It is (remarkably) the 20th anniversary next week of the album that launched a (doomed) legend upon an unsuspecting world - Back to Black by Amy Winehouse!
Everyone knows the songs - but in case you need a "refresher", here's Mr Scott Bradlee of our "house band" Postmodern Jukebox fame, with this medley:
However, not many people realise that one of her most famous songs was actually a cover:
Ha, ha!
She was so gifted and, in the end, tragic. I had forgotten about Noel Coward’s Rehab. Also so gifted and quite tragic.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I'd use the term "tragic" about Dear Noel. He seemed to live a bit of a charmed life, tbh.
DeleteThe person who actually made this pitch-perfect pastiche is, however, lost to the mists of time, so we'll never know if or how he/she met their end... Jx