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[lively piano music playing]
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-[door opens]
-[indistinct chatter]
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[C.L.] Ree?
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Ree?
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Wake up, baby.
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They wanna hear you sing.
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You wanna sing?
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Yes, please.
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All right.
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[indistinct chatter
and laughter]
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Clarence,
Ella's looking for you.
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Wait here, Ree.
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-I'll be right back.
-Okay.
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[woman] They butchered
my essay.
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Took all the politics out.
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Can you believe that?
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Communism is absolutely
for the Negro.
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How else are we gonna have
everything we ever wanted?
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Now, how does
a man with one eye
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play like he has four hands?
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You been practicing?
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Yes, Mr. Tatum.
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[woman] She could hit
three octaves easy.
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[man] You know, you the finest
looking cat here, right?
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Nigga, I know that.
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What else you got?
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Hey, Ree.
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Hey, Uncle Sam.
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[Sam] No more segregated
clubs for me.
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I'm not walking through
no one's kitchen
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to get to the stage.
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[woman] I said to them,
"I'm so happy to be
performing in England,
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but just remember
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there's only one Heaven,
one Earth,
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and one queen.
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Me. Dinah Washington."
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[chuckles]
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"That Elizabeth on y'alls
throne is an imposter."
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-You didn't.
-Oh, yes, I did.
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-And I made 'em bow before me.
-[chuckles]
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Well, look out, y'all.
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The entertainer is here.
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Hi.
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[Duke] He said he wanted
a race novel.
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Sure, he desegregated
the army.
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But he didn't do
a damn thing after that.
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-Hi, Aunt Ella. Uncle Duke.
-Hey.
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[C.L.] You ready, Ree?
Come on.
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Excuse me? [clears throat]
Everyone.
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Everyone.
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For those of you visiting
my home for the first time,
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this is my daughter, Aretha.
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She'd like to sing
a little something for you.
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What would you
like to sing, Ree?
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How old is she?
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She's 10,
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but her voice's
going on 30, honey.
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[C.L.] Aretha would
like to perform
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My Baby Likes to Bebop.
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Damn!
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I was gonna record that
on my next album.
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[laughter]
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Can we do a duet?
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♪ I was bopped on the head♪
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♪ Now I'm tall as a treetop♪
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♪ And just to end like new♪
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♪ I find the melody's dead
'Cause my baby likes to bebop♪
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♪ And I love to bebop too♪
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[scatting]
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♪ I love to bebop too♪
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[man] Sing, baby!
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[scatting]
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♪ How I love to bebop too♪
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♪ I saw old Uncle Ned
Do a dance and a flip-flop♪
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♪ He jumped
Like the hepcats do♪
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♪ I flipped my lid when he said
"My baby likes to bebop"♪
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♪ And boy... ♪
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[scatting]
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♪ And I like to bebop too♪
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[cheering and applauding]
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Back to bed with you.
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[all groan]
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[cheering and applause]
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[young Aretha singing along]
♪ Oh, when the saints♪
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♪ Go marching in♪
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♪ Oh, when the saints
Go marching in♪
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Those white folks don't know
what to do with her.
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Sock it to 'em, Clara!
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[young Erma] Yeah, Grandma!
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Sock it to 'em!
Sock it to 'em!
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[singing continues on TV]
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[doorbell rings]
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Momma's here!
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[door opens]
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-[Aretha] Momma!
-[chuckling]
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God! Babe,
I missed you so much.
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[Aretha] Hi! Momma!
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[chuckles]
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Mommy!
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[screams excitedly]
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My babies!
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[chuckling] My precious!
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[children chuckling]
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[Barbara chuckles]
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Come on, let's go! Let's go!
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-Let's go!
-[young Erma] Bye, Grandma!
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[Barbara] Come on, baby!
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[young Aretha]
Let's go in the car!
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[Barbara]
♪ In everything♪
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♪ That's light and gay♪
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♪ I'll always think of you
That way ♪
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♪ I'll find you
In the morning sun♪
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♪ And even when
The night is new♪
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♪ I'll be looking at the moon♪
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♪ But I'll be seeing♪
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♪ You♪
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[kisses]
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Sing another one, Momma!
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Oh, Ree,
that's the third song now.
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Please?
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[clicks tongue]
No, I want to talk.
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-[pleadingly] Please?
-Oh, God.
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Oh, all right.
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What if I sing-talk, hmm?
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♪ How is Aretha doing?♪
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♪ Aretha's doing all right♪
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♪ Just all right?♪
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♪ What about church? ♪
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[Aretha] ♪ We praising
the Lord, Momma!♪
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♪ Praising the Lord!♪
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-♪ Praising! ♪
-♪ Praising! ♪
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-♪ Praising! ♪
-♪ Praising! ♪
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-♪ Praising the Lord! ♪
-♪ Praising the Lord! ♪
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[both] ♪ All day long♪
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[Barbara chuckling]
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You still singing
at the Saturday night parties?
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Yeah.
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Mmm. Don't say "yeah".
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"Yeah" is common. Say "yes".
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Yes.
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You enjoy it?
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-Yeah. Yes.
-Uh-uh.
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[Barbara chuckles]
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Look at me, Ree.
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If you ever don't
want to sing, don't.
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I love singing.
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No, I know. I know.
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Your daddy doesn't
own your voice, Ree.
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Nobody does but God.
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And you don't ever
have to fear any man.
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You understand?
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You are so worthy, Ree.
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Don't you ever let anybody
tell you otherwise.
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Yes, Momma.
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[young Aretha sobbing softly]
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Oh, Ree, don't cry.
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Come on, I'll see you
for your birthday.
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Three weeks is a long time.
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I know, but I am
always with you.
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Even when I'm not there.
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Okay?
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Go.
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[C.L.] Ree, get back here!
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Ree!
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[softly] Goodbye!
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Bye, Momma!
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[Clara] ♪ We're marching♪
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[congregation] ♪ We're marching
Marching up to Zion♪
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♪ That beautiful ♪
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[congregation]
♪ That beautiful♪
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♪ City of Zion ♪
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Ree?
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Ree?
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I'm the oldest. I should be
in the front of the line.
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Hush.
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We have nothing
to fear, church.
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'Cause what is the white man
compared to God?
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[congregation agreeing]
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What is any law, any injustice
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compared to the power
of our Lord?
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[congregation agreeing]
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'Cause He will deliver us
from the den like Daniel.
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And Daniel went
into that lion's den.
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Daniel went into
that lion's den.
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-Yes, Jesus!
-Not yelling,
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nor fussing.
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Not crying!
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-Not complaining!
-No!
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Praising the Lord!
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-Yeah!
-'Cause he knew
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the Lord was with him.
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He feared no man!
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Can you hear me, church?
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I wish somebody
would pray with me
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-'cause He will!
-He will!
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-[C.L.] He will!
-He will!
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He will shut the jaws
of segregation,
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and any man, person,
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or institution that would dare
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stand against us.
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He took us from slavery,
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he took us from
the valley of reconstruction.
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-[applause]
-[C.L.] Freedom!
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-Freedom!
-[C.L.] Freedom!
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Freedom!
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-Freedom!
-[congregation] Freedom!
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Freedom now!
Praise Him! Praise Him!
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-Preach, Daddy, preach!
-[C.L.] Hallelujah.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[boy] Hey? Ree?
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Ree!
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How come
you're not singing tonight?
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Daddy didn't ask me to.
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What's your doll's name?
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Dee.
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Mmm. That's a pretty name.
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You're pretty, too.
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What's your boyfriend's name?
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[laughs] I don't have
a boyfriend.
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I can be your boyfriend.
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Would you like that?
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We'll have fun.
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[Mama Franklin singing]
♪ There's my♪
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♪ Luck wrong♪
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Come on, Ree!
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I don't want to.
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Ree, I will beat your behind.
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What are you doing?
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I don't care if you beat me.
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I don't want my hair done.
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Don't you wanna look pretty
for church tomorrow?
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No!
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Y'all wait in the living room.
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Come on.
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Don't sweat out all my work.
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That's gotta last you
all week!
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Sit down.
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You wanna tell me
what's wrong?
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Ree-Ree?
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I know you don't
wanna tell me,
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but you can always
tell the Lord, Ree.
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He loves you, no matter what.
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[sighs]
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[Sam on speakers]
♪ I am standing♪
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♪ On the Jordan♪
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♪ Gazing across♪
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♪ Thy stormy tide♪
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You're supposed
to be in bed, Ree.
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♪ There I'll rest
my every burden♪
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Come, come and join me
for a while.
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♪ Till all doubts and fears♪
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♪ Lord, subside
Whoa, yes♪
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What if I wasn't here?
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What do you mean by that?
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-I don't know.
-[phone ringing]
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Hello?
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[C.L.] See how nicely
their voices are blending?
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They let Sam
take the proper lead.
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Too many members of our choir
try to stand out
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instead of supporting
the soloist.
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Clarence?
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Come to the phone.
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-Play this next.
-Okay.
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Right back.
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-[Mama Franklin]
Barbara's dead.
-[C.L.] How?
266
00:14:45,545 --> 00:14:47,479
[Mama Franklin] Heart attack.
267
00:14:47,514 --> 00:14:49,921
[Sam continues singing
on speakers]
268
00:14:52,090 --> 00:14:54,453
[C.L.] I'll tell them
in the morning, Mama.
269
00:14:54,488 --> 00:14:57,324
No. No, you cannot
wait till tomorrow
270
00:14:57,359 --> 00:15:00,327
to tell them
their momma is dead.
271
00:15:00,362 --> 00:15:01,559
-[gasps]
-[glass shatters]
272
00:15:06,104 --> 00:15:07,367
[softly] No. No.
273
00:15:09,008 --> 00:15:10,073
Ree?
274
00:15:13,980 --> 00:15:16,178
[young Aretha crying]
275
00:15:34,297 --> 00:15:35,494
Ree?
276
00:15:43,174 --> 00:15:44,206
[young Aretha wailing]
277
00:15:46,672 --> 00:15:48,342
I'm sorry, baby.
278
00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:52,511
Let's go inside.
279
00:15:52,546 --> 00:15:55,085
[young Aretha
continues wailing]
280
00:16:05,163 --> 00:16:09,198
[all]
♪ Happy birthday to you♪
281
00:16:09,233 --> 00:16:14,038
♪ Happy birthday to you♪
282
00:16:14,073 --> 00:16:19,439
♪ Happy birthday,
dear Ree-Ree♪
283
00:16:19,474 --> 00:16:25,313
♪ Happy birthday to you♪
284
00:16:25,711 --> 00:16:27,513
Come on now, Ree.
285
00:16:31,189 --> 00:16:33,024
She just miss her momma.
286
00:16:33,059 --> 00:16:34,355
They all missin' her,
287
00:16:34,786 --> 00:16:37,193
but how long
she gonna keep silent?
288
00:16:37,228 --> 00:16:38,623
Goin' on three weeks.
She gotta...
289
00:16:38,658 --> 00:16:41,527
She just needs a little time.
That's all.
290
00:16:41,727 --> 00:16:43,067
Ree?
291
00:16:44,466 --> 00:16:48,732
Miss Clara made you
this beautiful cake,
292
00:16:48,767 --> 00:16:50,668
and Reverend James
came especially for you.
293
00:16:51,374 --> 00:16:53,209
What do you say, Ree?
294
00:16:56,610 --> 00:16:58,049
Do you say, "Thank you"?
295
00:16:59,481 --> 00:17:00,579
-Do you say something?
-[bangs table]
296
00:17:02,286 --> 00:17:03,714
Make a wish, Ree.
297
00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,586
[crying]
298
00:17:07,621 --> 00:17:08,587
I can't do this.
299
00:17:11,427 --> 00:17:14,395
-[Mama Franklin] Come on.
-[crying] Momma. Momma.
300
00:17:14,430 --> 00:17:15,561
[Mama Franklin]
Come on, baby. It's all right.
301
00:17:15,596 --> 00:17:16,562
-Momma. Momma.
-It's all right.
302
00:17:16,597 --> 00:17:18,564
-Come on, baby.
-Momma.
303
00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:22,469
-[gentle piano music playing]
-[James] ♪ Do not carry♪
304
00:17:23,241 --> 00:17:26,407
♪ Everything♪
305
00:17:26,442 --> 00:17:29,740
♪ To God in prayer♪
306
00:17:29,775 --> 00:17:31,544
Why are you hiding over there?
307
00:17:31,579 --> 00:17:33,645
Come on over here
and get your lesson.
308
00:17:34,681 --> 00:17:36,681
You know this one.
309
00:17:37,816 --> 00:17:40,355
Tell you what,
I'll be the choir
310
00:17:40,390 --> 00:17:41,719
and you play the lead.
311
00:17:45,428 --> 00:17:46,823
Three, four...
312
00:17:46,858 --> 00:17:48,627
[playing upbeat melody]
313
00:17:58,804 --> 00:18:01,541
Ree is helping me
with my arrangement.
314
00:18:01,576 --> 00:18:02,740
I see.
315
00:18:03,875 --> 00:18:05,776
Has she spoken to you?
316
00:18:05,811 --> 00:18:08,614
♪ No, we ain't gotten
that far♪
317
00:18:12,422 --> 00:18:16,589
Do you think you can
stay silent forever, Ree? Hmm?
318
00:18:16,624 --> 00:18:17,689
[piano stops playing]
319
00:18:21,695 --> 00:18:22,760
Look at me.
320
00:18:26,832 --> 00:18:29,536
We must honor the gifts
that God has given us, Ree.
321
00:18:31,177 --> 00:18:34,772
You will be singing
in church tomorrow.
322
00:18:36,908 --> 00:18:39,381
James, can you prepare her?
323
00:18:40,417 --> 00:18:42,318
[clears throat] Yes, sir.
324
00:18:42,353 --> 00:18:43,583
Thank you.
325
00:18:52,198 --> 00:18:53,296
[James clears throat]
326
00:19:07,543 --> 00:19:09,807
Don't let nothin' come between
you and your music, Ree.
327
00:19:13,384 --> 00:19:15,681
Music will save your life.
328
00:19:21,623 --> 00:19:23,656
[C.L.] God holds our hand.
329
00:19:23,691 --> 00:19:24,723
-[congregation] Yeah!
-Through Him,
330
00:19:24,758 --> 00:19:27,198
we can do anything!
331
00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:28,595
He's a catcher!
332
00:19:28,630 --> 00:19:30,663
A dream catcher!
333
00:19:30,698 --> 00:19:32,335
Amen!
334
00:19:32,370 --> 00:19:33,501
-[congregation] Amen.
-[C.L.] Amen.
335
00:19:35,439 --> 00:19:37,241
And now,
336
00:19:37,276 --> 00:19:40,640
my daughter Aretha
will bless us with song.
337
00:19:40,675 --> 00:19:42,708
[applause]
338
00:19:45,548 --> 00:19:47,845
[piano playing]
339
00:19:50,784 --> 00:19:54,786
♪ There is ♪
340
00:19:56,592 --> 00:20:02,365
♪ A fountain♪
341
00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,697
♪ Filled♪
342
00:20:05,403 --> 00:20:08,371
♪ With blood♪
343
00:20:08,406 --> 00:20:09,900
[applause]
344
00:20:09,935 --> 00:20:13,640
♪ Drawn from♪
345
00:20:13,675 --> 00:20:19,481
♪ Emmanuel's veins♪
346
00:20:20,286 --> 00:20:24,981
♪ And sinners♪
347
00:20:25,016 --> 00:20:28,985
♪ Sinners plunged♪
348
00:20:29,020 --> 00:20:34,793
♪ Beneath that flood♪
349
00:20:35,499 --> 00:20:37,565
[choir vocalizing]
350
00:20:38,502 --> 00:20:40,568
[young Aretha vocalizes]
351
00:20:41,703 --> 00:20:44,605
[Aretha] ♪ Sinners ♪
352
00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,674
♪ Sinners plunged♪
353
00:20:47,709 --> 00:20:51,843
♪ Beneath♪
354
00:20:51,878 --> 00:20:55,616
♪ That flood♪
355
00:20:55,651 --> 00:20:59,290
♪ Lose all♪
356
00:20:59,325 --> 00:21:02,986
♪ Their guilty stains♪
357
00:21:03,021 --> 00:21:08,497
-[choir vocalizes]
-♪ Lose all their
guilty stains ♪
358
00:21:08,532 --> 00:21:11,027
[choir] ♪ Guilty stains ♪
359
00:21:11,062 --> 00:21:17,341
-♪ Lose all their
guilty stains ♪
-♪ All their guilty stains ♪
360
00:21:17,376 --> 00:21:20,608
-♪ And sinners plunged ♪
-♪ Sinners plunged ♪
361
00:21:20,643 --> 00:21:25,041
♪ Beneath that flood♪
362
00:21:25,076 --> 00:21:28,319
♪ Lose all♪
363
00:21:28,354 --> 00:21:31,751
♪ Their guilt♪
364
00:21:31,786 --> 00:21:37,823
♪ Guilty stains♪
365
00:21:38,694 --> 00:21:40,529
♪ Yeah♪
366
00:21:40,564 --> 00:21:42,795
-♪ Hallelujah ♪
-♪ Hallelujah ♪
367
00:21:42,830 --> 00:21:44,599
-♪ Hallelujah ♪
-♪ Hallelujah ♪
368
00:21:44,634 --> 00:21:46,700
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah♪
369
00:21:48,902 --> 00:21:51,804
♪ Hallelujah♪
370
00:21:51,839 --> 00:21:53,839
-[Aretha vocalizes]
-[upbeat music playing]
371
00:21:55,414 --> 00:21:57,777
♪ Hallelujah♪
372
00:21:57,812 --> 00:22:02,980
♪ Did somebody say we are
running through the flood?♪
373
00:22:04,786 --> 00:22:05,983
♪ Yeah!♪
374
00:22:09,087 --> 00:22:11,021
♪ Yeah♪
375
00:22:11,056 --> 00:22:13,496
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah♪
376
00:22:13,531 --> 00:22:14,761
♪ Yeah♪
377
00:22:14,796 --> 00:22:17,962
[vocalizing]
378
00:22:17,997 --> 00:22:20,503
I wonder,
do you feel all right?
379
00:22:20,538 --> 00:22:21,834
[congregation] Yes!
380
00:22:21,869 --> 00:22:22,967
[C.L.] I said,
do you feel all right?
381
00:22:23,002 --> 00:22:24,507
[congregation] Yes!
382
00:22:25,543 --> 00:22:27,004
Amen.
383
00:22:28,678 --> 00:22:31,646
I'm ecstatic to be able
to report to you
384
00:22:31,681 --> 00:22:34,979
that the day before yesterday,
we filled up the jail.
385
00:22:35,014 --> 00:22:36,750
[congregation cheers]
386
00:22:36,785 --> 00:22:39,115
We have already won a victory
here in Birmingham.
387
00:22:39,150 --> 00:22:40,391
Amen!
388
00:22:41,625 --> 00:22:43,526
[C.L.] Due, in no small part,
389
00:22:43,561 --> 00:22:46,089
to the valiant work
of our leader.
390
00:22:46,124 --> 00:22:48,960
A man whom I feel
honored to call my friend.
391
00:22:50,502 --> 00:22:54,867
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
392
00:22:54,902 --> 00:22:58,409
All right! Yes, sir!
Yes, sir! Yes, sir!
393
00:23:03,845 --> 00:23:05,548
Come on! Somebody!
394
00:23:13,492 --> 00:23:15,888
Some people
395
00:23:15,923 --> 00:23:18,891
think that we are crazy
396
00:23:18,926 --> 00:23:20,893
for taking on this fight.
397
00:23:20,928 --> 00:23:22,466
[congregation] Yes!
398
00:23:22,501 --> 00:23:25,832
But the forces against us
are strong,
399
00:23:25,867 --> 00:23:28,967
and they are determined
to stop us.
400
00:23:29,002 --> 00:23:33,103
But we are just
as determined to go on!
401
00:23:33,138 --> 00:23:35,743
[shouting in agreement]
402
00:23:35,778 --> 00:23:37,943
Non-violently,
403
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,111
with love.
404
00:23:41,146 --> 00:23:44,455
As long as it takes
to win our freedom.
405
00:23:44,490 --> 00:23:45,588
Yes!
406
00:23:46,791 --> 00:23:49,856
And Jesus is here with us
every single step of the way.
407
00:23:52,025 --> 00:23:53,464
Amen!
408
00:23:53,499 --> 00:23:54,432
Yes, sir!
409
00:23:56,029 --> 00:23:57,600
[Aretha] Uncle Martin...
410
00:23:57,635 --> 00:24:01,131
Now don't call me
Uncle Martin anymore.
411
00:24:01,166 --> 00:24:02,638
You make me feel old,
that's the problem.
412
00:24:02,673 --> 00:24:03,870
I want to march.
413
00:24:04,906 --> 00:24:06,609
Don't look at me
like I'm still a child.
414
00:24:06,644 --> 00:24:07,775
I'm not afraid.
415
00:24:07,810 --> 00:24:09,480
-Oh, you're not?
-No.
416
00:24:09,515 --> 00:24:10,910
Well, damn.
417
00:24:10,945 --> 00:24:12,912
Then you need to be
leadin' this movement
418
00:24:12,947 --> 00:24:15,013
and teaching me how to not be
419
00:24:15,048 --> 00:24:17,180
terrified of these
crazy white folks.
420
00:24:17,215 --> 00:24:19,490
-[Aretha] Martin...
-[indistinct chatter]
421
00:24:19,987 --> 00:24:22,053
Why do you want to march?
422
00:24:22,088 --> 00:24:25,023
After all this time
traveling with you,
423
00:24:25,058 --> 00:24:26,662
after all the horror
we've seen,
424
00:24:26,697 --> 00:24:27,993
what kind of question is that?
425
00:24:30,932 --> 00:24:32,965
Are you runnin'
from your daddy?
426
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,065
No.
427
00:24:36,069 --> 00:24:39,675
So, you tell him
you wanna march?
428
00:24:39,710 --> 00:24:41,512
I don't have to.
429
00:24:41,547 --> 00:24:43,976
It's my decision.
I'm a grown woman, remember?
430
00:24:44,011 --> 00:24:48,651
[laughs] Oh, so, you ready
to orphan your kids now, hmm?
431
00:24:48,686 --> 00:24:50,851
-Are you?
-No.
432
00:24:50,886 --> 00:24:51,852
But you're doing it anyway.
433
00:24:51,887 --> 00:24:54,184
Because I have to.
434
00:24:54,219 --> 00:24:55,955
-And I don't?
-Ree...
435
00:24:55,990 --> 00:24:57,957
Singing for the movement
436
00:24:57,992 --> 00:25:00,663
and sending people
into battle with a song
437
00:25:00,698 --> 00:25:02,797
is not enough anymore.
438
00:25:02,832 --> 00:25:03,963
I need to be with them.
439
00:25:04,966 --> 00:25:06,031
You have a good talk?
440
00:25:07,298 --> 00:25:08,704
Yes.
441
00:25:14,305 --> 00:25:16,041
It was a good talk.
442
00:25:16,879 --> 00:25:18,879
Brother, come on.
443
00:25:18,914 --> 00:25:20,980
She's restless, I can tell.
444
00:25:21,015 --> 00:25:23,180
I... I... I don't know
if it's restless.
445
00:25:24,249 --> 00:25:26,821
She just wants to do more.
446
00:25:26,856 --> 00:25:28,086
What kind of more?
447
00:25:39,165 --> 00:25:40,098
I'll be there in a minute.
448
00:25:43,609 --> 00:25:44,839
Momma!
449
00:25:44,874 --> 00:25:47,710
Clarence! Eddie!
450
00:25:47,745 --> 00:25:50,680
-Momma! Momma! Momma!
-My babies! My babies!
451
00:25:53,014 --> 00:25:54,717
-Are you all right, baby?
-[crying]
452
00:25:54,752 --> 00:25:57,918
Clarence, you go in your room
and wait for me.
453
00:25:57,953 --> 00:25:59,755
Come here. It's all right,
baby, it's all right.
454
00:25:59,790 --> 00:26:01,020
Come on. Come on.
455
00:26:01,055 --> 00:26:03,187
It's all right.
It's all right.
456
00:26:03,222 --> 00:26:05,860
[sighs] Every time I come
back, they want me less.
457
00:26:05,895 --> 00:26:07,158
[sighs] That's not true.
458
00:26:07,193 --> 00:26:09,732
They talk about you
all the time.
459
00:26:09,767 --> 00:26:12,064
Every night, I show 'em
where you are on the map.
460
00:26:12,671 --> 00:26:14,132
One cookie.
461
00:26:18,941 --> 00:26:20,006
Fix your face now.
462
00:26:20,712 --> 00:26:22,206
This party is for y'all.
463
00:26:22,241 --> 00:26:23,944
-How are you, Mama?
-God is good.
464
00:26:23,979 --> 00:26:25,143
All the time.
465
00:26:25,178 --> 00:26:26,617
Amen. [chuckles]
466
00:26:26,652 --> 00:26:28,212
Let's eat. I'm starving.
467
00:26:29,347 --> 00:26:31,248
-[jazz music playing]
-[man singing]
468
00:26:32,790 --> 00:26:34,086
[Erma] So, where y'all headed?
