Because after you read all that, you'll want to know how anyone could dare talk about Aretha like that, okay? She is a LEGEND! Haters to the left. Then you see the video and lord almighty, that shit is spot on. Aretha mangled that song like Brit Brit Spears trying to cover the Hallelujah chorus. I don't know what Adele did to Aretha to make the Queen of Soul hurt her like that but she best apologize.
And then there's Cissy in the bath there, just totally not the one today.
DO IT. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! I promise it will be worth your time today.
Third of all, Cissy Houston clearly is confused and thought she was going to the blue plate special and wants to know where her $4.50 senior-citizen-discount-bottomless-soup-bowl is.
"Luvvie…LuvBug…Luvarama…I tried. I really did try to watch this joint, but after hearing Mama ReRe’s 25th high note(or trying to hit that high note), I. JUST. COULD. NOT! And I just knew that Mama’s boobiecakes were just gonna pop out and run because they were tired of hearing this mess..This song wasn’t the one….fire AAAALLLLLLLA yo peoples!!!
Now, Auntie Cissy gave me all of the life I needed with her unbothered-ness!!! Mama ReRe prolly called her the night before the performance and begged like there was no tomorrow, to sing backup. Auntie Cissy was like, “TUH! I’ma do this for you, this one time. You bet not EVER ask me to do this mess again!! **mumbles** gone make me miss my bingo ’cause you tryna be cute. Hmph!”
I've been avoiding it b/c I don't wanna ruin my mental image of Aretha.
Look, anything you done lost is more than compensated for by the glory that is Cissy Houston.
Recall how much joy you have gotten over the years her baby Whitney. Crack is whack, that precious side eye, the apple did not fall that far from the tree. We will never again get to witness Bobby and Whitney's shenanigans. But Cissy is still here.
LOL On my way to work this morning, some NPR bit covered this release. After it the local reporters started swooning over this cover, "it's so good, I could listen to it over and over" etc. Obviously they did not see this version!