Posted on 02/15/2017 1:29:14 PM PST by drewh
"[Adele] doesn't bring all the dancers and props ... she just stood there and sang the song and that's it, and this is why she wins," guitarist said
Carlos Santana apologized after the guitarist said that Beyoncé is "not a singer" while explaining why Adele won the Album of the Year Grammy.
Carlos Santana issued an apology Tuesday after the guitarist said that Beyoncé is "not a singer" while explaining in an interview why Adele won the Album of the Year Grammy.
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"My intent was to congratulate Adele on her amazing night at the Grammys," Santana wrote on Facebook Tuesday, soon after his published remarks about the Grammys caused backlash. "My comment about Beyonce was regretfully taken out of context. I have the utmost respect for her as an artist and a person. She deserves all the accolades that come her way. I wish Beyonce and her family all the best."
In an interview with the Australian Associated Press prior to Santana's tour in Australia and New Zealand, Santana said that Adele's 25 was worthy of the Album of the Year Grammy. "I think that Adele won because she can sing sing," the guitarist said. "With all respect to our sister Beyoncé, Beyoncé is very beautiful to look at and it's more like modeling kind of music – music to model a dress – she's not a singer singer, with all respect to her."
Santana also suggested that Beyoncé relies too heavily on theatrics for her performances, which perhaps penalized her in the eyes of Grammy voters who opted for 25 over Lemonade.
"[Adele] doesn't bring all the dancers and props, she can just stand there and she just stood there and sang the song and that's it, and this is why she wins," Santana said, throwing subtle shade at Beyoncé's epic medley of "Love Drought" and "Sandcastles" from Sunday's ceremony.
The Recording Academy's Neil Portnow also defended the Grammy's Album of the Year pick of 25, even as Adele used her acceptance speech to proclaim Lemonade should have won.
"I don't think there's a race problem at all. Remember, this is a peer-voted award, it's not a corporate entity – it's the 14,000 members of the Academy," Portnow said. "It's always hard to create objectivity out of something that's inherently subjective, which is what art and music is about. We do the best we can."
She isn’t.
The fascist, little snowflakes must have flooded Carlos with death threats.
Most likely.
He was correct though................
He was right the first time, but when it comes to political correctness, he had to change his evil ways, baby, before the media started loving him.
No, Carlos was right the first time. Your hips don’t win you a grammy, your voice does.
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It is illegal to speak against the almighty queen of America. Everyone must bow to this ugly retarded moron.
What about how Adele felt compelled to break one of her awards in half to offer half to Beyonce? And how Adele referred to all that Adele had done for “[her] black friends”? You can't make this up.
they beyhive wasn’t having it!
Sorry, but that's disgusting.
No, I'm not sorry: you do not wish for the deaths of babies in the womb, regardless of what you think they might become in 15 or 20 or 30 years. Period.
There is a reason why, in the list of inaliensble rights, life comes first. I do not want any human being aborted. The problem is not abortion; the problem is how we raise them after they are not aborted, but to say you solve the problem by abortion is Margaret Sanger's demonic solution, and I, a white guy, will have none of it.
Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.
A black loses,it’s racial-———a black wins,it’s skill and talent.
Makes one’s head spin.
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Yeah, you’re right about that.
Babies are not the problem, it’s the culture, values and morals, or severe lack thereof, that they are exposed to as they grow up that causes the problems.
He was right the first time - fun to see libs attack other libs.
She’s not.
She’s a softcore porn performer, and a B rate one at that.
Have we really fallen this far?
Worst post of 2017 yet.
Actually all indications are the trophy was broken on accident. Those are temps anyway for the show and after party, they get the real engraved trophies later.
Geez. Stop with all the apologizing. You said, own it.
Why apologize for stating the truth? She’s a performer, not so much a singer. And Adele IS a singer.
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