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Ringo
I love the famous one too:
Thanks for posting.
Y'know...this clip is from only 9 months ago -- and she was in good voice. So I am laying my bets that she will get her shit together and be back. She tough, as they say.
Seeing the Inauguration clip made me teary, in a good way.
I was there, in the mob, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of other Americans, of every size, shape, age, race, gender, together in the freezing cold, but warmed by the calm closeness of everybody and the flawless January sun. As Avetha launched into My Country 'Tis of Thee, black women were linking arms, tears streaming down their faces, singing along -- it was their Aretha singing for our president -- like the shirt being sold on the streets that day proclaiming with straightforward pride: My President Is A Black Man. (Others too found this all unbelievably meaningful of course, like everyone there & people around the globe, but it did was especially special to black Americans).
The other time I saw Aretha was also in DC, at a bizarre event at Union Station, in 2000. XM radio hadn't been launched yet -- this was an event to attract venture capital to get XM going, which is located in DC. A friend knew the promoter so we went. XM closed down most of that gorgeous palatial restored train station just for us -- and purchased Aretha for the night. She brought down the fricking HOUSE! Sang her ass off, told stories, made jokes, gave good-natured shit to people in the audience. And because it was a private party people (like our mayor, city council, members of Congress and Clinton's white house), were going wild dancing hooting screaming standing on chairs, pillars, dancing everywhere (tho many of the ultra rich were too uptight to dance). So I'll remember her as
representing at Inauguration, as well as her having a blast of a time entertaining us at the big crazy party!