There are performances, and then there are performances.
More specifically, there are performances that you walk away from thinking, "Yeah, cool. Cool concert."
Then there are the kind of performances that people talk about for years. The kind that makes them run home immediately to kiss their children and pets and tell all their friends how much they truly love them. The kind that makes grown men weep, babies talk, and cats and dogs put away their differences forever.
Aretha Franklin just gave one of those performances.
The performance inspired a lot of feelings among the assembled guests, including...
King losing her mind.
Then there are the kind of performances that people talk about for years. The kind that makes them run home immediately to kiss their children and pets and tell all their friends how much they truly love them. The kind that makes grown men weep, babies talk, and cats and dogs put away their differences forever.
Aretha Franklin just gave one of those performances.
Fortunately, it's 2015, and there is YouTube.
The performance inspired a lot of feelings among the assembled guests, including...
King losing her mind.
President Obama tearing up..
.and later pumping his fist in triumph.
An entire crowd of fancy, tuxedo people leaping to their feet.
Yep, that's everything. Everything anybody could want out of anything.