"Back to Black" performed LIVE by Amy Winehouse - Vocal Analysis and Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 7 мар 2024
- Today I'm talking about Amy Winehouse and her unique sound as we watch a live performance of the song "Back to Black."
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Her phrasing was so unique. She had so much old soul, and yet somehow it also felt new and fresh. A real loss but the music she left is timeless and brilliant
Yeah definitely. I love Amy, she was one of the greats.
it's so cute you're spending so much time trying to figure it out, I don't think Amy spend a single second thinking about singing, she just did
I think you might be surprised to discover just how detailed an understanding of every single detail and nuance of her vocal performances that a singer like AW had.
Every time I hear Amy I’m moved and all I think is “tragedy”.
Bee Gees?
@damarcuscolfer1485 I agree. She was underweight, in the throes of addiction, and haunted. And still that talent grips us and won't let us forget her.
The first time I heard " Valerie" on the radio in my car, I was immediately enamored with her voice. I drove straight to Independent Records in Colorado Springs and purchased every Amy Winehouse CD that I could find. That was seven years ago. She just has that " je ne sais quoi ". That certain something. Only a very few celebrities have had " It ". Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jordan, Prince. Charismatic once in a lifetime talents with that certain something. Simply put, they were beyond good, or even great. They were all magnificent in their chosen fields. Every time I hear her sing, I can't help but get choked up. There is just something about her voice that breaks my heart when she sings. Her voice is so heartachingly beautiful. So much pain and a profound sense of hopelessnes in her emotive singing style. Her and Eva Cassidy never fail to bring tears to my eyes. Being a man, I try to only listen to them in private. Crying in public can be a little embarrassing.
Well put
May I recommend, " We're still friends " , and " I love you more than you'll ever know " . She sang those songs at a live venue as a tribute to the late Donny Hathaway.
She was such a unique old soul mixing it up to something modern but totally hers. My word I miss her. Honestly, I really love all her LIVE stuff and footage better than all the studio CDs. RIP Amy.
I love so many vocalists today......and for some reason no one can hold a candle to Amy Whinehouse. I cant even understand it, and I love some of these other artists.
Try Angelina Jordan
she was a singular talent. once in a generation
I think the pinnacle of knowing your instrument is effortless improvisation. Amy had it in spades like all virtuoso's RIP Amy
I saw her interviewed for a BBC documentary where if I remember rightly she explained the reason she sings the same songs so differently is so she doesn't get bored singing it again and again ...
Great reaction as always. Amy is super...in this song. I´m still sad for how it all ended...Thank you for sharing her with us.❤❤❤
What a classy performance. She deserved more.
More cocaine?
What an impressive live recording and mix of Amy. There is such amazing clarity and range captured. The musicians and backing singers have beautiful punch and presence. Any audience captured is perfectly balanced and unobtrusive.
Honestly this was one of her lesser performances.
I saw her at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 2004, I didn't knew her. Each year I buy a membership card that let me see many shows in 10 days. There is always musician that I know but I have to complete the schedule by some discoveries. It was a great show. The following year, I went to Europe for the first time and I stayed 3 days in London. One night, in went to a small jazz bar (Jazz after Dark) and there was a jazz trio playing and they got a note that someone wanted to sing a song with them, they didn't seem to be interested, but they got a second note from the owner. I saw her get to the small stage, I was less than 10 feet from her. People didn't seem to recognize her, her first album was out but not yet well known I guess. She sang Summertime, It was a great night.
Amy and Angelina are often compared -- for good reason. The vocal fry. The rich alto tone. The resonate vibrato, sustained through fry. Amy wasn't surrounded by family and agents that were interested in her happiness first. Let's hope AJ takes a better life trajectory.
Thanks Beth! You have described all those facets of the prism of his voice. She is a star of great magnitude in the sky. I have always seen it as a coin spinning in the air, fragile and strong at the same time. I would run to hug her if ever in eternity I met her.
