EP 12 - Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin (1968)

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Well, we're a music industry. We just weren't born yet. Like, I was, like, a year shy. [00:00:05] Speaker B: I am, like, I'm like a sperm cell. Not even. [00:00:09] Speaker A: You were not. [00:00:10] Speaker B: You were. [00:00:11] Speaker A: Not even a thought. [00:00:12] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:00:12] Speaker A: Oh, man. [00:00:13] Speaker B: Now I'm a thought, though. [00:00:16] Speaker A: Anyways. Hey, divas. Welcome to Diva Decoded. [00:00:38] Speaker B: This is the season one finale. [00:00:41] Speaker A: Oh, my God. I'm gonna get emotional. [00:00:43] Speaker B: This is. Yeah. I'm not a crier. I'm not a little bitch. Yeah. I can't believe we're finally at the end of the season. [00:00:54] Speaker A: It's, like, also just something to say about just, like, the journey that we took getting here. You know, the tears we've cried, the laughs we've taken together. [00:01:03] Speaker B: Life's a climb, but the view is great, you know? [00:01:05] Speaker A: Like, I can almost see it. This dream. I'm. What the fuck are the lyrics of the climb? We should, like, also, like, do, like, maybe, like, graduation song as we go on. We remember. [00:01:23] Speaker B: Yeah, that's. That song is pretty iconic, too. [00:01:26] Speaker A: So good. [00:01:26] Speaker B: But, yeah. So what are we covering today, Nelly? [00:01:29] Speaker A: We are covering Drumroll Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin. [00:01:37] Speaker B: I have never. I've never delved into Aretha this deeply before, so I was like, I'm pretty excited to get into it this week with you. Yeah, this is. This episode kind of marks the end of this first little era, obviously, the end of the season where we're covering, you know, this era of music going forward. It will change. So it's. This is kind of, like, I feel like a really strong and exciting bookend for us. You know what I mean? [00:02:01] Speaker A: It's also our earliest album. [00:02:03] Speaker B: Yeah, that. That is true. Because even, like, sonically, I was like, this is so different from anything we've covered before. It makes a big difference, like. Like, just recording quality from the 60s to the. Even, like, the early 80s or the 70s. Like, it's pretty wild. [00:02:22] Speaker A: Yeah. I feel like it's also something to say because, you know, I know there are going to be lots of jazz stands out there. So we could have covered the Ella Fitzgeralds, the Etta James, to go back a little bit earlier as well, but we only have so many words to say. We only have so many episodes. So I think Aretha definitely. Definitely her brand, like, her everything about her music style, I think, can encompass a lot of the earlier sounds of, like, jazz as well. And as well, like, Aretha so special to me because she also, like, her style also kind of touches on Motown a bit, which is, like, still, I think, my favorite genre. So I Think it's. She feels like a homecoming to me. [00:03:06] Speaker B: To me, it was like. It was. This was a unique experience because. Mostly because the production I work, I'm gonna be honest, the production is like. Is what it is. It's the 60s. But the vocals kind of reminded me of when I heard Mariah Carey's prime vocals for the first time. Because I. I had heard Aretha in her later years or like, sometimes like recordings from these years, but it was always like the greatest hits moments versus delving into a whole album. Yeah, it's very different. [00:03:41] Speaker A: That's. Yeah, me too. [00:03:42] Speaker B: Yeah. So hearing. Hearing those prime vocals, I was just floored. I was really floored by her. And I wasn't expecting it because tonally, she's something I don't. That I didn't believe in. Aretha Franklin being amazing. It's just. It's totally. [00:04:00] Speaker A: Not too much now. [00:04:01] Speaker B: Well, it's just totally like. I didn't know she was really my cup of tea. And then I was like, oh, wait, I was so wrong. [00:04:09] Speaker A: This also helps define because I feel like there are gonna be some people that might be confused about. Cause kind of our brand for diva decoded is covering like, pop divas in general. But something also that's definitive about pop is just. It's. It's not just a genre that we're covering, like, popular, like, you know, and so when you listen to her sound, like, touching on what you said, like, it is so different from what we've covered before. But so was Tina. Tina was the first rock that we covered proper. And so, like, it's. There's something to say about somebody that. Because, like, we don't hear, like, a lot of the soul music we hear now is a little bit more neo soul or that we're, like, touching a little bit closer to R B than soul proper. [00:04:56] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:04:57] Speaker A: And so this is soul proper. This is like closer to gospel, actually, than, like, anything would have. I guess a little bit more secular. But, like, I. I feel like this is something that is. It does kind of like. It breaks some barriers. [00:05:16] Speaker B: Yeah, I think. I think too. These are like, well known hits. [00:05:20] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:05:21] Speaker B: But, like, we chose this specific album for a reason, because of. Because of these hits. But, you know, the three big songs from this album are you Make Me Feel like a Natural Woman, Ain't no Way, and Chain of Fools. [00:05:33] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:05:34] Speaker B: And, you know, I already knew all of these songs just from, you know, even being a fan of Mariah Life, just being a fan of pop music. It's inescapable. These are songs from the 60s, but they're such classics and they've broken so many barriers and they're so well known that it doesn't matter if it's technically so soul or, you know, it's. It's kind of like what reminds me of Whitney crossing over into, you know, the pop world. It doesn't matter what genre you are, you cross over, then you're on another level. And Aretha is. Is there. She's the queen of soul for a reason. [00:06:12] Speaker A: Listening to her, it reminds me of like this. I don't know if it was like a tweet or something that I had seen where somebody was like, it is. So the difference, the discrepancy between singers nowadays and singers back then is that you can tell when singers didn't grow up in church. And with her thinking of. Her thinking of Whitney thinking of different powerhouses, rather. [00:06:36] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:06:37] Speaker A: And how, like, you can tell there's a certain level of like, they grew up in a choir. They were, they were singing with a choir. And so something about their voice feels so full. Like, it's just, it's just. I don't know, it's. It's so, it's so. It's just so interesting to see because I'm like, it's, it is. There is a difference, I'm finding. I'm like, where, like, people, like a lot of these singers, I'm like, they found their voice is like years, years, years, years, years of practice, training. Yes. But also, like, you can tell this was a six year old that stood up in a pew and started singing with their choir. [00:07:12] Speaker B: Well, you could even tell, like, even because Whitney grew up in church and Mariah didn't, as far as I'm aware. And I'm not saying that to say, you know, one is better than the other. I'm just saying like, there, there is a clear difference. And Mariah, with her live performances, is not very inclined to improvise and try new stuff. She's very much trying to stay on what the studio version is. Whitney, she's like, let's do something completely different. [00:07:42] Speaker A: That's a big dad. That is a big, big difference. I'm like, these, the idea of like, you are just rolling with the punches. [00:07:47] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:07:47] Speaker A: Which, like, a lot of performers I think might struggle with today. And just. It's just you on the stage. Babes, let's hear you. [00:07:55] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:07:56] Speaker A: And there's just something that's just so interesting of like, hearing the grit also with a lot of like, with, with, with like Aretha, particularly on this album, where it's like. There's, like. You could hear, like. I can picture the crowd, like, I don't know if you've ever been to a black church, but, like, picturing the [00:08:14] Speaker B: crowd being like, I haven't had the pleasure. [00:08:16] Speaker A: To what do I owe this pleasure? You can picture, like, them, like, throwing their napkins at her and being like, you better sing, baby. So, like, particularly with, like, Ain't no Way, when it gets to the big. You know, ramping up to the big moment, you can, like. I imagine this is her testimony. Like, she's, like. She's doing her solo in front of the congregation. So. But, yeah, that was just a long tangent to. To say everybody should go back to church. [00:08:43] Speaker B: Yeah, I'll go. [00:08:44] Speaker A: Oh, my God, let's go. But, yeah, in general ham. What did you feel about this album? [00:08:50] Speaker B: Did you say ham? [00:08:51] Speaker A: They say ham. Ham. [00:08:54] Speaker B: Let me hear. Let me hear it back. Let me hear back. [00:08:57] Speaker A: In general ham, girl. [00:09:00] Speaker B: You did say ham. [00:09:01] Speaker A: I did say ham. Oh, tricky. How did you feel about this album? [00:09:07] Speaker B: It was great. It was great. Again, it's one of those moments where I think I liked the newer songs I haven't heard before. Better than, like, a lot of the hits. Like, just also because I've heard so many different versions of stuff like Ain't no Way or Chain of Fools. And I've heard Mariah on Chain of Fools. She sang it with Aretha for divas live in 98. So Celine was there, Shania Twain was there. Carole King was there, who wrote, you Make Me Feel like a Natural Woman, and obviously Aretha. And it was to celebrate Aretha. And, yeah, she sang Chain of Fools with Mariah, and I was gagged. Like, it is such a good performance, but they all ate that night. Like, they all. They all did. Amazing. [00:09:48] Speaker A: Can you imagine being there? [00:09:49] Speaker B: I literally would have died. Like, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion. Oh, and Gloria Esteban. I forgot about her. [00:10:01] Speaker A: We love you, Gloria. [00:10:03] Speaker B: Shania Twain. [00:10:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:10:05] Speaker B: That is a crazy lineup. The only one you're missing, Whitney. [00:10:10] Speaker