Well what a finale roflmao SerenaW19 won the first round, but LDF came back to win the second, and now it's all down to this vote to decide the winner of CCXF 2006, the battle of the Aretha classics, but who picked which? ;) Vote closes at 11 pm tomorrow :D

Song 1 - "Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GtC-Wa-CE1o

Song 2 - "Respect" by Aretha Franklin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JELsvvv1V60

LDF you thief :o

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Cmon SB, guess whose is whose? roflmao

LDF may have submitted his first :P

I can't believe it though roflmao Nice way to finish, hard to tell who's song belongs to who also :D

Yes but we all know I am the King of Motown Dav B)

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Well this is simple, as a big Aretha fan I won't be voting. I have no prefernce! roflmao

It did cross my mind that Serena might do Aretha. I planned Respect myself, but once Serena had used Say a Prayer I decided against it. :D

Oh, I'm sure if it's a tie with 5 minutes to go you'll be tempted to vote ;)

Aretha wasn't on Motown Serena! roflmao

Columbia, then Altantic.

If I didn't know which song was mine I would find it hard to choose. Her vocals are so stunning though. She's done some great performances in recent times but these are her original ones and nothing beats them :bow:

I think Aretha is the true winner of the competition, she really is the best singer, most naturally talented I have ever heard :D :ok:

Just wanted to point out these two songs were the work of two brilliant singer songwriters.

Natural Woman was by Carole King :ok:
Respect was by Otis Redding :ok:

I have both on my Sretha Album, and I have King's version of Natural Woman (which is great) and Otis's Respect whihc is fantastic :)

It's close enough to Motown for me :D

She's the Queen of Soul and Motown :D ;)

For any Aretha fans there's a great video on youtube of Aretha, Carole, Maria Carey, Celine, Shania and Gloria Estafan doing a divas ensemble performance of a great Aretha song :ok:

I changed my mind and voted - I went for Respect cos it's a real anthem for black and female rights, and it really is the best song for freaking out to on the dancefloor and singing along to. Especialyl the R_E_S_P_E_C_T bit :D And I love it done by Otis :D

Sorry to Carol King though as she is a legend too. :)

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Well you know me with my soul collection, there's Stax too :)

I used that question as a tie break in the pub quiz - 85 quid riding on it and I asked what label Aretha was on just cos I knew they woudl say Motown. They did, and the other said Stax! So no one go tnaything! roflmao

Aww I feel sorry for Respect, Doesnt; deserve to be beaten convincingly by the other one. :(

You think this final is fnny- I nearly chose the Beatles in the 3rd place play off roflmao But I woudl have done Strawberry Fields.

This looks fun, well I am voting Natural Woman.

I'm glad you've noticed this chairman :)

It ends tomorrow :lol:

Well it's not lagging behind anymore SB :)

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why were the first and second rounds played at weekend?.....I couldn't vote, and have voted every other round :( :cry: :cry:

I've got the right hump now :(

I knew this would happen roflmao

don't worry, it could have been worse - you could have watched Nikkita trying to sing Dancing Queen roflmao

roflmao ooooh torture!

I must find it. Whcih song?

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that wasnt easy....

What wasn't easy?

making my choice

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Ahh right :)

Well it seems to be close :unsure:

I wasn't sure which one would win and still am not. Problem is not everyone may even like Aretha so won't even think carefully about who they vote for, if they do, and then massive Aretha fans will be really torn :lol:

oh, and I should point out I made my choice earlier today... so I havent altered the score at the same time as posting that :D

sneaky huh?

I love both of those songs....

so it was a toughie - like you say, if you are not a fan, then you will just pick one or not bother, and the fans will be :blink: over what to do!

Did Dav specifically ask for these choices or did it just happen? he must have rubbed his hands with glee!

Ye that's what confused me. I still think I know who you voted for though, as I was lurking around earlier when you came on and the scores changed :lol:

No we did it purely by accident. I am the Motown King of course B) and LDF jumped on the bandwagon as he knew no-one could win the X-Factor but Aretha :D

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nothing gets past you!

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*pulls handbag up to chest*

saucer of milk for SW19!

;)

Pebs :rolleyes:

I meant in a complimentary way of course...that LDF has the taste to know to pick Aretha :D

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course you did hun.... coooouuuuuuuurse you did ;)

I did not jump on the bandwagon :o roflmao

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Pffffffftttttt :lol: