I'm not sure why I am more fascinated with Amy Winehouse's descent into drugs, booze and legal trouble than, say, Britney or Lindsay or Anna Nicole. Maybe because she has real talent. Or because there seems to be an obvious soulfulness or substance to her. Could be because she's British.
I love this clip of her singing "Valerie." That outrageous ratty beehive, those self-conscious downcast eyes, jerky movements, spindly arms and all. She looks like she wants to crawl inside the song, and the sound is so haunting...