Amy Winehouse - your thoughts?

[Taverner]

I like her - and I worry she's the next Joplinesque tragedy to befall Rock and Roll...



On Edit: her singing voice gives me goosebumps.

[wildhorses]

1. i think she shows real potential

i like her, too.

[lost-in-nj]

2. A waste

she is so talented

I hate what is happening

her rehab song is awesome
but its true.. unfortunately

lost

and I said no, no, no

[bicentennial_baby]

3. I hate her music, and I feel bad for her...

:shrug:

[elshiva]

4. I love her music.

[supernova]

5. Love her and hope she gets herself

straightened out. Otherwise, it will all have been a tragic waste.

[NashVegas]

6. First Straight Woman Who Got to Keep Her Shirt On for a Rolling Stone Cover

Since 1994 or so, I think. Maybe longer.

And her album is one of the best of the year, if not the best.

[Burma Jones]

7. I like her songwriting and her production

and I think she's damn sexy hot, well, most of the time I guess. I hope like hell she gets healthy.....

[bbernardini]

8. The production on every song sounds exactly the same, and she'll be dead by the end of the year.

Okay, the second one isn't for certain, but seems likely, unfortunately.

As for the first, it's okay for the first track or two, then just gets boring, at least for me.

[fudge stripe cookays]

9. Trainwreck.

And I cannot STAND that fucking rehab song. When I was in Milwaukee a few weeks ago, it was on every other song.

[Kali]

67. yeah I am getting sick of that song too

wish my progressive, eclectic community station :eyes: (good late night and weekend - sucky daytime shows) would play something else so I could get a feel for what else she does.

The voice is kind of intriguing, but I am tired of the same song.

[Skittles]

10. NAS-TAY

that gal is in dire need of professional help

[Liberal Veteran]

11. They tried to make me go to rehab but i said 'no, no, no'

And the first time I heard that song, I couldn't help but laugh at the irony.

[WinkyDink]

29. It's the catchiest tune going!

[billyoc]

12. I have no idea whatsoever who she is.

I can't think of one song of hers I've ever heard. :shrug:

[The Straight Story]

13. The wife listens to her album almost daily, I have heard a few of her songs

awesome voice.

[Mr. Blonde]

14. Hope she gets herself cleaned up

Like her music.

It would be nice if she got the tooth fixed and gained some weight back too.

[stuntcat]

15. I love her voice

it's like Amazing! I'm listening to her now.

If she can straighten out enough to have a career she'll do a lot with it.

[graywarrior]

16. 90 day program

[idgiehkt]

21. this one might need to do some Courtney Love style 6 mos to a year

and like Courtney, still be using when she gets done. :(

Very, very sad, watching someone die, live and in technicolor.

[Connonym]

17. Her press lately made me curious and I bought some stuff on Itunes

I love it. Her voice is amazing but when you see a picture of her from when she first started versus now it's quite frightening how she looks in comparison. She really seems hell bent on killing herself.

[crim son]

18. I say NO, NO, NO

No, actually I say yes. I love her music and if it's true she's an addict then she has my sympathy. I hope she gets help but I don't see that refusing to buy her music is going to rush her into rehab. No, no, no.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

19. Awful, but I think it was Studs Turkel.......

.....who said when Truman Capote died......"Good career move".

Sadly, this is how rock stardom is. Get a few great songs and a following.....die......you are a legend.

Get a few great songs........put out as few mediocre ones......slip off the charts......come back for some nostalga......end up at the state fair playing along with REO Speedwagon and a Styx tribute band.

[Taverner]

43. Ahhh but the guy in the Styx tribute band gets to ENJOY his money

Of course if he or she is smart, they save the $$$ and move off to Jackson Hole or London

[Ellen Forradalom]

20. I never heard of her until all this press

Still have not heard her music.

This messed-up rock-star drug addict business is getting old. You'd think we'd have all figured it out after 40 years. I hope she does.

[Drunken Irishman]

22. Sexy, but a complete mess.

And drugs turn me off.

Though if she could clean it up, I bet she would be fun to be with. ;)

[JackBeck]

23. She needs help. Lots of it.

And whether it's Janis of Amy, it's sad that we sit by and watch them completely annihilate their own existence. Madonna, for as much shit she gets on DU, has my utmost admiration.

[idgiehkt]

25. yeah Madonna was a whole lot more together

Went of U of Michigan, which is not an easy school to get into at all. And she's always led a very healthy lifestyle.

