Vocal Coach reacts to Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (Live)

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Vocal Coach reacts to Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (Live)
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[@VerbalDroppings]

She never sang a song the same way twice. She could manipulate melody so effortlessly. I could listen to her for hours on end

[@negralopez5025]

Absofuckinglutly

[@jennibacupify]

I do! Haha. I think she was amazing and it's a shame that people didnt notice her and want to help her. Music would be alot different now if she was still here FACT

[@jockerzx2789]

This is why she’s my favorite

[@BlackDavid900]

@@jennibacupify totally 😔

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

the control she had with her voice, and made it seem so effortless. RIP

[@RainyJan309]

I don’t understand how someone can listen to her and not appreciate her voice. It’s just so raw and full, emotional. She never needed to be perfect to be perfect.

[@stereomois]

There are very good singers that have no emotion and just showcase the voice. With Amy, you could really feel what she sang

[@gavinreid8351]

Amy starts to sing I start to get emotional.

[@muziksever8367]

Me too! I'm just like : Amy : what kind of fuckery are we? Me : start crying

[@mbangroo]

i know bro , me too. she sings like every bit from her heart.

[@ardasusup7518]

ME TOO 😩

[@Lelii321]

Amy Winehouse... one of the only artists that I absolutely hate when people cover. it makes me feel uncomfortable. I don’t even try to cover her songs. Her feeling and tone is so THICK. lord jesus. she truly was a once in a lifetime artist.

[@RustyShacklefordChannel]

As a huge,huge fan, there is only one person I have heard that has my consent to cover Amy, and believe it or not, it is a 12 year old girl. You may be skeptical, but listen to this, (remember that she is 12) and try to imagine what she will sound like in ten years... Angelina Jordan (12) Valerie - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaLQe3-hnNBlf80 ...and at 10 years old(she changed the lyrics herself to be ok for a 10 year old to sing)... Angelina Jordan "Back to Black" kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpO7hn6whN10ebc Anyone that is a fan of Amy, should be very excited to hear what's to come from Angelina Jordan.

[@sadiecakes2284]

I feel the exact same way. Friends send me links to people covering her songs, and I automatically delete, bc as you said, NO one can do them justice. And please don't get me started when they try to mix or change them up. 😡🤬 Lol 😂

[@RustyShacklefordChannel]

@@sadiecakes2284 You might ignore this link (because you said you would), but I'm just asking you to give it a chance... I will just say that Mark Ronson heard Angelina do this cover of "Valerie" and as a result gave her the backing track of "nothing breaks like a heart" so that she could cover that too. I personally agree with his opinion that this most definitely does do Amy justice. I believe Amy would also agree with me and Mark Ronson. I know you think you might be somehow honoring Amy by not giving anyone else a chance to attempt her songs, but you are denying yourself the opportunity of watching a young emerging artist that (and I would bet 1 million dollars on this) WILL one day surpass Amy in the list of legendary Jazz singers. Based on what I've seen from her so far (in over 80 covers from 7 to 13 years old), she may well leave Amy behind within 10 years. I am a huge fan of Amy and I know for a fact that Amy was not this good at 12 years old... Angelina Jordan (12) Valerie - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaLQe3-hnNBlf80

[@Kel_po]

her and sia, plz never cover them I just love their voice, it's perfect

[@sadiecakes2284]

@@RustyShacklefordChannel I thank you for the link, I may check it out...but quick question, do you really think she is better/will surpass Amy's raw talent? Write her own lyrics/poetry, like Amy did? And I do believe that Amy was in a girl group at 13 or 14.. don't quote me, but maybe Sweet and Sour. Can't confirm at moment. To me, when Amy first came out, she was the most original artist with the best voice I've heard in the last decade. Someone can do covers wonderfully, but they didn't write it. Amy's lyrics were poetry. Beautiful, meaningful words that reflected her life. All these pop tarts that are out now, ie. Grande, Perry, etc can't write they're songs. Ghost writers, and auto tune is what it's come to. 🤦 I hope you can read that I'm not being mean or saying in mean tone, it's just I truly loved/admired her whole being. I am a huge Amy stan, and not embarrassed to admit it. Lol. Anyone who appreciates Amy, I'm down with. Thanks again. 😀🤗

[@ohguy1991]

So sad her demons won. She was a once in a lifetime talent. RIP Amy

[@Buffrt66]

Did you listen to her rehab song? She threw in the towel on her self.

