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Old 19-03-2008, 00:03
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've never heard any music - even although I've been gone from Wales years ago. Doesn't wash.
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Old 19-03-2008, 14:44
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Duffys hype is deserved imo, shes got a great voice and her album is fantastic, she cowrote all of her songs, no doubt she will win best female at the brits next year..which would be a vast upgrade from kate nash.
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Old 19-03-2008, 14:48
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Just listened to the song for the first time on youtube, I'm not really into it but she does have a distinctive voice.
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Old 19-03-2008, 15:35
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Just listened to the song for the first time on youtube, I'm not really into it but she does have a distinctive voice.
NO, not overhyped at all IMHO ! She does have a very distinctive voice, can and does sing LIVE and as mentioned co-writes her songs !

Compared to some of the other so called "artists" Duffy deserves all the hype !
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Old 19-03-2008, 15:39
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Not really my thing, but I do think she has a fantastic/ unique voice...which is nice to hear in a sea of blandness/ banality of some other singers in the charts.
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Old 19-03-2008, 16:04
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've never heard any music - even although I've been gone from Wales years ago. Doesn't wash.
What are you quoting?
It looks like you've only got half the quote there and the first bit has been accidentally snipped off.
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Old 19-03-2008, 16:16
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She has a great voice IMO. Its not as good as Amy's, but she's still very distinctive sounding. She's also very good live.
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Old 19-03-2008, 17:19
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I've only heard four songs from her so far, not big on what I've heard apart from Mercy, Mercy is a very good song. Anything that reminds me of that type of music from the 60s/70s is wonderful.
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Old 19-03-2008, 17:21
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I wouldn't say she's 'nonsense. Duffy's very good at what she does. It's all been done before though, hasn't it?
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Old 03-07-2008, 21:02
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I really like Duffy, She is so much more talanted then Mrs Winehouse in my eyes. Distant Dreamer is my favourite


I just realised that this thread is 4 months old...
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Old 03-07-2008, 21:30
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NO, not overhyped at all IMHO ! She does have a very distinctive voice, can and does sing LIVE and as mentioned co-writes her songs !

Compared to some of the other so called "artists" Duffy deserves all the hype !
Exactly she is not over-hyped which is a change from Whinehouse.:yawn: Live she sounds just like her records.

Never thought I would like her music. But her music could have been popular from the 20's unwards. Its not out of place today. Every song for me is just mesmerising and lingering.


At least real singing is making a comeback. Her voice is very unique and can listen to her all day. Timeless!

Its raw, real and imperfect which makes it stand out. Like Billie Holiday's voice was. Now am not comparing her to Billie. She is not jazz and nothing like her. Duffy is blues and soul. The singer does not have to be black or white.

She is naturally sexy, charming and flirty. Am waiting for a deluxe album from her.

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Old 03-07-2008, 22:18
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Well I think she is certainly better than Adele and most of the others. Have to say, I do think Amy Whinehouse's songs are better - but I'd rather have Duffy singing them (much better stage presence).

However, I am a bit sceptical with so many "co-written" songs... I mean Robbie "co-wrote" lots with Guy Chambers. Also a little pet hate of mine are these stage school wannabees trying to pass off as being "too cool for school".
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Old 03-07-2008, 22:20
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I think the singles are very good indeed (Rockferry/Warwick Avenue/Mercy) but the rest of the album sounds a bit weak to me.
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Old 03-07-2008, 22:24
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Exactly she is not over-hyped which is a change from Whinehouse.:yawn: Live she sounds just like her records.

Never thought I would like her music. But her music could have been popular from the 20's unwards. Its not out of place today. Every song for me is just mesmerising and lingering.


At least real singing is making a comeback. Her voice is very unique and can listen to her all day. Timeless!

Its raw, real and imperfect which makes it stand out. Like Billie Holiday's voice was. Now am not comparing her to Billie. She is not jazz and nothing like her. Duffy is blues and soul. The singer does not have to be black or white.

She is naturally sexy, charming and flirty. Am waiting for a deluxe album from her.

Babeth
Perfect answer.

She really is a spectacular talent, I can't wait to hear more.
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:46
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I'm with the original poster - I think she's a bit manufactured.

I think she has a distinctive voice and I don't have any issue with her an a singer.

But its clear as day from her press that she's been manufactured by Bernard Butler and her label. She's described how BB told her to listen to certain 1960s artists of the style she is now singing - hence force feeding her her influences.

I'm not saying I bregrudge her success, if it has to be someone why not her? But she's definitely been packaged and presented in a certain way - which I know happens all the time, but to claim its authentic or that she's in some way 'different'........
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:49
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i prefer her over amy winehouse/adele/all these other british "songbirds". warwick avenue is a brilliant song!
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Old 04-07-2008, 12:30
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She has a great voice IMO. Its not as good as Amy's, but she's still very distinctive sounding. She's also very good live.
Can't see how you could write that with a straight face - the irony being that Wino is an OK studio artist who falls apart on-stage.

leave the excuses to one side - Amy is completely unprofessional and wastes what talent she has.

as a vocalist and performer, Wino is not fit to lick Beverley Knight's boots.

Duffy may not be a unique talent, but at least she is professional.
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Old 04-07-2008, 13:44
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best female British singer out there now, miles better than Leona Lewis, Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash etc.
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Old 04-07-2008, 13:47
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I think she is absolutely dreadful.
Her voice grates on em and I find her preformances as dull as dishwasher, all seems so contrived and disingenuine.
It is just rehashed 60s stuff, big deal.
I thought her performance at Glasto was awful.
Cute outfit but all this posing, she's trying to do the Kylie sexy thing and cannot pull it off. I found it embarassing to be honest.
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Old 04-07-2008, 14:15
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I think she's a great singer but she's just as manufactured as anyone else so I don't get all this credibility she has over some other artists.
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Old 04-07-2008, 14:26
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She's a fantastic singer with some great songs on her album.
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Old 04-07-2008, 15:44
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I think she's a great singer but she's just as manufactured as anyone else so I don't get all this credibility she has over some other artists.
I don't think people are saying she's more credible than other artists, it's just that in many ways she's better (she's a better person for a start, compared with the mess that is Amy Winehouse and the cocky London Brits brat Adele)
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Old 04-07-2008, 17:00
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She sounds like a chipmunk
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Old 04-07-2008, 19:40
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I think she's a fantastic singer and one of the best artists in the charts.
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Old 04-07-2008, 20:20
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I think some of her songs are good, and shes a really pretty girl too...especially in the Warwick Avenue video.
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