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[Moody's Mood]

...Says Nature Boy on page 44. HAHAHA! Funny stuff. I think I like you!


And thank you, RS *blushes*

[Nature Boy]

hahaha

[ashlee]

Damn I should whatch the news more!

[Nature Boy]

oh yeah you're portuguese ashlee, right?
cool i have lots of friends in Portugal, specially in Madeira.
abraços ;D

[ashlee]

AWW!
yes I am! can't stop smiling LOOL don't really know why
so do you like it? I've never been to Madeira, but i've lots of friends in college from there.

[Nature Boy]

hehe
that's great, where do you live?

[ashlee]

Im from Lisbon, which is the capital.
Pete doherty was here on Monday...he played a surprise gig in MusicBox.

[lyricgenius]

BBC America comment on the St. Lucia gig.

Whitney Houston's Comeback More Likely Than Amy Winehouse's

posted Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Tags: Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse

The Daily Telegraph's Adrian Bridge reviews Amy Winehouse's "big comeback performance" in St. Lucia, which was, apparently, a debacle:

The vocal inadequacy was accompanied by increasingly strange antics. Winehouse kept taking off and putting on her high heeled cream-colored shoes. She greedily swigged down a steady supply of drinks. She threw a piece of chewed gum into the crowd. She repeatedly raised her short blue dress to expose her knickers. Further dramas came in the form of a heavy downpour and a lighting failure - two songs were sung in the dark. Twice she collapsed into the arms of one of her male backing singers...

No wants to see this happen to Amy. Unlike other pop star crash-and-burns, Amy's downfall isn't tinged with schadenfreude. We want her to get her act together. We all knew Back To Black was just a hint of what she's capable of. But that major breakthrough doesn't seem in the cards. From the looks of it, we'll more likely see a Whitney Houston album in '09 than a new Amy Winehouse record.

One comment Amy made during her St. Lucia set is very telling. Bridge recalls, "Halfway through 'Some Unholy War' she called proceedings to a halt declaring, 'Sorry, I'm bored.'" It sounds like she's just not feelin' it these days. Perhaps her record company is pressuring her, figuring she'll be forgotten if she doesn't capitalize on her Grammy success and continued goodwill. But I'm thinking she just needs to go away for a while. You can't force the muse. How often does Sade put out an album? Every eight years or so? Yet she has repeatedly sprung back into the global consciousness. (It also helps that the lady doesn't seem to age.) Amy needs a Sade-like eight-year nap. People will remember her; she's an artist, and she's that good.

http://www.bbcameric....jsp?bc_id=1396

And the full Daily Telegraph review:

Amy Winehouse, St Lucia Jazz Festival, review
Amy Winehouse fails to escape her demons in a headlining performance at the St Lucia jazz festival

By Adrian Bridge
Last Updated: 4:50PM BST 12 May 2009

Despite hopes that her prolonged stay on the Caribbean island of St Lucia would have rid Amy Winehouse of her demons, it was clear from the moment she took to the stage at the island's annual jazz festival at the weekend that they were alive and kicking.

She looked nervous and unsure and unsteady on her feet. She hestitated for an uncomfortably long time before taking the microphone; then when she did (for "Know You Now") the voice lacked power and conviction. At times she seemed unsure of the words.

It was not a view the singer herself seemed to share. Half-way through Some Unholy War she called proceedings to a halt declaring, "sorry, I'm bored".

She paced the stage uncomfortably, waving her arms about wildly. She sucked her thumb.

Things didn't improve even when she moved onto the safer territory of the Back to Black classics (including the title song, Cupid and Tears Dry on Their Own).

Although there were occasional reminders of the extraordinary power of that Grammy-award winning voice, for the most part it was shaky and strangely strained.

The vocal inadequacy was accompanied by increasingly strange antics.

Winehouse kept taking off and putting on her high heeled cream-coloured shoes. She greedily swigged down a steady supply of drinks. She threw a piece of chewed gum into the crowd. She repeatedly raised her short blue dress to expose her knickers.

Further dramas came in the form of a heavy downpour and a lighting failure –two songs were sung in the dark. Twice she collapsed into the arms of one of her male backing singers.

Even her magnificently supportive band seemed unsure of what to do when, half-way through what turned out to be the final song, Valerie, she walked off stage and failed to return - an act for which she was roundly booed.

In a speedy damage limitation exercise, the Winehouse team put out a statement saying that the concert had been shortened (to less than an hour) because the heavy rain had been the cause of the lighting failure and had disrupted sound equipment.

