Planet of Sound: Amy Winehouse ain't going to Rehab

Watch this video once, and you'll be humming it all day. Then you'll realize every time you've hummed it, your body is grooving to it, putting a little bump in your walk, maybe a little chair dance at your desk. A songstress with a 50s-60s girl group vibe to the music. A woman who is at turns both smooth and broken, a modern incarnation of Billie Holiday in both voice and lifestyle.

This is Amy Winehouse.



Loving the horn section on that song.

"Rehab" is her response to her managment's efforts to send her to rehab for alcohol abuse after several "Lohan-esque" escapades that were featured in the UK tabloids. She refused, dumped the management company, and got a UK Top Ten hit out of it. But despite the tabloid fodder behaviour, she sure can sing. The combination of a hard living but talented singer is definitely drawing comparisons to Billie Holiday: both the talent and the sad side. I hope she can sort herself out, because she's got a great voice and a sly knack for songwriting. She may be a bit of a mess, but there's a rough rowdy charm to her, just like the new album, Back to Black, which is out now.

Official Site: Amy Winehouse
Wikipedia -Amy Winehouse
Myspace: Amy Winehouse
All-Music Guide with a good write-up and discography of Amy Winehouse