When I Think About You - Aretha Franklin | The Midnight Special

[@JaySmith-mz7vg]

Background singer was eating!!!!

[@johnclay661]

Shonuff!

[@Timbreteam]

@@johnclay661right , I’ve heard this many times and I recently watched it and realized it wasn’t Aretha

[@firelord_ozai]

A voice like no other❤

[@curtisphilumalee1447]

Her range in her voice is amazing. She hits notes so effortlessly which is truly a gift from god. Great upload

[@bsdgffishtuna5186]

its actually a gift from bob, not god. her dad was bobby.

[@livencali1]

❤❤

[@nr30199]

Aretha looked beautiful here. The hair, the dress and her makeup ❤ And of course her vocals were flawless ❤

[@xavierdallenmusicuniverse6304]

2:16 - 5:16 *Man Queen Aretha and the girls are just doing amazing vocal acrobats in ‘77*

[@quincycooper79]

Aretha Franklin voice is healing and heavenly, also her background singers on point.

[@VincentvanHeerden]

Nobody does it like Aretha❗️💯🤗💯❗️

[@BKARI215]

SANG RETHA!!!!!!!! Bring Aretha Back!!!

[@larrytatum1341]

THE ALBUM THAT THIS JEWEL IS FROM " Sweet Passion " was so highly underrated...it is one of my all time favorites by her!!

[@cleopatrajones2024]

This was my favorite time for her voice. I played the hell out of this album over and over and over again. I still play it till this very day. This is when I started listening to her. Perfect perfect excellent.

[@dkthagxd]

All those albums You, Sweet Passion, Almighty Fire (my favorite) I play all the things from that range of time back to back. 😆😆😆😆😆❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@darrylgaines2540]

🎯🎯🎯💯💯💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥💥💥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@rasun316]

...we meet again Ms. Jones! I'm definitely going to study this album and her performances from this channel..!

[@sandrad.williams3038]

👑 ❤ 👑 ❤ 👑 Not Just Queen Of Soul BUT.... 👑Queen Of Female Recording Artists👑 🎶👑 👑💖👑❤👑💖👑

[@gooffgoff89]

That part!!! 👌🏽❤️

[@MPardo-cx6jj]

BABEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! You ain't NEVER lied!!! She is the: G.O.A.T. , IMO!!!

[@heatherbates9179]

U r exactly right about this and no one will never be able to top that

[@vm7497]

Exactly!!

[@harlembaseballhittingacade4998]

dammmmmm just when you think you heard all her stuff, she comes with this and shows you why there will never be another, the greatest voice of allllllllll time, THE G.O.A.T

[@piustwelfth]

The studio version of this song is absolutely spectacular! Aretha does much more vocal pyrotechnics than she does in this live performance (although this is very good). Aretha made several excellent appearances on The Midnight Special during this period. Her live performance of "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" is one of her best.

[@MPardo-cx6jj]

"VOCAL PYROTECHNICS"...LMAO! That's an interesting new term! I like it! I also like where she sang live from her "Almighty Fire" album. Especially, the soulful and moving cut: "More Than Just A Joy," when Wolfman Jack hosted the show. She is the G.O.A.T., IMO!!!

[@luisarguello3791]

I think female soul singers like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight didn't exist anymore. They are the 2 best in the history of soul music and no one can take their positions in the ranking and this is not to disparage Minnie Riperton, Donna Summer, Natalie Cole, Witney Houston, Mavis Staples and so many other female singers who were virtuoso in this musical genre and of course they have also gone through this fantastic program. Thank you as always TMS for this new delivery

[@JQ127-c4e]

Thank God rap and hip hop hadn't infested music back then so we had classic songs by talented musicians we could look up to and respect.

[@quincycooper79]

​@@JQ127-c4eAgreed

[@johnclay661]

Totally agree!

[@swisschoklate736]

Keep your thoughts to yourself cuz you’re wrong and overly emotional. 😂

[@quincycooper79]

@@swisschoklate736 WTF

[@jodykessly8696]

One of her underrated GEMS...LOVE IT!!!!

[@JaySmith-mz7vg]

Whew!!! The. Queen! Her timing, phrasing and delivery 55-60!

