I saw that interview and Janis Joplin had more soul then just about anyone. That says a lot. Calling someone the "Queen" is a generic statement and it could refer to anything. For Aretha to get angry over something like that is petty.
And vinc, I brought Michael up because he's been slandard, actually attacked in a really vicious and cruel way, but he never responds, and I made that point because, if Michael can keep composed about some of the seriously horribe stuff said about him, then it shows a lack of composure and class on Aretha's part that she can't just let something pass which she can't even prove was directed at her. I wasn't saying Michael shouldn't ever react. I was saying the oppostie, actually, that he's been dealt such rotton treatment, that he more then anyone does deserve to defend himself. But he doesn't, its just not his style. If he did, it would be justified because the attacks on him aren't petty and they aren't silly, their serious and damn mean, but what Aretha's getting huffy over, that IS silly, one because she doesn't own the word or the title "the Queen" and two, she doesn't even know if that was directed at her since her name was never mentioned and three, it wasn't mean or even an attack, it was just someone giving another legend some respect. Aretha gets treated with kid gloves. I've never seen anyone so lawded in my life, so I don't know why she's freaking out.
