Yes, I know we’re all about the YouTubes lately, but watch this and listen and tell me how I could NOT put it up. It’s over mannered, it’s over-rehearsed, it’s overdone (and so is the hair, the makeup, and the reputation as a hellraiser) but it is, nonetheless, astonishing. Lyrics after the jump.
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For you I was the flame,
Love is a losing game
Five story fire as you came,
Love is losing game
One I wish I never played,
Oh, what a mess we made
And now the final frame,
Love is a losing game
Played out by the band,
Love is a losing hand
More than I could stand,
Love is a losing hand
Self professed and profound
Till the chips were down
Know you’re a gambling man
Love is a losing hand
Tho’ I battled blind,
Love is a fate resigned
Memories mar my mind,
Love is a fate resigned
Over futile odds,
And laughed by the Gods
And now the final frame,
Love is a losing game
raincoaster 
At least she didn’t get the Maori face tattoo she was threateneing to get a day ago.
Amazing the capacity that the self-destructive can have for artistic beauty.
I really, seriously hope that it’s nothing more than a record-company induced pose. But I worry, because it’s got a lot of street cred in London; the uberskank outranks everyone else in that culture since Princess Diana died. It’s almost like an overreaction.
nope…not my favourite style of singing. it’s not going on my blog :P~~~ that’ll teach you to dare anyone.
bran likes her though.
Fair enough; it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, and it’s fair to call it wigger. But by god she’s got a nice voice. I hope she lives long enough to become a fearsome old lady like Nina Simone, who was still starting street fights in her eighties.
i love amy winehouse. it’s such a shame she didn’t win…
Didn’t she? She walked offstage with a trophy of some kind.
yeah the voice is great. and I have a sneaking admiration for the eyeliner
I don’t know how she manages to deal with the eyeliner and the beehive while being so wrecked all the time. I can’t do that even when I’m straight!
***But by god she’s got a nice voice. I hope she lives long enough to become a fearsome old lady like Nina Simone, who was still starting street fights in her eighties.***
Hear Hear!
Oh – you mean to tell me you actually posted for her voice and not her racoon eyes?
Nice stuff – loved it.
Yep, I’m not about the tattooed Midge doll look. Just the music.
I love the music but I don’t like the hard rock mama tattooed look.
We are as of one mind in this. She’s got real talent, but I hope this skank thing is just a phase. She’s only 24, there’s plenty of time for her to think better of it, although it’s too late to save the skin on her arms.