A: I know. And it's also, like, such a peak time. Like, you know, this is Shania Pre Maga. So, like, this was her peak. [00:10:16] Speaker B: I think I. Once again, I think you're thinking of Carrie Underwood. [00:10:19] Speaker A: No, it's Shania Twain. Shania Twain is also Maga. [00:10:21] Speaker B: Really? [00:10:22] Speaker A: Carrie Underwood? Yeah. Was. Is probably Maga, but Shania Twain was, like, confirmed Maga. Damn. I know him. [00:10:29] Speaker B: I never knew that. [00:10:30] Speaker A: I know. Bad, bad, bad Shania. Bad. Love the album very Bad. [00:10:37] Speaker B: Yeah, I can't with the, like, the music. Like, I'll. Sorry. I'll put the blinders on sometimes, you know, if I need to. You sing a good song about. Oh, like no man better treat me this way. Have a cute little video. You're good. [00:10:57] Speaker A: Cam will go maga. Frankly, no. Jk. Jk. Obviously. Yeah, I feel like there are. There are many. I have a tier, like my own personal tier of like or like ranking system of sins that people can make. [00:11:10] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:11:11] Speaker A: And like, yeah, there are obviously people that I'm like, absolutely. I'll never listen to again. There are definitely people that I'll listen to and like side eyeing while I'm listening to. And I feel like Shania is one of those people where I'm like, I. I will side eye but like. And I don't listen to her. I don't listen to her often. I think even for the purpose of said podcast. Yeah, I'm like, let's listen to her because she has. It's also like, great. She has great hits. [00:11:37] Speaker B: It's really. It's really hard to do a diva podcast and not cover Shania Twain. [00:11:41] Speaker A: And not cover Shania Twain. And also there are going to be many divas that recovering that we have to like disclaim in general that we're like, hey, this is not really a good person. [00:11:50] Speaker B: Like Diana. [00:11:52] Speaker A: Diana Ross. [00:11:52] Speaker B: Yeah, we are on a fucking tangent. Oh, my God. Sorry. [00:11:57] Speaker A: Yes. [00:11:57] Speaker B: Sorry. [00:11:58] Speaker A: But yes, sir, you said, you said you liked it. You like the album. Oh, my God, that's actually fucked up. So. Sorry, Blake. [00:12:03] Speaker B: Yes, I did like the album. I thought it was. I thought it was great. So. Okay, why did we choose this album? We chose it because it has some of her signature songs on it. Like, you know, every Aretha song that I really knew and was a big fan of is from this album. So having these all come from one album is kind of crazy. Especially. Yeah, especially with how much like, or how many albums were released in the 60s. Like, it was at the point where it's like in the 60s, record labels were releasing like two albums a year for their artists. Like, it was. It was an insane. Well, even schedule. [00:12:34] Speaker A: I think this is her 12th studio [00:12:36] Speaker B: album and I don't think she started in like the 50s. Started in the 60s. [00:12:41] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:12:41] Speaker B: So I'm like, damn. But I also a little nod to Whitney. I'm pretty sure Sissy Houston sang back up for Aretha. I could be wrong. [00:12:49] Speaker A: Really? [00:12:50] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm pretty sure. [00:12:52] Speaker A: Oh, my God. Oh, I love that. Look at that. We're all family. We are family. I got both my. My sisters with me. Yeah, she's just somebody that's always been super special to me, but also because she's so iconic. I don't know if you've ever seen her moments. Like when she said beautiful gowns. [00:13:08] Speaker B: Oh, my God. I was gonna bring that up because I was like, you would love it because she shaded Taylor. [00:13:13] Speaker A: Love her. [00:13:13] Speaker B: What comes up when I bring up Alicia Keys? Great singer, great songwriter. What brings. What comes to mind when you bring up Mariah Carey? Great talent, you know, great girl. Very sweet. What about Taylor Swift? Okay. Gowns. Beautiful gowns, girl. [00:13:31] Speaker A: It's also, like, her sitting. Like, the scenery of the interview is stunning. Like, she's against. Like, it's outside and, like, the greenery around her. And she's like, beautiful gowns, like, so shady. There's also the clip of her when she was, like, tugging onto Whitney's hair. Have you seen that? [00:13:48] Speaker B: No. I'll show you that after offline. [00:13:51] Speaker A: She's just somebody that was, like, just iconic. And so she meant a lot to me. And even when she passed, it was like, on my sister's birthday. I remember my sister. Oh, my God. Shout out to you. Winnie loves Aretha. So that meant a lot. That meant a lot. It was devastating. But she has. Knowing how revered she was, like, it just. It makes her all the more special. [00:14:15] Speaker B: Yeah, Aretha was iconic. I remember when she died and being, like, shook. I think it was 2018. It's crazy. It was that long ago. I know, because it doesn't feel like that long ago, but, yeah, we listened to her in the car, me and my dad. [00:14:28] Speaker A: Let's get into the track list, shall we? [00:14:31] Speaker B: Yes. [00:14:38] Speaker A: The first song being Chain of Fools Cam, what'd you think? [00:14:42] Speaker B: I thought it was really cute. The first time I ever remember hearing the song was from Divas Live 98. And Mariah was singing it with Aretha. [00:14:52] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:14:52] Speaker B: They didn't rehearse because they were playing games and Aretha wasn't having the games. Aretha only sings if there's no AC on because it dries out the vocal cords. They were turning the AC on in the venue, so Aretha went to Mariah and said, we're not rehearsing this evening. They're playing games, and I'm not having the games. So they didn't rehearse. Oh, wow. And when they went on stage, she would gesture for Mariah to come forward and sing. And Mariah, like, really wanted to be respectful and so would only sing when, when, when Aretha told her to. And other than that, let her have her moment. So, so that's the kind of the first time I ever remember hearing this song. And I love the song. I, I, I have that version on my Spotify. I listen to it pretty frequently. So hearing the original version was very like, very different to me, but very cool. I thought it was a, I thought it was a cute moment. I really enjoy the song. I definitely think I prefer the Divas 98 version just cuz like with Mariah in there, it's so iconic and it's the one I, I'm used to. But hearing a studio version from the 60s, like 30 years before that performance is so cool. [00:16:05] Speaker A: Yeah, no, that's real. [00:16:06] Speaker B: What about you? [00:16:07] Speaker A: I really love the song. Yeah, like this song. What I will say though, what I find interesting is I'm like, I don't know if I'd put this as the opener for the album. I feel like this song, I don't, this is gonna sound, I don't even know if it's gonna sound correct or whatever come for me. It sounds like when a band is setting up, like the, like the tuning, like a warm up. Which I guess, yeah, is literally in the beginning. But I'm like, I don't know if I'd open it with this song. The song also, like, it kind of gives like second song vibes, second or third song vibes in the album. [00:16:40] Speaker B: I feel that. [00:16:40] Speaker A: So I don't know if I think it's just mainly just the position of it, just the placement of the song of the album. But I do love the song. I really, really do. And I also loved coming back to [00:16:49] Speaker B: it at the end with the extra version. [00:16:53] Speaker A: Yes. With the extended. In the beginning. [00:16:56] Speaker B: I actually didn't listen to those. [00:16:58] Speaker A: Oh, the, the, the mono, whatever. Yeah, I didn't listen to any of those. But there's, there's a Chain of Fools that right before it gets to the monos. Oh, there's like a different, there's a different version. They didn't label it differently. They just put Chain of Fools twice. [00:17:13] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:17:14] Speaker A: And so there's an extended part in the beginning, but it's literally just her showing off. [00:17:18] Speaker B: Okay. [00:17:18] Speaker A: Like in the beginning, like she's like wailing and it sounds so good. But I do, I actually did like coming back to it. But yeah, I really do love this song. I think just literally my only note, my only place with the egg is that I would just place it something somewhere different. [00:17:31] Speaker B: Yeah, no, that's fair. I Don't really think too much of the placement of it. I was just excited to hear the original version. But, yeah, I thought it was a great song. [00:17:39] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:17:39] Speaker B: Great song. But still prefer the version with Mariah. [00:17:42] Speaker A: You, Mariah. Stand down, Butterfly. Yeah, yeah. [00:17:46] Speaker B: I'm a lamb. [00:17:47] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. Oh, right. That's what they're called. Okay. [00:17:52] Speaker B: All right. Shall we move on to the next song? Money won't change you. [00:17:55] Speaker A: Let's do it. [00:17:56] Speaker B: All right, Nelly, what do you think of this one? [00:17:58] Speaker A: Okay. This one is fun. I liked how cinematic it felt. [00:18:04] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:18:04] Speaker A: This feels like the song playing over a montage. [00:18:07] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:18:07] Speaker A: Of, like, I imagine full, like, folds. Clothes getting folded. [00:18:12] Speaker B: Like, this is crazy. [00:18:14] Speaker A: Folds getting clothed. Just the hustle and bustle. Like, imagining, like, somebody, like, coming from a small town moving to the big city. [00:18:24] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:18:24] Speaker A: And it's like, them avoiding calls from their mom because they're like, I'm too busy for my mom. And it's them, like, walking through the streets of. I. I said. I said so many big cities, but I'm like, Toronto's coming to my head now again. And so, like, they're. Yeah. Walking through the big city, and they're, like, getting to work, whatever. And the song's, like, playing over top, so it feels. I don't know. I feel like. I feel like I'm watching a movie when the song plays. [00:18:50] Speaker B: It's kind of giving that. I really liked this one. I loved the groove of it. And there's, like, some great little moments where she flickers up into her. Her high belt. [00:19:02] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:19:02] Speaker B: