Amy was a friend of mine. We lived near each other and drank in same pub and played pool together. Amy was the most beautiful person you could meet. Sadly hassle from the media and getting involved with the wrong crowd led her to drink and drug abuse that sadly took her life. I miss her daily. R.I.P Amy.
No..actually she was used in the 27 club. Deal with the devil the Hollywierd elite controllers made. She like many have died at 27. Not a conspiracy. This deal is over with now. But other deals are made & stars are sacrificed in many ways.
@@1957PLATO she will be remembered with the greats, and each generation will find her music when they need it, and she will be reborn and live on again and again
To this day, I still can’t listen to Amy Winehouse’s music without shedding tears. Her death is one of the most tragic in music history, and if you know her story you’ll feel what I feel. Watch the movie Documentary “Amy,” and you’ll see that she never really had a chance. No one was on her side and no one really had her back. An alcoholic, heroin and cocaine addict with bulimia, without a support system is unfortunately on numbered days. She was such a sweetheart, and a unique soul. The members of the 27 club are never forgotten and forever legends, but there is just something about the loss of Amy that will forever be a crying shame. R.I.P. Amy Jade Winehouse. 1983-2011
I adored Amy 💔 Her music got me through some dark times. I’ll never forget the day she died - I cried for days.....I couldn’t stop. I always weep when I watch this video....’Back to Black’ was my favourite Amy song 🖤 She was an one off - her voice, her lyrics, her soul and that unbelievably, raw, emotional connection was truly unique. A talent you couldn’t begin to describe - she could sing anything & make it magical. Some of her covers were better than the originals. Donny Hathaway’s ‘I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know’ - th-cam.com/video/362JArvhAqg/w-d-xo.html - mesmerising, haunting and such emotive vocals...basically what she did best. Tragic is an understatement. May her sweet soul Rest In Peace 💔
Ironically enough, Adele and Amy Winehouse actually both went to the same school - and they went onto become good friends. Adele has said she credit "90% of (her) career" to Winehouse as it was Amy who inspired her to learn guitar and write songs.
Several other well known singers and actors also went to the "BRIT School" -- Jessie J, Leona Lewis, Imogen Heap, Tom Holland (Spiderman) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIT_School#Notable_alumni
You rightly say that she’s above Adele. Don’t get me wrong, Adele is genuinely one of the greats, but Amy is sublime, she’s up there in the firmament with Ella, Billie and Dusty et al.
yes, she sought out JAZZ and added other genre's to her talent. BTW: glad you added Dusty - not mentioned enough today. One of the top vocalist to come out of Britain. A little ahead of her time. RIP
A modern Billie Holiday. The rarest of voices that cuts straight through to your soul and another artist that left a tragic wake of what could have been. Love what she left with a passion, passionately want for more. May more young artists find the courage to sing with such defenseless honesty.
The way she makes you feel is partly because she has the most amazingly expressive voice, and peerless phrasing like the jazz greats had - Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, …
Yeah. Few can turn a phrase like that. Nina Simone, Eartha Kitt, Etta James. It's harder in faster music, but some manage it: Christina Aguilera, So Hyang, Morrisette Amon, Celine Dion, Sharon den Adel, Chiara Tricarico, Floor Jansen sometimes ("How's the Heart" acoustic in particular), Emma Heesters ("Vivo por Lei"), and of course the truly great Lara Fabian & Dimash himself.
Dude, it IS her voice and her soul. When she did a duet with Tony Bennet, his jaw dropped to the floor she was so great. Same album, his duet wit Gaga was just another duet.
Her voice is like a drug and I feel like a junkie I can’t get enough she is truly freaking amazing I’m so sorry that she’s gone she went away too young but she’s a vocal goddess
The sad part for those around during that time was we could see it all unraveling right before us. The tabloids were ruthless. She could barely leave her house. The images of her struggles were plastered everywhere and a lot of it was truly shocking. Her ascension was like a rocket ship; the crash was rapid and devastating. We knew it was going to end badly. When it happened it wasn't a surprise but incredibly sad nonetheless.
This mirrors my thoughts exactly. I remember the day she died. I was having a lie in and my Wife came in and told me. My first emotion was anger!! Those scumbag tabloids finally killed her!
Linda Ronstadt just turned 75 and is currently dealing with a disease that took away her ability to sing. Her bday was yesterday. In her honor, please play Your No Good 🙏🏼
I would love you to react to Linda Ronstadt too! Anything she sings is great! Tracks of My Tears, Blue Bayou, Different Drum, You're No Good...Anything!
I absolutely love Amy-I lost my sister due to alcohol poisoning too. Her name was Amy too. I’ve also lost my 2 brothers due to alcoholism and drug addiction. I was in my addiction for 30 years b-4 finally stopping 13 years ago, by the grace of God. Thanks for the reaction!! Please play “Stronger than Me”, I know y’all will love that one. Take care. 🎵
You really need to hear "Rehab". Another great female singer with a stunning voice is Annie Lennox. She started in the group The Eurythmics with songs like "Missionary Man", "Would I Lie To You?", "Angel", "I Need A Man", and "The Miracle Of Love". She went on to a great solo career with songs like "Why", and even won an Oscar for "Into The West" from The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.
