LondonStyle said:

We're dealing with today's media. Of course SOMEONE'S gonna give a fuck. That's why it's news. Too bad we can't escape from it.

TD3 said:

Ummm, this is Etta James

Ottensen said:

Hope springs eternal, I guess.

Mysterioso said:

i'm always here man ..usually in the pm&m or the chat room ..but i'm never 2 far away ...

i wish i could have heard the rest of the clip...

PricelessHo said:

Well, the "he's not 'my' president" comment pretty much defines why she was uninvited.
As to the choice of songs, I think it fit the situation.
I know people on here hate Beyoncé but Etta is out of place on this one. I'm sure these people would have done another song if everyone had have known she was going to act such a fool over it. What's done is done. There's really nothing that can be said at this point.

BlaqueKnight said:

Yes, but I wonder did she always feel like that about Obama? Or is she dissing him only because she feels he dissed her by not inviting her to be a part of the Inaugural and having Beyonce perform her signature song?

BlaqueKnight said:

IMO its quite hypocritical to talk about how great america is and its music and culture etc. which was one of Obamas points, and invite some plasticized version of american music to sing a classic that the person who made it know as an American classic should have sang. shame on the whole gig. its bad and say IMO just exactly what this whole election is about, plastic and fake. quite appropriate then that it did turn out to beyonce instead of the real thing.

NaughtyKitty said:

or inviting Aretha and having Beyonce take her place.
i think she is rightly pissed, im pissed for her.

if they wanted a current young artist to perform something, how about roy hargrove? thats something to be proud of.

Cuddles said:

She should slap someone in the face and say "I'm Etta James, bitch!"

woogiebear said:

Cuddles said:

Obviously Obama doesn't view Beyoncé in the same way that you do. Its a bit extreme to refer to him as hypocritical over such a subjective thing as this.
There's nothing fake about this election. You're just having a hard time adjusting to reality. He IS President. Learn to deal...that goes for Etta's ass, too.

BlaqueKnight said:

I have a feeling if Beyonce did not have a huge hit record out, Obama would not have asked her to perform. He would have asked whomever was hot at that moment. It could have been worse. Obama could have asked Lil Wayne to perform for the first dance.

Ahhhhh.. Why Is she Crying.. She DID NOT WRITE THE SONG...
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren wrote this.

I give her Credit for singing the hell out of it, but No Class for Dogging Beyonce for this.. ( am I'm not the Biggest Beyonce Fan)

That was some funny shit! I almost fell off my chair when I heard that. I hope Etta snatches Beyonce's weave out of her head.

twistedeargasm said:

Good point.....but she 'made" the song.

TD3 said:

I think Etta was completely in the right in this. Petty? Some barely-talented, barely literate flavour-of-the-month sang her song, and she wasn't even asked! She has every right to be mad, and then some.

Beyonce's tacky ass is the one that needs to shut up and go away for a while. Those of us with functioning ears and respect for those who deserve it will be listening to Ms. James....

Beyonce had no business being cast in the role as Etta James in the first place. She doesn't look like her and she doesn't sing like her. As far as Ms. James' other comments -- a tad tacky regarding the President since she knows how the entertainment/popularity game is played.

meow85 said:

You think Etta was right to attack President Obama, too? "..the one with the big ears..." "He's not my President"
[Edited 2/5/09 12:23pm]

this is just fantastic

Etta James = ungrateful drunk, former junkie, all around hater.

She can't stand Beyonce, huh? And yet she was photographed kissing her at the premiere of the film "Cadillac Records."

Copycat said:

That's the irony. I don't know, it does look two-faced tho.

Whatever, both of them need to SIT DOWN!

Aretha, come back and slap the both of them with your titties. "Beyonce and Etta, you're not the queens, I AM!"

maybe Etta Would've liked to sing the song (who knows)HOWEVER it is wrong fro a woman of her age to be so rude to The President as well as Beyonce who if anything brought the song back to the forefront.

Only thing BEYONCE is guilty of is pushing herself to perform at the inauguration.

utopia7 said:

She leaked it. That's the only point I find fault. Barack and Michelle told her to keep quiet but nah, she had to blab about it. She didn't say which song she was gonna do at that time but we kinda knew it would be "At Last".

Etta does lose a lot of points by dissing Obama, no question about it. Also, Glenn Miller (instrumentally) and Nat King Cole (vocally) recorded it before Etta did though hers is the standard, lol.

Timmy84 said:

I AGREE!! Etta did not write the song so calling it hers should send her right into the court room by the original writer

I wonder why her son told the Daily News otherwise, in anycase the true colors of a person come to light in the end.All Beyonce can do is turn to SASHA FIERCE for a PEP talk

Feel the hate: Etta James and Beyonce at the Cadillac Records” Premiere Nov 2008. Yeah, Etta can't stand her.

meow85 said:

Well, such is life.... I don't take issue with Ms. Knowles wanting talent. I just think Ms. James angry outburst was unwarranted.That girl hasn't done a dang thing to her, Mr. Obama asked Ms. Knowles to perform. Maybe I should have chosen my word(s) more carefully. No, her statement wasn't petty, it was ignorant. Ms. James time has gone bye, bye, she's a household name to her generation. As someone said, Ms. Knowles is the flavor for the decade and soon her time shall pass. Hell, if President Obama had won the election in 1980 he would have had Gloria Gaynor up there sanging.