*** AMY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY ***

Advantages: The songs have real meaning, easy listening, different style & what a unique voice!
Disadvantages: The swearing could be scaled down & the feeling your aiding towards a bad lifestyle

...INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTIST I think we can quite safely say that everyone knows of Amy Winehouse, but does everyone know about her? Did you know she is the first British female artist to claim 5 Grammy awards in one night? She may be in the tabloids day in day out for things she is getting up to in her personal life but you have to give credit where it is due she is also in the papers a lot because she is good at what she does in her professional life and her album Back to Black represents this. Amy Winehouse was born on the 14th September 1983 in London. Her musical talents were recognised when a demo tape landed in the hands of record label "Island" who instantly signed her up INTRODUCTION TO BACK TO BLACK The album of 11 tracks followed the first album released by Amy titled "Frank" which was released in 2003. Back to Black was...

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Amy, Amy, Amy

Advantages: New fantastic female british RnB artist
Disadvantages: None

...For me the young songstress Amy Winehouse is a prolific performer. The atmosphere which fills out any room when she performs, or even when you play her CD is astounding. Amy Winehouse is a 19 year old who hails from North London, who writes most of her music on guitar. Not only is Amy’s voice reminiscent of a classic 40’s Jazz singer, she incorporates, Jazz, Hip Hop and R’n’B into each song, but instead of following the norm, Amy adds her own unique stamp to each track. For me the fact that music throughout the decades had influenced a young female (who could be twice her age) is amazing, when listening to her raw voice, it sounds like all her troubles in life have emerged through music. When listening to Winehouse’s debut album, Frank, it is not hard to notice the musical influences who of which she has...

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Frank - Amy Winehouse

Advantages: Both contempory and old fashioned sounding,vocally superb & different,Lyrically brilliant &honest.
Disadvantages: None really

...Winehouse is no name for the kind of voice that Amy has! Let's clear this up right now, although some have compared her with Macy Gray-she really only sounds the tiniest amount like her. I think the comparrison serves really to group her amongst other innovative and distinguisahble vocalists. Reviewing Frank her debut album; I will endeavor to be Frank. I am not going to say anything about her public persona as I dont think this is the most interesting or special thing about this lady. I sometimes feel like the media concentrates far too much on the behaviour of a given star instead on really just how good an artist they. In this case I will agree she is probably a bitch (as many of my friends try to convince me) and I have heard some stories from co-workers and friends who went to my school (same school as Amy) and were in her year...

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FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

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Chasing Amy

Advantages: Good story, strong acting, funny, dramatic.
Disadvantages: Drifts slightly at the end.

...Dick and fart jokes. These are the basis for a Kevin Smith film. Whether one finds these funny or not will decide whether one can appreciate Smith?s work as a whole. It?s a shame then that when he attempts to produce something with a little more depth, it?ll generally be written off as more of the same by people who don?t really know the subject matter. Now don?t get me wrong, Chasing Amy still has dick and fart jokes. Not as many as Mallrats or Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, but they are there. However, it?s the rest of the content that makes Chasing Amy a considerably stronger film than anything else Smith made before it and everything that he has done since. The story itself is a simple one. Holden, a comic book writer (Ben Affleck) meets and falls in love with Alyssa, another comic book writer (Joey Lauren Adams), but hits...

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Beehive yourself Amy

Advantages: Absolutely knockout album - packed with talent
Disadvantages: Fab album - shame about the personal life

...Stepping up the Music I am one of those people who say that I appreciate a little bit of everything when it comes to music, and I really do mean it. I have a battered wooden CD case that is propped up by our TV. It matches none of the furniture in my front room (much to my fiancés disgust!), but it has a sentimental value that reminds me of saving up for my Albums with my paper round money, or that Saturday job at the local Co-op. I think it costs me about £5 from a Boot Sale, and it is filled with everything from Tatu to Placebo to Stereophonics, jumping right back to a battered Billie Piper "Honey to the Bee" album. Each album is guaranteed never to be thrown away, as I am a music hoarder and throwing away my albums is like throwing away a fashion addicts Jimmy Choo's! Christmas just gone my fiancé bought me Amy...

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Review of Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

To Be Frank - Get Off The Drugs Amy!

Advantages: Sparkling debut from Winehouse
Disadvantages: One or two weaker links, but nothing drastic

...It's hard to believe that a few years ago, Amy Winehouse was known more for her attitude-filled jazzy music than for her drug and drink problems. Frank was her first album, which I really loved. I've only just dug it back out and I was suprised by how witty, clever and talented Amy used to be before drugs got to her. Frank opens with "Stronger Than Me", a scathing song directed at a boyfriend. Amy throws insults at him in a witty and unforgiving fashion, questioning his manhood and sexuality, spelling out in no uncertain terms that she doesn't view theirs as a serious relationship. Amy makes it clear that she is a talented lyricist by making the focus of this album the frank and honest lyrics rather than the subdued jazz accompaniments. "You Sent Me Flying", the second track, is a highlight of the album for me - there is a certain...

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Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

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Modern jazz/soul classic, is Amy

Advantages: Very cool, majority of tracks outstanding
Disadvantages: Not to everyones taste

...Amy Winehouse seems to be in the news a lot, for her well published issues with drink and drugs, her husband and her 'antics'. I have to say that I was not initially impressed with her music. Then someone suggested I listen to 'Moody's Mood For Love'. I loved it, I will talk a bit more about it later on, suffice to say, in my opinion it is a modern Jazz classic. I have now bought the album on i-tunes. This was her first album, before all the 'rehab' songs etc. So, the tracks, one by one. 1. Intro/Stronger Than Me -------------------------------------------- Quite a strong start, very smokey, bit 'angsty', she does not really sound like any other artist that comes to mind, maybe an octave higher than Billie Holliday. 2. You Sent Me Flying Interesting, eclectic mix of instrumental (bit long), sultry vocals and a bit of Bossa...

paulhanton 06.11.2007 · Read review
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"Amy Macdonald This is your life"

Advantages: Good voice
Disadvantages: Too much Irish Folk

...**Introduction** The Then 20 year old Amy Macdonald became a suprise hit around this time last year when her debut album This is Life was one of the biggest sellers. The Scottish born Macdonald has had some people thinking she was Irish for due to her singing voice having a distinct Irish tone. Here is a little bit about her rise to stardom. She started writing and performing songs at the age of 15 around Glasgow and sent a demo cd away after an NME advert. She was then signed to the production company 'Melodramatic'. She is now with Mercury Records. **This is the life** Released on 30 July 2007 This is the Life is one of those rare albums that took nearly six months to rise to the top of the album charts. The single that caused the huge rise in album sales was undoubtedly This is the life which was the single when the album...

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