By the end of the first chorus, I was on my feet, singing (well, that's what I call it) along with her, swaying and crying. I saved it to my favorites, then went back to listen again. Thanks for the link, Michael.
(Then I got lost in the tribute to the Almighty Bruuuuce, located in the sidebar.)
Going back for more Aretha. Listening to good r&b, good rock and roll is a great way to bring in the new year; a lovely, raucous way to lay the old year to rest.
Someone commented that those cuts to people's reactions are edited iater, so you don't know who bawled first. :) (Not sure that's true. Someone was complaining about Carole King.)
This could be an official account. https://www.youtube.com/user/TheKennedyCenter
The National Park Service had one, then for reasons I didn't understand, moved, so I have two accounts to switch between (the one for older stuff).
There's a version of Heart where there's a reveal of the drummer, and everyone gasps because it's Jason Bonham, who bears a good resemblance to his dad, especially in the hat. There's a theory that's what made Plante cry.
D’oh — they do have an account. When I went looking for this performance and didn’t find anything from the Kennedy Center, I mistakenly concluded that they were missing. Why they (or CBS) don’t make these things available puzzles me.
I’m not a Led Zeppelin fan, but I’ll watch to see that.
“Orange Crate Art” is a song by Van Dyke Parks and the title of a 1995 album by Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson. “Orange Crate Art” is for me one of the great American songs: “Orange crate art was a place to start.”
Don’t look for premiums or coupons, as the cost of the thoughts blended in ORANGE CRATE ART pro- hibits the use of them.
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And please, wear a mask and socially distance, as I’m doing in the photograph above. Or better: wear two masks, as I’m now doing. #Masks4All
Nos plus grandes craintes, comme nos plus grandes espérances, ne sont pas au-dessus de nos forces, et nous pouvons finir par dominer les unes et réaliser les autres. [Our worst fears, like our greatest hopes, are not outside our powers, and we can come in the end to triumph over the former and to achieve the latter.]
Marcel Proust, Finding Time Again
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Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try.
Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living
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I don’t really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it’s always nice, I’ll grant you, if he has one.
J. D. Salinger, Seymour: An Introduction
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L’attention est la forme la plus rare et la plus pure de la générosité. [Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.]
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Wow, what a woman!
By the end of the first chorus, I was on my feet, singing (well, that's what I call it) along with her, swaying and crying. I saved it to my favorites, then went back to listen again. Thanks for the link, Michael.
(Then I got lost in the tribute to the Almighty Bruuuuce, located in the sidebar.)
Going back for more Aretha. Listening to good r&b, good rock and roll is a great way to bring in the new year; a lovely, raucous way to lay the old year to rest.
Also loved that the backup singers weren't young'uns, either.
A few years ago, Heart did a great tribute to Led Zeppelin, although Obama wasn't quite as much into it. :)
I had tears in my eyes watching, and before Obama did. :) Or at least before the camera went to him.
The same YouTuber who shared this clip posted Heart three years ago. (Why is there no official Kennedy Center YouTube account?)
I’m wondering if anyone will identify the backup singers online. Till then, there’s 20 Feet from Stardom .
Someone commented that those cuts to people's reactions are edited iater, so you don't know who bawled first. :) (Not sure that's true. Someone was complaining about Carole King.)
This could be an official account. https://www.youtube.com/user/TheKennedyCenter
The National Park Service had one, then for reasons I didn't understand, moved, so I have two accounts to switch between (the one for older stuff).
There's a version of Heart where there's a reveal of the drummer, and everyone gasps because it's Jason Bonham, who bears a good resemblance to his dad, especially in the hat. There's a theory that's what made Plante cry.
D’oh — they do have an account. When I went looking for this performance and didn’t find anything from the Kennedy Center, I mistakenly concluded that they were missing. Why they (or CBS) don’t make these things available puzzles me.
I’m not a Led Zeppelin fan, but I’ll watch to see that.
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