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"'Irreplaceable' is a well-written, timeless record. And Beyonce's delivery was incredible. I know I'll still be listening to what song 20-30 years from now." - Rodney Jerkins, Songwriter/ Producer
~Rosie Perez~
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Latina actress ROSIE PEREZ struggled through Christmas (05) with a hip injury after trying to dance to her favourite BEYONCE KNOWLES hit on the treadmill at her local gym.
The WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP star was ordered to rest up over the holidays by doctors who treated her after she badly bruised her hip bone in a freak accident.
She explains, "I hurt my hip, I bruised my bones. I was dancing on the treadmill when it was running.
"When I'm on the treadmill I like to do the iPod thing and everything like that and my favourite artist to exercise to is Beyonce - I love her and all of a sudden her song CRAZY IN LOVE comes on and I lost it.
"I started fantasizing I had the blonde wig... and I had the mini-dress on, I had JAY-Z by my side.. and then bang - I got too excited and I miscalculated the rhythm with the thing going."
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Presenting the first award for Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series was Rosie Perez, who revealed that if she "ever became a carpet muncher," Cynthia Nixon and Beyoncé "would be first in line!" which earned her whoops and catcalls from the audience.
~Ryan Tedder~
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"The greatest singers each have their own 'thing' that they do better than anyone else. Beyonce's thing is taking a great song and making it an event. She adds her own personality and vocal prowess like a master chef adds the missing ingredient to his signature dish. Beyonce brings that missing ingredient." - Ryan Tedder, Songwriter/ Producer and Member of OneRepublic.
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~Sade~
Evidence (by myCHERRYmoon): Can we count Miss Sade as a fan? She did come out of the woodwork to see Beyonce in London.
~Sean Garrett~
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"She is graceful and never shows any weakness or frustration despite what may be going on around her. She always has fun with whatever she is doing. A professional but still a sweetheart."
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"She works really hard and I think at some point you've really got to give it up for her," Garrett said of Beyonce. "She's been doing it a long time and she's still at the top of her game."
~Serena Williams~
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For Serena Williams, few things are as important to her as the music she walks out to before facing off against an opponent. It’s the one thing that really gets her going before a big match. So in an effort to find the perfect song to help her set things off, the ten-time Grand Slam champion has teamed up with Ludacris’s website WeMix.com to give aspiring musicians the chance to create the song she’ll use to take the court at the U.S. Open in New York City in August. Artists can submit their unique songs now for consideration (entrants can also submit their song through Williams’s own site, serenawilliams.com).
But before you rig up the Auto-Tune and get to work, know this: VIBE isn’t about to have you throwing a bunch of half-assed songs into the competition. This is Serena Williams, people! So we went straight to the source and asked the 27-year-old Women’s Tennis Association champ to fill in the blanks about her favorite songs, artists and albums. For all you aspiring songwriters (yeah, we know you’re tuning into VIBE.com), check out what she served up. Then, get in the lab and make something guaranteed to get Serena open at the Open.
The music I like is…Hip hop. But I like to go out to everything. I love pop. I love R&B. I’m a little bit of everything.
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But if I’m really trying to get crazy, I put on… Beyoncé! She just has such hot songs. When I’m out and they play her record, it’s just like, “There you go!”
And since now you’re wondering if I can do the “Single Ladies” dance…Yeah, I can pretty much do it.
Thanks, samosa278
~Shakira~
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Shakira also reflected on 'Beautiful Liar' - her "thrilling" 2007 collaboration with Beyonce Knowles.
She added to Britain’s Look magazine: "It was fantastic to work with her.
"She's an amazing performer and very sweet. The song was her idea and I was so thrilled. She's a very determined and focused woman and that's something to admire."
source: http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertain...ce-420520.html
~Sharon Jones~
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AVC: What kind of music do you listen to?
SJ: Mostly old stuff. I just got an iPod, believe it or not. A Nano, nannoo, whatever. [Laughs.] We got those when we did a show for Apple. A showcase for the VIPs. So once I was able to download things, I got the guys to show me how to download some of the songs that were on my laptop. But y’know, I got some Beyoncé songs, and maybe some Jill Scott in there, maybe Erykah Badu. I pick songs that I like. Not whole albums, but there are single songs that strike me, that I like to hear. But I would say that most of it is oldies. The classics.
