1) Amanda Louisa Kretz … Read Full Bio ↴There are more than one artist named Amanda.
1) Amanda Louisa Kretz Lameche, known professionally as Amanda, (born March 24, 1985 in French Alps, France) is a French-born, Swedish pop singer who started getting involved in music after her family settled in Täby, Sweden. While taking dance classes, she joined the musical The Sound of Music and was soon singing "Little Stars" at Gothenburg's World Athletic Games. Amanda became the first young female pop act to sign with Madonna's Maverick Records, making her professional debut with "You Don't Stand a Chance", from the Rugrats in Paris movie soundtrack. In 2000, Lameche recorded her debut album, entitled Everybody Doesn't and released it in 2001. The title track "Everybody Doesn't" was her first and only single to date, peaking at #81 on the Billboard Hot 100. There was a scheduled release for a second single, "Can't Stop My Love", but due to lack of album sales, Maverick cancelled the single and dropped Amanda. In 2006 Signature Records gave her a new record deal to record an album set for release in December 2007.
Amanda's younger sister Anaïs Lameche soon joined Laila Bagge's Swedish girl group Play. Amanda received writing credits on Play's debut single, "Us Against the World." When Play filmed a video for "It's a Hard Knock Life" in 2003, Amanda substituted for Faye Hamlin, who was sick at the shoot, in some scenes.
2) Written as AmAndA, this sextet evolved from the southwestern suburbs of Brussels, with a very theatrical (with some original accessories and decors) symphonic prog with a modern edge, but expanding a vast and humorous world, sung in French (and sometimes in Latin), which fascinates the audiences.
Their debut album Qui Est AmAndA? came out in 02, and the group slowly acquired a strong local following, their music sometimes reminding of a proggier Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody-like) and Ange. Two years later the group issued a single called Voilà, which would find a way of the future album. While their second album the excellent La Maison De Flore had to wait until 07, the group achieved another big project almost simultaneously, as they recorded in the Universirté of Louvain La Neuve, their music accompanied by a 50 musician symphonic orchestra. This is also bound to be released soon.
3.) An Arabic singer
4) Project of Lauri Ylönen - the lead singer of The Rasmus
(5) Also known as AMANDA THE POWER CHILD, the "Amanda" recordings have emerged as an unexpected cult sensation on my WFMU program over the past two years. The chronicles feature Amanda Whitt, a growling (think Cookie Monster), defiant pre-pubescent with a Southern twang spewing mayhem over 1980s breakbeats and disjointed shards of pop hits. On some tracks Amanda shrieks while clanging pots & pans. The recordings exude undeniable charm, but there's nothing cute about it. Any sentient adult witnessing this behavior would commence punitive action or summon law enforcement.
Power-child Amanda was recorded between 1986-89 at home in Alabama, between ages 8 and 11, by her older (by 7 or 8 years) brother Joseph (a.k.a. Jody). Joseph and Amanda were a couple of hyperactive kids pretending to be, respectively, a music video director and a child star. Most recordings were captured on cassette, others on video cam, in the lowest of lo-fi. The duo sometimes enlisted friends in the frolics, and often drove their parents crazy (with incidents caught on tape). The most durable performances were titled (e.g., "The Pickle People," "Horrible Hybrid Tulips," "Indian Hoots Echo Baby," "Me Swinging in Cookieland") and compiled on "albums," whose design awkwardly replicated the commercial cassette format. Inserts were pasted up and xeroxed, and collections assigned titles (e.g., Primitive Swagger, Monumental Whopper Turmoil Jam, Empires and 5th Dimension Perspective, and Worship Me). The recordings were not circulated beyond friends.
Amanda's singular appeal is difficult to explain. There's no artifice, and nothing remotely arty. At their best, the recordings are compelling in a car-wreck way. At their worst, they're a couple of obnoxious brats with a cheap tape deck. Yet Amanda's voice conveys elusive qualities with enormous appeal. Her delivery is brutal, her growl unearthly; yet there's a transcendent joy in her lack of inhibition. The gal has a repertoire of shrieks, howls, swoops and pet phrases. Most of my listeners find the recordings diverting and entertaining. A few strongly dissent‹one to the point of suicidal threats. You either get it or you don't. -----IRWIN CHUSID
1. AMANDA are a Japanese grunge band from Japan.
Heavy
Amanda Lyrics
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I got so many honeys on my request line
Spendin all their money for a taste of my time
I don't want em cause I want you boo you're looking so fine
And now I'm ready so baby so give me a sign
If you let me I might let you get a piece of my pie
So break me off, come get me at the front of the line
I got that big big heavy, what you got in mind
Don't drop the ball, I waited all night long
Don't you drop the ball, all night long
Don't you drop the ball, I waited all night long
Don't you drop the ball, I'm waitin?
