Amy Winehouse Is All Wet!!!!

Eek, I thought my sitemeter results were looking skeevy enough after putting the phrase "nip-slip" somewhere on my blog.

I don't know much about Amy Winehouse, but one fact has become clear. SHE IS WET. Wet with what, you might ask?

WHISKEY:

Mordy on the teenpop thread:

I love her voice. It sounds drenched in scotch and Lucky Strikes. [EDIT: This is in reference to Dorothy Parker (by way of an Amy Winehouse convo) so it doesn't really count! Apologies.]

Idolator:

Today's Washington Post has a rather sad profile of Amy Winehouse, the British soulstress whose voice sounds like it's been soaked in bourbon, and how she's made her way across the pond.

AOL Music Store:

...her Mercury Music Prize-nominated debut, Frank, blew away critics and fans with her whiskey-soaked vocals...

GIN:

Entertainment Weekly:

She looks like '60s girl-group icon Ronnie Spector, sings like a gin-soaked '40s jazz queen, and writes lyrics that could serve as a soundtrack for every unsuspecting subject of A&E's Intervention.

Zeon's Music Blog:

Her gin-soaked voice just kinda pours down into your ears and wraps you around.

WINE:

XO's Middle Eight:

The album is wine soaked, pot-smoked and cheatin obsessed.

Resonator Magazine:

One wine-drunk, wine-soaked Winehouse of a public disruption that puts a kick to your step like a heel in the small of your back.

BOOZE IN GENERAL:

Up Music Magazine:

...perfectly compliments Winehouse's new found alchohol-drenched rasp...

Oxygen.ie

Amy is in no danger of losing her license to kill as with THAT voice and THOSE lyrics neither the contenders for her throne (Lilly Allen, Jamie T) or her contemporaries from the new jazz revival of 2004, can match the pace of this booze drenched oeuvre.

JAZZ:

Guardian Unlimited Arts:

"Next time I'll be black and 32 - no, I will. I'll have a turban higher than Erykah Badu's," she deadpans about her striking, jazz-soaked vocal.

SOUL:

BBC:

London's favourite dark-haired, soul-drenched diva makes a welcome return to the limelight

Virgin Radio:

There's little of the debuts jazz leanings as Amy delves back into the girl groups of the sixties for this soul drenched little cracker.

Mosaic Thump:

...beautiful slice of soul drenched honey-of-a-single...

Cherwell.org:

Back To Black is a record drenched in soul

MOTOWN:

Dotmusic:

So it's anyone's guess why Amy Winehouse's souled-out, Motown-drenched follow-up isn't called "Frankly Foul-Mouthed".

IndieLondon:

The album kicks off in familiar fashion with the Motown drenched Rehab, the lead single.

THE 60s AND/OR THEIR GIRL GROUPS:

PopMatters:

Drenched in ‘60s girl-group cool, and sparkling with bad-girl attitude

New Zealand Listener:

Winehouse revels in their 60s-soaked creations and, perhaps as she has less to prove this time around, her husky Bassey-esque voice comes across in a truly impressive, natural way.

New Zealand Herald:

Back to Black is essentially a heartbreak album drenched in the sounds of girl groups like the Shangri-Las and the Supremes.

EMOTION:

Ilikemusic.com (Urban):

...drenched in emotion...


EVERYTHING ELSE:

Washington Post:

Hers is a voice marinated in regret and pulsing with pain, yet soaked in snarkiness while fully rooted in the saccharine sensibilities of '60s girl groups.

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There are more of these. But hey, I won't let myself off the hook, because I once wrote that you could tread water in ambivalence. (But I was talking about David Byrne and he sweats a LOT.)

EDIT: MOISTURE UPDATE!!!!!

WANTON SEXUALITY

Ask Men.com:

That’s especially true on songs like “In My Bed” and “He Can Only Hold Her,” both of which are dripping with wanton sensuality.

SOUL (BY ASSOCIATION)

The Indiana Digital Student:

The second half of the record is dripping with soul, as songs like "Josephine," "Gotta Hold On" and "You Know I'm No Good" all have smooth arrangements and great choruses. The latter features British newcomer Amy Winehouse, who adds what seems to be the sultriest voice of the last 20 years.

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EDIT 2: MOIST MOIST MOIST THE DRIPS KEEP COMING

MOTOWN AND OLD-TIME JAZZ

Beatmag:

...impeccably contemporary but marinated in Motown and old time jazz.


AND THE FINAL WORD

Pitchfork:

For some reason, the singer-songwriter is swimming in praise over in her native England.


WET COUNT:
Soul: 4 (+1 "Soul by Association")
60s/girl groups: 3
Motown: 2 (+1 "Motown & old-time jazz)
Whiskey: 2
Gin: 2
Wine: 2
Booze: 2
Jazz: 1
Emotion: 1
Wanton sexuality: 1
Praise: 1
Everything else: 1

AMY WINEHOUSE TOTAL WET COUNT: 24