http://betabeat.com Just another WordPress.com site Mon, 20 May 2013 01:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://betabeat.com http://betabeat.com/2013/03/blackberry-rim-10-at-last-etta-james-video/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:07:05 -0400 http://betabeat.com/2013/03/blackberry-rim-10-at-last-etta-james-video/ Kelly Faircloth http://betabeat.com/?p=82238 It would be bad enough if this latest ill-advised BlackBerry video simply featured a team of execs performing the Etta James classic "At Last." Queen Bey herself is just barely qualified to touch this song. But to replace the lyrics with lines like "all the promise has come true, your games and apps are in the storefront of our new platform built for you"? It's an insult to America's musical tradition and frankly Homeland Security should probably get involved.

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