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Is this cool or is it cool?

I always thought Amy wrote amazing, heart-breaking lyrics but I never thought my old University would rise up to the challenge and acknowledge that. I mean a comparison of Amy with Billie? A-fucking-maxing! Well done Cam! (I never thought I'd say that...)

Inspired by this, the blog administrator (i.e. me) will administer an online competition.
Compare and contrast the following two songs by Billie Holiday and Amy Winehouse. What do they reveal about female psyche?

Bille Holiday: Lady sings the blues




Lady sings the blues
Shes got them bad
She feels so sad
Wants the world to know
Just what the blues is all about

Lady sings the blues
She tells her side
Nothing to hide
Now the world will now
Just what the blues is all about
The blues aint nothing but a pain in your heart
When you get a bad start
When you and your man have to part
I aint gonna just sit around and cry
And now I wont die
Because I love him

Lady sings the blues
Shes got em bad
She feels so sad
The world will know
Shes never gonna sing them no more


Amy Winehouse-Back to black



He left no time to regret
Kept his dick wet
With his same old safe bet
Me and my head high
And my tears dry
Get on without my guy
You went back to what you knew
So far removed from all that we went through
And I tread a troubled track
My odds are stacked
I'll go back to black

We only said good-bye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to.....

I go back to us

I love you much
It's not enough
You love blow and I love puff
And life is like a pipe
And I'm a tiny penny rolling up the walls inside

We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to

Black, black, black, black, black, black, black,
I go back to
I go back to

We only said good-bye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to

We only said good-bye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to black