Etta James says Obama NOT her President; wants to kick Beyonce's ass!

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

Oh snap! Just when we thought Etta James may have been happy about Beyonce singing her song “At Last” for the Prez and First Ladies’ First Dance on Inauguration night, we were thoroughly wrong. Fierce Kitty Etta showed who the real Diva was popped off extra hard on Beyonce during her concert in Seattle a few nights ago. She told the crowd: "You know, YOUR President, the one with the big ears-he ain’t MY President–had that woman singing for him at his Inauguration. She’s going to get her ass whooped.”

She went on asking “How dare Beyonce sing MY song that I been singing forever. Now I’m going to sing it for y’all….” I wonder if she popped off in Beyonce’s ear during the Cadillac Records premiere.

Chick even popped off on President Obama. I would ask if she smoked something before she hopped on stage, but that would be inappropriate. Even the Seattle papers were shocked. I always knew Ms. Etta was fiesty, but damn. Somebody no likey Beyonce–at all.

http://community.livejournal.com/ontd/175206.html

[sakabatou]

1. Does Etta want more whine with any cheese?

[ronnykmarshall]

5. You wanna ask her that?

Be my guest. I'll stand back and watch.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

30. You wanna switch that around

so it makes sense?

"Does Etta want some cheese with that whine" is how I've always heard it.

[sakabatou]

59. Meh

[Clio the Leo]

2. People often get senile when they get old. NT

[GodlessBiker]

3. Her meds! Her meds! Somebody get her meds!

[onenote]

4. clue for etta: At Last was written when you were 3 years old

It was popularized by Glenn Miller in the 1940s and by Nat King Cole in the 1950s. While James' rendition in 1961 is the highest charting version of it, she doesn't "own" the song -- she, like Beyonce, just borrowed it.

[ronnykmarshall]

6. and I'll let you give that "clue" to Etta in person as well.

Oooooo it's gonna get ugly.

[crimsonblue]

7. Unless she wrote and owns the rights to the song

it's no more hers than Beyonce's. Etta James did a COVER of the song. Stupid, jealous, petty bitch she is.

[Bake]

81. Exactly. What makes her think it is "HER song?"

Bake

[Bluenorthwest]

8. Political blather aside

I saw Etta back way back when, just after she got out of jail, and she threw it down deluxe. Amazing. She was amazing.

[Jennicut]

9. Idiot. I wonder who HER president is?

And Beyonce sang it just fine, as a cover just as Etta did.

[monmouth]

10. Beyonce did a lovely tribute to Etta, there was a YouTube on it . How sad...n/t

[Harry Monroe]

11. Catfight!!

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[EraOfResponsibility]

12. Maybe she's a republican

:shrug:

[Solomon]

13. I'm too old to understand why, but a lot of folks in the black

community do not like Beyonce for some reason. My daughter can't stand her and leaves the room whenever she's on. When I ask what's that about, she said that it seems like Beyonce is always butting in something and trying to take over it. As I said, I'm too old to understand it, it's enough that I even know who Beyonce is. My daughter said she doesn't have as much talent as others more deserving and I got into an argument with her because Beyonce definitely has talent. MY daughter finally admitted that, but still seemed to think that she always horns in when there are other more talented singers.

:shrug:

[TheDebbieDee]

18. Miss B irks me because she oversings the hell out of every song

she sings. It's like she can't make up her mind which note to sing so she sings them all in the span of 1.3 seconds every 10 seconds. Yodel, why don't you?

Plus, I think Miss B is way overexposed, too! But at least she's not always crying about wanting her privacy - for that, I'll give her a little bit of respect.

[Solomon]

35. Ahhhhh! That's it. You explained it.

Overexposure. Some entertainers have been careful not to overexpose themselves because you're right, just as you say, when you see them too much or hear them too much you can start to get annoyed with them.

[PylesMalfunction]

38. I agree

She usually does oversing which is the reason I was so surprised by her rendition of the song. She got done and I looked at my husband and said "Damn - that was really solid".