@@scottcallanin4456 She she basically said so back in the day. Typical Euro socialist arrogance while she was dressed like a man. Glad you enjoyed your visit to the states.
Amy was an inspiration to Adele, her song Rehab was around her fight with drugs. Amy did a song with Jazz musician Tony Bennett who she really admired as well, she was fan girl'ing over it!. A great female Friday song and a must listen is The Cranberries Zombie, Dolores RIP is brilliant and passionate in this song about the IRA fighting in Ireland and the death of three boys. A cover was done by Bad Wolves in which Dolores was going to feature in but she died the night before taping.
I feel you Jordan, Adele is amazing and has the most beautiful control of her voice, and she sings with passion. But Amy , you get that passion and the pain. She has that grit in her voice that makes you feel the pain too. So proud that these two legends are British
Met Amy in 2009 in the ‘Hawley Arms’ in Camden, London. Me and my friend asked her for a photo, and she ended up buying us a round of beers. What a woman. She has such a spirit and character about her
You SHOULD hear her song love is a losing game. Back to black in acoustic is AWESOME. Also there was a movie called Amy that you should see and youlll understand her music for sure. If I’m not mistaken she wrote most of her music She’s great.
Yes - the video for the acoustic version was done while she was sober so she’s really fking good but you can tell she’s really sad, it’s a whole bittersweet thing
Singing, especially in popular music, isnt solely about technical ability, the ability to transfer emotion is a large part of it, and she excelled at that. Tori Amos is another singer that does a masterful job of transferring emotion, give her a listen one of these fridays. Great Reaction.
She also died at 27 which was the same age of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. She also attended the same School with Jessi J., and Adele that is known as Stage School (The UK Equivalent Of Performing Arts). She was heavily influenced by The 60's Girlbands The Shangri-Las & Ronettes. Her Song "You Know I'm No Good" has been featured on UK Documentaries about Soap Characters.
She always explained in her interviews that a lot of the reasons that she sang like that and those types of songs is because of the music that her parents mostly her dad, had her listening to growing up. All kinds of old jazz, r&b, blues all of it, all of the good stuff. So that's what she grew up singing that's how she learned how to sing. Actually think it had a lot to do with why she liked the bouffant hairstyles.
Not only did Amy go through alot but Amy herself studied the classics like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday. Like Amy was such a jazz snob and was so genius when it combs to studying and interpretation. Her death was sad. I'll never forget how shocked I was when she died.
There is absolutely no doubt, that Amy if she had lived ,would have been an all time great . Her song writing was unbelievable, if you want to hear her, at her heartbreaking best, Listen to her song, Love is a Losing game.
Excellent choice for Female Friday..... It was a sad day when Amy left this world but I'm thankful for the music that she left us with. Thanks for this reaction, guys. I'm so enjoying your Female Fridays. Hoping you are feeling good, Amber..... Take care and be well..... Peace.
The saddest Amy Winehouse song was Love Is A Losing Game. It's hard to listen to it and not feel the conviction that she knew, on some level, that she was doomed. Even though it's not really 'my' music, and while I'd be the first to concede that she was largely the author of her own downfall, I still felt Amy's death very deeply. Guys at work would bring tabloid newspapers in, and for a few years it seemed like she was never off the front pages. You got the impression that their editors had 'smelt' a juicy, scandal-fuelled tragedy in the making, and had her obituary pre-written out in their desk drawers, with the date and age left blank. I got terribly invested in the idea that she was going to beat them all, come through the other side of her troubles and keep singing into a rebellious and disreputable old age. Sadly, it was not to be, and having to admit that the tabloid editors were right all along was one of the most deeply depressing feelings I've ever had about somebody that I didn't know personally. RIP Amy. :-(
I agree with everything you said. I was definitely not surprised she died from an overdose. I was still and still am extremely sad about it though because of her uniquieness
Amy’s problem was that she couldn’t say no. From booze to heroin to crack cocaine and she did it all in front of the press. Somebody, manager, record company, her parents should have intervened.
@@SvenTviking Her father tried repeatedly to save her: the song 'Rehab' is literally about him doing that. The tragic thing is that she actually HAD beaten her drug addiction, but she kept relapsing on alcohol and that, combined with physical weakness due to bulimia and lung problems, was what took her out.
@@MrHws5mp Thing is, we’ve done drugs, I’ve done loads. But I put the limit on Heroin, Crack, Meth, stuff that is really addictive and fucks you up. As I said, Amy just said “yes, yes, yes”. Great talent, but sadly a fucking idiot. As for intervention, I remember how Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith kept off the smack. They actually employed a cop to follow them on tour and arrest them if he saw them with any drugs!
Listen to Amy’s remake of “Will You Still Love Me”, then her originals “You Know I’m No Good”, “Me & Mr Jones”, I think you’ve already reacted to Valerie..there are so many greats by Amy..oh and “Wake Up Alone” is one of my favs, as well!!
