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Stock markets crashing, actors dying and skiers caught in avalanche after avalanche .... does anyone have any good news?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I don't know. Can you give us an update on the flooding in Leeds?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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2007 was colder than 2006 and the MetOffice think 2008 will turn out even colder!
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| laundryman wrote: |
| 2007 was colder than 2006 and the MetOffice think 2008 will turn out even colder! |
Strange how that hasn't been the subject of a 'Newsnight special' 
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Lot's of snow in Scotland and the Alps.
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I've just had rather a nice cup of coffee - well it was good news for me
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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A very, very fine singer, no question. As to the rest...
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alex_heney, she's better than Cerys... 
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mattmulkeen, I'm going skiing next week. That's good news. who cares about trivia like stock markets, dead actors, and world recessions anyway - what's the snow forecast looking like? 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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CAN SHE SING ! people dont usally go to concerts to boo and throw things at the stage!
is her name really amy WINEhouse or are we just being sold something else?
and Im not sking till march
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I regard Amy Winehouse's lyrics, musical backing, wit ... and voice ... as the finest I've every heard of any singer in the UK. Her songs are phenomenally good.
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Amy Winehouse? Modern 'Aretha Franklin' in my mind. XXXX
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, Not even close.
Buy 'em while you can as if she carries on the way she is I don't rate her seeing 2009
BTW why do these celebs not go to jail for the drugs they got? If it was a normal kid nicked with them they would have been locked up by now.
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This evening, I sewed a button on my mac and sewed up a hole in the pocket, which I've been meaning to do for weeks, so we can all rejoice about that.
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| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| Amy Winehouse? Modern 'Aretha Franklin' in my mind. XXXX |
That's a very strange place - your mind 
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| David Goldsmith wrote: |
| I regard Amy Winehouse's...... voice ... as the finest I've every heard of any singer in the UK...... |
What about Lesley Garrett - or are you excluding her because she really can sing? Did you never hear Janet Baker, or is she too posh to count? Mind you, I think AW is a pretty good singer, too. 
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| David Goldsmith wrote: |
| I regard Amy Winehouse's lyrics, musical backing, wit ... and voice ... as the finest I've every heard of any singer in the UK. Her songs are phenomenally good. |
Her lyrics are OK-ish if you are depressed and want to stay that way. the "musical backing" is the doing of her record company more than her.
Her voice is certainly "different", mbut I don't like it. And for me it really shows up when she does cover versions of reasonable/average songs and makes them worse. I am sure there are people who prefer her version of "Valeri" to the Zutons, but I certainly don't.
I can think of many current singers whose voice and choice of material is *way* better than hers. Including another Amy
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achilles,
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What about Lesley Garrett - or are you excluding her because she really can sing?
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Bleeuuchhh, no she can't. Totally devoid of subtlety (unlike Amy Winehouse.)
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Did you never hear Janet Baker, or is she too posh to count?
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I guess David was referring to a present-day singer (JB is long retired) and in fairness, that's comparing apples and pears, or whatever the expression is. Janet Baker is, of course, one of the greatest singers this country has ever produced.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Hurtle wrote: |
| ............I guess David was referring to a present-day singer......... |
You are sweetnes and light personified, so your pedantic eye missed:
| David Goldsmith wrote: |
| I regard Amy Winehouse's lyrics, musical backing, wit ... and voice ... as the finest I've every heard of any singer in the UK. |
But mine did. 
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| Janet Baker is, of course, one of the greatest singers this country has ever produced. |
The all too little I have heard is sublime.
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achilles, Mmm, given the placing of the word, I interpreted it (in the said spirit of sweetness and light) as the finest he had ever heard of [present-day] singers, as opposed to the finest he had heard of any singer in the UK ever to perform. Maybe he'll tell us what he meant. And didn't you mean 'didn't' as opposed to 'did'?
Methinks this is thread creep of the highest order. 
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You know it makes sense.
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But to get back on topic, it is good news that I had the privilege of hearing Janet Baker live many, many times. Sometimes - in numerous St Matthew Passion performances - I was on the stage too!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Hurtle wrote: |
| But to get back on topic, it is good news that I had the privilege of hearing Janet Baker live many, many times. Sometimes - in numerous St Matthew Passion performances - I was on the stage too! |
Respect. In contrast, I am not (and never was) worthy.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| achilles wrote: |
| David Goldsmith wrote: |
| I regard Amy Winehouse's...... voice ... as the finest I've every heard of any singer in the UK...... |
What about Lesley Garrett - or are you excluding her because she really can sing? Did you never hear Janet Baker, or is she too posh to count? Mind you, I think AW is a pretty good singer, too. |
That's like comparing an apple to a pear, or an Aston Martin to a Bentley. They're not fulfilling the same purpose. In general, operatic divas don't sing, for example, jazz well, and vv. How can you decide even subjectively whether Janis Joplin was a better or worse singer than Maria Callas? Both are the acme of their trade (arguably) and each would have been rubbish at singing the other's songs.
[Not that Lesley Garrett's anything to write home about as an operatic diva, although she's good at getting the right kind of publicity (in contrast to Amy).]
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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richmond, quite so (as mentioned above.)
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hurtle, oh yes, I didn't notice that. Fancy us both choosing fruit based comparisons, and the same fruits, at that. Obviously a cultural thing.
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richmond,
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| richmond wrote: |
| ......That's like comparing an apple to a pear, or an Aston Martin to a Bentley. They're not fulfilling the same purpose. In general, operatic divas don't sing, for example, jazz well, and vv. How can you decide even subjectively whether Janis Joplin was a better or worse singer than Maria Callas? Both are the acme of their trade (arguably) and each would have been rubbish at singing the other's songs. |
Well it was the point I was trying to make, a little facetiously. If you say X is the greatest singer ever - you are forcing a point home covering all singers (and how could you do that for all the different types?) for all time (since 'ever' is an absolute expression. Typical of journalistic writing which irritates me - and I was a little waspish. Sorry.
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What I meant really was that Amy W's combination of talents and backing musicianship (with her own voice as an element), has stirred me more than any other UK female singer I've ever heard.
Just a personal/emotional impression, of course.
She pours out her soul and creativity in an astonishing way. Let's hope she survives her crisis and sings some more.
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achilles, I'd say you weren't being waspish enough, since I didn't realise - and neither, presumably, did richmond - that you were being facetious!
David Goldsmith, blimey, you really DID mean in any genre and in any medium you've ever heard (including recordings of dead or retired singers)?! That's quite some accolade for Amy.
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| Hurtle wrote: |
| .........David Goldsmith, blimey, you really DID mean in any genre and in any medium you've ever heard (including recordings of dead or retired singers)?! That's quite some accolade for Amy. |
Hmm. I have an opt out - but, yes, I really was being facetious - I did think David was indulging in journalistic hyperbole, and did not think he really meant his statement in absolute terms.
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I'm off to La Plagne at 6am on Saturday!
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And it's now less than three days till I set off for Val - Very Good news indeed 
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FAQ
- but I work in construction - we get busy thro' flooding.... 
