Josh said Aretha called him to her dressing room, they ran through the song once and that was all the rehearsal they had. He said he just stood back and let her sing and jumped in when she stopped. He was thrilled to sing with the Queen of Soul.
I was there.this was my favorite of the night. Josh is absolutely awesome! Seeing him sing live is a must, recordings cannot capture the beauty of his voice Brought me to tears.
I know, I am late to the party, but I love this song, and this rendition was great. There was a better spirit there and a soulfulness and Josh Grobran seems to be a loving and giving person. Ms Franklin comes from a gospel background and that is what she brought to the song, regardless. So the song was not about the singers singing it, but the spirit of message of the song. I loved it.
That was amazing! Josh Groban and the amazing Miss Aretha! Thank you for posting this. I just found it today. There is something spiritual in the song, in general. This rendition elevates that. Amazing, truly amazing.
The wordless communication between two great artists as they looked at each other near the end of the song is just spectacular. And when his voice lets loose and soars, it makes me weak in the knees.
Wow, what is all the fuss about? That was SO much fun! The fabulous JG sharing a stage with ARETHA! Who cares if she didn't rehearse. She added her own beautiful self and awesomesauce to the performance and made it totally memorable. LOVE the smile she gave him at the end. @straightarrow372 said it well.
This is Beautiful ❤️ I love how she knowing her voice can go over his out a Beautifulness on it. I never saw this but looked after Jennifer said they did it. My heart💔 thought of my Daddy😪🙏🏾💪🏾💜
@Ramona. Exactly! I would have echoed your words.Goose bumps and love came through that performance. The Spirit was there and they both seemed to love it. I loved it, too!
well if i can my two cents..i think it was a clear lack of preparation but i mean if you dont know the style of music aretha sings then say that but dont hate on the fact that she stayed true to her voice. she;s a soulful singer so she sang it that way. she didnt just demolish it the way you all make it sound lol.
Wow it truly takes someone like Josh to make a performance like that as good as it was. Yes I understand it could have been better but with Aretha not showing up for rehearsals, they did a pretty fantastic job:) just my opinion though and I understand that is not the view of most ppl in here. But in my eyes it was amazing :)
who ever butchers a Josh Groban song that is well known all around the world should know better! No one should dare mess up a Josh Groban song....dont mess....and Aretha did butcher that song! i agree with u dude
I love both of them and both of them have unique voices that are undescribable...but especially if you sing a duett you need to have some timing and aparently that was missing...I can just imagine how breathtaking their performance would have been if they would have rehearsed before...hopefully they will give it another try in the future.
Even the most beautiful flower withers in the end. Aretha is an icon and was the greatest soul/r&b singer around the 1960's/70's/80's but man she must be nearing 80 now and she can't possibly sing the way she did when she was in her twenties. You must admit whe was out of key more than once but Josh sang brilliantly with her which must've been a great moment for him too.. But dude where have u been the last few years? Josh is the greatest singer this decade and we aint seen nothin yet.!
The song is Josh's song. It is obvious Aretha missed rehearsal. For those of us who know the song, her performance is far less than stellar. If you don't know the song & have no musical background, you might think it's ok. I think it is the most uncomfortable I have ever seen Josh. It is a beautiful song and Aretha did it no justice... Josh would never disrespect her and felt it was an honor to perform with her. But let's face it, home girl blew it. Sorry. And what was with that dress?
@LifeSux79 I think it's just that her style is very different from his. It's odd when people of very different styles sing together. Josh puts himself in this type of situation fairly frequently. It doesn't seem to bother him. He's a fusionist and a musical adventurer. He likes to put things together that come from different cultures. This duet is a musical metaphor to a diverse culture.
It wasn't a stellar performance on Aretha's part. It seemed she didn't know the words to the song! It would be interesting to hear Josh's take on the performance but we all know he'd never say anything negative about anyone. He's it too polite!
hmmmm....i love aretha, really i do and i expected a really good duet when I heard they'd done this together....but i was bitterly disappointed. it seemed aretha hardly knew the song, and josh even had to cover for her when she missed the first line! sorry, but i prefer josh singing this by himself ANY day!!!
