Xtina is the only one who could sing an Etta song for Etta herself. I can tell she was her main inspiration.

Beautiful.

*rubs throat* ew.
R.I.P Etta James

As usual..she over sang and ruined the melody attempting to execute strained runs.I do not like the way this woman sings. RIP Etta James

Someone tell Christina Aguilera singing with soul is NOT contrived. She does way too much vocally live and it RUINS the intent of the songs she sings. Why people refer to her as “The Voice of Our Generation” .. I just dont know. Thats a major title bestowed upon a voice with lackluster technique.

Listen to Etta’s soulful and simplistic interpretation of this classic and then listen to this. Its clear Christina tries too hard. When I closed my eyes to listen it was actually quite unpleasant. The highlight of the performance was her gratuitous cleavage; at a funeral no doubt. No Thanks. Rest In Peace Etta James!

Incredible !!!

She lost me after the first note.. it was cute tho.

Shola I agree 100%.. As usual she attempted to show off and destroyed the meaning of the song. It always becomes a “look what runs I can do” display with Christina and on top of that their never executed flawlessly. Im a fan of an effortless voice; she has decent tone but thats where it stops.

Christina, I love you girl but.. No. I thought your vocals would have improved by now, but you’re still giving us the same, gargled, unfinished, flighty runs from 2001. She has so much potential to be one of the greatest but she just over does it. Why is that? Nice breasts tho..smh. RIP Etta James.

Not sure about this. Need to listen again.

All these BITCHES in the comments comming for Xtina’s technique or whatever can have a seat, YOU may not have liked her INTERPRETATION of the song but Etta had said when she was allive that it was her favourite cover version of it by anyone and Christina did her idol proud, So what if she wasn’t 100% her latest performances (E.G “Have yourself a merry little Christmas”) have proved her voice is much improved but she was emotional singing at her idols funeral so give a girl a break ffs, you were all quick to sympathise with Mariah at MJ’s funeral.

RIP Etta.

As usual, tone deaf christina stans staying delusional about her voice having improved :sips martini:
her voice is gone. listen to those strained notes all over the place. one of the most overrated singers ever

LOL @ that delusional flop above me bringing up mariah as usual. Ain’t you bitches the same flops who go all over mariah’s MJ tribute videos to talk about how she lost her voice?
Karma is a bitch..love it

Now thats what you call a stirring rendition of that song. Yes she yelled and shouted but it was most definitely vocally amazing when you look beyond that.. I bet you Etta gave that a standing ovation as well as she still wonders why that other woman was allowed to sing her song to the new president. It had the soul that Etta has in all of her music.

Are Christina fans tone deaf or what? ever heard of the word ‘straining’?

as usual haters are d 1st to comment. Christina made an excellent job.. She deserves that standing ovation..

Honestly, I’ve never been a fan of Xtina’s voice. I loved her 1st and 2nd albums, but live she’s a MESS. She often over sings and does to many botched runs. This was NOT excellent or even….good. It was horrible.

wow I never knew how much Etta meant to Christina. Maybe she should’ve played in Cadillac records instead of Bey

No one is denying her raw talent, however, raw talent can only get you so far. At some point you have to learn to develop that raw talent, otherwise will having that raw talent even matter anymore. Her horrible technique and “over-singing” makes her quite unpleasant to listen to most times, which is what matters in the end. Plus, she’s damaging her voice!

i thought it was amazing

Disgusting.

Beyonce=The Real Voice of Our Generation. not this strainer, hoes

Xtina body couldn’t take them pitiful runs, riffs, and grunts, so the blood started to drip before she killed her and everyone else with her overdo vocals.

im very happy that most of the article that can be searched in Google are Positive Review on her perormance.

Beyonce is Great. But we all know that Christina Aguilera is the Voice of the Generation. B is simply the Entertainer of the decade.

Its like Etta was in her whwn she was singing.

Hey, Christina, did you think you were hitting a night club when you were dressing for Etta’s funeral? Wake up you stupid trash, that dress was totally inappropriate. And your version of At Last was horrible! Your days as a singer are over, sister!

I see why some beysic fans are pressed, Christina perfectly shows that her voice alone is on a level the forever below average voiced beyonce will never reach. This was a moving performance and i can only wait for her to do Etta’s tribute at the grammys just to hear that voice without her trying not to cry. It’ll be another legendary performance from the legendary Christina Aguilera