The Girl From Ipanema is an iconic song from the 60s. It's sound symbolizes the cool cat, swinger lifestyle of many people during that time while the lyrics tell a different story. The original was performed by Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz in Portuguese and later in English. The original is slow paced with a jazz feel or also known as bossa nova. Bossa Nova was a style of music in Brazil that mixed samba and jazz and became popular in the 60s. The Girl From Ipanema definitely embodied that style back then.
Over the years, this song has been covered countless times by various artists with various musical styles. Even Ol' Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra has covered it and I have to tell you, I almost changed this post to his cover! It was just so amazing! Don't worry though, I'll put a link to his cover at the bottom.
Now on to Amy Winehouse's version of The Girl From Ipanema. Her version sticks to original as far as instrumental. The drums are more profound and the tempo is sped up a little but other than that it stays in the regions of the original. Her voice is great as well and definitely differs from the delicate voice of Astrud Gilberto. Amy Winehouse voice is more powerful and intense which is a nice addition to the song. She even does some scatting at the end and you just can't go wrong with scatting.
Original:
The Girl From Ipanema by Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz
http://youtu.be/8prwLMEFLx0
Frank Sinatra's cover
http://youtu.be/NldPFVKYmiw
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