Amy Winehouse
Crack cocaine, broken hearts and the best voice in England offered on a golden plate of smooth, old school jazz. It’s almost impossible that such strong, contralto vocals can emanate from the little white Jewish girl on stage. Weighed down by a huge black bee-hive and all sorts of street-corner influences Amy Winehouse has become a romantic character any half decent, self deprecating woman can respect.
You Know I’m No Good inspires you to apathetically smoke a cigarette out the window and ponder you own dirty, insignificant existence. The cool, jazzy interlude was chosen as the theme song for the controversial TV show, Diary of a Call Girl, and listening to it, you just can’t help but feel like a no-good slut. With great hair. And you know that if you were to kill yourself to this song, it would be one stylish suicide.
This is a girl who spends night after night drinking vodka alone in the bathtub. This is a girl who slaps policemen in the face and gets arrested with her bohemian husband for possession. This is a girl that got expelled from high school for not applying herself and getting her naval pierced.
She’s the dark mirror to every woman with a streak of rebellion running through their veins. Her songwriting is heartbreaking,gut-wrenching and tear jerking. And you know she means every word of it. You can feel her crying in your bones.
With a smooth blend of soul, jazz, rock ‘n roll and rhythm and blues, Amy offers a truly distinctive style with her second album Back to Black. After its release in 2006, Amy was nominated for six Grammy’s. She took five home. She’s the critics' darling, and though she was voted worst dressed woman in Britain, it only adds to her charm. From its vintage production style, to the sultry, seductive singing and classical, jazzy beats, it’s a diamond in the rough and has sold over one million copies. You discover new meanings and revelations regarding the music, her harrowing voice and your own inner pain with every listen. Back to Black never gets old. It just matures.
Dirty, real and classic, like a black Scottish coffee at midnight, you wouldn’t want to be caught depressed without it.
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