Aretha Franklin Night 2 2004 Live from the Greek theatre LA

[@laron323]

I was there that night, it was my first time seeing her in person. You are greatly missed Momma Ree.

[@andysilva2615]

Tell me how was to heard her in live ???

[@laron323]

@@andysilva2615 incredible!!! And I got to see her 3 more times after that!

[@jodykessly8696]

@@andysilva2615 I've seen Aretha live twice and because I'm much younger, I didn't get to see her in her prime. Both times I saw her, it was difficult to hear her voice over the band...I believe she was trying to conceal her voice a little (she didn't have the upper range as in her recordings). At one event (Pasadena , CA.), the audience stood up and started chanting "WE CAN'T HEAR YOU! WE CAN'T HEAR YOU!" She threw a fake tantrum at the sound man and told him to fix the sound! It got a little better but not by much. There should NEVER be an occasion where you can't hear the star or lead vocalist!!!! At least with Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, when they were not at their vocal best....you could hear them CLEARLY!!!

[@SamCorNat]

The night air could not hold you back. I hear your voice fighting through. Sing Queen. Miss you 😢

[@DAMIAN512]

Imagine if Ree had full vox - she was truly feelin’ it that night. The duet w/ Allie Woodson “Make It Up To You” was fire. I enjoyed hearing one of the worlds greatest singers w/ only half of what she had. You are forever Queen.

[@Nonrelatable_t]

That would of been great 🤩😌

[@Graz_Mc]

What's the back story here? Was she unwell? Or do you mean if she had her prime era quality?

[@DAMIAN512]

@@Graz_Mc I simply meant if she was not under the weather that particular night. You can tell she was fighting a cold & hoarse but I applaud her for pushing herself especially on Make It Up To You w/ Allie Woodson.

[@ronaldc3224]

People keep saying her voice not sound good, but kept pushing like real entertainer do,one and only queen of soul 😍🔥💪

[@teresahen]

Aretha kept it pushing I love this

[@jodykessly8696]

She had lost her crystal clear upper mezzo soprano voice range. Her contemporaries Gladys and Patti, who've been in the business and touring just as long as her...still have most of their brilliant instrument (voice) in tack. I loved Aretha, so I still enjoyed the show!!!

[@marylenabrown9634]

The cold nor the heat put a crack in those vocals, still sound good.

[@lutherwilliams8429]

i know how it is. when i get hoarse, it is hard to express myself, but she still sound good!

[@whitneyfan9019]

Her voice is amazing!

[@jodykessly8696]

I was at this concert! Aretha hadn't been to Cali in about 10 years, so she rocked the house!!!!!!

[@bridgesmario]

my my my ''Aretha''

[@diniastuart3137]

Wow she looks beautiful and she also sound beautiful miss you ree ree and love u baddd

[@kaefreemanduchess719]

⚪WOW🍥 Ms Franklin she looks GORGEOUS as always ⚪⚪⚪R⚪I⚪P⚪⚪⚪ ⚪GORGEOUS LADY⚪

[@noreneal7252]

Anybody who can do jazz and scat, opera, gospel, rock, pop, r&b/soul, play the piano like a mad women, preach, shout, and etc. all in one concert is a damn genius!!! This concert was Awesome 👏🏾 That’s my first time hearing the Queen cuss lmaooo 😂

[@Nonrelatable_t]

When did she cuss? 😂what time

[@noreneal7252]

@@Nonrelatable_t 45:42 her lashes were coming out lol let me know when you hear it 😂

[@Nonrelatable_t]

@@noreneal7252 "aw shit" 😂😂😂lmaooo I love her so much. And her laugh is so cute and auntie like 😂🤩

[@noreneal7252]

@@Nonrelatable_t 💯💯💯

[@jaredcooper9111]

@@Nonrelatable_t Damn, and I used to think the only time she would cuss was whenever KFC ran out of scrawburry soda.

[@jessiebrown4139]

Forever and always will be the true queen don't forget it people

[@arnold934]

She was so genuine

[@MrsMattMurphy]

The eyelashes! Up there when she threw her wig to her security dude on her BET Honors haha

[@kentallen3857]

Nothing tops the wig. When she snatched that wig off that was a throwdown for the ages. Jennifer tried with the shoe but she couldn't upstage the Queen. Aretha was a polished Ghetto Queen. The wig incident came out of the Black church...when a sister got filled with the spirit some would snatch their hats off. Strictly old school. Aretha was the last of the Black Divas which started with Ma Rainy, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Dinah Washington, and Pearl Bailey. Bottom line Aretha made many fans "So Damn Happy".

