Beyoncé Slammed for Sampling Shuttle Tragedy on New Album

yahoo.com/Good Morning America ^ | December 30, 2013 | CLAYTON SANDELL and GINA SUNSERI

[nascarnation]

[Wayne07]

[Jonty30]

I don’t have a problem with it, as long as it was reasonably respectful. How many kids even know about the shuttle disaster now?

At least they have an opportunity to hear some of the incident when they wouldn’t otherwise hear anything about it at all.

[Antihero101607]

I’ve never heard of a disaster as such being sampled and used in the beginning of a song. I know Rob Zombie, Godsmack, Guns N’ Roses, and Metallica (among others) have sampled old movies and incorporated them into their music, but never something like a tragedy with a space shuttle.

Stay Classy Beyonce. You wouldn’t by chance get butt-hurt if a white rapper or rocker samples George Zimmerman’s 911 call and uses it in a song would you?

[Antihero101607]

Excuse me. Foot in mouth disease.

[driftdiver]

I didnt see anything wrong with what you said.

[Red in Blue PA]

Classless.

[WayneS]

Tasteless, at best.

[Vince Ferrer]

I haven't heard the song, but hope it is respectful. Tragedy is a risky thing to bring into entertainment, especially when the victims and families are still alive, and the memory is fresh. Yet we can still laugh at Les Nesman parodying the Hindenburg disaster with turkeys.

[OneWingedShark]

I don’t have a problem with it, as long as it was reasonably respectful.

Indeed the quote Beyonce made (at the end of the excerpt) seemed very respectful.

How many kids even know about the shuttle disaster now?

I have no idea. Though a couple years or so ago I ran across an article which showed the role of PowerPoint in the Challenger disaster. (similar article) — basically what happened was that the forces involved were so far outside the tested-parameters of their data that the tests were useless*, something that was glossed-over again and again as it went to higher and higher levels.

* If this were realized at those high-levels, there would have been a spacewalk to visually inspect the heat-shielding tiles before attempting re-entry.

[Mastador1]

Well at least it wasn’t racist since one of the astronauts was African American </S> What else would you expect from low class over paid “celebrities”.

[Joe 6-pack]

Kind of reminds me of the ‘Oh the huge manatee’ graphic that appears on every fourth or fifth thread here....

[tophat9000]

I could take cheap shot at her.. but face it we use the Hindenburg disaster “it burst in to flame oh the humanity” all the time here..and more people died it that event..its just longer ago

[dmz]

Are you confusing the Challenger with the Columbia?

Columbia blew up on re-entry, Challenger just a minute or so after lift off.

[Red Badger]

The heat shield problem was the Columbia disaster....................

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks grundle.

[OneWingedShark]

Are you confusing the Challenger with the Columbia?

Very possible.

Columbia blew up on re-entry, Challenger just a minute or so after lift off.

Ah, thank you for the correction.

[OneWingedShark]

The heat shield problem was the Columbia disaster.

Thank you for the correction.

[LowOiL]

Part used by her is under 30 seconds... law says you can use a sample under 30 seconds...

Grumble if they want, it is legal.