Alright. I know everyone feels differently about Valentine's Day, so I'm gonna try to cover a few of the bases. If you're overemotional/been through some shit, but you still think you're the shit. Kanye West - Heartless If Valentine's Day makes you horny. Ben Harper - Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye cover) If you're a girl and you'll take anyone as your Valentine. Chester French - She Loves Everybody [...]
I have been meaning to write something about Etta James for a very long time. I am a big fan of her music. I don't know what to make of the hub bub going on between her and Beyoncé Knowles. I do hope they get it all worked out. But just so people understand what a talent that Ms. James is, consider just a few of her awards; James is the winner of four Grammys and seventeen Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, [...]
Earlier this week I posted about some great songs that are all about love, specially for Valentine's Day. Today, also for Valentine's Day, I have some songs that speak to the other side of the coin: lust! Lust ( Eric Krupper Remix) - DJ Alain Vinet This remix does nothing to hide what it is about. The title says it all: Lust , plain and simple. I'm not sure about the history of this song, it's [...]
I Found You (Classic Remix) - Axwell I Found U (2007) Axwell, one of the three musical geniuses behind the Swedish House Mafia, has had quite a year since the Swedish House Mafia Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 , and the subsequent tours and recordings! The classic mix of Axwell's I Found U is the best of all the mixes available for this track. It has the cutest little melody that you end up [...]
The 13th Annual Millennium Music Conference & Showcase begins this February 12th. the 4-day fest will be held at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel in Camp Hill, PA. The MMC features 2 days of presentations, panels and workshops with 4 nights of showcase performances by 300+ bands. Do the math, that means you have time to sober up every other day. HORSE the band have reportedly signed a record deal with Vagrant records. They are scheduled to [...]
After hard words following Beyonce's inauguration performance of James' "At Last," Gimme Noise takes a look at the two pugilists in a pre-fight breakdown, handicaps James as the victor at 3:1 odds.
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, February 6, 2009... Etta James is not a happy woman these days. Not only is she suffering from complications from her gastric bypass surgery, b... Continue reading "Today In Music News: Does Etta James Hate Beyonce? Did Elton John Team With Eminem? Is Blink-182 Officially Reuniting? " >
![Etta James: Cool With Beyoncé, Still Trying To Warm Up To The Man In The White House [Retractions]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1514669_lg.jpg)
Etta James ' tirade about Beyoncé at a Seattle show last month ? It wasn't a dis so much as it was a joke that none of us got because the audio making its way around the Internet didn't have the audience's laughter properly amplified, she told the New York Daily News : "I didn't really mean anything. Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude. ... That's probably what went into it." Although she did think that B could have maybe given a better-than-B-grade performance! She said she [...]
Today is February 6, which would've been Thurl Ravenscroft's 95th birthday. Around here, we call it Saint Thurl's Day. (You'll recall, I'm sure, that Thurl is the patron saint of She'll Grow Back.) You can find a LOT of Thurl's stuff here and here , thanks to WFMU and Bob Purse, but this post contains a few of the other things in my collection. In keeping with the theme of covering Etta James and Janis Joplin , Thurl does one of each, [...]
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Beyonce can be annoying at times, but "At Last" was not written by Etta James. So, why is she talking smack?
![Etta James Not As Much Of A Beyoncé Fan As Some Would Have You Believe [Clara Peller Dept.]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1506082_lg.jpg)
Right after Barack Obama's inauguration, the son of legendary singer Etta James claimed that his mother was happy with Beyoncé's performance of her signature song "At Last" at one of the event's associated balls; James allegedly watched Beyonce serenade the first couple while recuperating from complications stemming from a 2003 gastric-bypass surgery. But if James' tirade at a show in Seattle shortly after the inauguration is to be believed, she wasn't that into it. A cleaned-up summary of what she had to say, via the Seattle Times : She [...]
A finales de la década de los 50 la música popular se encontraba en un momento muy significativo. El rock and roll se había asentado con fuerza entre la juventud norteamericana, el blues, el gospel y el r&b se abrían paso entre las mayorías blancas, y las compañías discográficas trataban de hacerse con el control de lo que publicaban unas estrellas cada vez más mediáticas. El rock and roll había aparecido tras la fusión de algunos géneros preponderantes como el r&b y el country, cuando los músicos aceleraron el ritmo y dieron una nueva dimensión a su lírica. [...]
A finales de la década de los 50 la música popular se encontraba en un momento muy significativo. El rock and roll se había asentado con fuerza entre la juventud norteamericana, el blues, el gospel y el r&b se abrían paso entre las mayorías blancas, y las compañías discográficas trataban de hacerse con el control de lo que publicaban unas estrellas cada vez más mediáticas. El rock and roll había aparecido tras la fusión de algunos géneros preponderantes como el r&b y el country, cuando los músicos aceleraron el ritmo y dieron una nueva dimensión a su lírica. [...]
![Etta James couldn't make the Inauguration—a nd ... [Get Well Soon]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1474947_lg.jpg)
Etta James couldn't make the Inauguration—and the ball where Beyoncé serenaded the newly minted First Couple with James' signature song, "At Last"—because of complications from gastric bypass surgery that she underwent in 2003. The 70-year-old James watched the performance on TV while chatting on the phone with her son, who said, "She thought [the performance] was great. ... She was a little down that she wasn't well enough to be there." [ New York Daily News ; HT Live With Regis & Kelly ]
"At Last" may have been just what President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama were thinking Tuesday night as they glided through their first inaugural dance to the Etta James classic. The Obamas were the star attraction at the Neighborhood Ball , the first of 10 inaugural celebrations they planned to attend, going into the early hours of Wednesday. The celebrations marked the end of a long day of formal inaugural events and the [...]
Cette semaine, un post sans bla-bla (mais n'hésitez pas à réagir dans les commentaires !). On commence par un morceau incroyable, trouvé, comme les autres de la sélection, au hasard de compils "rare soul & groove". # Don Gardner : My Baby Likes To Boogaloo # ••• [ Download MP3 ] Don Gardner : My Baby Likes To Boogaloo [...]
I usually tend to stay away from blues songs on Mondays: I spend so much time with "Stagger Lee", and so many blues songs have been recorded by literally hundreds of people. But apparently people loved the post with Janis covering Etta James , so I thought I'd let Etta return the favor, and while we're at it you can all learn about Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton ( Wiki ). Those of you who are rock geeks will already know that she recorded "Hound Dog" three years before Elvis, and you may even know [...]
Everybody's all, Oh Mark, have you seen Cadillac Records yet? And I must reply, nope, heard it wasn't that good . I'll catch the DVD. Also, I'm a fan of Etta James. I know Etta James, and Etta James is (a person who was seen live in concert by) a good friend of mine. Beyonce is no Etta James . Please allow me to educate all you pop-followers: This is how you cover Etta James . This is Ms. Janis Joplin ( Official [...]
"I figured I could do It's A Man's Man's Man's World, because I believe it's the truth." -Etta James
Pigeons and Planes
SqueezeMyLemon
Road 2 Nowhere
Stranded In Stereo
City Pages - Gimme Noise
DC9 At Night
Idolator
She'll Grow Back
box of boom
LOFT965
MUSICA PARA CADA DIA
Allie Is Wired
I Predict a Riot
Neko Case Covers Iron Maiden: The Number Of The Beast
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros imploran por días mejores en su nueva canción
Daft Punk – Horizon (Japan Only Bonus Track)
