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highplainsdem

(48,899 posts) Fri Mar 25, 2022, 12:08 PM Mar 2022

Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) - live in Amsterdam, 1968

Happy Birthday to the Queen of Soul!

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Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) - live in Amsterdam, 1968 (Original Post) highplainsdem Mar 2022 OP

Best use of this song EVER!!! Was in Bound (1996) Coventina Mar 2022 #1

Had to google the film. Don't recall ever hearing of it. highplainsdem Mar 2022 #2

It was very "controversial" in 1996, for its positive portrayal of two women Coventina Mar 2022 #3

I just checked the release date, which was several weeks after my mom had a highplainsdem Mar 2022 #4

Completely understandable. As I recall, it wasn't a box office success. n/t Coventina Mar 2022 #5

Coventina

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1. Best use of this song EVER!!! Was in Bound (1996)

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 25, 2022, 02:32 PM

Mar 2022

I love caper movies, and I love positive depictions of same sex love.

highplainsdem

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2. Had to google the film. Don't recall ever hearing of it.

Reply to Coventina (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 25, 2022, 02:39 PM

Mar 2022

Coventina

(27,054 posts)

3. It was very "controversial" in 1996, for its positive portrayal of two women

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 25, 2022, 02:42 PM

Mar 2022

in a (mostly) positive relationship.

My husband and I loved it. He loves gangster movies, I love caper movies (with or without gangsters, actually, I prefer without) and we both applauded the boldness of portraying the lgbtq+ community in a positive way. (Or, as positive as it can be when involved with criminal activity, I guess).

highplainsdem

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4. I just checked the release date, which was several weeks after my mom had a

Reply to Coventina (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 25, 2022, 02:49 PM

Mar 2022

heart attack, so I think that's probably why I never heard of the film or quickly forgot about it.

Coventina

(27,054 posts)

5. Completely understandable. As I recall, it wasn't a box office success. n/t

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 25, 2022, 02:51 PM

Mar 2022

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