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Originally Posted by brightlife60
The Beatles, hands down.  |
Without a doubt The Beatles were the group who shook up my music appreciation world at the great age of 13. Up until then I didn't get overly excited about music in one way or another. The Beatles, followed by the rest of the "british invasion", who influenced almost all the U.S. bands, joyfully occupied and enriched my life for many years to come.
The closest I've come recently to that same feeling is with the singer that Yorio thought of and 2BNTV named for him, and that would be the brilliant young and recently departed artist named Amy Winehouse. It's hard to explain simply, but when I first heard her, it was her second album "Back to Black", and I was floored by by voice, her honesty and her sound; and my heart skipped a beat. For the first time since The Beatles I played the same album over and over and over, ignoring all others.
I immediately sought our her first album named simply "Frank" and was again taken by a whole other sound as this was jazzy, where her later album was a kind of '60's soul feel. Her emotions and phraseology coupled with the personal stories inherent in her songs just captivated me.
I've scoured the internet and now also have a very large collection of unreleased and live recordings by Ms. Winehouse.
I inwardly knew that she wouldn't survive her inner demons, although I vainly hoped she would overcome them. I mourn the abrupt end of this troubled woman and the loss of her genius.