But these folks like Winehouse pay to only be surrounded by yes-men. In instances like these honestly the paparazzi might be doing these folks like her Britney, Lohan a favor because they might get a wake up call from the negative press. They sure aren't gonna get one anywhere else.

[Pierre.Suave]

37. Just to clarify

Madonna did not finish her time at the U of Michigan, and while there myself spent plenty of time wondering how most of the people even got in, mostly pretty blondes without a single operating brain cell.

[Fran Kubelik]

50. But the men seemed like they belonged?

Just checking....

:P

[Pierre.Suave]

70. well

I spent exponentially more time talking to the cute girls than I did the guys...

O8) :evilgrin:

[philosophie_en_rose]

24. I wish her the best.

I love her music and send positive vibes for her recovery.

[amitten]

26. She's a huge talent and I love "Back to Black". I really hope she

cleans up before she dies too young.

[Trajan]

27. I Love Her ..... I Hate Her .....

DU opinions are no different than any others in the world ....

No different than a grocery store line ...

No different than two adjacent bar stools ....

No different than sisters and brothers, or spouses ....

ONE loves it, the other hates it .....

Imagine that ! ....

(Strong voice ..... catchy melodies .... could get irritating over time .... but still good enough for a nod ....)

[Fran Kubelik]

59. absolutely

I don't object to dissenting opinions. I just object when someone says: "I hate it, and you're stupid/simplistic for liking it." That kind of stuff just gets my hackles up like you wouldn't believe.

[WinkyDink]

28. IMHO, her voice is awesome. LOVE Amy!

[wiggs]

30. She definitely has something going on...try this

this talent is rare.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lqSKVv6YO8g

Come back and tell me how many times you watch it over the next week....

[stuntcat]

33. thanks

I sent it to more people! :)
It sounds like the voice is coming from somewhere else, not that tiny girl. She's got something so good, if she can just keep it together.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

31. i think her stuff is a bit boring. i thought she used to be hot before she got all skinny

[swag]

32. Fame and fortune don't seem to be agreeing with her right now.

I reckon she'll pull out of it, though.

[southpaw]

34. My knowledge of her is limited

I've heard 'Rehab' several times, but that's the extent of it.

Based solely on that song, my one word opinion of Amy Winehouse is 'gimmick'

That's probably a premature judgement, as I'm sure the rest of her catalogue is nothing like that one song...

[Taverner]

45. Check her stuff out - Rehab is just one of many

Her album "Back to Black" is pretty good. She shows solid vocal skills, her backup band is tight - and she writes some damn fine songs.

[ironflange]

35. I don't like her

She makes Janis Joplin sound like Cleo Laine.

That said, I have nothing against her personally, and I really don't like to see anyone put themselves through stuff like that, whether it's Amy, Britney, Lindsay, or whoever. We all deserve some dignity.

[BarenakedLady]

36. I love her music

I just got Back to Black last week and have been digging it. I hope she gets the help she needs.

[bikebloke]

38. A trainwreck with talent.

Unlike Britney, Lindsay and Paris.

I like her music. You see how she evolved (musically) from Frank to Back to Black - also the best song on the disque. So we might as well enjoy what she'd produced so far, because it's possible there might not be anymore.

[MrScorpio]

39. A very Talented woman with some serious issues

She'll have to get through them

[Crabby Appleton]

48. Yep

[SteppingRazor]

40. I think she was good, but she's probably gonna suck now that they sobered her up. n/t

[SoxFan]

41. Not neccessarily

Look at Steve Earle. Right after he got out of jail and cleaned up his act, he released two remarkable albums, one of which won a Grammy (Train a Comin').

[SteppingRazor]

42. Do I really need to provide the 10,000 counter-examples?

I mean, I certainly agree that these things can go either way, of course. I'm just not holding my breath.

[Taverner]

44. I wouldn't hold my breath about her sobering up

[SteppingRazor]

58. Touche!

;)

[jpgray]

46. All I hear in her music is a timid adherence to past successes

She can ape the styles really well, however. That does take talent!

[Fran Kubelik]

49. ape?

You're describing 99.9997% of music with that, fwiw. Except for the "ape" part. That's just gratuitous.

[jpgray]

52. If she were taking the style to any new exciting places it'd be one thing

This is music for people who just want to listen to slightly different versions of their parents' records over and over again.

[Fran Kubelik]

53. My mom listened to Helen Reddy.

So there.

Tell me what you like and I will be happy to mock you for it.

[jpgray]

60. You can't. I eject an inky cloud of obscure bands like a hipster cephalopod

You'll try to say they suck, but the ubiquity of that suck is only matched by the ubiquity of their inexplicably holier-than-thou fanboys. Before you can even wade through the pointless praise and hero-worship with which the "cool" critics lovingly coat their garbage--poof! I'll be long gone.

