Helen wrote:
Avondale,
I don't have a problem with the lyrics at all sung by Amy Whinehouse. Love the song, love the album. Just can't connect the lyrics to BF, and as Roxy has pointed out I wonder how BF delivered the opening lines? haha
I suppose time will tell as the tour continues.
Helen
I have never concerned myself with AW's lyrics before. Her enunciation is so bad (surely an affectation?) that I can't make much of it out and I don't like her music enough to research it. However, given your comments (and Roxy's too) I looked up the lyrics to this song and my over-riding impression is that they lack class. Lack of class is something that Bryan has ever been guilty of in the past and I don't want to see him sully himself in the latter stages of his career. so I am glad that he changed the lyric to something more circumspect rather than doing a straightforward swap over of the gender specific words (which would have meant using that four letter word that the ladies don't like).
I am also with you on the drug related line - just not classy and not right for our Bryan
That said, I am really pleased that he has started to dip into a more current songbook than usual. As I advocated in an earlier thread, this is something that I felt was ripe for him - so if this is the start of such a trend then it's a thumbs up from me.