ON YOUR LEFT we have a 20-year old super-fine blues singer.
AMY WINEHOUSE.
Her songwriting includes big hits "Eff Me Pumps," "Love Is a Losing Game," and "Rehab."
Look what happened to her. Makes the "Britney" story line blase.
BTW, something nonpartisan: The simple "Just Say No" line is exactly what works best for Amy.
News as of last week is that she's about half way back from the coultergeist days. Jailing a pusher and hiring bodyguards turned the corner.
Pray for Amy. She's Cockney England's gift to the blues.
YouTube pointers:
Unplugged "Valerie," a blues masterpiece.
Amy doing "Love Is a Losing Game" at Mercury Awards.
"You Know That I'm No Good" bomb shell.
"Valerie" is blues singing at the highest level. There is no separation between this singer and her material. YouTube has a ton of her stuff.
Example of her work is this piece for her English bar girl friends.
"Eff Me Pumps" attacks phony values sold to Brit young women. Reasoned with bitters:
"When you walk in the bar,
And you dressed like a star,
Rockin' your eff' me pumps.
And the men notice you,
With your Gucci bag crew,
Can't tell who he's lookin' to.
Cuz you all look the same,
Everyone knows your name,
And that's you whole claim to fame.
...You don't like ballers,
They don't do nothing for ya,
But you'd love a rich man six foot two or tall-a.
...In the morning you're vexed,
He's onto the next,
And you didn't even get no ta-ay
(play on cockney slang for prick. Her video shows two gals cleaning their mouths)
Don't be too upset,
If they call you a skank,
Cuz like the news everyday you get pressed.
...You can't sit down right,
Cuz your jeans are too tight,
And your lucky its ladies night.
With your big empty purse,
Every week it gets worse,
At least your breasts cost more than hers.
...You did too much E,
Met somebody,
And spent the night getting caned.
Without girls like you,
There'd be no fun,
We'd go to the club and not see anyone.
Without girls like you,
There's no nightlife,
All those men just go home to their wives.
Don't be mad at me,
Cuz you're pushing thir-irty,
And your old tricks no longer work.
You should have known from the Jump,
That you always get dumped,
So dust off your f**k me pumps"
*******
Slams sh*t out of grinding up young women.
Huge hit in England and Europe. Seen by virtually all of young gals. 100% of the bar gals. Did a couple months on VH1 two years after its release.
"F*ck Me Pumps" has entered American slang full force. And doing one-nighters with married men who want their pricks sucked... that's out of style.
The Mercury Awards vid shows AW half way back to healthy. Great start !!