What I Heard at H&M or THE PLAYLIST
So there I was at my local H&M listening to some super sassy queens talk about how much they love, love, love the new/old Amy Winehouse album, Frank.
What tripped me out was that they thought it was better than the new album, Back to Black ??? Really?….Really??? They both have their merits but to actually claim that Frank is better than B2B struck a nerve. I, then, yelled, “WHAT? Are you crazy?”, jumped across the table and shoved my bag (ha ha ha - “My bag”) down his throat while “Some Unholy War” played in the background.
“Just sign here, please.” RIGHT! So Frank is a really great album and Winehouse is totally showcasin’ that heavenly voice but that’s really all the album does, play up her voice. The rest seems like an afterthought … Light, no backbone. Can I get some bass?
B2B is very much an outgrowth of the UK only release. Damn that voice is undeniable! The album is gritty, grimey and isn’t so, so trying to be clean cut, bubble gum. Her voice is working with the hip-hop influences of the Mark Ronson, instead of sitting above the instrumentation sounding pretty.
So I didn’t mention any of this. The line was long and I was grumpy because they were concentrating on “Amy, Amy, Amy” and not on the long ass line. So, NO!