Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Lemme, Lemme Upgrade Ya

News broke this weekend that Beyoncé will play Etta James in the upcoming film, Cadillac Records, an exploration of Chicago in the 1950s. The obvious jokes about their respective weights and looks aside, I couldn’t really care less about the casting decision. I just hope it pays her well so she doesn’t have to hock cell phones using the worst commercial song of my lifetime.

But I thought this story would provide a lovely excuse for us to post a version of Etta’s 1967 hit, Tell Mama. There’s no moving picture on this video, but the audio is so awesome that it should suffice. Gotta fuckin’ love this tune.

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• Unrelated: Beyonce’s loverboy Jay-Z on stage with The Phish