Tuesday, March 25, 2008

"I Just Lost My Song. That Girl Took It Away From Me."

According to Peter Guralnick, Otis Redding presciently told Jerry Wexler upon hearing Aretha's version of "Respect" for the first time: "I just lost my song. That girl took it away from me." Onstage at the Monterrey International Pop Festival later that year, he repeated: "The girl took that song away from me."

Today's Aretha's 66th birthday. Here's her thievery:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xALiBgzPzE