"Amy and the band tried to soldier on but the set had to be cut short," it said.

Fans thought otherwise. "Disgusting" was how one termed the shambolic performance. "There's no way back for her now," said another.

St Lucians themselves - for whom the $50 ticket fee represened a substantial amount - felt betrayed by the star who seemed to have taken a special shine to their island and has said she wants to record there.

"We had hoped her stay here really would have helped her to recover," said a fan called Thomas. "A lot of locals were looking forward to hearing the winner of five Grammy awards. What a disappointment. And what a waste of a great talent."

http://www.telegraph...val-review.html

Edited by lyricgenius, 13 May 2009 - 01:58 AM.

[Alan48]

The St. Lucia Star says it was a huge success for the sole reason that she showed up. And adds that she’s applied for Saint Lucian citizenship.
http://stluciastar.c...t/archives/3974

[brando]

there it goes.. money IS important.

[Nature Boy]

Im from Lisbon, which is the capital.
Pete doherty was here on Monday...he played a surprise gig in MusicBox.

OMG that is AMAZING :amyshock:
I love his songs, how was the concert, have u seen it?
btw i went to Lisbon before, and Porto beautiful towns

Edited by Nature Boy, 13 May 2009 - 02:56 AM.

[ashlee]

OMG that is AMAZING :amyshock:
I love his songs, how was the concert, have u seen it?
btw i went to Lisbon before, and Porto beautiful towns

I wasn't at the concert but heard from some friends..and they said it was great!


Happy to know you visited such beautiful places...you're from London right? It's my favourite town:)

[Nature Boy]

yeah London Town

[amyfanatic]

I can feel the London love here...lol! Same with Ashlee...it's my fave town too.
And i hate Pete Doherty? But oh well...good for the people who went to his concert and actually had fun.

[Alan48]

My Weekend with Amy Winehouse

by Verky Arcos | 05.13.2009 | 10:00am | 0 Comments



Amy Winehouse on the beach in St. Lucia
Splash News

I just returned from St. Lucia’s 18th Annual Jazz Festival. I'm back to reality here in NYC and, boy, was St. Lucia unreal.
It was my first experience at this bustling festival filled with folks from all over the world. There were people on balconies, on the grass, in tents and everywhere else waiting to see the great lineup. It was lots of fun and, more important, I got to shake my booty more than I have the entire year! The festival got off to a great start: KC and the Sunshine Band impressed me with their sound. Their dance moves, on the other hand? That's another story! Patti Labelle worked the crowd and Chaka Kahn rocked the stage and had every single last woman (and even some men) singing “I’m Every Woman” just in time for Mother’s Day.
Now, the big headliner that everyone was anxious to see was Amy Winehouse. She was set to take to the stage in what we all hoped would be her big comeback. Unfortunately, it turned out to be more like a cry for help. Her wafer–thin body came teetering on stage in six-inch Louboutin heels (that she kept taking off) and a tight dress that sagged off her body. Even her signature beehive seemed deflated. The singing sensation seemed to be lost in a world of her own, only able to remember parts of lyrics, dancing off-beat and even completely changing up a song because she was ”bored." Yet, in spite of all the drama (not to mention a torrential downpour), no one moved. We were all transfixed, watching the train wreck unfold before our eyes. Then the weekend started to get strange.
I was sitting in a lounge chair the next day, catching some sun, when a petite girl with black wavy hair, bamboo earrings and black eyeliner sits right on down on the edge of my chair, asks me my name and introduces herself as Amy (as if I didn’t know it was Amy Winehouse!). We talked about the show the night before, and I tried to give her a little pep talk, even though there wasn't really any saving grace to the whole fiasco. Amy, sounding like a little girl, complimented my nail color and bag and hugged me, saying, “I think I love you, Verky.” Then she frolicked off down the beach, which is how it seems she spends the majority of her days here in St. Lucia. But not before screaming out to me, "Wait! Are you a lesbian? Oh, well neither am I!" Right.
While I lay there, following her with my eyes, I thought about all the people standing in the rain to watch her, her inability to perform for us and the combination of excitement and sadness that our encounter made me feel. I came to the conclusion that, although Amy Winehouse is lost in her own world right now, there something about her that makes it almost impossible not to want to follow. Whether it’s her crazy vibe, celebrity status or drug-and-alcohol-fueled insanity; there is just something about Amy that is magnetic, even when she is falling apart.

http://www.latina.co...d-amy-winehouse