[Hello_Kitty]

19. That "Single Ladies" song is an abomination

:puke:

[Uzybone]

21. Some people are just jealous

its not about Beyonce, its more about them.

[firedupdem]

25. You got it. It's always easier to go negative than it is to support somebody. n/t

[MzShellG]

31. Obviously, right?

I don't have a problem with Beyonce. She is very talented.

[Number23]

44. The ONLY explanation that makes a bit of sense

I am far from an actual "Fan" of Beyonce, but I think she is a gorgeous girl with a good voice and who truly seems to have been brought up well by her parents.

Jealousy is the only explanation of why so many seem to dislike her so intensely. She seems to have it all.

[Sultana]

58. Haha, you stans make LOL

:eyes:

She's not original, many of those who hate her use to be fans (including myself).

.

[Number23]

68. Are you speaking English?

Is your gibberish supposed to mean something?

[ieoeja]

87. "You maniacal fans make (me) laugh out loud."

From Urban Dictionary

Based on the central character in the Eminem song of the same name, a "stan" is an overzealous maniacal fan for any celebrity or athlete.


And according to her in post 56 women who don't wear bras are whores, 'shamoota' being Arabic for whore.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8168558&mesg_id=8169469

[Number23]

90. Wow. Not just a hater, a bi-lingual one at that! lol

Thanks for that. I knew about the "Stan" thing but it was the poster's mispellings and word omissions that confused me initially. :)

[Tangerine LaBamba]

32. Jealousy

That simple.

Etta James has a bad, bad case of it. She didn't object to Beyonce portraying her in that movie, but now she's pissed?

People her age - like me - need to get hip to the fact that a new generation has taken over - which is just as it should be. We had our shot, and we didn't do too badly (we ended a war in Vietnam and taught the world about free love) until Fuckface and his thugs stole two elections.

So, now, we can just sit back and lend a hand to the kids whenever they ask us for it. If they do.

Etta's not doing that "aging gracefully" thing too well, methinks.

And Beyonce, well, what girl doesn't want to be her?

[Sultana]

56. "And Beyonce, well, what girl doesn't want to be her?"

:wtf: LOL

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Being a 'sharmoota' and not wearing a bra while performing for the President and First Lady is definitely NOT what I want to be.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

61. Well, aren't you nasty?

What little I know of the young woman is that she's married to a man she's dated for a long time.

Wearing a bra - as in your case - obviously doesn't mean a woman is necessarily worthwhile.

You really do underscore my point - your need to trash someone with a great talent, a great career, untold riches, fame, and love because why?

Oh, that's an easy one.

Jealousy.

[Sultana]

62. STAN!

If I fail to bow down to almighty Beyaki then that makes me jealous! :eyes:

FYI, I use to be a fan of hers.

[MadMaddie]

41. I have wondered that myself

I think it is kinda like the Diana Ross and the Supremes. Beyonce got popular and kicked the other two girls to the curb.

I think she is okay, not bad not great but average.

[blue_onyx]

45. I share your daughters feelings on Beyonce

I'm definitely not a fan. I do think she has talent but she's just not one of my favorites. One of the things that bothers me is that she claims to write her own songs but really doesn't. There's nothing wrong with co-writing or not writing at all...just don't lie about it. Some of her songs are so annoying (Single Ladies) and the radio plays them to death. It seems that there are certain people that the radio will play and play, no matter how good or bad the song (Justin Timberlake, Nickelback, Rihanna to name a few others).

[JI7]

46. it's not just the black community, many people are annoyed with her and Kelly Rowland is much

better than her.

Beyonce just has to be everywhere. and why is she lead singer when Kelly is much better ?

[blue_onyx]

48. I'm not much of a Kelly Rowland fan

but I do think she is a better singer than Beyonce. They are both good but I prefer Kelly. Maybe Kelly will have more success now that Beyonce's father is no longer her manager.