Which I thought was really cool. And you just hear how the thing about Aretha versus, like, a lot of other singers, you know, sometimes you could kind of can't tell if they're super comfortable up there, but she's like. She is rock solid up there. Like. Like, doesn't even seem difficult. [00:19:20] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:19:20] Speaker B: But it is so captivating. So, yeah, I. I thought that was a great part of the song. I actually liked it more than Chain of Fools. Like, the album version specifically. [00:19:30] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:19:30] Speaker B: I. I don't know. I thought it was, like. I thought it was, like, cute and, like, something new. Like, I said, like, this. The big songs didn't really hit as much for me as some of these deeper cuts on this album because I've heard them for years. Versus. These are fresh and new to me. Yeah. So, yeah. [00:19:46] Speaker A: I would actually sooner put this song first as opposed to Chain of Fools. [00:19:50] Speaker B: Yeah. I feel like this is giving, like. Okay, a little intro moment. And then Chain of Fools is like, okay, we're going to. We're going to double down. [00:19:56] Speaker A: Yeah, we're here. Yeah. I don't know. Like, I. Yeah. This song, I feel like, was really fun. I think just. I loved the drums on the song like that. Like, the buildup was, like, so, so, so good. And she feels very, like, preachy in this song, which I like. [00:20:13] Speaker B: Yeah, well, speaking of preachy, are you ready? Sorry, Are we. I'm just excited to get the next one. [00:20:20] Speaker A: I know. [00:20:20] Speaker B: Are you ready to move to the next one, people? Get ready. [00:20:23] Speaker A: I am. [00:20:24] Speaker B: Okay. Nelly, what do you think? [00:20:27] Speaker A: I love that. You know, I love a ballad. Yeah, you know I love a ballad. This song also reminds me. I don't know if you've ever heard her song, her cover of Bridge Over Troubled Water. [00:20:37] Speaker B: No, I have not. I need to. [00:20:40] Speaker A: Oh, my God. We'll listen to it after this. [00:20:42] Speaker B: Okay. [00:20:42] Speaker A: It reminds me of that. And it also just feels again, like, I think just because of, like, her. Her tone and also, like, how, like, rooted in gospel. She was late. It is giving the song right after the sermon. Like, I don't know, like, it just. It feels like such like a call, like an alter call moment. And I. I just. I really love it. I also just love, similarly to how, like, the groove of the previous song was really nice. I do like how. I don't know, it feels like we're like living in the pockets of the song for. I don't even. That made no sense. But, like, I. I really do love. I really do love the rhythm of the song too. [00:21:25] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:21:27] Speaker A: Yeah. I feel like this one is a. Was a highlight for me. [00:21:30] Speaker B: Yeah, I would say so for me as well. So in my notes, I say she's the queen for a reason. And that prime Aretha Franklin vocals are incredible in the same way that Mariah's are. So this was one where I was like, whoa. Like, it hit me like a freight train. Like, these vocals. It was amazing. So. And the song kind of reminded me of the Mariah Carey song that we actually covered called There's Got to Be a Way on her debut album just a little bit. So. But yeah, no, sonically, it was similar to me to There's Got to be a Way. And I really like the production and, you know, it's a beautiful ballad. Another thing that's. I find interesting about the song and that kind of reminds me of. I always bring it back to Mariah because that's my girl and, you know, she. Mariah has so many different influences and specifically for her Christmas album. Yeah, the big one I'm not trying to talk about Christmas here, but she has a song called Jesus one, A Wonderful Child. And there's this outro, this gospel outro, which is the end of the album, where she goes and hits a bunch of notes. She says. I think she says Jesus, like 150 times in the whole song. And it's such a good song. And I'm like. I'm like, yes, Jesus. It's not like. It's not a big song. It's just like. It's a. It's a part of the. The album, Right, The Christmas album. Merry Christmas. And then when Mariah was promoting the Christmas album back in 94, where she first sang All I Want for Christmas is you, she sang Joy to the World. And the original song cuts out around 4 minute, the 4 minute mark. But for this live version, she took basically the idea of the ending from Jesus, oh, what a Wonderful Child, and put it into Joy to the World. And it is some of the best vocals of her career. And why I bring this up is because it's very similar to this song where she keeps going back to that money note. Yeah, that money note. And. And really is staying there. Mariah did the same thing that night and tore it up. And that was very rooted in gospel and very rooted in. Very inspired by the song, I think, even though sonically it was different, what she's doing vocally is very, very similar. [00:23:34] Speaker A: So that's what I just love about listening to these albums. And, like, even the season in general, like, you hear, you know, listening to Janet, listening to even Whitney, and you're like, listening and you're like, oh, my gosh, why do I love this artist so much? Like, what draws me to this artist? And then you come back to Donna Summer, you come back to Tina Turner, you come back to Aretha Franklin. You're like, that's why. You're like, that is why. That is why I love Mariah, you know? And so even, like the piano, like, I just love how dramatic. Like, I just love. Bring the drama. Like, bring the drama. And with this song, like, the piano trills, everybody's waiting. Everybody's waiting for her to hit the note. And then, like, oh, so good. [00:24:18] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:24:18] Speaker A: And then also just something that I love, you know, what's needed to be a performer in general is that, like, you're not just. You're not just using your voice. Aretha was singing with her entire body. And I'm like. And you can hear it. Like, you can. I'm like, that was. That came from your toes. Like, that came from your toes all the way up to your chords. And I. I appreciate that so much. Yeah, this song is really special to me. [00:24:43] Speaker B: Yeah, this was. This one was gorgeous. And even this. My. Just my final point on the song before we move on. But the way she's going up to those high notes, you're waiting to hear it. And then when she. When she hits those notes, it's like she's. It's like she's letting something out in a way that I've only seen with Mariah, you know, Whitney, Celine, where they could just. I don't know that they. They pull out these tones that. It's just so impressive and so beautiful when they. When they really give it. And, you know, that's what I got from this song. And especially. And this is a more extreme version of that too, because it's so high. Like, the high notes at the end of the song are insane. So they keep hitting that note and going back and back and back and back. It's like, yes. Oh, my God, I loved this song. [00:25:34] Speaker A: It was great. It was a great song. The next one that we have on the album is Nikki Hokey Cam. Take it away. [00:25:41] Speaker B: I thought this one was cute. I think this would have been a good album opener if they flip this with Chance Wolves. [00:25:47] Speaker A: Yes. [00:25:47] Speaker B: But, yeah, it has, like, a nice, like, shuffling vibe. I'm like, oh, like, I want to dance and I want to, like, shuffle down the dance floor and be like, ugh, yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:25:56] Speaker A: That's really good. [00:25:57] Speaker B: It makes me want to move. So a very fun song. And I really liked the high head voice notes. That was, like, something we hadn't heard on the album yet. So I was like. I was very here for it. But, yeah, it was. It was fun. Like, like I said, it would have been a good album opener. [00:26:14] Speaker A: This song gives me casino vibes. [00:26:16] Speaker B: That's fair. It's giving, like, it's. It is giving. Like, montage. Like, yeah. [00:26:20] Speaker A: Oh, the poker. [00:26:21] Speaker B: We're like blackjack. We're crunk. Like, we're. [00:26:24] Speaker A: Yeah, we're about to lose a lot of money tonight. Like, it's like I'm. I can. I can picture this in an ocean. Like, in an ocean's 11. [00:26:32] Speaker B: Is it about an ocean? [00:26:34] Speaker A: Close. You're pretty close. [00:26:36] Speaker B: 11 people. [00:26:37] Speaker A: I just remember Casino and maybe robbery. I don't know. [00:26:41] Speaker B: But yeah, I don't know. [00:26:43] Speaker A: It does. It does feel like. I don't know her. It does feel like it would be in one of those. [00:26:48] Speaker B: Yeah. Do you want to move on to the next song. [00:26:51] Speaker A: Yes. [00:26:52] Speaker B: You make me feel like a natural [00:26:53] Speaker A: woman Girl, girl, girl, girl when we talk about love songs like songs of passion, this is it. It's also, like, there's a way also that, like, you can just. There's a level of, like, relatability, I think I. I feel so seen with the song as, like, you know, being, like. As a black woman and just being like, you don't make me. You make me actually feel like a woman. Because we're always, like, we're often demonized or compared to animals and so, like, just make. I get to feel like a woman with you. Like, you don't ever try to make me into anything that I'm not. And I. I love it so much. And I also just love, like, the hints of sensuality with it too. Like, she's like, oh, my God, come over. Like, literally come over right now. I really, really. This song is so special to me, but that's also, like, if it's not special to you, like, if you don't like it, then that means there's something wrong with you. That's just my opinion. Oh, my God, Cam. What are you gonna say? [00:27:58] Speaker B: No, no, I love it. It's a great song. [00:28:00] Speaker A: I saw your face and I was like, what the hell are you gonna say? [00:28:02] Speaker B: My only negatives with this is mainly just the recording quality in the version. I've heard higher quality versions of it because it's such a classic song. Yeah, I've heard. I've heard different. Basically in my notes, I have great, iconic song. This recording does kind of undersell it compared to what I've heard, and I don't live for the fade out. [00:28:23] Speaker A: They love a good fade out. [00:28:24] Speaker B: And honestly, the covers of the song. Holy. Celine Dion has an amazing cover of the song. I would say this is probably the