Aretha was a trainwreck, maybe the'queen' should have gotten off her high horse and shown up for the rehearsal!! Josh was the consumate professional and graciously tried to cover her bleating!
You raise me up is one of the most and amazing songs in this world...The Voice from Aretha is very good,but in this Duet she is to much crying...she loose her part in this Duett...thats to agressive,how she is singing this song..Josh try to help her..she is to loud and only sreaming...no,sorry...she coudnt sing this amazing song... Josh Voice is full with Love..her voice can't top him...
This shows how ignorant Aretha was thinking she was it and didn’t have to rehearse or even bothered to remember the lyrics. Or maybe she was too old to even try. Anyway she had her time but this one ain’t it
This duet seemed like a impromptu performance. Ree, looked lost, especially at the timing of 4:26, like george bush usually have, hence that deer caught in the headlights expression lol. Josh should of perform this tune by himself.
To the people making excuses for Aretha: She had just completely lost her ability to sing. Had nothing to do with her singing a different style of music or what not.
For all these people disrespecting Aretha Franklin I still don't understand how do you sound so bad and still have 20 Grammys? That's the question I can't figure out. Since people have so much disrespect for this woman and you don't even have a clue and have that knowledge to understand this woman's resume, and what she's been through in the years she's putting it in the music industry and he clearly said at the end of the performance what an honor it was for him / the greatest honour of his life. Stop being so fucking Petty!
I'm being rude????? You first tell me to "get a life" and then you proceed to call me a "rock of shit" ( very different term of endearment that I have never heard before btw) How on earth was I suppose to know that you are a "male"???? when did you enlighten me with that fact? The problem is that you do not like it when someone else has an opinion that does not match your own...Ok, I stand corrected...You are a proud "male" ok? feel better now?
Wow Aretha really polluted the stage with her ear piercing vocal inflections, terrible timing, and lyric improvising and ruined what would have been an amazing performance by such a true vocal genius as Josh Groban
I love a few of her songs, I think she's amazing, but I'm sorry she was awful, OMG, n 2 think I had 2 hear it all. Josh was amazing as always... She's just screaming the song out!!!
she is the maximum legend,a real queen of soul, vocals and music in general, only creatures unknown to us can sing better than her, she can sing the inscriptions in the newspaper and they will sound superhuman
Im sorry but they could of blotted out that entrance of Aretha..I don't know who her wardrobe stylist is but NO...that gown did not fit her..and she was to busty to be wearing some strapless piece without support..I didn't like that look..jus my opinion
She was very unprofessional: if you're doing a duet you should work before the duet. She turned the song upside down. She left him in a bad place. She was very smug, she didn't respect her pears. She was very full of herself. On the other hand he is always nice; you can see he's embarraced (yet thrilled, to be singing with her) because he didn't know what she would do next, she totally messed up and was very desrespectful! And you can see how she despise him! She looked so bored... He never badmouthed anyone; she was often a real ass to other musicians.
@@vervideosgiros1156 man dont you realize she is fuckin Queen Of Soul? And one of the best artist of all time, she just cannot copy a song like a karaoke, she made it her own, periodt
@@mhax3By your unnecessary rage and swearing for no reason, I assume you're american. I'm not offended by that because I'm not from a false prude society! Worshiping monarchy it's something I'll never understand, either! I didn't say she should make a karaoke, but she should've rehearsaled and there's 2 in a duet. She was improvising and she was acting like she was singing solo... and that's pretty desrespectful! She can be the "queen" of soul, so what? We are in XXI century: you can't desrespect a person because someone in "supposed" to be benearh you!
Good for you, you won't spend money listening to him. Some people like beautiful voices; some prefer a screamming trombone. I stick to the "cheap voice".