[politicasista]

92. Kelly is ok. She really needs better material

Her albums have been just ok to mediocre. I am not a big fan of her, but a least she tries. Hopefully, she will make the music her way now she has severed ties with Mr. Knowles.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

50. I have to disagree about Kelly Rowland being much better than Beyonce.

I remember seeing Kelly Rowland perform live on TV, and she was out of breathe from a small amount of singing and dancing within the first minute of the song. Beyonce can sing and dance for hours; I've seen Beyonce in concert and she was never out of breathe and her voice never went out, and she did waaaaaaaay more singing and dancing for hours than Kelly did in three minutes.

[firedupdem]

14. Was she drunk? I've seen a video of her loving Beyonce singing

her song on youtube. She was in the audience and enjoyed it.

**well she seemed to enjoy it.

[Mist]

15. Etta's pissed at Beyonce for doing a cover? And wtf does that have to do with Obama? Just asking. nt

[SemiCharmedQuark]

16. I don't know how legitimate this source is...

I mean the review they link to only writes this:

"She was equally feisty in introducing "At Last," colorfully expressing her displeasure that Beyoncé was the one performing the song for Barack and Michelle Obama at the president's first Neighborhood Ball. James conveyed the grace of the dreamy ballad, even though her singing isn't nearly as nimble as it once was, while her growling accents spiced up Al Green's buoyant "Love and Happiness.""

[4lbs]

17. Sorry, this hasn't passed the credibility test for me. It's some dude (named ONTD) writing on a

blog without verifiable confirmation.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

20. ONTD is a popular celebrity news community that posts stories from other sourcess with links.

actually ontd is a temporary home until livejournal.com/community/ohnotheydidnt gets their comments back up because they exceded the maximum 16.7 million comments. lol

[4lbs]

24. Where are the links to the Seattle newspapers they mentioned? Once I read the same in an article in

say, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, I'll believe it.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

26. they posted audio of the link. it's down because it exceded the limit of users that could

listen...

[rvablue]

22. Do a google on Ms. James recent concerts .... it doesn't seem as if she is "all there" so to speak.

Her behavior at recent concerts has been a matter of concern and speculation.

And this is credible, because she has said so much at her concerts.

I figure it's jealousy, and understandle in a way. But I think after someone in the inauguration committee got a hold of Ms. James, they got a taste of what many have seen at her recent concerts and decided it might not be the best idea to her perform at the ball.

[ecstatic]

23. LOL!! nt

[Bonobo]

27. Sucks to get old and lose your looks, the limelight and your voice at the same time. nt

[Tangerine LaBamba]

33. Tell me about it.....................

[Bonobo]

28. Sucks to get old and lose your looks, the limelight and your voice at the same time. nt

[Solomon]

42. LOL

:rofl:

[Drunken Irishman]

63. Sucks to get old and lose your looks, the limelight, your voice and mind at the same time.

[Cha]

29. Instead of a "diva"..I'd call her

a whack job for insulting our Prez with her personal problems against big ears.

Too bad there has to be a controversary about this beautiful song that Beyonce sang for the Obamas.

My money is on Beyonce.

"At Last" is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film Orchestra Wives, starring George Montgomery and Ann Rutherford. It was first performed in the film and on record by Glenn Miller and his orchestra, vocal by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday. The song was a major hit for Miller, reaching number 14 on the Billboard pop charts in 1942, and it soon became a standard. Nat King Cole recorded it in 1957 on his number one album Love Is the Thing. In 1960, it was covered by blues singer Etta James in a performance that improvised on Warren's melody. James was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 for her rendition of the song."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Last

Sounds like Etta James has a problem with jealousy.

[Bluebear]

34. Is there any more corroboration of this doubtful story?

[vaberella]

36. Excluding the Obama crap. Her statement on Beyonce is right. That is horrifying.

Beyonce's voice is a true murderizer of beautiful music or possibly beautiful. The woman doesn't sing she just wails, confusing the masses that she can sing. That's too bad.

