Whether you're a contestant in a national final for Eurovision...
(Maria Haukaas Storeng, "Hold On Be Strong," 1st in Norway's NF)
(Sandrine, "I Feel The Same Way," qualified to yet-to-take-place final in Belgium)
...or from Sweden...
(Amanda Jenssen, "Do You Love Me," Idol contestant and at #1 for seemingly ages)
Open this link in new window to hear a clip (I can't find anywhere for you to stream the whole thing)
(Pauline, "Loving You," recently released single)
Official site (ditto on the nowhere streaming the whole song thing)
(Veronica Maggio, "Måndagsbarn," recently released single)
...or a hotly tipped
(Duffy, "Mercy")
...or a slightly less hotly tipped British singer...
(Gabriella Cilmi, "Sweet About Me")
...or a Canadian R&B singer searching for that elusive top 10 hit...
(Jully Black, "Seven Day Fool," which is actually a cover of a '60's song)
...or a Swiss singer who won a German talent contest...
(Stefanie, "My Man Is A Mean Man," with thanks to Turnaround!)
...that seems to be the sound to go for at the moment. Now, I don't really want to criticize these singers--many of them may have always pursued this style and may just have found that record companies are more interested in them now. Others may even have been successful in a similar style beforehand. Often these songs are good or great, and the singers may have other songs that are good even if I'm not particularly interested in their current single (I've been very interested to hear Gabriella Cilmi's "Don't Wanna Go To Bed" since PopJustice posted a clip of it). Not all of these songs are Amy-like, more just '60's sounding. But...well, I'm not the biggest Amy Winehouse fan, but I can't help feeling like some of this is kind of missing the point a bit as to why her songs took off in the first place. Still, forget the Grammys--I guess the true sign of having made it is having Eurovision contestants trying to sound like you.
2 comments:
Hmm. "Hold On Be Strong" isn't too awful. Just kinda boring. But here's a secret -- and don't tell a soul -- I kinda like Duffy's trash more each time I hear it. No!!
D'luv! You're confessing to liking a...W-L song one day and now this...your reputation could be shattered! Actually, it could probably survive this particular revelation. Try not to spend too many sleepless nights because of it.
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