469
00:26:34,121 --> 00:26:37,155
We go to Tennessee,
then to Georgia,
470
00:26:37,190 --> 00:26:40,290
then to North Carolina,
and then back to Alabama,
I think.
471
00:26:40,325 --> 00:26:42,831
Damn. Martin's tour's busier
than Daddy's.
472
00:26:42,866 --> 00:26:46,637
Erma, sometimes we hit
two states in one day.
473
00:26:46,672 --> 00:26:50,333
What was that story about
Aunt Mahalia not paying you?
474
00:26:50,368 --> 00:26:53,908
She said I would receive
my reward in Heaven.
475
00:26:53,943 --> 00:26:55,745
[Erma and Carolyn laughing]
476
00:26:58,211 --> 00:26:59,342
[Aretha] Oh.
477
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,148
No, Ree. Uh-uh.
478
00:27:05,691 --> 00:27:07,020
[Erma sighs]
479
00:27:13,831 --> 00:27:15,226
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh...
480
00:27:15,261 --> 00:27:16,865
-Smokey...
-Hey, hey, hey, hey.
481
00:27:16,900 --> 00:27:18,328
[Cecil]
He's got some news, Ree.
482
00:27:18,363 --> 00:27:20,099
I heard
you're cuttin' a record.
483
00:27:20,134 --> 00:27:22,101
Yeah, with Berry
over at Motown.
484
00:27:22,136 --> 00:27:23,905
They got some
sweet sounds, Ree.
485
00:27:23,940 --> 00:27:25,434
They're signing a bunch of
folks in the neighborhood.
486
00:27:25,469 --> 00:27:27,942
Listen, we are trying
to put Detroit on the map.
487
00:27:27,977 --> 00:27:29,240
You gotta be a part of it.
488
00:27:29,275 --> 00:27:31,682
-I would love that.
-Yeah?
489
00:27:31,717 --> 00:27:33,145
Cecil, let me talk
to Daddy about it.
490
00:27:33,180 --> 00:27:34,817
Don't bring it up until I say.
491
00:27:34,852 --> 00:27:36,819
You know what?
Let's let Berry talk to him.
492
00:27:36,854 --> 00:27:38,249
[Cecil] Better yet, his sister.
493
00:27:38,284 --> 00:27:40,691
She can talk ice
out of the devil's mouth.
494
00:27:40,726 --> 00:27:42,022
[Smokey chuckles]
495
00:27:42,057 --> 00:27:43,320
What are you drinking?
496
00:27:44,125 --> 00:27:45,663
Iced tea.
497
00:27:47,128 --> 00:27:50,261
Just iced tea?
498
00:27:52,199 --> 00:27:55,200
-With a little bourbon.
-[chuckles]
499
00:27:56,742 --> 00:27:58,973
Yeah, you look
like a bourbon girl.
500
00:28:01,274 --> 00:28:02,845
How long are you in town for?
501
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:04,011
[Aretha] A week.
502
00:28:04,046 --> 00:28:05,749
Then I return to Tennessee.
503
00:28:05,784 --> 00:28:07,377
Well, then,
I won't waste any time.
504
00:28:07,412 --> 00:28:08,917
[Aretha] Mm.
505
00:28:08,952 --> 00:28:11,722
-I'd like to take you out.
-Hmm.
506
00:28:11,757 --> 00:28:13,350
I'd like you to take me out.
507
00:28:13,891 --> 00:28:15,220
How about tonight?
508
00:28:16,487 --> 00:28:18,157
Ree!
509
00:28:18,192 --> 00:28:19,895
Come and help me
set this table.
510
00:28:21,833 --> 00:28:24,867
Yes, to tonight.
511
00:28:24,902 --> 00:28:27,232
-Okay.
-Excuse me a moment.
512
00:28:37,046 --> 00:28:39,211
Reverend.
513
00:28:39,246 --> 00:28:42,016
I put up with you coming
to my house all these years
514
00:28:42,051 --> 00:28:44,414
'cause you were friends
with my friends.
515
00:28:44,449 --> 00:28:46,416
But I don't want you
around here anymore.
516
00:28:46,451 --> 00:28:48,385
May I give you some counsel,
Reverend?
517
00:28:49,828 --> 00:28:52,191
Ephesians 6:4 says, "Fathers,
518
00:28:52,226 --> 00:28:54,424
do not exasperate
your children.
519
00:28:54,459 --> 00:28:56,228
Instead, bring them up
in the training
520
00:28:56,263 --> 00:28:58,329
and the instruction
of the Lord."
521
00:28:58,364 --> 00:29:00,067
[laughing]
Lord, give me strength.
522
00:29:00,102 --> 00:29:01,464
Are you serious?
523
00:29:01,499 --> 00:29:04,434
You may wanna loosen
your grip on Aretha.
524
00:29:04,469 --> 00:29:06,007
You know, every minister's
daughter I've ever known...
525
00:29:06,042 --> 00:29:07,404
Nigga, you don't
wanna mess with me...
526
00:29:08,341 --> 00:29:09,406
or mine.
527
00:29:14,017 --> 00:29:15,786
[band continues playing music]
528
00:29:21,222 --> 00:29:22,287
[lighter clicks open]
529
00:29:26,997 --> 00:29:28,227
[lighter clicks shut]
530
00:29:30,836 --> 00:29:32,297
I got this.
531
00:29:33,102 --> 00:29:34,431
I got it.
532
00:29:42,914 --> 00:29:44,342
-[jazz music playing]
-[man] ♪ Honey ♪
533
00:29:44,377 --> 00:29:45,816
-[all in unison] Whoo!
-♪ Honey ♪
534
00:29:45,851 --> 00:29:47,114
Whoo!
535
00:29:47,149 --> 00:29:48,819
♪ Please don't leave me now♪
536
00:29:48,854 --> 00:29:50,953
♪ Oh, you know
I love to party♪
537
00:29:52,253 --> 00:29:54,286
♪ And I want,
I want you by my side♪
538
00:29:54,321 --> 00:29:55,452
Take that off.
539
00:29:59,931 --> 00:30:02,558
-Everyone! everyone!
-[music stops]
540
00:30:02,593 --> 00:30:05,462
Please, please, gather around.
541
00:30:07,906 --> 00:30:09,807
Aretha, will you join me,
please?
542
00:30:15,144 --> 00:30:17,848
This party is not just, uh,
543
00:30:17,883 --> 00:30:19,311
a homecoming.
544
00:30:19,346 --> 00:30:22,413
It's also an announcement.
545
00:30:22,448 --> 00:30:26,417
God is moving us
on to our next chapter.
546
00:30:29,290 --> 00:30:31,455
I've been talking to a number
of record producers
547
00:30:31,490 --> 00:30:32,995
about Aretha.
548
00:30:33,030 --> 00:30:34,898
There were many
549
00:30:34,933 --> 00:30:36,361
who were interested
in working with her.
550
00:30:39,432 --> 00:30:41,531
Tell them what it is, Ree.
551
00:30:41,566 --> 00:30:42,400
[Aretha] Ah...
552
00:30:44,910 --> 00:30:46,404
A plane ticket
to New York City.
553
00:30:49,178 --> 00:30:51,310
[cheering and applause]
554
00:30:52,082 --> 00:30:53,510
Congratulations, Ree.
555
00:30:55,580 --> 00:30:57,415
Thank you.
556
00:30:57,450 --> 00:30:59,219
[upbeat soul music playing]
♪ Think, think♪
557
00:30:59,254 --> 00:31:01,320
♪ About the good things♪
558
00:31:01,355 --> 00:31:02,860
[C.L.] This is it.
559
00:31:04,325 --> 00:31:05,863
Wow.
560
00:31:07,625 --> 00:31:09,559
[C.L.] Excuse me?
561
00:31:09,594 --> 00:31:11,561
I have a meeting
with a John Hammond
562
00:31:11,596 --> 00:31:12,936
of Columbia Records.
563
00:31:12,971 --> 00:31:14,498
[man] Sign in, please.
564
00:31:14,533 --> 00:31:16,005
[upbeat soul music continues
playing over speaker]
565
00:31:22,343 --> 00:31:23,914
You ready?
566
00:31:25,346 --> 00:31:27,049
-[elevator bell dings]
-I'm ready.
567
00:31:33,486 --> 00:31:38,192
[C.L.] I've always seen Aretha
as more than a gospel singer.
568
00:31:38,227 --> 00:31:41,261
Well, clearly from her demo,
she's so much more.
569
00:31:41,296 --> 00:31:42,295
[chuckles]
570
00:31:43,001 --> 00:31:44,429
Stand up, Ree.
571
00:31:45,630 --> 00:31:47,564
Turn around.
572
00:31:49,238 --> 00:31:52,074
There can sometimes be
a lack of effortlessness
573
00:31:52,109 --> 00:31:53,603
of the kind you find
574
00:31:53,638 --> 00:31:57,277
in a Lena Horne
or a Dorothy Dandridge.
575
00:31:57,312 --> 00:32:00,610
But what Aretha lacks
in formal education,
576
00:32:00,645 --> 00:32:03,547
she more than makes up for
in experience.
577
00:32:03,582 --> 00:32:07,958
She has performed before every
type of crowd imaginable,
578
00:32:07,993 --> 00:32:11,456
from small churches
to audiences of thousands.
579
00:32:12,492 --> 00:32:13,491
You can sit down now, Ree.
580
00:32:20,401 --> 00:32:24,139
[chuckles] I... I'm curious.
581
00:32:25,703 --> 00:32:28,506
Who are your favorite artists?
582
00:32:28,541 --> 00:32:30,145
Dinah Washington.
583
00:32:30,741 --> 00:32:32,312
Ella Fitzgerald.
584
00:32:32,347 --> 00:32:33,951
-Hmm.
-[Aretha] Sam Cooke.
585
00:32:34,415 --> 00:32:35,480
All family friends.
586
00:32:36,549 --> 00:32:38,714
Sam would very much
like Aretha
587
00:32:38,749 --> 00:32:40,617
to sign with RCA.
588
00:32:41,290 --> 00:32:43,488
Well, we can't have that.
589
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,525
Welcome
590
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,098
to Columbia Records.
591
00:32:53,698 --> 00:32:55,104
Oh. [chuckles]
592
00:32:57,768 --> 00:32:59,141
[John over speaker]
Prove yourself
593
00:33:00,639 --> 00:33:02,540
as a jazz artist, and
everything else will follow.
594
00:33:02,575 --> 00:33:04,047
[Aretha] I understand.
595
00:33:04,082 --> 00:33:05,378
[John] Wonderful.
596
00:33:15,456 --> 00:33:17,423
Are you ready, Aretha?
597
00:33:17,458 --> 00:33:19,557
-Yes, Mr. Hammond.
-Wonderful.
598
00:33:19,592 --> 00:33:21,196
The conductor
will point at you
599
00:33:21,231 --> 00:33:22,593
when he's ready
for you to begin.
600
00:33:28,271 --> 00:33:31,008
[playing lively jazz music]
601
00:33:36,213 --> 00:33:40,578
♪ You got to
accentuate the positive ♪
602
00:33:40,613 --> 00:33:44,516
♪ And eliminate the negative♪
603
00:33:44,551 --> 00:33:48,058
♪ And hang on
to the affirmative♪
604
00:33:48,093 --> 00:33:49,389
♪ But don't mess
with mister in-between♪
605
00:33:49,424 --> 00:33:50,456
She sounds wonderful,
doesn't she?
606
00:33:50,491 --> 00:33:51,721
She does.
607
00:33:51,756 --> 00:33:53,789
Like a black Judy Garland.
608
00:33:53,824 --> 00:33:55,593
[Aretha]
♪ You got to spread joy
up to the maximum♪
609
00:33:55,628 --> 00:33:59,234
♪ And bring gloom
down to the minimum♪
610
00:33:59,269 --> 00:34:02,666
♪ And have faith or
pandemonium♪
611
00:34:02,701 --> 00:34:06,505
♪ Is liable to walk
upon the scene♪
612
00:34:06,540 --> 00:34:08,243
[announcer on mic]
Ladies and gentlemen,
613
00:34:08,278 --> 00:34:10,080
the Village Vanguard
is proud to present
614
00:34:10,115 --> 00:34:11,576
Miss Aretha Franklin,
615
00:34:11,611 --> 00:34:14,084
debuting her latest record,
Unforgettable.
616
00:34:14,119 --> 00:34:15,250
[applause]
617
00:34:21,555 --> 00:34:24,127
Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.
618
00:34:24,162 --> 00:34:26,591
We hope you enjoy
the show tonight.
619
00:34:27,396 --> 00:34:29,561
I see an old family friend.
620
00:34:29,596 --> 00:34:32,102
Dinah Washington
is in the audience.
621
00:34:32,137 --> 00:34:33,598
[cheering and applause]
622
00:34:39,441 --> 00:34:40,836
I'd like to sing a song
623
00:34:40,871 --> 00:34:44,642
in honor of her great artistry
and talent.
624
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:49,746
[playing soft soul music]
625
00:35:00,825 --> 00:35:04,299
♪ This bitter ♪
626
00:35:05,269 --> 00:35:06,400
♪ Bitter...♪
627
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:09,799
[Dinah] Bitch!
628
00:35:09,834 --> 00:35:11,636
Don't you ever sing
the Queen's songs
629
00:35:11,671 --> 00:35:12,769
when the Queen
is in front of you!
630
00:35:22,352 --> 00:35:24,484
What the hell
were you thinking?
631
00:35:24,849 --> 00:35:26,288
I'm sorry.
632
00:35:26,323 --> 00:35:27,487
You wanna take me on?
633
00:35:27,522 --> 00:35:29,357
-No.
-[Dinah] Liar.
634
00:35:29,392 --> 00:35:30,886
You wouldn't be here if you
wasn't trying to replace me
635
00:35:30,921 --> 00:35:32,789
and every other bitch
out here singin'.
636
00:35:34,529 --> 00:35:35,891
How many albums have you had?
637
00:35:35,926 --> 00:35:36,859
Four.
638
00:35:38,335 --> 00:35:39,796
And no hits.
639
00:35:46,409 --> 00:35:47,474
[liquid pours]
640
00:35:48,477 --> 00:35:50,510
You out here,
but I can see you
641
00:35:50,545 --> 00:35:52,512
still that little girl
in your daddy's living room.
642
00:35:52,547 --> 00:35:54,778
You're singin' everything
and anything.
643
00:35:54,813 --> 00:35:57,385
Shoop Shoop one day,
Skylark the next,
644
00:35:57,420 --> 00:35:59,717
and then some
Billie Holiday blues.
645
00:35:59,752 --> 00:36:01,290
Girl, you're all
over the place.
646
00:36:01,886 --> 00:36:02,819
What do you wanna sing?
647
00:36:03,954 --> 00:36:05,294
I don't know.
648
00:36:08,365 --> 00:36:09,727
You don't know?
649
00:36:09,762 --> 00:36:12,796
I want hits. I just want hits.
650
00:36:12,831 --> 00:36:14,732
Girl, you need to let go
of that "up with the race"
651
00:36:14,767 --> 00:36:17,405
Booker T. Washington
proper Negro shit.
652
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:18,901
That's not you.
653
00:36:18,936 --> 00:36:20,606
Your daddy likes to pretend
that's who he is,
654
00:36:20,641 --> 00:36:22,608
but that's not
who he is either.
655
00:36:22,643 --> 00:36:25,215
Child, y'all church folks
656
00:36:25,250 --> 00:36:27,943
are some of the nastiest
people out here.
657
00:36:27,978 --> 00:36:30,517
Ray Charles told me
that the best sex he ever had
658
00:36:30,552 --> 00:36:32,222
was when he was singin'
on the gospel circuit.
659
00:36:33,819 --> 00:36:37,755
Honey, find the songs
that suit you. That move you.
660
00:36:37,790 --> 00:36:41,198
Until you do that,
you ain't goin' nowhere.
661
00:36:44,929 --> 00:36:46,533
Put some teabags on that.
662
00:36:47,668 --> 00:36:48,865
Take the puffiness down.
663
00:36:54,312 --> 00:36:55,542
How's Big Mama?
664
00:36:57,348 --> 00:36:58,611
She's all right.
665
00:36:58,976 --> 00:36:59,876
The kids?
666
00:37:01,550 --> 00:37:03,385
They're good.
667
00:37:03,420 --> 00:37:05,486
Child, you ever gonna tell us
who their daddy is?
668
00:37:08,326 --> 00:37:10,392
[soft music playing]
669
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:29,444
[shuddering]
670
00:37:36,849 --> 00:37:38,684
Ree-Ree?
671
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:39,883
You wanna tell me
what's wrong?
672
00:37:39,918 --> 00:37:40,917
I can't.
673
00:37:43,724 --> 00:37:45,658
[phone ringing]
674
00:37:53,635 --> 00:37:55,701
[phone continues ringing]
675
00:38:01,610 --> 00:38:03,544
[soft music continues playing]
676
00:38:12,489 --> 00:38:13,752
[John] No answer.
677
00:38:14,524 --> 00:38:15,622
[C.L.] Call her again.
678
00:38:16,625 --> 00:38:19,329
Oh, there we go. [chuckles]
679
00:38:20,761 --> 00:38:21,660
Hmm.
680
00:38:23,093 --> 00:38:25,335
I didn't know you were
comin' in today, Daddy.
681
00:38:25,370 --> 00:38:26,798
[C.L.] You are 68 minutes late.
682
00:38:26,833 --> 00:38:29,999
Mr. Hammond
asked me to come in.
683
00:38:30,034 --> 00:38:33,904
You've been skipping
interviews and gigs.
684
00:38:34,940 --> 00:38:37,611
The demon is back.
685
00:38:37,646 --> 00:38:40,878
Ree has a tendency
to indulge her pain.
686
00:38:40,913 --> 00:38:43,078
Can we talk about this
somewhere else?
687
00:38:43,113 --> 00:38:45,047
[C.L.] John. John.
688
00:38:45,082 --> 00:38:48,556
It's important that you
understand that this behavior
689
00:38:48,591 --> 00:38:53,055
is not a reflection
of her upbringing or her race.
690
00:38:53,090 --> 00:38:54,760
[John] Well, I've worked
with Bessie Smith
691
00:38:54,795 --> 00:38:55,959
and Billie Holiday.
692
00:38:55,994 --> 00:38:58,368
Aretha is a saint
in comparison.
693
00:38:58,403 --> 00:39:00,502
She wasn't raised in
a whorehouse like them.
694
00:39:00,537 --> 00:39:02,801
She was raised
in a proper home
695
00:39:02,836 --> 00:39:04,935
with every convenience
and luxury.
696
00:39:06,939 --> 00:39:10,776
But still, a darkness
would descend on her.
697
00:39:10,811 --> 00:39:12,415
I called it the demon.
698
00:39:12,450 --> 00:39:15,847
She'd lock herself away,
wouldn't speak, move,
699
00:39:15,882 --> 00:39:17,816
just wallow
in whatever imaginary...
700
00:39:18,489 --> 00:39:19,554
I...
701
00:39:22,119 --> 00:39:24,724
You told me before
we came out here
702
00:39:24,759 --> 00:39:25,659
that you had it under control.
703
00:39:25,694 --> 00:39:27,023
I have control.
704
00:39:29,159 --> 00:39:32,402
You keep complaining
that you don't have any hits.
705
00:39:32,437 --> 00:39:34,932
This is why
you don't have any hits.
706
00:39:34,967 --> 00:39:36,032
Acting like a trifling...
707
00:39:39,708 --> 00:39:40,971
Apologize to Mr. Hammond.
708
00:39:41,006 --> 00:39:43,072
No, there's no need
to apologize.
709
00:39:43,107 --> 00:39:45,844
That is not why
I don't have hits.
710
00:39:45,879 --> 00:39:47,043
You don't pick
good songs for me.
711
00:39:55,152 --> 00:39:57,592
Sorry for being late,
Mr. Hammond.
712
00:39:59,992 --> 00:40:01,596
It won't happen again.
713
00:40:03,193 --> 00:40:05,061
I'm ready to record
when you are.
714
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:06,997
[C.L.] Hmm.
715
00:40:10,739 --> 00:40:13,443
Please excuse me while
I go to the ladies' room.
716
00:40:21,145 --> 00:40:22,914
[indistinct chatter]
717
00:40:22,949 --> 00:40:24,817
[peppy pop instrumental
music playing]
718
00:40:29,021 --> 00:40:31,593
So, you gonna come
with us this weekend?
719
00:40:31,628 --> 00:40:32,759
I have a gig.
720
00:40:32,794 --> 00:40:34,464
We can go after your gig.
721
00:40:35,192 --> 00:40:37,060
You work too hard.
722
00:40:37,095 --> 00:40:39,436
-Not according to my daddy.
-[chuckles]
723
00:40:40,670 --> 00:40:42,736
Well, you need some fun.
724
00:40:42,771 --> 00:40:43,968
Come with us.
725
00:40:52,044 --> 00:40:54,077
Can you introduce me
to his friend?
726
00:40:54,783 --> 00:40:56,046
I don't know him.
727
00:41:09,534 --> 00:41:11,193
-[music stops]
-[all groan]
728
00:41:21,810 --> 00:41:24,008
-[peppy pop music resumes]
-[all cheer]
729
00:41:36,088 --> 00:41:38,726
You were supposed
to take me out in Detroit.
730
00:41:38,761 --> 00:41:40,090
Yes, one of my singers
731
00:41:40,125 --> 00:41:41,795
ran into a little trouble
out of town,
732
00:41:41,830 --> 00:41:44,193
so I had to take care of it.
733
00:41:44,228 --> 00:41:46,195
I think my father
said something to you
734
00:41:46,230 --> 00:41:48,835
-to make you reconsider.
-Oh. [chuckles]
735
00:41:48,870 --> 00:41:52,267
That's a nice little fable
you got goin' on in your head.
736
00:41:52,302 --> 00:41:53,939
[laughs]
737
00:41:53,974 --> 00:41:55,105
I know what you do.
738
00:41:57,747 --> 00:41:59,241
It doesn't bother me.
739
00:42:00,783 --> 00:42:04,147
I know it doesn't bother you.
740
00:42:04,182 --> 00:42:07,084
You're rebelling against
your daddy. [chuckles]
741
00:42:07,119 --> 00:42:08,250
I don't mind.
742
00:42:09,253 --> 00:42:12,188
Listen, you wanna
use me for my body,
743
00:42:12,861 --> 00:42:14,861
you can use me, baby.
744
00:42:14,896 --> 00:42:17,226
You can wring me dry.
745
00:42:17,261 --> 00:42:20,031
You and me,
we've been through it.
746
00:42:21,001 --> 00:42:23,298
So we can skip all the flowers
747
00:42:23,333 --> 00:42:25,168
and the promises,
and the love bullshit,
748
00:42:25,203 --> 00:42:27,005
and just have some fun.
749
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:28,842
I like fun.
750
00:42:28,877 --> 00:42:30,206
And we'll have plenty of it.
751
00:42:34,311 --> 00:42:36,014
I want one thing from you.
752
00:42:37,281 --> 00:42:38,115
What?
753
00:42:39,349 --> 00:42:41,019
To hear you sing.
754
00:42:41,054 --> 00:42:42,856
Just for me.
755
00:42:42,891 --> 00:42:45,023
What will I get in return?
756
00:42:45,828 --> 00:42:48,224
The best night of your life.
757
00:43:17,794 --> 00:43:18,925
Taxi!
758
00:43:36,010 --> 00:43:38,978
I want you to think about me
when you sing tomorrow.
759
00:43:39,013 --> 00:43:40,914
You're not coming home
with me?
760
00:43:41,411 --> 00:43:43,246
No.
761
00:43:43,281 --> 00:43:45,248
What about the best night
of my life?
762
00:43:45,283 --> 00:43:47,151
I didn't say
it would be tonight.
763
00:43:52,862 --> 00:43:54,994
[smooth jazz music playing]
764
00:43:55,029 --> 00:43:57,931
♪ There was a boy ♪
765
00:43:57,966 --> 00:44:02,001
♪ A very strange
enchanted boy♪
766
00:44:02,036 --> 00:44:08,073
♪ They say he wandered very far
Very far♪
767
00:44:08,108 --> 00:44:10,911
♪ Over land and sea♪
768
00:44:11,914 --> 00:44:13,980
♪ A little shy♪
769
00:44:15,786 --> 00:44:18,985
♪ Sad of eye♪
770
00:44:19,020 --> 00:44:24,661
♪ But very wise was he♪
771
00:44:27,028 --> 00:44:28,995
[misses line]
772
00:44:30,999 --> 00:44:35,331
♪ That very day
He passed my way♪
773
00:44:37,434 --> 00:44:38,939
I'm sorry.
774
00:44:40,008 --> 00:44:41,337
I'm sorry.
775
00:44:44,947 --> 00:44:46,848
Would you like
to take a break, Aretha?
776
00:44:47,345 --> 00:44:48,982
No.
777
00:44:49,017 --> 00:44:50,247
I'll get it right this time.
778
00:44:51,217 --> 00:44:52,414
[John] Take 12.
