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Aretha Franklin — Think
Album: The Best Of Aretha Franklin
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Released: 1984
Length: 2:14
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You better think (think)
Think about what you're tryin' to do to me
Think (think-think) let your mind go
Let yourself be free

Let's go back - let's go back
A let's go way on to way back when
I didn't even know you
You couldn't a been too much more than ten (just a child)

I ain't no psychiatrist
I ain't no doctor with degrees
But it don't take too much I.Q.
To see what you're doing to me

You better think (think)
Think about what you're tryin' to do to me
Yeah, think (think-think)
Let your mind go, let yourself be free

Oh freedom (freedom)
Oh freedom
Oh,freedom (yeah)

Oh freedom
Oh freedom (freedom)
Oh freedom
Oh freedom

Oh ya got to have
Hey! think about it
You! think about it

There ain't nothin' you could ask
I could answer you with "I won't" (I won't)
But I was gonna change my mind
If you keep doin' things I don't (don't)

You better think (think)
Think about what you're tryin' ta do to me
(What you're tryin' to do to me)
Oh-oh-oh think (think)
Let your mind go, let yourself be free

People walk around everyday
Playin' games and takin' scores
Tryin' to make other people lose their mind
Well, be careful you don't lose yours

Ooh think (think)
Think about what you're tryin' to do to me
Woo-hoo, think (think)
Let your mind go, let yourself be free

You need me (need me)
And I need you (don't cha' know)
Without each other
There ain't nothin' either can do

Oooh yeah, think about it, baby
(What 'cha tryin' to do to me, think)
Better go baby, think about it right now

Yeah, right now (tell about - forgiveness)
Woo, right now (tell about - forgiveness)
Hey, right now (tell about - forgiveness)
I need to change your mind (think about it)
Baby, baby, baby
(Tell about it - forgiveness)
Woo, tell about it baby (tell about - forgiveness)
FADES-
Yeah, woo-hoo (tell about - forgiveness)
Tell about it baby, you think about it right now
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Bring back the '60s music.
Posted 5 months ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
Oh Aretha
Posted 1 year ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
This is great - but the Blues Brothers version knocks spots off it! 
Posted 2 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by sunnyS    [ Reply ]
morphine Buena then Aretha think  cool segue!
Posted 3 years ago by mikedgreene    [ Reply ]
Great tune but Rock Steady is still the one that gets me up every time...love bass line
Posted 3 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 BKardon wrote:
Don't you blaspheme!
 
Great AF quote from the end of that scene:
"Shit."
Posted 4 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
Finest Female Funk.   
Posted 4 years ago by mgtom    [ Reply ]
Another song from the era that seems to short, but it's still satisfying because she and her colleagues packed so much into one song!
Posted 4 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
no coments
Posted 4 years ago by vsobral    [ Reply ]
 ruthless wrote:
gopre wrote:
I don't think so. Motown bred.
She's from Memphis....
 
Yes, she was, but her family left Tennessee when she was around two years old.  She grew up in Detroit.
Posted 4 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I suppose there are people who think Ms. QueenOfSoul is overrated too...
Posted 5 years ago by meatmike    [ Reply ]
Goodness gracious! What a voice!!! 
Posted 5 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 jimmunn wrote:
Damn that sounds great. Love the old Motown recordings. Amazing how good the musicians and recordings were.
 
True, the Motown recordings sounded great and had outstanding musicians, but Aretha recorded the majority of her records with Atlantic Records.  She was never signed to Motown Records; Atlantic had their own collection of incredible studio musicians and producers as well.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
R.I.P. Aretha, The Queen of Soul.
Posted 5 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
There's a Third Bass song that takes this piano lyric. That would be a great segue...
Posted 5 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
Encore, encore!
Posted 5 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
Mariah Carey, listen up. THIS is how you do it. 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
I can still see the shuffling bedroom slippers in the diner sequence.
{#Cool}{#Cool}
Posted 6 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
Damn that sounds great. Love the old Motown recordings. Amazing how good the musicians and recordings were.
Posted 6 years ago by jimmunn    [ Reply ]

One of the earliest film-related memories I have is of the older 6 of us kids clustered around the TV watching Aretha sing and dance in the kitchen, while the guy stands on the diner counter and plays the sax.

