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I would have some serious difficulty calling her anything more than a one hit wonder.
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Not to disagree, but the same could be said of Otis Redding or Jimi Hendrix.
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow]
Not to disagree, but the same could be said of Otis Redding or Jimi Hendrix.
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Perhaps, but Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix had very obvious and notable influence. Amy Winehouse put on a polka dot dress and claimed to be “60’s throwback.” There’s just no actual innovation, or even any real indication that she’s ever listened to a Phil Specter record. The real sound comes from The Dap-Kings, who really deserve the credit for Winehouse’s success.
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow]
Not to disagree, but the same could be said of Otis Redding or Jimi Hendrix.
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No, it couldn’t. She’s had one big hit in the U.S. and that’s it, although in the U.K. it’s a very different story.
[QUOTE=Smid]
I know in this puritan age this might be a controversial opinion, but its nice to see at least one rock star in recent times has tried the Rock N Roll lifestyle with the Drugs included…
I’m not saying I agree with drugs as a solution to anything for anyone, however, I’d rather hear music from someone who has lived the life and had the loss than the souless tinkerings of the likes of Codplay…
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Oh, for sure. Britney’s music would have been completely souless had she not lived a life of drugs, hard living and loss. Someone who hadn’t experienced the lifestyle couldn’t write lyrics like
and
Deep.
[QUOTE=Cluricaun]
They tried to make me breathe in rehab and I said “Wheeze, wheeze wheeze?”
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“Yes, I’ve had fun while turning my lungs to cheese, cheese, cheese.”
To be fair to Smid, Britney probably didn’t write any of those lyrics. I’ve never heard an Amy Winehouse song.
I’m surprised this thread has gone on so long without someone posting these horrifying Amy Winehouse before-and-after pictures.
Serves me right to go pull my lunch out of the microwave between clicking on that link and looking at the pictures. 
[QUOTE=Cazzle]
Oh, for sure. Britney’s music would have been completely souless had she not lived a life of drugs, hard living and loss.
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He didn’t say that lifestyle guaranteed good music, he just said it was a pre-requisite for the sort of music he likes. Given that Winehouse’s biggest hit to date is called “Rehab”, this is somewhat hard to argue with.
Equally, when Chris Martin writes a song entitled “I’m a whiny cockface with a sadistic taste in children’s names”, the world will surely accord him the respect that is due for an opinion well earned. 
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug]
Impetigo? Ringworm? Head lice? Bulimia?
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Think skeevier and more communicable.
[QUOTE=Dead Badger]
Equally, when Chris Martin writes a song entitled “I’m a whiny cockface with a sadistic taste in children’s names”, the world will surely accord him the respect that is due for an opinion well earned.
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In ten years Amy Winehouse will be a footnote (with a few decent songs under her belt) and Coldplay will be the reigning gods of music.
[QUOTE=Justin_Bailey]
with a few decent songs under her belt
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Where they belong!
[QUOTE=evangelinagirl]
One word about her:
Ick.
I am sorry that her lifestyle choices have caused this condition. If this doesn’t serve as a wake up call to her, then nothing will.
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TMZ (guilty pleasure, what can I say) had a picture of her coming out of the hospital -cig in mouth. She is HOPELESS.
[QUOTE=Justin_Bailey]
Coldplay will be the reigning gods of music.
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What a crushingly depressing prospect. Will they have learnt to write a chorus by then?
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow]
Not to disagree, but the same could be said of Otis Redding or Jimi Hendrix.
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Otis Redding was a one hit wonder? Man, I have notbeen paying attention.
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow]
Not to disagree, but the same could be said of Otis Redding or Jimi Hendrix.
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Otis Redding was a one hit wonder? Man, I have notbeen paying attention.
Hey, at least you’ve gone one better than him. 
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
Otis Redding was a one hit wonder? Man, I have notbeen paying attention.
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Actually, you were. 
I counted 15 top 20 hits on the R&B chart for him - and that’s before Dock of the Bay, which came out after he died, and some other posthumous hits. Wikipedia doesn’t give Jimi’s U.S. singles totals that I could see, but he had four top-five albums in the U.S. These guys had short careers for sure, but they weren’t one-hit wonders.
[QUOTE=Marley23]
Actually, you were. I counted 15 top 20 hits on the R&B chart for him - and that’s before Dock of the Bay, which came out after he died, and some other posthumous hits. Wikipedia doesn’t give Jimi’s U.S. singles totals that I could see, but he had four top-five albums in the U.S. These guys had short careers for sure, but they weren’t one-hit wonders.
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Okay, halfway busted. I can cop to that. Otis Redding had lots of hits.
Jimi, however, had exactly one top 40 (U.S.) hit, his cover of Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower.” I see he was much more “popular” (by that measure) in the UK, however.
My point wasn’t the facts of these matters, but that the average radio listener (which as far as Otis Redding goes, I definitely consider myself to be) would not know any differently. Not that I said “could be said” not “is true.”
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow]
Okay, halfway busted. I can cop to that. Otis Redding had lots of hits.
Jimi, however, had exactly one top 40 (U.S.) hit, his cover of Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower.” I see he was much more “popular” (by that measure) in the UK, however.
My point wasn’t the facts of these matters, but that the average radio listener (which as far as Otis Redding goes, I definitely consider myself to be) would not know any differently. Not that I said “could be said” not “is true.”
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So the “average radio listener” has not heard of Purple Haze?? Castles Made of Sand? Foxy Lady? If you’re going by the strictest definition of one-hit wonder and going by the hit charts, I guess you could conclude that he was a one-hit wonder, but I think for practical applications, this just isn’t true.
Gawd, those Amy before/after pics are awful. I mean, I’m sure they juxtaposed the best of the lot with the worst of the lot to get the greatest effect, but still. The only time I’ve looked as disgusting as she does in some of those pics is when I was in intensive care. I think I had a pretty good excuse; she’s just skanky as hell.