COVID that won Kelly Clarkson American idol because she goes for the, you know, close to you. You make me feel so I'm not even gonna try. [00:28:40] Speaker A: In the octave up. [00:28:41] Speaker B: Yeah, she jumps up the octave. Fucking hits a whistle note. Oh, my God. The American idol audience so gagged all of America. [00:28:49] Speaker A: Everybody was texting, like, texting that number literally right when that song was happening. [00:28:53] Speaker B: Vote for Kelly. [00:28:54] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:28:55] Speaker B: So that, like, there are so many moments with this song that are so iconic. You know, they sang it at the end of Divas Live 98 as well. And all of those divas we brought up earlier, they all sang together. Yeah, they all came together so jealous. And. Oh, there was kind of a little t. Shade moment so at the end of Diva's Live 98, they kind of go on, like, a little gospel upbeat moment, and Celine starts really going for it and, like, kind of, like, riffing with Aretha a little bit. Some people were like, oh, my gosh. Yeah. [00:29:33] Speaker A: Oh, my God. [00:29:34] Speaker B: And Mariah shaded Celine being like, I'm not gonna. Because you remember I was talking about how Mariah was, like, waiting to be. Waiting to be, like, told she can sing versus Celine was just, like, fudgeing, sending it. And, you know, that's why I love Celine. But I think Aretha might have been a little bit annoyed, too, and that's really the only opinion that matters. But I don't know. I think Celine slayed it. I think she did a great job. But I do remember that it's really not that bad, though, if you watch the video and, like, it just sounds like they're having fun, but, like, low key. [00:30:08] Speaker A: You're like, oh, I'm just so jealous of everybody that got to watch that. [00:30:11] Speaker B: I know. It was all music industry individuals, though. [00:30:15] Speaker A: Well, we're a music industry. We just weren't born yet. Like, I was, like, a year shy. [00:30:20] Speaker B: I am like, I'm like a sperm cell. Not even. [00:30:24] Speaker A: You were not. You were. Not even a thought. [00:30:27] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:30:28] Speaker A: Oh, man. [00:30:28] Speaker B: Now I'm a thought, though. [00:30:31] Speaker A: Anyways. [00:30:33] Speaker B: I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. [00:30:35] Speaker A: Great. Fantastic song. But we all know that. [00:30:39] Speaker B: Yeah, we really. We. I feel like we can't really say anything more about. You make me feel like a natural woman. [00:30:44] Speaker A: Like. Oh, also, Christina Aguilera's cover of this, too. I'm sorry. I loved it. Shall we move on to the next song? [00:30:57] Speaker B: Yes. This song walked. So Kelly Clarkson can run with bad punctuation because this is since you've been gone, as opposed to since you've been gone and again and. [00:31:14] Speaker A: Okay. Have you ever watched Scandal? [00:31:16] Speaker B: I don't know if that is. [00:31:17] Speaker A: No, you do. Kerry Washington. You don't know. [00:31:21] Speaker B: It's a show. [00:31:21] Speaker A: It's a show. Shonda Ryan, I think. [00:31:23] Speaker B: Oh, yes, I know that. I know that. No, I know. I know. [00:31:25] Speaker A: I know the reason why. Also, like, Aretha just became even more special to me, like, since that show became part of my life, because their entire soundtrack is like, yes, like Motown in Seoul. But, like, a lot of it is Aretha Franklin, and there's, like, a thing between her, like, Olivia Pope and the President where, like, sweet baby. It's like, in the first episode, and it's never mentioned again. And so whenever. When I heard this Song. I thought of Scandal, but also it sounds like a song that would play in Scandal, but now none of this matters because you haven't watched Scandal. [00:31:56] Speaker B: Is that about a beach? Are they in a beach in the beginning? [00:32:01] Speaker A: She's on a beach in the beginning of season four. [00:32:04] Speaker B: Okay. No, we're doing. I'm watching. I'm thinking of something different. [00:32:07] Speaker A: It's. She's, like. She's a fixer, and she, like, works in the White House. [00:32:11] Speaker B: I don't know if I love the Shonda Rhymes show universe. [00:32:15] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:32:16] Speaker B: Like, I did watch how to Get Away with Murder for a bit, but I don't know. I can't with Grays. I can't with Grace. [00:32:24] Speaker A: You know, Grace. I got to season nine. I got to season nine. I was. I was watching it for a minute, and then I realized everybody is fucking miserable. And then I stopped. [00:32:32] Speaker B: Yeah. I got to season, like, seven, and then I was like, why is everyone dying? [00:32:36] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:32:36] Speaker B: I feel like the doctors have a higher mortality rate than the patients. [00:32:39] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:32:39] Speaker B: At this hospital. It was wild. [00:32:41] Speaker A: It was. It was. It's. It is. And it's, you know, still going. But I. I really did love how to Go with Murder. The first season was fantastic, and then it fell off for me, and. But then I ended up getting back in. In season five. [00:32:57] Speaker B: The lead lady is iconic. [00:32:59] Speaker A: You mean Viola Davis? [00:33:01] Speaker B: Yeah, she's iconic. [00:33:02] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. Her. Viola Davis is everything. She's my aunt. We're related. Viola, pick up your halls, please. Auntie Vi. Sweet, sweet baby. Since you've been gone. I really do like it. I think the trumpets are really cool in this song. [00:33:21] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:33:22] Speaker A: It's like, I think one of my favorite elements, and it has such a nice funk to it. Like, the song feels very funky. [00:33:28] Speaker B: I loved the bass line. [00:33:29] Speaker A: Yes. [00:33:29] Speaker B: I was, like, very here for that. I thought it was such a fun song. And I thought, once again, I mean, it's a Aretha Franklin album. Like, this is a given. But the vocals were amazing, unmatched. So I was pretty. I was pretty gagged by it. And just to hear, since you've been gone, with proper punctuation. Oh, my God, I'm here for it. I didn't know it could exist. [00:33:51] Speaker A: Kelly, are you taking notes? [00:33:53] Speaker B: The next song on the album is good to me as I am to you. [00:33:56] Speaker A: This one I liked, I enjoyed. I don't think it was something that was much of a highlight to me in the album itself, but that's not to say that it wasn't good. Like, this is great. I feel like, this one leaned a little bit more into blues, which I like. I don't know. I hear so many elements of different genres within this album. And, like, I hear, like, even before, like, hearing, like, the funk elements, the jazzy elements. And in this one, I'm like, oh, this feels like there should be a harmonica here. Y' all are missing is a harmonica. [00:34:31] Speaker B: That's so funny. [00:34:32] Speaker A: But I feel like this one, though, the instruments kind of took a step back and allowed her to just take the forefront like it was. You're just hearing her really because of, like, all the. Like the. The. Like the pauses in the music or, like the brief pauses in the music. But yeah, I don't. I. I do think that her, obviously, as we can say for literally any song about this album, her vocals are incredible. [00:34:52] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:34:53] Speaker A: It's never gonna change, but I don't. I think this one wasn't as much of a highlight for me. [00:34:57] Speaker B: Okay. Yeah. I love a ballad, but this melody isn't necessarily my favorite. [00:35:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:35:04] Speaker B: And, you know, I'm like a sound. First and foremost, it's about how the song sounds wizard. I thought the lyrics were interesting, and my favorite part were the high notes at the end, and I really thought that they delivered. And the woo, woo. Like, that was cute. That was really cute. But I don't know, I needed to, like, tickle something, [00:35:26] Speaker A: right. [00:35:28] Speaker B: I needed to hit the G spot and it couldn't find it. [00:35:33] Speaker A: Right. [00:35:35] Speaker B: Right [00:35:38] Speaker A: now, moving on to the next song in the track. Come back, Baby Cam, what'd you think of the song? [00:35:44] Speaker B: I thought the vocals were definitely the standout for me. [00:35:47] Speaker A: Yeah, me too. [00:35:48] Speaker B: She's really, you know, I was talking about money notes with people get ready. This is, you know, a similar vibe to me, but in more of an up tempo. So, yeah, I thought it was. I thought it was very cute. I don't know if it was the most memorable to me. It's giving, like, makeover scene. Like. Yeah, okay. We're going to like, you know, in like the 2000, where it's like, only pal, take this and give you this. [00:36:13] Speaker A: Yes. A princess or whatever says, yeah, no, that's so true. I also. Yeah. Similarly to how I felt, it wasn't as much of a standout to me. But again, she's clearing on the vocals. Something that's just so interesting to me about her is I'm like. She's such a soprano one. I'm like, speaking in choir terms. Like, come. Like, her lowest note is. Ah, that's fucking high. Like, that's her Lowest note on the song. And she just lives so high with her. With her voice. And it just makes me think of, like, every other song too, where I'm like, how low does she go? I don't know if she goes that low with her. With her voice. [00:36:50] Speaker B: Yeah. You know who that reminds me of? Ariana Grande. Ariana Grande lives very high. She does in her voice. And as she's singing low, it's really not that low. It's actually very difficult for her to replicate live. So I'm not saying Aretha is the same. I'm just saying, like, while we're talking about high lows, you know, I might as well bring up a little Ariana. But Ariana could. She hits it so high notes sometimes. That was in English, but, yeah, I love non English. Yeah. [00:37:24] Speaker A: I don't know why I'm reminiscing on Come Back To Me by Janet right now. Well, I know. And so, like, that's the thing. It's. It's. It's. I think that's why I'm, like, It made me think of, like, oh, this is actually. She's actually living really high because, like, comparatively, like, Jack, Janet's come back to me. I mean, it's not that low either. I think she just does it in [00:37:44] Speaker B: a very low tone in the beginning, looking too much. [00:37:47] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, that's