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.
No Pressure
Amanda Lyrics
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Don't sacrifice our love
Don't move to soon
Slow down baby
Don't be a fool
Don't suffocate the flame
If you want to stay in the game
Oo baby please don't put no
I know you want me
To stay tonight
But your not gonna change
My mind
Guess you think
I don't want you baby
But that would be a lie
Gotta do what a girl's gotta do
Patience is a virtue
All good things they say
Will come to those who wait
Don't push, don't rush
Don't sacrifice our love
Don't move to soon
Slow down baby
Don't be a fool
Don't suffocate the flame
If you want to stay in the game
Oo baby please don't put no
Pressure on me
No pressure
No pressure on me
You call me up
Your on my case
Like you've got no
Concept of space
It's all or nothing baby
To you it's all a game
You shouldn't be insecure
Kick back, I'll be yours
Don't believe the hype
Just wait til' the time is right
Don't push, don't rush
Don't sacrifice our love
Don't move to soon
Slow down baby
Don't be a fool
Don't suffocate the flame
If you want to stay in the game
Oo baby please don't put no
Pressure on me
No oh
No pressure baby
No pressure on me
Tell me baby, tell me baby
Whatcha gonna do with me
Tell me baby, tell me baby
Please don't put no
Pressure on me oh no
Don't push, don't rush
Don't sacrifice our love
Don't move to soon
Slow down baby
Don't be a fool
Don't suffocate the flame
If you want to stay in the game
Oo baby please don't put no
Pressure on me
In Amanda's song "No Pressure", she urges her partner to slow down and not put pressure on their relationship. She doesn't want to be suffocated by his advances and needs him to respect her boundaries. She understands that he wants her to stay the night but she needs him to understand that she won't be swayed by his persuasion. She wants him to understand that patience is a virtue and that good things come to those who wait. She doesn't want their love to be sacrificed by rushing into things too quickly.
The chorus repeats the phrase "don't push, don't rush, don't suffocate the flame" which serves as a reminder to find balance and give the relationship space to breathe. She wants to take things at a slower pace and enjoy every moment of the relationship without any undue pressure. The song conveys a sense of honesty, openness, and respect in a relationship, which can help build trust and deepen connection.
Line by Line Meaning
Don't push, don't rush
Let's take things slow and not force anything.
Don't sacrifice our love
Let's not do anything that could harm our love for each other.
Don't move too soon
Let's not rush into anything that we might regret later.
Slow down baby
Let's not hurry things up, take your time.
Don't be a fool
Let's not do anything reckless or impulsive.
Don't suffocate the flame
Let's not do anything that might snuff out our love for each other.
If you want to stay in the game
If you want our relationship to last, don't push me too hard.
Oo baby please don't put no
Please don't ask too much of me, my love.
I know you want me
I understand that you desire me.
To stay tonight
You want me to spend the night with you.
But you're not gonna change
Your wishes won't alter my plans.
My mind
I have made up my own decision.
Guess you think
You may believe that.
I don't want you baby
I don't desire you.
But that would be a lie
But, in reality, it would be false.
Gotta do what a girl's gotta do
I have to do what I have to do, regardless of what you may want.
Patience is a virtue
Being patient is a desirable quality.
All good things they say
People say that all good things come to those who wait.
Will come to those who wait
We will get what we want if we are patient and wait for the right time.
You call me up
You contact me.
You're on my case
You are being overly critical of me.
Like you've got no
As if you lack the capacity for respecting personal space.
Concept of space
You don't understand boundaries.
It's all or nothing baby
You want everything, or nothing at all.
To you it's all a game
You see our relationship as a game.
You shouldn't be insecure
You should have more confidence and trust in our relationship.
Kick back, I'll be yours
Relax, I will still be here for you.
Don't believe the hype
Don't get carried away by what others say or think.
Just wait til' the time is right
Just be patient and wait for the right time for us to be together.
No oh
No.
No pressure baby
No need for you to pressure me.
Tell me baby, tell me baby
Please share your thoughts, baby.
Whatcha gonna do with me
What do you intend to do with me?
Please don't put no
I request that you don't pressure or burden me.
Pressure on me oh no
I don't want you to pressure me at all.
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Written by: A. BAGGE, A. BIRGISSON, P. SHEYNE
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