Etta James - She's going to bitch slap you!

[the chi]

Originally Posted by Flexin

I must have missed something. What did she do that "lacked professional courtesy"?

James

Keep reading dude.

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by fnfalman

At Last by Beyonce sung live at Inargural Ball

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGrq1SzkHs0

At Last by Beyonce in movie playing Etta James

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTMaj1zhk_g

At Last by Etta James when she was younger and sung live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goz07...eature=related

Christina Aguillera's live butchery of the song but at least she has some oomph with her pipe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njph0...eature=related

I enjoyed each one of those videos.

James

Originally Posted by The Chi

Keep reading dude.

I did.

James

[the chi]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

It has always been rare for one artist to ask permission to perform another artist's work. The respect tends to be shown by paying up, which is a legal requirement, but that can be skated on in many (if not most) cases.

Originally Posted by The Chi

Yes, true, but in this case, Beyonce knows and has worked with Etta, in order to best portray her in a film. It would have been nothing to have picked up the phone...

See...look up...

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by Trip

Etta's voice has the bluesy feel to the song and is my personal preference. Beyonce gives it a really poppy feeling to it, where should be sung at the grammys with synthesised music. Christina is Christina, she tries to do to much with the song but has a good voice if she stopped trying to be a showboat and annoying the crap out of the audience.

I come from New Orleans though, I prefer the almost horse sounding voices of true jazz/blues artists as opposed to canned hollywood voices.

I like the bluesy feel as well. But I don't think Beyonce sounded pop. The first thing that came to my mind was soul.

I'm a big fan of the remix. I like it when songs are redone. They are not always done well but I have heard many that were.

I don't feel an artist should try to do it exactly like the other singer before them. I think thats where some of them screw up. Like when people try to do Whitney Houston. Many fuck it up trying to copy her sound. Be yourself and give it all you got.

I love Christina's voice and like that she does it her way. Some thing she over does it but fuck it. She does it her way. What is bad is when someone can't sing and they try to do it the way Christina does it. In that case you have to jab them in the throat to put an end to it.

James

[the chi]

Honestly, its nice to hear someone with a good voice, but often their attempts to "make it their own" are what kill it.

Look at the national anthem for example...you often have artists KILLING it to try and make it something other than it is. However I have to give props to Jenn Hudson on her Super Bowl rendition, beautiful and in classic style!

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by The Chi

See...look up...

First of all I didn't know she didn't ask permission. Plus I'm sure that they had permission for the movie so do we know the details on that? And does Etta own the rights to that song or does a record label? Or is it owned by someone that just bought it up like Micheal Jackson does?

If it is owned by someone else she doesn't need to ask her.

James

[the chi]

Originally Posted by Flexin

First of all I didn't know she didn't ask permission. Plus I'm sure that they had permission for the movie so do we know the details on that? And does Etta own the rights to that song or does a record label? Or is it owned by someone that just bought it up like Micheal Jackson does?

If it is owned by someone else she doesn't need to ask her.

James

Geez dude, srsly?? Did you read this thread at all?!

PC and I had a whole discussion about the professional courtesy thing blah blah...please, much of page 2 was dedicated to this...

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Flexin

First of all I didn't know she didn't ask permission. Plus I'm sure that they had permission for the movie so do we know the details on that? And does Etta own the rights to that song or does a record label? Or is it owned by someone that just bought it up like Micheal Jackson does?

If it is owned by someone else she doesn't need to ask her.

James

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Last

Ella Fitzgerald also sang it. Damned well.

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by The Chi

Geez dude, srsly?? Did you read this thread at all?!

PC and I had a whole discussion about the professional courtesy thing blah blah...please, muh of page 2 was dedicated to this...

No you didn't have a huge discussion about it. It just seemed to come out of no where. So I didn't know that you were talking about that.

I read every word in this thread.

James

[the chi]

Originally Posted by Flexin

No you didn't have a huge discussion about it. It just seemed to come out of no where. So I didn't know that you were talking about that.

I read every word in this thread.

James

Uh huh, I think you only paid attention to bits and pieces. Start at post 68. Then you'll know what we were talking about.

PC, youre right, Etta James did do it damned well. Altho I gotta give B props, I dont much care for her typically, but in the movie version she did it well. Not so much the inauguration. And for CA, dear gawd, that was rough.