Amy Winehouse - Page 2

garinda · 26-06-2007, 14:44

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Originally Posted by steeljack

Twenty years from now she will be some old tattoed slag applying for council benefits

That's a bit rich. She's a married woman, with no known history of promiscuity.

People were probably as rude and dismissive forty years ago of that big haired, cross eyed, big nosed, ingenue, that you love so much.

egg&chips · 26-06-2007, 22:33

I don't know why I dislike her, but I do. I'm not that keen on her singles but I've heard worse. Perhaps I've just been subconsciously hijacked by the media into feeling antagonistic towards her. Dislike is not reasonable, like the guy who gets on you nerves in the chippy queue just by being there. Or is that just me being paranoid??

lindsay ormerod · 30-06-2007, 15:22

I don't like her either,she looks permanently grubby !

Splinter · 30-06-2007, 15:34

I love her but, you get the feeling she is not quite on this planet, and I am always surprised when she gets through a performance.

shakermaker · 30-06-2007, 21:49

Here's a couple of the performances from the set I saw & loved [which includes a cover of The Specials' Monkey Man - it's great

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Splinter · 30-06-2007, 22:00

Thanks. Never heard Monkey Man before. I always was a Ska fan, so enjoyed that.

garinda · 30-06-2007, 22:04

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Originally Posted by shakermaker

Here's a couple of the performances from the set I saw & loved [which includes a cover of The Specials' Monkey Man - it's great

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Thanks matey.

I think she is sooo good. Her voice just connects with something deep in my soul, the way Billie Holiday does.

Lilly · 30-06-2007, 22:09

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Originally Posted by garinda

Thanks matey.

I think she is sooo good. Her voice just connects with something deep in my soul, the way Billie Holiday does.

I love Billie Holiday! We should have a thread about her next.I often listen to the album 'The Legend of Billie Holiday'.That ole devil called love' is my favourite song,I also like 'There is no greater love.'There are no Billie Holiday songs I don't like though

garinda · 30-06-2007, 22:17

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Originally Posted by Lilly

I love Billie Holiday! We should have a thread about her next.I often listen to the album 'The Legend of Billie Holiday'.That ole devil called love' is my favourite song,I also like 'There is no greater love.'There are no Billie Holiday songs I don't like though

See! Me and you have had differences of opinion in the past, and now we've found this shared love for Lady Day.

Did you ever see Diana Ross in the film-bio of Billie Holiday?

Lilly · 30-06-2007, 22:21

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Originally Posted by garinda

See! Me and you have had differences of opinion in the past, and now we've found this shared love for Lady Day.

Did you ever see Diana Ross in the film-bio of Billie Holiday?

No I've never seen that film.I've got several cds and I read the book about her life.There was a play about her recently at the Bolton Octagon,I would have loved to go to that but couldn't make it,I bet it was very good.

garinda · 30-06-2007, 22:27

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Originally Posted by Lilly

No I've never seen that film.I've got several cds and I read the book about her life.There was a play about her recently at the Bolton Octagon,I would have loved to go to that but couldn't make it,I bet it was very good.

It isn't a great film, though Miss Ross did receive an Oscar nomination for it, but the performances are good. Worth a look if you ever see it, and it's occasionally been on TV.

Amazon.com: Lady Sings the Blues: Video: Diana Ross,Billy Dee Williams,Richard Pryor,James T. Callahan,Paul Hampton,Sid Melton,Virginia Capers,Yvonne Fair,Scatman Crothers,Robert L. Gordy,Harry Caesar,Milton Selzer,Ned Glass,Paulene Myers,Isabel Sanf

Lilly · 30-06-2007, 22:29

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Originally Posted by garinda

It isn't a great film, though Miss Ross did receive an Oscar nomination for it, but the performances are good. Worth a look if you ever see it, and it's occasionally been on TV.

Amazon.com: Lady Sings the Blues: Video: Diana Ross,Billy Dee Williams,Richard Pryor,James T. Callahan,Paul Hampton,Sid Melton,Virginia Capers,Yvonne Fair,Scatman Crothers,Robert L. Gordy,Harry Caesar,Milton Selzer,Ned Glass,Paulene Myers,Isabel Sanf

I will,cheers for the link

shakermaker · 30-06-2007, 22:36

I think Amy Winehouse is one of those artists that always gives something extra when playing live, which is why I've never quite cought on to her music before.

Maybe it's just me, but her recordings and videos seem over-produced and plastic packaged for the mainstream, whereas her live set sounds more like a late sixties soul act [when she's almost sober!] which is why I love it.

garinda · 30-06-2007, 22:42

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Originally Posted by shakermaker

I think Amy Winehouse is one of those artists that always gives something extra when playing live, which is why I've never quite cought on to her music before.

Maybe it's just me, but her recordings and videos seem over-produced and plastic packaged for the mainstream, whereas her live set sounds more like a late sixties soul act [when she's almost sober!] which is why I love it.

I'll admit that although I liked her recordings, it was only when I saw her sing live, on that rubbishy Russell Brand chat show, that I became hooked.

panther · 01-07-2007, 06:44

she favours a bull dog chewing a wasp!!

.......LOL not very nice, looks like she could do with buying a brush!