1. AMY WHINEHOUSE
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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 Winehouse was a british famous singer. Amy won five awards. Amy died as a twenty-seven year old famous singer, she died because of drugs and alcohol.
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? She was addicted to alcohol and drugs. She was 2. What was her relation to alcohol and drugs? She took drugs, and drank alcohol. 3. What were her problems? She took drugs and drank alcohol. 4. What were her solutions to the problems? Know one knows how she died. She died of alcohol poisoning.
1.3.2.1.1. Write down your notes here...
1.3.3. 3. Watch the video and listen to the song. Where does the video take place?
1.3.3.1. In a apartment.
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?That she don't wanna go to rehab.
1.3.6. 2. How does the video match the lyrics?In the video do's Amy protest about going to rehab. She that is why she are en in poor and scary places.
1.3.7. 3. What is rehab all about? Rehab is all about get rid of drugs and alcohol.
1.3.8. 4. Why does she say no? Because she don't wanna go to rehab.
1.3.9. 5. What does she mean when she says “black”? That she dosen't wanna go back to the dark/alcohol and drugs.
1.3.10. 6. Who wants her to go into rehab? Her daddy.
1.3.11. 7. How long does the treatment take? The treatment takes ten weeks.
1.3.12. 8. How did she do in school? She didn't get so much.
1.3.13. 9. What does not come in a shot glass? That it don't come in class.
1.3.14. 10. What does she think will happen if she commits herself to ten weeks of rehab? She thinks she would fall back her old habits.
1.3.15. 11. What is it to be “on the mend”? On the right course.
1.3.16. 12. Does the doctor think she is depressed? Yes, the doctor think she is depressed.
1.3.17. 13. Does she think she is depressed? No, she doesen't.
2. KURT COBAIN
2.1. Who is Kurt Cobain?
2.1.1. Born in Aberdeen on February 20. 1967, and died on April 5. Kurt died because he committed suicide, he shot himself with a gun. Kurt struggled with heroin and depression.
2.2. Research how Kurt Cobain's life style affected his health and career.
2.2.1. 1. What do you know about Kurt Cobain and his lifestyle? He was addicted to drugs. 2. What was his relation to alcohol and drugs? He took drugs. 3. What were his problems? He was addicted to heroin. 4. What were his solutions to the problems? Kurt went to rehab to get away with his drug problem, he ran away from the rehab place, and then he committed suicide, he shoot himself with a gun.