I don't even have words. Ecstatic, phenomenal, amazing ... The Queen.

We were sitting on the sofa watching and could.not.even. When she threw the mink down, it was like ... yeah!

As a fellow Detroiter, gotta love her.

R&K

perfect!

the QUEEN OF SOUL!

Tears and joy and look at the pres and Carole King!

Thank s for sharing!!

but he knew what his enemies would make out of him singing, "You make me feel, you make me feel, you make me feel like a Natural Woman!!!!"

France24 online and they talked about this video and showed several snippets.

Thank you thank you thank you for bringing this here

Happy new year, all.

We had the show on pretty early here in AZ due to our time zone and it starting at 8 here so I tried to cajole everyone into watching to see Aretha.

Wife and I were both like, bawling practically. SO SO amazing.

Carol King was all SQUEE throughout. HOW is it that Aretha still has her whole voice, her whole range? That woman has been touched by Godess.

thanks.

I think Carol wrote the whole sound track of my youth. Recently she recounted how she heard Ms. Franklin singing "A Natural Woman" on the radio. She had no idea that Aretha was covering her song.

I can still sing every word to every song on side 1 of that album off the top of my head cuz I listened to it SO MUCH when I was 7-8 years old. My parents bought me my own copy cause they didn't want me wearing theirs out on my crappy little 'suitcase' record player with the colored lights in the top half that flashed with the beat ...

I still have it somewhere. I remember the cover picture and knew all the songs like you do. If I played that album today I would cry aplenty...

Her voice sounded better than it has in like 15 years now (as she's gotten older, the transitions from chest to head voice have been rough sometimes and she's opted not to use her glorious chest voice nearly as much) and the emotion was astonishing, especially when you remember that she doesn't get a song or two to build up momentum.

And how great an honoree was Ms King? She's so brilliantly affirming the whole way through, continually encouraging Ms Franklin to go for it.

Just wonderful.

Carole King's reaction to her was priceless. What a wonderful tribute!

Aretha didn't miss a note...and not a beat...

So beautiful.

so glad I saw that. Thank you for posting.

the fact that Aretha honored Ms. King by singing it the way it was sung on Tapestry, not the way Aretha originally sang it. That's what was so freaking amazing. She honored it as Ms. King's song.

I once saw a TV show that had Ms. King and Ms. Franklin both on it & Aretha sang this song & stated it was the first time she had sung it with the song writer.

wonderful

BROVO to all nominees....... A W E S O M E.

The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is an award given to a composer or performer for his or her lifetime contributions to popular music. Created in 2007 by the United States Library of Congress, the prize is named after brothers George and Ira Gershwin

These are the others who have been awarded this Prize.


2007 - Paul Simon
2009 - Stevie Wonder
2010 - Paul McCartney
2012 - Burt Bacharach and Hal David
2013 - Carole King
2014 - Billy Joel
2015 - Willie Nelson

And absolutely owned by Aretha... THIS is why she has been an inspiration to this vocalist, glad I encountered her when I was young and malleable.

(I think we need an emogee for rolling over and dying from awesome.)

Can't wait to watch it .
Carol King is a strong supporter of Our President I bet it was quite special for her.

all her power!

I have the Aretha LP with this on it...been listening to a lot of 60-70's this week....so eclectic, so much good soul, pop, and rock....there would be no room for that sort of variety today....simple, direct without over-engineered, souless cookie cutter celebs.