[@biteyourfriend]

@@Buffrt66 That was much earlier on, she got clean much after that, came out and then tempted back in by her boyfriend/partner I believe. Massive shame.

[@msawmusic]

Matt Wood not true. Amy died of Alcohol poisoning. She had been clean for a while and binged drink. She had been cleaned from drugs since 2009

[@biteyourfriend]

@@msawmusic Wait doesn't that mean you're agreeing with me?

[@j_freed]

From the documentary AMY, it's clear she was overwhelmed and depressed from constant public attention and demands of the business and touring. She really just wanted a life. That's the WHY to her alcohol abuse. I wish she had paid her way out of her contractual commitments and come back when she was fit and ready. It's tragic she didn't, and her father didn't urge her.

[@mabeauchamps8137]

When she passed away we lost one of the best jazz sinning voice of our time.

[@FungusMossGnosis]

Nah, Abbey Lincoln died a year before in 2010.

[@mabeauchamps8137]

FungusMossGnosis fine we lost 2 great sinning voice lol

[@ohwellwhateverr]

J. Patrick Reading comprehension: “one of the best”

[@romualdandrzejczak4093]

Weronika Wojtkowska is still alive and well...

[@djrodriguez6245]

I think she was a soul singer

[@nestorperez6867]

Such an astonishing talent she had. She wasn't even trying and it sounds amazing. Her live versions when sober are a thousand times better than her studio versions, and those are incredibly good!

[@zhukie]

Genius makes anything look effortless

[@Moncayowind]

I discovered Amy Winehouse very late. She had already left us. But it didn't take long for me to realize that this lady had eaten, drunk, breathed and assimilated so much of jazz and blues in her brief life that to call her "incredible" is an understatement, in my opinion. Such a delight to listen to. Tony Bennett: “Some people think that anyone could sing jazz, but they can’t. It’s a gift of learning how to syncopate but it’s also a spirit that you’re either born with or you’re not. And Amy was born with that spirit.”

[@tullochgorum6323]

Just this single performance puts her up there in the same league as Holiday and Joplin - those rare artists who can communicate raw emotion at a level that transcends technique. Most of us can be grateful we don't have to experience this kind of pain, but to see it transformed into high art is both humbling and deeply moving. We can't be all bad as a species if we can produce transcendent moments like this...

[@renegademonk5644]

The only thing I disagree with in this excellent comment is she is not just in the same league she's the best to ever do it.

[@rlfiar6581]

God, I love her rasp and tone, and the amazing emotional expressiveness she has. What a wonderful talent and gift she gave the world. So sad she didn't believe what a precious treasure she was.

[@carlosgallegos1265]

I'm sure we all turned Beth into a rare music nerd and metalhead and I'm proud of it.

[@sadiecakes2284]

She was the MOST refreshing singer/song writer, in the last decade. She does it effortlessly. She was a beautiful soul with some demons, but all amazing artists do have their demons. Her songs are poetry to music. Thank you for this video of her. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@jamosensei]

Forced myself to watch the "Amy" documentary because I love her voice so much...had to hear her performances, but really did not like seeing her in pain...such a tremendous loss.

[@disarmsox]

It's a great documentary but difficult to watch.

[@OddHawk]

It’s tormenting to watch but so effective in helping a generation understand why we’re missing this beautiful talent! Huge musical loss that most people don’t even recognise...

[@ycoyle2803]

I felt guilt after watching the “Amy” doc. I walked out of the theater feeling like I’d been a voyeur or participant in the things that drove her to edge.

