Aretha Franklin

Hold on.

What? Did David just go Aretha Franklin on us?

Wardrobe change? Yes.

I just noticed it.

I had it underneath the hoodie.

You just went Aretha Franklin on us and did a wardrobe change.

No, I had it underneath the hoodie.

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We literally used to listen to musicals, opera, three tenors.

It was Aretha Franklin.

It would be Dolly Parton.

It would be Freddie Mercury.

It's weird, right? So, when you need music yourself, you know, like for anything, good feelings, bad feelings, you know, do you reach for a song that matches your your inner your energy you know or yeah um or one that like completely turns it around um

okay i listen to aretha franklin quite a bit

hello from yeah

I love her and, um, I love her.

Good.

Now, when you hear this song, by the way, especially at the beginning, do you get a, like, people mistook this song when it first came out for Aretha Franklin.

Yeah, I can see that.

It's got a classic, it's got like a cool classic ring to it.

I mean, Natalie's voice is a little more lilty than Aretha's, which is a little more down there.

Well, anyway, so.

This song actually also has a funny Grammy history connected to Aretha Franklin.

Okay.

Anyway, moving on.

So we have seen biopics from the likes of Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and many more.

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Yes, that paddy parer biopic is in the works with a stacked Irish cast, to say the least.

According to Rolling Stone, Cook wrote the song after taking inspiration from Bob Dylan's Blowing in the Wind and Cook's own anger over being denied a hotel room in Louisiana because he was black.

Sadly, Cook died several months before the single became a top 40 hit, but the song has endured and has been covered by artists from Aretha Franklin to Beyonce and Bon Jovi.

Protest songs have always shaped popular music.

If you look again at Rolling Stone's 500 greatest songs of all time, this list does not set out to mention protest songs.

It is simply Rolling Stone's list of 500 great songs, yet protest songs feature prominently.

The top 20 greatest songs include classics like Sam Cooke's A Change Is Going To Come, Marvin Gaye's What's Going On and Aretha Franklin's Respect.

All three songs can fit in the canon of protest songs.

They are iconic human rights anthems supporting civil rights and social justice and advocating for equality, dignity and justice.

So in the 70s and 80s, there were love songs on the radio.

I don't know how many there are right now, but Glenn Jones, Shaka, Aretha, Stevie Wonder.

I mean...

Prince, Michael Jackson.

Your dad co-founded the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and was – there, a session musician for basically a who's who of the most famous, most iconic musicians of the 60s and 70s.

A very short list includes Aretha Franklin, Mavis Ables of Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, but literally dozens more.

Yeah,

it's incredible.