779
00:44:54,088 --> 00:44:56,352
[smooth jazz music
resumes playing]
780
00:45:00,325 --> 00:45:03,227
♪ Ooh, yeah♪
781
00:45:08,773 --> 00:45:11,202
♪ There was a boy♪
782
00:45:11,237 --> 00:45:15,404
♪ A very strange
enchanted boy♪
783
00:45:15,439 --> 00:45:21,212
♪ They say he wandered very far
Very far♪
784
00:45:21,247 --> 00:45:23,984
♪ Over land and sea♪
785
00:45:24,921 --> 00:45:27,383
♪ A little shy♪
786
00:45:29,453 --> 00:45:31,728
♪ Sad of eye♪
787
00:45:32,962 --> 00:45:38,394
♪ But very wise was he♪
788
00:45:41,465 --> 00:45:44,433
♪ And then one day♪
789
00:45:44,468 --> 00:45:48,470
♪ One magic day,
he passed my way♪
790
00:45:48,505 --> 00:45:51,913
♪ And while we spoke
of many things♪
791
00:45:51,948 --> 00:45:54,212
♪ Fools and kings♪
792
00:45:54,247 --> 00:45:56,885
♪ This he said to me♪
793
00:45:57,822 --> 00:46:00,086
♪ "The greatest thing♪
794
00:46:02,090 --> 00:46:04,486
♪ You'll ever learn♪
795
00:46:06,094 --> 00:46:08,457
♪ Is just to love♪
796
00:46:08,492 --> 00:46:12,769
♪ And be loved in return"♪
797
00:46:18,502 --> 00:46:19,336
[music fades]
798
00:46:20,537 --> 00:46:22,438
You have all my records.
799
00:46:25,047 --> 00:46:26,409
You like them?
800
00:46:26,444 --> 00:46:27,443
I bought them.
801
00:46:29,986 --> 00:46:31,381
Which one you like best?
802
00:46:33,253 --> 00:46:34,384
They've all got something.
803
00:46:36,124 --> 00:46:37,827
Is this one your favorite?
804
00:46:40,128 --> 00:46:41,193
Hmm?
805
00:46:44,528 --> 00:46:45,934
Or this?
806
00:46:48,906 --> 00:46:50,268
What are you doing?
807
00:46:50,303 --> 00:46:51,874
Or this one?
808
00:46:51,909 --> 00:46:54,107
Went to 64 on the charts.
809
00:46:56,144 --> 00:46:58,012
You didn't even open this one.
810
00:47:00,445 --> 00:47:01,378
You don't like them?
811
00:47:02,282 --> 00:47:03,446
I didn't say that.
812
00:47:03,481 --> 00:47:04,986
Then say it.
813
00:47:05,021 --> 00:47:06,416
I won't be upset.
814
00:47:06,957 --> 00:47:08,990
No one does.
815
00:47:09,025 --> 00:47:11,861
First, I've listened
to all your albums.
816
00:47:12,589 --> 00:47:15,161
Including this one.
817
00:47:15,966 --> 00:47:17,427
More than once.
818
00:47:19,068 --> 00:47:22,135
Secondly, I love music.
819
00:47:22,170 --> 00:47:24,467
I take it seriously.
820
00:47:24,502 --> 00:47:27,305
I managed my first artist
when I was 15.
821
00:47:27,340 --> 00:47:31,045
Thirdly, what you
experienced yesterday,
822
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:33,575
17 takes on one song?
823
00:47:33,610 --> 00:47:36,314
That happens to me
every time I hear you sing.
824
00:47:37,251 --> 00:47:39,416
My brain gets all...
825
00:47:40,584 --> 00:47:42,419
muddled.
826
00:47:42,454 --> 00:47:46,896
Well, first,
827
00:47:46,931 --> 00:47:50,526
my apologies for putting
you through so much pain.
828
00:47:53,102 --> 00:47:56,169
-And secondly...
-Mm-hmm.
829
00:47:56,204 --> 00:47:59,172
...you should have never told
me about your Achilles' heel.
830
00:48:00,340 --> 00:48:02,175
On our first date.
831
00:48:03,948 --> 00:48:05,541
♪ Jazz ♪
832
00:48:07,512 --> 00:48:11,349
[vocalizing]
833
00:48:11,384 --> 00:48:13,318
Oh, damn it.
834
00:48:13,353 --> 00:48:16,288
-[humming]
-[chuckling]
835
00:48:20,624 --> 00:48:24,230
-Keep singing.
-[humming]
836
00:48:24,265 --> 00:48:25,968
I didn't think you were
comin' home for two weeks.
837
00:48:26,003 --> 00:48:27,464
-I miss my babies.
-[doorbell rings]
838
00:48:27,499 --> 00:48:28,971
And y'all.
839
00:48:31,041 --> 00:48:32,205
Who's that plate for?
840
00:48:33,274 --> 00:48:34,471
Ted.
841
00:48:34,506 --> 00:48:37,980
Oh, sweet Jesus,
are you serious?
842
00:48:38,015 --> 00:48:39,278
-What are you thinking?
-Please help me with Daddy.
843
00:48:39,313 --> 00:48:40,312
-No...
-Help me.
844
00:48:41,018 --> 00:48:42,182
Good Sunday, everybody.
845
00:48:48,322 --> 00:48:50,960
What the hell is this?
846
00:48:50,995 --> 00:48:52,522
You didn't tell them
I was coming?
847
00:48:52,557 --> 00:48:53,996
I don't know what you think
you're doing here
848
00:48:54,031 --> 00:48:55,096
and I don't care.
849
00:48:55,131 --> 00:48:57,263
Just leave. Now.
850
00:48:57,298 --> 00:48:58,627
Aretha asked me to come
851
00:48:58,662 --> 00:49:00,431
and Aretha
can ask me to leave.
852
00:49:01,731 --> 00:49:04,270
-I want him to stay.
-This is my house.
853
00:49:04,305 --> 00:49:05,634
Since when do
you get to tell me
854
00:49:05,669 --> 00:49:07,504
who gets to be in my house,
Ree, huh?
855
00:49:07,539 --> 00:49:09,506
I want you to get to know him.
856
00:49:09,541 --> 00:49:10,672
He's not what you think.
857
00:49:10,707 --> 00:49:11,706
Are you pregnant again?
858
00:49:11,741 --> 00:49:13,213
No!
859
00:49:14,348 --> 00:49:16,381
We just wanna be together.
860
00:49:18,055 --> 00:49:19,549
I love your daughter,
Reverend.
861
00:49:21,685 --> 00:49:24,026
And I think she loves me.
862
00:49:24,061 --> 00:49:25,390
I do.
863
00:49:25,425 --> 00:49:27,062
-No! No!
-[Mama Franklin] Oh, my Lord!
864
00:49:27,097 --> 00:49:28,163
-[Erma] Ree...
-[Mama Franklin] Clarence! No!
865
00:49:28,198 --> 00:49:30,197
[C.L.] Didn't I tell you
not to mess with me or mine?
866
00:49:30,232 --> 00:49:31,099
-Didn't I tell you?
-Clarence!
867
00:49:31,134 --> 00:49:32,463
Son, don't you let this man
868
00:49:32,498 --> 00:49:34,366
put your church
and your soul in jeopardy.
869
00:49:45,709 --> 00:49:46,983
Reverend,
870
00:49:48,316 --> 00:49:49,546
we have to figure this out.
871
00:49:49,581 --> 00:49:51,614
I'm not going anywhere.
872
00:49:51,649 --> 00:49:53,715
You can't see
through this hustler?
873
00:49:53,750 --> 00:49:56,751
-You're the greatest hustler
I ever seen.
-[C.L. chuckles dryly]
874
00:49:56,786 --> 00:49:59,688
Every night, she picks herself
apart because of you.
875
00:49:59,723 --> 00:50:03,065
She thinks it's her hair,
her body, her voice.
876
00:50:03,100 --> 00:50:05,166
She worries about failing you,
but it's your failure.
877
00:50:05,201 --> 00:50:07,069
Get out! Just...
878
00:50:07,104 --> 00:50:09,434
Daddy, I know
how busy you are.
879
00:50:09,469 --> 00:50:11,634
You have so much
going on all the time.
880
00:50:11,669 --> 00:50:13,570
Running a church,
the speakin' engagements,
881
00:50:13,605 --> 00:50:16,441
managing Carolyn.
882
00:50:16,476 --> 00:50:18,641
I know about your contract
at Horizon Records.
883
00:50:18,676 --> 00:50:20,478
I was gonna tell you.
884
00:50:20,513 --> 00:50:22,249
When?
When the damn album came out?
885
00:50:22,284 --> 00:50:24,218
Nobody can tell you anything,
Ree. You're so jealous.
886
00:50:24,253 --> 00:50:25,714
Jealous? Of you two?
887
00:50:25,749 --> 00:50:27,188
You think you better than us?
888
00:50:27,223 --> 00:50:28,486
That's exactly
889
00:50:28,521 --> 00:50:29,454
-what she's saying.
-[Aretha] No!
890
00:50:29,489 --> 00:50:31,555
Quiet! Quiet! Quiet!
891
00:50:32,756 --> 00:50:35,361
You are not
leaving this family
892
00:50:35,396 --> 00:50:37,297
for that piece of trash.
893
00:50:39,103 --> 00:50:41,301
I need a change.
894
00:50:42,403 --> 00:50:44,601
I wanna sing what I wanna sing
895
00:50:44,636 --> 00:50:47,505
and I wanna dress
like I want to dress.
896
00:50:48,277 --> 00:50:49,606
And I want Ted to manage me.
897
00:50:51,313 --> 00:50:54,149
He's not worth the shit
at the bottom of my shoe.
898
00:50:54,184 --> 00:50:56,349
So that means that you think
I'm worth less than that.
899
00:50:56,384 --> 00:50:57,680
After all we've been through.
900
00:50:57,715 --> 00:50:59,187
After all that
I've done for you.
901
00:51:04,392 --> 00:51:06,656
I have to do this, Daddy.
902
00:51:12,136 --> 00:51:15,599
You are going to beg me
to take you back.
903
00:51:18,835 --> 00:51:20,637
But I won't.
904
00:51:21,310 --> 00:51:22,639
I won't.
905
00:51:42,826 --> 00:51:45,662
I'm gonna say goodbye
to my children.
906
00:51:45,697 --> 00:51:47,829
-Okay.
-And then we'll go.
907
00:51:47,864 --> 00:51:48,830
Okay.
908
00:51:59,645 --> 00:52:00,710
[Ted sighs]
909
00:52:03,583 --> 00:52:04,846
Y'all not gonna fix me a plate?
910
00:52:05,849 --> 00:52:06,815
[Erma scoffs]
911
00:52:12,592 --> 00:52:14,394
[rock music playing]
912
00:52:15,331 --> 00:52:16,792
♪ Hey, Joe♪
913
00:52:19,467 --> 00:52:20,697
[imitates airplane engine]
914
00:52:20,732 --> 00:52:23,436
[yelling]
915
00:52:23,471 --> 00:52:25,207
[both chuckle]
916
00:52:25,242 --> 00:52:26,835
[rock music continues playing]
917
00:52:26,870 --> 00:52:28,540
♪ Hey, Joe♪
918
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,577
♪ I said, where you goin'
with that gun in your hand?♪
919
00:52:36,220 --> 00:52:37,912
You keep beating up
these club owners,
920
00:52:37,947 --> 00:52:40,288
there won't be any clubs
left for me to sing at.
921
00:52:41,357 --> 00:52:43,621
No one disrespects us.
922
00:52:43,656 --> 00:52:45,524
I just don't know
what else to do...
923
00:52:46,362 --> 00:52:48,560
after nine albums.
924
00:52:51,367 --> 00:52:52,729
Yes, this is Ted White.
925
00:52:52,764 --> 00:52:55,402
I'm calling to speak
to Mr. Whitfield.
926
00:52:55,437 --> 00:52:57,734
Well, I'd like to speak to him
about Aretha Franklin.
927
00:53:01,245 --> 00:53:04,246
-Mommy can't cook either.
-It's sticky!
928
00:53:04,281 --> 00:53:05,742
[phone ringing]
929
00:53:06,910 --> 00:53:08,811
I'm gonna be honest with ya.
930
00:53:08,846 --> 00:53:11,847
Your version of Skylark
is one of my favorite songs.
931
00:53:12,553 --> 00:53:13,882
Thank you, Mr. Wexler.
932
00:53:13,917 --> 00:53:15,620
Oh, please, call me Jerry.
933
00:53:15,655 --> 00:53:17,391
You know what Etta James said
when she heard it?
934
00:53:17,426 --> 00:53:19,426
She said you pissed
all over that song,
935
00:53:19,461 --> 00:53:22,495
and she would never sing it
again in her entire life.
936
00:53:22,530 --> 00:53:24,497
You ruined that song
for Etta James.
937
00:53:24,532 --> 00:53:25,894
That is how good it was.
938
00:53:25,929 --> 00:53:27,632
And I'm not
bullshittin' ya, okay?
939
00:53:27,667 --> 00:53:28,566
A lot of these guys out here
940
00:53:28,602 --> 00:53:29,898
will say anything
to get in your drawers,
941
00:53:29,933 --> 00:53:31,537
but that's not me.
942
00:53:31,572 --> 00:53:33,671
I'm sorry.
All right, I'm crude.
943
00:53:33,706 --> 00:53:36,377
And you're a church girl,
and I should watch my mouth.
944
00:53:36,412 --> 00:53:37,642
I'm sorry.
945
00:53:38,612 --> 00:53:40,777
You do talk, don't ya?
Not just sing?
946
00:53:43,683 --> 00:53:45,320
You are
the sweetest thing, Aretha.
947
00:53:46,488 --> 00:53:48,554
I'd like you to call me
Miss Franklin.
948
00:53:48,589 --> 00:53:51,656
Okay, Miss Franklin.
949
00:53:51,691 --> 00:53:53,427
What songs would
you like to sing?
950
00:53:53,462 --> 00:53:55,264
I want hits.
951
00:53:55,299 --> 00:53:56,727
[Ted] We're done
with standards.
952
00:53:56,762 --> 00:53:58,795
We want original songs
made for Aretha only.
953
00:53:58,830 --> 00:54:01,666
Great! We are speaking
the same language, my man.
954
00:54:01,701 --> 00:54:02,832
One of the songwriters
I represent
955
00:54:02,867 --> 00:54:04,537
wrote a good song for Aretha,
956
00:54:04,572 --> 00:54:06,407
I Never Loved A Man.
957
00:54:06,442 --> 00:54:08,475
Terrific. I've got the perfect
place to record it.
958
00:54:08,510 --> 00:54:09,839
I'm working with
this little studio
959
00:54:09,874 --> 00:54:11,544
down in Alabama and...
960
00:54:11,579 --> 00:54:13,447
Aretha's only recorded
in New York.
961
00:54:13,482 --> 00:54:15,548
Yeah, I know that, but I think
that's part of the problem.
962
00:54:15,583 --> 00:54:17,385
It's overproduced,
it's a little too polished.
963
00:54:17,420 --> 00:54:18,386
I mean, these boys
down there...
964
00:54:18,421 --> 00:54:20,014
"Boys"?
965
00:54:20,049 --> 00:54:21,686
Don't be offended, all right?
966
00:54:21,721 --> 00:54:23,985
I say boys because
they're young like Aretha,
967
00:54:24,020 --> 00:54:26,625
like Miss Franklin,
not because they're Negroes.
968
00:54:26,660 --> 00:54:28,022
These guys are
the best musicians
969
00:54:28,057 --> 00:54:29,727
I have ever
worked with in my life,
970
00:54:29,762 --> 00:54:31,564
and that's saying something.
971
00:54:31,599 --> 00:54:32,862
I've been doing this
a long time.
972
00:54:32,897 --> 00:54:34,567
They don't need
to read charts.
973
00:54:34,602 --> 00:54:36,899
They just feel their way
through the music.
974
00:54:36,934 --> 00:54:38,967
It's really something.
How does that sound to you?
975
00:54:40,410 --> 00:54:41,772
Sounds good.
976
00:54:41,807 --> 00:54:44,874
And I'm not controlling
like Hammond, okay?
977
00:54:44,909 --> 00:54:46,480
I'm gonna give you
plenty of space
978
00:54:46,515 --> 00:54:47,877
to do your thing, all right?
979
00:54:47,912 --> 00:54:50,319
This is your show,
Miss Franklin.
980
00:54:50,354 --> 00:54:51,518
Your record.
981
00:54:51,553 --> 00:54:52,717
Okay?
982
00:54:54,523 --> 00:54:57,051
[upbeat soul music playing]
983
00:54:57,086 --> 00:54:58,360
♪ Any way you wanna♪
984
00:55:05,501 --> 00:55:07,567
[Aretha humming softly]
985
00:55:36,862 --> 00:55:38,499
This is it?
986
00:55:38,534 --> 00:55:41,403
What did all the glamor
at Columbia get me?
987
00:55:41,438 --> 00:55:42,932
Do you know who
you're messing with?
988
00:55:42,967 --> 00:55:44,604
"Do I know who I'm..."
Do you know who you're messing
989
00:55:44,639 --> 00:55:45,770
-with, buddy?
-You tryin' to screw me over,
990
00:55:45,805 --> 00:55:46,969
-Rick?
-You in my town now, buddy!
991
00:55:47,004 --> 00:55:47,640
This is my place!
992
00:55:47,675 --> 00:55:48,839
It's my record!
993
00:55:48,874 --> 00:55:50,676
Everything you see here
is mine!
994
00:55:50,711 --> 00:55:52,007
This is my record!
995
00:55:56,849 --> 00:55:58,849
Miss Franklin, Ted,
996
00:55:58,884 --> 00:56:00,917
-welcome.
-Jerry.
997
00:56:00,952 --> 00:56:02,424
Nice to see you. Hello.
998
00:56:03,559 --> 00:56:04,789
I'm Rick Hall.
999
00:56:05,726 --> 00:56:06,956
This is my place. [chuckles]
1000
00:56:08,894 --> 00:56:10,960
You don't have any Negro
musicians in this town?
1001
00:56:11,468 --> 00:56:12,863
Uh...
1002
00:56:12,898 --> 00:56:14,403
-We were just discussing that.
-Not today.
1003
00:56:14,438 --> 00:56:15,932
Not today?
1004
00:56:15,967 --> 00:56:19,672
There was
a miscommunication, Ted.
1005
00:56:19,707 --> 00:56:21,971
Negroes only allowed to pick
cotton in these parts, huh?
1006
00:56:24,140 --> 00:56:25,909
[Rick chuckling]
1007
00:56:28,111 --> 00:56:30,980
Percy Sledge had
that same look on his face
1008
00:56:31,015 --> 00:56:32,146
when he first come in here.
1009
00:56:32,984 --> 00:56:34,720
And then he heard 'em play
1010
00:56:34,755 --> 00:56:38,020
and he was very satisfied
with his record.
1011
00:56:38,055 --> 00:56:39,857
I think you will be, too.
1012
00:56:39,892 --> 00:56:41,430
-Drink?
-We don't have time
1013
00:56:41,465 --> 00:56:42,794
for this right now.
1014
00:56:44,061 --> 00:56:46,963
I like your style. [chuckles]
1015
00:56:46,998 --> 00:56:48,404
Where can I get
a jacket like that?
1016
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:50,571
You'd have to come to Harlem.
1017
00:56:50,606 --> 00:56:51,836
[chuckles]
1018
00:56:51,871 --> 00:56:53,134
Always wanted to go to Harlem.
1019
00:56:53,169 --> 00:56:54,641
Yeah.
1020
00:56:54,676 --> 00:56:56,478
[piano music playing
over speaker]
1021
00:57:03,014 --> 00:57:06,851
[man] ♪ You're a no good
heartbreaker♪
1022
00:57:06,886 --> 00:57:08,457
Who's this singin'?
1023
00:57:08,492 --> 00:57:09,557
The songwriter.
1024
00:57:09,592 --> 00:57:11,053
♪ And you're a cheat♪
1025
00:57:11,088 --> 00:57:12,593
[laughter]
1026
00:57:12,628 --> 00:57:13,693
Sings like a writer.
1027
00:57:13,926 --> 00:57:15,189
[scoffs]
1028
00:57:15,224 --> 00:57:17,026
[Roger] Rick,
you want drums on this?
1029
00:57:17,061 --> 00:57:18,962
Or you just wanna
keep it boring?
1030
00:57:18,997 --> 00:57:20,634
I don't know, Roger. You know
any good drummers around here?
1031
00:57:20,669 --> 00:57:22,603
Don't, actually.
1032
00:57:22,638 --> 00:57:24,231
It's just slow.
1033
00:57:24,266 --> 00:57:25,870
-It's just a little slow.
-[Roger] Little slow, yeah.
1034
00:57:25,905 --> 00:57:27,641
All right! Come on, guys!
1035
00:57:27,676 --> 00:57:29,643
Hang with me on this.
This is a good song!
1036
00:57:29,678 --> 00:57:31,007
It's a great song.
1037
00:57:31,042 --> 00:57:32,811
It is what it is.
1038
00:57:33,242 --> 00:57:34,516
[music stops]
1039
00:57:41,921 --> 00:57:43,921
All right. Let's see
what we can make of it.
1040
00:57:43,956 --> 00:57:45,155
[Rick] Hey, Spooner.
1041
00:57:45,191 --> 00:57:47,056
You wanna keep that shuffle
on there or straighten it out?
1042
00:57:47,696 --> 00:57:49,091
Let's straighten it out.
1043
00:57:49,929 --> 00:57:50,994
Straighten it out.
1044
00:57:51,667 --> 00:57:52,534
[Roger] Straightening out.
1045
00:57:53,669 --> 00:57:55,735
[electric guitar playing]
1046
00:57:57,805 --> 00:57:59,068
Put some fatback on it.
1047
00:57:59,103 --> 00:58:01,037
Yeah, like a King Curtis deal?
1048
00:58:01,072 --> 00:58:03,644
-[Chips] Yeah...
-[playing melody on piano]
1049
00:58:09,685 --> 00:58:11,080
Hey, man, that's groovy.
1050
00:58:12,985 --> 00:58:15,249
All right, let's go with that.
1051
00:58:15,284 --> 00:58:17,185
-Yeah.
-[band playing along]
1052
00:58:21,092 --> 00:58:25,160
♪ You're a no good
heartbreaker♪
1053
00:58:26,163 --> 00:58:30,099
♪ You're a liar
and you're a cheat♪
1054
00:58:32,235 --> 00:58:37,546
♪ And I don't know why♪
1055
00:58:37,581 --> 00:58:39,240
♪ I let you
do these things...♪
1056
00:58:39,275 --> 00:58:40,978
Okay, let's hold up.
1057
00:58:41,013 --> 00:58:42,980
Hold up. It sounds like,
1058
00:58:43,015 --> 00:58:45,015
uh, Sunday morning
service in there.
1059
00:58:45,050 --> 00:58:46,555
Yeah, I was just about to say,
1060
00:58:46,590 --> 00:58:47,853
it's a little
too churchy, guys.
1061
00:58:47,888 --> 00:58:49,316
I liked it.
1062
00:58:49,351 --> 00:58:51,791
Let's find a different pocket,
all right?
1063
00:58:52,893 --> 00:58:54,222
Something with more swing.
1064
00:58:54,895 --> 00:58:56,125
Speed it up.
1065
00:58:56,160 --> 00:58:57,632
[Jimmy] Yeah.
1066
00:58:57,667 --> 00:58:59,931
No, don't speed it up.
Follow me.
1067
00:59:00,670 --> 00:59:02,835
[resumes playing piano]
1068
00:59:16,147 --> 00:59:19,016
♪ Friends keep telling me♪
1069
00:59:19,051 --> 00:59:22,118
♪ That you ain't no good♪
1070
00:59:22,153 --> 00:59:25,319
♪ But, oh, they don't know♪
1071
00:59:25,354 --> 00:59:28,124
♪ I would leave you
if I could♪
1072
00:59:29,633 --> 00:59:31,226
Stop. Stop.
1073
00:59:33,098 --> 00:59:35,197
It's too busy.
1074
00:59:35,232 --> 00:59:36,770
Let the song do the work.
1075
00:59:36,805 --> 00:59:37,936
Yeah, stop showing off, guys.
1076
00:59:37,971 --> 00:59:39,135
Yeah, boys, if you're trying
1077
00:59:39,170 --> 00:59:41,038
to impress me,
it's not working.
1078
00:59:41,073 --> 00:59:42,875
Yeah, and more importantly,
it's startin' to piss me off.
1079
00:59:42,910 --> 00:59:43,942
Maybe we should do
something closer
1080
00:59:43,977 --> 00:59:45,075
to the original arrangement.
1081
00:59:45,110 --> 00:59:46,879
-[Rick] Nah.
-No, it's done.
1082
00:59:46,914 --> 00:59:49,079
[resumes playing piano]
1083
00:59:49,114 --> 00:59:50,311
[Chips] You kept
steppin' on me.
1084
00:59:50,346 --> 00:59:51,785
[Jimmy] You were
all over the neck.
1085
00:59:51,820 --> 00:59:52,753
I couldn't tell
what you were doing.
1086
00:59:52,788 --> 00:59:53,886
I'm all over the neck?
1087
00:59:53,921 --> 00:59:54,953
Find your lane, Jimmy.
1088
00:59:54,988 --> 00:59:56,218
[Jimmy] Look who's talkin'.
1089
00:59:56,253 --> 00:59:57,857
They could hear
your crash in Texas.
1090
00:59:57,892 --> 00:59:59,386
[Jack] Well, my horn
arrangement's killer.
1091
00:59:59,421 --> 01:00:00,959
Y'all let me know
when you're ready to hear it.