Not sure if you have reacted to Love is a losing game by Amy. Love this song. So emotive. She has been gone 10 years this year. God bless her. Amy is very much missed but she is at peace now and she left an amazing music legacy behind for us all to enjoy and remember her.
Amy's voice was incredible. Vocally she's as good as the female jazz legends she grew up listening to. Eg Billie holiday, Sarah Vaughan etc. The household names.
Luv me some Amy! And you said it SO perfectly “she is singing her struggle” and she is taking us with her and we are feeling it which is why it’s SO good!
I have this CD in my car with the lyrics in the cover. The music hits me right in the spinal column then I read the words and went to a deeper level. Love Love Love Amy. 🖤🖤🖤
The best voice to come out in the 2000s.I wonderful singer,an amazing artist.So many fans,so much love from millions,family always with her and travelling with her but NO ONE around to save this kid.One of the best talents to show up in years and although everybody was watching her demize,NO ONE,grabbed hold of her and saved her.In the end a massive tragedy.What a waste,what a crying shame.
Supreme talent. Underrated songwriter. A voice that touches your soul before it reaches your ears. Honest. As real as it gets. I prayed that she’d live longer so we could experience more of her music. How selfish of me. That’s how much I loved her as an artist. Gone too soon. Rest in peace Amy. Finally.
Loved your reaction. Amber first of all your absolute beautiful, congratulations on baby boy. I love that you research music videos, I feel it gives song more meaning to first time listeners. Feel of the times when song was written.
"Back To Black" is nigh on the perfect album. From "Rehab" through "Love Is A Losing Game" to "Addicted" Amy doesn't put a single musical foot wrong. It is so sad that many artists need their inner demons in order to produce music that moves the world. Amy burned brightly and the world is a better place for having had her in it.
Amy had stated in an interview, that all her young life growing up, her father played almost nothing but Frank Sinatra in their home and she thought that this must have been an influence and gave a lot to her musical style. Her smoothness and relaxed rhythm.
She worked on music since a child. She writes most of her songs based on her life, she played jazz guitar very well and then there is that voice. She idolized the jazz greats and added some other genre's, too. Tony Bennet did a duet with her and said she was his favorite singer ever. WOW. She won SONG OF THE Year for this song. You should see her reaction when she did, it's so emotionally raw. Would suggest seeing the documentary on her " AMY" ( make sure you get the one doc with just this name) which tells her story pretty well AND you get to hear more music, see her perform, hear her issues, etc. Basically she was too fragile for the full on fame she got. RIP Amy
📢📢📢I agree, Jordan; she IS above Adelle. I think you would even want to react to this song again; her ACOUSTIC version; soul shattering and pure fire and you get to hear the words the video version blocks out; gives that extra punch. Even if you just listen to it for yourself off camera.
Adele is eating her scraps. Adele may be a talented singer and she can write her own songs, but Amy was a genius singer and genius writer. It’s like comparing Dalí with Banksy.
I'm always impressed with how much feeling, & such a variety of feeling, Amy Winehouse puts into the repetition of the word "black." That A is a caustic & difficult vowel to sing. She leans into the awkwardness of that sound & imbues it with so much pain.
My favorite reaction ever anywhere on youtube...yes i cried listening to her. I have loved this song for years...and to have yall react to this was a gift to me. Dang i love yall!!! Love yall's insight and respect for all the artists you react to is above reproach...fan for life!!!
Amy Winehouse was definitely a rare talent. Such a tragic loss. On a different note, y'all need to check out Samantha Fish. She's got a similar bluesy voice and plays guitar like a rock goddess! I'd recommend "Either Way I Lose" or "Blood in the Water" . For something more upbeat - "It's Your Voodoo Working", "Poor Black Mattie" or "Miles To Go" (she plays a cigar box guitar on this one).
For Female Friday I HIGHLY recommend Melissa Etheridge. She's like a mix of Janis Joplin and Bruce Springsteen. She sings with such conviction. You can just FEEL her emotions in her music.
Amy was a big fan of one of the greatest 1960's girl groups "The Shangri-La's." Most of their songs were dark, and played out like mini-operas or novellas. They were a big inspiration to Amy.
she loved and used different genre's to add to her jazz talent. Loved Motown, R & B and others. She then incorporated that into her voice, arrangements, performance, etc. Massively talented at such a young age.
If you get a chance, listen to her live acoustic version of "Back to Black". She really puts her emotion out there, with just her and her guitar player. It's almost impossible to listen to it and not feel the tears welling up.
Love AW, by the way. But something about her voice always makes me think of Shirley Bassey. Give “Goldfinger” - there’s a good TH-cam vid of Shirley’s 1974 performance of it at Royal Albert Hall - a listen sometime.
Amy was a friend of mine. We lived near each other and drank in same pub and played pool together. Amy was the most beautiful person you could meet. Sadly hassle from the media and getting involved with the wrong crowd led her to drink and drug abuse that sadly took her life. I miss her daily. R.I.P Amy.
thank you for bein amy's friend. and thank you that you made that with her and nice to her. :)
No..actually she was used in the 27 club. Deal with the devil the Hollywierd elite controllers made. She like many have died at 27. Not a conspiracy. This deal is over with now. But other deals are made & stars are sacrificed in many ways.
