Music: ♫ Amy Winehouse: Her Signature Song: “Back to Black”

I grew up during the 60s and the 70s. Amy Winehouse recreated that throwback vibe. It’s a pity she departed so soon.

Amy Winehouse passed away July 2011. But her music endures.

“Back to Black” is the signature song by Amy Winehouse that she left for us to remember her by. 

♫ ♫ ♫ ♫

Enter Amy Winehouse. 14 September 1983

Exit Amy Winehouse. 23 July 2011

♫ ♫ ♫ ♫

Music is my weakness. So many songs have left an imprint on my life and as life passes those songs still move me. No doubt, it’s that way with everyone.

But in my generation, so many talented souls departed this life way too early than they should have — like Janis Joplin (1943–1970), Jim Morrison (James Douglas “Jim” Morrison, 1943–1971), etc.

I grew up during the 60s and the 70s and always tell my kids that the music of my generation was the best! That’s why the artists and musicians of their generation “sample” it. But every now and then there are singers from my kids' generation that hearken back to that old-school sound I remember.

Amy Winehouse recreated that throwback vibe.

It’s a pity she departed so soon.

You would think the artists in later generations might learn from the tragic stories of others and not repeat history. But they don’t learn and they do repeat the tragic history.

Yet when another bright one finally gets to shine their light, and no sooner than they are in the spotlight, their candle is blown out.

I was just starting to enjoy her raspy soulful sounds when it was announced that she was gone.

Glad she did a duet with Tony Bennett to leave as part of her legacy.

Video link: Tony Bennett, Amy Winehouse — Body and Soul (from Duets II: The Great Performances)

♫ ♫ ♫ ♫

“Back to Black”

♫ ♫ ♫ ♫

BLACKSWAN : The K-pop Girl Group That Are Not Korean (???)

Today is October 6, 2023. I just discovered this group. I put words like "foreigners' and "K-pop" in the search box and out popped BLACKSWAN.  This group consists of four (4) lovely ladies and none of them are Korean. “There is Gabi from Brazil;NVee from the United States; Sriya from India; and Senegal-bornFatou, who now lives in Belgium.” These are not people with Korean ancestry who happen to live in a country outside of Korea. These young women are NOT Korean. Yet, they sing in Korean and in English, just like all of the popular K-pop groups.

Will they succeed? Uuuummm … I can't predict.

But I can say that when I was growing up in the USA:

• I remember a group called “The 5^th Dimension”. Do you know what was so different about them? They were BLACK but sounded WHITE! Their music was being played on white radio stations. It was such a shock when people saw them in person.

• I also remember Teena Marie and Bobbly Caldwell. Two WHITE singers that sounded BLACK. 

All of these artists were popular and successful. To what do they owe their success? Hey! They made good music!

I can't predict the success of Blackswan. There is an article published by CNN, and some criticize this group by “accusing them of cultural appropriation”.

Cultural appropriation? You got to be kidding me! Might as well argue the K-pop groups culturally appropriated their music and dancing styles from Westerners and that means none of the K-pop groups should succeed! Just saying. 

Original source

Throwback Music: Tears for Fears ~ Everybody Wants To Rule The World

My YouTube pick for Throwback Thursday is the original video by an awesome duo from my generation called Tears for Fears. Threw in the other video just because. 

These guys held a concert in Austin, Texas in 2015; Austin Music Hall. Did not attend but was so glad to see the advertisement in the paper and to know these two brothers childhood friends were still around making their awesome music. ((I always thought they were brothers.  But I discovered later they were just good friends.)  I converted some of my kids and got them to listen to this talented duo. :)  The music of Tears for Fears is still relevant today.

Image credit: By KWa (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

You want to know a secret? It's a genuine secret. Never told this to anybody but always thought it. You see the guy with the long black hair and the curly locks?  He looks like one of my cousins.  Never told anybody because my cousin was a girl named Helen.  Kept that secret for almost 30 years.  Guess it's OK to reveal it now.  :)

* * *
Tears For Fears - "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" - 



Find Info on Future Concerts

*

Tears for Fears: Rule The World: The Greatest Hits via @amazon @amazonmusic #streaming #MP3 #CD #Vinyl #collectible #music #music #musiclovers pic.twitter.com/WLPFLQzkdn

— My Shopping Channel (@goshoppingbees) June 3, 2022

Republished from Partner Blog