1092
01:00:00,994 --> 01:00:01,793
[Tommy] You gonna
save the song, Jack?
1093
01:00:01,828 --> 01:00:03,126
As I have on many
an occasion, okay.
1094
01:00:03,161 --> 01:00:03,797
Okay.
1095
01:00:04,900 --> 01:00:06,294
-[musicians] Good job, Jack.
-[Chips] How about that.
1096
01:00:06,329 --> 01:00:08,296
[piano and keyboard
harmonizing]
1097
01:00:18,077 --> 01:00:20,209
[musicians exclaim]
1098
01:00:20,244 --> 01:00:22,651
[Chips] Spooner's got it!
Spooner's got it!
1099
01:00:22,686 --> 01:00:23,784
[Rick] Yeah, he does.
1100
01:00:23,819 --> 01:00:25,313
[band joining in]
1101
01:00:31,255 --> 01:00:34,157
♪ You're a no
good heartbreaker♪
1102
01:00:35,699 --> 01:00:38,326
♪ You're a liar,
you're a cheat♪
1103
01:00:39,835 --> 01:00:43,397
♪ I don't know why♪
1104
01:00:43,432 --> 01:00:46,774
♪ I let you do
these things to me♪
1105
01:00:47,909 --> 01:00:50,272
♪ Friends keep telling me♪
1106
01:00:51,374 --> 01:00:54,309
♪ That you ain't no good♪
1107
01:00:55,378 --> 01:00:58,148
♪ But, oh, they don't know♪
1108
01:00:58,183 --> 01:00:59,985
-[laughing]
-Go on, baby.
1109
01:01:00,020 --> 01:01:02,185
♪ I'd leave you if I could♪
1110
01:01:03,254 --> 01:01:05,727
♪ I guess I'm uptight♪
1111
01:01:07,027 --> 01:01:10,699
♪ And I'm stuck like glue♪
1112
01:01:10,734 --> 01:01:14,329
♪ 'Cause I ain't never
I ain't♪
1113
01:01:15,068 --> 01:01:17,299
♪ I ain't never, oh, no♪
1114
01:01:18,038 --> 01:01:20,236
♪ Loved a man♪
1115
01:01:20,271 --> 01:01:24,680
♪ The way that I
I love you, yeah♪
1116
01:01:27,014 --> 01:01:29,850
[over speaker]
♪ Sometime ago I thought♪
1117
01:01:31,315 --> 01:01:33,821
♪ That you had
run out of fools♪
1118
01:01:35,220 --> 01:01:38,892
♪ But I was so wrong♪
1119
01:01:38,927 --> 01:01:41,026
♪ You got one
that you'll never lose♪
1120
01:01:41,061 --> 01:01:42,291
That is rocking.
1121
01:01:42,326 --> 01:01:44,326
Yeah, it sounds pretty good.
1122
01:01:44,361 --> 01:01:46,262
-I can do better.
-[chuckles]
1123
01:01:46,297 --> 01:01:49,034
It's like the perfect mixture
of gospel, blues...
1124
01:01:49,069 --> 01:01:50,233
[Jack] And sex.
1125
01:01:51,336 --> 01:01:53,874
Baby, that's some of the best
singin' and playin'
1126
01:01:53,909 --> 01:01:54,776
I've ever heard.
1127
01:01:56,307 --> 01:01:58,340
I want to overdub some
backgrounds on the chorus.
1128
01:01:58,375 --> 01:02:00,276
You know, I was
just thinkin' about that.
1129
01:02:00,311 --> 01:02:01,882
We can bring in
some local talent...
1130
01:02:01,917 --> 01:02:03,312
No, I want to do it.
1131
01:02:03,347 --> 01:02:04,819
Okay, even better.
Save me some money.
1132
01:02:05,184 --> 01:02:06,249
Jerry.
1133
01:02:07,450 --> 01:02:08,757
Let me talk to you
for a moment.
1134
01:02:08,792 --> 01:02:09,384
Okay, okay.
1135
01:02:11,388 --> 01:02:13,157
Had a rocking thing on it.
1136
01:02:13,192 --> 01:02:15,797
-[Chips] Yeah, it did.
-It was rocking.
1137
01:02:15,832 --> 01:02:18,932
[Aretha] ♪ The way that I,
I love you♪
1138
01:02:18,967 --> 01:02:20,967
I wasn't lookin' at nobody.
I was trying to do my work.
1139
01:02:21,002 --> 01:02:23,332
He was looking at you.
1140
01:02:23,367 --> 01:02:25,301
Thought he was gonna get him
some nigga tail.
1141
01:02:25,336 --> 01:02:26,841
Pack the bags.
1142
01:02:26,876 --> 01:02:28,172
It sounded good.
1143
01:02:28,207 --> 01:02:29,371
Real good.
1144
01:02:29,406 --> 01:02:30,944
It was really comin' together,
1145
01:02:30,979 --> 01:02:33,045
and you had to show
your ignorant ass.
1146
01:02:33,080 --> 01:02:34,849
I oughta leave you here
1147
01:02:34,884 --> 01:02:36,818
and let those crackers
have a go at you.
1148
01:02:38,888 --> 01:02:41,119
This was the best
I ever sounded.
1149
01:02:41,154 --> 01:02:42,351
Couldn't you hear that?
1150
01:02:44,421 --> 01:02:46,520
We'll finish this in New York.
1151
01:02:46,555 --> 01:02:48,060
With my musicians.
1152
01:02:48,095 --> 01:02:50,458
Your musicians ain't shit.
1153
01:02:50,493 --> 01:02:52,460
You're not about
to mess this up for me.
1154
01:02:52,495 --> 01:02:53,868
[Ted] Where the hell
do you think you're going?
1155
01:02:53,903 --> 01:02:54,869
[Aretha] I've waited
too long for this.
1156
01:02:54,904 --> 01:02:56,068
Where the...
1157
01:02:56,103 --> 01:02:57,201
Like hell you are.
1158
01:02:58,304 --> 01:02:59,533
You don't know who you're
fucking with! Come here!
1159
01:02:59,568 --> 01:03:01,304
[knocking on door]
1160
01:03:01,339 --> 01:03:03,240
-Ted, it's Rick Hall. Open up.
-[door handle rattling]
1161
01:03:07,884 --> 01:03:09,510
[Ted] This cracker here.
1162
01:03:09,545 --> 01:03:11,050
[door handle rattles]
1163
01:03:12,020 --> 01:03:13,349
[Rick] Evenin'.
1164
01:03:13,384 --> 01:03:14,515
May I come inside?
1165
01:03:14,550 --> 01:03:15,351
No.
1166
01:03:17,058 --> 01:03:19,256
I thought we should talk.
1167
01:03:20,424 --> 01:03:22,996
I got nothin' to say
to your hillbilly ass.
1168
01:03:23,031 --> 01:03:26,901
I wish you wouldn't
call me names. [chuckles]
1169
01:03:26,936 --> 01:03:28,265
Do I call you names?
1170
01:03:28,300 --> 01:03:31,367
And what would you
like to call me, whitey?
1171
01:03:32,535 --> 01:03:33,468
[sighs]
1172
01:03:35,142 --> 01:03:37,912
I come here to make peace.
1173
01:03:37,947 --> 01:03:41,047
No, I don't wanna make peace
with you, cracker.
1174
01:03:41,082 --> 01:03:42,279
[Ted sighs]
1175
01:03:44,184 --> 01:03:47,383
I come here
to tell you that I fired
1176
01:03:47,418 --> 01:03:49,121
that horn player
who was troublin' you.
1177
01:03:49,156 --> 01:03:51,486
And how'd it feel to take
orders from a nigger?
1178
01:03:54,161 --> 01:03:55,292
[chuckles]
1179
01:03:55,327 --> 01:03:57,327
You know,
1180
01:03:57,362 --> 01:03:59,835
I don't hate you
'cause you're a...
1181
01:04:01,564 --> 01:04:03,432
a Negro.
1182
01:04:03,467 --> 01:04:07,073
I hate you 'cause
you're a giant asshole.
1183
01:04:07,108 --> 01:04:08,943
Don't you ever step foot
1184
01:04:08,978 --> 01:04:12,144
near my studio again,
all right?
1185
01:04:12,179 --> 01:04:13,442
Miss Franklin,
you are welcome at any...
1186
01:04:13,477 --> 01:04:15,213
Don't you talk
to my wife, cracker!
1187
01:04:15,248 --> 01:04:17,017
Now, you keep pushin' me...
1188
01:04:17,052 --> 01:04:18,414
Yeah, what you gonna do,
redneck?
1189
01:04:18,449 --> 01:04:20,284
-And you keep pushin' me...
-Peckerwood!
1190
01:04:20,319 --> 01:04:22,418
Now, you gonna "redneck" me
one more time,
1191
01:04:22,453 --> 01:04:25,421
and you gonna "whitey" me
one more time,
1192
01:04:25,456 --> 01:04:27,489
-and I'm gonna "nigger" you!
-[yells]
1193
01:04:27,524 --> 01:04:29,029
[Ted] Bitch,
call me a nigger again.
1194
01:04:29,064 --> 01:04:30,525
[both grunting]
1195
01:04:32,265 --> 01:04:33,902
[Rick] Call me
a bitch again, huh.
1196
01:04:33,937 --> 01:04:37,169
-You stupid! Ass! Bitch!
-[groaning]
1197
01:04:37,204 --> 01:04:39,270
-[objects clattering]
-[both grunting]
1198
01:05:09,005 --> 01:05:11,203
You hungry?
1199
01:05:11,238 --> 01:05:12,501
[Aretha] I'm all right.
1200
01:05:20,676 --> 01:05:22,544
Come on now, baby.
1201
01:05:22,579 --> 01:05:24,480
Come on, come on.
Come to Grandma. Come on.
1202
01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:31,586
Ree is home!
1203
01:05:34,998 --> 01:05:36,096
[gasps]
1204
01:05:38,430 --> 01:05:39,627
That bastard.
1205
01:05:39,662 --> 01:05:41,068
I'm gonna kill him.
1206
01:05:55,216 --> 01:05:56,347
You here for long?
1207
01:05:58,054 --> 01:06:00,087
I'm not sure.
1208
01:06:01,156 --> 01:06:02,221
[C.L.] Hmm.
1209
01:06:06,326 --> 01:06:08,161
[Otis Redding over speaker]
♪ All I'm asking♪
1210
01:06:08,196 --> 01:06:11,164
♪ Is for a little respect
when I come home♪
1211
01:06:11,199 --> 01:06:13,001
♪ Hey now♪
1212
01:06:13,036 --> 01:06:14,266
-♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
-[Aretha] ♪ Hey ♪
1213
01:06:14,301 --> 01:06:16,037
[children giggling]
1214
01:06:17,172 --> 01:06:18,600
Did Aretha Franklin call?
1215
01:06:18,635 --> 01:06:20,008
-[Linda] No.
-No?
1216
01:06:20,043 --> 01:06:21,141
Get it, Momma!
1217
01:06:21,176 --> 01:06:22,670
♪ If you wanna♪
1218
01:06:22,705 --> 01:06:24,573
♪ You can do me wrong♪
1219
01:06:24,608 --> 01:06:26,542
Call Ted White.
1220
01:06:26,577 --> 01:06:28,445
♪ But all I'm asking♪
1221
01:06:28,480 --> 01:06:30,986
♪ Is for a little respect
when I come home♪
1222
01:06:32,253 --> 01:06:33,714
Do that thing, Momma!
1223
01:06:33,749 --> 01:06:35,716
Just start callin' everybody
on that list.
1224
01:06:35,751 --> 01:06:37,487
[Aretha] Give me
more mashed potato.
1225
01:06:37,522 --> 01:06:39,324
[all laughing]
1226
01:06:39,359 --> 01:06:41,161
♪ Hey, little girl♪
1227
01:06:41,196 --> 01:06:43,163
-♪ You're sweeter than honey ♪
-[phone ringing]
1228
01:06:43,198 --> 01:06:44,362
♪ Oh, I'm about to give you♪
1229
01:06:44,397 --> 01:06:45,726
[Aretha] Come on,
Mama Franklin!
1230
01:06:45,761 --> 01:06:47,464
-Now, let's see you dance!
-[laughing]
1231
01:06:47,499 --> 01:06:49,631
-[phone continues ringing]
-[Aretha] All right! Oop.
1232
01:06:49,666 --> 01:06:52,766
♪ A little respect
when I come home♪
1233
01:06:52,801 --> 01:06:55,175
♪ Hey, hey, hey♪
1234
01:06:55,210 --> 01:06:56,143
[chuckles]
1235
01:06:57,080 --> 01:06:57,738
Hello?
1236
01:07:00,380 --> 01:07:01,709
She isn't here.
1237
01:07:02,745 --> 01:07:04,679
And if you touch her
again, I'll...
1238
01:07:06,617 --> 01:07:07,682
Go to hell.
1239
01:07:09,092 --> 01:07:11,059
♪ All my money♪
1240
01:07:11,094 --> 01:07:12,225
Okay.
1241
01:07:12,260 --> 01:07:14,128
♪ And all I want to do ♪
1242
01:07:14,163 --> 01:07:18,198
♪ Is get me some respect
Respect when I get home♪
1243
01:07:18,233 --> 01:07:21,069
♪ Hey, hey, hey♪
1244
01:07:21,104 --> 01:07:23,203
-Mind if I sing with y'all?
-Me too!
1245
01:07:23,238 --> 01:07:24,765
♪ Hey, hey, hey♪
1246
01:07:24,800 --> 01:07:27,075
[Aretha] ♪ That's what I need♪
1247
01:07:27,110 --> 01:07:30,177
♪ That's what I want
That's what I need♪
1248
01:07:33,776 --> 01:07:36,348
Your momma cut her
first record at that store.
1249
01:07:36,383 --> 01:07:37,349
Jesus Be A Fence.
1250
01:07:38,517 --> 01:07:41,353
Folks lined up
around the block to buy it.
1251
01:07:41,388 --> 01:07:43,652
They lined up to buy
your records, too.
1252
01:07:43,687 --> 01:07:45,225
[C.L.] Ha. I'm about
to tell 'em that story now.
1253
01:07:45,260 --> 01:07:47,260
-Momma...
-[music playing on speaker]
1254
01:07:47,295 --> 01:07:49,229
-Ain't that...
-Don't say "ain't."
1255
01:07:51,299 --> 01:07:52,727
But ain't that you singing?
1256
01:07:54,533 --> 01:07:56,170
[Aretha over speaker]
♪ But, oh, oh, oh♪
1257
01:07:56,205 --> 01:07:57,501
♪ They don't know♪
1258
01:07:57,536 --> 01:07:59,437
They... They released that?
1259
01:07:59,472 --> 01:08:00,636
♪ That I'd leave you
if I could♪
1260
01:08:00,671 --> 01:08:01,703
[Erma] All right!
1261
01:08:01,738 --> 01:08:03,342
-[gasps]
-[all chuckling]
1262
01:08:06,677 --> 01:08:08,578
[Cecil] It's a hit!
1263
01:08:08,613 --> 01:08:10,778
Ree, it sounds wonderful.
[chuckles]
1264
01:08:11,616 --> 01:08:13,517
Don't you think so, baby?
1265
01:08:14,487 --> 01:08:16,256
It's amazing, Ree.
1266
01:08:16,291 --> 01:08:18,390
-[Erma] That's my sister!
-It's amazing.
1267
01:08:18,425 --> 01:08:20,656
[Erma] That's your momma
singing! That's amazing!
1268
01:08:20,691 --> 01:08:23,659
♪ The way that I, I love you♪
1269
01:08:23,694 --> 01:08:24,759
[Erma] That's your
momma singing!
1270
01:08:25,432 --> 01:08:26,695
[phone ringing]
1271
01:08:29,304 --> 01:08:30,435
Hello?
1272
01:08:30,470 --> 01:08:32,140
Mr. Wexler,
1273
01:08:32,175 --> 01:08:33,702
I'm ready to record.
1274
01:08:33,737 --> 01:08:34,703
Oh.
1275
01:08:35,178 --> 01:08:36,606
Thank God.
1276
01:08:36,641 --> 01:08:39,411
I want to record with
the Muscle Shoals band.
1277
01:08:39,446 --> 01:08:41,215
Those boys have soul.
1278
01:08:41,250 --> 01:08:43,712
Yes, they do. They do.
1279
01:08:43,747 --> 01:08:46,418
And I want to provide
the backup singers.
1280
01:08:46,453 --> 01:08:47,683
[backup singers]
♪ Woman♪
1281
01:08:47,718 --> 01:08:49,124
[Aretha] ♪ You've gotta be a ♪
1282
01:08:50,424 --> 01:08:52,523
-♪ Do-right ♪
-♪ Do-right, do-right ♪
1283
01:08:52,558 --> 01:08:55,691
-[Aretha] ♪ All-night man ♪
-♪ Do-right, do-right ♪
1284
01:08:56,793 --> 01:08:58,595
♪ Man♪
1285
01:08:58,630 --> 01:09:01,301
[Aretha] ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
1286
01:09:01,336 --> 01:09:04,271
♪ They say that
it's a man's world♪
1287
01:09:06,209 --> 01:09:09,210
♪ But you can't prove that
by me♪
1288
01:09:11,676 --> 01:09:15,183
♪ And as long as
we're together, baby♪
1289
01:09:15,218 --> 01:09:19,616
♪ Show some respect for me♪
1290
01:09:19,651 --> 01:09:23,587
-♪ 'Cause if you
want a do-right ♪
-♪ Do-right, do-right ♪
1291
01:09:23,622 --> 01:09:26,359
-[Aretha] ♪ All-day ♪
-♪ Do-right, do-right ♪
1292
01:09:26,394 --> 01:09:27,591
[Aretha] ♪ Woman♪
1293
01:09:28,627 --> 01:09:29,725
[Carolyn and Erma] ♪ Woman ♪
1294
01:09:30,827 --> 01:09:31,826
[music fades]
1295
01:09:33,830 --> 01:09:36,171
♪ Sittin' 'round♪
1296
01:09:38,406 --> 01:09:40,703
♪ Me and my man♪
1297
01:09:40,738 --> 01:09:44,344
-[soft piano music playing]
-♪ Be it my mother,
my brother ♪
1298
01:09:45,413 --> 01:09:46,511
[door opens]
1299
01:09:47,679 --> 01:09:48,744
[piano stops playing]
1300
01:09:52,453 --> 01:09:54,618
Sorry.
1301
01:09:54,653 --> 01:09:56,653
You can't treat me like that.
1302
01:10:00,395 --> 01:10:01,526
I know.
1303
01:10:07,798 --> 01:10:09,633
I got demons too, Ree.
1304
01:10:12,407 --> 01:10:13,637
Can you help me fight mine
1305
01:10:13,672 --> 01:10:15,342
the way I help you
fight yours?
1306
01:10:16,939 --> 01:10:18,477
Please.
1307
01:10:20,415 --> 01:10:21,810
I'm so sorry.
1308
01:10:28,687 --> 01:10:30,621
I will help you, baby.
1309
01:10:33,890 --> 01:10:35,527
I love you so much.
1310
01:10:36,332 --> 01:10:37,892
I love you, too.
1311
01:10:39,500 --> 01:10:41,269
[soul music playing]
1312
01:10:41,304 --> 01:10:46,406
♪ 'Cause company's
all right with me♪
1313
01:10:46,441 --> 01:10:49,904
♪ Every,
every once in a while♪
1314
01:10:51,314 --> 01:10:52,412
♪ Yeah♪
1315
01:10:54,449 --> 01:10:58,583
♪ Oh, when me and that man...♪
1316
01:10:59,619 --> 01:11:01,421
Ree, we've been talkin'.
1317
01:11:01,456 --> 01:11:03,555
How's Clara doin'?
1318
01:11:03,590 --> 01:11:04,952
-She's fine.
-She's good.
1319
01:11:04,987 --> 01:11:06,822
[Aretha] Is Daddy ever
gonna marry Clara?
1320
01:11:06,857 --> 01:11:08,021
[sisters chuckle]
1321
01:11:09,497 --> 01:11:10,859
[Carolyn] I'm surprised
she's stayed this long.
1322
01:11:10,894 --> 01:11:13,730
Why would she leave?
They're church royalty.
1323
01:11:16,999 --> 01:11:19,670
The same reason
they all leave.
1324
01:11:20,409 --> 01:11:22,343
Same reason Momma left.
1325
01:11:23,643 --> 01:11:25,544
The same reason
you need to leave Ted.
1326
01:11:27,614 --> 01:11:30,384
Ted is nothing like Daddy.
1327
01:11:30,419 --> 01:11:31,616
The way you two go at it?
1328
01:11:31,651 --> 01:11:33,453
Just like Momma and Daddy.
1329
01:11:33,488 --> 01:11:34,982
Momma and Daddy didn't fight.
1330
01:11:35,017 --> 01:11:36,852
[Carolyn and Erma laughing]
1331
01:11:38,955 --> 01:11:40,625
Wait...
1332
01:11:40,660 --> 01:11:42,429
You're not joking?
1333
01:11:43,498 --> 01:11:45,762
-Joking about what?
-You don't remember?
1334
01:11:45,797 --> 01:11:48,369
Even I remember,
and I was just three or four.
1335
01:11:48,404 --> 01:11:50,030
Remember what?
1336
01:11:50,065 --> 01:11:51,801
Aretha,
1337
01:11:51,836 --> 01:11:54,034
we used to climb up
on the roof
1338
01:11:54,069 --> 01:11:57,444
and sing as loud as we could
to drown them out.
1339
01:11:58,447 --> 01:12:00,612
How could you forget?
1340
01:12:00,647 --> 01:12:02,449
I still have nightmares
about it.
1341
01:12:04,915 --> 01:12:07,718
Well, I was glad
when Momma finally left.
1342
01:12:16,531 --> 01:12:18,399
[somber music playing]
1343
01:12:33,075 --> 01:12:34,910
Why did you leave?
1344
01:12:36,452 --> 01:12:37,616
You don't remember?
1345
01:12:37,948 --> 01:12:39,420
Remember what?
1346
01:12:41,820 --> 01:12:42,885
Nothing.
1347
01:12:51,500 --> 01:12:53,401
[Aretha] ♪ What you want♪
1348
01:12:53,436 --> 01:12:54,831
[soft piano music playing]
1349
01:12:54,866 --> 01:12:57,372
♪ You know I got it♪
1350
01:12:58,870 --> 01:13:01,101
♪ What you need♪
1351
01:13:02,775 --> 01:13:04,907
♪ You know I got♪
1352
01:13:06,482 --> 01:13:07,646
What are you doing?
1353
01:13:08,143 --> 01:13:09,384
Get Erma.
1354
01:13:11,454 --> 01:13:12,816
Sure thing.
1355
01:13:12,851 --> 01:13:14,389
[Aretha vocalizing]
1356
01:13:15,986 --> 01:13:17,656
♪ Oh, yeah♪
1357
01:13:20,463 --> 01:13:21,726
♪ What you want♪
1358
01:13:23,598 --> 01:13:25,466
♪ You know I got it♪
1359
01:13:27,635 --> 01:13:29,800
♪ What you need♪
1360
01:13:30,770 --> 01:13:33,969
♪ Ooh, you know I got it♪
1361
01:13:35,676 --> 01:13:38,413
♪ All I'm askin'♪
1362
01:13:40,780 --> 01:13:41,977
[vocalizing]
1363
01:13:43,145 --> 01:13:48,016
♪ Is for
For♪
1364
01:13:52,022 --> 01:13:53,153
Give me...
1365
01:13:53,188 --> 01:13:54,759
♪ Just a little bit♪
1366
01:13:54,794 --> 01:13:56,189
[clears throat]
1367
01:13:56,224 --> 01:13:57,729
[both] ♪ Just a little bit♪
1368
01:13:57,764 --> 01:13:59,797
♪ Just a little bit♪
1369
01:13:59,832 --> 01:14:01,029
[Aretha] ♪ Just a little bit ♪
1370
01:14:01,504 --> 01:14:02,734
[clears throat]
1371
01:14:02,769 --> 01:14:04,901
♪ Just a little bit♪
1372
01:14:04,936 --> 01:14:07,475
[Carolyn and Erma]
♪ Just a little bit♪
1373
01:14:07,510 --> 01:14:09,004
♪ Just a little bit♪
1374
01:14:09,039 --> 01:14:10,742
One more time.
1375
01:14:10,777 --> 01:14:12,612
[Carolyn and Erma]
♪ Just a little bit♪
1376
01:14:12,647 --> 01:14:14,009
♪ Just a little bit♪
1377
01:14:14,044 --> 01:14:15,043
Go a third below, Carolyn.
1378
01:14:15,079 --> 01:14:16,583
[Carolyn and Erma]
♪ Just a little bit♪
1379
01:14:16,618 --> 01:14:17,683
Yeah.
1380
01:14:17,718 --> 01:14:18,783
♪ Just a little bit♪
1381
01:14:18,818 --> 01:14:19,883
[Aretha] Yes.
1382
01:14:19,918 --> 01:14:21,016
♪ Just a little bit♪
1383
01:14:21,051 --> 01:14:22,215
Yeah.