You better think about the consequences of your actions!


Posted 7 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
Don't you blaspheme!
Posted 7 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
Let your mind go, let yourself be free
People walk around everyday
Playin' games and takin' scores
Tryin' to make other people lose their mind
Well, be careful you don't lose yours
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
A really appropriate song for today. Thanks RP.
 
Posted 7 years ago by kayakingclark    [ Reply ]
muscle shoals is in alabama, you dope
Posted 7 years ago by rossdogsdad    [ Reply ]
Somewhere in the music I can hear the bells.Want a ring?
Posted 7 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Just watched a great documentary about Muscle Shoals on Netflix.  She had been working for 5 years without success until Jerry Wexler brought her down to Alabama to record - the rest is history{#Notworthy}
Posted 7 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
"Are you gentlemen the Police?"

"No ma'am...we're musicians" 
Posted 7 years ago by Hodgie    [ Reply ]
That is so so good!  From a classic movie, too.

Thanks for the morning smile.

 
Posted 7 years ago by vo1dza    [ Reply ]
something from 'Young, Gifted And Black' would be nice too


Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Bow to your Queen!
Posted 8 years ago by Wilfrue    [ Reply ]
 Jota wrote:
Are you the police? 

No ma'am, we're musicians.

 
Well go on dammit!
Posted 8 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
       
Posted 9 years ago by Saltash_Calling    [ Reply ]
Are you the police? 

No ma'am, we're musicians.
Posted 9 years ago by Jota    [ Reply ]

What kind of music do you usually have here?

Oh, we got both kinds. We got country *and* western.

  {#Cool}      {#Cool}     

Posted 9 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Awesome Independent Lens program on PBS last night about Muscle Shoals. Was this recorded there?
 
Posted 9 years ago by Miksalml    [ Reply ]
 gjr wrote:
"runnin' around with yo hoodlum friends...."

the way she looked at belushi and aykroyd with such disdain when she said "blues brothers" was priceless....i believe to this day this disdain was genuine 
Yeah, the song was Think, and she didn't seem to be acting!  Maybe she was an she's did it Really Well.
Posted 10 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.

 Hit it.


Posted 10 years ago by teleskialaska    [ Reply ]
"runnin' around with yo hoodlum friends...."

the way she looked at belushi and aykroyd with such disdain when she said "blues brothers" was priceless....i believe to this day this disdain was genuine
Posted 10 years ago by gjr    [ Reply ]

4 whole chickens and a Coke.


Posted 10 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
 GuiltyFeat wrote:
I tried to feel jaded about this song, but when it came to rating, I couldn't honestly give it less than 10. This is Godlike. It has a palpable sense of divinity about it.

 
Yup. It most certainly does.
 
Posted 10 years ago by Zonkers    [ Reply ]
A True Classic.
Posted 10 years ago by bill-1956    [ Reply ]
The Queen.  Forever.
Posted 10 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Can I get some dry white toast with this?
Posted 10 years ago by Ballzak    [ Reply ]
 SinisterDexter wrote:




 

That brother is about to get z snapped, with a side-order of neck slide. 


Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
That's Ms. Franklin to the likes of us. {#Notworthy}
Posted 11 years ago by lexica    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
There are icons, and there are icons.  Aretha. She doesn't even need a last name - you can just walk into a room of people and say, "Aretha" and I bet every person there would know to whom you were referring.

I love Aretha - as I've related (countless times), I was deprived of "soul" music as a youngster, because of very bigoted parents. I didn't even know who she was until I got out of high school.  Once those chains were broken, I "discovered" her, and holy cow - this woman could sing the rings off Saturn.

