Saturday Night Battle of the Bands: Aretha Franklin vs. Gwen Stefani

[bobthedrummer]

Which diva is your Queen?

[TroubleMan]

1. That's not fair

No offense to Gwen....but we're talking about the Queen of Soul here.

[Dob Bole]

2. It's really, really not fair...

Aretha can sing like nobody's business, so I should vote for her. But Gwen is very attractive. Guess I'll go with the talent part.

[bobthedrummer]

3. "Can't you hear what the New Breed is sayin'?"

No Doubt is a great band though-and Gwen also has an emotive voice.

I voted for Aretha though. lol.

[mitchum]

4. How in the fuck can Gwen Stefani be tied with Aretha Franklin?

[bobthedrummer]

6. My Battle of the Bands polls are often like that

isn't it cool?

[Kahuna]

11. I guess some people never paid attention to what Franklin...

has to offer. She is in a class by herself.

For the uninitiated, check out, "I've never loved a man."
That's the one that starts: You're no good--Heartbreaker! You're a liar and a cheat! I don't know why, I let you do these things to me. Friends keep tellin' me. That you ain't no good. But Oh oh, they don't know-- I'd leave you -- if I could.

[blondeatlast]

35. My favorite! You can hear both the anger

and the LUST jump right out of the speakers.

THE female vocal performance. Period.

[Kamika]

5. plz

Aretha would win over Gwen in any kind of song competition

[BeatleBoot]

7. Gimme some soul!

Aretha!

[Kahuna]

8. Re Re rules! The only people on her heals are...Barbra Streisand and..

Patty Labelle.

[bobthedrummer]

10. Etta James

Koko Taylor

[Kahuna]

13. Now listen. I have some Etta James CDs. She is not in the same..

class with Aretha. Uh uh.

[NightTrain]

14. Actually, she kind of is.

For years, I've said that if Aretha hadn't come along, Etta James might very well have become the Queen of Soul. There's not a whole lot of soul music as good as (let alone better than) Etta's 1960s recordings for the Chess label.

For a perfect (and inexpensive) example of Etta James at her best, grab a CD copy of her 1968 album, TELL MAMA. It kicks ass from beginning to end!

[Kahuna]

16. I don't see it. James is good. But her pipes and range don't..

come near Aretha's.

[bobthedrummer]

15. I'm very into the blues

as well as soul and r&b.
Bessie Smith as well as Etta and Koko are all the caliber of Aretha in my book.

[Kahuna]

20. Ever listen to wbgo.org streaming on Saturday mornings?

This is my local jazz (public radio) station. On Saturday mornings they have a program called, "Rhythm Revue," from 10:00am to 2:00pm est. They play really old R&B and blues hits going back to the early fifties to the early seventies. This is a great find for lovers of R&B oldies. They play really obscure stuff and artists like Etta James, Ruth Brown, Wilson Pickett, and Bobby Womack. They play a lot of hits from the Chess label. You should check it out. Otherwise, they play real jazz. It's a great public radio station.
http://www.wbgo.org

[bobthedrummer]

25. WMSE Milwaukee School of Engineering 91.7 FM on the Internet

I know Paul Host and Dewey Gill from the 1980's.
Thanx for the link, here's one in return!
http://www.wmse.org/listen.shtml

[NightTrain]

9. Who's Gwen Stefani?

Whoever she is, I guarantee ya, she's got nothing on Lady Soul!!!

[youngred]

21. lead singer of No Doubt

[TroubleMan]

12. Maybe the poll was being freeped?

nt

[wellstone dem]

17. If I have to ask

"Gwen who?," am I still allowed to vote?

[bobthedrummer]

18. No Doubt about it!

[youngred]

19. I love Gwen, but there isn't even a contest

not even close

[bobthedrummer]

22. "Chain of Fools" vs. "Bathwater"

[Red_Storm]

23. Not the most serious battle of the bands

R-E-S-P-E-C-T-

[Character Assassin]

24. Both are overrated, bloated and crying out for attention.

Fucking blah.

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[bobthedrummer]

27. Would you prefer Britney Spears????

[NightTrain]

28. Don't waste your time. The guy's a contrarian.

All he wants is to show us ignorant peons how superior his musical tastes are. Just ignore him.

[bobthedrummer]

29. A lot of us have seen him in other forums

too. I know I have.

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[blondeatlast]

36. CA would diss Mozart without any specifics.

Move along, nothing to see here...

[mvd]

30. This is actually difficult for me

Now Aretha definitely has the stronger voice. But I love's Gwen's lively and sensual voice, too. So the vocals are equal in enjoyability, and the material is also pretty equal overall. I don't think Aretha always picked material that used her voice enough. Like on "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man." I voted Gwen because she's so far behind.

[mvd]

33. Note that

I think Aretha probably has the strongest female voice ever - so there are a lot of singers who would have a hard time beating Gwen. Gwen's voice is one of my faves.

[finecraft]

31. Cha..Cha...Chaaaaaaaaaaain

Chain of Fools.......

[thebigidea]

34. cheney ooooo foooools

http://www.terminalproduct.com/cheneyo.rm