~Shirley Manson (leadsinger from Garbage)~
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But let me commend my darling Beyonce who absolutely raped and pillaged throughout the night like the beast she is………
When she told Jay Z………only the hottest man in the universe……. that she loved him…..
well it kind of made my heart pop.
She is the ONLY true POP star I have ever loved.
Usually I gravitate towards the more rebellious girls…..as you know.
But there’s something about her that makes me believe in her.
She’s authentic and honest and true.
Let’s face it.
She’s yummy through and through.
Shontelle~
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Working with Beyonce? Shontelle spills the beans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDRc7l5mG60
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For many new artists, the first year after the release of their debut albums are filled with highlights. Getting into swanky parties, meeting some cool fellow artists, maybe flying first class for the first time.
One of the biggest highlights for Barbados-born beauty Shontelle, is getting to tour alongside one of music’s most adored superstars, and her idol, Beyonce. The 24-year-old singer, who found success with her irresistible single “T-Shirt,” opened for the Mighty B on her tour across Europe and the UK last spring.
“That changed my life,” Shontelle told Neon Limelight in a recent phone interview. “Just that feeling that you’ve been embraced by one of the biggest stars in the world, and not just her, but her entire team, that made me really feel like I’m [doing this] for a reason.
“Even when it feels like everything isn’t going the way you want, or it’s moving slow, or it’s come to a stop completely, you have an experience like touring with Beyonce and it reminds you of why you do this.”
Beyonce, who Shontelle describes as “an amazing human being,” made it a point to sit down and meet Shontelle to share some kind words. “She literally looked me in the eye and said ‘You are so beautiful. I see your videos on TV all the time… I hear your voice every night and [it's] incredible. I want you to work really hard because you’re gonna do so well.’ And I’m like ‘Beyonce is telling me this!? Are you serious right now?’”
She says touring with Beyonce was a once in a lifetime experience she made sure to pay close attention to in hopes of picking up some pointers. “I watched how she’s not afraid to experiment. She’s not afraid to try different types of music and different things, and I feel like that’s why her fanbase is so huge.
“I watched her perfectionism. She won’t even hide that. She’ll tell you ‘I am a perfectionist. You had better get this right or I will get mad.’ I watched her soundcheck, her rehearsals, hung out with all of the dancers, the stylists, and everybody has a story to tell about Beyonce.”
Being on the tour with Beyonce, she says, pushed her from just being a fan of the Grammy winning singer to “stan status.” “I can’t thank Beyonce enough. It really did change my life.”
~Sia~
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@SiaMusic: "beyonce is MY QUEEN. i was just talking about the grammy performances."
@SiaMusic: "xtina is my mate.i can't worship friends.i can love and respect them,but if i call them MY QUEEN it's creepy,no? do not fear, i love xtina!"
@SiaMusic: "xtina fans are very very loyal.and sometimes scare me."
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@SiaMusic: "beyonce is soooo my queen." http://i44.tinypic.com/11m6ed4.jpg
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And one of Oz's most successful songwriters could soon hear her words sung by Britney or Pink with both performers currently considering a few of her tunes. But it's Beyonce she's really chasing.
"Beyonce! She's my queen. Now that I've written for Christina, and I hope I keep writing for her because she's a f**king powerhouse, but Beyonce is my queen."
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Furler’s contributions to Christina Aguilera’s Bionic were undoubtedly the highlight of that overcooked album, and the industry response to the tracks — including You Lost Me, perhaps Aguilera’s finest ballad ever — have encouraged her to approach other artists. Her dream, she said, is to write for Beyonce. And it seems that’s not all she’d like to do with her.
“I wanna go. To Beyonce. All the way,” she purred lasciviously. “She is my queen.”
“I’m friends with her sister [Solange Knowles], but I would never ever use that connection to get to her. Solange knows I love her sister — I was on my way to Beyonce’s concert in LA and Solange texted to say ‘You’re gonna love it. She’s like a glam alien’. And she was, she was a glam alien. She is my queen,” she sighed.
