Cissy Houston is not here for Aretha

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Awesomely Luvvie is the one place you WANT to read the comments. Sou and I were crying last night. Please watch the video. I mean really.

www.awesomelyluvvie.com/2014/09/aretha-franklin-cissy-houston-david-letterman.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Luvvie+%28Awesomely+Luvvie%29

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.

[IIOY]

OMG, I'm 28 seconds in and already want to die of embarrassment.  Do I really need to keep watching?  PLEASE SAY NO.

::crawls under table::

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Oct 1, 2014 10:11:18 GMT -5 IIOY said:

OMG, I'm 28 seconds in and already want to die of embarrassment.  Do I really need to keep watching?  PLEASE SAY NO.

::crawls under table::

Keep watching.

I want to know why Aretha is Patti LaBelle colored in the face and Lena Horne lightened from neck to bosom.

Is Aretha just not a nice person ever? Because all of the people in her life are conspiring against her.

[IIOY]

First of all, Aretha's dress.

Second of all, her attempted vocal runs.

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.

[IIOY]

"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!”

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Boobiecakes had me laid out for hours lolol

I am sad so few of us appreciate this gloriousness. It's because we're talking about blaaaaaah people, isn't it?

NewOrleans! Get in here.

[IIOY]

Oct 1, 2014 16:37:54 GMT -5 @helenabonhamcarter said:

Boobiecakes had me laid out for hours lolol

I am sad so few of us appreciate this gloriousness. It's because we're talking about blaaaaaah people, isn't it?

NewOrleans! Get in here.

LOLOL

[meshaliuknits]

I've been avoiding it b/c I don't wanna ruin my mental image of Aretha.

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Oct 1, 2014 16:48:56 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

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.

[meshaliuknits]

You do make an excellent point.

[NitaX]

LOL

[niemand88f]

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!

[iammalcolmx]

Holy shit that was amazing

[orangeblossom]

Why, why, why. I mean, so much, from the dress to Cissy, to just the need to even cover this song. Why.

[thejackpot]

Thank you for this, ReRe is so wrong.

[wawa]

I finally got to watch the video. I'm dying. Dead. Kilt dead.

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Oct 1, 2014 20:25:24 GMT -5 wawa said:

I finally got to watch the video. I'm dying. Dead. Kilt dead.

Reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad the comments. Die some more.

[niemand88f]

Oct 1, 2014 19:52:30 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

/Dies again


ETA: there are now some "serious" comments at the end :^) You don’t tell the Queen what to do!

[borinquen57]

I can't see the video on my phone! 

[redwino]

Cissy has no fucks to give. She kills. Man, this is too funny.

[wawa]

OMG you guys...one of my friends posted the video on their FB and all of the comments are people being all, "wow those pipes!" and "blown away!"

I can't tell if they're being sarcastic or serious!

[iammalcolmx]

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[iammalcolmx]

Cissy didn't even know the words, LOL!!

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Oct 2, 2014 8:25:08 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

Cissy didn't even know the words, LOL!!

Cissy didn't even WANT to know the words. She was all, why we gotta sing all that? Can't we sing the good stuff? Dayum!

[heythere]

This just made my day.

[EloiseWeenie]

Oct 2, 2014 8:25:08 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

Cissy didn't even know the words, LOL!!

I died at the comment that Cissy repeatedly mouthed the word "elephant" 

[gazpacho]

 ETA: already posted. I guess this is what happens when I'm crawling out of a work deadline. I miss all of the fun.

[elleblue]

How did I miss this earlier? Omg. That performance...just wow. I'm dying at the write up and comments. 

[vanillacourage]

AMAZING

[FloFTW]

Oct 2, 2014 7:13:36 GMT -5 wawa said:

OMG you guys...one of my friends posted the video on their FB and all of the comments are people being all, "wow those pipes!" and "blown away!"

I can't tell if they're being sarcastic or serious!

I'm currently having this problem on the fbooks.