[@jaypeia264]

'bout time someone uploaded a full live concert. Was just remembering her...this made me so...happy!!!

[@gloriahenson7933]

Beautiful soul I know she is in heaven ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@nopjack7278]

Oh bless His name! Unashamedly & unapologetically! Ms. Aretha never let go of her faith and she knew how to take us to church and loved to praise God...it was a part of her core being. Beautiful! I thoroughly enjoyed this concert...thanks for posting.

[@sharonsimmons7824]

Love Aretha Franklin rest in jesus love always.

[@larrytatum1341]

She looks beautiful and sounds great as usual!

[@jaredcooper9111]

@@larrytatum1341 She sounds pretty good, I wouldn’t say she looks quite so beautiful this night though.

[@twilliams3593]

I love and respect her so much!😍😍😍

[@brendadavis2499]

The Queen I love Aretha Franklin! I enjoyed seeing you in concert on here. Thanks!

[@sanjoserock1]

SANG YOUR HIGHNESS.............STILL ROCKIN WITH YOU IN 2023........ALL HAIL THE QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!

[@oneloveatatime]

I love this..Thank you for sharing.

[@JewelsR4ever]

Hey cuz!!!

[@chrisclayborne2486]

Aretha Franklin kind of sound like she's having a little problem with her voice but I love how she keeps on trying and keeps on pressing cause sometimes that's what you haft to do keep on and keep on

[@soulvilleinc.628]

21:23 all the way to 22:17 😢 Love you Queen you always be in my heart

[@cinematicmoviedude]

The 24:50 mark omg. Her and the four tops did I WANNA MAKE IT UP TO YOU in 1982

[@nopjack7278]

Ms. Aretha was a musical genius. Just listen how she was sure to sing from the lower registers in order to make it through the entire concert in that CA cold night air...all for the paying fans.

[@marimuffin]

When she said "aw shit" lol I love her

[@jaredcooper9111]

I know I was like “Now who messed up your order this time, Ree Ree?”

[@chrisclayborne2486]

I love seeing Aretha Franklin live in concert it's a wonderful and souleful feeling this is my first time of seeing this live performance and I love this one two Aretha live in 2004 the queen of soul miss you Aretha Franklin

[@jonathanknight3342]

I Like Ollie W. singing with her because they are both great singers and they bounce off of each other well. I could listen to them all night long!👏👏👏😘🎉

[@andrieswillemdeboer5675]

Thanks for posting this I love it and I love my queen!

[@JewelsR4ever]

I freaking LOVE IT!!!! #AllHailTheQueen

[@lamusiclover2264]

When she performed indoors, she always had the venue turn off the air conditioning because she said it affected her voice, so all of us in the venue would be dying of heat exposure. Twice I saw her with no A/C, and it was murder.

[@malcumx5933]

🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@jaredcooper9111]

A big woman like Aretha with no A/C? Wow, that’s a shocker.

[@lamusiclover2264]

@@jaredcooper9111 We were all dying. In one show she got up in the middle of a song ( and she was playing piano) and she walked offstage to go to the bathroom. Madonna had the AC turned off at a concert once. We were dying!

[@Jhud72]

What’s was so AMAZING about Aretha was that her voice got BETTER with Age, she sounded just like her Records.

[@newmenewme-vi3mr]

Don't know about that....Aretha has experienced more vocal changes than any artist that I have ever heard. However, she was able to adapt almost seamlessly to the changes. That, in my opinion is what makes her the ultimate vocalist.

[@Jhud72]

newme10 newme10 She will always be the Queen of Soul forever

[@JimRockfordFiles]

It was a rough one for her, but she pushed through like a soldier.

[@jaredcooper9111]

It would be rough for me to if I was wearing them small ass pants.

[@warpath1295]

Lol

[@sweetssweeter2734]

She tore Precious Memories up!!!.... with laryngitis and all.... it starts at 1:00:38...ooooo child!!!

[@stucker1214]

Wonder what they'll do with her musical charts and scores.

[@TyHarrellShow]

I really enjoyed her duet with Allie Woodson on "Make It Up To You" that was smooth and soulful Aretha was into that song. I like when she said I'm over here. LOL I also enjoyed "Ain't No Way" the Queen sounded a little under the weather but she still knew her way around a song.

