Good-o. Amy ugly minger crack face stupid whine-house getting even more publicity for little discernable talent. She can sing a bit, when she is sober, which is less and less often these days. Make me wish Wings would get back together again!

Not very IT based this story, which makes her publicity even more galling!

But I wouldn't take any bets on Amy.

Paris, because her tats are more discreet.

As soon as I read the title I thought Amy would make a great evil side kick.

And why not? Grace Jones has done it. Though Grace had the advantage of being a genuinely scary character in real life. Amy has scary looks but lacks any physical presence. Grace would snap her like a twig, but I guess that would release some kind of toxic gas, killing Grace and so the outcome would be a draw… Hhmmmm…

God I'm bored...

Sarah,

She has a great voice - that's something I wouldn't deny but I would hesitate and think long and hard before I went anywhere near the phrase "one of the best artists of our generation". That's a matter for taste or the application of a suitable metric at some point in the future.

As for her doing the Bond theme. I think she would be a good choice - she has the right sort of vocal chords.

does everyone still pander to this overrated, semi-talented junkie.

OK, she can sing, a bit.

Mind you, if she WAS a moderator at El Reg prior to fame, it DOES INDEED explain a lot!!

Amy Stonedhouse, sorry - Winehouse, would be great at doing a bond theme - I find her warblings as intolerable as most of the other Bond Theme Artists - i.e. Madge, Garbage, Sheryl Crow, Shirley Bassey, Tina Turner etc. Looking at the list of title tunes, there's only there's only the original theme (Dr No) and "We Have All The Time In The World" (OHMSS) that I would count as greats/classics the rest are towards the dire end of hte scale. Perhaps we should run a TV competetion to find the next singer, the money from the phone-ins could then be used instead of all those terrible product placements splattered all over the recent films.

"she's one of the best artists of our generation"

Care to take a vote on that?

Ah, the poor troubled artist whose experiences give them a unique insight into the human condition...

As Paul Simon once wrote "Every generation throws a hero up the pop chart"

I think the marketing machine has pwned you.

Anyway I think Amy would make a great Bond Heroin....er ..Heroine.

As long as she can sing, and the arrangement is suitable for a Bond fillum (no reedy synth nonsense like `Die Another Day`), who cares? It's a film theme. It's entertainment. With governments criminalising you and your other half recording a fruity film of a night in the boudoir, there's better things to get animated about.

And as Bill Hicks said:

"you know the musicians who made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years.... rrrrrrrrreal f--kin' high on drugs"

Paris - cos if they'll approach Whine-arse, they'll approach anyone.

Well said.

If there were a god, he wouldn't have wasted a voice like that on such a waste of air.

She's a drunk winkle-faced tabloid-feeding tattoo-disaster addict, but she knows how to bang out a decent tune. Let's be honest, at least she's a 'proper' rock star, give me her over Shayne Ward any day. Bring on the bond theme - she'd do it proud (although the best 'modern' band doing a bond theme is still Duran Duran ;)

Winehouse as a 'Bond Girl'.

Much more fun than the usual simpering tits 'n' ass.

Mines the DJ with the PPK in the pocket.........

You saying our gentlemanly charms are driving down the same path? That's just an excuse, you mods just get power hungry and fly off the hook!

Paris, as she used to have root on our network, and now look what happened.

...the number of Martinis Bond downs, maybe Winehouse's "Rehab" should be the next Bond theme.

she'd be fantastic.

I think you're mixing apples with oranges.

That Manynard is a guy and the Mars Volta are guys too. Could you put an example of a female artist comparable to Amy right now?

This would include a beatiful voice, interesting lyrics and equally original band members.

Before Amy it was Norah Jones I would have thought (she got a lotta grammys too, but then again she was critisized for not being Jazzy enough).

The bad propaganda shouldn't impair people from enjoying the music, and personally I couldn't care less if she snorts, pops or smokes whatever. I just hope she lasts enough to give us a lot more good music.

Or would you rather have Britney Spears? feckin Paris Hilton?

...Portishead would do a great Bond Theme.

...needs to hurry up and OD before she gets this gig.

If we must have some retro-voiced starlett doing the tune, then surely Duffy is a better option. Her voice is the equal (better IMO) to Whingehouse's and she's far easier on the eye than the faux smack-hound...

I for one welcome an Amy Winehouse Bond theme.

After all, she was brilliant on Never Mind the Buzzcocks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihFzr8QPfOg

Nothing is funnier than geeks attempting to comment knowledgeably on the Arts.

I thought she was tool of the gutter media used to give the Heat Magazine generation pictures to look at.

...is my hero.

with that other genius docherty. she can sing, and she lives the lifestyle, perhaps pete when he gets out the pokey can go round hers for a bit of the brown stuff and they can slabber out a good one.

Sarah's gettin a bit touchy on this one :)

Wheres the IT angle, has some B*****D stole my coat, Paris for F**ks sake

One minute everyone is complaining that artists today are bland and have no character and are all mass-produceds. wah wah...

So along comes a proper good voiced artist with serious life and drug problems and lets face it she's bloody interesting and what happens.

wah wah.. she's no good etc.

All the best musical artists and singers than anyone remembers were drug addled or killed themselves. The rest aren't worth bothering with.

What a lot of original opinions about Amy Winehouse.

I'm enjoying this thread, but well shirked on the "give me a reason" question ;-) Very well shirked...

This thread has helped relieve my boredom.

I notice that Sarah Bee doesn’t give up without a fight so perhaps she'd like to apply for the job of evil side kick. Or perhaps sing the theme tune.

Why is it that when it comes in seeking role models that our kids will no doubt want to emulate at some point in their impressionable lives, we always seem to celebrate those who do drugs, alcohol, unsafe sex and selfishness, branding those who try and keep a clean nose as wimpish, pathetic, weak and lacking in value?

We always seem to be negative about positive things and positive about negative things. Hrumph!

Maybe it's the same mentality that makes the Empire's action toys cooler than the Rebels'

You'll be saying that Lily Allen is good next!

If you don't like what people are saying about your beloved Amy, don't mix your professional work with personal interests.

Sarah Bee seems quite agitated today, perhaps she would like some chocolate?

...AICM5UKP.

Hendrix, Joplin, Jones, Morrison , Cobain and many more, so all you critics give it another what, 3 years, then we'll see how good she is