Josh said Aretha called him to her dressing room, they ran through the song once and that was all the rehearsal they had. He said he just stood back and let her sing and jumped in when she stopped. He was thrilled to sing with the Queen of Soul.
th-cam.com/video/ono8bNntZ8I/w-d-xo.html - yes, in here (It IS in English ;-) )
I was there.this was my favorite of the night. Josh is absolutely awesome! Seeing him sing live is a must, recordings cannot capture the beauty of his voice Brought me to tears.
I know, I am late to the party, but I love this song, and this rendition was great. There was a better spirit there and a soulfulness and Josh Grobran seems to be a loving and giving person. Ms Franklin comes from a gospel background and that is what she brought to the song, regardless. So the song was not about the singers singing it, but the spirit of message of the song. I loved it.
Love the respect and love they show each other at the end. Not just Josh, but Aretha was happy with the performance and thought Josh was a gentleman
That was amazing! Josh Groban and the amazing Miss Aretha! Thank you for posting this. I just found it today. There is something spiritual in the song, in general. This rendition elevates that. Amazing, truly amazing.
Aretha gives me the goosebumps! She is so awesome!
The wordless communication between two great artists as they looked at each other near the end of the song is just spectacular. And when his voice lets loose and soars, it makes me weak in the knees.
Wow, what is all the fuss about? That was SO much fun! The fabulous JG sharing a stage with ARETHA! Who cares if she didn't rehearse. She added her own beautiful self and awesomesauce to the performance and made it totally memorable. LOVE the smile she gave him at the end. @straightarrow372 said it well.
And of course we are here from the JHud interview ☺️
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This is Beautiful ❤️ I love how she knowing her voice can go over his out a Beautifulness on it. I never saw this but looked after Jennifer said they did it. My heart💔 thought of my Daddy😪🙏🏾💪🏾💜
Thanks God Josh saved the song. I would love to hear Aretha singing this song but alone. I am sure it would sound great!!!
I love them, both.. wonderful prayer :-) Thanks so much.
this makes me cry - it's so beautiful.
They are amazing ❤
Aretha nails any genre👍
RIP 🙏🏼
This is absolutely beautiful. I love both of these incredible artist.
Miss your voice so much Aretha ❤️❤️🙏🙏
Josh you are amazing to make are that Franklin lovely and she is she's beautiful God bless you both I loved it xxx
Why thank you....what a kind and thoughtful comment from a proud black woman like yourself....You certainly are some lady! God bless you....
Thank you for posting this! What a treat!
Aretha is just amazing, and can sing anything!!!:)
Lord....... So Enchantingly Beautiful!
@Ramona. Exactly! I would have echoed your words.Goose bumps and love came through that performance. The Spirit was there and they both seemed to love it. I loved it, too!
AMAZING!!!!!! Wish i was THERE!!
Beautiful!
Would have loved to been at this event.
well if i can my two cents..i think it was a clear lack of preparation but i mean if you dont know the style of music aretha sings then say that but dont hate on the fact that she stayed true to her voice. she;s a soulful singer so she sang it that way. she didnt just demolish it the way you all make it sound lol.
Wow it truly takes someone like Josh to make a performance like that as good as it was. Yes I understand it could have been better but with Aretha not showing up for rehearsals, they did a pretty fantastic job:) just my opinion though and I understand that is not the view of most ppl in here. But in my eyes it was amazing :)
Josh was great ... I was there ... Aretha you are forgiven.
You both sing so brautiful song
who ever butchers a Josh Groban song that is well known all around the world should know better! No one should dare mess up a Josh Groban song....dont mess....and Aretha did butcher that song! i agree with u dude
I love both of them and both of them have unique voices that are undescribable...but especially if you sing a duett you need to have some timing and aparently that was missing...I can just imagine how breathtaking their performance would have been if they would have rehearsed before...hopefully they will give it another try in the future.
