美國靈魂樂女王［艾瑞莎．富蘭克林］＆藍調之王［比比金］的交集──藍調靈魂／爵士曲──［The Thrill Is Gone／激情逝去］

The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
Thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
You done me wrong
Baby, youll be sorry someday

The thrill is gone
The thrill has gone away from me
The thrill is gone
Oh yeah, the thrill has gone all the way away from me
Although Im gonna still live on
Gonna be lonely, lonely, lonely as can be

The thrill is gone
Yeah-yeah, the thrill has gone away for good
Oh, the thrill is gone, baby
Yeah-yeah, its gone, its gone, its gone away for good
Somebody told me, although I didnt know it then, that they knew that it would
They knew it would
And Im free (free)
Free (free) free, free, free, free from all the pain
(Free at last)
Oh, yes Im free (free) yeah, Im free, Im free, Im free, Im free, Im free, Im free (free)
Hey, yeah Im free from this pain (Thank god almighty, Im free at last)

And as I leave you, baby
All I wanna do is just wish you well
Gone, gone and gone and gone and gone and, the thrill is gone
The thrill is gone, yeah, baby
Yes, Im free (free) yeah, Im free (free)
Im free (Thank god almighty, Im free at last)
Theres a new world and Im free from your spell
Free from your spell (free at last)

１９７０年８月　２８歲的美國靈魂樂女王艾瑞莎．富蘭克林（Aretha Franklin）發行第１７張大碟［Spirit in the Dark／黑暗裡的精神］（Atlantic出版）

由Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler製作, 樂評優秀

大碟登上Billboard專輯榜＃２５　副榜－靈魂專輯榜亞軍  澳大利亞＃２５

首支主打［Dont Play That Song (You Lied)］登上美國單曲榜＃１１（＋副榜－靈魂榜冠軍）　成為百萬金唱片

第二主打為標題曲［Spirit in the Dark］　與專輯同時出版　登上美國Billboard單曲榜＃２３　［Spirit in the Dark］的B面歌曲是［The Thrill Is Gone／激情逝去］

這是翻唱比比金（B.B. King）１９６９年出版的藍調靈魂歌曲

由Roy Hawkins＋ Rick Darnell譜寫

艾瑞莎製作成一首藍調靈魂／爵士曲

在緩慢的小調中，富蘭克林以時而慵懶　時而高亢的嗓音演繹，唱出自己的靈魂特色

［The Thrill Is Gone］主要在黑人R&B電台主打，以雙主打［Spirit in the Dark ／The Thrill Is Gone］登上Billboard副榜──靈魂榜＃３

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_bFrCCyqe0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df8ozjY_Qsw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3-jpubHeU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNR0iLw92Gc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j1dH7fZVDg