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Title: Etta James, RIP Post by: hypehat 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. Title: Re: Etta James, RIP Post by: pixletwin 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.
Title: Re: Etta James, RIP Post by: SMiLE Brian on January 20, 2012, 09:09:15 AM RIP Etta James
Title: Re: Etta James, RIP Post by: Rocker on January 20, 2012, 11:37:43 AM Fantastic singer ! R.I.P.
Title: Re: Etta James, RIP Post by: Alex 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. Title: Re: Etta James, RIP Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on January 20, 2012, 11:34:40 PM R.I.P....a true legend who will truly be missed.
Title: Re: Etta James, RIP Post by: 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 Title: Re: Etta James, RIP Post by: Paulos on January 21, 2012, 12:04:54 AM This has made me sad, RIP Etta. :'(
Title: Re: Etta James, RIP Post by: Ron on January 21, 2012, 07:30:22 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. Title: Re: Etta James, RIP Post by: Jay on January 21, 2012, 09:48:42 PM 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. 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".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 Title: Re: Etta James, RIP Post by: Ron 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. Title: Re: Etta James, RIP Post by: Rocker on January 23, 2012, 11:09:07 AM Did you ever hear the original ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LJUCPZojM (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 Title: Re: Etta James, RIP Post by: Ron on January 23, 2012, 04:16:02 PM Yes I've heard the original many times. Wonderful song.
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