Even the most beautiful flower withers in the end. Aretha is an icon and was the greatest soul/r&b singer around the 1960's/70's/80's but man she must be nearing 80 now and she can't possibly sing the way she did when she was in her twenties. You must admit whe was out of key more than once but Josh sang brilliantly with her which must've been a great moment for him too.. But dude where have u been the last few years? Josh is the greatest singer this decade and we aint seen nothin yet.!
The song is Josh's song. It is obvious Aretha missed rehearsal. For those of us who know the song, her performance is far less than stellar. If you don't know the song & have no musical background, you might think it's ok. I think it is the most uncomfortable I have ever seen Josh. It is a beautiful song and Aretha did it no justice... Josh would never disrespect her and felt it was an honor to perform with her. But let's face it, home girl blew it. Sorry. And what was with that dress?
awesome duet :)
Love Aretha!!
Groban is full shift but king aretha is awesome . She was so good that i cry Wien i listen her
@LifeSux79 I think it's just that her style is very different from his. It's odd when people of very different styles sing together. Josh puts himself in this type of situation fairly frequently. It doesn't seem to bother him. He's a fusionist and a musical adventurer. He likes to put things together that come from different cultures. This duet is a musical metaphor to a diverse culture.
Aretha and Josh, beauty duet.
So powerful - what amazing singers! And what an amazing song - of course the lyrics were written by an Irishman!
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God! Aretha didn't even know the words! Thank God for Josh Groban!
Aretha es Aretha pero estuvo perdida gran parte de la canción, y Josh todo un caballero tratando de salvarla...
Es un hecho
It wasn't a stellar performance on Aretha's part. It seemed she didn't know the words to the song! It would be interesting to hear Josh's take on the performance but we all know he'd never say anything negative about anyone. He's it too polite!
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hmmmm....i love aretha, really i do and i expected a really good duet when I heard they'd done this together....but i was bitterly disappointed. it seemed aretha hardly knew the song, and josh even had to cover for her when she missed the first line! sorry, but i prefer josh singing this by himself ANY day!!!
Josh were amazing he's always amazing, buuuut Aretha......She was so struggling sorry but she was..
Beautiful but it must be hard to sing a duet with such different styles. Aretha is a musican as is Josh, noted for their unique styles!
ok...aretha made this performance look like a trainwreck...poor josh....u can tell that he was so confused
Aretha was a trainwreck, maybe the'queen' should have gotten off her high horse and shown up for the rehearsal!! Josh was the consumate professional and graciously tried to cover her bleating!
She doesn't have it anymore.
Aretha did not even give you the time of day Josh.....@ you wrote the song...
Josh is covering this song, not bad tho.
You raise me up is one of the most and amazing songs in this world...The Voice from Aretha is very good,but in this Duet she is to much crying...she loose her part in this Duett...thats to agressive,how she is singing this song..Josh try to help her..she is to loud and only sreaming...no,sorry...she coudnt sing this amazing song...
Josh Voice is full with Love..her voice can't top him...
This shows how ignorant Aretha was thinking she was it and didn’t have to rehearse or even bothered to remember the lyrics. Or maybe she was too old to even try. Anyway she had her time but this one ain’t it
This duet seemed like a impromptu performance. Ree, looked lost, especially at the timing of 4:26, like george bush usually have, hence that deer caught in the headlights expression lol. Josh should of perform this tune by himself.
Whoever’s idea was this, I loooove Josh, but they should’ve let Ms. Franklin perform solo
To the people making excuses for Aretha: She had just completely lost her ability to sing. Had nothing to do with her singing a different style of music or what not.
thank god for aretha. she actually made this song interesting
Please fix the quality of the song music :-(
I’m so sorry but she RUIN the Song!! She’s just keep on shouting! This is one of my favorite song 😢 honestly speaking. Just my observation!
For all these people disrespecting Aretha Franklin I still don't understand how do you sound so bad and still have 20 Grammys? That's the question I can't figure out. Since people have so much disrespect for this woman and you don't even have a clue and have that knowledge to understand this woman's resume, and what she's been through in the years she's putting it in the music industry and he clearly said at the end of the performance what an honor it was for him / the greatest honour of his life. Stop being so fucking Petty!
