Etta James contextualized yesterday’s little catfight in today’s N.Y. Daily News:
James told the Daily News Thursday she meant no harm when she poked fun at the President and ripped Beyoncé for her performance of James’ hit “At Last” during the inauguration.
“I didn’t really mean anything,” James said. “Even as a little child, I’ve always had that comedian kind of attitude. … That’s probably what went into it.”
Still, James acknowledged being miffed she wasn’t invited to perform her signature song for Obama’s first dance with his wife on inauguration night.
James said she was “feeling left out of something that was basically mine, that I had done every time you look around.”
Could be. But if she was indeed kidding, she has an incredibly dry sense of humor (listen here for the original audio).
Still, don’t forget this: “You guys know your president, right? You know the one with the big ears? Yeah, wait a minute, he ain’t my president. He might be yours. He ain’t my president.”
Salty, no matter how much she wants to say she was joking.
And sidenote: Etta James didn’t write “At Last,” nor was she the first person to sing it. It leapt up the Billboard charts in 1941, then was covered by Nat King Cole in 1957 before Etta made it famous again in 1961. So let’s not get territorial here.
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See? What did I tell you? Jealousy.
And the thing about being territorial, it’s practically her song. You ask a question like who wrote “Hey Joe” or “I Love Rock and Roll” and you’re going to get Jimi Hendrix and Joan Jett, when the answers are The Leaves and The Arrows. So, territoriality is relative in terms of popularity.
It was all a joke? Man she sure is crappy at telling jokes.
Hey! What’s the difference between… No I better not.
I’d let her have it. It’s not like worse things weren’t said about Bush.
Interesting point, Rocko.
The way Ms. Knowles was singing it [the gushing hand gestures and little girl looks] was one of the reasons I didn’t watch any of the Inaugural “Gala” events. Her and the rest of the swooning Celebutards made me nauseous…
I didn’t watch the coronation because I was afraid I’d explode from all the awesome. Well, that and all those resurrected dead people and newly-sighted blind people staggering through my yard. Had to shoo ‘em all out with a leaf rake.
I’m still waiting for my pink pony that farts rose petals. He PROMISED!
MRS. ETTA JAMES DO NOT BE PLAY LIKE THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN LIVE REALLY BAD COMMENTS SO WHY WOULD YOU SAY SOMTHING ANYWAY .
AND I AM VERY MAD AT YOU BECAUSE OF WANT YOU SAID ABOUT BEYONCE BUT YOU KNOW WANT SAY WILL TURN RIGHT BACK ON YOU GOD DO NOT LIKE UGLY .
ETTA JAMES I THINK YOU ARE THE UGLIES WOMAN ON THIS PLANT SO BERORE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT BEENING MAD AT MR OBAMA BBBBBBBBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHH
NADINE??? IS THAT YOU, SWEETIE????
BABLE FISH ISN’T WORKING PROPERLY FOR YOU TONIGHT.
TRY AGAIN LATER.
What medication did Anonymous forget to take ?
clash of the titan-divas
OMG, CAPSLOCK PARTY!!! SOMEONE BREAK OUT THE RUM…
I could not even begin to understand what Anonymous was trying to say. Besides having a Caps lock fetish it seems someone forgot to write coherant sentences.
God may not like ugly, but He LOVES intelligent posters. So you in trouble, Anonymous.
So, wait, does that mean God doesn’t like Beyonce? I’m so confused!
Shoot–CAPPY MCCAPSTER up there probably IS Beyonce.
I lol’d at the long drawn out “bitch” used by Nadine-anonymous. It was rediculous.
Yeah Right, she was just playing, She has to say that now . What can she say, “I am just so jealous I was not invited”? This reminds me of how jealous Jessie Jackson is of Obama.