Winehouse Does The Ska

Posted on July 7th, 2008 by JJ Loy.
Categories: Ska Online.

Earlier this year, I followed a link to an underdeveloped MySpace page that boasted some Specials covers by the retro-licous, Amy Winehouse.  These not-so-impressive tracks were obviously demos and weren’t worth repeated listenings- let alone an official release.  That’s why I wasn’t in too big of a hurry to check out what’s been described as her Ska EP, when I read about it here and here.

Man, was I wrong.  Winehouse’s versions of Monkey Man, Hey Little Rich Girl, You’re Wondering Now and Cupid are clean and polished- spic and span.  Cupid is done as an upbeat Reggae tune while the others are arranged a lot like the Specials’ versions, but Winhouse’s vocal flourishes save the tracks from feeling unnecesarry.

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But the tracks from iTunes from the Back to Black B-Sides Collection

Or if you want The Ska EP for Free.

3 comments.

Moons

Comment on July 8th, 2008.

‘Monkey Man’ and an excellent version of ‘Hey Little Rich Girl’ also appears in the ‘I told you I was trouble live in london’ video.

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Pingback on July 9th, 2008.

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Maddie Ruthless

Comment on August 19th, 2008.

Man its those dap kings!!! they are where its at. My favorite band these days. You could be a toaster oven fronting the dap kings and they would make you sound great.

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