Her addictive nature and use of substances started long before her becoming famous, but fame certainly exacerbated all of her problems.
"Amy was my friend" is the new "I used to run with the Krays"
Imagine lying for imaginery approval in yt comments
Amy Winehouse was a once in a generation talent, sadly taken far, far before her time. God she was incredible.
Word. She was the Edith Piaf of her time.
@@1957PLATO she will be remembered with the greats, and each generation will find her music when they need it, and she will be reborn and live on again and again
She wrote this in one hour. One hour. Because they needed another song for the album... A masterpiece.
As Amy would say, that's total bollocks.
Tony Bennet said Amy was the best female jazz singer he ever sang with, and he has sung with ALL of them.
Tony sang with Judy Garland, so that’s quite the compliment.
*Í don´t give a shit about tony b < R!CkY*
@@user-us5pv8zw3z *i don´t care 4 thAt tony ..?*
To this day, I still can’t listen to Amy Winehouse’s music without shedding tears.
Her death is one of the most tragic in music history, and if you know her story you’ll feel what I feel.
Watch the movie Documentary “Amy,” and you’ll see that she never really had a chance.
No one was on her side and no one really had her back.
An alcoholic, heroin and cocaine addict with bulimia, without a support system is unfortunately on numbered days.
She was such a sweetheart, and a unique soul. The members of the 27 club are never forgotten and forever legends, but there is just something about the loss of Amy that will forever be a crying shame.
R.I.P. Amy Jade Winehouse. 1983-2011
I adored Amy 💔 Her music got me through some dark times. I’ll never forget the day she died - I cried for days.....I couldn’t stop.
I always weep when I watch this video....’Back to Black’ was my favourite Amy song 🖤
She was an one off - her voice, her lyrics, her soul and that unbelievably, raw, emotional connection was truly unique. A talent you couldn’t begin to describe - she could sing anything & make it magical. Some of her covers were better than the originals. Donny Hathaway’s ‘I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know’ - th-cam.com/video/362JArvhAqg/w-d-xo.html - mesmerising, haunting and such emotive vocals...basically what she did best.
Tragic is an understatement. May her sweet soul Rest In Peace 💔
She stopped doing drugs in 2008, alcohol was her biggest problem.
@@theboricuaboy Her boyfriend was her biggest problem.
Miss her so much. ❤
Ironically enough, Adele and Amy Winehouse actually both went to the same school - and they went onto become good friends. Adele has said she credit "90% of (her) career" to Winehouse as it was Amy who inspired her to learn guitar and write songs.
The first time I heard Adele I thought it was Amy.
Several other well known singers and actors also went to the "BRIT School" -- Jessie J, Leona Lewis, Imogen Heap, Tom Holland (Spiderman) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIT_School#Notable_alumni
why is any of this ironic? fxxxxxxxing mungo Jerry right here
Only because he clearly didn’t know this fact and he mentioned Adele when watching Amy Winehouse. Irony is a situational thing.
I wonder where Amy would be now ?
You rightly say that she’s above Adele. Don’t get me wrong, Adele is genuinely one of the greats, but Amy is sublime, she’s up there in the firmament with Ella, Billie and Dusty et al.
yes, she sought out JAZZ and added other genre's to her talent. BTW: glad you added Dusty - not mentioned enough today. One of the top vocalist to come out of Britain. A little ahead of her time. RIP
Angelina might be joining that list
I know why the comparison happens but god damn is it not close between amy and adele, adele WISHES.
SO glad u mentioned Dusty Springfield, she doesn’t get enough shine. Her vocals were so unique, simply brilliant 🤯
, nothing close to Alede,Amy left Adele in her dust.Amy have nobody close to her talent yet She haunt's you
A modern Billie Holiday. The rarest of voices that cuts straight through to your soul and another artist that left a tragic wake of what could have been. Love what she left with a passion, passionately want for more. May more young artists find the courage to sing with such defenseless honesty.
"Tears Dry on Their Own" is incredible. Her voice is haunting and beautiful.
Yes, that is a good one
Close to my heart that one. She hit a note in that that reminded me of Aretha Franklin.
Always on my playlists. 👍👍👍
YESSS omg
The way she makes you feel is partly because she has the most amazingly expressive voice, and peerless phrasing like the jazz greats had - Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, …
Amen!
Yeah. Few can turn a phrase like that. Nina Simone, Eartha Kitt, Etta James. It's harder in faster music, but some manage it: Christina Aguilera, So Hyang, Morrisette Amon, Celine Dion, Sharon den Adel, Chiara Tricarico, Floor Jansen sometimes ("How's the Heart" acoustic in particular), Emma Heesters ("Vivo por Lei"), and of course the truly great Lara Fabian & Dimash himself.
Etta James is another top notch female. It's old school but still stands the test of times
Truth!