[@flavioguimaraes7479]

Amazing

[@leonardomartins343]

Precious memories beautiful concert love it thank you very much 👏❤❤ Aretha 🎶⚘⚘❤

[@frankzito8653]

I was at this concert, and I know Aretha wasn't at her best.....But I think she sounds great regardless. She still has all of her ad libs, runs, and a few squalls. She was fantastic!

[@ZezeKanizi]

Minha diva te amo!❤

[@lisaaugustin5400]

Aretha loved to get big !!!!

[@cortney4soul]

Show your picture...let’s see what you look like.

[@marimuffin]

i'm crying lmfaoo

[@horlicks3920]

@@cortney4soul Hello somebody!!.

[@horlicks3920]

You're the pot calling the black. She could afford to get big. How about you ? What pot you got?

[@jaredcooper9111]

@@marimuffin The Queen loved the whole damn pig, from snout to tail.

[@wilbaseals5749]

I first saw Areatha in Dallas at the memorial auditorium in 1967 with a group of nurse friends girls night out !!! It was marvelous then and she was marvelous to the day she passed !!

[@lgvillard]

Thx for sharing this !!!

[@rubensbatistachaves5539]

Ela foi um anjo que passou um verão conosco.🍺🍺🗿🗿

[@sandrobiral3874]

Magnifica;;;

[@lawrenceharris6259]

Thank you I needed this 👑👑👑👑👑👑🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@thegodblogger3812]

Queen Ree FOREVAH

[@arnold934]

What a genuine legit praise break!

[@talinthawatson1109]

What a performance during the 2020-21 pandemic, WOW Re❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎼🎤🎵🎶

[@daviddozois7256]

Have not seen eyes like yours before 4 there is a light above my head ! Mr& d.

[@damhar]

Thank God for giving us a great voice. even with cancer, she push her way to each concert to please her fans. Thank you Aretha

[@user-yv9ex5oz3h]

Miss you Aretha Franklin 💖💖 you erani your heavenly wings.Much 💗💗 always.Queen of Soul forever 🙏

[@dwaynewardell8024]

SETLIST: Get It Right (0:00) Sparkle (4:32) Think (8:48) Sweet Bitter Love (12:07) Respect (15:43) Call Me (20:20) I Wanna Make It Up to You (26:22) Ain't No Way (32:12) __________________________________ So Damn Happy (43:04) Nessun Dorma (47:55) Cherokee (52:04) Precious Memories (1:00:48) Freeway of Love (1:13:07) Make Them Hear You (1:21:39) ENCORE: Freeway of Love (1:26:45)

[@peacelight7858]

Imagine have that age and sing like this she said they had so many problems to get to that concert but they didn’t quit 💐🎉with her magnitude she could have said cancel the concert but instead she went 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐Honouring her commitments 🎷🎺🎹🎤👑🏆love it💐💋🎉

[@jk9161]

Love it 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@daviddozois7256]

They say? That Life is short but WE KNOW that LIFE IS 4 the LIVING,RIGHT Ms. AF. Love ,d.

[@jimstettler3931]

I was there!!

[@marimuffin]

32:08 Aint No Way

[@genesissuatariau]

1:14:33 good save on the drums

[@ThiagoLopes-ck2xg]

12:00 Sweet bitter Love 💕

[@pingunootnoot1838]

41:37 “That’s right. We got all night. And I ain’t going nowhere til I get through”

[@gloriahenson7933]

All the negative remarks bet you could not have done what she did

[@TheNYHITTINGACADEMY]

one of the few times you hear that she is hoarse i think was the 3rd show in 3 days

[@jk9161]

Do you have more Aretha Franklin posted if you do thank you

[@daviddozois7256]

She sais HELP ! Moi

[@popetzm1]

Get it right sounds like all for you by Janet Jackson. But I know the song came out before Janet Jackson's all for you

[@sibun7153]

I always wonder what those orchestra players think while playing this type of concert. I mean they had church!

[@libiar]

15:55

[@marimuffin]

18:50 Call Me

[@daviddozois7256]

Like me ‘ wounded Warrior/ HEALER

[@vinnylona4177]

Isn’t this the tour when Jennifer Hudson opened up for Aretha ?

[@popetzm1]

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾💯💯💯🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾❤️❤️🎤🎤👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@markdrinkwater1508]

Her top voice was seriously off this night.

[@arnold934]

1:03:17 ...... my gawd

[@arnold934]

Oh shit

[@enasctoadkins]

Hey everyone, where was this concert?

