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Aretha's Version of _Bridge Over Troubled Water_

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Poet Kevin Young talks about Aretha Franklin's soulful version (1971) of Paul Simon's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1969). He describes the hymn-like aspect of the song and its use of language in describing a primal landscape of rivers, bridges, crossings and connections.

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