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Etta James Says, 'I Can't Stand Beyoncé' (Also Big Ears isn't MY President)
MSN Music ^ | 2/5/2007 | MSN Entertainment

Posted on 02/05/2009 6:54:58 AM PST by Smogger

If you were wondering why Beyoncé and not Etta James was asked to serenade the president and first lady with "At Last" during their first dance at an inauguration ball on Jan. 20, you're not alone.

Etta, 71, whom Beyoncé went blonde to portray in last year's "Cadillac Records," is wondering the same thing, and she candidly expressed her displeasure during a concert stop in Seattle last week.

"You guys know your president, right?" she asked the crowd amid cheers (listen to it here. "You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain't my president, he might be yours, he ain't my president. You know that woman he had singing for him, singing my song -- she's gonna get her a-- whipped. The great Beyoncé ... But I can't stand Beyoncé. She has no business up there, singing up there on a big ol' president day ... singing my song that I've been singing forever."

(Excerpt) Read more at music.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: beyonce; bho44; bhoinauguration; ettajames; music; obama
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He's not MY President either!

P.S. Beyonce = Not Guilty.

1 posted on 02/05/2009 6:54:59 AM PST by Smogger
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To: Smogger

Wow! Maybe I’ll have to buy tickets next time Etta’s near me. :)


2 posted on 02/05/2009 6:56:25 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: Smogger

The posters on the NY Daily News website are dissing Ms. James. They are saying that she is bitter and old and of course “The One” isn’t her President, Abraham Lincoln was. How rude. You can tell by those posts that Zero got elected by the American Idol crowd.


3 posted on 02/05/2009 6:57:08 AM PST by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf the unborn)
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To: Smogger

I think Beyonce is beautiful and her singing doesn’t offend me, but Etta James’ version of this song is just a stunning piece of music.


4 posted on 02/05/2009 6:57:59 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life Capitalist American Atheist and Free-Speech Junkie)
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To: Smogger

hmm, that would make a nice bumper sticker.

Also, maybe, ‘Obama is NOT the answer.’


5 posted on 02/05/2009 6:58:22 AM PST by bboop (obama, little o, not a Real God)
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To: Smogger

Guilty of cellulite,


6 posted on 02/05/2009 6:59:05 AM PST by Cedric
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Ummm...so he’d be her President if she had sung at the inauguration. Glad to see she’s putting serious thought into her politics.

Oh..and Waaaaaaaaaa!


7 posted on 02/05/2009 7:00:41 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: Smogger

She can’t be too old and senile if she is smart enough not to like “THE ONE”.


8 posted on 02/05/2009 7:00:46 AM PST by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: Smogger
Hee...Hee

"You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain't my president, he might be yours, he ain't my president.
9 posted on 02/05/2009 7:02:04 AM PST by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: Smogger

Etta, you go girl!


10 posted on 02/05/2009 7:02:58 AM PST by Batman11 ("Big ears isn't my President!")
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To: bboop

If Obama is “The Answer”, what the hell was the QUESTION?............


11 posted on 02/05/2009 7:04:08 AM PST by Red Badger (Zimbabwe has removed 12 zeroes from its currency. We need to remove one from the White House......)
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If Obama is the answer, it must have been a stupid question.


12 posted on 02/05/2009 7:04:29 AM PST by Julia H. (Somewhere in Kenya or Indonesia, a village is missing its idiot.)
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To: acad1228

Blues ping


13 posted on 02/05/2009 7:05:00 AM PST by DYngbld (Aspire to inspire before you expire)
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To: Smogger

Best to just listen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fSY_S45rZ4


14 posted on 02/05/2009 7:05:28 AM PST by maggief
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To: DYngbld; All

I had tickets to see her about a year ago *(she opening for BB King), and she had to cancel because she was sick. Hope she is doing well.


15 posted on 02/05/2009 7:06:15 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

bttt


16 posted on 02/05/2009 7:07:45 AM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: Darkwolf377

Goose bumps. Every time I hear it.


17 posted on 02/05/2009 7:08:25 AM PST by Right Cal Gal (Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
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To: Smogger

Got to love it!! Just can’t make this stuff up.


18 posted on 02/05/2009 7:09:25 AM PST by kenmcg (cOMMBYAH)
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"...But I can't stand Beyoncé. She has no business up there, singing up there on a big ol' president day ... singing my song that I've been singing forever."

Welcome to the brave new world of Change, Etta.

19 posted on 02/05/2009 7:10:00 AM PST by Yo-Yo
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To: Julia H.
If Obama is the answer, it must have been a stupid question

Can I steal that for my tag line?

I already did.

20 posted on 02/05/2009 7:10:41 AM PST by muggs (If Obama is the answer, it must have been a stupid question)
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