@tangthebang the only good thing about it
Love them both.just didn't much care for this diet.
I'm being rude????? You first tell me to "get a life" and then you proceed to call me a "rock of shit" ( very different term of endearment that I have never heard before btw) How on earth was I suppose to know that you are a "male"???? when did you enlighten me with that fact? The problem is that you do not like it when someone else has an opinion that does not match your own...Ok, I stand corrected...You are a proud "male" ok? feel better now?
not a fan of Aretha's. anybody can scream and yell. Josh out shined her hands down.
Aretha was the best what you Fools talking about
It weird her "Second" chin is bigger then her first chin. lol just kidding the queeen still reins
Uh... You do realize there's nothing in my message that implies that i don't have a life? Yours, on the other hand is screaming it out.
are you now being rude to me???? I am a male fool
Aretha sounds like she's carrying and extra 200lbs on her chest.
Wow Aretha really polluted the stage with her ear piercing vocal inflections, terrible timing, and lyric improvising and ruined what would have been an amazing performance by such a true vocal genius as Josh Groban
I love a few of her songs, I think she's amazing, but I'm sorry she was awful, OMG, n 2 think I had 2 hear it all. Josh was amazing as always... She's just screaming the song out!!!
@RENECELINERENE i believe its the opposite! she didnt even get the words right!
Her voice is not suited to the song.
I love aretha! shes a legend...but she really messed up on this duett...
Josh was great as always...
she is the maximum legend,a real queen of soul, vocals and music in general, only creatures unknown to us can sing better than her, she can sing the inscriptions in the newspaper and they will sound superhuman
@kennylondon123 Lol
Im sorry but they could of blotted out that entrance of Aretha..I don't know who her wardrobe stylist is but NO...that gown did not fit her..and she was to busty to be wearing some strapless piece without support..I didn't like that look..jus my opinion
Alan Hudson too* busty
Not very well done by Aretha .
i dont care for Aretha sorry , to cheap
Poor Josh, Aretha was awfull
She... She sounds like a scratchy vinyl :( Poor Aretha... She may still be able to hit the high notes, but there's not much voice left to do so.
Josh is so boring, Aretha made this song real!
She was very unprofessional: if you're doing a duet you should work before the duet. She turned the song upside down. She left him in a bad place. She was very smug, she didn't respect her pears. She was very full of herself. On the other hand he is always nice; you can see he's embarraced (yet thrilled, to be singing with her) because he didn't know what she would do next, she totally messed up and was very desrespectful! And you can see how she despise him! She looked so bored... He never badmouthed anyone; she was often a real ass to other musicians.
@@vervideosgiros1156 man dont you realize she is fuckin Queen Of Soul? And one of the best artist of all time, she just cannot copy a song like a karaoke, she made it her own, periodt
@@mhax3By your unnecessary rage and swearing for no reason, I assume you're american. I'm not offended by that because I'm not from a false prude society! Worshiping monarchy it's something I'll never understand, either! I didn't say she should make a karaoke, but she should've rehearsaled and there's 2 in a duet. She was improvising and she was acting like she was singing solo... and that's pretty desrespectful! She can be the "queen" of soul, so what? We are in XXI century: you can't desrespect a person because someone in "supposed" to be benearh you!
shes got some weight on the old girl hasnt she to go with the awful voice
I'm sorry but she is horrible...worst singer in the world. Josh Groban-the BEST.
She ruins the song ! Horrible !
Josh Greene it is not a competition!
You sound like a fuckin idiot. Mayo faced ass
She isn't a horrible singer so you can sit down and shut up
He is dry, no rhythm, no Nostaw and nothing authentic very cheap Voice he has my opinion
Good for you, you won't spend money listening to him. Some people like beautiful voices; some prefer a screamming trombone. I stick to the "cheap voice".