Dude, it IS her voice and her soul. When she did a duet with Tony Bennet, his jaw dropped to the floor she was so great. Same album, his duet wit Gaga was just another duet.
I will add, that you have to hear the duet. But clean the floor so when your jaw hits it, it won't get dirty.
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Her voice is like a drug and I feel like a junkie I can’t get enough she is truly freaking amazing I’m so sorry that she’s gone she went away too young but she’s a vocal goddess
“Rehab” is a must. Most popular of hers that I know of because I don’t listen to her in general but know this song.
No. No. No.
Why wouldn’t you listen to her in general? Her voice and music is amazing and unique
Agree 100% and especially tragic with how real life turned out.
Listen dingy...
It's a perfect song for you guys. It has the soulful voice of Amy and it has plenty of horns that Amber loves to groove to. Rehab is a must
The sad part for those around during that time was we could see it all unraveling right before us. The tabloids were ruthless. She could barely leave her house. The images of her struggles were plastered everywhere and a lot of it was truly shocking. Her ascension was like a rocket ship; the crash was rapid and devastating. We knew it was going to end badly. When it happened it wasn't a surprise but incredibly sad nonetheless.
@Calisparkz2 That was probably the gig in Belgrade, her last ever gig, a month before she died.
How could we? How could we have been so careless and uncaring to let this little girl pass away, when so many of us loved her so?
This mirrors my thoughts exactly. I remember the day she died. I was having a lie in and my Wife came in and told me. My first emotion was anger!! Those scumbag tabloids finally killed her!
See the movie, her dad was a scumbag.
I watched her Glastonbury performance. She got booed!! She was 100% better than any other performer even at her worst.
Her "Love is a losing game" always breaks my heart for her!!
Amy Winehouse is one of the very, very few musicians who leave me speechless with awe.
Amy was part of the British Girls Soul Invasion which also included Adele, Corrine Bailey Rae, Jesse J, Joss Stone, Duffy, and others.
Ohhh Corinne Bailey Rae❤ Dont if they're a bit to cheeky but Kate Nash and Lily Allen.
Joss Stone is amazing love her.♥️
Duffy.
All of them...Brilliant!!!
Jessie J, yikes
Linda Ronstadt just turned 75 and is currently dealing with a disease that took away her ability to sing. Her bday was yesterday. In her honor, please play Your No Good 🙏🏼
Lord now I feel old. Send love and light to Linda.
Blue Bayou also good
Heat Wave!!
Desperado!!!
I would love you to react to Linda Ronstadt too! Anything she sings is great! Tracks of My Tears, Blue Bayou, Different Drum, You're No Good...Anything!
I absolutely love Amy-I lost my sister due to alcohol poisoning too. Her name was Amy too. I’ve also lost my 2 brothers due to alcoholism and drug addiction. I was in my addiction for 30 years b-4 finally stopping 13 years ago, by the grace of God. Thanks for the reaction!! Please play “Stronger than Me”, I know y’all will love that one. Take care. 🎵
Be proud of yourself. Awful beast to fight you are a warrior ❤ Love from Australia
I mean, let’s not forget the arrangement of this song,it’s incredible songwriting with the best musicians and stunning production…
So very true. Excellent production. Top notch. They actually matched her talent.
You really need to hear "Rehab". Another great female singer with a stunning voice is Annie Lennox. She started in the group The Eurythmics with songs like "Missionary Man", "Would I Lie To You?", "Angel", "I Need A Man", and "The Miracle Of Love". She went on to a great solo career with songs like "Why", and even won an Oscar for "Into The West" from The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.
What would be really cool is a back to back with (I Love to Listen to) Beethoven then I need a Man since the videos go together.
She was a bitch who hated Americans.
@@blacklight4460 how do you know this??,im curious because im a fellow glasgow citizen,and when i holidayed in florida and i loved the u.s.a .
@@scottcallanin4456 She she basically said so back in the day. Typical Euro socialist arrogance while she was dressed like a man. Glad you enjoyed your visit to the states.
I'm a fan of "Walking on Broken Glass"
Amy was an inspiration to Adele, her song Rehab was around her fight with drugs. Amy did a song with Jazz musician Tony Bennett who she really admired as well, she was fan girl'ing over it!. A great female Friday song and a must listen is The Cranberries Zombie, Dolores RIP is brilliant and passionate in this song about the IRA fighting in Ireland and the death of three boys. A cover was done by Bad Wolves in which Dolores was going to feature in but she died the night before taping.
In a Tony Bennet interview he said Amy was one of the greatest singers he ever sang with.
@@johnjames6980 Once in a lifetime talent
@@louisdeganay2115 completely agree!
I feel you Jordan, Adele is amazing and has the most beautiful control of her voice, and she sings with passion. But Amy , you get that passion and the pain. She has that grit in her voice that makes you feel the pain too. So proud that these two legends are British
Met Amy in 2009 in the ‘Hawley Arms’ in Camden, London. Me and my friend asked her for a photo, and she ended up buying us a round of beers. What a woman. She has such a spirit and character about her
You SHOULD hear her song love is a losing game. Back to black in acoustic is AWESOME. Also there was a movie called Amy that you should see and youlll understand her music for sure. If I’m not mistaken she wrote most of her music She’s great.