[@Ster_Marie]

Amy Winehouse is my absolute favorite! Thank you for the insight.

[@coreycraig9286]

Came to this channel for TOOL stayed for Amy...

[@liamthelioness705]

Two of my favorite artists of all time.

[@SurveyFlights]

Same.

[@shahabgt]

you my friend have a great taste in music

[@BoatsnHelicopters]

Agree, they are both great.

[@ismailb7874]

Hellyeah. I love amy

[@Seven-kl9mw]

fun fact about this specific performance: When Amy booked this gig there were only three seats left on the plane for her to get there so she and the two band mates of hers were the only ones that could go and the rest of her band had to stay behind which is why this performance is a lot more simple than others. i love this performance because of how stripped down it sounds here since the other instruments aren’t present.

[@Django44]

Odd as this may sound, but my take is that Amy sang for herself, first, and she almost couldn't give a darn whether anyone else liked her singing. This keeps a singer emotionally honest, open and vulnerable - but what great art ensues. As a result her voice is timeless; it will always be current. Great job Beth!

[@alexandre_pt]

One of the best singers in the whole world. I miss her a lot.

[@ridgebackdk]

her vocal dynamics are all about mood and expressing her emotions.. her use of dynamics is stunning

[@johnelrick8945]

For me, it's all about the timing. She mastered the art of singing just behind or in front of the beat, perhaps second only to Ella Fitzgerald. Amy really understood how to manipulate the dynamics of a song. I remember the first time I heard her, I genuinely thought they'd found a long - lost Bille Holliday recording, I was properly shook, I can say. Sadly, she shared some other predilections with Ms. Holliday...

[@Codex7777]

Thank you so much for saying, 'sometimes being perfect isn't a good thing'. A lesson most 'produced to death' modern artists need to learn. :)

[@jakejames4142]

So hard to watch Amy without getting emotional.

[@lukelikr9034]

So glad that many people still remember Amy😢😢😢😢😢💖💖💖💖💖

[@eddiesell8577]

Guaranteed goosebumps, whenever I hear Amy.

[@pinkbeatle2012]

she generates so much power in her voice.

[@jenniferacrey2940]

Amy is the best singer to come round in fifty years. She may not have the range of other singers, but NO ONE can convey emotion like her voice.

[@jefferygray946]

Greatest artist of our generation...

[@maorrosenberg2552]

Greatest artist of all times

[@snozbaries7652]

RIP Amy, you were one of a kind.

[@robinmoore4994]

Amy sang with so much sass and yet was so vulnerable. God bless her. The sassy way of singing...is that a lot of twang in place? Just wondering.

[@lunaticfringe2763]

Yeah I believe so

[@rickc2102]

I absolutely love singing Amy songs in the car, one octave down. Her phrasing is so fun to emulate!

[@chevy7180]

she breaks your heart when she sings

[@rlfiar6581]

We actually have a corrupted concept of what perfect means. We have a idea of perfect meaning without errors, mistakes, flaws, differences, or shortcomings Perfect should mean, whole, complete, needing for nothing. No one is ever complete without their flaws and shortcomings. You only need for nothing because you've made mistakes and others have stepped into the gap. This obsessive striving for purging ourselves of flaws and shortcoming is toxic and dangerous when we should be seeking to be the strength in each other's weaknesses. This means we are only whole and complete and wanting for nothing when we have weaknesses that are supported by the strength of others.

[@rickc2102]

"Perfect" changed a lot with the invention of amplification.

[@theego2897]

Perfect comment

[@FungusMossGnosis]

I really like what you're saying, and I agree that is all that's needed. But perfect means perfect, and what Amy Winehouse was was something else. And to my ears, she was far from "whole, complete, needing for nothing" too. Not my style, not my taste, but no disrespect mean to those who love it. We can't help what we're attracted or repelled by.