Well, my appreciation is better late than never.  This song is a solid 10. {#Notworthy}
 

I agree...  well said...  miss you...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
10 - godess like actually
Posted 11 years ago by JHZ    [ Reply ]
Wheww...I needed that...
Posted 11 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
....funnyfunny........dancing.............
Posted 11 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
Didn't like it when it was new; like it less now.
Posted 12 years ago by pinem    [ Reply ]
Now that, Adele, is how this singing thing is done
Posted 12 years ago by rez    [ Reply ]
A  R  E  T  H  A    is in the house!!!!!! Yeahhhhh!!!! {#Clap}
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 1wolfy wrote:
Following Morphine's recording, this sounds like a 78rpm record..it is a shame how 'flat' recordings were.
This is one example of a song that is much better on vinyl. 

Posted 12 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
{#Music} Cranked it to 11!

Glad to see her looking much better. {#Yes}
Posted 12 years ago by GeneP59    [ Reply ]

Posted 12 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
Thanks!  This song just lifted my spirits (a lot)!!
Posted 12 years ago by davedog    [ Reply ]
Following Morphine's recording, this sounds like a 78rpm record..it is a shame how 'flat' recordings were.
Posted 12 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 liser wrote:
You forgot the most important line: "We're on a mission from God."
 
"Don't you blaspheme in here! Don't you blaspheme in here!"
Posted 13 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]


Posted 13 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Was that Floyd Vonnegut from Saginaw?  Because if it was...

  
...it's proof that God has a wickedly perverse sense of humor.


Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
I tried to feel jaded about this song, but when it came to rating, I couldn't honestly give it less than 10. This is Godlike. It has a palpable sense of divinity about it.
Posted 13 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
you said everything i was thinking. in my case i grew up with parents only allowing classical music in the house, but when i got "out", i too walked into a whole new world...and never felt so alive. solid 10 from my end too.

 Cynaera wrote:
There are icons, and there are icons.  Aretha. She doesn't even need a last name - you can just walk into a room of people and say, "Aretha" and I bet every person there would know to whom you were referring.

I love Aretha - as I've related (countless times), I was deprived of "soul" music as a youngster, because of very bigoted parents. I didn't even know who she was until I got out of high school.  Once those chains were broken, I "discovered" her, and holy cow - this woman could sing the rings off Saturn.

Well, my appreciation is better late than never.  This song is a solid 10. {#Notworthy}
 


Posted 13 years ago by moonsaura    [ Reply ]
awesomeeeeee
Posted 13 years ago by moonsaura    [ Reply ]
enough already
Posted 13 years ago by Lumpy13    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:


Vonnegut said that music is proof that God exists.
 
Was that Floyd Vonnegut from Saginaw?  Because if it was...

Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 gatorade wrote:
Can't hear this song w/o thinking about one of the best movie scenes ever. The Queen of Soul in feather slippers and an apron! Oh The Blues Brothers, how I miss you.
 
Oh yes!

I'm going to have to watch it (again) now

Cheers! 
Posted 13 years ago by ianmoff    [ Reply ]
There are icons, and there are icons.  Aretha. She doesn't even need a last name - you can just walk into a room of people and say, "Aretha" and I bet every person there would know to whom you were referring.

I love Aretha - as I've related (countless times), I was deprived of "soul" music as a youngster, because of very bigoted parents. I didn't even know who she was until I got out of high school.  Once those chains were broken, I "discovered" her, and holy cow - this woman could sing the rings off Saturn.

