I was watching Luther's documentary the other day and thinking about how voices like his, and Roberta's, and Frankie's, and so many more will just never exist again. Classic R&B is something sacred to our culture, it really was the soundtrack to so many childhoods, even those who weren't alive when the music was made. I have a kid now and I feel like he won't have this same kind of soulful connection to R&B like I did growing up, and that's kinda sad!
Roberta Flack! How could I miss her. I totally feel you, but that musical connection will just look different. My parents had connections to music in a different way than I had as a child but they were both beautiful! I pray the music you engage with around your son becomes a sparkle he associates with your whole light.
I hope so too 🩷 he's only 2 haha so there's plenty of time for him to develop his own experience of the music I listen to/grew up on. Thanks for sharing this!
This is how I felt when Aretha Franklin passed away. Her Greatest Hits Album stayed on repeat in our house. I can remember my mum's first apartment after she moved out of my nana's house. It was 2 floors and she had a room in which she did hair and it was RED! LOL and I begged her to let me paint my room red, and she refused (which, good call, but devastating at the time). Anyway...
I specifically recall every song off that album and believing that I, in fact, sounded as good as Ms. Franklin and that's the kind of confidence you need as a child. I even sung "RESPECT" to audition for a school play in grade 7... LOL again... the confidence.
But ya, it really does do something to you. All of a sudden this person who was integral in creating who and how you are today is not there anymore. You'll not have the chance to meet them at a random restaurant or see/hear them in concert... it's a crazy thing.
I hope you take some time for yourself, frfr... take a bath if you can; cry into the water -- it helps.
really really well written. it feels like the “grieving ahead” that we can’t help but do when we watch time catch up to our loved ones. and also having your music taste shaped by your parents’ generation adds to the feeling that the artists belong to your own era! thank you and may your father rest comfortably
Thank you so so much. I’m taking this one to heart because I wrote it so flippantly on public transport. Grief is so present in our worlds and we talk about it as if it’s a moment in time that we may eventually come across. It’s a part of our daily experience really. ❤️🩹
I was watching Luther's documentary the other day and thinking about how voices like his, and Roberta's, and Frankie's, and so many more will just never exist again. Classic R&B is something sacred to our culture, it really was the soundtrack to so many childhoods, even those who weren't alive when the music was made. I have a kid now and I feel like he won't have this same kind of soulful connection to R&B like I did growing up, and that's kinda sad!
Roberta Flack! How could I miss her. I totally feel you, but that musical connection will just look different. My parents had connections to music in a different way than I had as a child but they were both beautiful! I pray the music you engage with around your son becomes a sparkle he associates with your whole light.
I hope so too 🩷 he's only 2 haha so there's plenty of time for him to develop his own experience of the music I listen to/grew up on. Thanks for sharing this!
I'm sorry my girl.
This is how I felt when Aretha Franklin passed away. Her Greatest Hits Album stayed on repeat in our house. I can remember my mum's first apartment after she moved out of my nana's house. It was 2 floors and she had a room in which she did hair and it was RED! LOL and I begged her to let me paint my room red, and she refused (which, good call, but devastating at the time). Anyway...
I specifically recall every song off that album and believing that I, in fact, sounded as good as Ms. Franklin and that's the kind of confidence you need as a child. I even sung "RESPECT" to audition for a school play in grade 7... LOL again... the confidence.
But ya, it really does do something to you. All of a sudden this person who was integral in creating who and how you are today is not there anymore. You'll not have the chance to meet them at a random restaurant or see/hear them in concert... it's a crazy thing.
I hope you take some time for yourself, frfr... take a bath if you can; cry into the water -- it helps.
You’re the kindest and sweetest and I wanna see the video of you performing!
aw bless you! <3
and sadly that one is lost in a vault ahaha but let's just say and I ended up being a Crow in The Wiz LOL!
really really well written. it feels like the “grieving ahead” that we can’t help but do when we watch time catch up to our loved ones. and also having your music taste shaped by your parents’ generation adds to the feeling that the artists belong to your own era! thank you and may your father rest comfortably
Thank you so so much. I’m taking this one to heart because I wrote it so flippantly on public transport. Grief is so present in our worlds and we talk about it as if it’s a moment in time that we may eventually come across. It’s a part of our daily experience really. ❤️🩹
RIP Angie