1384
01:14:22,250 --> 01:14:24,624
[all] ♪ Just a little bit♪
1385
01:14:24,659 --> 01:14:26,494
♪ Just a little bit♪
1386
01:14:26,529 --> 01:14:28,188
-♪ Yeah, baby ♪
-♪ Just a little bit ♪
1387
01:14:28,223 --> 01:14:30,091
-♪ Take it home ♪
-♪ Just a little bit ♪
1388
01:14:30,126 --> 01:14:32,060
-♪ Sock it to me ♪
-♪ Just... ♪ [laughing]
1389
01:14:32,095 --> 01:14:33,160
♪ Sock it to me♪
1390
01:14:33,195 --> 01:14:34,568
Oh, Big Mama...
1391
01:14:34,603 --> 01:14:35,734
What the hell?
1392
01:14:36,704 --> 01:14:37,934
It's almost 3:00 a.m.
1393
01:14:39,069 --> 01:14:40,838
We're writin' a hit song.
1394
01:14:40,873 --> 01:14:42,070
It's Otis Redding's song.
1395
01:14:43,843 --> 01:14:46,173
-Just a little bit.
-[laughs]
1396
01:14:46,208 --> 01:14:48,615
[Carolyn and Erma snickering]
1397
01:14:53,556 --> 01:14:54,918
Oh, God.
1398
01:14:54,953 --> 01:14:56,656
You really like it?
1399
01:14:56,691 --> 01:14:57,921
-It's wonderful, Ree.
-It's great.
1400
01:14:58,594 --> 01:14:59,824
You're sure?
1401
01:14:59,859 --> 01:15:01,793
Don't do that.
1402
01:15:01,828 --> 01:15:02,761
Y'all tell me
1403
01:15:02,796 --> 01:15:04,191
-if you don't really like it.
-I like it.
1404
01:15:04,765 --> 01:15:05,962
-I love it.
-We love it, Ree.
1405
01:15:05,997 --> 01:15:07,733
Ree-Ree.
1406
01:15:07,768 --> 01:15:09,933
-Re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re.
-♪ Re-re-re♪
1407
01:15:09,968 --> 01:15:11,605
-Ree.
-♪ Re-re ♪
1408
01:15:11,640 --> 01:15:12,804
[laughing]
1409
01:15:12,839 --> 01:15:14,201
♪ Re-re-re♪
1410
01:15:14,236 --> 01:15:16,841
-♪ Re-re-re-re ♪
-[piano playing]
1411
01:15:16,876 --> 01:15:19,074
♪ Re-re-re-re♪
1412
01:15:19,109 --> 01:15:22,847
♪ Re-re-re-re
Re-re-re-re♪
1413
01:15:22,882 --> 01:15:24,277
That's really good.
1414
01:15:24,312 --> 01:15:25,949
♪ Respect
Just a little bit♪
1415
01:15:25,984 --> 01:15:27,049
[Jerry] Yeah!
1416
01:15:27,722 --> 01:15:29,216
[Tommy] What a line!
1417
01:15:29,251 --> 01:15:31,119
♪ R-E-S-P-E-C-T♪
1418
01:15:31,154 --> 01:15:33,627
♪ Find out
what it means to me♪
1419
01:15:33,662 --> 01:15:35,090
♪ R-E-S-P-E-C-T♪
1420
01:15:35,796 --> 01:15:37,290
♪ Take care, TCB♪
1421
01:15:37,325 --> 01:15:39,567
[playing upbeat music]
1422
01:15:39,602 --> 01:15:43,032
-[Aretha] All right.
-[man] Here we go. Yeah.
1423
01:15:43,067 --> 01:15:44,968
I need a Harlem bassline,
Tommy.
1424
01:15:45,003 --> 01:15:46,838
-Not Alabama.
-[chuckles]
1425
01:15:46,873 --> 01:15:48,642
Well, I ain't been
to Harlem yet.
1426
01:15:48,677 --> 01:15:50,237
But let's funk it up.
1427
01:15:51,141 --> 01:15:52,646
[Erma vocalizes]
1428
01:15:52,681 --> 01:15:54,978
[Aretha] That's nice.
1429
01:15:55,013 --> 01:15:56,815
-[guitar playing funky riff]
-[all exclaim]
1430
01:15:58,621 --> 01:16:00,819
That is groovy!
1431
01:16:02,020 --> 01:16:05,087
Come on in, Spooner.
What ya got?
1432
01:16:07,223 --> 01:16:09,190
-[playing funky synth music]
-Yeah!
1433
01:16:09,225 --> 01:16:10,796
I'm gonna keep it simple.
1434
01:16:10,831 --> 01:16:13,128
Like you always do.
1435
01:16:13,163 --> 01:16:14,932
-[Tom] All right.
-[Aretha] That's groovy.
1436
01:16:14,967 --> 01:16:17,132
-[Tommy] I dig that.
-Oh, it's her song now.
1437
01:16:17,805 --> 01:16:19,871
-Otis who?
-[laughs]
1438
01:16:19,906 --> 01:16:21,873
-[playing improvised solo]
-[Aretha] Solo? Okay.
1439
01:16:21,908 --> 01:16:23,644
[musicians cheering]
1440
01:16:26,682 --> 01:16:28,176
[vocalizes]
1441
01:16:31,819 --> 01:16:33,885
All right!
1442
01:16:33,920 --> 01:16:36,118
-[music continues]
-[crowd cheering]
1443
01:16:40,124 --> 01:16:41,761
[applause]
1444
01:16:42,863 --> 01:16:44,863
[music continues]
1445
01:16:52,070 --> 01:16:56,171
♪ What you want
Baby, I got it♪
1446
01:16:56,206 --> 01:16:59,845
♪ What you need
You know I got it?♪
1447
01:16:59,880 --> 01:17:01,979
♪ All I'm askin'♪
1448
01:17:02,014 --> 01:17:04,212
♪ Is for a little respect
when you come home♪
1449
01:17:04,247 --> 01:17:06,148
-♪ Just a little bit ♪
-[Aretha] ♪ Hey, baby ♪
1450
01:17:06,183 --> 01:17:07,952
-♪ Just a little bit ♪
-♪ When you get home ♪
1451
01:17:07,987 --> 01:17:11,956
♪ Just a little bit
Just a little bit♪
1452
01:17:11,991 --> 01:17:15,960
♪ I ain't gonna do you wrong
while you gone♪
1453
01:17:15,995 --> 01:17:20,096
♪ I ain't gonna do you wrong
'cause I don't wanna♪
1454
01:17:20,131 --> 01:17:21,999
♪ But all I'm askin'♪
1455
01:17:22,034 --> 01:17:23,935
♪ Is for a little respect
when you come home♪
1456
01:17:23,970 --> 01:17:25,871
-♪ Just a little bit ♪
-[Aretha] ♪ Yeah, baby ♪
1457
01:17:25,906 --> 01:17:27,741
-♪ Just a little bit ♪
-♪ When you get home ♪
1458
01:17:27,776 --> 01:17:29,204
-♪ Just a little bit ♪
-[Aretha] ♪ Yes, sir ♪
1459
01:17:29,239 --> 01:17:31,305
♪ Just a little bit♪
1460
01:17:31,340 --> 01:17:34,374
♪ I'm about to give you
all of my money♪
1461
01:17:34,409 --> 01:17:39,687
♪ And all I'm askin'
in return, honey♪
1462
01:17:39,722 --> 01:17:43,691
♪ Is to give me my propers
when you get home♪
1463
01:17:43,726 --> 01:17:44,592
♪ Just a, just a, just a♪
1464
01:17:45,926 --> 01:17:47,827
♪ Hey, baby
When you get home♪
1465
01:17:47,862 --> 01:17:49,257
-♪ Just a little bit ♪
-[Aretha] ♪ Yeah ♪
1466
01:17:49,292 --> 01:17:50,258
♪ Just a little bit♪
1467
01:17:52,130 --> 01:17:54,328
-[saxophone solo plays]
-[crowd cheering]
1468
01:18:06,177 --> 01:18:09,717
♪ Ooh, your kisses♪
1469
01:18:09,752 --> 01:18:11,983
-♪ Sweeter than honey ♪
-♪ Ooh ♪
1470
01:18:12,018 --> 01:18:14,887
♪ And guess what?
So is my money♪
1471
01:18:14,922 --> 01:18:15,954
♪ Ooh♪
1472
01:18:16,923 --> 01:18:18,385
♪ But all I want you
to do for me♪
1473
01:18:18,420 --> 01:18:20,728
♪ Is give me some respect♪
1474
01:18:20,763 --> 01:18:23,731
♪ Yeah, baby
Bring it to me♪
1475
01:18:23,766 --> 01:18:25,458
♪ Just a little bit♪
1476
01:18:25,493 --> 01:18:27,163
-[Aretha] ♪ Listen ♪
-♪ Just a little bit ♪
1477
01:18:27,198 --> 01:18:31,167
♪ R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me♪
1478
01:18:31,202 --> 01:18:35,138
♪ R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB♪
1479
01:18:35,173 --> 01:18:37,404
♪ Sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me♪
1480
01:18:37,439 --> 01:18:39,879
♪ Sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me♪
1481
01:18:40,915 --> 01:18:43,047
-♪ A little respect ♪
-♪ Just a little bit ♪
1482
01:18:43,082 --> 01:18:45,115
-[Aretha] ♪ I got to have♪
- ♪ Just a little bit♪
1483
01:18:45,150 --> 01:18:46,952
-[Aretha] ♪ Bring it home ♪
-♪ Just a little bit ♪
1484
01:18:46,987 --> 01:18:48,723
-♪ Respect ♪
-♪ Just a little bit ♪
1485
01:18:49,484 --> 01:18:51,319
[vocalizing]
1486
01:18:52,124 --> 01:18:54,190
[applause]
1487
01:18:54,995 --> 01:18:56,159
[music ends]
1488
01:18:57,833 --> 01:19:02,033
[crowd chanting]
Aretha! Aretha! Aretha!
1489
01:19:02,068 --> 01:19:04,068
[cheering and applause
continue]
1490
01:19:04,103 --> 01:19:08,039
[chanting continues]
Aretha! Aretha! Aretha!
1491
01:19:08,074 --> 01:19:10,206
Aretha! Aretha!
1492
01:19:10,241 --> 01:19:12,274
[upbeat soul music playing]
1493
01:19:13,948 --> 01:19:17,477
-♪ Baby, baby, sweet baby ♪
-[cheering and applauding]
1494
01:19:17,512 --> 01:19:21,085
♪ I didn't mean
to run you away♪
1495
01:19:21,120 --> 01:19:22,988
♪ It was pride on my lips...♪
1496
01:19:23,023 --> 01:19:25,320
-Smokey!
-[laughing]
1497
01:19:25,355 --> 01:19:27,927
Nobody is talking
about Motown anymore.
1498
01:19:27,962 --> 01:19:30,930
All they want to talk about
is Aretha Franklin.
1499
01:19:31,295 --> 01:19:32,965
You did it, Ree.
1500
01:19:33,000 --> 01:19:34,527
-I did it.
-Yes, you did.
1501
01:19:34,562 --> 01:19:36,166
[upbeat soul music continues]
1502
01:19:36,201 --> 01:19:38,806
♪ I don't know
what I'm gonna do♪
1503
01:19:38,841 --> 01:19:41,435
♪ Got to get you back somehow♪
1504
01:19:42,141 --> 01:19:43,910
[applause]
1505
01:19:44,847 --> 01:19:46,077
[Ted] What did you wish for?
1506
01:19:46,508 --> 01:19:47,947
More hits.
1507
01:19:47,982 --> 01:19:49,179
[all laugh]
1508
01:19:50,545 --> 01:19:53,953
Aretha Franklin,
you are the Queen of Soul.
1509
01:19:53,988 --> 01:19:56,087
[applause]
1510
01:19:56,122 --> 01:19:57,957
♪ Since you've been gone♪
1511
01:19:57,992 --> 01:20:00,058
♪ Why'd you do it?
Why'd you have to do it?♪
1512
01:20:00,093 --> 01:20:02,896
-♪ Since you've been gone ♪
-♪ Why'd you do it? ♪
1513
01:20:02,931 --> 01:20:05,492
What is soul music?
1514
01:20:05,527 --> 01:20:06,966
The musician having
the biggest influence
1515
01:20:07,001 --> 01:20:07,967
on this genre
1516
01:20:09,234 --> 01:20:10,530
is Grammy-winning soul singer,
Aretha Franklin.
1517
01:20:13,139 --> 01:20:14,875
From a young age,
1518
01:20:14,910 --> 01:20:18,241
I saw Aretha possess
extraordinary talent.
1519
01:20:18,276 --> 01:20:21,211
Ted is my husband, manager,
and favorite critic.
1520
01:20:21,609 --> 01:20:23,378
Hello, Ted.
1521
01:20:23,413 --> 01:20:25,512
Right now, gospel is
the main influence
1522
01:20:25,547 --> 01:20:27,580
on contemporary
rhythm and blues,
1523
01:20:27,615 --> 01:20:30,583
and that's due to Aretha.
Others have mixed
1524
01:20:30,618 --> 01:20:33,861
gospel and so-called
secular music before her,
1525
01:20:33,896 --> 01:20:35,423
but Aretha puts
a unique spin on it
1526
01:20:35,458 --> 01:20:37,865
that people can relate to.
1527
01:20:37,900 --> 01:20:40,329
It's always great
when families sing together
1528
01:20:40,364 --> 01:20:43,134
because there's a language
between siblings
1529
01:20:43,169 --> 01:20:46,874
that you can't recreate
with just hired hands.
1530
01:20:46,909 --> 01:20:51,142
Ain't No Way is a song
written by Carolyn for Aretha,
1531
01:20:51,177 --> 01:20:54,442
and something Aretha
can relate to because,
1532
01:20:54,477 --> 01:20:57,016
I think, they know
each other so well.
1533
01:20:57,051 --> 01:20:59,414
Show me how the melody
goes in the verse.
1534
01:20:59,449 --> 01:21:01,284
[soft piano music plays]
1535
01:21:01,319 --> 01:21:03,319
♪ Ain't no way♪
1536
01:21:05,620 --> 01:21:08,390
♪ For me to love you♪
1537
01:21:10,196 --> 01:21:14,627
♪ If you won't let me♪
1538
01:21:14,662 --> 01:21:16,035
That's it.
1539
01:21:16,070 --> 01:21:17,432
Let me try.
1540
01:21:18,237 --> 01:21:19,874
[playing piano]
1541
01:21:22,109 --> 01:21:23,405
♪ Ain't no way♪
1542
01:21:26,113 --> 01:21:29,884
♪ For me to love you♪
1543
01:21:32,086 --> 01:21:37,221
♪ If you won't let me♪
1544
01:21:37,256 --> 01:21:39,058
[bass guitar joins in]
1545
01:21:39,093 --> 01:21:40,620
[imperceptible]
1546
01:21:40,655 --> 01:21:43,293
♪ It ain't no way♪
1547
01:21:45,495 --> 01:21:49,464
♪ For me to give you
all you need♪
1548
01:21:49,499 --> 01:21:52,005
[brass instruments join in]
1549
01:21:52,040 --> 01:21:55,976
♪ If you won't let me
give all of me♪
1550
01:21:57,980 --> 01:21:59,672
[vocalizing]
1551
01:22:00,983 --> 01:22:04,083
♪ I know that a woman's duty♪
1552
01:22:05,988 --> 01:22:09,187
♪ Is to help and love a man♪
1553
01:22:11,290 --> 01:22:15,589
♪ And that's the way
it was planned♪
1554
01:22:17,197 --> 01:22:18,691
[drums join in]
1555
01:22:18,726 --> 01:22:21,034
-♪ Oh, but how can I ♪
-[Erma vocalizing]
1556
01:22:21,696 --> 01:22:24,598
♪ How can I, how can I♪
1557
01:22:25,667 --> 01:22:29,207
♪ Give you
all the things I can♪
1558
01:22:31,277 --> 01:22:32,980
♪ If you're tying♪
1559
01:22:33,015 --> 01:22:36,709
♪ Both of my hands♪
1560
01:22:36,744 --> 01:22:41,549
♪ Oh, it ain't no way♪
1561
01:22:41,584 --> 01:22:45,124
♪ Ain't no way♪
1562
01:22:45,159 --> 01:22:47,995
♪ It ain't no way
Yeah♪
1563
01:22:48,030 --> 01:22:51,262
♪ Ain't no way♪
1564
01:22:51,297 --> 01:22:54,067
♪ It just ain't no way, baby♪
1565
01:22:54,102 --> 01:22:56,729
♪ Ain't no way♪
1566
01:22:56,764 --> 01:22:59,303
♪ Ain't no way, baby♪
1567
01:22:59,338 --> 01:23:01,272
♪ Ain't no way♪
1568
01:23:01,307 --> 01:23:05,573
♪ Ain't no way♪
1569
01:23:05,608 --> 01:23:09,214
♪ For me to love you♪
1570
01:23:09,249 --> 01:23:11,348
[all vocalize]
1571
01:23:11,383 --> 01:23:16,155
♪ If you won't let me♪
1572
01:23:20,788 --> 01:23:25,527
♪ Stop tryin' to be
someone you're not♪
1573
01:23:29,368 --> 01:23:30,730
[Carolyn and Erma vocalize]
1574
01:23:30,765 --> 01:23:35,042
♪ How cold and cruel is a man♪
1575
01:23:35,077 --> 01:23:38,276
♪ Who paid too much
for what he got?♪
1576
01:23:40,511 --> 01:23:45,613
♪ And if you need me
like you say♪
1577
01:23:45,648 --> 01:23:48,352
♪ Say you do♪
1578
01:23:48,387 --> 01:23:52,752
♪ Oh, then please
Please, please♪
1579
01:23:52,787 --> 01:23:57,394
♪ Don't you know
that I need you?♪
1580
01:23:57,429 --> 01:24:00,463
♪ Oh, it ain't no way♪
1581
01:24:00,498 --> 01:24:02,300
[vocalizing]
1582
01:24:03,534 --> 01:24:06,172
[Aretha] ♪ It ain't no way♪
1583
01:24:07,142 --> 01:24:11,804
♪ Baby, ain't no way♪
1584
01:24:11,839 --> 01:24:15,412
♪ It sure ain't no way♪
1585
01:24:15,447 --> 01:24:17,612
♪ Ain't no way, baby♪
1586
01:24:19,781 --> 01:24:21,781
So it fades right here?
1587
01:24:21,816 --> 01:24:23,783
You genius you.
1588
01:24:23,818 --> 01:24:24,652
[music stops]
1589
01:24:27,162 --> 01:24:29,228
You really feelin' this one,
aren't you, Ree?
1590
01:24:29,263 --> 01:24:31,362
-I love it.
-[Erma chuckles]
1591
01:24:32,530 --> 01:24:33,727
I can tell.
1592
01:24:34,664 --> 01:24:38,567
See, so, she's just
being completely honest
1593
01:24:39,537 --> 01:24:41,669
in a song about
what she feels
1594
01:24:41,704 --> 01:24:43,770
at any given moment.
1595
01:24:43,805 --> 01:24:45,409
And that's why
the audience relates to her.
1596
01:24:46,610 --> 01:24:49,578
I'm still trying
to figure out who I am.
1597
01:24:49,613 --> 01:24:51,547
I'm not sure yet,
1598
01:24:51,582 --> 01:24:53,615
but I'm trying
to find the answer.
1599
01:24:56,290 --> 01:24:58,356
[cheering and applauding]
1600
01:25:02,428 --> 01:25:07,266
Now, I am here
to honor Aretha.
1601
01:25:08,566 --> 01:25:12,205
Or Ree, as I like
to call her... [laughs]
1602
01:25:12,240 --> 01:25:15,505
...for her tireless work
for the Civil Rights Movement.
1603
01:25:16,607 --> 01:25:18,409
Every time
1604
01:25:18,444 --> 01:25:22,545
I ask Aretha to sing
at a fundraiser,
1605
01:25:22,580 --> 01:25:25,548
church event, or a conference,
1606
01:25:25,583 --> 01:25:26,681
she shows up.
1607
01:25:26,716 --> 01:25:28,452
[audience shouts in agreement]
1608
01:25:28,487 --> 01:25:31,818
No matter where she is
or what she's doing,
1609
01:25:31,853 --> 01:25:34,689
-she always answers the call.
-[cheering]
1610
01:25:34,724 --> 01:25:38,363
And I am honored
to present Aretha
1611
01:25:38,398 --> 01:25:41,465
with this proclamation today.
1612
01:25:41,500 --> 01:25:43,269
[audience cheering
and applauding]
1613
01:25:46,769 --> 01:25:50,309
And I wish that every day
1614
01:25:50,344 --> 01:25:52,674
was Aretha Franklin Day!
1615
01:25:53,743 --> 01:25:56,249
[woman] We love you, Aretha!
1616
01:25:56,284 --> 01:25:57,316
After all of that,
1617
01:25:58,419 --> 01:26:00,352
there's really only one thing
left to say, right?
1618
01:26:00,387 --> 01:26:02,156
[cheering and applauding]
1619
01:26:10,265 --> 01:26:13,200
[band playing soul music]
1620
01:26:13,235 --> 01:26:17,171
♪ Lookin' out
on the mornin' rain♪
1621
01:26:19,274 --> 01:26:23,441
♪ I used to feel
so uninspired♪
1622
01:26:24,807 --> 01:26:27,544
-[backup singers vocalizing]
-♪ And when I knew ♪
1623
01:26:27,579 --> 01:26:31,779
♪ I had to face another day♪
1624
01:26:31,814 --> 01:26:35,222
♪ Lord, it made me feel
so tired♪
1625
01:26:38,260 --> 01:26:41,492
♪ Before the day I met you♪
1626
01:26:41,527 --> 01:26:44,264
♪ Life was so unkind♪
1627
01:26:44,299 --> 01:26:47,861
♪ But you're the key
to my peace of mind♪
1628
01:26:48,666 --> 01:26:51,898
♪ 'Cause you make me feel♪
1629
01:26:51,933 --> 01:26:54,736
-[audience cheers]
-♪ You make me feel ♪
1630
01:26:55,541 --> 01:26:57,310
♪ You make me♪
1631
01:26:57,345 --> 01:27:01,941
♪ Feel like a natural woman♪
1632
01:27:01,976 --> 01:27:04,812
♪ Woman♪
1633
01:27:04,847 --> 01:27:08,255
♪ Oh, baby,
what you've done to me♪
1634
01:27:08,290 --> 01:27:10,917
♪ What you've done to me♪
1635
01:27:10,952 --> 01:27:15,328
♪ You make me feel
so good inside♪
1636
01:27:15,363 --> 01:27:17,726
[backup singers]
♪ Good inside♪
1637
01:27:17,761 --> 01:27:21,598
♪ And I just wanna be♪
1638
01:27:21,633 --> 01:27:23,369
[backup singers]
♪ Wanna be♪
1639
01:27:23,404 --> 01:27:27,769
♪ Close to you
You make me feel so alive♪
1640
01:27:33,645 --> 01:27:36,283
Excuse me, Miss Franklin.
1641
01:27:36,318 --> 01:27:37,317
I'm so sorry to bother you,
1642
01:27:37,353 --> 01:27:38,813
-but I just have to tell you.
-It's all right.
1643
01:27:38,848 --> 01:27:39,747
When you sing,
1644
01:27:41,081 --> 01:27:42,949
I feel like you are
talking about my life.
1645
01:27:42,984 --> 01:27:45,985
It helps me,
because it is hard out here.
1646
01:27:46,020 --> 01:27:47,954
But I feel like
you understand,
1647
01:27:47,989 --> 01:27:50,660
and, well, I just
have to thank you.
1648
01:27:51,729 --> 01:27:53,267
Stay strong.
1649
01:27:54,732 --> 01:27:56,303
Okay.
1650
01:27:56,338 --> 01:27:58,437
Yes, thank you.
Thank you very much.
1651
01:27:58,472 --> 01:27:59,605
We have to go now.
1652
01:28:03,477 --> 01:28:06,940
I'm flying to Atlanta tomorrow
to do a benefit for SNCC.
1653
01:28:10,484 --> 01:28:11,945
Cancel it.
1654
01:28:13,421 --> 01:28:15,751
I have some meetings
and interviews lined up.
1655
01:28:16,083 --> 01:28:17,522
No.
1656
01:28:17,557 --> 01:28:19,887
Daddy and Martin
asked me to do it.
1657
01:28:19,922 --> 01:28:21,823
-I'm going.
-[elevator bell dings]
1658
01:28:30,768 --> 01:28:32,471
[applause]
1659
01:28:38,512 --> 01:28:39,676
Aretha!
1660
01:28:39,711 --> 01:28:41,381
[Aretha] Jerry.
1661
01:28:41,416 --> 01:28:42,745
Oh, I love
when you call me Jerry.
1662
01:28:42,780 --> 01:28:43,878
It means you're not mad at me.
1663
01:28:43,913 --> 01:28:45,011
Hello, Ted.
1664
01:28:45,046 --> 01:28:46,518
Jerry.
1665
01:28:46,553 --> 01:28:48,047
Come on in.
1666
01:28:48,082 --> 01:28:50,753
[Ken] Everyone wants you,
Miss Franklin.
1667
01:28:50,788 --> 01:28:53,426
We've got interest in France,
England, Germany...
1668
01:28:53,461 --> 01:28:54,823
[Jerry] All right, we don't
have to name every country.
