1. AMY WHINEHOUSE
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1.1.1. Award - Pris Turbulent - Turbolent Eclipse - Formørkelse Tabloids - Formiddagsavis Doomed - Dødstømt Infusion - Tilførsel Defiant - Trodsig Bouncy - Fjedrene Turmoil - Uro Vocal performance - Vokal Præstation Appearance - Fremtoning Indifference - Ligegyldighed
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1.2.1. Amy Winehouse, the Grammy Award-winning pop singer-songwriter whose compositions reflected — and ultimately were overshadowed by — a turbulent personal life and struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, was found dead July 23, 2011 at her apartment in London. She was 27. Amy Winehouse's hit songs included "Rehab," "Valerie," "Tears Dry on Their Own" and "Back to Black." The British-born performer’s train-wreck-style public behavior often threatened to eclipse her talent. Although she received high-profile engagements, such as Nelson Mandela’s 90th-birthday concert at London’s Hyde Park in 2008, she routinely canceled or missed appearances, whether because of bad health or bad manners. In June 2011, Ms. Winehouse canceled a tour after she shouted “Hello, Athens!” to an audience of 20,000 in the Serbian capital of Belgrade. Backup singers had to sing her songs and she was ultimately booed off the stage. Ms. Winehouse said living dangerously generated her creativity, and she was often photographed half-dressed and wild-eyed. The English tabloids reported she had suffered brain damage from excessive use of drugs and alcohol. “It sounds like such a wank thing to say,” Ms. Winehouse once commented, “but I need to get some headaches going to write about.” Her reckless life often called to mind the doomed pop stars of earlier generations, including Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain — all of whom also died at the age of 27. She had a fondness for jazz vocals and 1960s pop, but she roughed up the style to include hip-hop slang and an infusion of profanity. Her music often focused on drinking, drug-taking and chronic infidelity. Her song “Rehab” mirrored her life through its defiant lyrics: “They tried to make me go to rehab / I said no, no, no.” The bouncy song, styled after the early Motown sound and 1960s girl groups, became a hit in 2007. Amid the chaos and turmoil of her personal life, Ms. Winehouse won five Grammy Awards in 2008, including best new artist. She also won for song of the year and best female pop vocal performance for “Rehab,” as well as for record of the year and best pop vocal album for “Back to Black.” She was supported by a first-rate production team in her recordings, but she did not always appear first-rate in live performance. A New York Times music reviewer wrote of her May 2007 appearance at Manhattan’s Highline Ballroom, “Her voice glints with possibility: tart, smoky, ready to flirt or sob, and capable of jazzy timing. “What she doesn’t have, and may not want, is the kind of focus older singers brought to their songs,” he wrote, adding that her performance “switched between confession and indiference.”
1.3. YOUR RESEARCH
1.3.1. 1. Who is Amy Winehouse?
1.3.1.1. Amy Whinehouse was a famous british singer.
1.3.2. 2. Research how Amy Winehouse’s life style affected her health and career.
1.3.2.1. 1. What do you know about Amy Winehouse and her lifestyle? 2. What was her relation to alcohol and drugs? 3. What were her problems? 4. What were her solutions to the problems?
1.3.2.1.1. 1. She died because she was a drugabuser.
1.3.3. 3. Watch the video and listen to the song. Where does the video take place?
1.3.3.1. The video takes place in her appartment.
1.3.4. 4. Rehab
1.3.4.1. REHAB LYRICS
1.3.4.1.1. Rehab Songwriter: Amy Jade Winehouse They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no' Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know, know I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go, go, go I'd rather be at home with Ray I ain't got seventy days Cause there's nothing There's nothing you can teach me That I can't learn from Mr Hathaway I didn't get a lot in class But I know it don't come in a shot glass They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no' Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know, know I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go, go, go The man said 'why do you think you here' I said 'I got no idea I'm gonna, I'm gonna lose my baby so I always keep a bottle near' He said 'I just think you're depressed, this me, yeah baby, and the rest' They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no' Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know, know I don't ever wanna drink again I just ooh I just need a friend I'm not gonna spend ten weeks have everyone think I'm on the mend It's not just my pride It's just 'til these tears have dried They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no' Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know, know I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go, go, go
1.3.5. 1. What is the message of the song?
1.3.5.1. The message of the song is, she doesen't want's to rehab.
1.3.6. 2. How does the video match the lyrics?
1.3.6.1. In the lyrics, she want's to be at home. And in the video she is at home.
1.3.7. 3. What is rehab all about?
1.3.7.1. Rehab is all about helping people with problems, with drugs and drinking.
1.3.8. 4. Why does she say no?
1.3.8.1. Because she doesen't want's to Rehab?
1.3.9. 5. What does she mean when she says “black”?
1.3.9.1. She mean she's had been on a lot of drugs, and she blacked out?
1.3.10. 6. Who wants her to go into rehab?
1.3.10.1. Them, and her dad.
1.3.11. 7. How long does the treatment take?
1.3.11.1. 70 Days
1.3.12. 8. How did she do in school?
1.3.12.1. She didn't do good.
1.3.13. 9. What does not come in a shot glass?
1.3.13.1. She doesen't come in a shotglass
1.3.14. 10. What does she think will happen if she commits herself to ten weeks of rehab?
1.3.14.1. Everyone will think she's on the mend.
1.3.15. 11. What is it to be “on the mend”?
1.3.15.1. It means you're on the way to get over it
1.3.16. 12. Does the doctor think she is depressed?
1.3.16.1. Yes, he does
1.3.17. 13. Does she think she is depressed?
1.3.17.1. No, she doesen't
2. KURT COBAIN
3. Lana Del Rey
3.1. Who Is Lana Del Rey:
3.1.1. Elizabeth Woolridge Grant Also called "Lana Del Rey" Is an American Singer/Songwriter, she was born June 21st 1985 in NYC. She is still alive, at a age of 32 years.
3.2. Her Personal Life:
3.2.1. Lana suffered from Alcoholism at a young age. She drank every day. She drank alone. She said "When I write about the things I've lost, i feel like I'm writing about Alcohol, because that was the love of my life" She and her parents where worried about her, and she thought she where fucked. she said "it was the worst thing that ever happened to me"
3.3. How She's Doing Now:
3.3.1. Lana is still alive at a age of 32 years. She has been sober since 2004. and last year she released the album "Lust For Life" ,and she collabed with The Weekend on the single "Lust For Life"
3.4. Her Family:
3.4.1. She was born to Rob and Pat Grant, and grew up with her siblings Caroline and Charlie.