Such a beauty and a talent. 😢❤
The first time I heard her sing “Rehab” on a singer-song writer member supported Philly radio station , I thought it was actually a song from the 60’s sung by a black woman. Given the radio station, they played various decades of songs, so I just assumed it was some singer I’d never heard of from that decade !
Such a wonderful singer... sad that she died the way she did...
I miss her so much
Seems a shame to me to pick this performance to analyse to be honest. She was so impaired by drugs at this point her singing had quite degraded. If you look at her live performances of songs from the album Frank, you can see her in her vocal prime, which I think she deserves. She really was a wonder before the substances robbed her of so much.
i understand whr ur coming from, frank amy was just a genius singer full with soul and power in her voice, technique was superb, but a part of me loves the fragility that back to black amy had, she looked like she was gonna break the next second, and its just a certain aesthetic that we see in today's singers like lana del rey, of course its toxic and we shouldnt glorify substance and addiction but its just so DIFFERENT idk how to explain
I don’t think it’s a shame. Amy was both made and destroyed by these songs. Her fame killed her. We shouldn’t ever forget that.
I think drugs killed her… her singing was probably the only thing that remained pure in her ❤
How disappointing this was chosen. Please give “more than you’ll ever know” a chance. She was so talented and this is just sad, I can’t even rewatch
She is dropping the volume randomly, probably not physically controlling the mic enough. Yeah, she is a hot mess. She was also unique and extremely talented as a singer. Great to listen to.
THIS was such a great reaction! I don't know why we don't get lots more reactions to AmyW live performances; they are all so good! Thanx
I looooove your reactions. Not only you're so knowledgeable and nice, but passionate and full of empathy. Thanks!!!!!!!!!❤
Her music wasn't my cup of tea, but I can't deny she had a BEAUTIFUL voice. When I heard she died I was sad because I thought "damn it, another voice lost to substance abuse".
Legend ... She is one of the Greatest ... Soul Voices
Hay personas en el mundo que vienen a él y en corto tiempo dejan un legado para toda la vida. Esa fue Amy. Fue única, a tan corta edad se identificó con un género musical que no es atractivo para los jóvenes, pero lo hizoincreiblemente bien. Y la banda, es la banda señores.
So sad what happened to her. Even in this performance she was clearly heavily under the influence. Some people think the slurring was a trade mark but was not. So sad
Hi Bethany..2 days ago I discovered your channel and I love it..Thanks a lot for being vulnerable and share your special charisma( Charisma is a divine gift) Greetings 😉❤️
Its actually mostly about her charisma and then humanity, intellect, curls;) Its just somehow intriguing and soothing at the same time;)
Wonderful musical analysis on what was an incredible musical meteor, unique in her being a singer in every situation, wonderful vocal quality, currently, personal opinion, I see in Angelina Jordan the qualities both vocal and as an author, not as a substitute, but in very high quality music sequel, thanks Beth, have a good life and good music.
this arrangement is so awesome i don’t care what anyone says. the access she had to her vocal faculties is incredible.
Little person... Big voice! 🎤
I love Amy and her lyricism, and the two backup brothers are killing it, the band is tight af
For me Amy Winehouse was such a talent and left way too soon.
Her duet with Paul Weller "dont go to strangers" is superb.
Wow excellent reaction Amy was so talented RIP poor soul.❤️
Listening to this on international women's day, and loving it. Have you ever dived into Kate Bush in a big way? She got to grow into her talent in a way that was sadly denied to Amy Winehouse. Cloudbusting is a real favourite of mine, and the video was filmed in one of my favourite places too!
The feelings on her singing Is Amazing
I miss her so much 😢
Deep and loving. Amy was Such a sweet soul🥰 Her voice was different from everyone and she did not try to appeal to the average popular demand genre.
Amy, Angelina, and of course, Billie Holiday, were the three most improvisational jazz singers of all time.
I know that Billie influenced Angelina greatly, but I believe the same applies to Amy, for Billie's arsenal
of inventive, improvisational forms of musicality was extensive to a mind boggling degree.
I am so sad that I only discovered this beauty until recently.