1669
01:28:54,858 --> 01:28:56,660
All of Europe.
1670
01:28:56,695 --> 01:28:58,090
The entire continent wants you
1671
01:28:58,125 --> 01:28:59,696
and I think we should
schedule something.
1672
01:28:59,731 --> 01:29:00,928
We should schedule a tour
1673
01:29:00,963 --> 01:29:02,534
that coincides
with the new album.
1674
01:29:02,569 --> 01:29:04,063
We could do that
or we could send her out now
1675
01:29:04,098 --> 01:29:05,669
to create an appetite
for the new record.
1676
01:29:05,704 --> 01:29:07,066
I think that's best.
1677
01:29:07,101 --> 01:29:08,573
I have six venues
ready to clear this...
1678
01:29:08,608 --> 01:29:09,376
And who are you,
1679
01:29:10,412 --> 01:29:12,005
brother?
1680
01:29:13,976 --> 01:29:17,417
Ken Cunningham.
I'm the tour manager.
1681
01:29:18,585 --> 01:29:20,585
[Ted] Tour manager?
1682
01:29:20,620 --> 01:29:21,520
So, you already
booked the tour?
1683
01:29:21,555 --> 01:29:22,917
It's not booked.
1684
01:29:22,952 --> 01:29:24,754
[Ted] No, he said
the venues was ready.
1685
01:29:24,789 --> 01:29:26,151
[Jerry] That's right. They were
available if we want 'em.
1686
01:29:26,186 --> 01:29:27,856
You have to gauge
interest early for it.
1687
01:29:27,891 --> 01:29:29,429
-I know how a tour works.
-[Jerry] Okay.
1688
01:29:29,464 --> 01:29:31,563
-No.
-No what?
1689
01:29:31,598 --> 01:29:33,059
[Ted] No European tour dates.
1690
01:29:33,094 --> 01:29:34,093
[Jerry] Why not?
1691
01:29:34,128 --> 01:29:35,864
[Ted] Because
1692
01:29:35,899 --> 01:29:37,668
we have some TV dates
we'd like to schedule first.
1693
01:29:37,703 --> 01:29:39,538
Oh, yeah? With whom?
1694
01:29:39,573 --> 01:29:43,410
Carol Burnett, Andy Williams.
Mike Douglas.
1695
01:29:43,445 --> 01:29:45,071
All right. So, those shows
will be there
1696
01:29:45,106 --> 01:29:46,105
when she gets back.
1697
01:29:46,140 --> 01:29:47,678
We have a chance here
1698
01:29:47,713 --> 01:29:49,878
to expand her reach
around the world.
1699
01:29:49,913 --> 01:29:52,078
To make her
a global superstar.
1700
01:29:52,113 --> 01:29:55,114
Do you know what
a rare opportunity that is?
1701
01:29:55,149 --> 01:29:56,885
We're considering
some movie offers as well.
1702
01:29:56,920 --> 01:29:58,117
[Jerry] Movies?
1703
01:29:58,152 --> 01:29:59,954
Aretha. You wanna do movies?
1704
01:30:01,188 --> 01:30:02,594
I think I could.
1705
01:30:02,629 --> 01:30:04,431
Of course you could.
1706
01:30:04,466 --> 01:30:06,059
You could do
any damn thing you want.
1707
01:30:07,997 --> 01:30:09,832
You thought you could
just bring us in here,
1708
01:30:09,867 --> 01:30:11,735
tell us where to go,
what to do,
1709
01:30:11,770 --> 01:30:13,099
and send us on our way?
1710
01:30:13,134 --> 01:30:14,540
You should know by now, Jerry,
1711
01:30:14,575 --> 01:30:16,476
that is not the way
I do business.
1712
01:30:16,511 --> 01:30:19,875
Ken, how much money
could Aretha make on the tour?
1713
01:30:19,910 --> 01:30:21,074
Quarter of a million.
1714
01:30:22,913 --> 01:30:24,814
[Jerry] Carol Burnett
payin' that?
1715
01:30:25,553 --> 01:30:28,488
Movies payin' that?
1716
01:30:28,523 --> 01:30:31,854
We'll consider it.
With the right band.
1717
01:30:31,889 --> 01:30:33,757
[Jerry] All right.
1718
01:30:33,792 --> 01:30:35,759
Well, the Muscle Shoals guys
have started their own label.
1719
01:30:35,794 --> 01:30:37,530
King Curtis is ready to go.
1720
01:30:37,565 --> 01:30:39,499
-Curtis is rockin'.
-[Jerry] He's perfect for you.
1721
01:30:39,534 --> 01:30:41,996
Curtis is good, but I've got
some people lined up.
1722
01:30:42,031 --> 01:30:43,129
Really? Five minutes ago,
1723
01:30:43,164 --> 01:30:44,537
you didn't wanna
go on this tour.
1724
01:30:44,572 --> 01:30:45,769
Now, you've got
people lined up?
1725
01:30:46,233 --> 01:30:47,870
Check the tone, Jerry.
1726
01:30:47,905 --> 01:30:50,004
Just take it easy, Ted.
1727
01:30:50,039 --> 01:30:54,074
I'm sorry.
Forgive me for my tone.
1728
01:30:54,109 --> 01:30:56,483
What musicians
do you have lined up, Ted?
1729
01:30:57,046 --> 01:30:59,145
[Ted] George Davidson.
1730
01:30:59,180 --> 01:31:01,752
Miller Brisker.
Russell Conway.
1731
01:31:01,787 --> 01:31:04,755
All right. You can't have
the premier singer of our time
1732
01:31:04,790 --> 01:31:07,527
touring Europe with a ragtag
bunch of amateurs
1733
01:31:07,562 --> 01:31:10,222
suitable for backing
some third-rate blues singer
1734
01:31:10,257 --> 01:31:12,191
in a bucket of blood
in Loserville, Louisiana.
1735
01:31:12,226 --> 01:31:14,897
I want to use Ted's musicians,
Mr. Wexler.
1736
01:31:14,932 --> 01:31:16,701
"Mr. Wexler"?
1737
01:31:16,736 --> 01:31:19,506
Oh, God. Aretha, please.
1738
01:31:19,541 --> 01:31:20,340
Can we move on
1739
01:31:21,576 --> 01:31:22,806
to the next item
on the agenda, please?
1740
01:31:28,242 --> 01:31:31,012
Whatever you say,
Miss Franklin.
1741
01:31:35,117 --> 01:31:36,919
[Ken] So, they do
this funny thing in Amsterdam
1742
01:31:36,954 --> 01:31:38,492
when they really
love a performer.
1743
01:31:39,088 --> 01:31:41,055
They pelt them with flowers.
1744
01:31:41,090 --> 01:31:42,727
Pardon me.
1745
01:31:42,762 --> 01:31:44,025
I warned them not
to get too crazy with it,
1746
01:31:44,060 --> 01:31:45,290
but you might
get hit with a few.
1747
01:31:45,325 --> 01:31:46,830
After the show, please.
After the show.
1748
01:31:46,865 --> 01:31:47,798
Right through this door.
1749
01:31:49,703 --> 01:31:51,571
Watch your step.
1750
01:31:51,606 --> 01:31:53,001
-♪ Chain chain chain ♪
-[upbeat soul music playing]
1751
01:31:53,036 --> 01:31:54,101
[backup singers]
♪ Chain chain chain♪
1752
01:31:54,136 --> 01:31:55,971
♪ Chain chain chain♪
1753
01:31:56,006 --> 01:31:57,874
♪ Chain chain chain♪
1754
01:31:57,909 --> 01:31:59,139
♪ Chain chain chain♪
1755
01:31:59,174 --> 01:32:01,240
[vocalizing]
1756
01:32:01,275 --> 01:32:03,110
♪ Chain of fools♪
1757
01:32:04,718 --> 01:32:06,883
♪ For five long years♪
1758
01:32:07,985 --> 01:32:10,183
♪ I thought you were my man♪
1759
01:32:11,791 --> 01:32:15,023
♪ But I found out♪
1760
01:32:15,058 --> 01:32:17,058
♪ I'm just a link
in your chain♪
1761
01:32:19,029 --> 01:32:22,096
♪ Ya got me where you want me♪
1762
01:32:22,131 --> 01:32:24,131
♪ I ain't nothin'
but your fool♪
1763
01:32:26,036 --> 01:32:28,773
♪ Ya treated me mean, yeah♪
1764
01:32:28,808 --> 01:32:31,710
♪ Oh, you treated me cruel♪
1765
01:32:31,745 --> 01:32:33,646
♪ Oh♪
1766
01:32:33,681 --> 01:32:36,913
-♪ Chain chain chain ♪
-♪ Chain chain chain ♪
1767
01:32:36,948 --> 01:32:38,244
♪ Chain of fools♪
1768
01:32:40,017 --> 01:32:42,083
♪ Now every chain♪
1769
01:32:43,889 --> 01:32:45,823
♪ Has got a weak link♪
1770
01:32:47,321 --> 01:32:50,190
♪ I might be weak, yeah♪
1771
01:32:50,225 --> 01:32:53,732
♪ Oh, but I'll give
you strength♪
1772
01:32:53,767 --> 01:32:54,898
♪ Oh♪
1773
01:32:56,638 --> 01:32:59,606
♪ You told me
to leave you alone♪
1774
01:32:59,641 --> 01:33:01,608
Fix this
or I'll have your job.
1775
01:33:01,643 --> 01:33:03,940
[Aretha] ♪ My father said,
"Come on home" ♪
1776
01:33:03,975 --> 01:33:07,273
♪ My doctor said,
"Take it easy"♪
1777
01:33:07,308 --> 01:33:09,649
-[reporters clamoring]
-[cameras clicking]
1778
01:33:15,052 --> 01:33:16,920
[reporter] Aretha! Aretha!
1779
01:33:16,955 --> 01:33:18,922
[speaking Dutch]
1780
01:33:20,959 --> 01:33:23,762
Can you comment on the recent
Time magazine cover story?
1781
01:33:24,391 --> 01:33:26,160
Oh, I haven't read it yet,
1782
01:33:26,195 --> 01:33:28,030
but it is a great honor
to grace the cover
1783
01:33:28,065 --> 01:33:29,900
of such
a prestigious magazine.
1784
01:33:29,935 --> 01:33:32,639
[reporters clamoring]
1785
01:33:32,674 --> 01:33:34,905
[interpreter] This Time article
says that your husband
1786
01:33:34,940 --> 01:33:36,709
beat you in a hotel lobby.
1787
01:33:36,744 --> 01:33:37,303
Excuse me?
1788
01:33:41,210 --> 01:33:42,275
[Ted grunts]
1789
01:33:43,410 --> 01:33:45,047
Is this true?
1790
01:33:45,082 --> 01:33:47,049
No more questions!
Let's go!
1791
01:33:47,084 --> 01:33:48,952
-[reporters clamoring]
-Move.
1792
01:33:52,386 --> 01:33:53,693
It's a lie!
1793
01:33:54,828 --> 01:33:56,795
It's a dirty lie!
1794
01:33:56,830 --> 01:33:58,159
Get off! Come here!
1795
01:33:59,360 --> 01:34:02,834
No, that's too low.
I want $10 million.
1796
01:34:02,869 --> 01:34:03,868
[receiver rattles]
1797
01:34:03,903 --> 01:34:05,166
[throws phone]
1798
01:34:08,743 --> 01:34:11,040
They're gonna be sorry
they wrote this shit.
1799
01:34:11,779 --> 01:34:13,042
And you know, your daddy,
1800
01:34:13,077 --> 01:34:15,209
he doesn't come across
too well either.
1801
01:34:15,244 --> 01:34:16,815
He may wanna sue 'em
his damn self.
1802
01:34:16,850 --> 01:34:18,179
How are you gonna prove
that you didn't hit me?
1803
01:34:20,018 --> 01:34:22,183
You did and everyone saw it!
1804
01:34:24,187 --> 01:34:26,990
Another man would
have killed you by now.
1805
01:34:27,025 --> 01:34:28,728
Crazy way you act.
1806
01:34:30,996 --> 01:34:32,259
Get out of my way.
1807
01:34:32,294 --> 01:34:33,964
What are you gonna do, huh?
What are you gonna do?
1808
01:34:33,999 --> 01:34:34,899
I mean it.
1809
01:34:34,934 --> 01:34:35,867
[breathing heavily]
1810
01:34:36,771 --> 01:34:38,133
You would still be singing
1811
01:34:38,168 --> 01:34:39,673
some Al Jolson shit
if it wasn't for me.
1812
01:34:40,500 --> 01:34:42,676
-I wrote half your hits.
-[chuckles dryly]
1813
01:34:44,009 --> 01:34:45,437
Are you laughing at me?
1814
01:34:45,472 --> 01:34:47,208
You know damn well
you didn't write one word.
1815
01:34:47,914 --> 01:34:49,782
One note of anything.
1816
01:34:49,817 --> 01:34:51,278
I just let you put
your name on it
1817
01:34:51,313 --> 01:34:52,851
to keep you
from throwing a fit.
1818
01:34:52,886 --> 01:34:54,919
I Never Loved A Man
came from me.
1819
01:34:54,954 --> 01:34:56,723
My songwriter!
1820
01:34:56,758 --> 01:34:59,726
That song wasn't anything
until I rearranged it.
1821
01:34:59,761 --> 01:35:02,388
And I sang the hell out of it
because it was about you.
1822
01:35:02,423 --> 01:35:05,424
You're a lying, no good,
1823
01:35:05,459 --> 01:35:08,801
just useless, psychopath.
1824
01:35:08,836 --> 01:35:10,968
-[grunts]
-No!
1825
01:35:15,810 --> 01:35:17,304
I'm done with you.
1826
01:35:19,473 --> 01:35:22,210
Yeah, you've said that before.
1827
01:35:22,245 --> 01:35:23,915
You wait until
your demons come back!
1828
01:35:25,314 --> 01:35:27,116
After livin' with you,
1829
01:35:28,218 --> 01:35:30,053
I'm ready for 'em.
1830
01:35:42,133 --> 01:35:44,738
[audience cheering
and applauding]
1831
01:36:02,219 --> 01:36:05,121
This song goes out
1832
01:36:05,156 --> 01:36:09,290
to anyone who has
ever felt mistreated.
1833
01:36:11,965 --> 01:36:13,833
Two, three, four.
1834
01:36:13,868 --> 01:36:15,934
-[cheers and applause]
-[playing upbeat soul music]
1835
01:36:21,106 --> 01:36:22,974
-♪ You better think ♪
-[backup singers] ♪ Think ♪
1836
01:36:23,009 --> 01:36:25,141
♪ Think about what
you're trying to do to me♪
1837
01:36:25,176 --> 01:36:26,945
-♪ Think ♪
-♪ Think, think ♪
1838
01:36:26,980 --> 01:36:29,409
♪ Let your mind go
Let yourself be free♪
1839
01:36:29,444 --> 01:36:31,147
♪ Let's go back,
let's go back ♪
1840
01:36:31,182 --> 01:36:33,347
♪ Let's go way on,
way back when♪
1841
01:36:33,382 --> 01:36:34,953
♪ I didn't even know you♪
1842
01:36:34,988 --> 01:36:36,251
♪ You couldn't have been
too much more than 10♪
1843
01:36:36,286 --> 01:36:38,286
♪ Just a child♪
1844
01:36:38,321 --> 01:36:41,157
♪ I ain't no psychiatrist,
I ain't no doctor with degree♪
1845
01:36:41,192 --> 01:36:43,489
♪ But it don't take
too much high IQ♪
1846
01:36:43,524 --> 01:36:45,326
♪ To see what
you're doing to me♪
1847
01:36:45,361 --> 01:36:47,229
-♪ You better think ♪
-♪ Think ♪
1848
01:36:47,264 --> 01:36:49,099
♪ Think about what
you're trying to do to me♪
1849
01:36:49,134 --> 01:36:50,870
-♪ Yeah, think ♪
-♪ Think, think ♪
1850
01:36:50,905 --> 01:36:52,938
♪ Let your mind go,
let yourself be free♪
1851
01:36:52,973 --> 01:36:55,303
-♪ Oh, freedom ♪
-♪ Freedom ♪
1852
01:36:55,338 --> 01:36:57,272
-♪ Freedom ♪
-♪ Freedom ♪
1853
01:36:57,307 --> 01:36:59,274
♪ Freedom♪
1854
01:36:59,309 --> 01:37:02,145
♪ Freedom♪
1855
01:37:05,051 --> 01:37:06,512
[music muffling]
1856
01:37:06,547 --> 01:37:08,822
♪ Freedom♪
1857
01:37:10,925 --> 01:37:12,353
♪ Freedom♪
1858
01:37:14,621 --> 01:37:19,030
♪ Freedom♪
1859
01:37:19,065 --> 01:37:22,561
♪ Hey, think about it
You, think about it♪
1860
01:37:22,596 --> 01:37:24,299
♪ There ain't nothing
you could ask♪
1861
01:37:24,334 --> 01:37:25,366
♪ I could answer you
with I won't♪
1862
01:37:25,401 --> 01:37:27,170
♪ And I won't♪
1863
01:37:27,205 --> 01:37:28,974
♪ But I was gonna change,
but I'm not♪
1864
01:37:29,009 --> 01:37:30,602
♪ 'Cause you keep
doing things I don't♪
1865
01:37:30,637 --> 01:37:32,505
-♪ You better think ♪
-♪ Think ♪
1866
01:37:32,540 --> 01:37:34,276
♪ Think about what
you're trying to do to me♪
1867
01:37:34,311 --> 01:37:36,047
-♪ I said think ♪
-♪ Think ♪
1868
01:37:36,082 --> 01:37:37,917
♪ Let your mind go,
let yourself be free♪
1869
01:37:37,952 --> 01:37:40,117
-♪ And you need me ♪
-♪ Need me ♪
1870
01:37:40,152 --> 01:37:42,449
-♪ And I need you ♪
-♪ Don't you know ♪
1871
01:37:42,484 --> 01:37:46,585
♪ Without each other
There ain't nothing we can do♪
1872
01:37:46,620 --> 01:37:48,554
♪ Think
Think about it right now♪
1873
01:37:48,589 --> 01:37:50,226
♪ What you're trying to do me♪
1874
01:37:50,261 --> 01:37:52,195
-[vocalizes]
-♪ Think about it ♪
1875
01:37:52,230 --> 01:37:53,592
♪ You better think♪
1876
01:37:53,627 --> 01:37:55,264
[vocalizing]
1877
01:37:58,467 --> 01:38:00,401
-[music ends]
-[cheering and applauding]
1878
01:38:45,679 --> 01:38:47,052
[luggage thuds]
1879
01:38:49,287 --> 01:38:50,451
Thank you.
1880
01:38:57,262 --> 01:38:59,196
[soft jazz instrumental
music playing]
1881
01:39:16,281 --> 01:39:18,578
I have some trash
I need taken downstairs.
1882
01:39:19,284 --> 01:39:22,120
Right now, please.
1883
01:39:22,155 --> 01:39:23,154
[receiver thuds]
1884
01:39:31,164 --> 01:39:33,296
[soft jazz instrumental
music continues]
1885
01:39:42,175 --> 01:39:43,636
Just come over.
1886
01:39:45,607 --> 01:39:47,310
I know.
1887
01:39:49,578 --> 01:39:51,380
I don't care.
1888
01:39:53,450 --> 01:39:54,647
Just...
1889
01:39:55,749 --> 01:39:57,419
be with me.
1890
01:40:00,358 --> 01:40:01,654
[knock on door]
1891
01:40:11,501 --> 01:40:13,567
[soft jazz instrumental
music continues]
1892
01:40:33,391 --> 01:40:35,292
[Cecil] You sure
that ain't too much, Ree?
1893
01:40:35,327 --> 01:40:38,493
[Aretha] Listen, you're about
to have the meal of your life.
1894
01:40:38,528 --> 01:40:39,758
[Ken] She put
her foot in there. Smell it.
1895
01:40:39,793 --> 01:40:41,595
[Aretha] Yes, I did,
yes, I did.
1896
01:40:41,630 --> 01:40:43,201
-She put somethin' in there.
-Put her foot in, she did.
1897
01:40:43,236 --> 01:40:44,565
[Cecil] I don't know.
That smells funny.
1898
01:40:44,600 --> 01:40:45,833
-[phone ringing]
-Darlin', get outta there.
1899
01:40:45,868 --> 01:40:47,370
-You want me to get that, Ree?
-[Aretha] Yes, answer. Get...
1900
01:40:47,405 --> 01:40:48,173
Get outta here!
1901
01:40:50,309 --> 01:40:50,802
All right, put it back.
1902
01:40:50,837 --> 01:40:51,704
Hello?
1903
01:40:52,575 --> 01:40:54,773
[Aretha] And that's me.
1904
01:40:54,808 --> 01:40:57,743
This will bring Big Mama
to her knees, honey.
1905
01:40:57,778 --> 01:40:59,118
[Cecil] You goin' to Hell
for that.
1906
01:40:59,153 --> 01:40:59,745
[Aretha] Hey.
1907
01:41:01,254 --> 01:41:02,649
She knows.
1908
01:41:04,191 --> 01:41:05,586
[Ken] No, no, no.
1909
01:41:07,557 --> 01:41:09,326
-No, no, no.
-[Cecil] What's wrong?
1910
01:41:10,692 --> 01:41:11,592
What's wrong?
1911
01:41:16,698 --> 01:41:17,598
Hello?
1912
01:41:18,568 --> 01:41:20,205
What is it?
1913
01:41:21,538 --> 01:41:22,603
What?
1914
01:41:25,839 --> 01:41:27,740
-What?
-It's Martin.
1915
01:41:28,545 --> 01:41:30,281
They...
1916
01:41:30,316 --> 01:41:32,778
-[Cecil] Oh, God.
-[Ken] They shot him.
1917
01:41:32,813 --> 01:41:35,154
[Cecil] Oh, God.
1918
01:41:35,189 --> 01:41:38,388
[Aretha] ♪ I wanna
say it one more time♪
1919
01:41:38,423 --> 01:41:39,818
[somber synth music playing]
1920
01:41:41,459 --> 01:41:43,624
♪ For the broken-hearted♪
1921
01:41:48,169 --> 01:41:51,500
♪ I want you to take my hand♪
1922
01:41:54,340 --> 01:41:59,376
♪ Lord, lead me on home♪
1923
01:42:03,316 --> 01:42:06,317
♪ 'Cause we got to stand♪
1924
01:42:08,321 --> 01:42:11,817
♪ Lord knows I get tired♪
1925
01:42:15,889 --> 01:42:18,791
♪ Lord knows I get weak♪
1926
01:42:21,499 --> 01:42:25,468
♪ And, oh, every day♪
1927
01:42:27,406 --> 01:42:29,538
♪ Every day♪
1928
01:42:31,212 --> 01:42:33,674
♪ I'm worn♪
1929
01:42:35,876 --> 01:42:38,580
♪ But, oh, Jesus♪
1930
01:42:43,290 --> 01:42:44,157
♪ Through the storm♪
1931
01:42:46,788 --> 01:42:47,919
[sniffles]
1932
01:42:47,954 --> 01:42:48,722
♪ Ooh♪
1933
01:42:51,958 --> 01:42:54,332
[somber synth music continues]
1934
01:42:54,367 --> 01:42:55,564
[sighs]
1935
01:42:57,304 --> 01:42:58,831
[scattered applause]
1936
01:42:59,636 --> 01:43:01,306
[mourners exclaiming softly]
1937
01:43:02,903 --> 01:43:05,178
♪ Lord, I need you to♪
1938
01:43:07,281 --> 01:43:09,908
♪ Hold my hand♪
1939
01:43:11,582 --> 01:43:14,352
♪ 'Cause you a precious Lord♪
1940
01:43:15,322 --> 01:43:17,586
♪ Ooh♪
1941
01:43:19,260 --> 01:43:22,591
♪ Precious Lord♪
1942
01:43:26,267 --> 01:43:27,860
♪ Ooh♪
1943
01:43:31,569 --> 01:43:35,802
♪ Lead us home♪
1944
01:43:35,837 --> 01:43:37,210
[light applause]
1945
01:43:41,546 --> 01:43:43,942
He kept telling me
1946
01:43:43,977 --> 01:43:45,746
that they were gonna get him.
1947
01:43:47,585 --> 01:43:52,258
But I said, "Martin, the Lord
has more for you to do.
1948
01:43:52,854 --> 01:43:55,360
You're gonna be all right."
1949
01:43:56,022 --> 01:43:57,428
[muffled jazz music playing]
1950
01:43:57,463 --> 01:43:58,660
But he knew.
1951
01:43:59,762 --> 01:44:01,498
He knew.
1952
01:44:02,765 --> 01:44:05,337
Other ministers
were jealous of him,
1953
01:44:06,307 --> 01:44:07,900
-but I never was.
-Mm.
1954
01:44:08,507 --> 01:44:10,474
He was my friend.
1955
01:44:11,576 --> 01:44:13,609
-I ministered him...
-Yeah.
1956
01:44:13,644 --> 01:44:14,775
...advised him.
1957
01:44:15,613 --> 01:44:16,975
Prayed with him.
1958
01:44:18,319 --> 01:44:20,781
-Yes, you did.
-More time than I can count.
1959
01:44:23,588 --> 01:44:25,324
I loved him, Ree.
1960
01:44:25,359 --> 01:44:26,919
He loved you.