true. That is true. That is true. But this is not a Janet episode. This is an Aretha episode. Aretha, I'm so sorry, babe. We've talked about freaking everything under the sun. [00:37:57] Speaker B: Like, Kelly, Christina, Celine, Mariah, Math. [00:38:02] Speaker A: Yeah, I know, but you just bring out so much out of us. [00:38:06] Speaker B: Oh, my God, we love you. Sorry. Do you want to hear a crazy story? In ninth grade? So in ninth grade, I remember I was a little, like, fiend. So I stole my friend's lunch kit and. And I was running down the hallway and I turned a corner and I slammed into my math teacher. Like, body check this. [00:38:26] Speaker A: Oh, my God. [00:38:26] Speaker B: Knocked her on her ass. She had a mug from. From Disney World. Snoopy mug broke into a million pieces. Coffee spills all over both of us. I like, literally body check her on her ass. And then I don't know what to do. So I start picking up the pieces of glass. And then another teacher comes, goes, okay, come with me. Like, we'll help. We'll go clean you up in the class. And then I go to say I'm sorry, and she's crying. [00:38:50] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. [00:38:54] Speaker B: I know. I don't know why I thought about that. But yeah, I did think about that. And now you guys know the story too. So I was so embarrassing and I felt so bad. And then she didn't show up to school for a few days. [00:39:08] Speaker A: So Cam is a menace, as we know it was. [00:39:12] Speaker B: I literally. I literally still think about it and like, feel bad about it, but it is so funny at the same time. [00:39:18] Speaker A: What do you even do in that moment? Like, actually, like. Yeah, I'm trying to think of what I would do. I probably would not show up for school the next two days. [00:39:25] Speaker B: I ne. I will never get the image of these girls who were sitting in the hallway eating lunch, who saw the whole thing out of my head. Their jaws were on the floor. Like, they were like, like just mouths agape. And I was like, yeah, well, I [00:39:39] Speaker A: hope that she was able to get another one that meant a lot to her. [00:39:43] Speaker B: I got her a dollarama one and said, sorry. [00:39:47] Speaker A: All right, Aretha. [00:39:50] Speaker B: I know, sorry. [00:39:52] Speaker A: Oh my God. [00:39:53] Speaker B: Day of tangents. You get the story too, listeners. [00:39:56] Speaker A: What a menace. [00:39:57] Speaker B: I know, it was awful. But yeah, great song. Should we move on to the next one? It's called Groovin. [00:40:06] Speaker A: This one is the cruisin one for me. I like this one, actually. I think it's one that I think of that I like. I would passively play on like a record player while doing my thing. I think it matches the name for me a bit. Like, it's just grooving, cruisin', cruising for a bruisin. Oh my God. Did you ever watch Teen beach movie? [00:40:28] Speaker B: Of course. Oh my God. Okay, look back here. [00:40:33] Speaker A: And I was so excited for the second one. And the second one flopped except for the one song that they sang in the gym. [00:40:37] Speaker B: I barely remember the second one. I was like. At that point, I was like, in 2013, when the first one came out, I was like, okay. Like, I'm still here for Family Channel, but. And I remember when the second one came out, I watched it, but I never saw it again, ever. And I was like. I was like, again, the second one, they're like, oh my God. Like the people from the past are coming to the present this time now. Not as interesting of a concept for the Watcher. Sorry. Yeah, you know, we could have thought of something else. [00:41:06] Speaker A: Yeah, that one that made me sad. I also like it al. Like, I just remember I loved the first one so much. [00:41:13] Speaker B: The songs are so iconic. [00:41:14] Speaker A: The songs were so. [00:41:14] Speaker B: I can't stop singing. [00:41:16] Speaker A: It's so funny. Cuz I hated that one. That was the one I hated the most. [00:41:18] Speaker B: What the hell? [00:41:19] Speaker A: It's one. I hated it. Sorry. I just hated it the most. Or disliked it the most. Or I disliked it, rather. And I loved every single one of the others. I loved the one because I'm Falling. [00:41:31] Speaker B: Oh, my God. I call it Fire. [00:41:32] Speaker A: And that was like, Jordan, what's his face? [00:41:34] Speaker B: Not Jordan the sneaky. [00:41:37] Speaker A: No. Oh, wait, no, not the lead. Not the lead. The black guy with the big hair. [00:41:41] Speaker B: Oh, him. [00:41:41] Speaker A: What's his name? [00:41:42] Speaker B: I don't remember. [00:41:43] Speaker A: He's, like, prominent in the theater world. [00:41:45] Speaker B: Oh, really? [00:41:46] Speaker A: He's, like, real, real, real talented. Anyways, what's the song called again? Cruising. [00:41:51] Speaker B: Bruising for Bruising. Oh, [00:41:57] Speaker A: Groovin. I, I liked it. It wasn't, like, my favorite from the album, but I actually, I did like this one. It just felt. I felt pretty relaxed listening to it. [00:42:04] Speaker B: Yeah, it was a cute little, like, chill vibe. And it wasn't anything too serious, I think, vocally, but, like, it wasn't anything [00:42:13] Speaker A: too crazy, which is, like, interestingly, back to back. The three past ones have been just, like, more so to showcase her vocals. [00:42:19] Speaker B: Yeah. But, like, I mean, you got to have peaks and valleys, you know? [00:42:22] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:42:23] Speaker B: We need a little palette cleanser before the final track, you know? Yeah. I thought it was good, but, you know, kind of forgettable, imo. [00:42:34] Speaker A: I, I, I, I, I kind of agree, but I did like it. I liked the through line of this song. [00:42:40] Speaker B: It wasn't like, there's no song on this album that is bad. [00:42:43] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:42:44] Speaker B: Or where Aretha doesn't sound phenomenal. [00:42:47] Speaker A: Oh, my God. But, yeah, we still talk about you, Aretha. We still talk about you. [00:42:52] Speaker B: Yeah. But this is where my attention started to kind of waver. All right, are we ready to go to the last song on the album? [00:42:58] Speaker A: Yes. [00:42:59] Speaker B: Ain't no way. What do you think, Nelly? [00:43:02] Speaker A: I just actually needed to take, like, a moment of silence for the song. [00:43:05] Speaker B: The song is so iconic. [00:43:07] Speaker A: The way that her voice, like, the, the, the. The runs she could do with her voice. And, like, this is what I talk about when, like, she just had so many church moments with her voice that, like, this is. This is the song. This is a testimonial song. This is her, like, singing in front of the congregation and being like, I have a testimony. [00:43:27] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:43:27] Speaker A: I have something to sing. I have something to say. Okay. And so, like, her repeating that. Say, Say, like, so. I'm not gonna do the octave up, but it's so good. And I imagine people being like, tell him, Salem sister. Like, so, so, so good. I imagine sweats in that church, I imagine, like, people like, being like, this is. And I've always said that I'd pee [00:43:51] Speaker B: myself if I was there. [00:43:52] Speaker A: Yeah, precisely. Like, precisely. I would do a lot of other. I would probably exude many things. [00:43:57] Speaker B: Yeah. Everything's come out of everywhere. [00:44:00] Speaker A: Right. [00:44:01] Speaker B: Well. [00:44:03] Speaker A: Well, there's that. What about you, Cam? [00:44:05] Speaker B: Sorry, I thought it was. I thought it was an amazing song. First time I ever heard the song was actually Demi Lovato covering it about 10 years ago. [00:44:15] Speaker A: Really? [00:44:16] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:44:16] Speaker A: Because I've never heard that. [00:44:18] Speaker B: Oh. Like, she would do it live in her concert, so it wasn't like televised or anything. There's maybe like a. A version of it on Spotify that she did for, like, Spotify sessions. But that's where I originally heard it. And I was like, what is this song? Like, it's such a good song. And obviously it's Aretha Franklin. So hearing that, I was like. I was pretty gagged by it. And then, of course, the moment of moments on this album is the bridge of this song where it's like, say, say you do Won't you please, please, please and you think that money note that she's hitting is high enough and she brings it up. Don't you know that I need you? Oh, there ain't no way so good, you know. Sorry, I'm not a vocalist. [00:45:00] Speaker A: I know, but I'm not the vocalist. [00:45:02] Speaker B: Sorry. [00:45:03] Speaker A: You are the vocalist, though. You're not a vocalist, babe. Come on. [00:45:06] Speaker B: I invented it. [00:45:08] Speaker A: Aretha, you're welcome. [00:45:11] Speaker B: Take some pointers, girl. You know I think I could take your job. No, but, yeah, so that was the first time I remember hearing it. And I've heard so many different renditions of the song. I think I've heard Cynthia Erivo. [00:45:26] Speaker A: Yes. Yes, yes, yes. [00:45:27] Speaker B: That's her name. That's how you say it. [00:45:28] Speaker A: Yes. Cynthia Erivo. [00:45:29] Speaker B: Okay. I heard her sing it and that was amazing. This was a really hard song to sing unless you have Aretha's rock solid upper register. Because even when Demi would sing it, sometimes when she was initially singing it, it was either in the original key or maybe one semitone lowered. And then I just know for the Spotify version, they had to lower it again because it was so hard to just keep going back to that note because your voice gets tired. Yeah, your voice gets tired and there's no break. There's nowhere for you to catch your breath or for anything, any muscle to relax. So you have to have a really strong technique in able to pull it off. So, yeah, I think. I think that was amazing. I think Whitney might have done a cover of this song back in, like, 94. [00:46:13] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:46:14] Speaker B: It was like, an iconic performance that was, I think, also a medley of another song. Let me just check. [00:46:22] Speaker A: This is, like, a song also that, like, literally creates abs for you. Like, the amount of, like, amount of pushing on your diaphragm. Diaphragm. Diaphragm. Fram. Fram. That you have to do in order to, like, get to the bridge. Also, let me talk about bridges. [00:46:39] Speaker B: This is the bridge. [00:46:40] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. This. And also, you make me feel. I can't believe I didn't talk about that on the. You make me feel. You make me feel like a natural woman, baby. A woman of bridges. A woman of bridges. You are everything, Aretha. [00:46:52] Speaker B: Just so we're aware, I was wrong. She didn't sing Ain't no way in 94 for this performance. It was I loves you, Porgy, and I'm telling you, I'm not going. And I have nothing. [00:47:03] Speaker A: Oh, yes. [00:47:04] Speaker B: So I kind of messed up a little bit there. I'm sorry. Love her, but yes. I knew it was some classic song that was in there. And that's such a good song. And I'm telling you, I'm not go. [00:47:15] Speaker A: Oh, my God. I've been seeing so much dreamer. Dream Girls content. Have you ever watched Dream Girls? [00:47:19] Speaker B: No. I need to see it. I. I know. Listen. I am alone at a crossroads. [00:47:28] Speaker A: I don't know. Whoever mixed or mastered that freaking soundtrack is going to hell. But. [00:47:34] Speaker B: And I try and try. Why I. [00:47:36] Speaker A: It doesn't like it. When you hear it now. You're like, this is not mixed properly. Oh, but when's the next time we're here? Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx on. Or the guy that made the guys. Whose name was the guy. Cj. I don't know. Whatever. Her brother, Effie's brother in the film. I forgot his name. Such amazing vocalists. We're your dream girls. Boy, you just watch it. It's so good. [00:48:04] Speaker B: I need to see a lot of movies. I've. Yeah. Like, there's like, a list I need to watch Sister Act 1 and 2. [00:48:11] Speaker A: Yes. [00:48:12] Speaker B: But, yeah, no, this song is the song for difficult bridges and slice. This is like. This is the. This is like, what an album. [00:48:21] Speaker A: Closer. [00:48:21] Speaker B: Yeah. And it really feels like she is, like, pleading at that point in the song. Like, it's almost like the emotion of it, too. Like, you're like. You're screaming at your lover, being like, please, please, please, please don't. You know I need you like, that's kind of what it's giving. [00:48:40] Speaker A: Like you're on your knees. [00:48:41] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:48:41] Speaker A: Like, which is, like, kind of pathetic for me to think about. Like, I, I, I. If you see me on my knees for anybody, Cam, you have permission to. What was it? [00:48:51] Speaker B: I'll smack you. [00:48:52] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, you, you, you do whatever you want, Cam. Cuz, I, I, no, but for this song. Yes. [00:48:58] Speaker B: Yeah. Same here, same here. [00:48:59] Speaker A: Okay. [00:49:00] Speaker B: You see me like that for a man, you know, it's a no. [00:49:03] Speaker A: I'll do my thing. [00:49:04] Speaker B: It's not happening. But, yeah, that, that wraps up the album. [00:49:09] Speaker A: Oh, my God. I want to say beautiful gowns, but beautiful gowns has a negative connotation to it, as we know. But genuinely beautiful. Like, actually stunning. [00:49:16] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:49:17] Speaker A: I literally would only say that just to quote you, Aretha. Like, yeah, but not because, like, I mean, I mean it genuinely, like, beautiful. [00:49:25] Speaker B: And now we're going to our review of 1989, Taylor's version. [00:49:32] Speaker A: Oh, my God. Perfect. [00:49:33] Speaker B: Beautiful gowns. [00:49:34] Speaker A: Beautiful gowns. [00:49:36] Speaker B: Sorry, sorry. Switches. No, hey, I love, like, you know. No, hey, no, hey, it's not that serious. It's pop music. [00:49:43] Speaker A: Maybe I should. I was going to say something hateful, but it's okay. I'll reserve it. I'll preserve it so we can continue. [00:49:50] Speaker B: People are so fucking intense about their pop music. Like, I mean, the pot is really calling the kettle black here. But, yeah, like, it is crazy. [00:50:00] Speaker A: No, and like, you know, especially, especially when it comes to Taylor Swift, you know, her stands. [00:50:04] Speaker B: Hey, they love her. [00:50:05] Speaker A: And you know what? Beautiful gowns. [00:50:07] Speaker B: You know what? If that's your thing go off, why not away from you? All right, so now we're going to just go into the music market at the time of the release. So in 1967, Aretha Franklin switched from Columbia to Atlantic Records, and she released her first album under the new label called I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love youe. The title track, peaked at number nine. And then the iconic Respect peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Tell me what it means to me. So that song is so iconic and in the 60s, girl, I'm gonna be 100 with you guys. I'm not from the 60s, girl. My parents weren't even alive yet when this shit happened. So, you know, this is a little bit before my time, but I am aware the Beatles were quite big at this time. So we have some rock music and stuff going on. So I don't know. I'd imagine it's predominantly white singers. [00:51:23] Speaker A: You know what's funny? Actually, around this time was when Motown was really big. [00:51:26] Speaker B: Oh, fuck, I'm gonna eat my words. [00:51:28] Speaker A: But in, like, in pop culture, I mean, it was a lot of pushing of, you know, obviously predominantly white music. But in terms of, like, I think Motown and, like, other black artists at the time were, like, pushed towards, like, alt, which is, like, so funny when you think about it now. You're like, respect is alt. Respect is like. [00:51:50] Speaker B: It's so funny because it's literally like the black. Or, sorry, the white artists just did what the black artist did, but because they're white, it's pop music. [00:51:58] Speaker A: Right. [00:51:58] Speaker B: Instead of R and B. It's like, what. [00:52:01] Speaker A: That's what's like. It's so interesting, or it's so notable about so many of the artists that we covered, like, black artists who are, like, literally breaking barriers with their music, and they're like, I think this is rap. [00:52:14] Speaker B: You're like, okay, what genre can we invent? [00:52:17] Speaker A: No, exactly. But, yeah, I think around this time, which is why I'm like. I feel like a lot of her songs had some, like, Motown influence in it. But, like, yeah, Motown was. Was. Was hidden at this because it was. This was around the time that Marvin Gaye was on the rise as well. And, yeah, 1968. This was the year that MLK died, actually the year that he was shot. [00:52:42] Speaker B: Right. [00:52:43] Speaker A: I mean, granted, this was right before, like, this was. It was the same year. But this album would have been released before he died. But there was a lot of push to, like, towards black music in a way that was like sort of like a reclaiming our music, our history, in its own right. It was like, this would have been shortly before even thinking about political movements at the time. This would have been shortly before Black Panthers, different revolutionary movements that were like, this is our genre. This is our music. You know, let's take back what's ours. But all of that aside as well, this was a fresh sound at the time, too, of her taking over soul in her own ways, but also incorporating so many different elements, as we mentioned, of different genres. But, yeah, I think, as you mentioned, you are correct in the fact that there was a push to have white artists dominate music. But we know there were so many things, so many strings being. There are so many artists out there at the time that were black that were pushing the narrative. [00:53:44] Speaker B: Blake, if you could edit that to make it sound like I knew what I was talking about. [00:53:47] Speaker A: But the thing is. It's good, though. It's good, though, what you said. I'm like, yeah, that Is true. But it is it in terms of. That's the thing is that like, Motown at the time could have been considered quote unquote, counterculture. [00:53:57] Speaker B: Well, I know the Jackson 5 came out in 69, so, like, that's kind of where my knowledge begins. Because for me, I more pay attention to the artist that I like. So, like, that's how I'll know the history of it. And we're all have that kind of awareness. So. Yeah. And I remember they came out in 69 and they had a string of number one hits. [00:54:19] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:54:20] Speaker B: But I mean, Aretha so far at this point only had respect. And then she was having some high. Some other high chart toppers. I think she was doing a lot better with Atlantic than with Columbia. [00:54:33] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:54:33] Speaker B: It looked like through chart success and everything. And these were. This was kind of like her moment. Like all the. All of her signature songs were coming out. And having three be from one album is crazy. Also, did you guys know Ain't no Way was a B side? [00:54:48] Speaker A: Oh, my God. Yeah. No, that. We were gagged when we found that out. [00:54:51] Speaker B: So A no way is actually a B side to Sweet, sweet baby, since you've been gone. That's the A side. So I was pretty shocked about that. So in terms of the single success, the first single from Lady Soul was you make me feel like a natural woman. And I went to number eight in the US Then it was Chain of Fools which went to number two. And then Sweet sweet baby, since you've been gone, which went to number five. And then Ain't no Way, which was the B side, number 16. So that's kind of crazy. Within the same year, Aretha had Aretha now come out. And then also the way they're promoting her is so interesting because it seems like they're promoting different singles from different albums at different times. Does that make sense? Like they're in between promoting Lady Soul, they pushed a song from Aretha arrives I can't get no Satisfaction. So. Or maybe they just relieved it. [00:55:54] Speaker A: No, sadistic. [00:55:57] Speaker B: But it's. They might just be releasing stuff in different regions. So that's what it seems like, at least. But yeah, kind of an unconventional way to release music, if you look at the 60s. That's not an abnormal thing, though, to push out multiple albums a year, as I said before. So just a little bit. A little bit wild. So. Yeah. And then one of my favorite Aretha songs, which Mariah covered in full on her first TV special called the First Vision is don't play that song. You lied don't play a no mo. That's such a good song. If you haven't heard it, you should listen to it. But that's not what we're talking about today. But yeah, so that's just a little bit kind of about the music market and what was happening at the time of the release and her career. The 60s were