Thursday, February 14, 2008

Beyonce vs. Aretha


Beyonce got on Aretha Franklin's bad side for calling Tina Turner "the Queen" at the Grammys. Now Beyonce's dad has ripped into Aretha.

"Something this ridiculous – it's childish, it's unprofessional," Mathew Knowles said. "And it's a sad day when egos get bruised because somebody used the word king, queen, prince or princess."

Yes Mathew, I'm sure Beyonce's ego has never been bruised over something someone said about her, or some perceived slight. She's above all that kind of stuff. Ha! Wrong. She is just as full of herself as Aretha. The difference is that Aretha has reason to be full of herself - she's Aretha. She's earned the right to behave like a frivolous old twit. What has Beyonce ever done? Her music sucks. She was awful in Dreamgirls. Even her boyfriend Jay-Z seems to have thrown her over for Rihanna's younger, hotter ass. Pretty soon Beyonce is going to be singing in Holiday Inns...and Aretha will still be the Queen of Soul.