[@FungusMossGnosis]

Incidentally, I agree ever more with Beth's sentiment: sometimes "perfect" isn't good, and sometimes messy is what's right and true. And needless to add, what's good for one might not be for another. Long live the difference.

[@robertcraane7910]

Best singer ever... she gave all... miss her still...

[@winette864]

I've been waiting for ages on a KZbin Vocal teacher to take on Amy Winehouse. I feel like folks are just obsessed and romanticize the IDEA of Amy. Sure, her songwriting gets loads of praise but no one ever acknowledges the genius of her musicality as a vocalist.

[@mickeysoltys6960]

I think anybody with ears can hear that she was a total musician and her voice was the biggest instrument in the band. Her band went to school every time she hit the stage. A true musical genius.

[@randywhite1724]

Beth, Amy was exploring Jaz Fusion. It’s a blend of a nightclub jaz vocalist and a modern pop artist. Sad that nobody has picked up this style.

[@rjr6912]

She herself referred to her style as "a pretty straight cross between jazz and hip hop" though that was just right after releasing her first album

[@katiebinken1285]

Amy was the best singer ever❤️

[@masunthemutt9730]

Complete delight to not only watch your insight, but your personality as well. Thank you.

[@deanjelofrizell3023]

As an elitist diehard metal fan. I remember when I first heard the song rehab, and I was completely shocked that their was a jazz singer who was Not singing generic pop MUSIC, but was singing goth songs, and somehow got on mainstream radio and MTV. turns out that there is great music out There if your willing to go look for it

[@myfavouritethings5935]

She slays me. I always thought the mojo just rented Amy for her life. Didn’t she just ooze pure music What a gift

[@PerpetuallyTiredMusician]

She sings like she is playing the most soulful trumpet/trombone melody/solo you have ever heard.

[@byronwelch1288]

Thank you soooooooo much. There isn't many Amy reaction videos around. I loved watching this!!!!!

[@gzin33]

Thank you for the reaction and for recognizing the fact artists have many personal problems (putting it nicely) that make them who they are. the emotional struggles and experiences are what make some artists like her great because they express their emotions through their music and we can feel the pain, sadness, happiness and suffering through the music. This honesty makes the greatest music by being true to ones self.

[@mecooper1755]

My favorite woman singer😍✌❤

[@jolenehayes9284]

Love, love your analysis and commentary. I used to be a vocal and performance teacher and I see and hear what you see and hear. I appreciate your sharing.

[@TheSpajman]

Your description and analyzing of this performance probably multiplied the emotion it brings everybody by 100.

[@scott3744]

Every time I start to get back into the groove of the music, you hit the stop button. It's maddening.

[@terryjohinke8065]

I agree with that comment on perfection. Good observation , Beth, from a 65 year old musician. Autotune has taken the natural syncopation from music. Amy was great and had her own style . Terry from Oz.

[@alwaysknow3356]

Totally loved your analysis! Amy was astoundingly good and such a natural but its such fun to listen to your insight. Would love to hear more of your singing along with it next time

[@txchick817]

Nobody like her before, none like her since. Amy will live forever through the short catalog we are so blessed and fortunate to have been graced with. I can only hope there is an afterlife so Amy can continue to make art.

[@nurse7love21]

Her vowels are soulful

[@kartingpt]

The song and her story are so emotional that even your reaction became emotional. Your face and mood at the end totally different from the start of the video. Very impressive. That's being human.

[@brianjohn210]

I am really amazed on how you comment in every phrases, words and diction in every song that you reacts with. I hope, I learn that too, I'm always watching your videos to pick techniques and ideas.

[@giggle_tush708]

If you're interested in learning techniques and ideas from someone who is offering lessons, check it out. I'd love for more guitarists to offer a service that she does but unfortunately that's hard to find.

[@marleyofficialmedia]

This is a great video. I love how you said you don't agree with "doing things wrong" apart from hurting yourself. You've got my subscription for that!

