Like, whoa: Amy Winehouse to become the new Cat Power?!

Mar 21, 07

I know. I know. Enough already about Amy Winehouse and freak outs. But. I. Just. Can't. Stop. It.

First there was Cat Power, nee Chan Marshall, known most for crying at shows and running away from press only to have more freak outs in private. The public spectacle of Chan behind a microphone, guitar in lap, ready to flee like Julia Roberts in that awful Garry Marshall flick. Like this:

Cat Power: 'I wanted to die' [NME]

Nine Lives & Counting [New York Times]

Cat Power Cancels U.S. Tour [Pitchfork]

And now there's Brit chanteuse-cum-every-other-blogger's-best-page-1-item Amy Winehouse. A poorer man's Lily Allen (if she's lucky) and a wiser man's Lady Sov (why is S-O-V always so angry?). Check it:

Her Reputation Precedes Her [PerezHilton (reliable sources are hard)]

Amy Winehouse's One & Only LA Show [popbytes]

Amy Winehouse Was 'Too Heartbroken' To Perform [StarPulse]

Oh no, oh my! What's going to happen next? Cat Power's turned her career around like cu-razy and somehow in the doing so, became Karl fucking Lagerfield's muse of all rock-i-ness. I somehow doubt that Winehouse can booze and whore her way to that kind of astounding turnarounds. If she does though, someone should make a certificate of merit for that shit. People, get on it!! Although....we do love a good failure every once in a while.