Probably the best singer of the last 75 years...and a member of the "27 Club"

[sir pball]

RIP Amy.

[pdxflyboy]

1. Thank You sir pball.

n/t.

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Here come the Presley fans!

[Permanut]

3. Good choice..

But in the 27 club I gotta go with Janis Joplin.

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. He simply noted her as a member

He didn't say she was the best of the 27 Club. You could start a big argument with that question.

[Permanut]

5. Roger that..

And Amy Winehouse did have an incredible voice

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Indeed she did

I doubt Janis* would be thought to have a great voice by the typical standards. The thing about her was she sang her guts out on every song, and everybody listening to her felt that in theirs.

[sir pball]

8. So I went down a Janis hole today...

…and oddly remembered this comment.

Janis was truly amazing, "but" she also did basically everything "wrong" (quotes important) – she sang with a tight throat, breathed harder than I do when I'm running sprints, her tone was as rough as 80-grit sandpaper, and she just laughed and slugged some Southern Comfort if you ever talked about her "pitch". She was a NASCAR driver doing a burnout at the very start of a race, doing literally EVERYTHING wrong…and she was one of the most amazing modern singers for it.

Here's one of the more popular vocal coaches on YT explaining my position.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. ...

[Upthevibe]

9. sir pball..........

I absolutely agree......

I listened to her album, Back to Black, constantly when it came out in 2006. I can't believe it's been almost 20 years....

R.I.P., Amy......

[Solly Mack]

10. Miss her