Aretha Franklin

RIP Aretha I say a little prayer for you www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtBbyglq37E

I'm glad I'm not the only one MawBroon I even double checked that I was actually on BBC1 and watching the main news when the coverage just went on and on. Of course it was right that her death was mentioned, but with everything else going on in the world, it just seemed totally out of proportion to me.

I feel like you JenniferEccles
Yes a legend as an artist, but listening to the car radio as I was driving home from Nottingham , the “gap” between whatever had been on Radio 4 just before 5 pm and PM was given over to Aretha Franklin songs.
We had at least 50 minutes out of 60 of PM devoted to Franklin, another few minutes between the weather forecast and the Six o’clock news, then of course the first item was...Aretha Franklin.
The motorway bridge disaster was by far the most important story in terms of loss of life, corruption in Italian politics and the construction industry, but clearly not deemed as “newsworthy”.

I was sorry to hear that Aretha Franklin had died, as I had grown up with her music.
She did have a wonderful soulful voice, and of course her death is sad BUT really, did it warrant being the top news story on the BBC News at Ten? The tributes just went on and on. What about the latest findings on the dreadful collapse of the bridge in Genoa? Is the death of a 70 something pop singer really a more important news item than that? Apparently so.

RIP
The Queen of Soul who had a voice of an angel
May she sing loud with them in heaven

What a star! Such an amazing voice. So many happy memories listening to her. RIP Queen of Soul.

R E S P E C T.

Great talent R.I.P

She was a great singer of gospel bluesand rock.
I remember her best in The Blues Brothers 'Think'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY66elCQkYk

RIP. Queen of Soul

Thank you for the music

RIP Aretha