[@richardhowe898]

Live music and a woman who can run with it and take it to a new level. Sweet Passion is one of her best albums period 😊

[@Emeless]

Her voice was given so much in the seventies. Love background call and responses from Margaret Branch.

[@WW-tg5pu]

Ain't Nothin' Like The Real Feelin' when Aretha sings and you get that boogie juice all over your body and you just wanna dance! Sensational!

[@chrisbrinkley8921]

Queen Aretha

[@baglady2652]

Queen of music

[@vm7497]

Yes!!

[@davidscheck682]

I always thought it was funny how during this time Aretha's voice was at it's peak and her albums sales were at their low! Arista needs to release those 5 albums from the late 70's.

[@ChedricBigby]

She didn't sign with Arista til 1980 so it's on Atlantic to do the reissues

[@MPardo-cx6jj]

@@ChedricBigby Aretha's estate owns the master tapes of those albums presently. She was proud to own those recordings after being ripped off at times! She was once attempting to sell them to Atlantic, but Atlantic wouldn't pay Aretha the amount of money she was asking for. So, the ball is in the hands of the Franklin family estate. If they should ever be sold, the Franklin family will get paid $$$$!!!

[@ChedricBigby]

@@MPardo-cx6jj Thank Goodness

[@oneloveatatime]

Absolutely love this. ❤

[@BashfulB]

WOW!!!! I remembered this filming. One of my favorites off this album. Seeing it "again" live brought back those same "chills"!!

[@ernest8105]

She was singing from her very soul; I had just gotten back from Japan and was waiting to go my last station. I would lay in my mother's back yard on the deck and just drink Stolichnaya Vodka and play spades and listen to Mother Sing!

[@lutherwilliams8429]

Wow!!!! That voice!!!!!!😍

[@gooffgoff89]

My GAWD Aretha blow!!! This sounds even better than the actual recording!!! I never see this! I’m loving it. Aretha looks amazing. ❤️I bought the album in a rare collectors records store about 20 years around and it blew me away. I had never heard this album before. This woman was undeniably a GIFT.

[@irisazuline8481]

Cada um de nós nascemos pra cermos único, RAINHA DO SOUUL SÓ É ÚNICA VOZ INIGUALÁVEL TE AMO

[@MPardo-cx6jj]

EVERYBODY IS ON POINT HERE!!! THE CONGA PLAYER IS KICKING A**!!!

[@jonathanknight3342]

This has always been one of my favorite songs of Aretha's, love it so much!!! Undeniably The Best voice ever!!!👍🏆🎆🎤🎶🎼

[@Jamie65-y4p]

Fantastically funky!

[@richardhowe898]

Sweet Passion is one of her best albums but not well known. Love seeing these live performances 🎉

[@deirdretodd5909]

I was 8 years old and I knew every song on this album it is my favorite and I love and miss the Queen of all music♥️♥️♥️

[@freedolphin3077]

The Queen.

[@dusroots]

OMGGGGGGF I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LIVE VIDEO OF THIS SONG FOR THE LONGEST! THANK YOU SO MUCH! 😭😭😭🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿♥️♥️♥️

[@themountainsandthesea4121]

Wow!🎉

[@brianbrino4310]

Our lovely Aretha with her beautiful voice full of emotion and intensity! Wonderful and missed forever! ❤❤

[@SDSFG45]

as a music major in college, I can remember reading autobiographies and the musical history of the greatest of the great vocalists. And it never ceased to amaze me how many times I saw the definition of "SOUL" defined in a way that was more similar among those greats, be them black or white or otherwise. And the quotes that I recall the most are the ones that I read from the likes of Aretha, James Brown, Bonnie Raitt, Michael McDonald, Patti LaBelle, George Clinton, Bobby WOMACK and Prince. All of them pretty much defined it the same way...with James Brown being the one who absolutely nailed it. And he said "SOUL is expressed in a way thats natural TO YOU. Your job as a singer, is connecting the soul in your gut, with what you can do with your voice...and if you can do that at the highest level, thats when the Holy Ghost walks into the room". So, when you see one of the great masters of this genre of music, in Aretha, singing SOUL...she sings in almost a surreal way, because her voice was ALWAYS connected to her soul. All you have to do to witness what Im talking about, is watching her close her eyes while she is singing. Thats!....soul.

