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During warmups before last night's field hockey game between Harvard and Boston University, Aretha Franklin's "Respect" blared over the loud speaker...
...afraid of singing so. With fellow Philly Cheeses Bill Cosby and David Brenner, LaBelle, 41, has done an "I Love Philadelphia" commercial as part of the city's civic-pride campaign. She can well afford to be supportive. After toiling for years in the shadow of Soul Sisters Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross and Tina Turner, the singer is finally coming into her own. LaBelle was a major contributor to the 1984 Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack, and her performance at the Live Aid benefit was one of the show's high points. In addition, she has a new album, Patti...
...Aretha Franklin, once the world's greatest living soul singer, has sold out. The erstwhile Queen of Soul, who had a string of big singles in the 1960s--"Spanish Harlem," "Respect," "Think," "House That Jack Built"--has returned to the music scene with a giant media splash. You know: the kind that goes "Pop, $$$$, thud...
Sadly, the song's Madonna-ish energy seems manufactured, as if someone tried to force Franklin's flowing figure into today's anorexic teenaged clothing. Aretha should have know better...
Collaboration is the leitmotif--if there is any at all--on Who's Zoomin'. A bunch of Hot Stars get in on Aretha's Action as if they all wished to exploit (whoops, I mean insure) the Rebirth of a Legend. In addition to Lennox and Stewart, Peter Wolf chimes in for a phony duet (with an obvious nod to Mick and Tina) and Carlos Santana and Clarence Clemons drop by for a pair of specialty solos. It all adds up to what could have been but wasn't. Too bad Franklin doesn't have (just a little...