2024-04-16 21:10:03
On July 23, 2011, news shocked the music industry. Amy Winehouse, the British composer born in Southgate in 1983, had died at the age of 27, in what is claimed, between flats and some time later, was alcohol poisoning. She then became part of the 27 Clubthat group that alludes to the age when successful musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Janis Joplin lost their lives.
Recently, his name has returned to the public conversation, thanks to the premiere of his biopic (Back to Black2024) starring Marisa Abela, although not for positive reasons, but rather the director of the film has been criticized for suggesting wrong situations that trivialize and minimize everything that really led to her death.
Despite the bitterness and the recriminations, many people, fans and others who have just met the singer, have heard again or heard for the first time, as the case may be, her songs. The latter, perhaps the most important of all, as it means not only the only thing that remains of her, but it is her entire legacy, probably the only thing for which she should be remembered.
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His musical repertoire, condensed into his own and irreplaceable style, parades crossovers of genres that range between jazz, soul, rhythm and soul, among others. Without distinction: from their debut album, Frank (2003), going through Back to Black (2006) and perhaps even his posthumous album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures (2011), completed with family consent by Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi.
Therefore, we leave a brief selection of the best songs (to know) by Amy Winehouse, for the consideration of the person who writes this and with the opinions of some experts.
Of You Sent Me Flying a Body and Soul
- In My Bed/You Sent Me Flying: third single from their debut album, a particular combination between Soul and R&B.
- I Heard Love Is Blind: song that is part of a demo that not only demonstrates her vocal abilities, but the fact that, since then, she has been working hard to be one of the most prominent artists of the century.
- Stronger Than Me: Opening track from her debut album, written with Salaam Remi, which although it fell to number 71 on the singles chart in London, won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song in terms of music and lyrics.
- Body and Soul: a more current version of the American classic. Amy recorded it with Tony Bennett and, it is said, it was the last song she recorded in the studio.
- Tear Dry On Their Own: with “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” in the background of Winehouse’s original mix, this song, incidentally the fourth single released prior to the release of her second album, can be heard in its best version on her posthumous album.
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2024-04-16 21:10:03