Amy Macdonald

[Arese]

Did anyone else see her on Something for the Weekend on Sunday?

Loved her first album, and it seems she's a bit of a petrol head. At 21, she drives an Audi R8 and a Bentley Continental Supersports.

[LukeBird]

I like that!

[LHD]

Can't deny she likes cars.

Pity that she's got a voice that sounds like a goose farting in the fog when she sings though.

[nonuts]

Good work I say, I don't actually dislike her music either

[Fox-]

Does she like cars or does she, as I suspect most girls of 21 given loads of money would, simply like bling?

[r11co]

LHD said:

Pity that she's got a voice that sounds like a goose farting in the fog when she sings though.

Absolutely - she tries to pretend that her inability to hit notes is 'stylised, with a Scottish accent' (and I should be more loyal considering she a local lass!)

She's even worse live (when there's no studio magic to cover up the fact that she can't carry a tune in a bucket).

I suppose she has infinitely more (as in a tiny amount being infinitely more than none at all) talent than most manufactured chart 'acts' these days because she can strum a guitar and invent some tunes (as opposed to writing music), but I reckon an influential producer backed her career on the promise of getting some when she became 'of age'.....

Edited by r11co on Monday 5th July 19:00

[Baby Huey]

r11co said:

LHD said:

Pity that she's got a voice that sounds like a goose farting in the fog when she sings though.

Absolutely - she tries to pretend that her inability to hit notes is 'stylised, with a Scottish accent' (and I should be more loyal considering she a local lass!)

She's even worse live (when there's no studio magic to cover up the fact that she can't carry a tune in a bucket).

I suppose she has infinitely more (as in a tiny amount being infinitely more than none at all) talent than most manufactured chart 'acts' these days because she can strum a guitar and invent some tunes (as opposed to writing music), but I reckon an influential producer backed her career on the promise of getting some when she became 'of age'.....

Edited by r11co on Monday 5th July 19:00

She sounds like a de-tuned foghorn.

[ajprice]

Dakkon in the Christine Bleakley Lounge thread said:

I like the songs too.

[yellowbentines]

Hmmm, petrolhead or rich young girl who likes shiny things, I know what I'd wager. Footballers wives all drive flash cars, surely they're not all petrolheads too, can't imagine Amy adjusting her tyre pressures for a quick trackday blast.

[r11co]

Buggles said:

I really liked her first song, Mr Rock and Roll.....

Hmmm.

Did you follow my link of her performing that song live on the BBC at New Year 2008??!

".....And thoil meet wun daayy-heeeee".

Vic Reeves 'club singer' voice comes to mind.

Edited by r11co on Tuesday 6th July 17:47

[ajprice]

I like her, haven't got any of her songs but I wouldn't change the station if a song came on the radio. Not everybody sounds like Leona, and that's a good thing. Things would be very boring to listen to of it was all Cowell friendly voices.

[Arese]

r11co said:

Buggles said:

I really liked her first song, Mr Rock and Roll.....

Hmmm.

Did you follow my link of her performing that song live on the BBC at New Year 2008??!

".....And thoil meet wun daayy-heeeee".

Vic Reeves 'club singer' voice comes to mind.

Edited by r11co on Tuesday 6th July 17:47

A grainy Youtube clip is hardly a good source.

[r11co]

Arese said:

A grainy Youtube clip is hardly a good source.

I saw her live at that performance, and trust me she was just as awful. Plus you don't need super hi-fidelity to spot when someone is in tune or not....

She's crap. I have friends who are instructors at RSAMD who say she's pretty poor but they let it go because (as I said) she at least has a bare grasp of playing and reading/writing music (as in musical score, not producing great songs) which is more than can be said of Leona/JLS/etc.

The rest of the world are clearly taken in by her (very limited) 'talent' and looks.

The start of the melody for Mr Rock & Roll for example is the same three notes played up and down and up and down for 8 entire bars - not exactly Beethoven, or even the Beatles for that matter. And as for the chorus, you would have though at least she could write it within her own singing range.....

Edited by r11co on Wednesday 7th July 17:59

[Condi]

I like her, shes better than 90% of the mass produced talent show crap in the charts. Her voice isnt the best, but its far from shocking either. If you want to see a variety of unanimously crap live acts go onto 4OD and watch T4 on the beach. God, I was throwing things at the TV watching that.

[daphantom]

r11co said:

Arese said:

A grainy Youtube clip is hardly a good source.

I saw her live at that performance, and trust me she was just as awful. Plus you don't need super hi-fidelity to spot when someone is in tune or not....

She's crap. I have friends who are instructors at RSAMD who say she's pretty poor but they let it go because (as I said) she at least has a bare grasp of playing and reading/writing music (as in musical score, not producing great songs) which is more than can be said of Leona/JLS/etc.

The rest of the world are clearly taken in by her (very limited) 'talent' and looks.

The start of the melody for Mr Rock & Roll for example is the same three notes played up and down and up and down for 8 entire bars - not exactly Beethoven, or even the Beatles for that matter. And as for the chorus, you would have though at least she could write it within her own singing range.....

Edited by r11co on Wednesday 7th July 17:59

she speaks very highly of you as well

Im sure with her lifestyle + bank account shes happy enough. Not a fan BTW but ive def heard worse

[anonymous-user]

I thought "LA" was one of her best songs

[skene]

She is absolutely fkin' gorgeous!!


IMO