[@gooffgoff89]

Your comment is phenomena! ❤👌🏽

[@gooffgoff89]

She literally sings effortlessly ❤️

[@ThomasStrom-b2k]

Wow how did I miss this back in 77.

[@MPardo-cx6jj]

WOW!!! Thank you so very much for posting! I've waited for all the performances she sang during this event for years; I thought it would probably never happen! She was absolutely on FIRE during this show! Her voice was absolutely in GREAT, SPLENDID FORM! The: G.O.A.T., in my opinion! Her #1 fan!

[@branevans3705]

Queen of all queens. Love her ❤❤

[@majorboyce123]

I wore my mother's 45 out playing this over and over. The other side was Touch Me Up. Aretha Franklin the Sweet Passion album was actually a very good one. Just because disco was burning up the dance floor doesn't mean Aretha was not doing her thing. To see Lady soul sing this song again live brings back so many memories. Thanks for the memories uploader.

[@gooffgoff89]

So, so, so true!! Disco was out but R&B was still strong and outlived the disco era. Aretha was still throwing down when disco appeared and after it died out. I miss this woman and her uber stellar voice! What a gift she was. ❤🌹💐

[@valeriecheersbrown4829]

When I Think About You Babe 🔥 🔥 🎉

[@floydfelder3580]

Sing Queen,I love ❤️ this song,her range is out of this world 😊,long live the Queen of Soul 🔥🔥👑👏

[@sirblack1619]

Queen and the girls was looking so sexy in this clip! I love it! And Queen was squalling all over the place.

[@notinmyUSMC]

We miss her dearly. RIP, Aretha.

[@andrieswillemdeboer5675]

She is the best forever!!

[@ReinaldoMattos-l7s]

A Rainha das rainhas

[@rochellewarren5008]

💜🔥

[@PeaceBrotha]

Thanks so much for this. She looked and sounded amazing, lots of fun here. I'm hoping to see Meadows of Springtime from the same night, in a future post.

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

Thanks so much for the support, it is greatly appreciated.

[@larrytatum1341]

LOVE THE VIDEO.....MY 1st time seeing it...thanks!!!!!

[@PonziZombieKiller]

She gotz it ! Whoop

[@SteveKraus]

The Queen

[@HappyPerson870]

She sounds good

[@juanlove6139]

Wow!! You better sing that song, 'Retha!!!!!! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@piustwelfth]

There's just one word for this performance -- FABULOUS!

[@sarahearley5404]

I want this feeling to last forever!

[@andrieswillemdeboer5675]

if there is more of this please, please post it thanks!!!!!!

[@outtathyme5679]

Queen goddess

[@Mongo76]

i love this song from that album so great to see a live version

[@sibun7153]

Sing Pat!!!

[@floydfelder3580]

Correction,its Aretha,the Queen of Soul 👑

[@sibun7153]

@floydfelder3580 lol! Pat Smith was one of her backup singers. In this particular performance her part is more prominent than usually.

[@eduardos8031]

Ray Charles The Midnight Special | March 30, 1973 13:21 Aretha 13:21 A Brand New Me

[@tommiemorgan7703]

🔥🔥🔥

[@daniellaarias7583]

❤🙌♥️🙌♥️

[@theflygemini]

TBE!

[@jimmiesmith5811]

Produced by the late great Lamont Dozier

[@gooffgoff89]

The Philly sound-yes! ❤️

[@TrumpetSAE]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@scr5051]

Vozarrón

[@floydfelder3580]

Very strange remark 🤔🤔🤔

[@catpocalypsenow8090]

Great singing but not a whole lot of melody in this song.

[@melregissings]

That was the problem with most of her late 70s material. But the singing was awesome.

[@PeaceBrotha]

Yep. It's almost as though she wrote this just for some enjoyable vocal acrobatics.

[@vm7497]

It's 1970's music. We rocked to music like this back then.

[@MPardo-cx6jj]

You are so right!!! Although, I'm not complaining! I'm GREEDY when it comes to her GLORIOUS singing! I LOVE practically EVERYTHING sung by Aretha! Her #1 fan!

[@mtcoh]

The arrangements weren't tight enough.

[@TheDwdude]

The Queen