YAS!!!!
Yes - the video for the acoustic version was done while she was sober so she’s really fking good but you can tell she’s really sad, it’s a whole bittersweet thing
In my opinion, she’s a female crooner. 💔 Heartbreak anthem queen.
Crooner...that's the word i was looking for! She has that singing style from like the 1920s or something.
Torch singer.
Beautiful person, beautiful voice. So unique and missed! She had so much to give. RIP she just sang so effortlessly
One of my favourite videos of Amy is where she sings "Body and Soul" with Tony Bennett. Pure class.
YES!!!!!!
Totally agree with you. The duet with Tony Bennett is sublime.
Singing, especially in popular music, isnt solely about technical ability, the ability to transfer emotion is a large part of it, and she excelled at that. Tori Amos is another singer that does a masterful job of transferring emotion, give her a listen one of these fridays. Great Reaction.
Eva Cassidy was also very good at that. R.i.p. Eva.
Ah yes, people should definitely check out Tori Amos… for many tracks, but her cover of I Don’t Like Mondays in particular will always slay me
She also died at 27 which was the same age of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. She also attended the same School with Jessi J., and Adele that is known as Stage School (The UK Equivalent Of Performing Arts). She was heavily influenced by The 60's Girlbands The Shangri-Las & Ronettes. Her Song "You Know I'm No Good" has been featured on UK Documentaries about Soap Characters.
27 is a rough age. You are about to exit young adulthood and enter real adulthood. You made it ... Or you didn't. Sadly, she didn't.
Crazy...world
Brian Jones of Rolling Stones too at 27
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIT_School#Notable_alumni
Old news. We all know this!
She always explained in her interviews that a lot of the reasons that she sang like that and those types of songs is because of the music that her parents mostly her dad, had her listening to growing up. All kinds of old jazz, r&b, blues all of it, all of the good stuff. So that's what she grew up singing that's how she learned how to sing. Actually think it had a lot to do with why she liked the bouffant hairstyles.
She's 💯 my favourite singer. She is so missed.
Amy makes me cry, you can hear the pain and the resignation.
She's one of my all time favorites too.
RIP Amy
This is my favourite of all Amy's songs, my heart breaks for her, she's laying her soul bare in front of the whole world. 💔💔💔
Its my fav to i live her i love this song
Not only did Amy go through alot but Amy herself studied the classics like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday. Like Amy was such a jazz snob and was so genius when it combs to studying and interpretation. Her death was sad. I'll never forget how shocked I was when she died.
This song just makes me sad. Rest easy, Amy. You’re okay now. ❤️
There is absolutely no doubt, that Amy if she had lived ,would have been an all time great . Her song writing was unbelievable, if you want to hear her, at her heartbreaking best, Listen to her song, Love is a Losing game.
yes, a song writing genius, played jazz guitar well and her singing was so so so incredible. How she controlled that voice is just epic !!
There are many artists that can sing their hearts out, but it's the extraordinary ones that sing their souls out.
London has never got over Amy's passing, she was a working class girl who sang our pain and made us all proud, love and miss you babe xxx
Just listen to Amy sing "Will you still love me tomorrow". Stripped back and stunning.
Lots of good female singers in the UK, but with Amy ,we had a great.
Excellent choice for Female Friday..... It was a sad day when Amy left this world but I'm thankful for the music that she left us with. Thanks for this reaction, guys. I'm so enjoying your Female Fridays. Hoping you are feeling good, Amber..... Take care and be well..... Peace.
The saddest Amy Winehouse song was Love Is A Losing Game. It's hard to listen to it and not feel the conviction that she knew, on some level, that she was doomed.
Even though it's not really 'my' music, and while I'd be the first to concede that she was largely the author of her own downfall, I still felt Amy's death very deeply. Guys at work would bring tabloid newspapers in, and for a few years it seemed like she was never off the front pages. You got the impression that their editors had 'smelt' a juicy, scandal-fuelled tragedy in the making, and had her obituary pre-written out in their desk drawers, with the date and age left blank. I got terribly invested in the idea that she was going to beat them all, come through the other side of her troubles and keep singing into a rebellious and disreputable old age. Sadly, it was not to be, and having to admit that the tabloid editors were right all along was one of the most deeply depressing feelings I've ever had about somebody that I didn't know personally. RIP Amy. :-(
I agree with everything you said. I was definitely not surprised she died from an overdose. I was still and still am extremely sad about it though because of her uniquieness
Amy’s problem was that she couldn’t say no. From booze to heroin to crack cocaine and she did it all in front of the press. Somebody, manager, record company, her parents should have intervened.
@@SvenTviking Her father tried repeatedly to save her: the song 'Rehab' is literally about him doing that. The tragic thing is that she actually HAD beaten her drug addiction, but she kept relapsing on alcohol and that, combined with physical weakness due to bulimia and lung problems, was what took her out.