~Simon Cowell~
Evidence: An A&R excutive that hails form England, Simon is known in America for being the ruthless yet honest judge of "American Idol." He is known for also being a judge on the shows UK counterpart "The X Factor," and he introduced the world to Leona Lewis. When Beyonce first started her solo career Simon saw nothing special about the young diva but he has since grown to appreciate and praise her.
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Who are some of your favorite entertainers of the last decade?
As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he’s a genius. Music-wise, certainly in the last year I love Lady Gaga. Mainly because she’s made pop music fun again. I love Christina Aguilera, I think she’s incredible. And Beyoncé is the biggest star we’ve seen in 20 years. And I was very negative about her once—far, far too early on in her career.
~Sleigh Bells~
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Miller added that he thought "it was amazing" that Beyonce is due to headline Glastonbury in the summer, and said it would be a dream to perform onstage with her.
"We'd love to but I'm sure that'll never happen," the guitarist laughed. "She's a world class performer and she's at the top so is she going to perform with us? I don’t think so."
"That'd be like a dream for us because we're huge fans," singer Alexis Krauss said. "We were actually joking earlier that we'd bump into her there and she'd go, 'You were the troublemakers that started this whole thing off'."
~Smokey Robinson~
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"Beyonce is a great talent, extremely charismatic. People are drawn to her like a magnet. She's a down-to-earth young women who, with all that she has accomplished, is not full of herself. She is class personified."
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..."When Destiny's Child came out, they were very polished and sounded great. I knew then that if Beyonce' ever wanted to make a solo record, she could. When you hear her voice you recognize it immediately. There are a lot of great voices, but some people don't have the right material. She's got it all: She writes wonderful songs and is a great singer. She's fashion, she's cosmetics, she's in movies, she's multitalented, and she's nice. This is such an accolade-driven business; people get hyped so much they don't keep their feet on the ground. But she's done wonderful job with that. Her parents put the right thoughts in her mind. I admire her and them. Beyonce's got all the happenings happenin'. There's this thing called IT, and she's got it. She's the bomb."
source: courtesy of BeJay11(and Essence)
Thanks, DC3Fan4eva
~Stacy Kiebler~
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"Beyonce is so gorgeous, talented, and just the whole package. Boy she gets around in those heels pretty damn good" http://i50.tinypic.com/qwzvgl.png
Thanks, Imperfection.
~Stan Walker~
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Australian Idol 'Stan Walker' talks Beyoncé
MTV: You’ve already worked with Guy Sebastian. Who else would you like to collaborate with?
Stan: I want to work with a lot of people, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Mario, and Usher.
MTV: We hear you’re a HUGE Beyoncé fan…
Stan: She’s musically why I do what I do. She’s an inspiration, she’s incredible. I just love her.
~Stargate~
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"I still remember the first time I ever heard 'Crazy in Love' and watched the video. I was blown away by the whole combination: a great record together with an incredible performance. The energy was so in your face. Beyonce is the total package." - Mikkel S. Eriksen of Songwriting/ Production Team Stargate.
~Stevie Wonder~
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RollingStone.com caught up with Stevie Wonder for a Q&A and asked the singing legend what his favorite song of the moment is. “My favorite song right now is ‘Lose My Breath’ by Destiny’s Child,” he revealed. “I’m a major fan of Beyonce — she has a great voice.
~Stokely Williams (from Mint Condition)~
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Stokely also defended Beyoncé by saying, "Beyoncé is more of an artist than I think people know. She placates toward the commercial side because you gotta make a buck, but I think she is a great artist, more than people know and later on she’ll dive into that and people will see how much depth she’s got. She’s both new and old, she’s got an old soul but she’s in a new age."
~Teedra Moses~
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"I would love to write a song for Beyonce because she has the most amazing voice. Very amazing. I think that when you write a song for someone and they emotionally bring it through better than you can bring it through, then that would be huge and I feel like because of the emotion she has in her voice that she could really do justice to one of my songs."
