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Mar 22, '08 3:34 PM
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Category:	Music
Genre:	R&B
Artist:	Amy Winehouse

I approached this album with apprehension (I mean, she's been on the news for matters that have nothing to do with music), and OH MY GOD!!! Her album is absolutely fantastic! She brings us back to the days of Motown with her sound as well as that beehive and painted eyeliner. Her voice is steeped in the 1960s. Sometimes it's as if I'm listening to Martha and the Vandellas.

She deserved every single Grammy she got, her detractors be damned. If you haven't yet, get yourself a copy.

No, I'm not glorifying her lifestyle... only her music, which is excellent. Fantastic, fantastic music.

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tracyj16 wrote on Mar 22, '08

It's good, isn't it? I, myself, think the album is fantastic also. She's got a knack for music and her voice just stands out from everyone else.

augustine73 wrote on Mar 22, '08

I agree! she maybe a crackhead but this album is so good. check her duet with mutya buena (former sugababes) for B-Boy.

roydv wrote on Mar 23, '08

Really?! Ok ok eto na ako. I'll get a copy. Parang ayoko rin dahil sa lahat ng personal bad press. I was lost in the publicity spin and couldn't decide if the grammy's were just part of the whole winehouse fad. Thanks for posting this.

thisismyutopia wrote on Mar 23, '08

i love love love her!

denise0115 wrote on Mar 23, '08, edited on Mar 23, '08

hhmmm.....interesting. i might actually listen to it. my friend got the album last week. you know, who else is worth listening to? corrine bailey ray, and james morrisson.

cabookaroosmom wrote on Mar 23, '08

Hi Lea. Have been meaning to get her albums. Heard you met Alec yesterday :-) Happy Easter!

feej92 wrote on Mar 23, '08

my favorite track is "You Know I'm No Good"...first heard it during Mad Men promos on AMC, it was my summer 2007 song. couldnt get enough of it. great talent, too bad she's wasting it...

bigsis222 wrote on Mar 23, '08

cabookaroosmom said

Hi Lea. Have been meaning to get her albums. Heard you met Alec yesterday :-) Happy Easter!

I recognized him by the escalators... such a beautiful little boy.

edrick02 wrote on Mar 23, '08

She is really great. Really great. But i hope somebody save her from where she is now otherwise her talent might end up going to waste. Check out her pic in bryanboy's blog here: http://www.bryanboy.com/bryanboy_le_superstar_fab/2008/03/amy-winehouses.html

fitsmangofai wrote on Mar 24, '08

she has really this powerful voice and i really like her music.

her songs are just awesome.♥

cabookaroosmom wrote on Mar 24, '08

Like your little girl. You have an amazing memory!

bigsis222 wrote on Mar 24, '08

cabookaroosmom said

Like your little girl. You have an amazing memory!

Ay sus... he's a carbon copy of you! He was easy to spot!

bigsis222 wrote on Mar 24, '08

feej92 said

my favorite track is "You Know I'm No Good"...first heard it during Mad Men promos on AMC, it was my summer 2007 song. couldnt get enough of it. great talent, too bad she's wasting it...

I know... but she's supposedly been in rehab and is getting her life back together. Hopefully that's true, I'd love for her to make more and more music for years to come.

How are you? And where are you? I'm heading to LA at the end of April, would be nice to catch up.

feej92 wrote on Mar 24, '08

doing good, still in LA running around like a madman :P drop me a line when you're in town!

cabookaroosmom wrote on Mar 24, '08

bigsis222 said

Ay sus... he's a carbon copy of you! He was easy to spot!

