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« on: January 20, 2012, 08:43:59 AM »
Just heard this. She was 73, and apparently had been battling with leukaemia for some time.

http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42859-rip-etta-james/

I mean, f*ck. Now I'm depressed.
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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2012, 09:06:00 AM »
Sad. She has been one of my favorite singers since I first heard At Last in an episode of Northern Exposure.
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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2012, 09:09:15 AM »
RIP Etta James
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« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2012, 11:37:43 AM »
Fantastic singer ! R.I.P.
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« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2012, 10:33:24 PM »
R.I.P.

I don't mean any disrespect, but I honestly didn't even realize she was only in her 70s, or for that matter, recently still among the living.
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« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2012, 11:34:40 PM »
R.I.P....a true legend who will truly be missed.
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« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2012, 12:01:44 AM »
Her last TV performance -- keep in mind that she was suffering from undiagnosed dementia and (I believe) already battling cancer -- it's astonishing. She's 70! We make a lot of excuses for BW, but there's no excuse needed for this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPBGIBc3YV4

Even more impressive? She released a new album _four months ago_, after her health had declined to the point that she couldn't tour anymore. And it's great too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AveizbsC720
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« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2012, 12:04:54 AM »
This has made me sad, RIP Etta.  Cry
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« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2012, 07:30:22 AM »
Quote from: Wirestone on January 21, 2012, 12:01:44 AM
Her last TV performance -- keep in mind that she was suffering from undiagnosed dementia and (I believe) already battling cancer -- it's astonishing. She's 70! We make a lot of excuses for BW, but there's no excuse needed for this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPBGIBc3YV4

Even more impressive? She released a new album _four months ago_, after her health had declined to the point that she couldn't tour anymore. And it's great too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AveizbsC720

When you've got it, you've got it.  She never sang that song the same way twice.  Gotta love her. 

I always liked how she did Sunday Kind of Love... she'd get downright RAUNCHY with some of the performances. 
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« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2012, 09:48:42 PM »
Quote from: Wirestone on January 21, 2012, 12:01:44 AM
Her last TV performance -- keep in mind that she was suffering from undiagnosed dementia and (I believe) already battling cancer -- it's astonishing. She's 70! We make a lot of excuses for BW, but there's no excuse needed for this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPBGIBc3YV4

Even more impressive? She released a new album _four months ago_, after her health had declined to the point that she couldn't tour anymore. And it's great too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AveizbsC720
I wish those dumb dancers would get out of the way. That audience is being graced with a greatness not likely to happen again in music. Not even in a hundred years or more from now. I consider "At Last" to be one of the few "perfect records" ever made. It's up there with "My Girl", "A Change Is Gonna Come" and "God Only Knows".
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« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2012, 07:46:28 AM »
Yeah, it really is.  It's timeless, too, literally everybody likes that song.  12 year old kids with ipods download it, 80 year old widows cherish it.  A literally universal song, well written, but a performance of it that's even better than that.

You can't hate the dancers too much, that's the show's thing, let them have their thing, lol. 
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« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2012, 11:09:07 AM »
Did you ever hear the original ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LJUCPZojM

I love this jazz/big band stuff (not too much a fan of Glenn Miller's sound though) but Etta added another dimension to it. It's just - like already mentioned - a recording for the ages
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« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2012, 04:16:02 PM »
Yes I've heard the original many times.  Wonderful song.
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