Comments on: Amy Winehouse Apparently More Surprised To Be “Surprise Guest” At Awards Show Than Anyone Else

By: TheMojoPin

TheMojoPin — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:21:37 +0000

The whole “British chick is the new Billie Holliday” thing was infinitely more enjoyable and not completely horrifying when it was Portishead.

By: drjimmy11

drjimmy11 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:16:20 +0000

"ew! she's gross! she's drunk! she's skanky! LOLz! she can't even remember the words!"

Don't really care if she is drunk or not because I', not interested in her as an artist. Lots of people are drunk.

"wow! this girl can really sing!"

Wow, no she really can't. Her songs are boring musically and trite lyrically, her voice may be strong but the faux-soul thing comes off as fake and she can't actually sing particularly well.

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:21:34 +0000

@sncreducer: I wasn't trying to be all Chris Crocker up in everyone's grill and shit. I was just trying to make the point that the featured video was not too far off the mark for how a "standard" Amy Winehouse live performance looks-and-sounds. Even at her best -- which in the featured video she was certainly not -- she doesn't sound like the Mark Ronson-cleaned up studio tracks. But when she is on top of her game...WOW!

I also felt a little "what website am I reading?" while wading through some of the comments. Posts [and their comment sections] about Amy Winehouse on "celebrity" sites/blogs tend to have a "ew! she's gross! she's drunk! she's skanky! LOLz! she can't even remember the words!" theme to them, while posts/comments on music blogs tend to have a "wow! this girl can really sing!" theme to them. If you're curious, google "Amy Winehouse" and surf for a while and you'll see what I mean.

And, oh yeah -- the Chris Crocker jokes make me LOLz.

Peace.

By: sncreducer

sncreducer — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:11:35 +0000

Wow. DHMBIB takes the honorary Chris Crocker prize for most vocal defense of a pop star who’s obviously lost it.

By: Kittenish has gone to the dogs...

Kittenish has gone to the dogs... — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:13:34 +0000

@DHMBIB: The “Beat It” video was just AWESOME. Ms. Winehouse is such a mess.

By: Ceiling Cat

Ceiling Cat — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:33:17 +0000

@DHMBIB: Ok, well, no, I had not ever seen her perform before. Thanks for your perspective. And the clips! And the euphamisms! Anyhow, I have no problem with her. It just seemed weird. You know.

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:13:41 +0000

@Ned Raggett: @Ned Raggett: I'm uploading my video now. But my "tears dry on their own"...

By: musicisart

musicisart — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:03:11 +0000

poor amy :(

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:44:24 +0000

(That was to DHMBIB)

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:43:44 +0000

So basically you’re saying “LEAVE AMY ALONE!”

By: amandacobra

amandacobra — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:40:54 +0000

@DHMBIB:

The version of "Beat It" does take the slurry cake. But I doubt she is so much bored of performing the same song the same way every time as much as wishing every second while she is singing that she was instead backstage in the warm embracing arms of Mr. Brownstone.

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:35:17 +0000

@WhosWho: @Thierry: @Ceiling Cat: @cockfightbarmitzvah: @dirty_snowflake: [etc.] Okay, seriously. It seems many of Idolator's commenters have never seen or heard Amy perform live [or via YouTube]. This performance was a little wobbly, but not really that "far removed" from the manner in which she usually performs "Back To Black". For example, here's Amy performing B2B in Amsterdam a week-and-a-half ago [sorry about the wobbliness of the video -- obviously taken on a camera phone]:

[www.youtube.com]

Also, I suspect Amy, like most artists, gets tired of performing a song the same way every time. It's understandable she would freestyle a bit.

Here's Amy earlier this year before she had gone critical- and tabloid-nuclear:

[www.youtube.com]

And again about six months ago [added bonus -- she drinks during the breakdown!]:

[www.youtube.com]

And finally, here's Amy doing an acoustic rendition for mtvU's House Band:

[www.mtvu.com]

Sorry for all the links -- yes, I'm a FanBoy! I admit it! -- but really, you haven't seen Amy really trainwreck a live performance if you haven't seen what she did to "Beat It" on The Charlotte Church Show a year ago:

[www.youtube.com]

@SidheDragon: Thank you!

By: cassidy2099

cassidy2099 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:27:05 +0000

@ SIDHEDRAGON
A tad hard? Really? She didn’t say a single word, just mewled for four minutes. If she hadn’t done something like this a million times before, this would be even more embarrassing. As it stands, it’s wacked out Amy Winehouse appearance #78.

By: SidheDragon

SidheDragon — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:02:07 +0000

Okay, I think folks are being a tad hard on her. I liked her performance. It doesn’t look anything like I expected judging by the critique. Love her. And let’s get off her nuts, okay?

By: graeffufighting

graeffufighting — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:00:41 +0000

Speaking of SNL sketches, does anyone else think that Winehouse's performance sounded remarkably like this [youtube.com] ?

By: dirty_snowflake

dirty_snowflake — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:55:58 +0000

Or rather slur it.

By: dirty_snowflake

dirty_snowflake — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:55:38 +0000

And I’lllll go back to black tar…sing it Honey.

By: h_a_l

h_a_l — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:49:56 +0000

@avoncobra: I think I saw no less than a dozen Amy Winehouses at the Halloween Parade. And they all sucked!

By: cockfightbarmitzvah

cockfightbarmitzvah — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:49:50 +0000

Since it was the European Music Awards, I think she was singing most of the song in Esperanto.

By: Ceiling Cat

Ceiling Cat — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:49:47 +0000

@WhosWho: Or words? In any language?