Amy MacDonald

Amy Macdonald (born 25 August 1987 in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire) is a Scottish singer and songwriter.

Her debut album, This Is The Life, was released on 30 July 2007 and has sold 2.4 million copies. Her first single, "Poison Prince", was released on 7 May 2007. She played shows at music festivals such as Glastonbury, Hyde Park, T in the Park, and V festival. Amy is signed to record company Vertigo. Amy's vocal range is contralto.

Macdonald started playing on stage acoustic gigs at 15. Her influences include Travis, Pete Doherty, and The Libertines. After several shows in mainland Europe, Macdonald played at festivals such as V Fest during the summer of 2008.

In 2008, Macdonald was engaged to Falkirk striker Steve Lovell.

Reviewers have described Macdonald as softly spoken but with a booming singing voice. Despite her Scottish origins, her singing voice is described as partly Irish and similar to Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries. She has called herself a slight tomboy. On her MySpace blog, she mentions cars, such as Audis, and video games as her interests. Macdonald expressed how fast her life is moving when she mentions her admiration when meeting other singers from the UK such as Travis's Fran Healy and Elton John.

Macdonald got press coverage when she questioned whether the 2007 winner of The X Factor, Leon Jackson, was suffering from tonsillitis, referring to it as "lazyitis". This was because Amy had tonsillitis at the same time but still performed at Glasgow and at the BBC's Hogmanay Live show the same night.

Macdonald is the first artist to have a single featured on Bebo/iTunes' "Free Single of the Week" program. The free single, Youth of Today, was written when she was 15.

She appeared as a musical performing guest on British and foreign shows such as The Album Chart Show, Loose Women, Friday Night Project, Taratata (France), and This Morning. She has also won the best newcomer award at the Silver Clef awards.

Lyrics to Mr. Rock & Roll

So-called Mr Rock & Roll, 
Is dancing on his own again, 
Talking on his phone again, 
To someone who tells him that his balance is low. 
He’s got nowhere to go, he’s on his own again. 

Rock Chick of the century, 
Is acting like she used to be, 
Dancing like there’s no-one there. 
Before she never seemed to care, 
Now she wouldn’t dare. 
It’s so Rock & Roll to be alone. 

And they’ll meet one day far away, 
And say, ‘I wish I was something more.’ 
And they’ll meet one day far away, 
And say, ‘I wish I knew you, I wish I knew you before.’ 

Mrs Black & White she’s never seen a shade of grey, 
Always something on her mind, 
Every single day. 
But now she’s lost her way, 
And where does she go from here? 

Mr. Multicultural sees all that one can see, 
He’s living proof of someone very different to me. 
But now he wants to be free, 
Free so he can see. 

And they’ll meet one day far away, 
And say, ‘I wish I was something more.’ 
And they’ll meet one day far away, 
And say, ‘I wish I knew you, I wish I knew you before.’ 

He’ll say, ‘I wish I knew you 
I wish I met you when time was still on my side.’ 
She’ll say, ‘I wish I knew you 
I wish I loved you before I was his bride.’ 

And so they must depart, 
Two many more broken hearts. 
But I’ve seen that all before, 
In T.V, books, and film and more. 
And there’s a happy ending, 
Every single day. 

And they’ll meet one day far away, 
And say, ‘I wish I was something more.’ 
And they’ll meet one day far away 
And say, ‘I wish I knew you, I wish I knew you before

Youth of Today

Maybe if you were some spearheaded guy
I would listen to what you have to say
But you’re just some incapable figure
thinking your bigger than me
But your not, yet
You don't know a thing about the youth of today
Stating your opinion
Making it ring in my head all day

And you say
My children weren't the same
My children's children they're the ones to blame
In my day we were better behaved 
But it's not your day
No more...
We are the youth of today
change our hair in every way
We are the youth of today
we'll say what we want to say
And we are the youth of today
don't care what you have to say at all

And maybe if you had a true point of view
I would listen to you
But it's just your one sided feelings 
they keep getting in my way
And you don't know a single thing
about the youth of today
Stating your opinion making it ring in my head all day

Chorus