not my moment. So I wish I could give some more insight. [00:56:48] Speaker A: So funny, because, like, in grade 12, like, grade 11 to grade 12, actually. Which is why, like, 2016, when people talk about, like, the music of 2016, they're like, oh, my God, take me back, Take me back. [00:56:59] Speaker B: Take me back to what? Harmony? [00:57:02] Speaker A: Well, this was. This was also. Drake had dropped. I don't remember which album. [00:57:07] Speaker B: I forgot the name of the time from the six. [00:57:08] Speaker A: Yes. Views from the six. [00:57:10] Speaker B: And I do not care for Drake. [00:57:11] Speaker A: Me neither. But, like, that was a time where, like, I'm just too. Too for you. I'm just with you. Whatever. [00:57:18] Speaker B: Real Auntie was good. I'm not gonna lie. [00:57:20] Speaker A: Anti was good. But thing is, all of this, all this. This music was dropping. But this was when I was obsessed with Motown. I had an obsession with Motown. I was listening. I also, like, had seen Motown, like, the musical live, and it just fueled my obsession with Motown. So, like, there's a lot, like, there's a lot more about the 60s than I thought I did in terms of music. But I don't know. I don't know shit about Beatles, but I know. I know a lot of shit about Berry Gordy, okay? The father of Motown. So, like, I. There were a lot of, like, I had a massive obsession with Marvin Gaye. And I also like this, which is why, like, listening to Aretha was so special to me because I'm just like, oh, my God, this. She could have easily blended into the Motown realm, but she was such an iconic vocalist and, like, a powerhouse that, like, they're like, she doesn't need that. Let's make her soul. Let's have her be, like, fully soul. And I think also the church background for her definitely helped with that too. [00:58:18] Speaker B: But I feel like even given the, like, kind of political climate at the time, girl, she was. This is Aretha Franklin. Like, there's a reason she's as huge as she was. And, like, I don't know, she is still known as, like, the greatest singer of all time for a reason, you know, I. What was that? The Rolling Stones list or whatever? That was where Whitney came in second. [00:58:46] Speaker A: Yeah. And I think she was number one. [00:58:48] Speaker B: She was number One. Yeah, the. That's for a reason. When I think. I feel like when you think of the vocalist, you think of Aretha. [00:58:56] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:58:56] Speaker B: Or Whitney. [00:58:57] Speaker A: Personally think of the voice. [00:58:59] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, for. For me, like, personal taste, it's. It's Whitney and Mariah and that kind of thing. Just. Just because that's the kind of music I like. [00:59:09] Speaker A: What you're familiar with. [00:59:10] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. But I don't know, at the. At the same time, there's something about this woman that's like, dude, holy shit. Hits you like a freight train. [00:59:21] Speaker A: And it's like, earlier I had said that I'm like. But something that's so iconic about her is I'm like. She sings with her entire body. So when you're listening, I feel it everywhere. Like, I feel like I'm, like, wincing with my. Like, I'm making faces where I'm like, how did she hit that? Like, what the hell? And with her voice, too. She just hit. Her voice hit in a way that you're listening to in 1968, and you're listening to it in. Was it 1994 when she. With the diva off. [00:59:49] Speaker B: 1998. [00:59:51] Speaker A: Rather. 1988. So 30 years later and you're still floored. Yeah, you know, I'm like, there's. So. There's so much longevity that's being lost with a lot of these vocalists, like, nowadays. [01:00:03] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:00:03] Speaker A: Because they didn't start in church. [01:00:07] Speaker B: No. [01:00:07] Speaker A: But, like, that's. Sorry, that's not my main point. But, like, just. There's just, like. There's just something so special about her that, like, you're still floored by the ways that she's singing decades later. [01:00:16] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:00:17] Speaker A: And there's. You can't say the same about many artists. [01:00:20] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, something about Aretha. I think with vocalists, it's really hard to maintain your voice over a long period of time. Like, we've seen even the vocal trinity struggle with that. I think Celine fared the best of the three, but, yeah, it's. It's really hard to. To keep that up, especially with the lifestyle that you lead when you're that famous. But Aretha. Aretha held it down. Like, even in the 90s, it's like she could still do everything she wanted to do. [01:00:53] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:00:54] Speaker B: It was not an issue. So it's. It's kind of crazy versus. If you look at. I'm not trying to demean anyone or say anything negative about anybody, but even if you look at Mariah, the way her voice has changed and the way how her range is now much more limited than it used to be. Yeah, that's. I don't know if. I don't know if that's just the way her voice is. She has vocal nodules or what. Or the lifestyle she leads or just working that hard. But, yeah, it's just insane how Aretha was able to maintain what she did and even in the 90s. But I don't know. I'd have to. I'd have to see more recent performances of her, but she was still out and about, I think, up until she passed. [01:01:40] Speaker A: Yeah, she was, like, doing, like, special performances. [01:01:43] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:01:43] Speaker A: Also, I want to flag, as well, too. I'm not trying to indoctrinate anybody. I'm not trying to be, like, convert. I'm meaning, like, I think, like, a choir as opposed to, like, go to church. Even thinking about just, like, people I know that did branch out into music. And I'm like, oh, I can tell that you went, like, in your high school choir. Like, you. I can tell that you, like, you. You were part of, like, you're part of a group singing in some ways. So, yeah, I want to flag that in case anybody's like, oh, my God, is she trying to convert me on this call? Anyways, that's all. [01:02:17] Speaker B: Count me converted. [01:02:18] Speaker A: She's like, I'm in. [01:02:19] Speaker B: I'm here. But, yeah, that being said, let's move on to the album artwork. So I think the album cover is. It's cute. It's very simple. [01:02:31] Speaker A: Very, very simple. [01:02:32] Speaker B: Yeah, it's. It's literally a shot of her from a live performance. [01:02:36] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:02:37] Speaker B: Yeah. And then they slapped. They slapped on the title and on, like, a little border up top. So it's. It's not my favorite album cover. It's cute. It gets the job done. But I think. I think it was just a different. I don't know, maybe. Maybe we just look at things differently now where it's like you have a whole album cover shoot, and, you know, you. It. It's a. It's a big moment, and you have a different look from each album to the next. This was just kind of like. Like, hair is iconic look. You know, outfit is iconic. But, yeah, I don't know. It's. It's. It's very simple for me. [01:03:15] Speaker A: I would have loved to have seen the rest of her outfit, like that jacket that she has on. Yeah, I would have actually really loved to have seen that. I do love, like, even looking at her earrings, like, how it's looking like it's, like, glistening. [01:03:26] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:03:27] Speaker A: In a different way. And in a, in an interesting way. [01:03:30] Speaker B: She's also not lit super well. [01:03:32] Speaker A: No, that's what I'm saying. I'm like, even the background, like, I think with her hair too, like it's. It, it could have eased. Like it, it. There's not really much pop. There's nothing to like have her pop like on the COVID So. Yeah, it's not my favorite either. But I do think. I do think she looks elegant. [01:03:48] Speaker B: Yeah, of course. [01:03:49] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:03:49] Speaker B: She, she could always. She's. She's always elegant. [01:03:52] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:03:53] Speaker B: And is very. What's the word? Classy. [01:03:57] Speaker A: I do love her hair. [01:04:00] Speaker B: It's iconic. I love this look. She looks up to moment. Yeah, it is iconic. Shall we move on to the producers? Is Jerry. Yeah. Jerry Wexler. [01:04:11] Speaker A: Oh my gosh. Jerry Wexler is the producer of the album. And something very iconic about him is that before he died, when they asked him what he wanted to put on his tombstone, he just replied two words, more bass. And you know what? Listening to this album too, I'm like, the bass lines. [01:04:28] Speaker B: That's real. That's so real. Like he signed Led Zeppelin to Atlantic Records. Damn. Bob Dylan. [01:04:39] Speaker A: Oh, he worked with a lot of white artists. [01:04:41] Speaker B: Yeah. He produced Bob Dylan and he worked with George Michael. I love George Michael. He did an early version of Careless Whisper. That is such a good song. [01:04:51] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:04:51] Speaker B: Tonight the music seems so loud I [01:04:55] Speaker A: wish that I could do this crowd Baby, it's better this way. [01:05:04] Speaker B: Okay. Cute. Okay, the impact of the album, Girl, lady soul babe, we just went over this. Do we really need to rehash what we just said? [01:05:14] Speaker A: Literally, if you think that this doesn't impact you, then you need to. [01:05:23] Speaker B: Anyways, Aretha. Aretha is music. She is music. So even just being a huge diva fan, I hear the influence when I heard some of the stuff, just even the way she was singing on this album, I'm like, oh, that's where Mariah got that. Oh, that's where Whitney got that. Oh, I see Seline there. Like, cuz they all went, this could sing. Let's do that. So that's what they did. [01:05:48] Speaker A: And it's like even like hearing when people did covers of the of her songs, like, yeah, they would do their own ad libs or like, whatever. But I'm just like, it is so hard to not try to stay true to what she did. [01:05:59] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:05:59] Speaker A: On her originals. And like even thinking of you make me feel like a natural woman. And like Kelly going for the high note, it's like, yeah, that's Kelly adding On her own twist. But, like, you hear it and you're like. You know that you. It's just a sign of