:P

[Fran Kubelik]

62. "the ubiquity of that suck"?

Do you sleep with a thesaurus under your pillow? :rofl:

Good tactic, btw. Insult your music before giving me a chance to. Pretty sneaky, sis.

[jpgray]

63. Even as I project them on others, my insecurities remain a neurotic Moebius strip

:D

[SoxFan]

76. Hipster Cephalopods

Would be a good name for a band!

:headbang:

[mvd]

54. Nah - if anything, it should be more like the old stuff

The melodies are top-notch reminders of old stuff, but there's a bit too much modern sheen. I have no problem with a return to the 60s when she does it well like this.

[idgiehkt]

73. I feel exactly the same way.

I see an actress, rather than an artist. She's 23 and believe me if she surives the hell she's put herself in right now, she will have PLENTY of emotional material to draw from. The fact is that white Londoner singing with that inflection that is not authentic is acting. She's imitating what comes naturally to the black artists in her category. She does it very well, but it is not real, and a tad disrespectful I feel. If she does survive, I think she will eventually morph into someone with a tale of her own to tell and an authentic style.

[Crap_in_a_Hat]

47. Her voice is really good

So she's at least not one of these celebrities who are drug-addled train wrecks to distract people from noticing they have no useful purpose.

[mvd]

51. I love her

Great voice and good music that could benefit next time from fewer production frills. I really hope she gets her life together.

[redqueen]

55. love her voice

music... dunno

but i do love her voice

[ceile]

56. Beatuiful voice, but I can't stand to look at her.

Unless she gets help, she'll end up dead in a year.

[mvd]

57. Fantastic voice indeed!

She can get even better with her music, but sadly, it could end in a tragedy. I think she better get away from that boyfriend, who seems to be going down with her instead of helping her.

[Taverner]

61. I worry she's going to turn into the Torch Queen of this generation

And that is not a good thing - Torch Queens (Patsy Cline, Janis Joplin, Sandy Denny) always die in their prime, adding a certain amount of sadness to their mystique. People going through a breakup may get more comfort, but that the risk of poor Amy's life...I hope she gets off the train headed directly to the "Stupid Club" (as Cobain's mom used to call it)

[fudge stripe cookays]

69. Learn how to put on eyeliner, dammit!

I know it's her "schtick" but it bugs the crap out of me.

[Radical Activist]

64. Male rockers have lots of drugs and sex and no one cares.

What's the big deal?

Hard not to notice the recent pattern of keeping those wild women in line like Britney, Lohan and Hilton.

[idgiehkt]

74. I think you are right.

It's kind of sickening the double standard.

[MAGICBULLET]

75. damn right!

besides that, I think this actually makes people more interested in her, sadly. I didn't even know about her current condition until reading it right now. I just enjoy her music and that's it. I wonder how many people will buy her record now?

[underpants]

65. Flavor of the month goes bad

Okay so I am not the hippest dude out there but it seems odd that just as she is getting to be known she crashes. Seems primed for a "triumphant comeback"

Does anyone just make music any more or does the marketing department really have to be a part of it?

[Taverner]

66. Unlike Lohan, Spears and Hilton - Amy's the real thing

That voice just exudes sorrow - besides you don't almost snuff it by ODing on heroin and drink for ratings.

And unlike the Wanna Be Divas, she can actually sing. And write. And by write, I mean words other than "that's hot"

[amitten]

68. It's not marketing. I saw a picture of her husband after their latest

public fight.

She had gone after him with a razor blade and he had several very bad scratches all over his face. Not fake scratches...real rather serious-looking scratches.

You don't practically disfigure your own husband for publicity. The girl has real problems, and needs help.

[CottonBear]

71. I love her music. She's very talented. I hope she recovers and gets better.

She's on a complete downward spiral now and it is so sad to watch.

:hug: Best wishes to Amy. I hope her husband will get rehabbed and help her.

Tears Dry Own Their Own is my favorite Amy Winehouse song. It's beautiful and sad.

YouTube video of the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6LVGcIC1Tc&mode=related&search=

[TreasonousBastard]

72. Flippin' through the channels and comin' across "Rehab" I...

stops and sez "Holy Shit! Who is this?" I don't do that very often.

Not big on modern overproduced and underperformed studio stuff that passes for music these days, I still hadda stop and check this out.

Whatever the eventual judgment of her music, "Rehab" is one hell of an earworm.