1961
01:44:31,596 --> 01:44:33,794
Who's gonna lead us now?
1962
01:44:35,732 --> 01:44:37,864
They don't listen
to me anymore.
1963
01:44:37,899 --> 01:44:40,834
You still have
the biggest church in Detroit.
1964
01:44:42,002 --> 01:44:43,804
I still know
how to get 'em goin'.
1965
01:44:44,510 --> 01:44:45,839
-Yes, you do.
-I do.
1966
01:44:45,874 --> 01:44:47,709
[Clara] Can I join you?
1967
01:44:47,744 --> 01:44:50,316
No. I just wanna talk to Ree.
Can I do that?
1968
01:44:50,351 --> 01:44:51,845
-Can I just talk to Ree?
-Of course you can.
1969
01:44:51,880 --> 01:44:53,352
-Daddy, Daddy, Daddy.
-Of course you can.
1970
01:44:54,487 --> 01:44:57,323
Um, I'll be right there
when you need me.
1971
01:44:59,657 --> 01:45:01,426
They need leadership, Ree.
1972
01:45:03,562 --> 01:45:05,056
You should see
the way these fools
1973
01:45:05,091 --> 01:45:08,631
are steppin' over
Martin's body to be in charge.
1974
01:45:08,666 --> 01:45:10,666
I don't want no part of that.
1975
01:45:11,900 --> 01:45:15,902
And these young
revolutionaries out here,
1976
01:45:15,937 --> 01:45:17,475
they don't want
no part of what we built.
1977
01:45:18,775 --> 01:45:21,479
They want to free our people.
1978
01:45:21,514 --> 01:45:23,481
They all talk.
1979
01:45:23,516 --> 01:45:25,846
Not all of them.
I like Angela Davis.
1980
01:45:27,817 --> 01:45:30,389
She don't care
about public opinion
1981
01:45:30,424 --> 01:45:32,017
and she's not afraid
to speak up
1982
01:45:32,052 --> 01:45:34,525
to those pigs or anyone else.
1983
01:45:34,560 --> 01:45:37,825
-Pigs?
-Yes, pigs.
1984
01:45:37,860 --> 01:45:39,398
You saw what they did to us
during the rebellion.
1985
01:45:39,433 --> 01:45:40,597
Riots.
1986
01:45:41,534 --> 01:45:43,666
Why shouldn't we fight back?
1987
01:45:43,701 --> 01:45:46,438
And start a full-on war?
You think we can win that?
1988
01:45:46,473 --> 01:45:47,901
We're tired of gettin'
our heads kicked in.
1989
01:45:47,936 --> 01:45:51,443
Non-violence
got us our civil rights
1990
01:45:51,478 --> 01:45:53,544
and our right to vote.
1991
01:45:53,579 --> 01:45:54,974
At what price? Our souls?
1992
01:45:55,009 --> 01:45:56,349
Our dignity?
1993
01:45:57,110 --> 01:45:58,384
[C.L.] Hmm.
1994
01:46:01,620 --> 01:46:03,356
I've been thinking.
1995
01:46:05,756 --> 01:46:07,690
We should hit the road again.
1996
01:46:10,123 --> 01:46:11,661
Why not?
1997
01:46:11,696 --> 01:46:13,531
A northern tour.
1998
01:46:13,566 --> 01:46:16,600
Me preachin' and you singin'.
1999
01:46:16,635 --> 01:46:17,568
[Aretha] Mm-mmm.
2000
01:46:19,506 --> 01:46:22,936
Just think on it.
2001
01:46:22,971 --> 01:46:24,608
You don't gotta
decide tonight.
2002
01:46:24,643 --> 01:46:25,906
I'm not doing that, Daddy.
2003
01:46:27,580 --> 01:46:29,613
I know you got
your very busy tourin'
2004
01:46:29,648 --> 01:46:30,944
and recordin' schedule.
2005
01:46:30,979 --> 01:46:32,451
This won't interfere
with that.
2006
01:46:32,486 --> 01:46:34,046
-I won't interfere with that.
-No.
2007
01:46:35,654 --> 01:46:38,589
I'm done with that.
2008
01:46:38,624 --> 01:46:40,591
I can't go back
to headlining with you.
2009
01:46:46,995 --> 01:46:49,798
You're not walkin'
in the spirit anymore.
2010
01:46:51,604 --> 01:46:54,132
That is not true.
2011
01:46:54,167 --> 01:46:57,102
You're drinking
and you're whoring around.
2012
01:46:57,137 --> 01:46:58,609
Same as you!
2013
01:46:58,644 --> 01:47:00,446
You not too old for me
to knock you on your ass!
2014
01:47:00,481 --> 01:47:01,942
-You know that, right?
-Is everything all right?
2015
01:47:01,977 --> 01:47:04,450
Just mind your own business!
I'm talkin' to...
2016
01:47:04,485 --> 01:47:05,781
Don't talk to her like that.
2017
01:47:05,816 --> 01:47:08,047
Have you lost your mind, huh?
2018
01:47:08,082 --> 01:47:09,983
Maybe.
2019
01:47:10,018 --> 01:47:11,952
Maybe I found it.
2020
01:47:15,221 --> 01:47:16,726
Come on, let's get you to bed.
2021
01:47:16,761 --> 01:47:18,464
Just...
2022
01:47:18,499 --> 01:47:20,092
Just don't.
2023
01:47:31,776 --> 01:47:34,612
-I heard your conversation.
-Mm...
2024
01:47:34,647 --> 01:47:36,108
I'm not sorry.
2025
01:47:36,143 --> 01:47:38,044
No, no, you ain't got nothin'
to be sorry for.
2026
01:47:39,718 --> 01:47:41,652
Just do your thing, Ree.
2027
01:47:42,589 --> 01:47:47,152
And you do it
as big and as loud
2028
01:47:47,187 --> 01:47:48,989
and as long as you can.
2029
01:47:56,097 --> 01:47:57,063
[kisses]
2030
01:48:16,755 --> 01:48:19,085
[upbeat soul music playing]
2031
01:48:19,120 --> 01:48:23,254
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la,♪
2032
01:48:23,289 --> 01:48:27,797
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la♪
2033
01:48:27,832 --> 01:48:33,099
♪ There's a rose in black
at Spanish Harlem♪
2034
01:48:33,134 --> 01:48:36,069
Please, just listen
to it again, okay?
2035
01:48:36,104 --> 01:48:38,203
I have a great feeling
about this song,
2036
01:48:38,238 --> 01:48:40,205
and The Beatles
are getting restless.
2037
01:48:40,240 --> 01:48:42,614
They said if you
don't do it, they will.
2038
01:48:42,649 --> 01:48:44,616
The song is Catholic, Jerry.
2039
01:48:44,651 --> 01:48:46,211
I'm a Baptist.
2040
01:48:46,246 --> 01:48:48,048
That's... That's crazy.
2041
01:48:48,083 --> 01:48:49,313
-You thought that's gonna...
-They caught Angela Davis.
2042
01:48:49,348 --> 01:48:51,084
-What?
-[Jerry] That can't be right.
2043
01:48:51,119 --> 01:48:52,954
No, no, no, no.
2044
01:48:52,989 --> 01:48:55,561
[newscaster] Angela Davis,
a young Black militant
2045
01:48:55,596 --> 01:48:57,222
who has been hunted
for nearly two months
2046
01:48:57,257 --> 01:48:58,894
on murder
and kidnapping charges,
2047
01:49:00,667 --> 01:49:02,700
was arrested yesterday at a
hotel in midtown Manhattan
2048
01:49:02,735 --> 01:49:05,230
by agents of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
2049
01:49:05,265 --> 01:49:07,573
-[grunts softly]
-[indistinct talking on TV]
2050
01:49:07,608 --> 01:49:09,971
[Aretha] Angela Davis
must go free.
2051
01:49:10,006 --> 01:49:12,743
Black people will be free.
2052
01:49:12,778 --> 01:49:15,042
My daddy says
I don't know what I'm doing.
2053
01:49:15,077 --> 01:49:17,176
I respect him, of course,
2054
01:49:17,211 --> 01:49:20,146
but I have to stick
by my beliefs.
2055
01:49:20,181 --> 01:49:24,557
You have to disturb the peace
when you can't get no peace.
2056
01:49:26,154 --> 01:49:27,560
[babbles]
2057
01:49:30,829 --> 01:49:32,796
What the hell
is this tour schedule?
2058
01:49:32,831 --> 01:49:34,930
-Half the damn dates are gone!
-All right, all right,
2059
01:49:34,965 --> 01:49:36,635
we were just about to have
a talk with you about this.
2060
01:49:36,670 --> 01:49:37,999
We?
2061
01:49:38,034 --> 01:49:39,572
We're not having
a family barbecue?
2062
01:49:40,674 --> 01:49:42,003
This is one of these
Ken hippie talks?
2063
01:49:42,038 --> 01:49:43,675
I told you this wasn't
gonna work.
2064
01:49:43,710 --> 01:49:44,775
Just breathe.
2065
01:49:44,810 --> 01:49:46,007
Put the damn dates back.
2066
01:49:46,042 --> 01:49:46,942
Don't do it, Cecil.
Listen, Ree...
2067
01:49:46,977 --> 01:49:48,009
You work for me, Cecil.
2068
01:49:48,044 --> 01:49:49,373
[Cecil] You overbook.
2069
01:49:49,408 --> 01:49:51,177
You don't show up
for half the dates,
2070
01:49:51,212 --> 01:49:52,277
then I have to
deal with the fallout.
2071
01:49:52,312 --> 01:49:53,817
It's your damn job!
2072
01:49:53,852 --> 01:49:54,917
[Carolyn]
We're trying to help you.
2073
01:49:54,952 --> 01:49:56,721
Aretha, you need to slow down.
2074
01:49:56,756 --> 01:49:58,624
You stop for five minutes,
they forget all about you.
2075
01:49:58,659 --> 01:49:59,757
That's ridiculous.
2076
01:50:00,860 --> 01:50:02,287
How would you know, Erma?
You barely have one hit.
2077
01:50:02,322 --> 01:50:03,959
[Ken] Ree,
you haven't slept in months.
2078
01:50:03,994 --> 01:50:05,862
[Carolyn] And you look like it.
2079
01:50:05,897 --> 01:50:07,765
You don't want me to tell you
what you look like, Carolyn.
2080
01:50:07,800 --> 01:50:09,063
Well, next time
you have a breakdown,
2081
01:50:10,099 --> 01:50:11,296
don't call us, all right?
2082
01:50:14,334 --> 01:50:15,608
I won't.
2083
01:50:16,677 --> 01:50:18,204
[Mama Franklin] Come on,
let's go outside. Come on.
2084
01:50:18,239 --> 01:50:20,712
And don't call me
when you need a gig,
2085
01:50:20,747 --> 01:50:25,112
or you want me to write liner
notes in your jive-ass album,
2086
01:50:25,147 --> 01:50:27,378
or introduce you
to some producers,
2087
01:50:27,413 --> 01:50:31,085
or just borrow some cash
that your ass never pay back.
2088
01:50:31,120 --> 01:50:33,318
If I don't work,
y'all don't eat.
2089
01:50:34,387 --> 01:50:36,255
Right.
2090
01:50:36,290 --> 01:50:37,927
Put the damn dates
back, Cecil.
2091
01:50:40,261 --> 01:50:45,363
Three venues in three states
in three days.
2092
01:50:45,398 --> 01:50:48,201
-Happy now?
-Yes, I am.
2093
01:50:48,236 --> 01:50:50,676
And don't ever pull that
bullshit with me again.
2094
01:50:50,711 --> 01:50:52,172
I know how to run
my damn business.
2095
01:50:53,043 --> 01:50:55,340
You asked me.
2096
01:50:55,375 --> 01:50:56,880
Y'all just wanna
take my crown.
2097
01:50:56,915 --> 01:50:59,080
-Oh, God.
-Please.
2098
01:50:59,115 --> 01:51:02,215
Ree, think about our son.
This isn't good for him.
2099
01:51:02,250 --> 01:51:04,085
Don't tell me
I'm a bad mother.
2100
01:51:04,120 --> 01:51:05,691
-Here comes the paranoia.
-[Ken] I never said that!
2101
01:51:05,726 --> 01:51:07,891
Olga, bring Miss Franklin
a fruit juice.
2102
01:51:07,926 --> 01:51:09,321
Don't you dare.
2103
01:51:11,127 --> 01:51:13,996
What you staring at?
Go get my lunch.
2104
01:51:14,031 --> 01:51:15,195
Yes, ma'am.
2105
01:51:17,265 --> 01:51:19,133
Tell me y'all
don't want what I got.
2106
01:51:19,168 --> 01:51:20,871
[Cecil] All right, forget it!
2107
01:51:20,906 --> 01:51:22,334
I can't talk to you
when that demon takes hold.
2108
01:51:24,008 --> 01:51:25,876
You don't know
what I go through.
2109
01:51:25,911 --> 01:51:27,911
Y'all don't know
what I've been through!
2110
01:51:27,946 --> 01:51:29,011
We love you, Ree.
2111
01:51:29,046 --> 01:51:31,013
Why can't you see that, Ree?
2112
01:51:31,048 --> 01:51:33,114
Get the hell out of my house.
2113
01:51:33,149 --> 01:51:34,852
No, don't move. We're going
to deal with this, Ree.
2114
01:51:34,887 --> 01:51:36,084
Out!
2115
01:51:37,417 --> 01:51:38,691
Out!
2116
01:51:40,321 --> 01:51:41,353
Out!
2117
01:51:45,029 --> 01:51:46,292
-Come on, baby, please.
-Mm-mm.
2118
01:51:49,165 --> 01:51:52,166
[Ken] Ree, listen to me.
They're here to help you.
2119
01:51:52,201 --> 01:51:54,366
-[playing piano]
-[Ken] Please.
2120
01:51:57,943 --> 01:51:59,404
It's your family.
2121
01:51:59,439 --> 01:52:02,275
Teddy! Calf! Come help
your momma sing now.
2122
01:52:02,310 --> 01:52:04,376
[continues playing piano]
2123
01:52:07,788 --> 01:52:11,218
♪ To be young, gifted,
and Black ♪
2124
01:52:11,253 --> 01:52:15,123
♪ Oh, what a lovely
precious thing♪
2125
01:52:16,324 --> 01:52:19,765
[Ted Jr.] ♪ Young,
gifted, and Black♪
2126
01:52:19,800 --> 01:52:23,967
♪ Oh, what a lovely
precious thing♪
2127
01:52:24,002 --> 01:52:25,001
Say it again.
2128
01:52:26,235 --> 01:52:28,972
♪ To be young, gifted,
and Black♪
2129
01:52:29,007 --> 01:52:33,911
♪ Open your heart
to what I mean♪
2130
01:52:33,946 --> 01:52:37,277
♪ When you're young,
gifted, and Black♪
2131
01:52:38,247 --> 01:52:40,049
♪ Your soul's intact♪
2132
01:52:41,217 --> 01:52:44,416
I'm gonna take the kids
back to Detroit with me.
2133
01:52:45,958 --> 01:52:47,925
I think that's best.
2134
01:52:53,295 --> 01:52:54,866
[Ken] What are you thinking
right now?
2135
01:52:54,901 --> 01:52:56,296
Just things.
2136
01:52:59,972 --> 01:53:01,235
[Ken sighs]
2137
01:53:02,040 --> 01:53:03,336
What things?
2138
01:53:03,371 --> 01:53:05,976
Private things.
2139
01:53:06,011 --> 01:53:08,440
After all this time, you're
still keepin' stuff from me?
2140
01:53:10,543 --> 01:53:12,312
You don't keep stuff from me?
2141
01:53:12,512 --> 01:53:13,445
No.
2142
01:53:14,888 --> 01:53:16,085
You should.
2143
01:53:16,120 --> 01:53:18,186
Why? I trust you.
2144
01:53:19,057 --> 01:53:20,320
Don't you trust me?
2145
01:53:21,125 --> 01:53:23,488
Sometimes.
2146
01:53:23,523 --> 01:53:25,325
What do I have to do
to make it all the time?
2147
01:53:25,899 --> 01:53:27,459
Just let me be.
2148
01:53:36,877 --> 01:53:38,338
I know what to do.
2149
01:53:46,084 --> 01:53:47,215
Mmm.
2150
01:53:49,219 --> 01:53:51,186
Be here with me.
2151
01:53:51,221 --> 01:53:53,386
Just let your mind go quiet
for a moment.
2152
01:53:53,421 --> 01:53:55,861
That would be easy
if you stopped talking.
2153
01:53:55,896 --> 01:53:56,829
[chuckles]
2154
01:54:03,431 --> 01:54:04,496
What's wrong?
2155
01:54:04,905 --> 01:54:06,036
Nothing.
2156
01:54:07,974 --> 01:54:09,303
I have to make some calls.
2157
01:54:09,338 --> 01:54:10,942
You don't have
to call anyone, Ree.
2158
01:54:10,977 --> 01:54:12,273
You don't know
what I have to do.
2159
01:54:12,308 --> 01:54:13,505
Don't go to that dark place.
2160
01:54:14,640 --> 01:54:16,376
Come here.
2161
01:54:18,314 --> 01:54:19,544
Come here.
2162
01:54:25,057 --> 01:54:26,892
Tell me what's wrong, baby.
2163
01:54:33,065 --> 01:54:34,295
You're shaking.
2164
01:54:34,330 --> 01:54:36,066
You act so tough.
2165
01:54:36,101 --> 01:54:38,068
I can see that little
scared girl in you.
2166
01:54:38,103 --> 01:54:39,905
[groans] Shit!
2167
01:54:39,940 --> 01:54:42,006
-[groans]
-I'm sorry.
2168
01:54:42,503 --> 01:54:44,206
I'm so sorry.
2169
01:54:48,113 --> 01:54:49,310
It's all right.
2170
01:54:49,345 --> 01:54:50,278
Shit!
2171
01:54:55,153 --> 01:54:56,284
[Ken groans]
2172
01:54:59,960 --> 01:55:02,059
She can't do it, Cecil.
2173
01:55:02,094 --> 01:55:03,555
[Cecil] Put her on the phone.
2174
01:55:05,493 --> 01:55:07,625
She's asleep right now.
Her migraine.
2175
01:55:07,660 --> 01:55:10,001
Man, who do you think
you're bullshittin'?
2176
01:55:10,036 --> 01:55:12,531
Tell Ree she's gonna
get sued again.
2177
01:55:13,303 --> 01:55:14,169
[Ken hangs up]
2178
01:55:16,504 --> 01:55:18,042
[Ken] One of us
needs to go check on her.
2179
01:55:18,077 --> 01:55:19,538
[Cecil] Well, it's your job
to keep an eye on her.
2180
01:55:19,573 --> 01:55:20,506
[announcer]
Ladies and gentlemen,
2181
01:55:20,541 --> 01:55:22,640
the Queen of Soul,
2182
01:55:22,675 --> 01:55:25,610
Miss Aretha Franklin!
2183
01:55:25,645 --> 01:55:27,414
-[upbeat soul music playing]
-[Ken] Ree!
2184
01:55:27,449 --> 01:55:29,614
[Cecil] Hey, let us help you.
2185
01:55:29,649 --> 01:55:30,450
[Ken] Please.
2186
01:55:35,127 --> 01:55:36,995
[cheering and applauding]
2187
01:55:41,067 --> 01:55:42,627
[music ends]
2188
01:55:42,662 --> 01:55:44,101
-[audience whistling]
-[playing midtempo soul music]
2189
01:55:51,308 --> 01:55:55,112
♪ I say a little prayer
for you♪
2190
01:55:56,445 --> 01:55:59,512
[woozily] ♪ Moment I wake up ♪
2191
01:55:59,547 --> 01:56:02,548
♪ Before I put on my makeup♪
2192
01:56:02,583 --> 01:56:04,286
-[backup singers] ♪ Makeup ♪
-[misses line]
2193
01:56:04,321 --> 01:56:06,156
♪ Prayer for you♪
2194
01:56:08,028 --> 01:56:09,962
[continues singing woozily]
♪ Combing my hair now♪
2195
01:56:11,295 --> 01:56:13,999
♪ Wonderin' what dress
to wear now♪
2196
01:56:14,034 --> 01:56:15,693
[backup singers] ♪ Wear now♪
2197
01:56:15,728 --> 01:56:18,135
-♪ Say a little ♪
-♪ Prayer for you ♪
2198
01:56:18,170 --> 01:56:21,336
♪ Forever and ever
You'll stay in my heart♪
2199
01:56:21,371 --> 01:56:23,041
♪ And I will love you♪
2200
01:56:23,076 --> 01:56:26,275
♪ Forever and ever
We never will part♪
2201
01:56:26,310 --> 01:56:28,079
♪ Oh, how I love you♪
2202
01:56:28,114 --> 01:56:30,081
-♪ Together, forever ♪
-♪ Ooh! ♪
2203
01:56:30,116 --> 01:56:33,480
♪ That's how it must be
To live without you♪
2204
01:56:33,515 --> 01:56:37,319
[out of sync] ♪ Only bring
heartbreak for me♪
2205
01:56:39,719 --> 01:56:41,994
[woozily]
♪ I run for the bus, dear♪
2206
01:56:43,261 --> 01:56:46,427
♪ While ridin', I think of us♪
2207
01:56:46,462 --> 01:56:48,297
-[backup singers] ♪ Us, dear ♪
-[misses line]
2208
01:56:48,332 --> 01:56:50,002
[backup singers]
♪ Prayer for you♪
2209
01:56:51,236 --> 01:56:53,302
[missing line]
2210
01:56:55,207 --> 01:56:58,043
♪ And all through my coffee♪
2211
01:56:58,078 --> 01:56:58,670
[backup singers] ♪ Break time♪
2212
01:57:01,411 --> 01:57:02,542
[music stops]
2213
01:57:04,678 --> 01:57:06,744
-[all clamoring]
-Ree? Ree?
2214
01:57:06,779 --> 01:57:09,252
Ree? Ree? Can you hear me?
2215
01:57:09,287 --> 01:57:10,748
-Don't move.
-[Cecil] Don't... Don't move.
2216
01:57:10,783 --> 01:57:12,585
-Your arm?
-[man] Someone get a medic!
2217
01:57:12,620 --> 01:57:14,125
[Ken] Come here, baby,
come here.
2218
01:57:14,160 --> 01:57:15,720
Roll over. Roll over.
2219
01:57:15,755 --> 01:57:17,293
-[man] Easy, easy, easy.
-Stay back!
2220
01:57:18,164 --> 01:57:19,526
[Ken] I got you, I got you.
2221
01:57:19,561 --> 01:57:21,660
[guard] Back, please.
Get back, please.
2222
01:57:21,695 --> 01:57:23,233
-[moans]
-Keep back, please!
2223
01:57:23,268 --> 01:57:25,070
[man] Is she okay?
2224
01:57:25,105 --> 01:57:26,170
It's gonna be all right, Ree.
2225
01:57:27,305 --> 01:57:29,239
I can't do this anymore.
2226
01:57:30,440 --> 01:57:32,176
[phone ringing]
2227
01:57:34,642 --> 01:57:35,707
Mm.
2228
01:57:36,380 --> 01:57:38,611
[phone continues ringing]
2229
01:57:48,524 --> 01:57:50,689
[phone continues ringing]
2230
01:57:50,724 --> 01:57:52,592
[melancholy music playing]
2231
01:58:27,563 --> 01:58:28,760
Please...
2232
01:58:29,829 --> 01:58:31,301
Please...
2233
01:58:42,248 --> 01:58:43,643
[sobs softly]
2234
01:58:43,909 --> 01:58:45,183
[sniffling]
2235
01:59:01,333 --> 01:59:03,168
[melancholy music
continues playing]
2236
02:00:00,821 --> 02:00:01,853
[Aretha sighs]
2237
02:00:07,795 --> 02:00:13,799
[softly] ♪ Amazing Grace ♪
2238
02:00:15,968 --> 02:00:21,279
-♪ How sweet the sound ♪
-[crying]
2239
02:00:23,613 --> 02:00:29,452
♪ That saved a wretch♪
2240
02:00:29,487 --> 02:00:30,651
[sniffles]
2241
02:00:30,686 --> 02:00:33,753
♪ Like me♪
2242
02:00:34,954 --> 02:00:40,892
♪ I once was lost♪
2243
02:00:43,501 --> 02:00:48,900
♪ But now am found♪
2244
02:00:53,610 --> 02:00:55,643
[voice breaking] Our Father...
2245
02:00:56,877 --> 02:00:59,548
♪ Was blind♪
2246
02:00:59,583 --> 02:01:01,550
-♪ But now ♪
-Which art in Heaven...
2247
02:01:02,718 --> 02:01:04,289
♪ I see♪
2248
02:01:04,324 --> 02:01:06,918
Hallowed be Thy name.
2249
02:01:08,526 --> 02:01:10,592
Thy kingdom come.
2250
02:01:21,770 --> 02:01:23,836
[glass clinking]
2251
02:01:36,015 --> 02:01:37,586
[glasses and bottles clinking]
2252
02:02:18,794 --> 02:02:19,991
[children murmuring]
2253
02:02:22,600 --> 02:02:24,864
You always did know
how to make an entrance.
2254
02:02:28,540 --> 02:02:29,605
[Aretha] James.
