Etta vs Beyonce

[agzg]

It's not like Etta owns the rights to the song, though. She wasn't even the first to perform it.

I'm not going to lie, though - her version is the best - it's just causing all this controversy over a song that you don't even own the rights to is a little pointless.

[RU OX Alum]

I can't believe she said that Obama wasn't her president.

Actually, people say all kinds of crazy things. Especially old people.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

It's not like Etta owns the rights to the song, though. She wasn't even the first to perform it.

I'm not going to lie, though - her version is the best - it's just causing all this controversy over a song that you don't even own the rights to is a little pointless.

Etta may not own the rights to the song, but as far as I'm concerned, she "owns" that song, no questions asked. I don't want to hear anybody but her sing it, and when I do hear her sing it, I want my wife (whom, as you'll recall, alphagamzetagam, wins at life) really close by. Top of the romantic playlist, no contest.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Etta may not own the rights to the song, but as far as I'm concerned, she "owns" that song, no questions asked. I don't want to hear anybody but her sing it, and when I do hear her sing it, I want my wife (whom, as you'll recall, alphagamzetagam, wins at life) really close by. Top of the romantic playlist, no contest.

Ditto...but with my man and not your wife.

Glen Miller's original and Nat King Cole's remake are a a different vibe. Etta James made that into her signature to the point where you respect what came before it and dismiss what came after it (even Ben E. King's remake that came a year after). Dozens of singers have remade this song (some of them really good...others are oversung and undersoul like Beyonce's) and Beyonce is the first to really get a lot of attention and commercial success since Etta James.

I hate Beyonce's version and I did not enjoy listening to her sing it during inauguration ball so I turned down the volume. I have the Cadillac Records CDC and I always skip over Beyonce's At Last.