Originally Posted by
daddyacey
Dionne did in fact say that and Aretha was not seen in the broadcast but she may have been there ,or maybe Dionne's statement might have meant that Aretha was there in spirit. Some people deal with death in different ways. I know for myself that if I choose to remember someone who has passed on the way they were and not deal with the issues and carrying on that people do at funerals ,no matter how close I was to the departed ,I just wouldn't go if I felt that ,that was the way I choose to deal with it. What other people think my behavior should have been could kiss my ass. Two tears in a bucket ,fuxk it, It's my cry, I have to deal with it. I generally don't do viewings also. I don't agree with the fact of looking at and having the last image of someone I knew ,laying dead in a casket. Why would you want to see someone in their worse state ,lifeless as opposed to remembering them as they were in life? But thats just my personal opinion/logic.
As far as the multiple God Parent thing is concerned ,in African American Culture you could have God Parents through the church and also God Parents through the "House", which could be very close friends of the family or other blood family members. It's a "Black Thing" carried over from 200 years of Black American History. Being famous entertainers ,don't override being Black .
Also I'd like to state to all the people in Europe and England that saw the funeral footage , that what you saw was real. The African American church has called them Home Comings for over 150 years. That was NOT a show ,THAT was CHURCH. That is what has gone on every Sunday in Black churches. Even though there were famous people involved, they were personally connected ,but it was still Church. This is how we do , send our loved ones home to GOD ,thus , Home Coming.
"Church ", is where the Soul in Soul Music comes from. This footage shows you an example of where ,SOUL and THE BLUES developed from.
I watched the whole thing. I felt like I was in Church. [[And it's been a year since the last time). I was emotionally exhausted by the end.
That was Church.
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