[democracy1st]

40. did you hear her sing it ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORbF--V3_eQ

[vaberella]

51. What am I supposed to get from it?

I heard when she sang it---->wailing again. I didn't see her sing it until now and I wish I never had---her body motions were unimpressive and was distracting to the song itself that was being demolished by her wailing style.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

37. Sounds like a tongue-in-cheek joke, guys!

[JerseygirlCT]

39. She didn't write it. nt

[FrenchieCat]

43. I read Etta James' autobiography......

The woman has always been very rough. She has certainly has seen ups and downs, and bottles of booze and needles and jail cells. One could call her quite rowdie......and I don't think she has really changed that much. If she doesn't claim Obama as her President, when he is....then she has a real problem.

[JI7]

47. i think she is just upset at Beyonce singing her song and not being asked

to sing it herself.

i did wonder why they didn't just get her to sing it since she is still alive.

[FrenchieCat]

52. Perhaps because she's not "dependable"......?

Etta James is an alcoholic and a former heroin addict.....

she may be fully recovered (?), but perhaps she is judging Beyonce harshly than she needs to because she can.

Etta James blues concert a huge disappointment

Lord knows I hate to defend the Coliseum management, but from what I've heard about Etta's performances in recent years, their length and quality seem to vary with her physical condition and mood on any given night and could in no way have been accurately predicted in advance.

Maybe she was "high risk", but then so are a lot of other performers.
http://blog.news-record.com/opinion/letters/archives/2006/10/etta_james_blue.shtml

Beyonce Donates 4 Million Dollars to Drug Rehab Programs

Beyonce has made an incredibly generous donation of 4 million dollars for drug rehab programs via Phoenix House. This was the money she made starring in her latest movie which was about the life of Etta James . Etta James was a singer with a serious drug addiction. Phoenix House is the drug rehabilitation centre that Beyonce was at while studying for the acting role.

Phoenix Center has almost 100 programs in the US and they include both residential as well as outpatient therapy clinics for drug rehabilitation. Etta James had a heroin problem as well as some criminal activity history.

Beyonce’s generosity was in the news in past for her donation of $100,000 for the Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund after the hurricane Ike hit Galveston and other towns in Texas.

It is awesome that Beyonce Knowles was so moved by the stories and people she met at Phoenix House to donate her entire salary from the movie Cadillac Records for this cause of addiction rehabilitation. She obviously is not just giving lip service to this important cause but it is from the heart. Phoenix House has been around for forty years and is well established in it’s mission for helping people regain health from drug addictions that are destroying their lives. Beyonce is an authentic person and her gesture will effect both addicts and non-addicts for years to come.
http://www.drug-and-alcohol-rehab-info.com/addiction/index.php/beyonce-drug-rehab/#more-77

[firedupdem]

55. I listened to the audio and she sounded blowed out of her mind..

she can say what she wants about Beyonce...we know it's because she's past her time and jealous...but what does she mean that Obama isn't her President? Who is then? She's nutty.

[marimour]

94. I think this is all from jealousy of not being asked.

I did wonder why she wasn't asked since shes not dead, but I totally understand b/c of her drug abuse history and the fact that she is losing her voice lately. She needs to be happy Beyonce made that movie so people my age would even know who she was.

[Abq_Sarah]

72. I can understand why she's pissed off.

That was her signature song. To ask some young thing to sing it was a major snub considering Etta's still performing.

It was tactless but then again, so was her response.

[Homer Wells]

91. Well, Maybe, just Maybe

President Obama is a fan of Beyonce.

Just sayin.....

[Undercurrent]

49. "MY song"?

The song was written in 1941 for a musical, was made a big hit in 1941 by Glenn Miller (14 on the charts). Etta didn't release a version of it until 1961, and it hit 47 on the charts.

Etta likes to fight. She has been fighting all of her life. Mostly with her own personal demons -- drugs, alcohol, and anger.

[Sultana]

53. Oh, Lord

Beyaki DU stans :puke:

Etta crossed the line by dissing Obama like that.


p.s. Etta's version is the best version EVER! }(

[democracy1st]

54. she sounds like a drunk

[mountainvue]

57. Etta's a feisty chick. By rights, if they were going to

do their first dance to At Last, it should have been Etta singing it.

[firedupdem]

69. Etta says Obama isn't her president...she needs to keep singing

to that liquor bottle.

