Amy Winehouse - Lightweight

Amy Winehouse is on the front page of my newspaper this morning. Why? Because she fucked up her first gig after coming out of rehab (which, I seem to remember, she defiantly and publicly stated that she wouldn't do). She's apologised and blamed it on a sore throat.

What a disgrace this woman is. And what a crappy attitude towards her customers; turning up late, bladdered and with her hair all over the place, fucking up the gig and then lying about what's wrong with her. Her message is clear: that there's no hope for her. She's not even bothering to fight her addiction, she's publicly giving up. What an awful message to anyone who's life is dominated by drug addiction.

The drugs too strong for her because she's weak and pathetic.

The light which reflects from her scrawny form is wasted. Her album's crap too.

I shit her.

There is hope for her though. If she wants to sell records and tickets.

When her first album came out, she couldnt sell out Academy 2. She played there the same night as Ladytron played Academy 3 in Oct 05. I watched her for a few minutes from the outside.

So she's mildly successful, then she spends a lot of time getting wasted, getting arrested, being on the front page of papers, etc etc, then she's selling out multiple nights at Brixton Academy, high up at main stages at festivals across Europe, biggesst selling album of 2007 etc etc.

Looking at her, If I didnt know better, I'd wouldnt be 100% she's actually a member of the Human Race...

Awful woman, awful singer.......

recycle wrote: awful singer.......

but she's not though, is she?

Its ridiculous to suggest otherwise.

Dunno whether she's any good technically, but I can't stand the sound she makes. It doesn't sound natural to me; like she's putting too much of it on. She's straining to sound authentic.

I have listened to her record a couple of times and I found her lyrics fairly objectionable. That song Fuck Me Boots is crap; simultaneously slinging scorn at image-obsessed people and criticising their image? Shite.

Good point by Liam about her 'problems' doing her sales no harm.

And she's got arms like a docker.

It's all the FUSS she makes about her habit that I don't like.

Fucking get on with it. Why involve everyone else in your drug use?

I bet she doesn't take that many anyway. These schleb casualties are typically fucking lightweights where persians are concerned. Like that bastard Williams: one line of charlie and he was selling his 'my drugs hell' tales within three weeks.

Attention-grabbing whores thelorrovem.

Biginoil wrote: Dunno whether she's any good technically, but I can't stand the sound she makes. It doesn't sound natural to me; like she's putting too much of it on. She's straining to sound authentic.

I have listened to her record a couple of times and I found her lyrics fairly objectionable. That song Fuck Me Boots is crap; simultaneously slinging scorn at image-obsessed people and criticising their image? Shite.

Good point by Liam about her 'problems' doing her sales no harm.

And she's got arms like a docker.

Being famous and getting shitfaced does sales no harm. Look at Oasis, front page at least twice a week during the height of britpop. Hell, it was on the nine o'clock news when one of them stormed out of a tour.

Even better, look at fucking Pete Doherty and his lot. The highest The Libertines ever got was three nights at Brixton, and outside of Lahnden they did Academy 1 and Barrowlands. They never sold loads and loads of records. All of sudden, he starts shagging Kate Moss, he's injecting drugs into some girls arms, and (the much much inferior) Babyshambles are doing a fucking Arena tour.

Anyway, Back to Black has been out for nearly two years now and there has been ZERO talk of any new material. Sums it all up really.

I'm going to write to her.

Dear Amy, I think you're shit. My mate Liam agrees. Al thinks you're a good singer and can't make his mind up about whether you're a bastard.

Col

Do you think she'll reply? I think she will.

Dear Col,

Thanks for you letter. Now that you have pointed out the error of my ways, I will shall be clean and sober for the rest of my life.

Love

Amy

Surely the question that should be asked here is, simply:

Would you?

Everything else is fluff, natch.

PETER COATES'S BELATED REDEMPTION wrote: Surely the question that should be asked here is, simply:

Would you?

Everything else is fluff, natch.

No. She's, as they say, mingin'

i love her. i've just decided.

I went watching her 4 years ago when she was curvy and classy. Her voice made the hairs on the back of my neck stick up.

Her style of music isn't for everyone but you can't deny her talent. Even if she is wasting it.

