Madame Dee's power came through her timing and easing into lines rather than belting. She displayed this assurance throughout the performance, Madame Dee held back her vocal flourishes on "Day Dreaming" until its coda.

Most singers would have used this religious catharsis as a climax or to try to raise the dynamics even further, but Franklin then shifted gears for the slow groove of You Better Tell Tyrone" She remains the only singer who can seamlessly blend that chasm between spirituality and sex.

Whatever  Madame Dee 's future may be, her cool rendition of "Respect" toward the end of the night proclaimed that she will accept, and deny, age itself always on her terms.