Kept his dick wet
With his same old safe bet
Me and my head high
And my tears dry
Get on without my guy
You went back to what you knew
So far removed
From all that we went through
And I tread a troubled track
My odds are stacked
I go back to black
We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to...
I go back to us
I love you much
It's not enough
You love blow, and I love puff
And life is like a pipe
And I'm a tiny penny
Rolling up the walls inside
We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to...
We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to...
Black, black, black, black...
Black, black, black...
I go back to...
I go back to...
We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to...
We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to black
Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues, reggae and jazz.
A member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra during her youth, Winehouse signed to Simon Fuller's 19 Management in 2002 and soon recorded a number of songs before signing a publishing deal with EMI. She also formed a working relationship with producer Salaam Remi through these record publishers. Winehouse's debut album, Frank, was released in 2003. Many of the album's songs were influenced by jazz and, apart from two covers, were co-written by Winehouse. Frank was a critical success in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. The song "Stronger Than Me" won her the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
Winehouse released her follow-up album, Back to Black, in 2006, which went on to become an international success and one of the best-selling albums in UK history. At the 2007 Brit Awards, it was nominated for British Album of the Year and Winehouse received the award for British Female Solo Artist. The song "Rehab" won her a second Ivor Novello Award. At the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008, she won five awards, tying the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night and becoming the first British woman to win five Grammys. These included three of the General Field "Big Four" Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year (for "Rehab"), as well as Best Pop Vocal Album.
Winehouse struggled with substance abuse, mental illness and addiction. She died of alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011, at the age of 27. Her brother believed that bulimia was also to blame. After her death, Back to Black briefly became the UK's best-selling album of the 21st century. VH1 ranked Winehouse 26th on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music. Her life and career was dramatised in a 2024 biopic, Back to Black directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.
Thanks Peter, if I may use your first name only!
"Pseudo-intellectual"? Uoch! "Claptrap", though, I couldn't agree more. However, this is the only forum I feel comfortable writing on - there are no other "sites like this". Anyone who listens to RP can't be all that bad!
When I write anything here, it's just to get away from my work for a minute or two, there's no way I would submit this to a stricter forum, I'm aware by now I will never be a writer. I merely thought the poster I was responding to was a bit over the mark (i.e. it's not "incredibly bad"). Similarly, a "musical genius, full stop" is a comment that doesn't help me understand Amy Winehouse's overwhelming appeal. While I respect both opinions as valid, if extreme, my feelings are tempered by the experience that surveys of the "Best song of the year", "Best singer of the year", and so on, are usually won by the same artists who come top in the "Worst song of the year" category. But I believe it's possible to have a more balanced view. The music I like is a subject I am the world authority on. Another such subject is the set of reasons why I like or dislike particular music - personal opinions, of course, I wouldn't dare tell anyone else what to think, only try to express what I think. So I don't believe I'm exceeding my remit. My own tastes can change, not only according to age or mood, but also depending on new ways of seeing that may come to light. And that's all I'm waiting for: some reasoned debate.
I really would love to share your passion for Amy Winehouse. I feel like I'm missing out - like so many times before (I never understood Nirvana till after Cobain died. Yeah, go ahead, slaughter me!). But I'm open to finding out why Amy is considered a genius. There must be something more than just a feeling - that you either get it or you don't - mustn't there?
I had a very different view of Amy Winehouse before I watched the documentary "Amy." Changed my view and led me to appreciate her music so much more. It's like looking at art, you miss out on so much if you don't know the backstory. Her music is not nearly as haunting as her story. Granted, the documentary makers would ostensibly be part of the "media" as a whole, but it's truly discouraging what mainstream media did to Amy, aided and abetted by truly disgusting people in her life (boyfriends, managers, father...) who exploited her and then discarded her. The haunting melodies are a sliver of what a haunting memory she left behind. And so the music now has a depth I never would have expected and I'm suddenly, unabashedly, a big fan. On a personal and professional level, I'm more compassionate towards people with addiction now than I was before. Thanks, Amy.
I had a very similar path to becoming a fan of Amy Winehouse, but from a different perspective.
I was diagnosed with chronic depression at the tender age of 52, and followed the same self-treatment as my father had - drink more alcohol.
I listened to Amy Winehouse on commercial radio, watched her collect her mittfull of Grammies, and then followed her gradual collapse through the media "reports", including the jokes made about her on late night talk shows. I now remorsefully regret, that I even bought into their message, that Amy was just another self-destructive talented spoiled-by-success music idol.
Needless to say, my own humbling crash in my 50's changed my perspective on both depression (which I had always thought was just a great excuse to get time off work) and alcoholism (which I had also thought was just a self-imposed problem caused by a lack of self-discipline). I now know that they are both very debilitating ( and often compatible) diseases. Some of us respond to treatment (I'm now 3 years sober), while others suffer longer and die with, or because of, these diseases. Amy was one of the celebrities who succumbed to her diseases and left this planet while still in her prime.
Her music now means much more to me, especially this song. My hope is that her life and her music serve as a lesson to others going forward, so that we learn to treat others with more love and compassion than she was shown.
But opinions about people? "You're an idiot." "So are you" - frankly, that's boring and juvenile.
If you've got a critique ("That drummer sounds like it's his first gig!") I'm totally with you.
And it would be even great to respond with "Not for me; I really love that laid back drumming."
But it's wrong to attack each other when we express our opinion.
But you shouldn't have to know anything about the artist to appreciate the art.
Context is always relevant. Your mood, the weather, who is listening to the music with you, your relationship status....it all matters. Every single thing. No human lives in a vacuum. So, I'd dare counter that no art exists to appeal to the completely objective; since it cannot exist.
Understanding the artist consistently adds to the pallet of their art.
Listening to Amy Winehouse, in any capacity, seems exploitative and slimy, regardless of the quality of the music or voice or whatever. I just feel icky.
Before she was a drug-addled caricature of herself, she was a brilliant young singer. Addiction is a powerful thing that some cannot shake
No more criticism for her than any of the other musical greats who died an untimely death.
I was running the Vienna marathon one year and I hadn't been feeling well the day before and I certainly wasn't feeling well around kilometer 30. This song started playing though the loudspeaker system and it instantly changed my mood to hope. So that is another reason why I have a special affection for this song. Amy picked me up and got me going.
Yes there is, it'd be you!
some of those around her contributed greatly to her issues
Bad news all around
Like far too many artists, exploited by those she should have been able to trust. See also - Freddy, Elton, Elvis. Probably countless others.
Talent taken too young. Tragedy.