~Teena Marie~
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With that said, we asked Teena Marie who she enjoys amongst today's recording stars and her reply was somewhat surprising:
"Amy Winehouse and of course I love Alicia Keys, she is a great songwriter. I love Beyonce and I'll say I love Wayne (Lil Wayne). I listen to all kind of music you know. New music and old music. I love the 70s early male vocal groups like 'The Dells,' The Dramatics' and 'The Moments' and stuff like that."
~Ted Nugent~
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"Since the Motown greats, I don't think I've ever seen such soul, such virtuosity in every one of those gals and every one of those musicians to the point that I was stunned and genuinely chilled by the soul and dynamic of that Destiny's Child operation."
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~Terius Nash (see: The-Dream)~
~Terrence Howard~
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Terrence Howard was so impressed by Beyonce' Lap dance at the Black Entertainment Television (BET) awards last month, that he was left with a bloodshot eye. The actor confessed he woke up the next morning with bad eye.
The RAY actor tells the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, "Destiny's Child were performing and she (Beyonce) comes out in the audience and pulls me up onstage and sets me down in a chair and proceeds to give me a lap dance for three minutes in front of the rest of the world.
Putting her rear end in my face, pulling on my hair, my head."
~The-Dream (Terius Nash)~
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The-Dream Picks Beyonce As His Favourite Collaborator http://vimeo.com/13282735
~Thierry Mugler~
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Thierry Mugler: "I think of Beyoncé as a modern-day warrior. A free spirit and a free woman. I love the way she is climbing steps. But I would not say she is 'ambitious.' She is following her destiny. She will surpass her iconic stature to become a legend. And she speaks highly about her fans. She does not want to disappoint them. She acts as if she had an appointment with them that she does not want to miss."
~Timbaland~
Evidence: He has been rumored to work with Beyonce on songs for album "I Am... Sasha Fierce" though none of them made the final cut. His protege of sorts Keri Hilson has been prepped to be "The Next Beyonce" (even if she isn't)...
~Tina Turner~
Evidence: A legend, Tina was inspired by her performance with Beyonce at the 2008 Grammy's to come out of retirement and embark on a worldwide tour of her own at the age of 68.
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December 29th, 2011
Here's a compilation of our favorite Beyoncé performances.
~Toby Gad (Writer)~
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"I think it's very obvious what my favorite Beyonce song is. But my second favorite is 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It.' It's very sparse yet very creative and the lyrics are intriguing. I don't think I've ever worked with anyone better; I can't wait to work with her again." - Toby Gad, Co-Writer of "If I Were a Boy."
~Tom Hanks~
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Tom Hank's song of 2009 is Single Ladies! Watch the video! ("Because it's infectious! Are you an IDIOT?!") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h33ApIwU2eI
Thanks, Norman
~Trey Songz~
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Dustin: Oh ok. About collaborations, if you could collaborate with any female artist that is out right now, who would it be?
Trey: Honestly, it would be Beyonce. [Dustin laughs] She is vocally amazing, and not to mention she is easy on the eyes. Outside of her looks, and all that, she is so talented. Like when it comes to singing, her harmonies, her background vocals, her lead vocals, like crispy, always.
~Tricky Stewart (Producer)~
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"It's not unexpected that she is being recognized as the woman of the year. You're talking about a woman who is super talented, tireless-and isn't showing any signs of slowing down." - C. "Tricky" Stewart, Songwriter/ Producer.
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"OMG!! Beyonce!!!!! THE BEST THING COULD HAVE EVER HAPPENED TO OUR GENERATION OF MUSIC!!! I LOVE HER!!!!! SHE DA F'NN BEST!!!!! ♥♥"
"OMG!!! I was screaming when Beyonce hit that stage!! LOVE HER!!!!!!" http://i47.tinypic.com/30ayz28.png
"Her talent is breath taking and her music is inspiring. I absolutely love her!"
"Beyonce is my favorite artist in the world so it would have to be her! She's an AMAZIN entertainer and works extremely hard." http://i45.tinypic.com/2wqyeqv.png
Thanks, Imperfection.
~Trisha Yearwood~
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“I went to see Beyonce in concert,” she said, adding that she likes copying Beyonce’s dance moves, but “only at home.”
