![]() ![]() See the biggest sports and entertainment stars at The Forum in Inglewood, California. It seems that everyone wanted to introduce Aretha to Atlanta's young singing sensation, Miss Gladys Knight upon which Aretha clearly appeared ’t miss out on the opportunity to buy your Forum tickets today at TicketSmarter. ![]() I have heard that the little situation with Aretha and Gladys started when they were just teenagers and Aretha was traveling the Gospel circuit with her Dad, the Rev C.L. That's an entirely different can of worms that I'm sure other artists could relate to whether they care to state it publicly or not. I've seen her in concert a few times and she has always been very personable and come off as very down to earth.īobC, I don't see Gladys publicly stating her frustration with a part of the industry that she's frustrated with as an example of her character as a person. Now I have NEVER, EVER heard any negativity about Gladys Knight's character. A friend who was a member of the choir for the gospel segment of the 2008 Grammys told me that Aretha snapped at BeBe Winans during the rehearsals stating that he was singing on her lines. I honestly believe that Aretha has a fear of being upstaged. ![]() Gladys just said that Aretha had a problem giving respect and left it at that. I always wondered what was the tiff between Gladys and Aretha. She and Anita also did not get along for years but Chaka and Aretha are surprisingly very close. I've loved black music since I was a kid but I won't give poor, mistreated millionaire Gladys another dime of my money, since I am one of those evil whites.Īretha has been a bit notorious with her "beefs" with other artists. I really can't believe that I used to believe this crap. Do a search on the biggest selling artists of the 50's [[before I was even born)-nearly half were black [[Platters, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard) even though I've read over and over that 60's Motown broke the racial barriers. People are tired of being accused of racism. I found it astonishing that having seen Gladys' shows, and the racially mixed crowd she draws, that she would insult her white fans this way. Blacks for the most part don't buy C&W, heavy metal or rock, and that isn't considered racism. Number one, black artists don't make less money, number two, people buy records according to style, not race. I stopped buying anything by Gladys when she made IMO extremely offensive remarks about white racism being behind black artists not making as much money as white artists. She may not be a saint, but I have never heard her characterized as B*T*CH either. I've never really heard of Gladys Knight being mean or mistreating people. In Mary Wilson's book she talked about growing up with Aretha, Carolyn, the Franklins and how they all loved to hear Aretha sing at her father's church. Love her voice, but can't stand the person. Which is probably why Aretha deigned to record with her. Annie Lennox said Aretha was a much more "natural singer" [[than Annie), and Annie looked up to that innate ability. The Eurythmics recorded a song with Aretha called Sisters Are Doing it For Themselves. I've yet to hear one positive thing about her, other than her obvious ability to sing. Jobete is right-Aretha is all about Aretha and her maintaining her "crown." If you read any soul divas' memoirs, they will either not mention Aretha at all, mouth some inoffensive platitude towards her, or relate some nasty tale about her. The last time I saw her, Aretha looked like ten lbs of sugar in a five lb sack. ![]()
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