Hey pretty baby when you tryin to leave
I been begging please all night and waiting patiently
You know you need me but you greedy so come on don't tease
And leave me by myself beside myself like I can't breathe
And now I'm hurtin God I'm hurtin I'm so weak in the knees
Got your lovin on my brain it creeped in like a disease
I'm as sick as can be I'm at 103, you got that big big heavy
Come and give it to me
Don't drop the ball, I waited all night long
Don't you drop the ball, all night long
Don't you drop the ball, I waited all night long
Don't you drop the ball, I'm waitin?
Oh no
Here we go
Take me home
I'm waiting, I'm waitin
Oh no
Here we go
Take me home
I'm waiting, I'm waitin
Don't drop the ball, I waited all night long
Don't you drop the ball, all night long
Don't you drop the ball, I waited all night long
Don't you drop the ball
I'm in love
Give you all my love
Gonna give you my love
Give you all my love
I give good love
Gonna give you good love
I give good love
Gonna give you good love
I want your love
I need your love
I want your love
Gotta have your love
The song "Big Heavy" by Amanda Blank is a seductive and rhythmic track that speaks to the singer's desire for one specific person, her "big daddy." Amanda sings about the attraction she feels towards this person and her frustration with them for not giving in to her advances. She boasts about her power over other men who are willing to spend all their money just to be with her while simultaneously making it clear that she only has eyes for her "big daddy."
Through the lyrics, Amanda suggests that she is willing to give in to her lover's desires, but she cannot stand being left waiting and teased without being given the affection she craves. She is so consumed by her desire for this person that it has made her physically ill, and she needs their love to heal her.
Overall, "Big Heavy" is a sultry track that combines elements of hip-hop, pop and electronic dance music to create a sound that is both infectious and catchy.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey big daddy what you doing tonight
Addressing a potential partner with flattery and interest
I got so many honeys on my request line
Receiving plenty of attention from other potential partners
Spendin all their money for a taste of my time
Other potential partners investing money in order to receive attention
I don't want em cause I want you boo you're looking so fine
Favoring the potential partner this song is addressed to
And now I'm ready so baby so give me a sign
Expressing desire for further interaction
If you let me I might let you get a piece of my pie
Hinting at a potential physical relationship
So break me off, come get me at the front of the line
Requesting immediate attention from the potential partner
I got that big big heavy, what you got in mind
Asserting confidence in own abilities and provoking a response from the potential partner
Don't drop the ball, I waited all night long
Reminding the potential partner of the investment made in waiting for them
Hey pretty baby when you tryin to leave
Asking the potential partner for further interaction
I been begging please all night and waiting patiently
Expressing desire for interaction and investing time in waiting
You know you need me but you greedy so come on don't tease
Asserting own desirability and encouraging directness
And leave me by myself beside myself like I can't breathe
Describing emotional turmoil and desire for connection
And now I'm hurtin God I'm hurtin I'm so weak in the knees
Expressing emotional and physical investment in potential partner
Got your lovin on my brain it creeped in like a disease
Describing obsessive thoughts about the potential partner
I'm as sick as can be I'm at 103, you got that big big heavy
Using metaphor to describe intense desire for the potential partner
Come and give it to me
Encouraging physical interaction
Oh no
Expressing apprehension or concern
Here we go
Anticipating or preparing for further interaction
Take me home
Expressing desire for physical closeness
I'm waiting, I'm waitin
Reiterating the investment made in waiting for the potential partner
I'm in love
Expressing feelings of affection and attachment
Give you all my love
Offering all of oneself to the potential partner
Gonna give you my love
Anticipating future exchange of affection
I give good love
Asserting ability to provide affection and care
Gonna give you good love
Promising to provide high-quality care and affection
I want your love
Expressing desire for affection and care from the potential partner
I need your love
Expressing emotional and physical dependence on the potential partner
I want your love
Reaffirming desire for affection and care from the potential partner
Gotta have your love
Asserting emotional and physical dependence and desire for affection and care from the potential partner
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: AMANDA MCGRATH, CARLY LOF
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@starduck2
Could you just anticipate the lyrics so it's better to sing along? :)