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Muddy Waters! Chuck Berry! Etta James! This CADILLAC RECORDS Trailer Really, Truly Rocks!

First! by Bob Loblaw Law Blog	Nov 5th, 2008 03:59:11 PM
Sounds cool!
Mos Def as Chuck Berry's cock. by Stuntcock Mike	Nov 5th, 2008 04:02:28 PM

Me as Beyonce's Sanitary Napkin by Stuntcock Mike	Nov 5th, 2008 04:03:53 PM

Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon by Flim Springfield	Nov 5th, 2008 04:11:55 PM
Hope he does a good job, Willie's one of my faves!
Springfield by yoko knowles	Nov 5th, 2008 04:26:33 PM
I hope Cedric can pull it off too. Willie Dixon was an intricate part of Chess Records. I don't get Chess from Brody though. Supposedly, you couldn't tell him apart from the musicians in the records they have of him. That's just me being ridiculously picky though. I am really looking forward to this. I'm a great admirer of Chess Records.
Johnny B Goode Movie by ChocolateJesus	Nov 5th, 2008 04:36:53 PM
Good as he is, Muddy Waters can kiss Chuck Berry's ass.
um.... by tiltandflip	Nov 5th, 2008 04:37:36 PM
what was so bad about the she sang "at last"...sounded pretty spot on to me.
damn... by tiltandflip	Nov 5th, 2008 04:39:09 PM
I hate it when I read what I just wrote and find I forgot a word. Why is it so hard to put a complete sentence together in these talkbacks!
Yeah she actually sounded pretty damn good by jimmy_009	Nov 5th, 2008 04:43:22 PM
When I first heard the beginning of the song I thought it was the original.
Etta James by DatoMan413	Nov 5th, 2008 04:44:08 PM
Go listen to Etta James sing that thing, then listen to Beyonce. NO. COMPARISON. That said, girl is still easy on the eyes.
Other than a little more raspiness in Etta's voice by jimmy_009	Nov 5th, 2008 04:55:40 PM
They are comparable. I think the nostalgia factor and the inability to welcome anything that isn't the old thing is clouding people's minds. I could give two shits about Beyonce, but I have to say I watched the trailer twice and she sounds good. I don't see a legitimate gripe about the singing.
STARRING MICK JAGGER AS YOUNG MICK JAGGER by Jackie Boy	Nov 5th, 2008 05:20:55 PM
Motherfucker's a dead ringer there.
And besides looking a bit formulaic by Jackie Boy	Nov 5th, 2008 05:23:07 PM
I can't wait for this film, shit's just about the only music I listen to.
NO COMPARISON by DatoMan413	Nov 5th, 2008 05:30:13 PM
Really, jimmy? The inability to welcome anything yadda yadda? Stick to your day job, bud. Mindreading is not your forte. I don't have a problem with breathing life into a old classic. Some do well with it ("Heard it through the grapevine" was cool because it went in a totally different direction than Gladys' or anyone elses). Everyone has a preference. The music from that age has a purity and authenticity that many of the current performers lack. Maybe it was the time, the simplicity of the technology, or just the right set of circumstances. And admittedly, Beyonce just sang a piece of "AT LAST", which isn't enough to give it a real honest critique. But Etta James WORKED a song, like most of the acts back in her day. And because it IS my opinion, I still say NO. COMPARISON.
Roger Troutman's version of Grapevine by DatoMan413	Nov 5th, 2008 05:31:24 PM
I meant to say. Bad proofreading skills me.
DatoMan, you're a douche by jimmy_009	Nov 5th, 2008 05:57:21 PM
The fact you pose like an expert on the Blues in Internet forums proves it. They are comparable. Beyonce could have sung it better than anyone has ever sung it before and you'd say the same thing. But Etta James, WORKED it, whatever the fuck that means, so there you go. Case closed. No comparison. What a twit.
Looks like the Beatles scene from "Walk Hard" by Thick McRunFast	Nov 5th, 2008 06:13:17 PM
I'm Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, and you know I'm Mick Jagger because I said I named my band, the Rolling Stones, after your song.
"At Last" by MCVamp	Nov 5th, 2008 06:18:32 PM
Beyonce did a pleasant and safe enough version from the part I heard, but she's never had the vocal power of an Etta James...or a Jennifer Hudson for that matter, which was the whole point of casting Hudson in Dreamgirls. It doesn't embarrass the original but it isn't a speck on it either.
DatoMan by jimmy_009	Nov 5th, 2008 06:36:38 PM
After reading your comment again, I'd like to reaffirm my statement that you're a douche. Using "Really? The inability to yada yada?" If had a nickle for every douche I heard say "Really?" since Amy Poehler and Seth Myers ran it into the ground. You're really clever with that.
Hopefully the movie will encourage people to listen to the origi by Flim Springfield	Nov 5th, 2008 06:39:08 PM

...the originals. by Flim Springfield	Nov 5th, 2008 06:39:49 PM

Beyonce sounds fine by drewlicious	Nov 5th, 2008 06:50:44 PM
I wish there was a way to get rid of that vacant look in her eyes, though. Off camera I don't see it but when she's acting....
Jimmy by DatoMan413	Nov 5th, 2008 07:18:53 PM
Calm down, dude. Nobody has resorted to namecalling, and you're dating yourself. I'm just stating my opinion, you don't have to get all hissy. And Satuday Night Live references? REALLY?
And if I had a nickel for everytime someone said by DatoMan413	Nov 5th, 2008 07:20:57 PM
"If I had a nickel for everytime yadda yadda yadda" I'd still couldn't care less.
Beyonce is just the most tasty morsel of ass by Stuntcock Mike	Nov 5th, 2008 08:47:06 PM
'nuff said.
it looks good by BALTIMOREJACK	Nov 6th, 2008 12:24:31 AM
except for the fact that beyonce is one of the executive producers. sorry, but that ain't cool. don't know about this one...would love to see the ultimate Stones bio-pic though. Use that group of guys playing the Stones in this movie!
Beyonce is so mis-casted by erichaislar	Nov 6th, 2008 09:47:34 AM
I mean she looks nothing like her and sounds nothing like her.
DatoMan413 by erichaislar	Nov 6th, 2008 09:52:44 AM
I am with you as a Etta James fan. There is not comparison. Beyonce sounds like Beyonce singing at last. There is no soul to it. I know we only heard like 30 seconds. But those 30 seconds of that song are the part that grabs you in the original. Nothing grabs in this version.
We need more black actresses by Palooka	Nov 6th, 2008 12:48:27 PM

We need more black actresses by Palooka	Nov 6th, 2008 12:50:59 PM
There has to be an unknown that could have really nailed Etta James. Nothing sounds like Etta James singing "At Last" and I think the music is really the heart of the story here. She looks interesting in the other dramatic clips though.
Mos Def's Chuck Berry looks good but sounds nothing... by IndustryKiller!	Nov 6th, 2008 03:10:51 PM
like him. The clip they played of the song sounds like Mos Def doing Chuck Berry karaoke.

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