~Truth Hurts~
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93.9 Kiss FM about 9:45am in Washington, D.C. – Truth called in on
the phone and they gave her mad props on her 2nd single, and they
asked her who she was listening too, nowadays. She said “well, I
don’t listen to the radio so if I have or was to buy anybody’s CD,
it’s because I feel they are a TRUE artist!” Russ said “well who’s CD
do you have or are want to buy?” She said “I have Jill Scott, India
Arie, my girl Lauryn Hill, but who I’m really looking foward to
is…BEYONCE KNOWLES!! People really don’t know the talent that this
woman has, the beautiful humanitarian that she is and she’s a sweet-
heart! But people HATE on her because she is up front in your face
like WHAT!..I’m beautiful, talented, sexy, and a business woman!
Beyonce is like an onion..no she doesn’t smell..there are just so
many layers to her, that she’s going to peel off slowly with
everything that she does, and the world is not ready!” <AMEN!!!!
~Tyra Banks~
Former Supermodel, current reality TV producer (America's Next Top Model), talk show host in the lieu of her idol Oprah, and one of the people to bring the word "fierce" into everyday conversations- Tyra Banks has shown great support for Sasha Fierce.
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~Usher~
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"It's a treat for me, I've been wanting for years to do a record with Beyonce," Usher says. "Even though it's a remix it's a really special record for me."
source: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...003421,00.html
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~Vanessa White (of the Saturdays)~
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Vanessa White of the Saturdays on Beyoncé
I've grown up with her since Destiny's Child and watched her evolve into a phenomenon. She's got the moves, the voice, everything. She writes, produces, she's a businesswoman ... She's the female Prince. She's the one person I would love to meet, but I'd be so star-struck I wouldn't say a thing. She changed the face of R&B. No one will ever be able to top her.
~Victoria Beckham~
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Beckham also said she hopes the rumour is true that she will be designing costumes for Beyonce on her tour.
She said: 'Beyonce is so beautiful, and I have so much respect for her. Don't know if that's true, but it would be a huge compliment if it were. We'll see.
~Whitney Houston~
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“Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson and Beyoncé – they stirred my curiosity about coming back and making a record. But that’s only one part of the industry,” Houston says firmly. “To actually sing, perform and have people come to hear a real voice, a God-given gift, is really important to me.”
~Willow Smith~
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Beyoncé is one of Willow Smith's inspirations. @ 0:46 http://dai.ly/9kSFYq
Thanks, thetruthis.
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~Andie Clockwise~
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Who was your first celeb crush?
Beverly D'Angelo in the first National Lampoon movie. And Elisabeth Shue in "Karate Kid". Now, it's Tina Fey. Beyonce is my all-time crush but I have to stop saying that because she's spoken for now.
~Anya Marina~
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Oh, you have a fascination with hip-hop?
I do! I just find a lot of female music kind of boring unless it's got an infectious beat to it. That's why it's exciting what's happening in music right now. It's great to see so many different female artists headlining the Grammys and being the main acts. Lady Gaga and Pink and Beyonce and Rihanna, they're all doing interesting things and being recognized by people. There's something sort of ... I'm just not that into the sort of lazy rhythm of folk music. So if you throw a beat in there, it's a lot more captivating to me, somehow. It hits me and whatever makes me want to move, I get into it. It's not just hip-hop, there's some great female rock artists out there that I love. Juliana Hatfield, I love Feist, she's awesome.
~Audrea Mae~
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Do you have any musical guilty pleasures?
Oh, yeah: The Pussycat Dolls -- some of their songs seep into my head. And, of course, Beyoncé -- but I think Beyoncé has been around long enough that even the indie kids can't hate on her anymore. She's just a badass. Justin Timberlake; all that corny pop stuff. I love it.
~Christopher Owens (of the San Francisco-based indie rock band Girls)~
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Christopher Owens of the San Francisco-based indie rock band Girls says Beyoncé is "so current people still don’t realize how important she is. I think she’s more important than Diana Ross. She’s a huge part in the evolution of R&B vocals and also as an all-around performer."
~CSS (Cansei De Ser Sexy)~
Evidence: Brazilian group CSS are OBSESSED with Bey,they mention her in almost every interview. Their name was inspired by a Beyonce interview,where she said she is tired of being sexy.
