The lovely lady i'm currently dating turned me on to this chick:

Check out the mp3 for "Rehab"

Now, i'll admit, i don't know shit about recent soul and R&B, other than knowing that what passes for mainstream "R&B" is apparently R. Kelly and D'Angelo and shit. This Amy Winehouse lady, she seems old school, with a touch of modern take-no-shit do-what-i-want piss and vinegar.

Also, she apparently writes her own material (pretty much?), and is a mere 23! Huh.

I give her a NOT CRAP. What say you? Apparently you Brits should know more about her according to the Wikipedia. What's all this about drunken antics and eating disorders?

She has a fine set of, ahem, lungs.

Gramsci wrote:Enjoy watching the car hit the wall

Ouch. That is seriously painful viewing.

Gramsci wrote:Enjoy watching the car hit the wall

That is a truly awful rendition, especially with Winehouse sluring all the words at the start. Pisshead.

The session band is pretty good though.

chairman_hall wrote:
The session band is pretty good though.

Yeah, the guitar-chap nailed the solo, I'll give him that. Was it EVH who played the original? I forget.

Nothing wrong with having a few drinks before taking to the stage I guess, but acting like a comedy drunk aunt at a wedding reception is maybe a little uncool...

Rimbaud III wrote:

Gramsci wrote:Enjoy watching the car hit the wall

Ouch. That is seriously painful viewing.

I'm surprised the others got to the guitar solo, man oh man is that woman drunk and out of tune.

The thing is, she can actually sing. It's just a shame that she's so enamoured of the jass greats that she ends up doing a passable impression of all of them at once.

Oh, and she looks like a horse.

Rimbaud III wrote:...

Oh, and she looks like a horse.

My ex thought she used to be a man...

I don't care for her music, or the little that I've heard at least, but I like her. She's funny and unpretentious and seems to have an enjoyably filthy sense of humour. I decided the latter from this interview. Then again, I am a fan of the puerile and childish.

Rimbaud III wrote:Oh, and she looks like a horse.

Then I'm Catherine the Great. Mean boys!


I feel that I should point out here that the myths surrounding Catherine the Great's demise are misogynistic horseshit. Mean 18th century aristo boys!