2255
02:02:39,485 --> 02:02:40,748
All right.
2256
02:02:42,554 --> 02:02:45,423
Okay. You come and sit.
2257
02:02:45,458 --> 02:02:46,820
Come on.
2258
02:03:00,506 --> 02:03:02,539
What y'all wanna sing?
2259
02:03:02,574 --> 02:03:03,771
[Alexander] And...
2260
02:03:03,806 --> 02:03:06,444
[choir] ♪ In the morning...♪
2261
02:03:06,479 --> 02:03:09,810
An all-gospel record
has a very limited audience.
2262
02:03:09,845 --> 02:03:11,944
-I don't care.
-You do care.
2263
02:03:11,979 --> 02:03:14,485
You sat in that office
with me six years ago,
2264
02:03:14,520 --> 02:03:15,849
and you said
you wanted to make hits,
2265
02:03:15,884 --> 02:03:17,114
and I think you still do.
2266
02:03:17,149 --> 02:03:19,490
I'm making this album, Jerry.
2267
02:03:19,525 --> 02:03:21,591
All right, can you just
hear me out, please?
2268
02:03:21,626 --> 02:03:23,087
I'm making this album,
2269
02:03:23,122 --> 02:03:26,057
or I'll never make an album
with you again.
2270
02:03:27,764 --> 02:03:30,468
All I wanna do
is drink now, Jerry.
2271
02:03:30,503 --> 02:03:32,437
Well, let me get you
into a program.
2272
02:03:32,472 --> 02:03:34,967
I'm in a program,
but I need the church.
2273
02:03:35,002 --> 02:03:36,441
I need the spirit.
2274
02:03:36,476 --> 02:03:37,508
It has always
gotten me through,
2275
02:03:37,543 --> 02:03:38,608
and it will get me
through again.
2276
02:03:40,810 --> 02:03:42,975
Okay. Well, can we just...
2277
02:03:43,010 --> 02:03:44,779
I... I mean,
just think about this...
2278
02:03:44,814 --> 02:03:47,617
This album is not for me
or for you or anybody else.
2279
02:03:47,652 --> 02:03:49,454
This album is for God.
2280
02:03:49,489 --> 02:03:52,655
And you can't jive God, Jerry,
so stop trying.
2281
02:03:52,690 --> 02:03:54,019
-[chuckles]
-[Jerry] Oh.
2282
02:03:54,054 --> 02:03:57,825
I'm not trying to jive you
or Jesus, okay?
2283
02:03:59,895 --> 02:04:01,598
It's the gospel record.
2284
02:04:03,503 --> 02:04:06,834
It's 1972, for Christ's sake.
Sorry. I...
2285
02:04:07,507 --> 02:04:08,572
Hey,
2286
02:04:09,905 --> 02:04:12,477
how about we make
a documentary film
2287
02:04:12,512 --> 02:04:13,511
to go along with the record?
2288
02:04:13,546 --> 02:04:14,908
Why?
2289
02:04:14,943 --> 02:04:17,746
So, the international fans,
the hippies,
2290
02:04:17,781 --> 02:04:20,551
the atheists like me
can see you in your element
2291
02:04:20,586 --> 02:04:22,784
and understand the music
that made you.
2292
02:04:22,819 --> 02:04:25,017
You mean for white people?
2293
02:04:25,052 --> 02:04:26,590
Well, I...
2294
02:04:27,692 --> 02:04:28,988
All right. Yes.
2295
02:04:31,223 --> 02:04:32,794
That's a great idea.
2296
02:04:34,127 --> 02:04:36,061
[laughs] Okay. Well, good.
So, you're not gonna leave me?
2297
02:04:36,800 --> 02:04:38,503
We're not done yet.
2298
02:04:38,538 --> 02:04:41,770
Oh, boy. What?
2299
02:04:41,805 --> 02:04:44,003
I want to produce
the album, too.
2300
02:04:45,105 --> 02:04:46,005
Oh.
2301
02:04:48,207 --> 02:04:49,140
[Jerry sighs]
2302
02:04:50,275 --> 02:04:53,078
All right. Okay. Okay.
2303
02:04:54,081 --> 02:04:56,048
[synth music playing]
2304
02:04:56,083 --> 02:04:59,557
[choir] ♪ Flood my soul ♪
2305
02:04:59,592 --> 02:05:01,020
[choir vocalizing]
2306
02:05:02,628 --> 02:05:04,529
Hold! Hold!
2307
02:05:04,564 --> 02:05:06,795
You have to do something
with the longer notes.
2308
02:05:06,830 --> 02:05:09,259
You're not giving yourself
anywhere to go.
2309
02:05:09,294 --> 02:05:12,064
Start straight, then hit
the vibrato halfway through.
2310
02:05:12,099 --> 02:05:13,164
[Alexander] Tension
and release, y'all.
2311
02:05:14,233 --> 02:05:17,069
Yes, and this song
is a lot more, uh, deliberate.
2312
02:05:17,104 --> 02:05:18,675
-Mm.
-[James] Yeah?
2313
02:05:19,843 --> 02:05:21,073
Take it from
where we left off.
2314
02:05:21,746 --> 02:05:23,174
"In the stillness."
2315
02:05:24,177 --> 02:05:28,014
[choir] ♪ In... ♪
2316
02:05:28,049 --> 02:05:33,052
♪ In the stillness♪
2317
02:05:33,626 --> 02:05:35,692
Yeah, that's it.
2318
02:05:36,189 --> 02:05:39,993
♪ Of...♪
2319
02:05:40,028 --> 02:05:44,734
♪ Of the midnight♪
2320
02:05:44,769 --> 02:05:47,297
♪ Oh, Lord♪
2321
02:05:48,135 --> 02:05:51,642
[choir] ♪ Sacred♪
2322
02:05:51,677 --> 02:05:55,712
- ♪ Sacred secrets♪
-[choir] ♪ Secrets ♪
2323
02:05:55,747 --> 02:05:58,847
- ♪ Secrets♪
-[James] ♪ Oh, yes♪
2324
02:05:58,882 --> 02:06:01,586
- ♪ Yeah♪
- ♪ He'll unfold♪
2325
02:06:01,621 --> 02:06:02,752
Thank you!
2326
02:06:03,689 --> 02:06:06,250
♪ Oh, Lord♪
2327
02:06:06,285 --> 02:06:10,595
-♪ Inside I was ♪
-[choir vocalizing]
2328
02:06:13,831 --> 02:06:16,128
♪ Said I remember♪
2329
02:06:17,901 --> 02:06:19,934
[choir continues vocalizing]
2330
02:06:19,969 --> 02:06:22,772
♪ I remember my dear mother♪
2331
02:06:23,940 --> 02:06:27,238
♪ Lord, she used to pray♪
2332
02:06:29,649 --> 02:06:31,209
[vocalizing continues]
2333
02:06:31,244 --> 02:06:34,278
♪ Oh, sweet♪
2334
02:06:34,313 --> 02:06:39,118
♪ Sweet
Sweet precious memories♪
2335
02:06:40,792 --> 02:06:42,088
[choir continues vocalizing]
2336
02:06:42,123 --> 02:06:47,126
♪ In my soul♪
2337
02:06:53,805 --> 02:06:56,135
♪ And in these times♪
2338
02:06:59,338 --> 02:07:01,778
♪ She taught me to pray♪
2339
02:07:02,715 --> 02:07:04,308
♪ Yes♪
2340
02:07:04,343 --> 02:07:07,883
♪ Yes, she did
Oh, Lord♪
2341
02:07:09,117 --> 02:07:11,018
[Aretha vocalizes]
2342
02:07:12,725 --> 02:07:16,056
[voice breaking]
♪ Oh... Oh, Lord♪
2343
02:07:16,091 --> 02:07:18,960
Okay, all right,
we're gonna take a ten.
2344
02:07:18,995 --> 02:07:21,226
Let's take ten. Let's, uh...
2345
02:07:30,776 --> 02:07:32,204
Are you all right?
2346
02:07:32,239 --> 02:07:35,273
I can't make a fool
out of myself.
2347
02:07:35,308 --> 02:07:37,242
There's gonna be
a film crew here.
2348
02:07:38,278 --> 02:07:39,948
[sniffles]
2349
02:07:39,983 --> 02:07:42,687
And if I break down
like I did right now,
2350
02:07:42,722 --> 02:07:44,282
they gonna think
I lost my mind.
2351
02:07:44,317 --> 02:07:45,822
Ree...
2352
02:07:47,991 --> 02:07:51,091
Ree, the spirit is the spirit.
2353
02:07:51,126 --> 02:07:52,862
It moves when it moves.
2354
02:07:52,897 --> 02:07:55,194
What you want us to do?
Behave like Episcopalians?
2355
02:07:57,770 --> 02:07:59,198
Now what's really
bothering you?
2356
02:08:00,432 --> 02:08:01,772
[inhales deeply]
2357
02:08:01,807 --> 02:08:03,675
You told me once
2358
02:08:05,140 --> 02:08:08,141
that music would save my life.
2359
02:08:09,408 --> 02:08:10,682
I did.
2360
02:08:11,146 --> 02:08:12,981
What if it doesn't?
2361
02:08:14,149 --> 02:08:16,248
The demon is strong.
2362
02:08:16,283 --> 02:08:18,756
Ain't no demon
hauntin' you, Ree.
2363
02:08:18,791 --> 02:08:20,021
There never was.
2364
02:08:21,224 --> 02:08:24,696
Just the pain you've been
runnin' from your whole life.
2365
02:08:26,766 --> 02:08:29,096
But you gotta let it go, Ree.
2366
02:08:30,902 --> 02:08:32,869
Give it to God.
2367
02:08:35,038 --> 02:08:36,103
It wasn't your fault.
2368
02:08:37,172 --> 02:08:38,204
[sniffles]
2369
02:08:39,042 --> 02:08:40,976
And He knows that.
2370
02:08:44,377 --> 02:08:47,312
I don't know about tomorrow
2371
02:08:47,347 --> 02:08:51,250
or the concert or the album
or the documentary.
2372
02:08:52,319 --> 02:08:54,858
You in church right now.
2373
02:08:55,960 --> 02:08:57,795
You're safe.
2374
02:08:59,062 --> 02:09:00,963
So, Ree,
2375
02:09:01,801 --> 02:09:03,735
let's have church.
2376
02:09:14,341 --> 02:09:16,275
[muffled synth music playing]
2377
02:09:53,149 --> 02:09:54,214
Daddy.
2378
02:09:57,120 --> 02:09:58,218
It's good to see you.
2379
02:10:00,288 --> 02:10:03,421
We were in California, and
2380
02:10:03,456 --> 02:10:05,456
we heard that you were
singing gospel, and...
2381
02:10:07,526 --> 02:10:09,295
Clara dragged me here.
2382
02:10:09,330 --> 02:10:11,836
Clara can't make
you do anything.
2383
02:10:11,871 --> 02:10:13,365
She's got pretty feisty
since you last saw her.
2384
02:10:14,566 --> 02:10:16,368
Glad you came.
2385
02:10:16,403 --> 02:10:18,040
That surprises me,
2386
02:10:18,075 --> 02:10:20,471
'cause we haven't been
getting on as of late.
2387
02:10:22,178 --> 02:10:24,849
You told me I wasn't
walking in the spirit.
2388
02:10:24,884 --> 02:10:25,817
I was angry.
2389
02:10:26,545 --> 02:10:28,380
You were with God.
2390
02:10:28,415 --> 02:10:29,986
You have always been with God.
2391
02:10:31,418 --> 02:10:33,858
He was with me.
2392
02:10:33,893 --> 02:10:36,355
I tried to run from Him,
but He brought me back.
2393
02:10:36,896 --> 02:10:38,126
Like Jonah.
2394
02:10:39,195 --> 02:10:40,425
Like Jonah.
2395
02:10:44,035 --> 02:10:46,365
You taught me every song
I'm singing today.
2396
02:10:51,075 --> 02:10:52,140
I did my best.
2397
02:10:54,914 --> 02:10:57,541
But you have exceeded
all of my expectations, Ree.
2398
02:10:59,116 --> 02:11:02,018
I'm about to bust wide open,
2399
02:11:02,053 --> 02:11:05,021
and you're just
getting started.
2400
02:11:05,056 --> 02:11:09,157
I can't imagine
what you're gonna do next.
2401
02:11:10,963 --> 02:11:12,424
Because you can
do anything, Ree.
2402
02:11:17,200 --> 02:11:19,167
First, give an honor to God
2403
02:11:19,202 --> 02:11:21,499
who's the head
of all our lives.
2404
02:11:21,534 --> 02:11:24,238
-Yes. Amen.
-[applause]
2405
02:11:24,273 --> 02:11:26,944
I'm sure you all have
noticed the cameras by now.
2406
02:11:28,211 --> 02:11:31,212
Don't get distracted by it.
2407
02:11:31,247 --> 02:11:32,642
We here to have church, right?
2408
02:11:32,677 --> 02:11:35,513
-[congregation] Amen.
-[James] All right.
2409
02:11:35,548 --> 02:11:39,484
This is the first
religious recordin'
2410
02:11:39,519 --> 02:11:43,455
by our First Lady of Soul.
2411
02:11:43,490 --> 02:11:47,195
Give a warm round of applause
for Miss Aretha Franklin.
2412
02:11:47,230 --> 02:11:49,296
[cheering and applauding]
2413
02:12:23,398 --> 02:12:24,595
We love you.
2414
02:12:29,404 --> 02:12:31,536
[whooping and cheering]
2415
02:12:43,418 --> 02:12:45,319
[indistinct]
2416
02:12:45,354 --> 02:12:47,387
[soft synth music playing]
2417
02:13:05,110 --> 02:13:06,637
[piano playing]
2418
02:13:15,054 --> 02:13:17,054
[vocalizing]
2419
02:13:20,620 --> 02:13:27,658
-♪ Amazing ♪
-[applause]
2420
02:13:33,336 --> 02:13:38,405
♪ Amazing grace♪
2421
02:13:41,212 --> 02:13:45,049
♪ How♪
2422
02:13:46,151 --> 02:13:50,714
♪ How sweet♪
2423
02:13:53,158 --> 02:13:55,521
♪ The♪
2424
02:13:56,491 --> 02:14:00,460
♪ Ooh
The sound♪
2425
02:14:00,495 --> 02:14:02,066
[people cheering]
2426
02:14:03,168 --> 02:14:08,402
♪ That♪
2427
02:14:08,437 --> 02:14:13,308
♪ Oh, that saved♪
2428
02:14:14,113 --> 02:14:18,775
♪ A wretch♪
2429
02:14:21,285 --> 02:14:27,223
♪ Like me♪
2430
02:14:27,258 --> 02:14:28,719
[cheering]
2431
02:14:31,526 --> 02:14:37,761
♪ I, I, I once♪
2432
02:14:40,799 --> 02:14:44,405
♪ Was♪
2433
02:14:44,440 --> 02:14:47,672
♪ Was lost♪
2434
02:14:49,544 --> 02:14:54,613
♪ But, but now♪
2435
02:14:55,220 --> 02:14:57,187
[people cheering]
2436
02:14:57,222 --> 02:14:59,156
[vocalizes]
2437
02:14:59,191 --> 02:15:01,521
♪ I'm found♪
2438
02:15:06,231 --> 02:15:12,763
♪ I was blind♪
2439
02:15:15,438 --> 02:15:22,377
♪ But now♪
2440
02:15:26,449 --> 02:15:30,814
♪ I see♪
2441
02:15:30,849 --> 02:15:33,256
-[cheering continues]
-[mouthing] Amen. Amen.
2442
02:15:34,490 --> 02:15:40,395
♪ Through, through♪
2443
02:15:41,596 --> 02:15:46,236
♪ Through♪
2444
02:15:46,766 --> 02:15:48,370
♪ Through♪
2445
02:15:48,405 --> 02:15:52,902
♪ Through many♪
2446
02:15:52,937 --> 02:15:59,150
♪ Dangers♪
2447
02:16:00,351 --> 02:16:06,553
♪ And toils♪
2448
02:16:07,358 --> 02:16:11,426
♪ Toils and snares♪
2449
02:16:13,529 --> 02:16:17,894
♪ I, I been in the midst
of the storm♪
2450
02:16:18,963 --> 02:16:23,735
♪ I, I've already♪
2451
02:16:23,770 --> 02:16:29,708
♪ I've already come♪
2452
02:16:31,250 --> 02:16:34,614
♪ Don't you know that it was♪
2453
02:16:34,649 --> 02:16:41,456
♪ It was
It was grace♪
2454
02:16:42,657 --> 02:16:43,887
[applause]
2455
02:16:44,659 --> 02:16:46,659
[Aretha vocalizes]
2456
02:16:48,564 --> 02:16:55,404
♪ Grace that brought me♪
2457
02:16:56,737 --> 02:16:59,738
♪ Safe♪
2458
02:17:00,807 --> 02:17:04,413
♪ So safe
Safe♪
2459
02:17:04,448 --> 02:17:05,645
[people cheer]
2460
02:17:05,680 --> 02:17:07,416
♪ Thus far♪
2461
02:17:08,947 --> 02:17:10,815
♪ And don't you know♪
2462
02:17:12,555 --> 02:17:17,657
♪ That same old grace♪
2463
02:17:17,692 --> 02:17:23,300
♪ Will lead♪
2464
02:17:24,699 --> 02:17:27,766
♪ Me right home♪
2465
02:17:29,869 --> 02:17:33,277
♪ Right home♪
2466
02:17:34,445 --> 02:17:39,415
♪ Right home♪
2467
02:17:39,450 --> 02:17:40,647
[vocalizes]
2468
02:17:41,980 --> 02:17:45,883
♪ Right on home♪
2469
02:17:45,918 --> 02:17:47,720
[applause]
2470
02:17:59,470 --> 02:18:01,404
[applause continues]
2471
02:18:07,643 --> 02:18:09,808
[soul music playing]
2472
02:18:12,384 --> 02:18:18,388
♪ Looking out
on the morning rain♪
2473
02:18:18,423 --> 02:18:23,690
♪ I used to feel
so uninspired♪
2474
02:18:26,024 --> 02:18:31,995
♪ When I knew I had
to face another day♪
2475
02:18:32,030 --> 02:18:37,572
♪ Lord, it made me feel
so tired♪
2476
02:18:39,037 --> 02:18:45,646
♪ Before the day I met you,
life was so unkind♪
2477
02:18:45,681 --> 02:18:50,915
♪ But you're the key
to my piece of mind♪
2478
02:18:50,950 --> 02:18:58,758
♪ 'Cause you make me feel
You make me feel♪
2479
02:18:58,793 --> 02:19:04,896
♪ You make me feel
like a natural woman♪
2480
02:19:08,803 --> 02:19:14,609
♪ When my soul
was in the lost and found♪
2481
02:19:15,942 --> 02:19:19,911
♪ A lot of good men
came along to claim it♪
2482
02:19:19,946 --> 02:19:21,484
♪ Oh, yeah!♪
2483
02:19:23,114 --> 02:19:28,920
♪ I didn't know
just what was wrong with me♪
2484
02:19:28,955 --> 02:19:33,595
♪ Until his kiss
helped me name it♪
2485
02:19:33,630 --> 02:19:36,400
[vocalizes]
2486
02:19:36,435 --> 02:19:42,802
♪ I'm no longer doubtful
of what I'm living for♪
2487
02:19:42,837 --> 02:19:48,676
♪ 'Cause if I make it happen
I don't need to do more♪
2488
02:19:48,711 --> 02:19:55,617
♪ 'Cause you make me feel
You make me feel♪
2489
02:19:55,652 --> 02:20:02,624
♪ You make me feel
like a natural woman♪
2490
02:20:02,659 --> 02:20:05,726
[backup singers]
♪ Like a natural woman, yes♪
2491
02:20:05,761 --> 02:20:09,092
[Aretha] ♪ Oh, baby
What you done to me♪
2492
02:20:09,127 --> 02:20:12,029
[backup singers]
♪ What you done to me♪
2493
02:20:12,064 --> 02:20:19,476
♪ You make me feel
so, so, so good inside♪
2494
02:20:19,511 --> 02:20:23,711
-♪ And I, I just wanna be ♪
-♪ Wanna be ♪
2495
02:20:23,746 --> 02:20:29,585
♪ I wanna get next to the man
that makes me feel so alive♪
2496
02:20:29,620 --> 02:20:32,720
[backup singers]
♪ You make me feel♪
2497
02:20:32,755 --> 02:20:36,460
- ♪ You make me feel♪
-[Aretha] ♪ He makes me feel ♪
2498
02:20:36,495 --> 02:20:39,925
-♪ He makes me feel like a ♪
-♪ You make me feel like a ♪
2499
02:20:39,960 --> 02:20:43,599
-♪ Natural woman ♪
-♪ I feel like, I feel like ♪
2500
02:20:43,634 --> 02:20:47,196
-♪ Oh, yes, oh, yes ♪
-[backup singers] ♪ Woman ♪
2501
02:20:47,231 --> 02:20:49,770
♪ He makes me feel♪
2502
02:20:49,805 --> 02:20:52,674
-♪ He makes me feel like ♪
-♪ You make me feel like ♪
2503
02:20:52,709 --> 02:20:55,545
-♪ A natural woman ♪
-♪ Oh, yeah, yeah ♪
2504
02:20:55,580 --> 02:20:56,678
♪ Oh, yeah♪
2505
02:20:56,713 --> 02:20:59,945
[vocalizing]
2506
02:20:59,980 --> 02:21:03,080
-♪ He makes me feel ♪
-♪ You make me feel ♪
2507
02:21:03,115 --> 02:21:06,215
-♪ He makes me feel like ♪
-♪ You make me feel like ♪
2508
02:21:06,250 --> 02:21:08,756
-♪ I feel like ♪
-♪ A natural woman ♪
2509
02:21:08,791 --> 02:21:11,792
♪ A natural woman who♪
2510
02:21:11,827 --> 02:21:16,192
-♪ A woman, a woman, a woman ♪
-♪ You make me feel ♪
2511
02:21:16,227 --> 02:21:18,161
-[vocalizing]
-♪ You make me feel ♪
2512
02:21:18,196 --> 02:21:21,637
-♪ A woman ♪
-♪ Like a natural woman ♪
2513
02:21:21,672 --> 02:21:23,837
[Aretha] ♪ A woman ♪
2514
02:21:24,576 --> 02:21:29,843
♪ A woman, a woman♪
2515
02:21:29,878 --> 02:21:35,079
♪ I am woman♪
2516
02:21:35,114 --> 02:21:38,082
♪ Oh, yeah♪
2517
02:21:40,757 --> 02:21:43,021
-[music ends]
-[cheers and applause]
2518
02:21:45,894 --> 02:21:48,532
[cheering and applauding
continue]
2519
02:21:52,032 --> 02:21:54,098
[gospel soul music playing]
2520
02:21:56,135 --> 02:21:59,708
♪ I trusted♪
2521
02:22:02,581 --> 02:22:07,683
♪ Your way♪
2522
02:22:07,718 --> 02:22:13,249
♪ For too
Too long♪
2523
02:22:15,990 --> 02:22:20,091
♪ It's time for me to sing♪
2524
02:22:22,194 --> 02:22:28,836
♪ Sing my♪
2525
02:22:28,871 --> 02:22:31,806
♪ My own♪
2526
02:22:34,305 --> 02:22:37,207
♪ Lord♪
2527
02:22:39,211 --> 02:22:44,115
♪ Open the gates♪
2528
02:22:44,150 --> 02:22:47,217
♪ And evermore♪
2529
02:22:48,792 --> 02:22:50,990
♪ Oh, Lord♪
2530
02:22:53,632 --> 02:22:55,995
♪ I'm gonna sing my♪
2531
02:22:57,768 --> 02:22:59,603
♪ Sing my♪
2532
02:22:59,638 --> 02:23:06,104
♪ Sing my way♪
2533
02:23:08,647 --> 02:23:13,012
♪ Sing my
Sing my way♪
2534
02:23:13,047 --> 02:23:16,818
♪ Sing my way home♪
2535
02:23:16,853 --> 02:23:20,118
♪ Ooh, yeah♪
2536
02:23:20,989 --> 02:23:23,022
♪ Whoo-hoo-hoo♪
2537
02:23:28,095 --> 02:23:30,029
♪ Well, you're a girl♪
2538
02:23:32,132 --> 02:23:36,200
♪ Born with a voice
But unheard♪
2539
02:23:37,742 --> 02:23:39,874
♪ What now?♪
2540
02:23:40,811 --> 02:23:43,339
♪ And you're denied, girl♪
2541
02:23:45,112 --> 02:23:49,345
♪ You sing 'cause
they won't let you fly♪
2542
02:23:50,854 --> 02:23:52,150
♪ What now?♪
2543
02:23:54,825 --> 02:23:57,089
♪ Stepped out on the road♪
2544
02:23:57,124 --> 02:24:00,928
♪ Became a woman on the way♪
2545
02:24:00,963 --> 02:24:07,198
♪ There's a whole world down♪
2546
02:24:07,233 --> 02:24:09,937
♪ Till you hold it
in your hands♪
2547
02:24:09,972 --> 02:24:12,236
♪ And say♪
2548
02:24:12,271 --> 02:24:15,712
♪ "Here I am"♪
2549
02:24:18,849 --> 02:24:20,849
♪ Here I am♪