💜 Beautiful sentiment.💜
@@MrHws5mp Thing is, we’ve done drugs, I’ve done loads. But I put the limit on Heroin, Crack, Meth, stuff that is really addictive and fucks you up. As I said, Amy just said “yes, yes, yes”. Great talent, but sadly a fucking idiot.
As for intervention, I remember how Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith kept off the smack. They actually employed a cop to follow them on tour and arrest them if he saw them with any drugs!
This song gets me every time! Mesmerising voice. Amy was truly unique and wonderful and is sadly missed.
Listen to Amy’s remake of “Will You Still Love Me”, then her originals “You Know I’m No Good”, “Me & Mr Jones”, I think you’ve already reacted to Valerie..there are so many greats by Amy..oh and “Wake Up Alone” is one of my favs, as well!!
Not sure if you have reacted to Love is a losing game by Amy. Love this song. So emotive. She has been gone 10 years this year. God bless her. Amy is very much missed but she is at peace now and she left an amazing music legacy behind for us all to enjoy and remember her.
love is a loosing game is a masterpiece.. the perfect song imho...
I don't think drug addicts go onward to peace at death unless they cried out to God for forgiveness.
Even Tony Bennett could only say "She sings the right way"
And that “She had the full gift”
How special is Amy. God her talent is supernatural. Hugs and sadness she's gone.
Amy's voice was incredible. Vocally she's as good as the female jazz legends she grew up listening to. Eg Billie holiday, Sarah Vaughan etc. The household names.
Love it….next Amy should be “Tears Dry On Their Own”
I love this one, even though you never hear it as often as the others 🎶
and also F*** Me Pumps
Amy's voice is beautiful. I never heard of her until she passed away. It will be 10 years on July 23rd that the world lost this beautiful soul.
Luv me some Amy! And you said it SO perfectly “she is singing her struggle” and she is taking us with her and we are feeling it which is why it’s SO good!
I have this CD in my car with the lyrics in the cover. The music hits me right in the spinal column then I read the words and went to a deeper level. Love Love Love Amy. 🖤🖤🖤
So many great ladies of pain. Billie holiday, nina simone, etta james and ofcourse janis
EVERY SONG by her is worth listening... Rehab, Tears Dry On Their Own, Love Is A Losing Game, Bed,... just to name a few.
Yup. Wish you were still here today, Amy
The best voice to come out in the 2000s.I wonderful singer,an amazing artist.So many fans,so much love from millions,family always with her and travelling with her but NO ONE around to save this kid.One of the best talents to show up in years and although everybody was watching her demize,NO ONE,grabbed hold of her and saved her.In the end a massive tragedy.What a waste,what a crying shame.
Her song "Rehab" is certified Gold.
Classic. 10 years since she passed though :( Tears Dry On Their Own is another fave.
Supreme talent. Underrated songwriter. A voice that touches your soul before it reaches your ears. Honest. As real as it gets. I prayed that she’d live longer so we could experience more of her music. How selfish of me. That’s how much I loved her as an artist. Gone too soon. Rest in peace Amy. Finally.
"Love is a Loosing Game" is my favorite song of Amy and in my opinion one of her best songs.
Rip Amy we lost one of our soulful singer I hope heaven is enjoying you ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Loved your reaction. Amber first of all your absolute beautiful, congratulations on baby boy.
I love that you research music videos, I feel it gives song more meaning to first time listeners. Feel of the times when song was written.
Can I just compliments you both on your excellent and intelligent taste in music, really enjoy and look forward to your reactions.
Y'all touching my personal feelings with this. Big love. Who wouldn't love just to hug her.
The Amy documentary is heart breaking. Love her
yes, it also gave us more vocals and insight. I saw the "amy" one streaming. There are more, even here on YT, but AMY is considered the better one.
Amber your fav of these female singers is Janis Joplin.
“Summertime” is her best song. That’s your ish guarantee it.
I'll second that!
Summertime and also Me and Bobby McGee.
"Back To Black" is nigh on the perfect album. From "Rehab" through "Love Is A Losing Game" to "Addicted" Amy doesn't put a single musical foot wrong.
It is so sad that many artists need their inner demons in order to produce music that moves the world.
Amy burned brightly and the world is a better place for having had her in it.
I can’t listen to Amy without tearing up. What an amazing artist.
I would class her voice as soul jazz
"Something To Talk About" by Bonnie Raitt... A fun song for Female Friday.
Yes! And I Can’t Make You Love Me…
Yes!
@@littleogeechee223 "I can't make you love me" is one of the most beautiful, saddest songs ever!!!
@@randomlibra It sure is, and I’ve never heard any other singer sing it as beautifully as Bonnie.
Yup, I strongly push for Bonnie too!!!
One of the all time greatest, She just melts your heart ❤️ I
She is simply amazing, what a voice. I never get tired of hearing her sing. You can feel her pain. May she sleep with all the angels😔🙏💕
Heart's 'Alone' is a must for female Friday's.
Anything with Ann and Nancy.. my two favorites are Love Alive (with Michael on drums) and Bebe Le Strange.