(Oh and the song is actually 'Fuck me pumps')

Pumps, shoes she can still stick them up her arse and fuck off while she's doing it.

For the record, I'm a no.

That Mariella Frostrup, on the other hand

EDIT: I'm not denying her talent, I'm just saying it's not for me.

I am, however, objecting to her approach to inebriation. This is something that I feel a lot more qualified to criticise. I feel sure that anyone who has heard me sing would agree.

Great voice she has.Like a fair few of her songs.Can't imagine her ever doing another album though.Gazza's got more chance of sorting his life out than she has of sorting hers.

Dear Amy,

You've missed my point entirely. Nobody's asking you to be sober. (Actually, I'm sure there are loads of people asking you to be sober, but I'm not one of them.) What I am saying is that your mis-management of your own drug intake gives drugs a very bad name. Drugs are a great way to unwind and most people who take them have no problem integrating them into otherwise successful lives. I worry that your example may lead people to conclude that the use of drugs precludes success in other areas. This is bound to add to prejudice and stifle ambition.

Kind regards,

Big

Uncle Liam wrote:

PETER COATES'S BELATED REDEMPTION wrote: Surely the question that should be asked here is, simply:

Would you?

Everything else is fluff, natch.

No. She's, as they say, mingin'

I also imagine the sound of her pelvis cacking would be a bit off-putting, no??

I can see how that could put some people off.

mmmmmmmm.....

Fuck my boots?

No. PUMPS

Edit: But I used to work with a bloke that said "fuck my old boots" all the time.

We all started saying it too.

I dont think she has enough tattoos. Thats the the mark of a real lady, to be covered in loaads of sailors's tattoos.

She's sporting a nasty-looking wound on her arm, does that count for anything?

yeah it was the nativity

Biginoil wrote: No. PUMPS

Not plimsolls

You have to draw a line somewhere.

How straight is your ruler?

she really doesn't seem to care that she's wasting away. so i say let her die. most drug addicts don't care anyway once the drug takes over their life.

Uncle Liam wrote:

recycle wrote: awful singer.......

but she's not though, is she?

Its ridiculous to suggest otherwise.

In my personal opinion she is an awful singer.

Is it ok for me to have a personal opinion, or are they banned because they don't agree with your opinions????

El Jarvo wrote:

recycle wrote:

Uncle Liam wrote:

recycle wrote: awful singer.......

but she's not though, is she?

Its ridiculous to suggest otherwise.

In my personal opinion she is an awful singer.

Is it ok for me to have a personal opinion, or are they banned because they don't agree with your opinions????

That's not really an opinion though, is it? You might not like what she sings, but saying she's an awful singer isn't quite the same, is it?

I personally don't like her material, but fcuk me, stick on that Back to Black album and you have to admit - that girl can hold a tune!

Just saying, like.

Fair, constructive point, well made.

I still don't like her though :p

Back To Black is a fcuking ace album. Fantastic singer,but a silly cow. I wouldn't even touch her with Liam's.

Arms Like a Docker, Lungs Like an old miner :thumb:

El Jarvo wrote:

recycle wrote: Awful woman, awful singer.......

I think the one thing you could never say about her is that she's an 'awful singer'. She's got a fcuking amazing voice.

I'm not even sure about the other bit. Is she awful? I don't know enough about her to comment. She's just a caner who took it a little too far, and is now - from what (little) I've seen in the press - an addict on a downward slope. Doesn't really make her a bad person though. Oh, unless she stucks mugging old ladies, natch, to feed her 'abits.

agreed. i think she's very talented. but often with talent comes drug problems, mental issues, etc.

her hair is shite, though. and she needs to ease up on the eye make-up.

'kinell emphysyma at her age? she must be smoking/drug taking on an absolutely industrial scale.

harsh again. do an assload of the stuff. 20 years of drugs ina year. goner by august./

My antiracist radar heard something about her recently making a bigoted drunken spew (touche - cue auto Liam defence): She has a great vocal talent though, such a shame that she's so fucked up nowadays; physically, psychologically and socially.

Why the fuck she's still lauded as a role model / borderline cultural icon is also a wonderation of the modern day!

As far as I can see, the only way she's even going to start to get better is if she divorces her hubby; allegedly he was the one who got her into drugs in the first place.