Amy Winehouse

Post by **BlueChair** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:35 am

Who is this person and how have I not noticed her music until now? After hearing the name repeatedly, I checked out "Rehab" and a few other songs to see what the fuss is all about. Very ballsy 60s-influenced soul... I was very surprised and am very impressed so far. How's the rest of the album?

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:09 am

She's really good. I haven't heard the whole record, but I've seen her on tv a few times - great voice. However she's a complete drama queen and her schtick is really offputting - on the way to becoming the female Pete Dougherty.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:21 am

"Rehab" doesn't impress me. Nothing special.

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:36 pm

Back to Black is a very good album, pretty much the same tempo and style all the way through, my album of the year so far (although it may have come out last year). I love her mid-atlantic blues/soul voice. I also have her first album, Frank, which is more jazz influenced but still worth having.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:57 pm

Yeah. last year. Agree it's very good, many strong songs, very well executed, a good listen. Recommended. Rehab is a classic, funny and exciting.

Post by **BlueChair** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:31 pm

I'm just reading now that many of the musicians who make up The Dap Kings (Sharon Jones' backing band) appear on Back To Black. I definitely think I will be picking this record up soon.

strangerinthehouse · Post by **strangerinthehouse** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:16 pm

I was listening to he album two days ago. I loved Rehab but I think my favorite song is Me and Mr. Jones. How can one not enjoy saying "What kind of F**kery is this?" I was suprised she wrote most of the songs and even though they don't have much range her voice is what really makes the album enjoyable.

guidedbyvoices · Post by **guidedbyvoices** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:14 pm

strangerinthehouse wrote:I was listening to he album two days ago. I loved Rehab but I think my favorite song is Me and Mr. Jones. How can one not enjoy saying "What kind of F**kery is this?" I was suprised she wrote most of the songs and even though they don't have much range her voice is what really makes the album enjoyable.

I dont love the album, but I love this song.

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:49 am

Boy With A Problem wrote:She's really good. I haven't heard the whole record, but I've seen her on tv a few times - great voice. However she's a complete drama queen and her schtick is really offputting - on the way to becoming the female Pete Dougherty.

Unfortunately, she seems to have the same "health" problems as Pete.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:02 am

I really hope she sorts herself out. Doesn't look good at all.

Emotional Toothpaste · Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:01 am

I really hope she SHOOTS herself. Really, I do.

Tell me, are we really supposed to believe this bad-girl "rehab" thing or is it just clever marketing? No, no, no!

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:42 am

I don't wish ill on her. The only ones they seem to be hurting are themselves and their friends/families. But it's depressing to see someone with so much talent become such a sad junkie.

Emotional Toothpaste · Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:16 pm

The only ones they seem to be hurting are themselves and their friends/families.

Not true. If she were more private about her drug use, okay, maybe, snort away in secret for all I care. But christ, its her schtick as someone else said. She's marketing it, singing about it, doing it. It gives her that curious edginess that her talent and good looks can't muster on its own. Shes a walking, breathing, billboard promoting cocaine and heroin. I'd like to see her OD in a very gruesome and public way to be perfectly frank.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:05 pm

What kind of vindictive fuckery is this?

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:12 pm

Don't know about any of that, but I do know that is eye liner with staying power.

p.s. I took (before it was fashionable, thank you very much) 2 forensic anthropology classes in my checkered college career. I am proud to say that I looked at his face and said, no, not fingernails. which is USEFUL information, dammit.

I can't quite get a handle on it, but those pictures disturb me a lot. More to do with me than them, of course.

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:25 am

Emotional Toothpaste wrote:
The only ones they seem to be hurting are themselves and their friends/families.
Not true. If she were more private about her drug use, okay, maybe, snort away in secret for all I care. But christ, its her schtick as someone else said. She's marketing it, singing about it, doing it. It gives her that curious edginess that her talent and good looks can't muster on its own. Shes a walking, breathing, billboard promoting cocaine and heroin. I'd like to see her OD in a very gruesome and public way to be perfectly frank.

Emotional Toothpaste · Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:22 am

We haven't seen that much eye make-up since Tammy Faye.

scielle · Post by **scielle** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:10 am

Reading London's free dailies, you'd think there's no more important news in the world than Ms. Winehouse's pub antics from the previous evening.

Every day it's Amy this, and Amy that on the front page, with the occasional Lilly sprinkled in. There could be a second coming and we wouldn't know about it, but we would know if Amy's in or out of rehab.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:26 pm

Well with all that nonsense going on (and fortunately I'm not subjected to that crap nor whatever the scummy red-tops are writing about her, no doubt wanting to make her the sensational junkie of the year now that Doherty has become boring), not to mention the idiocy posted by Emotional Toothpaste above, it was lovely and refreshing to see a sober-enough looking Amy perform Love Is A Losing Game beautifully with just solo (and not overly impressive) acoustic guitar at last night's Mercury awards:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5LsdEqSQO4

Probably just as well she didn't win, though (in terms of media nonsense). I was rooting for Bat For Lashes. Great name. Described as 'Brighton's answer to BjÃ¶rk', I've only heard a fleeting moment or two, and it sounded good. The Klaxons over the top response to winning was quite funny.

Emotional Toothpaste · Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:22 pm

Thanks for the youtube clip. While I didn't find it very "refreshing" at all, I did get a kick out of seeing that tattoo on her left breast, the one that says "Blake". Awwww.

Jools at the end of the performance was the best part of it all: " . . . and I'm telling you, she has one of the best voices, errr . . . . of anybody, of all time, in the whole wide world . . . "

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:18 pm

Sounds like the new tour is not off to a good start -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7095157.stm

Post by **BlueChair** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:57 pm

Such a waste... if she doesn't clean up soon she'll be dead by her 25th birthday.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:03 pm

27th.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:36 am

She is a much troubled person and with deep insecurities.

When she is on form she has a truly magnificent voice. But perhaps she should seriously consider postponing this tour.