Beyonce Vs Etta James Essay

Have you ever heard a song that gets deep into your soul. How about Listening to adda James. Edit James and beyonce are too good singers. Although beyonce has a hip hop and r&b background. Etta James has that get into your soul and dig deep down music. A song once performed in Cadillac Records called I’d Rather Go Blind orignally was written by Etta James but was performed by Beyonce. She knows exactly what to do when it comes to getting real sentimental and soulful with old music. Beyonce has did old coverups for plenty of people.
Beyonce and Etta James both have great voices and both are very soulful. Both tend to view music differently genre wise. Etta James song At last is very similar to this song and how she tends to sing it. Etta James and Beyonce can be both looiked at as if they were the same person . If Beyonce choice of music were in the same genre she would become the next Etta james. In the song Id Rather Go Blind Beyonce hit it right on point every soulful note down to every push of volume. It was very sentimental. Beyonce tends to be that type of person in her music where somehow you can tell her story. …show more content…
Etta James was a very soulful singer. If you listen to her music it was like she was telling a story to you that could be pretty relateable. Beyonce got that role to play Etta James off of her previous movie Dream Girls. She was recognized by her sound she produced within that role. Beyonce Knowles knew exactly what she was getting into when playing this role
Etta James and Beyonce Knowles both had a share of words with eachother. Beyonce felt that because she has performed a song before by Etta James before she could do it again but this time without permission. Beyonce took it upon herself and performed Etta James other very popular song At Last. Bey