Well, my appreciation is better late than never.  This song is a solid 10. {#Notworthy}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Can't hear this song w/o thinking about one of the best movie scenes ever. The Queen of Soul in feather slippers and an apron! Oh The Blues Brothers, how I miss you.
Posted 13 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
1968
Posted 13 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
 peacockangel wrote:
Maybe there would be more love if people weren't so afraid of being hurt ~ you know and pushin people away because of their own sh!t
 
But there'd be a lot fewer songs...unless you stuff like Kitaro...{#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Maybe there would be more love if people weren't so afraid of being hurt ~ you know and pushin people away because of their own sh!t
Posted 13 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
 ianmoff wrote:
I've got to watch The Blues Brothers (again) now!
 
One of the great comedy trilogies - "Blues Brothers," "Animal House," and "Caddyshack."

Posted 13 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
like no other
Posted 13 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
 whaze wrote:
Wow... I mean, c'mon, relax people. Yes, it's a darn good song by a great singer. Let's leave it at that. Voice of GOD?! The recording of "Think" proves that He exists? Let's calm down. szheesh!
 
congratulations on totally missing the point.

Posted 14 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Aw, man! Just bummed that Big Lots uses this song for their advertisements now. Not Aretha's version, but still ...
Posted 14 years ago by melissa    [ Reply ]
 bill-1956 wrote:
classic
 
I little too classic if you ask me. Great song. Just overplayed.
Posted 14 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Wow... I mean, c'mon, relax people. Yes, it's a darn good song by a great singer. Let's leave it at that. Voice of GOD?! The recording of "Think" proves that He exists? Let's calm down. szheesh!
Posted 14 years ago by whaze    [ Reply ]
Never get tired of the "Queen of Soul"...now for a little Marvin Gay...but I'll settle for the Clash!
Posted 14 years ago by rjewyo    [ Reply ]
Talk to the hand!

{#Hand}
Posted 14 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:


Vonnegut said that music is proof that God exists.
 
amen.
Posted 14 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Clap}{#Kiss}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananasplit}
Posted 14 years ago by kilroyjoe3    [ Reply ]
I've got to watch The Blues Brothers (again) now!
Posted 14 years ago by ianmoff    [ Reply ]
One of my favourite tunes ever!

Posted 14 years ago by flatpicker    [ Reply ]
 ianmoff wrote:

I haven't seen that in ages - in fact I'm going to watch it this evening!

Ian 
 
I want those slippers she's wearing in the diner!

Posted 14 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
 jpfueler wrote:

I'm an atheist, but Marianne Faithful has it right. The Voice of God is Aretha Franklin

 

Vonnegut said that music is proof that God exists.
Posted 14 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Dancin' in my seat {#Bananasplit}
Posted 14 years ago by rockinmeg    [ Reply ]
 Sloggydog wrote:
I have said god like but then has anyone ever actually seen god and aretha in the same room at the same time
 
I'm an atheist, but Marianne Faithful has it right. The Voice of God is Aretha Franklin

Posted 14 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
I had RP playing softly in my office while meeting with two coworkers. When this came on, it became an instant dance party! I had to turn it up. Thanks RP!
Posted 15 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
FREEDOM!
Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
I have said god like but then has anyone ever actually seen god and aretha in the same room at the same time
Posted 15 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
Puts a big smile on my face and makes me want to turn it up and dance around the office!!!  Thanks Bil!{#Bananapiano}

Posted 15 years ago by PinkFlamingo69    [ Reply ]
Now living comfortably in Hometown, USA (well my hometown, anyway!)



See this ==> https://www.thelanguageofmusic.com/
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 MojoJojo wrote:
Mrs. Murphy: Help you two?
Elwood: Do you have any white bread ma'am?
Mrs. Murphy: Yeah.
Elwood: I'll have some toasted white bread please.
Mrs. Murphy: You want butter or jam on that, honey?
Elwood: No ma'am, dry.
Jake: Do you have any fried chicken ma'am?
Mrs. Murphy: Best damned chicken in the state.
Jake: Bring me four fried chickens and a Coke.
Mrs. Murphy: You want chicken wings or chicken legs?
Jake: Four fried chickens and a Coke.
Elwood: And some dry white toast please.
Mrs. Murphy: Ya'all want anything to drink with that?
Elwood: No ma'am.
Jake: A Coke.
Mrs. Murphy: Be right back.
 
