[Shaun]

Portishead's Geoff Barrow has dubbed the late Amy Winehouse as a "fake" singer, calling her "Whiney ****ehouse".

The producer, who was interviewed for ElectronicBeats.net about his new project BEAK>, said he thinks "most female singers on a commercial level all have the same voice".

"I think Whiney ****ehouse - Amy Winehouse, by the end of it, had just become a comic character of herself and how she sang," he said said. "I saw her with an electric guitar in a little pub in Bristol and people were going 'That's amazing,' but it wasn't at all. Then she had the big drug problem and all the tabloids got involved and she would start being Minnie Riperton or whatever it was."

He added: "It seemed fake, but because there was a massive drug problem you couldn't say it was fake, but her actual voice was fake. She had a real life with a fake voice."

Speaking about his own band, he said: "When Portishead started, Beth (Gibbons) was very influenced by Janis Joplin. She sang in her voice but it was based on singers that she liked."

The ill-timed comments, which came just days after Winehouse's ashes were scattered near her north London home, prompted a Twitter backlash against Barrow - who was forced to write: "I'm sure she was a lovely caring talented person - I didn't know her. Very sad that she passed away - but I never dug her vibe."

what an absolute prick -deletes Third-

[King Gizzard]

Think I'll listen to them now

[Marc]

Um no one cares about you

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

[Mrluvaluva]

So he thinks "most female singers on a commercial level all have the same voice"? Maybe he needs to get his hearing tested...

[Me. I Am Salman]

Why is it always a band member that controversially slags off something

[Roy Mars III]

Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva

So he thinks "most female singers on a commercial level all have the same voice"? Maybe he needs to get his hearing tested...

they do though

[InOne]

Quite brutal but agree with him to some degree.

[Tom4784]

He shouldn't slag off other artists when his own band only has one or two good songs. Portishead, by large, are mostly ****.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

He shouldn't slag off other artists when his own band only has one or two good songs. Portishead, by large, are mostly ****.

no.

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally Posted by Roy Mars III

they do though

If I compare Adele with Florence and...say...Lana Del Ray, for example, I would have to disagree. Some generic, autotuned, trash types do, but definitely not all. And Amy was far from similar to others. Quite unique in fact.

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

He shouldn't slag off other artists when his own band only has one or two good songs. Portishead, by large, are mostly ****.

*covers ears*

[Harry!]

Amy Winehouse was one of the best British vocalists from the last decade.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by InOne

Quite brutal but agree with him to some degree.

Yeah, mediocrity is overrated nowadays .....

[Munchkins]

Distasteful to slag her off when shes dead
atleast if she was alive she could reply
meh she was overrated and i didnt like her but still

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Munchkins

Distasteful to slag her off when shes dead

No, it isn't ..... do you think Hitler was a saint?

Originally Posted by Munchkins

atleast if she was alive she could reply

No, she couldn't ..... she wouldn't be able to string three words into a meaningful phrase or saying .....

[Kizzy]

You know what they say no publicity is bad publicity....Does he have a project to promote?....

[bbfan1991]

Originally Posted by Harry!

Amy Winehouse was one of the best British vocalists from the last decade.

This and Adele for me whilst being very talented at what she does does not move me in the way that Amy Winehouse did because of her sheer talent, albeit sadly wasted one.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Well he's entitled to his opinion. Just because she's dead doesn't mean he has to pretend he likes things.

I did think Amy and that blonde chic (can't remember her name) started a whole new kind of voice, style that a lot of people copied. But still Amy was unique.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by bbfan1991

This and Adele for me whilst being very talented at what she does does not move me in the way that Amy Winehouse did because of her sheer talent, albeit sadly wasted one.

Izit cause she iz fat?

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

Well he's entitled to his opinion. Just because she's dead doesn't mean he has to pretend he likes things.

I did think Amy and that blonde chic (can't remember her name) started a whole new kind of voice, style that a lot of people copied. But still Amy was unique.

Do you mean Duffy?

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva

Do you mean Duffy?

I love duffy, could mean dido too who I absoloutly adore!