We'll start here. Its Friday Night but sadly I ain't got my funk on. Baudolino Sure tried It almost worked. But no, I'm too pooped to bop. >>>But as I stuff the corncob let me pose a question; Am I missing something? I don't read rock magazines much, nor the gossip pages. The very first time I heard Of Amy Winehouse was when a friend brought the cd to the house way back when and, knowing nothing of the artist we listened. Twice. Nothing offended the sensibilities, but nothing stood out. I thought the music was very competent, though the lyrics were by turn forced, fierce, resigned and soaring, sorta like you'd hear in a good club on a Saturday night. But in a short time she was all over the media for so many of the wrong reasons. Critics however swoon, breathlessly telling us the "back-story" of this poor suffering girl. I Certainly feel for the child, I have daughters her age. I'm enraged at her handlers/enablers, concerned only with wringing gold from a broken spirit. Its plain to see she's in desperate need of help. A lot of help. >>>But none of that matters when listening to the cd, when judging the music. So, Am I wrong?
Posted on 05/09/2008
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NO-the music is ordinary and her life is a bad soap opera
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NO-the music is ordinary and her life is a bad soap opera
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There's always a larger public less interested in music and more interested in the lives of celebrities. For us music lovers, how exciting we find her music is the most important reason to examine other things about her. If she puts her soul or her personality into the music, or her thoughts into whatever lyrics she writes, they can matter to the music lover in us. If she endangers herself, that can affect the quality and quantity of her music.
"Rubber Room" is unusual for George Jones, mostly because it's a minor key waltz and also because it's about commitment. Good post.
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There's always a larger public less interested in music and more interested in the lives of celebrities. For us music lovers, how exciting we find her music is the most important reason to examine other things about her. If she puts her soul or her personality into the music, or her thoughts into whatever lyrics she writes, they can matter to the music lover in us. If she endangers herself, that can affect the quality and quantity of her music.
"Rubber Room" is unusual for George Jones, mostly because it's a minor key waltz and also because it's about commitment. Good post.
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deadmandeadman, I heard Cyndi Lauper rave on and on about Ms. Winehouse, extolling her virtues as a singer, songwriter, calling her" the most honest voice out there today." and I wondered, am I listening to the same Amy Winehouse she is, or what????Yeah, she's gritty and all, but, seriously, I don't get it, either.
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deadmandeadman, I heard Cyndi Lauper rave on and on about Ms. Winehouse, extolling her virtues as a singer, songwriter, calling her" the most honest voice out there today." and I wondered, am I listening to the same Amy Winehouse she is, or what????Yeah, she's gritty and all, but, seriously, I don't get it, either.
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Thanks for saying what I was thinking - The emperior isn't wearing any clothes
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Thanks for saying what I was thinking - The emperior isn't wearing any clothes
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Nope, you are not wrong! A large swath of people tend to react to the hype..I always thought the best thing about her record was the production. I listened to it, liked it, and filed it, but it never reached heavy rotation. The biz tends to feed any problems the artist might have by playing them up too, for the "ever popular tortured artist effect".
Bartleby answered the question I asked him on his diamond post (great Proust quote), so thanks for that. Yeah, I'm not concerned with the artists personal life too much (unless like Spike said,I really adore the music..but then still with much trepidation), but the context of the music's place in the popular music continuum does have interest to me.
When Amy's retro-sound was treated by some of the music press as a "revelation" and an achievement, it was a lot more off-putting to me than news of her varoius incidents, because Amy is a real late comer to this "new trend", where people finally realize that there can be great R&B music made with an actual band. It was annoying to me that the focus went to her off-stage activities, instead of the comparison/contrast to others in the field, foremost being Sharon Jones.
Star machinery has a lot to do with it and bored critics who fall into that trap of the publicists bio as musical avatar do tick me off.
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DM -> word to that -> I enjoyed her voice long before I found out anything about the drama -> sucks that some out there are hungry slobs for the demise of others -> and while I'm sure I've made many sarcastic comments about the lives of celebrities, but it doesn't mean I can't like their jams, right?
nothing like a southern fiddler, saw-wheat tune bro