[@user-gg7vq8ci6c]

Please please react to Amy’s live performance of “Don’t Go To Strangers” on the Jools Holland show. It’s amazing

[@leeriches8841]

It's phenomenal 😍

[@jzhz4629]

Or “teach me tonight” very best

[@alisoninwonderland8398]

Oh gosh I miss her so much. She was so incredible in her style. This actually made me cry listening to it 🌹❤️

[@pamela1144]

Hey Beth! This was so insightful. My son and I have loved her for a long time. Such a beautiful, phenomenal artist. So tragic to lose her too...

[@carlosrecinoz3426]

We want more reactions about Amy please.

[@lburton1892]

Amy was amazing. The emotions in her singing is chilling. RIP, Amy!

[@tabeamaier3331]

wow, what a great job! thank you for taking us on this journey :))

[@gulliegulliver4546]

I'm a huge Amy fan and I loved your commentary on this performance. The Dingle concert is one of my favourites.

[@gregmardon6973]

It's very nice that you did a video analysis about her song, I still listen to her music today! She had such a unique ability to bring the blues and jazz genres together to make up Amy Winehouse♡I miss her and think about her quite often and imagine the great musical Library that she would have accomplished had she been able to keep the demons at bay♡

[@blemelin]

Thank you for acknowledging how vulnerable some of our greatest artists are and have been. xoxox

[@lolomelone4988]

Omg!! Thank you for doing an Amy vídeo i love her

[@aligh18]

Thank you for such a beautiful, respectful, and honest critique. You hit a string in me near the end when you talked about that "thing" (whether you call it your shadow, your darkness, your struggle) that artists draw from during their most creative, and possibly biggest downfalls. I felt this to be a recurring theme in the tv series, Penny Dreadful (2014), where they showed that everyone has this 'inner monster' that is simultaneously our greatest strength and weakness.

[@UnbreakableMJ0]

RIP Amy. There's no one like you in the world. 💔

[@curbsideprophet89]

Thank you for this. So amazing to hear your thoughts on Amy and your appreciation for what she did!

[@emmanolan1250]

Thank you for doing Amy I adore her so much so intensely please do another of her songs

[@GillRant]

Saw this and had to check it out straight away!

[@elizabethwhite1068]

Wonderful performance to analyze. What a beautiful tribute to Amy, very touching.

[@ddehggial9932]

awesome rendition! Very impressionistic, really feels the mood of the song.

[@robiniowoodstonewomenwitch5467]

Thank you Beth Good Message & Great Artist & Song Choice "Amy Winehouse" Is Amazing

[@stuarthastie6374]

I saw her at the beginning of her “ Back to Black tour”. She was so loud i had to put ear plugs in ! Otherwise a great performance and a great band. I was sold ! I had high hopes for her musical future. Also a big fan of Billie Holidy.

[@thedragcrab]

IM SO HAPPY U DID THIS, PLEASE DO MORE AMMY REACTIONS :)

[@calypsodream8059]

Her voice was like a raspy velvet fabric that you just wanted to wrap around you. She was a once in a lifetime phenom. When she passed on, it was indeed "the day the music died."

[@Spazzmatazzz]

So many people don't realize that out of ALL instruments? The human voice is the hardest one to master... ☺☻

[@FedericoKlarich]

Amy Winehouse Great Voice, Sublime!!

[@Imotopilot]

Phenomenal singer. Will be dearly missed. Thoughts on another British semi jazz singer - Sade?

[@carlitin63]

Thanks for this, Beth, excellent

[@JLamstudio]

a true artist. Amy was so beautiful.

[@marialaurapanzeri2999]

This is a hreat performance by Amy. Great choice!

[@MK2MOREDOOR]

Ronsons greatest work and encapsulated Amy perfectly such a sad life of an amazing talent gone far to young

[@MultiScooter63]

Yes exactly ! Mark Ronson and Amy go together so well... a dream team.

