[StBernard] Etta James - also knocked Obama, but AP leaves that part out

[Westley Annis]

Sounds like Etta might have joking about Beyonce, but how FUNNY the AP story leaves out any reference of Etta James' immediate comment at the end - when she originally was talking to her audience about Beyonce....that comment was "she (Beyounce) was singing my song to you know - 'the one." The audience laughed, then Ms. James said, "He ain't my president, I can tell you that much!"
 
(The above comment by Ms. James was played in its entirety on the tv show "Inside Edition.")
 
Wow!  Looks like an elderly colored woman like Etta James, who has been around the block a few times, was not so easily impressed and wooed by Obama.
 
Way to tell it like it is, Etta.  I've always loved you.
 
John Scurich
 

Etta James says she was mocking Beyonce for laughs


Published: 2/6/09, 4:25 PM EDT


NEW YORK (AP) - Etta James says she was joking when she said she "can't stand Beyonce" and would "whip" the singer for performing James' hit "At Last" at an inaugural ball for President Barack Obama. 

The 71-year-old singer tells the New York Daily News she "didn't really mean anything" by her remarks at a concert last week. 
 

James says: "Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude. ... That's probably what went into it." 

Even so, James says it stung that she wasn't asked to sing her most famous song on the historic night. 

 

James says she liked Beyonce's version but thinks she could have done a better job. She says it's "a shame to say that." 

Beyonce portrayed James - and sang the 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren - in the film "Cadillac Records" last year.
 

Beyonce's spokeswoman did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.