[@imagefactoryproductions]

Greek theatre ...Los angeles

[@enasctoadkins]

@@imagefactoryproductions Thanks a million!

[@daviddozois7256]

I wanna have all the girls made me x wouldn’t have it any other way!!! DJMD

[@daviddozois7256]

MLVC

[@matthewmurray9738]

Is that Whitney Houston at 1:05:22??

[@MisterMel92]

You really think Whitney would be singing in Arethas choir?

[@colorpurple4623]

@@MisterMel92 yes why not, after all She has done it before. that's what's wrong with people today, think they've reach some kind of pentacle, Aretha is the highest pentacle one can reach, to be her back up singers or singing in her choir, take up up a few notches, and it doesn't get any better then that! baby.

[@JustTheLonelyTalk]

@@colorpurple4623 Whitney did it early in her career after TBG I doubt she would be singing backup for anyone. After that point singing background for anyone would be a major step down for her.

[@lisaaugustin5400]

She sounds out of breath !!!

[@marimuffin]

lmfaoo

[@jaredcooper9111]

I would too if I weighed about 300 pounds and ate nothing but pigs feet and chitlins and pork bellies and mac n’ cheese and meatloaf and deep fried chicken and baked okra and chicken wings and turkey wings and deep fried green tomatoes and cheesy buttered biscuits and sweet potato pie and apple pie and peach cobbler.

[@GrooviGhouli]

I don't know why, I don't know how but Aretha is just TOO DAMN BIG!!! WTH??!!!

[@kentallen3857]

Someone should have told Aretha the slacks she was wearing was unflattering. And just because she was crowned the queen of soul doesn't mean she never has a off night. Aretha is on a off night here. She sounds terrible. I loved Aretha' art, but this is not Aretha at her best.

[@AO-pz5ec]

Sooo, how long would've u lasted? 16 to 78years span of over century Never satisfied To fat To slow Y'all so cruel and so critically rude. Shut ya ur face and go sit down. Thanks God she'd been through sooo much in her LIFE TIME, she was her own PERSON. Again, shut up or keep quiet... Always be he QUEEN

[@geraldtyus8645]

When were you in concert last? What part of her ensemble did you purchase? How many President's have invited you to perform at the White House? Her check still cleared after this performance. Could you match what she did vocally? Zip your lips and padlock your brain, cut off the offending fingers you typed these criticism s with if you can't compete.

[@teresahen]

WELL, don't watch a person voice is not perfect all the time plus she gained weight smh

[@cleopatrajones2024]

Horrible period in her life. Her voice was the worse at this time. She could barely sing and she was out of breathe.

[@imagefactoryproductions]

CLEOPATRA JONES she did the night before for a recording...and your right ...that was never released... still any Aretha is better than than any of the girls in the top 20 now,

[@fleeceshawl]

Image Factory productions Kissinger Any Aretha is good...is very true indeed! 💓

[@markdrinkwater1508]

Her top was down here, all singers have off nights, but don't think that this was a reflection of all of her live singing at this time. When she played the Kodak Theatre in LA a few months after this, she raised the roof and brought much of the audience to tears with a soaring full-top voice and belts that many thought she was no longer capable of, her rendition of Celine Dions 'Have You Ever Been In Love' at this 2005 performance was almost too much for some, Clive Davis wept and Arethas high belts were almost possessed. There are many great examples of Aretha in full unmatched belting voice from 2005 right up until 2016. I saw her in New York City in 2011 and her Bridge Over Troubled Water and One Night With The King were vocal masterpieces.

[@cleopatrajones2024]

@@forevermusictunes whoa, I didn't know she was your cousin.

[@cleopatrajones2024]

@@forevermusictunes Hey Candace, hope you're doing ok. Love ya from the Ugly bitch. hahahahahahahha Didnt see your response until now.

[@kentallen3857]

Terrible 😬!

[@imagefactoryproductions]

thanks for your honesty

[@colorpurple4623]

maybe not her best but terrible, never, after all she had a cold and the night air bothers her and she admit that. She sounds better then you on her worst day if there be such a thing.

[@teresahen]

Go watch nothing else can you sing a person's voice is not perfect

[@Nonrelatable_t]

@@colorpurple4623 right!!tell em

[@Nonrelatable_t]

It wasnt even close!🖕🏾

[@lauralewis1290]

Love you, Ree!! ⚘BLM 👏🏾 RIP😪🕊🙏🏽🎧🤗