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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlues Brothers - remember this scene?
Imagine how much fun it must have been to be there.
Historic NY
(37,452 posts)to greatness.
GregD
(2,263 posts)can't tell you how many times I have watched it.
lark
(23,147 posts)Aretha was the star of the show, as far as i'm concerned, although a couple of the Blues Brothers tunes were pretty good too.
uponit7771
(90,359 posts)lapfog_1
(29,219 posts)another talent now gone... almost everyone in that film has passed on.
GregD
(2,263 posts)And I had forgotten that John Candy was in there too. So many members of the cast that are now gone.
BannonsLiver
(16,439 posts)At the time it was considered quite large, so much so that the suits at Universal were concerned it would wreck their bottom line for years to come. But my guess is you're being sarcastic.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)I got a chance to ride the tank that appeared in the end of the movie when I was helping with a re-enactment group a few years after the film was made.
GregD
(2,263 posts)CanonRay
(14,112 posts)of the place my parents owned on Lake Street in Chicago when I was a kid.
Iggo
(47,564 posts)Aretha Franklin comes up at about 0:14.
(Also, mad ups to Steve Cropper, and RIP Matt Guitar Murphy.)
GregD
(2,263 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Lou Marini was in the backing band.
nini
(16,672 posts)Her look at the end and those slippers are awesome
a kennedy
(29,697 posts)and yes, love the slippers......love the movie.
elmac
(4,642 posts)oh, the good ol days.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)nolabear
(41,990 posts)I always did have a little case for him.
dubyadiprecession
(5,720 posts)He is a forgotten comedic genius, the kids of today, sadly don't know.
nolabear
(41,990 posts)The Blues Brothers was more than a brand for them. They worked hard to give attention to old blues legends who had been all but forgotten. House of Blues was theirs (Really Ackroyd's but it was a dream they had together).
And Belushi was a brilliant creator of characters. CNN runs a great series, The History of Comedy, that really underscores how two things, depression and drugs, are the black dogs of comedy. Too, too many lost.
calimary
(81,437 posts)WHAT A BAND there is Upstairs!
All I could think about is who she's singing with now. Elvis - they share a Departure Date now. Sinatra, Ella, Dino, Sammy, and Nat King Cole. Chuck Berry, Michael Jackson. James Brown. Whitney Houston. Pavarotti. Fats Domino. Janis Joplin. Jim Morrison. Etta James. Johnny Cash. Marvin Gaye. Roy Orbison. David Bowie. Jerry Garcia. Bo Diddley. Glenn Frey. Paul Kantner. Leslie Gore. Muddy Waters. Maurice White. Natalie Cole. Chester Bennington. Lynn Anderson. Leonard Cohen. Scott Weiland. Buddy Greco. And I know I'm forgetting some more good ones.
And the backup band! Lordy Lordy! BB King, John Lennon and George Harrison. Ray Charles. Kurt Cobain. Prince. Rick Nelson. The Gibbs. Brian Jones. Carl and Dennis Wilson. Carl Perkins. Merle Haggard. Glen Campbell. Tom Petty. Hugh Masekela. Buddy Rich. Ornette Coleman. Dave Brubeck. Jimi Hendrix. Lemmy. Keith Emerson and Greg Lake. Clarence Clemons. Walter Becker. Tommy Ramone. Tom Fogerty. Phil Everly. Leon Russell. And I know I'm forgetting some more good ones.
Dick Clark and Ed Sullivan to emcee. Co-conducted by Messers Gershwin and Bernstein. Produced by Bill Graham and George Martin.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)I went to the gospel music award show in the early eighties at the shrine auditorium in Los Angeles. I bought a ticket from one of our secretaries who said she was part of a church choir, I did not know what the show was and did not expect much. Her choir was the many Grammy award winning James Cleveland Gospel Choir. Incredible performances each one topping the last culminating with the show stopper Aretha. The House band was the Barry White Orchestra, a to die for musical evening. It was a very large hall but Aretha would not have needed a microphone. What shocked me was the power of her voice, god was she great.
nolabear
(41,990 posts)First, you have my undying envy.
Two great stories today. John Fugelsang said shed been to one of the shows he did with other activist comedians. Shed come with a small group of friends and they had a balcony box to themselves. He kept trying to see her but couldnt. But at one point she laughed really loudly and everybody looked up and every cell phone in the place lit up as people were texting Arethas here!
The other about The Appolo Theater, when she was backstage and hit a note and thecwhole place erupted.
That voice. That incredible instrument. It sure had the right player, didnt it?
deurbano
(2,895 posts)I love that song and that scene... and I love Aretha Franklin. I saw her once at the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, CA.
Lots of tears flowing (and sublime music playing) today.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)appalachiablue
(41,168 posts)A friend of ours, from NYC moved to Detroit in the 1980s because his wife went to law school in MI and his brother worked at Ford. He was musical, a good singer, had a knack for electronics and was very conscious of money.
A story he told us was how once when he was working at a Detroit photo/camera store, a customer came in while it was fairly busy, a lady who was average looking, in her 40s maybe, and another staffer assisted her in the store.
Turned out, you know who the lady was? It was Aretha Franklin. And she bought quite a bit of merchandise, cameras and equipment as Christmas gifts for her family and nephews. So this guy really missed out on a big sale, and a big star, and wasn't as helpful as he could have been IMO. Joke was on him, Lol.
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In the late 1980s, we saw a wonderful concert performance by Aretha and afterwards spotted her in the parking lot getting into her limo waving to fans and looking majestic in a white outfit and coat.
She was such a jewel, the Queen of Soul who gave us joy and great music for decades. Thank you and rest in peace wonderful Aretha Franklin.
GregD
(2,263 posts)thanks for sharing
calimary
(81,437 posts)LOVE these stories!
VOX
(22,976 posts)That particular sequence is fantastic.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Rest in peace, Queen of soul.
VWolf
(3,944 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)K&R.
Leith
(7,813 posts)The song was perfect and she did a fantastic bit of artistry with it.
Having her wear the pink slippers was a touch of genius, too.
nolabear
(41,990 posts)I'm particularly fond of that scene because I grew up largely in my grandmother's cafe, and those scuffs and that apron on a woman of her age take me right back there. Broke, tough as nails, and dancing. Amen!
MFM008
(19,818 posts)On the smock.
She could have been an actress as well.
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)Bittersweet
AllaN01Bear
(18,346 posts)TwistOneUp
(1,020 posts)The first thing I thought was,
"Blues Brothers? Sheeee-it."
RIP girl!
bdamomma
(63,917 posts)to all the great music she gave us, I remember this.
My favourite song is Until You Come Back To Me. And also she was a wonderful Gospel singer. She will be singing with the angels.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)That woman could SING.
all american girl
(1,788 posts)Loved Aretha, the song, the energy, and the pink slippers. She will be missed.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)and all the people in it.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)A force of nature. I am going to devote the weekend to listening to her music. There has never been nor will ever be anybody like her.