While both songs have similar styles and tempos the writers and performers of the lyrics clearly had two different messages in mind when producing these songs. The songs only differ lyrically in the refrains while the verses by and large stay the same. Otis Reddings version plays out as follows:. Though it isn't much of a refrain as most of Redding's version is made up of shorter verses, this line appears as a conclusion to every verse and echoes into the next line tying it all together.
Redding's short refrain comes at the end of each verse and leads into the next. Redding's version was written from the perspective of a hardworking man who can only look forward to getting home and finally receiving the respect he deserves from his family.
His version is less a plea for respect and more a comment on a man's feeling of worth in his work life and at home. The original version of "Respect" was produced by Steve Cropper, who also played instrumentals for the hit track along with William Bell and Earl Sims on backup vocals.
The inspiration for the song had come when, in response to Redding's complaints after a hard tour, MGs drummer Al Jackson reportedly said, "What are you griping about? You're on the road all the time. All you can look for is a little respect when you come home". Producer Jerry Wexler brought Redding's song to Franklin's attention.
When Aretha Franklin re-imagined the song it took on a whole new meaning. While still maintaining much of the original lyrics she made it her own anthem by adding a few key lines. This climactic break near the end of the song contains new lyrics and powerful new, soon-famous hooks:. Franklin's rendition found greater success than the original, spending two weeks atop the Billboard Pop Singles chart, and eight weeks on the Billboard Black Singles chart. The changes in lyrics and production drove Franklin's version to become an anthem for the increasingly large Civil Rights and Women's Rights movements.
She altered the lyrics to represent herself, a strong woman demanding respect from her man. Otis Redding himself was impressed with the performance of the song.
At the Monterey Pop Festival in the summer of the cover's release, he was quoted playfully describing "Respect" as the song "that a girl took away from me, a friend of mine, this girl she just took this song". Franklin's version of the song contains the famous lines as printed in the lyrics included in the compilation album Atlantic Soul Classics :. The last line is often misquoted as "Take out, TCP", or something similar, and indeed most published music sheets which include the lyrics have this incorrect line in them.
There seems to be some confusion over who first used "T-C-B" in the song. This line plays during a fight scene with the title above the brawl. During the fight, the letters TCP are removed from the word to tie up one of the series' antagonists. Nevertheless, "TCB in a flash" later became Elvis Presley 's motto and signature, from his necklace to his private jet plane. Franklin looks back with pride on the legacy of her music.
Country Life. Design Ideas. Home Maintenance. Country Living Shop. Shopping Guides. United States. Type keyword s to search. But, Aretha would never play the part of the scorned woman. Her middle name was Respect. When asked why the song is so successful, Aretha explained, "Everyone wants to be respected. In the second verse, Franklin proclaims to her man that she is about to give him all her money, and that all she's asking is for him to give her "her propers," when he gets home.
This term would evolve into "props," commonly used in hip-hop in the context of proper respect. It was her debut hit and coincidentally her next two releases also peaked at She never achieved a higher chart placing. A Long Island group called The Vagrants released their version of this song shortly before Franklin's came out.
The Vagrants recording tanked, and the group soon called it quits, but their bass player Felix Pappalardi and guitarist Leslie West went on to form Mountain, who played at Woodstock and had an enduring hit with " Mississippi Queen. Aretha Franklin sings this song in the movie Blues Brothers She also appeared in the original Blues Brothers movie, performing " Think. Chalmers intended to take on the famous solo until Curtis started wailing away.
He explained to Cleveland's The Plain Dealer in "When the horn solo came up, which I was ready to play because I'd been playing it on the other takes, Curtis jumped in there and took that solo, man. He was so good. Even though he pushed me out of the way In the '80s, KFC turned this into "R. After Redding heard Aretha's rendition for the first time, he told Jerry Wexler: "This girl has taken that song from me.
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