[@MooseyFate100]

Talk about an iconic voice. Check out Fiona Apple - "Extraordinary Machine" or "Paper Bag" for more jazzy goodness

[@wishb0ne]

MooseyFate yes! Great suggestion. Fast as you can, Beth ;)

[@NorthumbriaForestry]

Definitely!

Thank you! I had a bay day... my life is totally different then two years ago. Covid is changing it. I totally adore listening and wachting your video's. THANK YOU, tears

[@stefanblue660]

Great art is honesty and authenticy ,of course ability and will to express it all, she is the greatest in that . Goosebumps at first touch, , then you know it's great art.

[@ranica47]

This performance was filmed at the Other Voices festival in the beautiful town of Dingle, Co. Kerry in the South West of Ireland, a small avant garde festival. Amy was well known at the time but hadn't become huge which is why the organisers were lucky enough to get someone of her stature to play there. It was filmed in a small church in the centre of the town. Amy's drummer missed his flight so they carried on without him and alerted the tunes to suit, giving rise to this amazing version of probably my favourite song of hers. She gave a great low key interview afterwards about her influences. RIP

[@TechNWRO]

I stumbled across your channel and find it very interesting watching your speak. I guess your focus on singing is why you're annuciation of words in your dialect really come through in your facial expressions so well. It's hard to explain, but I can see/understand the building blocks of your accent by just focusing on lips and jaw positioning when you speak in these videos. The passion for the task comes through too.

[@A1CLGroup]

What I like about Amy, every song she did live was different, not all the same. More painful and emotional

[@lucidloon]

Love the sort of rocksteady/ska rendition going on here.

[@anaelhonings8683]

That was moving, Beth!

[@ALLinALLgood]

Once there was a songbird who lost his mate. He frantically flew around in search of his love interest and notice dark spots on the sun which he thought might be her. Ultimately, he flew closer to get a better view and went blind. Now forever grounded, he sings more beautifully for having had the experience.

[@pinkbeatle2012]

Such a talent

[@donevans6457]

Love you Beth! Amy was special.

[@rebecca-lillyscott8335]

Really enjoyed listening your commentary. Thx!

[@luna6649]

me at 1 am watching this while crying because i just miss amy so much and i never even met her

[@danieldavidson2387]

Beth, such a good point. The tortured places that makes many artist's music, art, poetry so penetrating... It is often somewhere in the throws of these storms where our best craft is born. They are society's modern gladiator. We Need Their Voices to help us carry our own. People who can reach these shadows, help others transmute them into a holding place to the world's ailments. We promote those who torture themselves the most. We could be more mindful of not making artist's into Spectator Sport. Love your videos. I'm an enormous Wardruna fan Regards Daniel

[@mlberg2327]

I was thinking of Billie Holiday right before you mentioned her. I think it´s a perfect comparison, both were so expressive, so authenthic. I also find what you said about Amy being into jazz interesting, because she sings like a great jazz instrumentalist plays solo. The last couple of years I´ve listened alot to jazz and I enjoy playing it on the piano as well, and nowadays I judge what a good singer is differently because of that. Before I used to focus on pitch, range, power etc., but now I listen to singers like their voice is like any other instrument. When I hear singers like Amy, Vaughan, Holiday etc. I hear them like a saxofone, piano, trumpet, guitar etc., that way I get a whole other sense of their musicality, their feel, their creative choices etc. There are many highly rated singers that if you play how they sing on an instrument, it wouldn´t be anything special, but people are blown away by their power, pitch, riffs.

[@2FlyCaptain]

RIP Amy. It's crazy how good of a singer she was and it never looked like she was even trying.

[@PbPomper]

So sad the world lost her. Her voice is so amazing and unique. Such power and expression.

[@tonymanfredi6844]

Bravo Beth You specially and beautifully nailed this performance not only about Amy but for all artist. We've seen way to many Artists pass away to early, but sometimes you gotta wonder was it meant to be this way?

[@cloudstrife206]

I remember the first time I heard Amy sing ❤ what an incredible talent RIP