Piafs your Jolsons and your Carusos. Great artists, every one of them. But 'Retha eats 'em all for lunch. A bad pun but a true fact.


Ella Fitzgerald

 
Fark_Q 2008-02-10 09:53:16 PM  
El Freak: Fark_Q: being a loud, fat, black woman is not a talent. if that is the case, there is whole slew of them in Philly that would have won a grammy by now.

Thanks for admitting you know fark all about music. You may now go back to listening to Fergie and Kanye West.


Cry harder, @sshole. I don't listen to that crap either. Thanks for being a self centered twat who thinks music peaked in the 60's with fat loud ignorant crooning.

 
Fido McCokefiend [TotalFark] 2008-02-10 09:53:49 PM  
I'd like to give a hearty shout out to those spaghetti straps. You got me how those things aren't either breaking under the strain, or cutting through her shoulders like piano wire.

 
Fark_Q 2008-02-10 09:55:00 PM  
The Dynamite Monkey: Yes, she's a big fat crazy lady.

She's also the greatest pop singer of the 20th century.

Go ahead, argue with that. Throw your Billie Hollidays at me, your Bessie Smiths, your Otis Reddings, your Sinatras, even your Piafs your Jolsons and your Carusos. Great artists, every one of them. But 'Retha eats 'em all for lunch. A bad pun but a true fact.



Are you trying to convince me or yourself? It's ok to admit you don't like that shiat. Really, it is.

 
davynelson 2008-02-10 09:56:49 PM  
her performance on the Grammy's tonight
(stupid as they are)
was great.

vocally, she anchored a couple of dozen people
without batting an eyelash

obviously she's got ella and billie behind her
but she's got it

you know

it

 
skinbubble 2008-02-10 10:00:30 PM  
What no Eartha Kitt?

img171.imageshack.us

 
QueenBee [TotalFark] 2008-02-10 10:42:05 PM  
Fido McCokefiend: I'd like to give a hearty shout out to those spaghetti straps. You got me how those things aren't either breaking under the strain, or cutting through her shoulders like piano wire.

im sure she's wearing a strapless bra which is what is really keeping the girls up, not those skinny little straps

 
I Miss Mah Bucket 2008-02-10 10:50:45 PM  
Hey, Fark_Q, why don't you tell us how much more you know about music than everyone else. I am convinced that you only listen to music that is unquestionably leaps and bounds ahead of Aretha Franklin, or anyone else for that matter.

 
Fark_Q 2008-02-10 11:05:28 PM  
I Miss Mah Bucket: Hey, Fark_Q, why don't you tell us how much more you know about music than everyone else. I am convinced that you only listen to music that is unquestionably leaps and bounds ahead of Aretha Franklin, or anyone else for that matter.

Why don't you tell me how that being a snarky jackass makes your goddamn opinion on music unquestionably better. I let it be known that I don't care for that stupidity that is "aretha franklin". Yah, do your thing, listen to that shiat and think you're teh cool.

Enjoy your RIAA endorsed, tasteless and soul-less softserve known as 'pop music' by the likes of fat idiots like Franklin.

Ta.

 
El Freak [TotalFark] 2008-02-10 11:31:50 PM  
Fark_Q: I Miss Mah Bucket: Hey, Fark_Q, why don't you tell us how much more you know about music than everyone else. I am convinced that you only listen to music that is unquestionably leaps and bounds ahead of Aretha Franklin, or anyone else for that matter.

Why don't you tell me how that being a snarky jackass makes your goddamn opinion on music unquestionably better. I let it be known that I don't care for that stupidity that is "aretha franklin". Yah, do your thing, listen to that shiat and think you're teh cool.

Enjoy your RIAA endorsed, tasteless and soul-less softserve known as 'pop music' by the likes of fat idiots like Franklin.

Ta.


You're such a rebel and an edgy, original thinker. No really, you are.

 
Mudcloth 2008-02-10 11:49:03 PM  
Fark_Q: being a loud, fat, black woman is not a talent. if that is the case, there is whole slew of them in Philly that would have won a grammy by now.

I've never actually heard or read anyone dis on Aretha Franklin before, until now. Wow. Please post an mp3 somewhere of you're singing. I'd love to hear it. Also, maybe you should clean the shiat out of your ears.

 
Maynard G. Muskievote 2008-02-10 11:55:03 PM  
She looks like she ate Matt Guitar Murphy.

 
El Freak [TotalFark] 2008-02-10 11:58:41 PM  
Maynard G. Muskievote: She looks like she ate Matt Guitar Murphy.

I do believe that's the first Matt Guitar Murphy reference I've ever seen on Fark. Congratulations.

 
Fark_Q 2008-02-11 12:14:14 AM  
El Freak: Fark_Q: I Miss Mah Bucket: Hey, Fark_Q, why don't you tell us how much more you know about music than everyone else. I am convinced that you only listen to music that is unquestionably leaps and bounds ahead of Aretha Franklin, or anyone else for that matter.

Why don't you tell me how that being a snarky jackass makes your goddamn opinion on music unquestionably better. I let it be known that I don't care for that stupidity that is "aretha franklin". Yah, do your thing, listen to that shiat and think you're teh cool.

Enjoy your RIAA endorsed, tasteless and soul-less softserve known as 'pop music' by the likes of fat idiots like Franklin.

Ta.

You're such a rebel and an edgy, original thinker. No really, you are.


Yeah just like you, snowflake #020993994885-acc0882

 
Fark_Q 2008-02-11 12:16:42 AM  
Mudcloth: Fark_Q: being a loud, fat, black woman is not a talent. if that is the case, there is whole slew of them in Philly that would have won a grammy by now.

