DUFFY / 30th May / Llandudno

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[bradley]

Duffy sounds a bit like Amy Winehouse. Can't say I'm hugely impressed.

If I was going to choose someone to listen to that sounded a bit like Amy Winehouse, I'd probably pick Adele.

She has a new album out called nineteen, which she pronounces nine-een, because she's from a council estate.
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[Woj]

I've just seen a picture of Duffy, and I'm 99% sure I met her on a train from Warrington to North Wales once a few years ago!

I remember as she said she was a Warrington campus student (which I now believe she was) and was Welsh (which I know she is) and well she looked the same.

I recall as she had a big box of air with a toy helicopter in it to represent a helicopter ride she'd bought her boyfriend.

Then she started banging on about moving to Rockferry all the time - blah blah blah. And I emparted all my knowledge about breaking into the singles chart of course. Well the first half is true anyway.
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[Woj]

700 posts!
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[gentlemankush]

nice story woj...

I think the duffy/adele backlash starts here, don't get me wrong i quite like duffy's most recent single and it's appreciably better than most rubbish in the charts, but it's a retro tune, sounds just like all kinds of 60s motown stuff that has been done before, i've only heard one adele tune that's been flogged to death on radio 1 & 6 music, and it's shit, i don't know what all the fuss is about.

I'd go for Alice Russell, Nicole Willis or Sharon Jones, who, like Winehouse, (who is undoubtedly an excellent modern soul singer), make music that's retro, but is also forward looking, and i would argue have better voices and make more interesting music than adele or the duffer...

those are my views, for what little they're worth
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[Woj]

I like the latest single and have just a copy on 7". I maybe biased by the fact I met her (get me!) but I like the sound of her voice and am never too bothered if it sounds retro as I like that sound.

Is it better for an artist to adapt an old style well than trying to define a new sound badly? Discuss........
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[gentlemankush]

Interesting points, duffy does have a fine soul voice to be fair & i'm all for supporting local talent, so thumbs up in that regard, i've not listened to any of her other stuff to say whether it is pure retro all the way, so i'll give it a go alright...

As to woj's point, i don't think there's anything wrong with adapting old style music, i'd be a screaming hypocrite djing at a night call "funkdub" & a huge fan of Pama International & Quantic saying otherwise, however the best exponents don't just facsimile the past they do something new with it,...

Finally 3dj's wee list, Foals (thumbs up on what i've heard thus far), The Whitest Boy Alive (big thumbs up, fans of Kings Of Convenience, Peter Bjorn & John will enjoy), MGMT i like so far (heard one today very arcade fire), ting tings may be quite good, but may equally descend into shouty rubbish, i've not heard anything by the others on that list...
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[Tommo]

This Winehouse / Duffy/ Adele thing.

I'm sure there are loads of women with tremedous voices around. That's nothing new. This big focus on them is partly due to the Ronson explosion, but there is also a more fundamental factor.

People are starting (finally) to get sick of over-produced tinny pop nonsense. What all of these ladies, and many others, have in common is their backing bands.

Quality, dedicated musicians, playing proper instruments and everything. Not just on tour, but for the radio-friendly 4 minute slot. It seems to be all backwards: where it should be easier to get a guitarist, drummer, horn section etc for a decent singer, it seems that these young things get thrown into a studio with a european producer with a shit beard and a copy of pro-tools and bingo! there's a hit record.

This resurcence in the motown sound is more fundamentally a resurgence in 'real' music. Which can only be applauded.

And don't go on about how this is nothing new, if you get nothing but TMF and Radio 1, female singers don't sound like this.

As it happens, the first time I heard Duffy was on Later... or Johnny Ross or something, where she sang live with a live band. I later heard the actual released single, which sounds much worse than a proper double bass popping along.
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[Tommo]

GHowever, Kit likes Duffy, so we may join you for the gig
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[skutch]

I quite like Duffy's voice. And Winehouse's voice for that matter. They're both great singers. They just sing songs that move me so very little that I couldn't give less of a fuck if I tried