[krawhitham]

60. She should had been asked, period

Only reason Beyonce was picked was because she played Etta in Cadillac Records and looked better on camera

[FrenchieCat]

64. Who told you that?

If I recall Beyonce supported the President while he was a candidate, while Etta James apparently doesn't. So why should Obama "ask" Etta James to sing, when it was Beyonce who asked President Obama if she could sing for him and the First Lady? :shrug:

[democracy1st]

65. "looked better on camera" - now you know Aretha was at the Inauguration don't you LOL

[blogslut]

74. Miss Aretha got the prime gig

As it should be. I love Etta. Beyonce has a nice voice, but nobody, NOBODY can do it like Aretha.

[marimour]

95. LMAO!

yep. you know looking the best on camera was NOT part of the criteria if Aretha was up there.

[Name removed]

66. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[firedupdem]

67. can rush sing? n/t

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

70. It's a LiveJournal blog entry. Not very reliable. Got any other sources for this?

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

73. it's not just a livejournal blog entry by someone with a journal, its from a popular community.

if you look at it it links to a different source for the story.

[marimour]

96. the audio is on TMZ.com

http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/05/etta-at-last-shes-been-exposed-as-hypocrite/

[Brother Buzz]

71. Etta James, you're breaking Johnny Otis' heart

You are more the child today then way back when Johnny went out on a limb to give you the break.

[Raine]

75. Jealous mean-spirited

whiner, sad she's come to this. x(

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

76. Etta did not write the song nor is she the first to record it.

She needs to lay off the alcohol.

[archiemo]

77. Sounds like someone's having a hard time passing the torch...n/t

[AspenRose]

78. I'm not a Beyonce fan, but I sort of feel sorry for her in this regard

Remember when Aretha tore her a new one for the duet she did with Tina Turner? Beyonce said in the performance that Tina was "the queen" (but she never specified "queen of SOUL") and Aretha was all over it.

I don't even think Beyonce came up with that Tina Turner introduction on her own....poor girl just seems to catch it from all sides for some reason.

But that's what happens when you're considered the the modern-day standard....you're held up to scrutiny by the greats.

I just don't remember Whitney Houston catching this much hell in the 80s and 90s from her peers in the industry. (Bobby Brown was another story.)

[Lyric]

79. Well Whitney Houston has a phenomenal voice and a past as a gospel singer.

It's kinda hard to criticize her singing without sounding like a catty old fool.

Now her life choices? That's a whole 'nother thing. Ugh.

[AspenRose]

80. She also has a legacy in Dionne Warwick and Cissy Houston

I'm sure that didn't hurt either

[LisaM]

86. Whitney oversings, too, though

I have to put my hands over my ears when I hear her sing Dolly's "I Will Always Love You", though from all accounts she and Dolly get along fine and Dolly loves the money Whitney's rendition brought in.

I've heard personal accounts of Etta James' behavior and it's not very pretty, but on the other hand, she can sing circles around Beyonce (or could in her prime).

[ieoeja]

88. Only thing Whitney Houston caught it on was "it took me to make that song #1".

I believe it was in the movie Bodyguard that she sang a Dolly Parton song that made it to #1 on the charts. But she then made the mistake of claiming "Dolly did it first, but it took me to make it #1."

In reality it spent more time as the #1 song when Dolly recorded it than when Whitney did.

[TwilightGardener]

82. Stay classy, old woman.

[SwampG8r]

83. she better bring 2 pairs of shoes

beyonce has a lot of ass

[road2000]

84. Ugly comment about Obama.

I'm far more offended by her nastiness about Obama than anything she said about another diva.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

89. maybe shes republican. who knew? nt

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

85. AUDIO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMKFTKPWu8

[Beacool]

93. Wow, Miss Etta is at it again!!!!!!

Disses Beyonce and Obama all at once, "YOUR President, the one with the big ears- he ain't MY President".

:wow:

I wonder who she voted for........

:eyes:

It's also on Yahoo's home page:

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/hiphopmediatraining/59442/etta-james-disses-beyonces-inauguration-performance/