Her voice,:just wow, her life: dreamlike, her death: tragic for everyone
to say I love Amy Winehouse is really an understatement. She is a Mutha Fgn legend.
Its unfortunate she was a bit tipsy there, i dont care as much for this footage compared to some other versions. She varies so much from recording to recording and performance to performance, she has high highs but also low lows. My heart goes out to people that struggle with addiction. RIP. When she was at her best, she was so fun to listen to.
This is agonising to watch, the lady judging her vocals is in my opinion wrong to be judging Amy on this performance. Amy could barely string it together. You can’t judge her on this .
Amy was a light that shone to bright, her light was to bright for this world .
Miss you Amy my darling 💖xxx
Her Porchester Hall performance is a great one. Prime of her career imo
I don’t know if it is up your alley, but I would love to hear your thoughts on the original actors for Beetlejuice the musical. Both of them did very interesting and unique things with their voices when originating the roles that even laymen have noted as being special, so I would love to hear your thoughts on Alex Brightman’s performance as Beetlejuice and/or Sophia Anne Caruso’s performance as Lydia.
She also reminds me a bit of the singer Duffy
Just discovered you today and went down a rabbit hole of your 90's Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, Lane Staley etc videos. Have really enjoyed your perspecive and it was fun to see the emotions and reactions that mimic the chills their music gives me. Would really love to hear your analysis of Shannon Hoon from Blind Melon. Mouthfull of Cavities or Change would be 2 great options. Cheers
The vocalyst needs to listen to joss stone “this is a man’s world” I’d love to see her reaction to that or teddy swims “lose control” both vocals you can’t coach just bred with 😊
Man. Makes me so sad to see her here. Even in this condition, she absolutely KILLS this performance! She should forever serve as a cautionary tale for all young artists.
As great of a voice she had , it's sad the way her life had ended. I just wished she was helped along the way as she progressed in to her career.🙏🏼🕊
I always love your analyses, Beth, whether or not I'm into the artist. Angelina covered this song when she was 10, backed by the KORK orchestra as has been the case several times, most recently when she performed "Unchained Melody" at the formal Nobel Peace Prize Concert. There's a backstory to that which I'll go into via an IG message, along with the link.
I think Amy was a time traveler.. she covered Angelina,, as best she could..
I love Amy Whinehouse....I loved all her music! She was great singing with Tony Bennett . I'm so sorry she became another member of the 27 Club. She had gotten clean and was going to adopt a young girl. When she drank again, she drank like she had before, but her tolerance was so low she died of alcohol poisoning. Such a loss.
Your hair is so beautiful
Never really listened to Amy Winehouse but you gave me someone to explore further with your review. I would like to see you check out another unique voice ( Canadian powerhouse ) Amanda Marshall. One of my favourite songs is Beautiful Goodbye and it is almost better to listen to a live version than the studio version just for her raw emotion in her voice. Thanks for all that you do.
This will never be complete until you do a video on Simply Red (Mick Hucknall). Pls…😊
Is she singing in english? I LOVE this song, first time hearing this live version...shes banged up here.
She was sipper skinny here from drug abuse. She was once beautiful.
I meant Sipper skinny
She was so effing high in this perfomenance( I can tell because I was that person), like in many others, It is so sad that people werent trained enough to help her, Its so sad that she went the way she did, because she had all this amazing talent and potential to be one of the greatest singers. Please everyone get familiar with mental health issues and with addiction issues, all this could have been prevented.
I love Amy winehouse 😢😢❤❤😢
Please check out Amy Winehouse - Valerie live by the BBC. I'll find the version I'm thinking about (which is by far the best) and link it below. Such a tragic chanteuse.
Her version of Valerie is one of her best songs which showcase her talents.
Ugh apparently this is the best quality video, but the sound is good. It has 21 million views. This is an acoustic version she did. The other live versions honestly don't sound as good. ruclips.net/video/6pAz9UpnRKw/видео.htmlsi=SDjOyvSHIBmAM7-Z
This version here ruclips.net/video/namFjcOgHSE/видео.htmlsi=wMgw8eHESOL14TN4 is ALMOST as good and has 33 million views. It might suit the whole reaction video format better. But please consider either one.