respect. You're like, you gotta stay true to what she did too, as well. Yeah, but she's everything. [01:06:18] Speaker B: Yeah, she's amazing. That being said, do you want to rank the album tracks? Your two least favorite and your three favorite. You. Sorry. Your bottom two and your top three. [01:06:28] Speaker A: All love, all respect. I still love these songs, but my bottom two would have to be Comeback Baby and Groovin. I feel like those two, even along with Good to Me As I Am to you, But I think I like Good To Me As I Am to you a little bit better. They felt a little forgettable. [01:06:45] Speaker B: Yeah. I wasn't sure if it was just me because my. Maybe my attention was wavering at that point, but no, I guess it's not. Because you felt the same way. [01:06:54] Speaker A: Yeah, they weren't. They didn't feel as timeless as the other ones did, but yeah. No, I feel like these two songs are, like, performers today. Can't even achieve that. [01:07:05] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:07:06] Speaker A: You know. Yeah, they're still great. [01:07:08] Speaker B: Awesome. [01:07:09] Speaker A: What about you? [01:07:10] Speaker B: My bottom two is very similar to yours. I would say, in no particular order, My two least favorite are Good to Me As I Am to you and Groovin. All right, Like I said, I didn't love the melody for Good to me As I Am to you and Groovin. It was fine. I just. It wasn't really super memorable. I at least found the vocals to be, like, a powerhouse on Comeback Baby, so that kind of saved it for me. [01:07:38] Speaker A: Right. [01:07:38] Speaker B: But yeah, the other two, you know, not my. Not necessarily my favorite on the album. [01:07:44] Speaker A: I also, like, similarly to you, I'm like. I don't think I have one or over the other that I prefer for those two. Like, my bottom two, they just. For me, both. I'm like. I feel like these would be skips. [01:07:55] Speaker B: Yeah, that's fair. What about your top three? [01:07:59] Speaker A: Okay, so in third place, you make me feel like a natural woman. Enough said. Like, everything. My second place is people get ready. I really enjoy that one. Like, it feels. It feels very spiritual as somebody growing up in church. Like, I just. It just felt like a moment. Like one of those moments where you have your hand to your. Your hand to your chest, and then one hand to the ceiling, like just full raise. And then number one is Ain't no way. Ain't no way. [01:08:31] Speaker B: Iconic, baby. Iconic. [01:08:34] Speaker A: Everything. And I. I'm sure you agree. And if you don't, then go to hell. [01:08:40] Speaker B: Well, I have a very similar list to you, actually. So my number three is money won't change you. This I just thought was amazing. It was like a nice up tempo with those really powerful vocals and there's like this vibrato or something she was doing when she would hit those money notes. That really did something for me. So I loved that one. That's my number three. My number two is Ain't no way. Just an amazing song, a vocal powerhouse. Like I said, I've known about it for years and I've known it for years. So to go back to the original again was awesome. And then my number one is people get ready. I loved this song. I thought it was so sonically amazing. I thought the messaging was cool, even though I'm not a lyric man. So, yeah, it's. And the vocals were really what got it for me. Those, those money notes. The. This is like probably this or in a way is the vocal highlight of the album for me. So yeah, the, these are definitely my favorites. And you know, I, I, I love going to an album like this where you know the hits and you get to experience these songs you've never heard before that are just as much a part of the album as, you know, something like Natural Woman or Chain of Fools. [01:09:53] Speaker A: You know, knowing that Cam, I do do highly recommend that you listen to her rendition of Bridge over troubled Water. [01:10:01] Speaker B: Okay, I'll listen to that. [01:10:02] Speaker A: You said doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo. I don't even think he needs. I don't even know if I've listened to the original, Original actual song. I've only ever heard covers on top of covers on covers. Like the Josh Groban version with Brian McKnight. [01:10:17] Speaker B: I love Brian McKnight. Well, I love him on whenever you call. [01:10:20] Speaker A: He backed back at one though. He's like low key, going to hell. But it's okay. [01:10:24] Speaker B: But is he. [01:10:25] Speaker A: Yeah, he's like an awful father. [01:10:27] Speaker B: But anyways, he talks about Mariah too, after she pulled him on the duet of whenever you call. [01:10:32] Speaker A: Really? [01:10:33] Speaker B: Yeah, he talked. He was like. I don't know what he said, but he was like, Hussein, someone was better. And I'm like, okay, that's kind of unnecessary. [01:10:41] Speaker A: What the hell? Yeah, yeah, he's going to hell for many reasons. But her rendition of Bridge of like so good. Bridge over troubled water. [01:10:48] Speaker B: Just remember that I have a list I like. I have homework today. [01:10:52] Speaker A: You do? [01:10:53] Speaker B: And if I don't do it, I'm going to get in trouble. [01:10:54] Speaker A: You're going to get spanked. [01:10:56] Speaker B: Maybe I won't do it. [01:11:02] Speaker A: And with that, it brings us to. For us to grate the album, girl. [01:11:07] Speaker B: 3, 2, 1. [01:11:09] Speaker A: Deepa decoded. Like, Aretha. Like, what did you think? Like, actually, what did you think we were gonna give you? [01:11:16] Speaker B: If we gave anything else other than this? That's it. Like, bro, what are we doing? [01:11:20] Speaker A: Like, literally, what are we doing? What music are we been listening to? I think that would show how uneducated we are. [01:11:25] Speaker B: That'd be crazy. [01:11:26] Speaker A: Oh, my God. No, but this. She's literally the Queen of Soul for a reason. [01:11:30] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:11:31] Speaker A: And, like, for context, this season, when we were trying to go. We're going back and forth, trying to figure out how many episodes we need to make the season. Like, we're like, should be this, should be that. And then we were like, wait, we do need to make it 12, because there are so many queens of that we need to cover. And Queen of Soul to round it out with the Queen of Soul. [01:11:50] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:11:51] Speaker A: What better way to end it off? [01:11:52] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, we could not leave out Aretha. [01:11:56] Speaker A: Like, come on. So thank you for blessing us even beyond the grave. Thank you for continuing to remind us of what singing is actually like, what it actually means to be a vocalist, to be a performer, to be, like, an actual powerhouse, because there are so many fake powerhouses out there. Oh, should we name some? [01:12:17] Speaker B: No. [01:12:19] Speaker A: Just kidding. [01:12:19] Speaker B: You've come for some Someone enough this episode. [01:12:22] Speaker A: That's true. That's true. You know what? I don't need a season assist to come my way. So with that Cam, that rounds out season one. Oh, my God. [01:12:34] Speaker B: Well, the. Yeah, my God. That actually does. [01:12:37] Speaker A: Oh, my God. Wait, this is actually so emotional. So let's. We're going to close it out with a song. [01:12:42] Speaker B: Okay. [01:12:42] Speaker A: Let's just sing whatever song comes to our heart. Okay. [01:12:46] Speaker B: Sorry. [01:12:47] Speaker A: 3. [01:12:49] Speaker B: Come back to me. [01:12:50] Speaker A: Wait, what song were you gonna sing? [01:12:51] Speaker B: I was gonna sing Hero, but I was. [01:12:53] Speaker A: Oh, yes. Which one? [01:12:55] Speaker B: Then a hero comes along with the strength to carry on and you cast your fears aside. You know you can't sacrifice. Whoa. [01:13:12] Speaker A: Yeah. I don't know. It just feels so good to, like, sing and have people listen to us. [01:13:17] Speaker B: I know. And Nelly's always right. Hey, her opinion's always right. [01:13:25] Speaker A: And Cam is by my side and he is my guiding light. [01:13:34] Speaker B: Oh, that's so cute. [01:13:35] Speaker A: What can I say? And with that, folks, that rounds out season one. We thank you so much so, so, so much for joining us for this ride. We've got some fun things brewing for the next season. [01:13:49] Speaker B: Yes. [01:13:49] Speaker A: It is time for us to depart this time era. Shall we jump into our time machine? [01:13:55] Speaker B: Yeah. Why don't we give them a little teaser as to what we're going to be covering in season two? Oops. I did it again. Wait, let's not sing. We've done too much singing. [01:14:06] Speaker A: Yeah. And honestly, like, we can't. Like, we. Like, we're not getting paid for. [01:14:10] Speaker B: No, we need to get paid. [01:14:11] Speaker A: We need to get paid to sing. So Beyonce, donate to our e transfer. [01:14:16] Speaker B: Yeah. We'll have a paypal or something. [01:14:18] Speaker A: Yeah. So that we can continue singing and that we don't get copyright. Did. [01:14:22] Speaker B: Yeah. But no, we're going to be covering a lot of 2000s moments, early late 90s 2000s, so covering a bit of a different era. A Y2K moment, if you will. Brittany, Christina, Beyonce, obviously some more. Mariah, Selene, and Whitney and then also other artists. Yeah. Little Y2K. Yeah. I'm excited. [01:14:46] Speaker A: I hope you are too, Cam. It's been real. [01:14:52] Speaker B: It has been real. Quite the era, But I'm excited to move to more contemporary music that. That I already have a strong love for. [01:15:04] Speaker A: Yes. You know, and, you know, with this season, we've met the mothers, and now it's time to meet their daughters. [01:15:09] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:15:10] Speaker A: Ooh. [01:15:11] Speaker B: Ooh. Okay. [01:15:12] Speaker A: That. It's been diva decoded. [01:15:17] Speaker B: Thank you for listening to us. [01:15:24] Speaker A: Oh, wait, did I. We're supposed to say diva decoded. Anyways. Well, divas, I hope that you've learned a lot and excited for you to learn more through our sexy voices. [01:15:33] Speaker B: Yes. Thank you so much. And we'll see you next season. [01:15:36] Speaker A: Bye, divas. [01:15:37] Speaker B: Bye. [01:15:39] Speaker A: Okay, great gowns, beautiful gowns, great gowns. Okay. Beautiful, beautiful breakdowns. Beautiful gowns. Breakdowns are dancer. Great gowns, beautiful gowns, great gowns. Okay. Beautiful, beautiful, great gowns, beautiful gowns, great gowns, Great. Down, [01:16:27] Speaker B: Down.