Adeva

It would be fair to say that I'm not really a fan of house music - I find it rather bland and mechanical - so I was expecting to hate Adeva.  And while I wouldn't go so far as to say I actually like the one song I have by her, I do have a little, er... respect for it.

The song is a cover of what most people would, I imagine, think of as the Aretha Franklin classic, Respect.  And while I don't exactly like it, I do think it's a very good cover - it's very much in the house style, but it remains true to the source material without being a slavish copy.

While probably more associated with Aretha, Respect was of course written and originally performed by Otis Redding, and I think it's fair to say that the original is still the best.

I think of all the video I've trawled through for this blog so far, that clip - from Ready, Steady, Go! in 1966 - is the best thing I've seen.  It really is quite magnificent.  Go Otis!