i wanna rock you, 'retha franklin....

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I know that you guys don t watch my vids, but just for today make an exception.

I generally hate musicals but the above performance, and the truth of it, and the song, is truly true, ..., I can t even find the words, and that is unusual for me.

it really encompasses humanity, I think.

my tears are dried now, on to tomorrow....

thank you old girl..... thank you baby.....

my mom died recently too,

I turned some of her ashes loose the other day, down at the water, where we used to all go crabbing when I was a tot.....

five red headed women and me......

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An iconic talent; a great loss...


(And of course this thread belongs in "The Arts" forum)
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nah, I considered....

'retha belongs at the top.

big news.

I just searched my radio dial and there weren t not, neither, 'nuther, nary 'retha franklin song playing....

sad.

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David Gerrold says, "I keep imagining the conversation in heaven between Rodney Dangerfield and Aretha Franklin."
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Unsurprisingly, Trump found a way to make it all about him.
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wesw wrote:
my mom died recently too,

I turned some of her ashes loose the other day, down at the water, where we used to all go crabbing when I was a tot.....

five red headed women and me......
Sorry about your loss, wes. That was a nice thing you did there.

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ex-khobar Andy wrote:
wesw wrote:
my mom died recently too,

I turned some of her ashes loose the other day, down at the water, where we used to all go crabbing when I was a tot.....

five red headed women and me......
Sorry about your loss, wes. That was a nice thing you did there.
i find sympathy a scare commodity for a guy like wes......

i can t help but feel wes had some kind of ulterior motive.
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thanks andy.

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wesw wrote:nah, I considered....

'retha belongs at the top.

big news.

I just searched my radio dial and there weren t not, neither, 'nuther, nary 'retha franklin song playing....

sad.
Last Sunday Sirius XM had all Aretha, mostly gospel, for a couple of hours, on The Spectrum channel. It was quite good.

Yes to the ashes and crabs and redheads. My Mom is a redhead, so I have a special fondness for them. I’m sorry you recently lost your Mom, wes.
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thanks

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Just read the part about your mother wes; my sincere condolences.
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thanks all.

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My condolences as well; I lost my mom nearly 18 years ago and it seems like yesterday. You get by it, but you never really get over it. I wish you well.

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