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~Dirty Projectors~
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Seek more insight about the Dirty Projectors from their MySpace page and you'll find a photo of Beyoncé. The bootilicious R&B queen is listed as one of the band's 31,269 friends alongside Vampire Weekend and Grizzly Bear. Like the latter they're into orchestration and in common with the former they're big on African rhythms, only they're considerably weirder and more wonderful than both.
"It's great that Beyoncé's into us because I love her voice, her tunes and her work ethic," says Longstreth, 27, when I catch up with him in Brooklyn. "She and Jay-Z came to see us play (Californian festival] Coachella recently, although we didn't get the chance to meet her. But we're already good friends with her sister Solange and have played with her a few times."
~Dr.Dog~
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What's your musical guilty pleasure?
Oh I got a million of them. I get real into Beyoncé. She always has great songs, she's a great songwriter. There's a lot of crap I like. A few months ago I thought I was into Creed for like 30 seconds and I was like, yeah, I'm into this, and I quickly realized I was not into it at all.
~Forest City Lovers~
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Well, I'm not sure if they could be counted as influences, but I'm a sucker for really slick pop songs. Kyle and I can really get into the Beyonce, Usher and Lights on long overnight drives. Pump up the jams, man!
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Jay-Z and wife Beyoncé came to the group’s set by the Williamsburg waterfront last year, after which Jay told the Post: “It was beautiful. They played right in front of the Empire State Building.”
The HOV-fueled fun didn’t end there, either. “[After the show], they took us out for tequila shots at some dive bar,” Grizzly Bear singer and multi-instrumentalist Ed Droste tells The Post. “I was pretty star-struck by Beyoncé. I’m not going to lie.”
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~Harper Blynn~
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What's your musical guilty pleasure?
J: Obviously, the Beyonce record, 'I am... Sasha Fierce.' I just bought that for the tour. I've been listening to that back in New York, it's so ing good.
Pete: We're working up a version of 'Halo' that we may have to drop on the world. It's a really good record.
~Holy Rolling Empire~
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Do you have any musical guilty pleasures?
I'm a fan of well done music in general. Not speaking for anyone else I personally like to listen to Third Eye Blind. I listen to them a lot, but that's just because I did as a kid, brings a lot of memories back, from the '90s. It's not where I'm going musically, or anything though. I don't feel guilty about liking a lot of Britney Spears songs, or Beyonce songs because they're very well produced. There's a really awesome art behind that.
~Joey Ryan~
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Do you have a musical guilty pleasure? What is it?
I always really liked the Britney Spears song 'Toxic,' that's a catchy little number. Oh! Beyonce. I love Beyonce so much. Beyonce is in a league of her own as far as superstars go.
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~Katie Stelmanis~
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Yeah, for sure. I really like a lot of pop bands. I really like Avril Lavigne. I have some pop star pleasures but I wouldn't really call them guilty ones. I really am a big fan of Beyonce. Lady GaGa is OK. I like her style.
~Kele Okereke (from Bloc Party)~
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Former Bloc Party front man Kele Okereke has said he prefers Beyonce to Indie music these days and embraces popular culture.
Instead of turning his nose up at what is perceived as commercial as many of his contemporaries would, Kele says: “I just love pop music, that’s the reason I’m here, I’m more interested in someone like Beyonce, that’s the truth.”
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~Mandagi, singer of the Temper Trap~
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Meanwhile, in a recent interview with NME.COM, The Temper Trap's Dougy Mandagi revealed that he'd had attended a party in Japan along with Grizzly Bear and Beyonce.
"She had a couple of security guards there but she was literally just sitting at the table next to us chatting to the guys from Grizzly Bear," Mandagi said. "It was all pretty casual, so I thought, 'Oh man, I've gotta meet her.' I saw her getting ready to leave and I kind of just timed my walk across to her and went 'You alright? Hi! I just want to tell you I really love your music!' and she's like, 'Oh, thank you so much!'"
~Matt & Kim~
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I got goose bumps when Beyoncé came out,” Matt Johnson of indie dance-punk duo Matt & Kim said Saturday, to which his band mate Kim Schifino replied, “See? Going in [I was thinking], ‘I bet 10 bucks he brings out Beyoncé.’”