We lost her so young- think of the music we could have had. RIP Amy
a person died- someone who had true friends, loved ones, etc. that are so saddened and touched.
Goose bumps, yes!
Fantastic reaction and video!
Amy had stated in an interview, that all her young life growing up, her father played almost nothing but Frank Sinatra in their home and she thought that this must have been an influence and gave a lot to her musical style. Her smoothness and relaxed rhythm.
Amber has some priceless reactions on this song. Girl, you are truly feeling that song.
I have a recommendation for a female Friday. The song is Ode to Billy Joe by Bobbie Gentry. I think you will like it.
I thought about this song also! Good choice.
TY for this video. I have not been able to watch any of Amy's videos since she passed, it just hurt. She was something very special.
She worked on music since a child. She writes most of her songs based on her life, she played jazz guitar very well and then there is that voice. She idolized the jazz greats and added some other genre's, too. Tony Bennet did a duet with her and said she was his favorite singer ever. WOW. She won SONG OF THE Year for this song. You should see her reaction when she did, it's so emotionally raw. Would suggest seeing the documentary on her " AMY" ( make sure you get the one doc with just this name) which tells her story pretty well AND you get to hear more music, see her perform, hear her issues, etc. Basically she was too fragile for the full on fame she got. RIP Amy
📢📢📢I agree, Jordan; she IS above Adelle. I think you would even want to react to this song again; her ACOUSTIC version; soul shattering and pure fire and you get to hear the words the video version blocks out; gives that extra punch. Even if you just listen to it for yourself off camera.
Adele is eating her scraps. Adele may be a talented singer and she can write her own songs, but Amy was a genius singer and genius writer. It’s like comparing Dalí with Banksy.
Amy Winehouse I love ❤ her music and can connect to it, do Amy Winehouse will you still love me tomorrow
Such a talented, haunting and haunted singer
I'm always impressed with how much feeling, & such a variety of feeling, Amy Winehouse puts into the repetition of the word "black." That A is a caustic & difficult vowel to sing. She leans into the awkwardness of that sound & imbues it with so much pain.
Cheers to you guys for checkin out these gems!Amy was a good'n!
Patti Smith Group "Gloria"
'Wake Up Alone' by Amy Winehouse is a hauntingly beautiful song. Love the Beastie Boys t-shirt! ✌️💖
Amber. Love you! Have a safe delivery! Jay, it's emotional, you feel her pain, as I do.
My favorite reaction ever anywhere on youtube...yes i cried listening to her. I have loved this song for years...and to have yall react to this was a gift to me. Dang i love yall!!! Love yall's insight and respect for all the artists you react to is above reproach...fan for life!!!
Amy Winehouse was definitely a rare talent. Such a tragic loss.
On a different note, y'all need to check out Samantha Fish. She's got a similar bluesy voice and plays guitar like a rock goddess! I'd recommend "Either Way I Lose" or "Blood in the Water" . For something more upbeat - "It's Your Voodoo Working", "Poor Black Mattie" or "Miles To Go" (she plays a cigar box guitar on this one).
For Female Friday I HIGHLY recommend Melissa Etheridge. She's like a mix of Janis Joplin and Bruce Springsteen. She sings with such conviction. You can just FEEL her emotions in her music.
Agreed. Try “Somebody Bring Me Some Water” or “Come to My Window.”
Anything off her first two albums please.
@@ActuallyLET I'm the Only One, Bring me Some Water, I Want to Come Over, Like the Way I Do, Your Little Secret
Agreed. Bring me some water or Like the Way I do would be good first songs for her. But she has so many more!
Come To My Window
She sounds like Billie Holiday...
Adore her still.
candles that burn twice as bright, only last half as long, that candle outshone the sun ! R.I.P, it was an honour meeting you, and knowing you XXX
I’ve always liked her song You Know I’m no Good.👍👍( thanks guys for the correction🤗)
Definitely My Favorite!!!
I think it’s “I’m No Good”
@@barbarafrazier3242 Yes, I was just about to type that, lol.
Amy was a big fan of one of the greatest 1960's girl groups "The Shangri-La's." Most of their songs were dark, and played out like mini-operas or novellas. They were a big inspiration to Amy.
she loved and used different genre's to add to her jazz talent. Loved Motown, R & B and others. She then incorporated that into her voice, arrangements, performance, etc. Massively talented at such a young age.
I hope she knew how much she was loved. ❤️
This time I’m going to comment before, and after. THIS SONG…… AMY!!! Yes!
If you get a chance, listen to her live acoustic version of "Back to Black". She really puts her emotion out there, with just her and her guitar player. It's almost impossible to listen to it and not feel the tears welling up.
Love AW, by the way. But something about her voice always makes me think of Shirley Bassey. Give “Goldfinger” - there’s a good TH-cam vid of Shirley’s 1974 performance of it at Royal Albert Hall - a listen sometime.
Jordan , we are all tuned like instruments. You have found Your inner frequency zone.
When the music is good , we dance ✌🏼💚☕
You two are going to make an amazing baby! Gonna be a world changer