Aretha Franklin Says She Laughed At Beyonce’s Lip Sync Scandal “I Really Just Cracked Up”
Posted by Media Outrage on January 24th, 2013
Aretha Franklin is known for being messy at times when it comes to other great singers that are making real waves in the game. Aretha has fired shots at Beyonce in the past and Mathew Knowles has returned Fire on his daughter’s behalf. It’s a dirty game folks.
Peep what Aretha Franklin had to say about Beyonce’s lip sync scandal
Via Guardian Reports:
Aretha Franklin has said that she “cracked up” laughing at reports that Beyoncé lip-synched through The Star Spangled-Banner at president Obama’s inauguration ceremony.
The 70-year-old singer performed My Country, ‘Tis of Thee at Obama’s first inauguration ceremony in Washington DC four years ago.
Franklin told ABC News she still thinks Beyoncé “did a beautiful job” at Monday’s event but added: “When I heard the news this evening that she was pre-recorded I really laughed. I thought it was funny because the weather down there was about 46 or 44 degrees and for most singers that is just not good singing weather.” In fact, temperatures were as low as 40 degrees.
“When I heard that I just really cracked up,” Franklin added. “I thought it was really funny, but she did a beautiful job with the pre-record … next time I’ll probably do the same.”
The soul legend said that she had sung live for her inauguration performance in 2009, because “I wanted to give people the real thing” and that “pre-recording never crossed my mind”.
She did admit to lip-synching once previously when she performed The Star-Spangled Banner at a NBA final in 2004.
“I think it’s optional really, it’s up to the artist,” she added.
The ceremony on Monday was held on Martin Luther King Jr Day, which had particularly poignancy for Franklin, who knew the late civil rights leader.
“From the beginning to the end, I was crying throughout the ceremony at different times,” she said. “Looking at the history of the president coming to the point he came to, looking to where it came from the civil rights movement to yesterday and I think most of the country was crying.”
Beyoncé has not yet commented on the controversy over her performance. A member of the US Marine Corps band initially claimed that the 31-year-old star lip-synched through her performance but a spokesman later issued a statement saying: “Regarding Ms Knowles-Carter’s vocal performance, no one in the Marine Band is in a position to assess whether it was live or pre-recorded.”
Mediaoutrage- Is Aretha throwing hella SHADE???
January 24th, 2013 at 9:54 am
Lol honestly though…not much else you can do but laugh…Like someone else previously stated…here’s a woman who faked her own pregnancy…I don’t expect much from her..
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mac Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 10:06 am
Random! Ha!
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January 24th, 2013 at 1:03 pm
Personally i could care less, i mean she isnt the first that did it, and wont be the last.. maybe she saving her voice for superbowl, to bring it. .. who knows why! and really does anyone care?!
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Trish Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 4:09 pm
Exactly what you said
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January 24th, 2013 at 7:44 pm
People need a life seriously. I guess Beyonce is powerful in a sense. The president was inagurated on MLK bday and people can talk about is Beyonnce. Damn shame…..
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January 25th, 2013 at 2:00 am
So maybe the Marine Corps can reveal her surrogate.
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January 25th, 2013 at 3:02 am
Why do people think Beyonce faked her pregnancy? What exactly would she have to gain from it? And if you think she did, have you thought the same of any other person(s), celebrity or not? I mean, why are people putting so much energy into this?
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