~Ryan Adams~
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Beyonce and Mariah Carey were also name-checked. "That new Beyonce single ['Single Ladies'] is pretty amazing," he said, "and that video is out of control. So unbelievable. Somebody said that supposedly she and [Jay-Z] got married under the cloak of night and that nobody knew. I don't really know if that's true or not but if they did, congratulations to them.
~Samantha Shelton~
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What's your musical guilty pleasure?
That would have to be like total commercial pop music. Like 102.7 KIIS-FM style. To be more specific Ke$ha, Lady Gaga and Rihanna and all of the major pop stars. Oh and Beyonce is amazing. I don't know if it's the junior high girl in me, but I love it. I just can't help it.
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What are your musical influences?
Andrya: In the beginning we were into more musical bluesy stuff like Geeshey Wiley, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Soundhouse and people of that ilk. We both like the Preachers, P.I.L. I like Robert Wyatt, Beyonce, Kanye ... we could go on!
~The Big Pink~
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It’s always interesting when a seemingly “serious” band pronounces their love of light-hearted pop music, like you guys appeared to do by covering Beyoncé’s “Sweet Dreams” during a recent BBC Radio session. Are you, in fact, smitten by pop music?
I don’t thing there is anything light-hearted about Beyoncé. I think she is the real deal, a 21st century star like Aretha Franklin or Tina Turner.
~The Law~
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Who was your first celebrity crush?
Gosh, there's been so many of them. Beyonce is a current crush. Christina Aguilera. There's definitely something about a girl who can sing. The funny thing is that in Austin, Beyonce's younger sister [Solange Knowles] is going to be on the same bill with us at Ace's Lounge.
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The xx may be the 'it' band of the blog-reading set, but they are also huge fans of a more mainstream 'it' girl: Beyonce.
"I think she's one of the most exciting performers of our generation," vocalist/bassist Oliver Sim tells Spinner, echoing recent statements from fellow indie acts Arctic Monkeys and Of Montreal. "I went to see her in concert in May, and she is an amazing performer with an amazing voice. It's gotten to a point where it's undeniable."
While it might seem surprising that the new indie darlings would be enamoured of the commercial hit machine that is Ms. Knowles, the UK three-piece don't make distinctions when it comes to genre. And it makes sense -- all the members of the xx are just 20 years-old, from a generation of mixed-up genres where cheese-tastic pop can live next to the latest hipster-approved underground track.
~Yellow Fever~
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What are your musical guilty pleasures?
I guess Top 40 stuff, but I don't know if I should feel guilty about that. I mean, everybody likes Beyoncé; she's a really good singer, and a lot of her songs are real concentrated and catchy. I don't think one should feel guilty. It's Top 40 music, but I'm not ashamed.
DarrenCriss Darren Criss
sitting on the plane listening to Beyoncé's "4" getting goosebumps and enjoying watching the clouds sail by to this perfect woman's voice https://twitter.com/DarrenCriss/stat...73735211335680
EstelleDarlings
After a great day I switched on Beyonce's album. Back to my joint.. "your my james dean..." R.D.Y - #thinkinboutsomeone night #mydarlings
23 minutes ago via web http://twitter.com/EstelleDarlings/s...96691011928064
Tameka Raymond (Usher's ex-wife/celebrity stylist)
LOL LMAOOO I always think I can sing down until this vocal goddess Beyonce comes out with an album. This woman is the TRUTHINESS! Geeze man♥
Britney Spears has admitted that she's a huge fan of Beyonce, Toni Braxton and Madonna and the 'Hold It Against Me' singer is hoping to cach Beyonce on stage.
Britney also revealed that she was a fan of Beyonce and that she would like to see her on stage. She gushed: “Anytime Beyonce performs, it’s a really big spectacle. I’d love to see her perform. That would be fun."
When asked if the two would ever get together on a record, Spears said: “That would be fun, that’s a good idea!”
2+0+1+1= "4" BEYONCÉ HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR: 2011…WHAT A YEAR IT WAS! THANK YOU FANS FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT!
December 29th, 2011
Here's a compilation of our favorite Beyoncé performances.
at all those endless quotes
