The following two videos are a fine example of what a great singer and musician Amy Winehouse was. The first one is the studio version of one of her best songs, 'You Sent Me Flying', from her first album Frank (2004). The second one is an astonishing live version of the same song, from the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2004 (please note that the actual performance starts at 2:00).
It also seems to me that there is a need to surpass the 'problematic individual' stereotype which tends to prevail in mainstream accounts – it is, I am afraid, easier for the media industry to articulate cliché words and phrases about tormented souls, than to address its exploitation of talent and frailty.
For us, Amy Winehouse was first and foremost an incredible artist, and it is exactly as such that we will remember her. And in this respect, I think it is only appropriate to refer to the last song from her second album Back to Black (2006), which has offered us the title of this post.
With our love and respect, rest in peace.
For us, Amy Winehouse was first and foremost an incredible artist, and it is exactly as such that we will remember her. And in this respect, I think it is only appropriate to refer to the last song from her second album Back to Black (2006), which has offered us the title of this post.
With our love and respect, rest in peace.
He can only hold her for so long
The lights are on but no one's home
She's so vacant
Her soul is taken
He thinks "what she running from?"
Now, how can he have her heart
When it got stole
So he tries to pacify her
Cause what's inside her never dies
He thinks "what she running from?"
Now, how can he have her heart
When it got stole
So he tries to pacify her
Cause what's inside her never dies
Even if she's content in his warmth
She is played with urgency
Searching kisses
The man she misses
The man that he longs to be
Now, how can he have her heart
When it got stole
So he tries to pacify her
Cause what's inside'll never die
So he tries to pacify her
Cause what's inside her
It never dies
So he tries to pacify her
Cause what's inside her never dies
2 comments:
I was shocked when I heard about her death. Such a huge voice and it was unfairly wasted...Although she recorded just two albums her legacy is big and valuable.Rest in peace,Amy!!!
I must say she had the voice I admired the most in this recent era, a voice with such a distinctive quality, character, and originality, the only one I could see moving towards the direction of landmark vocalists such as Nina Simone. And I was shocked as much as you were, it is so sad...
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