her voice was like no other. she could hit those high notes back then without even switching to falsetto, pure force and power. she really is the greatest singer to ever walk the face of the earth. there are other great singers who can belt like no other, but she also has a very strong lower register that many singers just cannot do in full voice. she will never be duplicated.
You are completely completely on point. That's what young people don't realize. She's belting everything from the chest. Very rarely falsetto in her younger days. Even sometimes people think it's falsetto but it's not it's her natural voice. That's what sets her apart the ability to go anywhere with her natural voice. That's why Rolling Stone named her as the best vocalist male or female ever.
This was the best decade of her career when it comes to power. She would add more agility later which was exciting too, but this was just raw bluesy vocal strength that cannot be matched. It's all about her vocal energy. No idea what she was singing about.😂
People often wonder if she's a mezzo or soprano because true sopranos often don't have that lower range and depth, but I also don't know of any mezzo (OR SOPRANO!) that can hit such powerful, resonant, and wide-sounding Bb5's. As you've often said, not just piercing but so full. That's a special quality, add her agility, musicianship and conviction: The Queen!!
Ironically her lower range was not even.. all that. She only gained the considerable depth and range down there after all the years of decline from smoking. Before then she bottomed at E3 (D3 on a better day). She was always a soprano. An obvious one.
@@NIPPYxMIMI Aretha did not even utilise head register that much. Not sure why you'd be trying to use such a term for a pop singer unless they have genuine coloratura skillset in classical head register - like Alice Babs or Maureen McGovern - or Martha Wash.
@@KajiVocals Patti LaBelle and Cissy Houston have thunderous head voices into the 6th octave which they have employed to their benefit many many times
Sir, you got it. I will consider you a brilliant young man. You even referenced the fact that she is over or out singing the equipment in her day. The equipment in the sixties definitely could not handle her voice. The seventies got a little better but still not what they had in 1982 and forward. It's one thing that young people today will not comprehend. If she was singing that song with the same equipment that Whitney Mariah or Jennifer Hudson whom I love all of them. But if she was singing on the same type of equipment they sang on that cushioned and pushed the voice with modern technology. She would sound extra extraordinarily ridiculous. Her chest power coupled with DIVERSITY is unmatched.
I am the black historian that sent you to Call me Live 1970 a couple of months back. Here's a couple for you for recorded songs, Hooked on Your Love or April fools. The recorded versions. Here very clear 31 - 32 ish voice is displayed perfectly. There are many more but those 2 are magnificent. For live performances Doctor Feel Good Live - Amsterdam ( A display of why she's the Queen. She plays the piano on this one as she opens doors for black females artists after her to walk threw) or What I did for Love live.
Listen at those Sweet Inspirations background and she was pregnant Cissy Houston and those Inspirations Worldwide Background Vocalist for Aretha ,Wilson Pickett ,Dusty Springfield Bette Midler ,Elvis ,
her voice was like no other. she could hit those high notes back then without even switching to falsetto, pure force and power. she really is the greatest singer to ever walk the face of the earth. there are other great singers who can belt like no other, but she also has a very strong lower register that many singers just cannot do in full voice. she will never be duplicated.
You are completely completely on point. That's what young people don't realize. She's belting everything from the chest. Very rarely falsetto in her younger days. Even sometimes people think it's falsetto but it's not it's her natural voice. That's what sets her apart the ability to go anywhere with her natural voice. That's why Rolling Stone named her as the best vocalist male or female ever.
This was the best decade of her career when it comes to power. She would add more agility later which was exciting too, but this was just raw bluesy vocal strength that cannot be matched. It's all about her vocal energy. No idea what she was singing about.😂
That is my reaction everytime I listen to Aretha!!! All Hail!!! 👑❤
OMG that start 😂😂😂
Even me got afraid of that power
This was at a time when she was untouchable. She slayed!
Can you imagine her young voice with todays technology in recording? 😮
This women's voice 😩
Love what you saying about Aretha all true!
People often wonder if she's a mezzo or soprano because true sopranos often don't have that lower range and depth, but I also don't know of any mezzo (OR SOPRANO!) that can hit such powerful, resonant, and wide-sounding Bb5's. As you've often said, not just piercing but so full. That's a special quality, add her agility, musicianship and conviction: The Queen!!
Ironically her lower range was not even.. all that. She only gained the considerable depth and range down there after all the years of decline from smoking. Before then she bottomed at E3 (D3 on a better day). She was always a soprano. An obvious one.
@@KajiVocals Coloratura Soprano Supreme (for what it's worth even applying that outside operatic singing)
@@NIPPYxMIMI Aretha did not even utilise head register that much. Not sure why you'd be trying to use such a term for a pop singer unless they have genuine coloratura skillset in classical head register - like Alice Babs or Maureen McGovern - or Martha Wash.
@@KajiVocals Patti LaBelle and Cissy Houston have thunderous head voices into the 6th octave which they have employed to their benefit many many times
@@baobabs727 I don’t see any correlation with what I said.
Sir, you got it. I will consider you a brilliant young man. You even referenced the fact that she is over or out singing the equipment in her day. The equipment in the sixties definitely could not handle her voice. The seventies got a little better but still not what they had in 1982 and forward. It's one thing that young people today will not comprehend. If she was singing that song with the same equipment that Whitney Mariah or Jennifer Hudson whom I love all of them. But if she was singing on the same type of equipment they sang on that cushioned and pushed the voice with modern technology. She would sound extra extraordinarily ridiculous. Her chest power coupled with DIVERSITY is unmatched.
I am the black historian that sent you to Call me Live 1970 a couple of months back. Here's a couple for you for recorded songs, Hooked on Your Love or April fools. The recorded versions. Here very clear 31 - 32 ish voice is displayed perfectly. There are many more but those 2 are magnificent. For live performances Doctor Feel Good Live - Amsterdam ( A display of why she's the Queen. She plays the piano on this one as she opens doors for black females artists after her to walk threw) or What I did for Love live.
Her voice was declared as a national treasure
It should be.....she was phenomenal.
That first note scared me too 😮🤣🔥🔥🔥💓 You gotta do her duet with Tony Bennett "How Do You Keep The Music Playing"....she brings Tony to tears!
Listen at those Sweet Inspirations background and she was pregnant Cissy Houston and those Inspirations Worldwide Background Vocalist for Aretha ,Wilson Pickett ,Dusty Springfield Bette Midler ,Elvis ,
You absolutely have to do something from Sparkle ✨
Queen 👸
This was her at her peak. A perfect mix of her 60s and 70s voice. I believe some songs for this project were recorded in 69 and 70.
So very, very true.
Bb5 was the note
The seventies picture
Please do Brandy - Until my final breath from Queens
Yes Sweet Inspirations..... U betta sing Cissy
Yes indeed
@@uriyahbonafide4194 and DeeDee Warwick
@@johnlewis195 yes indeed, DeeDee had a great voice. Idk why she wasn't bigger like Dionne and Whitney.
This is the album!
Have you seen Whitney Houston Loverman its 3 songs in one?