Well, in this one case, at least, she was a cover artist. 😉 Either way, they’re both grand.
I admit I like the musical styling in Aretha’s version better. I also find the subtext of a woman’s singing this song to her partner resonates with me far more than a man’s singing it, but that’s probably just because I grew up under the thumb of a malevolent patriarchy. Oh well! 🙂
Hmm. Didn’t we all! Yet I have the feeling – and it is just a feeling – that Aretha Franklin was becoming an entertainer for white people, just as Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Diana Ross became. Whereas Otis was pure Stax. Yes, to us he’s a bloke singing a song that means something different when sung by a woman, but that’s the episteme, take it or leave it. Me, I love Aretha when she was firmly in that episteme…
Like when she sung this…
Or this…
But then, just to prove me wrong, she absolutely aced a Burt Bacharach song!
Sappho's Torque 
I love this song! 😉
It’s very inspiring & motivational, and especially resonant today, in the light of recent events.
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Brilliant. Now you’re talking.
Of course, you know, in the clubs it was the original by Otis Redding that we used to dance to.
Otis, The King.
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Yes, but I love Aretha more than I love Otis, so… 😉
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I love them equally, but in the case of this song, Aretha’s version is a cover, and she’s not a cover artist.
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Well, in this one case, at least, she was a cover artist. 😉 Either way, they’re both grand.
I admit I like the musical styling in Aretha’s version better. I also find the subtext of a woman’s singing this song to her partner resonates with me far more than a man’s singing it, but that’s probably just because I grew up under the thumb of a malevolent patriarchy. Oh well! 🙂
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Hmm. Didn’t we all! Yet I have the feeling – and it is just a feeling – that Aretha Franklin was becoming an entertainer for white people, just as Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Diana Ross became. Whereas Otis was pure Stax. Yes, to us he’s a bloke singing a song that means something different when sung by a woman, but that’s the episteme, take it or leave it. Me, I love Aretha when she was firmly in that episteme…
Like when she sung this…
Or this…
But then, just to prove me wrong, she absolutely aced a Burt Bacharach song!
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