Ha ha! If your frighteningly amazing memory recalls my brother Rafa, that's who Alec is a carbon copy of.

bigsis222 wrote on Mar 24, '08

Ohhhhhhh yes, I do remember Rafa... but no. Alec actually reminds me of Katrina, a little bit.

crapgame13 wrote on Mar 24, '08

If you like her, check out her backup band, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

sugahmamma80 wrote on Mar 25, '08

Her impetigo is just so yucky to look at. Check her pics at TMZ.com. I'm not surprised that she got impetigo since historically Brits are known for not taking a bath everyday and she looked so unkempt.

noelcan wrote on Mar 26, '08

Some of the best music i've heard in a long, long while...

wickedtin wrote on Mar 26, '08

bigsis222 said

Ohhhhhhh yes, I do remember Rafa... but no. Alec actually reminds me of Katrina, a little bit.

was just reading... you know the alunans pala. they're close family friends of my tita, so we see them at parties sometimes. those alunan sisters are all so pretty.

macturija wrote on Mar 26, '08

Hope she gets better from her skin disease though. She looks kinda scary nowadays.

bigsis222 wrote on Mar 26, '08

wickedtin said

was just reading... you know the alunans pala. they're close family friends of my tita, so we see them at parties sometimes. those alunan sisters are all so pretty.

Oh yehz, have known them since we were all kids. I don't think Alexi was even born when I met the older ones. Katrina was around 9 or 10, Barni was 8 when we met.

bigsis222 wrote on Mar 26, '08

feej92 said

doing good, still in LA running around like a madman :P drop me a line when you're in town!

Will do! See you soon then!

wickedtin wrote on Mar 27, '08

bigsis222 said

Oh yehz, have known them since we were all kids. I don't think Alexi was even born when I met the older ones. Katrina was around 9 or 10, Barni was 8 when we met.

oh cool! how do you know them? you're closest to barni? funny pa, her husband was my teacher in ateneo for a comm elective one sem, hahahaha. pero he didn't know me. i just really talk to alexi when we see each other.

bigsis222 wrote on Mar 27, '08

Way back when, I was probably closer to Katrina because we were the same age. And Barni knows a lot of the same people I know thanks to her getting involved with Rep.

wickedtin wrote on Mar 29, '08

bigsis222 said

Way back when, I was probably closer to Katrina because we were the same age. And Barni knows a lot of the same people I know thanks to her getting involved with Rep.

ahhh, i see. i didn't know she was into theatre. then again, i don't really know much about her, haha.

thebrilliantclan wrote on Apr 1, '08

Hi Lea! I trust you so I'll buy the album. Sincerely, I love your voice more and I never missed any single concert you've made. I like all your songs and your voice, superb!!!

eohatta wrote on Apr 9, '08

Well, many musicians and singers throughout history have been both extremely talented and extremely self destructive. It seems to be an inclination to pursue the dizzy limit of their humanity and flawed selves that makes them pursue both artistic excellence and toy around with substance abuse and slow death by hedonism.

I suppose I'll try to listen to Amy Winehouse at some point if not outrightly buy her album, since you gave it such a rave review. As to buying it, well, I've got the Evita soundtrack with Madonna on it as my key priority right now. Once I get Evita, life can end for all I care, I will be content.

cjnuque wrote on Apr 13, '08, edited on Apr 13, '08

I totally agree, you have to download the iTunes festival live album... its beyond amazing!

bigsis222 wrote on Apr 14, '08

cjnuque said

I totally agree, you have to download the iTunes festival live album... its beyond amazing!

Oh wow, will do! Thanks!

laranuque wrote on Apr 18, '08

like her Love is a Losing Game and one of my personal fave F*ck Me Pumps...

ahnnabanana wrote on Apr 21, '08

omigosh i just saw this now and got so excited because I AM SUCH A BIG AMY WINEHOUSE FAN. i watched a video of her london concert, out on dvd. she's really... sabaw in between songs. like she'll say things such as, "sorry my voice is fucked up... fucked up... ya'll can have your money back... or i'll just kiss you. on the cheek. because my husband is there." (then she'll sniff or drink alcohol) i love her first album, Frank, too. on what it seems to be permanent repeat is "will you still love me tomorrow?" from the bridget jones soundtrack.