Copycat said:

Oops.

The game.....

Graycap23 said:

Fame (The Game) makes a fool out of everyone...

Etta's a bitter old drunk.

Copycat said:

@ that last picture

Timmy84 said:

Shame, shame.....see you ain't right.

TD3 said:

Timmy84 said:

You know what the say Timmy: "Hate the game and not the playa".
[Edited 2/5/09 13:39pm]

TD3 said:

True.

Maybe something happened that Etta didn't like between the Cadillac Records premiere and the inaugural ball for her to make those comments.

Whatever the case why does Etta remind me of Tina Knowles a few years from now?

JackieBlue said:

I said the same thing in another thread. They look like family.

SCNDLS said:

Ladies, have you been hitting the same bar?

The ONLY thing that those 3 ladies have in common is the red tone. Thats it. THAAAAATS IT, god darn it

Etta has more vitality and spunk than those human mannequin family ALL in a bunch.

Harlepolis said:

Somebody posted a pic of Etta next to Tina and them heffas looked alike.

SCNDLS said:

Etta doesn't look like no motherfuckin' Morticia Addams

Ok, maybe just a hint of a resemblence



NAAAAAW,,,,I'm sticking with my guns on this on

Harlepolis said:

Maybe I was blinded by the red lipstick.

BlaqueKnight said:

Fair enough. HOWEVER.....

At this point, Etta is looking at Beyonce the same way our fellow orger Vainandy is looking at Whitney Houston: Shit!

As long some of us true fans of Real Music finds this drama entertaining to watch, then I say let Etta bitch on.

Harlepolis said:

James on Beyonce: Just a joke
Thursday, February 5, 2009

By VANESSA FRANKO
The Press-Enterprise

Hear the audio from TMZ. Warning: Not intended for young listeners.

One of the most popular ballads in the canon of American music has started a cat fight -- or a comedy show.

The song in question is "At Last," made famous by Woodcrest resident Etta James and recently brought back into the pop culture limelight thanks to Beyoncé's performance for the first dance at President Barack Obama's inaugural ball and the 2008 film "Cadillac Records."

James talked about Beyoncé's version on stage in Seattle Jan. 28, according to a report in The Seattle Times and also at a concert in Coquitlam, British Columbia on Jan. 31 in an audio clip from Crown City Media, said she would "whip" the pop star for singing her song, in language that would warrant at least a PG rating. She also poked fun at Obama's ears and said he "ain't my president."

Gossip sites such as TMZ have labeled it celebrity feud, but James said she was just trying to make people laugh.

"I'm a comedian besides a singer," James said in a telephone interview from her home on Thursday morning. "I wasn't doing it to be hateful."

In the audio clip from the Canadian show, the audience can be heard laughing at James' comments before she goes into "At Last."

James said her comments were meant to be taken as, "She's up here singing my song, now what am I gonna do?"

Beyoncé's representatives had no comment on James' remarks.

The singer has never shied away from speaking her mind on stage.

"I think I'm funny and she's not the only one I'll say something about," she said.

A self-admitted critic, the 71-year-old said in a December interview that she liked the film "Cadillac Records" and Beyoncé did a good job portraying her.

However, James takes a lot of pride her signature song, and would have liked to have an opportunity to sing the song at the inaugural ball, where Beyoncé performed.

"She got up there and sang it and didn't give me a chance to sing 'At Last,'" James said.

In the audio clip from the Canadian concert, James said, "He ain't my president, he might be your president."

James said she was just talking about his ears and said, "He's the United States' president."

Copycat said:

SO




IM CONFUSED





was this premiere appearance BEFORE


or



AFTER

beyonce accepted and performed ettas song?


I guess it would have to be AFTER

since the inauguration took place in 2009


huh?

Cuddles said:

You mean for the movie? Then after.

I love Etta, but she needs to decide what side of the fence she's on

thekidsgirl said:

Etta better be glad she did it in Canada and not somewhere like Los Angeles. Otherwise, she wouldn't hear the last of the boos. Especially for OUR president.

Timmy84 said:

true!

thekidsgirl said:

Definitely backtracking, but she MEANT that shit.
[Edited 2/5/09 15:21pm]

Copycat said:

This was in November and it was a publicity shoot for the movie "Cadillac Records", so I fail to see how this makes the audio recording a "joke". Even if she felt the way she said she does in the audio, what was she supposed to do in front of the media? Knock Beyonce down and pull out her Remy hair?

JackieBlue said:

A-MEN. I think that also would have gone a long way to show that Obama was reaching out to us baby boomers, too.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

No, she could've declinded the offer to pose for a photo with her, given that she can't "stand her". Why behave like a two-faced loser?

Copycat said:[quote]

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Oh I don't know...the same reason Beyonce behaves like an attention starved pseudo diva...PUBLICITY AND MONEY!

JackieBlue said:

But if that was the case, WHY go and laugh, joke, and smile in the girl's face. She took pictures with her talked to her and everything but she didn't like her?

I tell you, some people are so fucking phoney I don't care who they are.

KidaDynamite said:

Yo, Kida, you saw the video I posted. Apparently there's a popular YouTube Poster named Scorpion and his mama voiced her opinion about the Etta thing. She basically cursed Etta's ass out.