I've never actually heard or read anyone dis on Aretha Franklin before, until now. Wow. Please post an mp3 somewhere of you're singing. I'd love to hear it. Also, maybe you should clean the shiat out of your ears.


Again, just because you assclowns think this fat thing is talented doesn't make it so. If this stuff gets your rocks off, by all means, go on with your bad self.

Pandering to the negro-pop music establishment is rather funny to see in white-people. It's ok to admit you don't like that shiat- really it is. I'm sorry you can't be honest with yourself.

 
InternetLOL 2008-02-11 12:40:03 AM  
Fark_Q is a troll. Just thought you should know.

 
SuperCatBarf [TotalFark] 2008-02-11 12:44:54 AM  
i31.tinypic.com

 
Opt8va 2008-02-11 01:23:13 AM  
The Dynamite Monkey: Yes, she's a big fat crazy lady.

She's also the greatest pop singer of the 20th century.

Go ahead, argue with that. Throw your Billie Hollidays at me, your Bessie Smiths, your Otis Reddings, your Sinatras, even your Piafs your Jolsons and your Carusos. Great artists, every one of them. But 'Retha eats 'em all for lunch. A bad pun but a true fact.


One word... "Louis". Nothing says "20th Century" more than ol' Satchmo.

 
evilboyevil 2008-02-11 01:32:30 AM  
InternetLOL: Fark_Q is a troll. Just thought you should know.

Duh! Real useful observation there, dumbass.

 
JosephFinn 2008-02-11 01:50:09 AM  
Auditory_Hallucination: The Dynamite Monkey: Yes, she's a big fat crazy lady.

She's also the greatest pop singer of the 20th century.

Go ahead, argue with that. Throw your Billie Hollidays at me, your Bessie Smiths, your Otis Reddings, your Sinatras, even your Piafs your Jolsons and your Carusos. Great artists, every one of them. But 'Retha eats 'em all for lunch. A bad pun but a true fact.

Ella Fitzgerald


Win.

 
dodatstuf 2008-02-11 01:53:27 AM  
Again, just because you assclowns think this fat thing is talented doesn't make it so. If this stuff gets your rocks off, by all means, go on with your bad self.

Pandering to the negro-pop music establishment is rather funny to see in white-people. It's ok to admit you don't like that shiat- really it is. I'm sorry you can't be honest with yourself.


myspace-298.vo.llnwd.net

 
Glenechocreek 2008-02-11 02:22:32 AM  
I got hip to Aretha via the Duane Allman Anthology. The version of The Weight they did together was musical perfection.


/no jokes about that song title, you asshat music critics

 
ertznay 2008-02-11 03:12:23 AM  
I'd rather listen to Victoria Spivey than Ma Rainey.

Loves Ma Rainey and Memphis Minnie

 
pngwnpwr 2008-02-11 03:14:41 AM  
Best damned chicken in the state.

/and it shows

 
gregoire4 2008-02-11 03:25:25 AM  
All these years I thought it was Mad Guitar Murphy. Damn.

I'll just go back inside Bob's Country Bunker now.

 
GungFu 2008-02-11 03:30:43 AM  
LarrytheBlueOkie: I'd rather listen to Memphis Minnie than Bessie Smith.

I'd rather listen to Sarah Vaughn than Bessie Smith.


/Etta James a close follow-up

 
MikoSquiz 2008-02-11 03:56:36 AM  
Good lord. You'd think she'd be able to afford a lap-band or whatever's currently hot in bariatrics. I want to see her still singing in five years, not keeled over dead due to morbid obesity.

 
Gulper Eel [TotalFark] 2008-02-11 05:36:10 AM  
Fido McCokefiend: I'd like to give a hearty shout out to those spaghetti straps. You got me how those things aren't either breaking under the strain, or cutting through her shoulders like piano wire.

Is there a Grammy for civil engineering?

 
Maynard G. Muskievote 2008-02-11 07:42:58 AM  
El Freak: Maynard G. Muskievote: She looks like she ate Matt Guitar Murphy.

I do believe that's the first Matt Guitar Murphy reference I've ever seen on Fark. Congratulations.


Yeah... He must've blasphemed one too many times.

/Think!

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-02-11 08:19:52 AM  
Fark_Q: Are you trying to convince me or yourself? It's ok to admit you don't like that shiat. Really, it is.

I don't have any Edith Piaf records, but every other one is represented in my collection.

I love all those artists I listed, especially Sinatra. And to the poster who mentioned Ella, yeah she shoulda been on there too.

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-02-11 08:23:10 AM  
Opt8va: One word... "Louis". Nothing says "20th Century" more than ol' Satchmo.

I will agree with that... but I thought because it was his revolutionary playing as well as singing that he didn't qualify on a list of "singers". Probably unfair, and I will graciously concede the point to you.

 
SuburbanCowboy 2008-02-11 09:43:47 AM  
All Aretha did last night was scream. It was absolutely terrible.

Sha may have had some great tunes in the past, but last night was just a train wreck. Even without the visuals.

 
Fark_Q 2008-02-11 02:45:28 PM  
The Dynamite Monkey: Fark_Q: Are you trying to convince me or yourself? It's ok to admit you don't like that shiat. Really, it is.

I don't have any Edith Piaf records, but every other one is represented in my collection.

I love all those artists I listed, especially Sinatra. And to the poster who mentioned Ella, yeah she shoulda been on there too.


This doesn't make you cool. Sorry.

 
Bhags 2008-02-11 06:37:54 PM  
FTFABut the years have taken their toll on Aretha's once slender figure
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
er...i mean...wtf?kinda on the hefty side

when the hell was 'retha ever slender?
i mean she was certainly more slender then than now, but seriously she was ALWAYS kinda on the hefty side

 
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