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06-21-2015, 06:03 AM
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Something for the Posts
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Join Date: 08 Sep 2002
Location: Undisclosed Location NJ
Gender: female
Posts: 3,058
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Originally Posted by rocknation
With all the gospel songs in all the churches in all the world to choose from, Beyonce just HAD to sing the song that a fellow Grammy performer was nominated for, AND with whom she was competing with for a Grammy? Tacky tacky TACKY!!!
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That "someone" was Ledisi Young:
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...Beyonce Knowles...perform(ed) Take My Hand Precious Lord to honor...the movie Selma...(T)here is a scene in which...Ledisi, who portrays Mahalia Jackson...sings this very song...(C)onsidering...that (Ledisi) actually starred in the movie...it only seems right that she would be the one to perform this song on (the Grammy awards) stage...(S)he’s also nominated for Best R&B performance of her song Like This...
There (was) absolutely no reason, other than exposure and industry shadiness, to keep her from...perform(ing)...(It) should have been Ledisi’s moment.
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AmericanSongwriter.com:At the (2015) Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards, Richie Sambora and Ledisi...performed a medley of...compositions...(by) the late blues legend Willie Dixon...More
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You and me and our old friends / hoping it would never end / holding on to never say goodbye...
Last edited by rocknation; 07-02-2017 at 08:58 PM..
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