I haven't seen that in ages - in fact I'm going to watch it this evening!

Ian 
Posted 15 years ago by ianmoff    [ Reply ]
all hail Aretha!
Posted 15 years ago by twalker    [ Reply ]

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Posted 15 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
Hell yeah! Wear that hat babeeee!

Posted 15 years ago by Mina_the_Boo    [ Reply ]
Ten
Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
classic

Posted 15 years ago by bill-1956    [ Reply ]
I saw that also.  I was bawling like a baby by the end of it.  No words to describe...
 jpfueler wrote:
Once, Pavarati was to do an aria, but he got ill and Aretha filled in at the last minute.(grammys maybe? I forget)But, due to the time constraints, the orchestra had no time to rearange the work and Aretha sang it in Pavaroti's key, two octives lower than her normal.
I'm no big opera fan.
That was (insert your grandest expletive or descriptor here) amazing.
Just thinking of it makes me tear up.
 


Posted 15 years ago by dixiedeb    [ Reply ]
Posted 15 years ago by DeeCee1109    [ Reply ]
sutcliff wrote:
Don't you blaspheme in here!
Aretha, the ultimate pop goddess!
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
winter wrote:
Goosebumps. Seriously.
Same here. My God, what a voice.
Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Freedom to be AWESOME!
Posted 16 years ago by xc_para_puravida    [ Reply ]
liser wrote:
You forgot the most important line: "We're on a mission from God."
Don't you blaspheme in here!
Posted 16 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
In the company of the finest divas!
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
A, b hakka pÀhe!
Posted 16 years ago by Kerly    [ Reply ]
Good Sunday morning type-a tune. Sing to the congregation!
Posted 16 years ago by Wisecrowe    [ Reply ]
gopre wrote:
I don't think so. Motown bred.
She's from Memphis....
Posted 16 years ago by ruthless    [ Reply ]
"You better think about the consequences of yo' actions!"
Posted 16 years ago by nate917    [ Reply ]
Once, Pavarati was to do an aria, but he got ill and Aretha filled in at the last minute.(grammys maybe? I forget)But, due to the time constraints, the orchestra had no time to rearange the work and Aretha sang it in Pavaroti's key, two octives lower than her normal. I'm no big opera fan. That was (insert your grandest expletive or descriptor here) amazing. Just thinking of it makes me tear up.
Posted 16 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Goosebumps. Seriously. Aretha is the Queen.
Posted 16 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]
Someone should take some time to explain my colleagues why I'm dancing on the desk....
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
WOOOOH!!! It's desk chair shimmy and shake time!
Posted 16 years ago by mrrmt    [ Reply ]
How can I get any work done when I can't stop dancing?
Posted 16 years ago by dixiedeb    [ Reply ]
MojoJojo wrote:
Mrs. Murphy: Help you two? Elwood: Do you have any white bread ma'am? Mrs. Murphy: Yeah. Elwood: I'll have some toasted white bread please. Mrs. Murphy: You want butter or jam on that, honey? Elwood: No ma'am, dry. Jake: Do you have any fried chicken ma'am? Mrs. Murphy: Best damned chicken in the state. Jake: Bring me four fried chickens and a Coke. Mrs. Murphy: You want chicken wings or chicken legs? Jake: Four fried chickens and a Coke. Elwood: And some dry white toast please. Mrs. Murphy: Ya'all want anything to drink with that? Elwood: No ma'am. Jake: A Coke. Mrs. Murphy: Be right back.
You forgot the most important line: "We're on a mission from God."
Posted 16 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]
I've gotten absolutely NOTHING done for the last 15 minutes but a whole lotta chair dancing - thanks for the break, Bill!!
Posted 16 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]