{"id":13145,"date":"2018-08-14T15:32:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T22:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/?p=13145"},"modified":"2018-08-14T15:32:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T22:32:11","slug":"aretha-dont-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/aretha-dont-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Aretha, Don&#8217;t Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Aretha-Franklin-coolest.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13149\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Aretha-Franklin-coolest.jpg?resize=500%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Aretha don't go\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Aretha-Franklin-coolest.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Aretha-Franklin-coolest.jpg?resize=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As far back as I can remember listening to music, Aretha Franklin has been part of my life. She was my first idol. She made me feel like a natural woman at 15. No one ever surpassed her effect on me as a vocalist. Amy is a close second. But Aretha, she is a goddess.<\/p>\n<p>Her piano playing, her gospel singing, her infinite coolness, her strength, her femininity, her dignity, her furs, what more could you ask for?<\/p>\n<p>The last record of hers I actually spent cash money on was Young, Gifted and Black, a fucking masterpiece, but I have spent many happy hours listening to her on our digital files of a billion songs. Just like everyone, I feel like she is singing to me personally, one sister to another.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m writing now because I don&#8217;t want to say goodbye. Long live my darling first love and may we all think of her at every stage, young, old, fat, thin, fully alive and blessed with that commanding, singular, phenomenal voice. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8cF0tf35Mbo\">Our Queen forever and ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aretha-fur-2015.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13148\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aretha-fur-2015.jpg?resize=500%2C486&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Aretha, dont go\" width=\"500\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aretha-fur-2015.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aretha-fur-2015.jpg?resize=300%2C292&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As far back as I can remember listening to music, Aretha Franklin has been part of my life. She was my first idol. She made me feel like a natural woman at 15. 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