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RE: Oh well, illusion shattered...

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In Reply to: RE: Oh well, illusion shattered... posted by mpathus on February 14, 2008 at 22:57:51

I seriously doubt that anybody would go through pitch processing for a TV performance like the one shown. Hey, it's an enjoyable video. I also found her Grammy performance imaginative and a lot of fun, and I didn't find her pitch problematic. Do we put down Billy Holiday because she wasn't always on pitch? No, because musical emotion and a distinctive style are at least as important.

Shame about her drug addiction but unfortunately a goodly number of even the musical geniuses have had similar problems. More than half the jazz greats, from Bird to Jaco to Monk to Billy Holiday. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis. Sometimes it almost seems that mental illness or drug addiction is the price some great musicians pay for striking out in a new direction. Not that Amy Winehouse is in that category, but she is an original.

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Agreed. She's earned my attention... - mpathus 18:29:05 02/17/08 (0)

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