Amy Winebox burned the candle at both ends. It was no surprise when she died.
Damn addictions..☠️
Such an amazing natural talent, unique voice, ruined with drugs and booze... Gone too soon, and we never really get the best of what she could have give...
A real talent she was, sadly caught up with drink and drugs, such a waste, a real loss, saddens me to even see her in this video all thin n gaunt, her voice was unique unlike anyone in her time, and very recognised
It was so painful to watch her in this performance. Only a fraction of her incredible vocal ability comes through here.
It’s still so terrible that no one saved her from what was so obviously and publicly happening.
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If you like this song, there are even better live versions 👍
Live acoustic: ruclips.net/video/h1TQRJWLZ3s/видео.html
Live at St. James Church: ruclips.net/video/ulHrxliHPLw/видео.html
Live acoustic at the Orange Lounge (2007): ruclips.net/video/xF_sEjQKur4/видео.html
Hi there. You are one of my favorite reactors of Angelina Jordan and I've missed your reactions to her. I'm sure that most of her angels feel the same way. Will you react to her songs that she performed in Las Vegas last month? She was outstanding and it was my first time to see her live. She's an amazing singer especially live on stage. She did two performances back to back for a total of 38 songs!
Thank you in advance,
Ron from California USA
"Body" by Sinead Harnett [A Colors Show]
I like Amy Winehouse yet with many of her live performances i get the impression that she sang under the influence.
yes, similar to Shane Macgowan, the sound only because he was under similar influences
Ya think? Lol
I agree. She sounds like she's lazily slurring everything together. I like her, but . . . .
This is just plainly bad singing and wrong technique. And it annoys me cause people who don’t know her and watch this will think this is what her talent was about. Wrong.
This doesn’t display a 10th of her talent. She was indeed too drunk, too high and her voice was already too damaged. Just a few months prior she would take this song to a whole other level. She was a brilliant vocalist and this performance is just a bad choice to display that.
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She picked the same with Alice in Chains. When Layne was deep in addition. To truly see what me these artists fantastic. Find the earliest performance possible.
My best performance is from glastonbury 2008. I think that performance is richer than this one.
Love your channel, do you know Charlie Winston? I would love to hear your feelings about his voice ❤
Love this song very much, even tho I'm not huge fan of this genre Amy had good songs
@Beth: Just dropping by with two reaction-video suggestions I haven't found yet: Annie Lennox singing "Into the West" (original "Return of the King" movie version preferred), and Sarah Brightman singing "Time to Say Goodbye" (take your pick of duets online, like this one with Andrea Bocelli in 2007: ruclips.net/video/4L_yCwFD6Jo/видео.html).
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Amy hit the music scene at just the right time. She was unique and talented enough to garner attention and sell albums. She certainly had unique texture...too much texture and not always pleasantly so. This particular performance was tough to get through. I'm not sure she would do so well if she was just starting out now. Even sober, she never measured up to Angelina's skill set. But then, neither does anyone else.
You should take a listen to Queens of the Stone Age - maybe "Smooth Sailing." Josh Homme is an amazing vocalist.
If I were you, I would have used her Back To Black performance from Other Voices. She's clearly on stuff here.
Just a suggestion for a band to Analyze Boston any song off their first album
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There's no denying Amy's talent and technique, but I feel she, perhaps unintentionally, glamorized or validated the dark side of life. I have plenty of darkness of my own; no need to add to it. I think that's why my favorite Amy Winehouse performance is her cover of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow. Bethany, did you know that Angelina Jordan covered this song at age 10? Her mom had her re-write the lyrics the night before the recording, so it makes an interesting contrast to Amy's version. Here's a link: ruclips.net/video/ICY1uJe15cM/видео.html
Would be interesting to watch The Vocalyst react to GWAR's Carry On My Wayward Son....eyes boggle, mouth open🙀
same as Freddie Mercury, she was god-touched, i didnt like her music at all but i recognize she had an out of this world voice. Watch "Valerie" off-stage, acoustic ruclips.net/video/6pAz9UpnRKw/видео.html Stevie Ray was the same, guitar wise, brings back the old saying "the good die young but bad people live forever" :)
Id love a reaction video of Arch Enemy - Handshake with Hell
I can't believe all that talent has gone. So sad.😢
Plz make Video about Protest the Hero - From the Sky or some other songs, that would be really interesting to share it with you
You should do a reaction video to Sharon Jones at some point. She had the same kind of throwback vibe to her voice and music.
