Etta's a little upset- Page 3

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/5/09 at 11:51pm

"Beyonce's gonna get her ass whooped."

I guess it's okay when an old lady says it?

[alterego]

Posted: 2/6/09 at 12:21am

Borstalboy you are SO right!

[Q]

Posted: 2/6/09 at 1:10am

". . . the one with the big ears"

Really, Etta? Really?

[Melicus]

Posted: 2/6/09 at 9:10am

Etta James Can Stand Beyoncé

Turns out Etta James has just been adding a little standup comedy to her concerts.

The veteran chanteuse, who made headlines last week for telling a Seattle audience that she "can't stand" Beyoncé, said Thursday that she was purely joking—despite the fact that she feels she would have done a better job singing her signature tune, "At Last," to Barack and Michelle Obama at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball.

"I didn't really mean anything," James told the New York Daily News of her onstage aside. "Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude...That's probably what went into it."

"Nobody was getting mad at me in Seattle," she added. "They were all laughing, and it was funny." Her little speech did not arise "from a vicious place."

But when asked if she could have out-sung Beyoncé, who played James in Cadillac Records and walked the red carpet with her at the film's premiere, the elder stateswoman of R&B replied, "I think so. That's a shame to say that."

James also figures that Obama probably isn't too miffed that she referred to him as "the one with the big ears" last week.

"He's got other stuff [to worry about] besides Etta James."


Link for article

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/6/09 at 9:19am

Well, the best comedy is usually based in truth.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 2/6/09 at 11:13am

So,(mostly) kidding.

I'm ready to move on.
Updated On: 2/6/09 at 11:13 AM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/6/09 at 11:18am

Jokes can still be mean-spirited and sad. Just sayin'.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 2/6/09 at 11:26am

Absolutely.

That's the [mostly) part.