That’s no coincidence. Sharon Jones’ band The Daptones played on Amy’s Back to Black album.
@@wheatthicks I was today years old. . .
She was completely Donald Ducked by this point, vocally, mentally and physically. I never cared for her personally, but I'll admit she could sing a few years before this skeletal wreck shuffled onto the Glastonbury stage.
Her best Back to Black performance is BY FAR this one: ruclips.net/video/ebf171vP74k/видео.html
I can think of at least 4 performances of that same song done by her that are much much much better. She was again just too high and drunk in that performance as well
i guess its a matter of taste@@blahblahblah6898
I just wanted to point out that this performance doesn’t display a quarter of her actual talent. Her voice is strained and it honestly sound harsh to the ears (despite being crazy soulful and unique). She has much better performances of this song just from a few months or a year prior when her substance abuse wasn’t affect her voice as much
LUIS MIGUEL!!!!!😊
Please could you react to a George Michael live performance? The one I have in mind was from the Rock in Rio concert in 1991 and is an Elton John/Bernie Taupin song called ‘Tonight’. Thank you so much ❤😊
Suggestions for songs with singers that you will most probably love:
1. Tom's Diner (Cover) - AnnenMayKantereit x Giant Rooks
2. Roxanne (Cover) - AnnenMayKantereit & Milky Chance
3. Juju feat. Henning May - Vermissen (Henning May's part is the seconde one and the more important when it comes to vocals)
4. Barfuß am Klavier - AnnenMayKantereit
Suggestions 1, 2 and 4 are my most recommended options. All of them revolve around german prodigy Henning May.
I could never see what everyone seems to see in Amy Winehouse. For me her style seems more like affectation than genuine emotion. Maybe that's because by the time I really listened to her, she was already spiraling down and every time I saw her I thought she was on a self destruct mission and somebody should stop her.
This is the problem with videos like this. Believe me when i say this performance doesn’t display a 10th of her talent. She was too high too drunk and her voice just sounds COMPLETELY unhealthy (strained and harsh to the ear). Its sad cause she was actually a brilliant vocalist (and an original one) before all the drug abuse. If u want i can give u links of actual good performances of this song
Oh if i could wish for only one song to react to, i would love you to choose Insomnia by iamx
MITCH GRASSI from Pentatonix is the ultimate singer to analyze and will challenge you for sure,
My favourite Back to Black live version is still this one ruclips.net/video/h1TQRJWLZ3s/видео.html
I agree with a couple of other commenters. A live performance in this case was not a good basis for vocal analysis. The studio version should have been used. There are cases where the video/live performance versions are not good candidates for review, and this is one of them.
I disagree. Live is where they prove it. Many times in studio they fix a lot of things, many times singing line by line, utilizing multiple tracks and choosing the best line from around 6 tracks or more, then piece it together. Live is live and that's who they are.
@@rapsux I agree in part but disagree that any given live performance is who they are. It’s what they were able to do that specific day.
I agree with u if ur talking about THIS live performance which is just not that good. But she does have live performances of this song infinitely better than the record
@@blahblahblah6898 I've never been a fan of the nasal sounding vocal. One song and I'm changing the channel or song.
@@rapsux thats fair but she was indeed a great vocalist. Surely not here but in her prime days she had a voice heavens. Ofc its not for everyone so ur opinion is completely valid. Just hope ur not basing it on this performance
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I would love to see you react to Dimash's new MV "When I Got You" where he is a vampire.
thanks
React Paramore "Decode" Live please.