The Oral History of Evanescence ft. Amy Lee 

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Couldn't have put it any better. What an extraordinary lady. Singer/songwriter/performers on her level are so few and far between, but when songwriters open up about what inspired them to write, I find it so so fascinating. Amy has often been described as being the Goddess of female vocalists, and it would be very hard to argue, but apart from that, the respect she gets for being who she is both on and off stage is solid gold. God bless her.

watching her breathe soothes me,angel on earth.

i use that line alot lol

You meant to say, telephone book. Stop typing the wrong thing 👊😠.

BIG AGREE

I already love it.

The bider truth

@@avatarkyoshi3405 *bitter

Me too! I love it!

My condolences. Your friendship is beautiful.

I am so so sorry 😓😓😭

Sorry to hear about your friend. 😥

Damn - I'm SO sorry for your loss. I hope one day you can enjoy listening to Evanescence again with happy memories of your friend.

😟Wow I'm sorry. LP and Ev were my go to back in '03 I was finishing highschool.

Absolutely! Amy Lee has to be one of the most relatable and down to earth famous people out there. Her personality and sincerity only enhance the powerful emotions that her songs invoke....and I believe that's why the listener can relate to what she's singing.

@@jasonrichardson1208 Facts!!

agreed 🙏

@@jasonrichardson1208AMY Lee is an incredible woman and incredible loving human being incredibly talented and incredibly real I love AMY Lee she’s so special to me👸💝

@@sambell385 Yessir! That's why I think that Shaun Morgan must be slightly off....to screw up a relationship with a goddess like Amy Lee. 😉

We have longer... maybe we do an uncut version?? 👀

@@altpress yes please! Would love to hear her talk about albums 2 and 3 and their journeys, if you discussed it 💜

@@altpress yes please!!

@@altpress yes please do!

@@altpress yeeeeees

big facts!!!

She's beautiful ❤️

Palma, I really enjoy your thoughts and insight into Evanescence. I can tell that you're passionate about this band ....and I feel a kinship with people like you because of our shared appreciation of this band's music. Keep on keeping real brother. 🤘😉

LOL >humble >amy lee pick one

@@paulsoldner9739 All artist that has co-worked with her has talked nothing but great stuff about Amy, they all were in contact with different very talented musicians everyday for a whole year in Synthesis tour, they didn't tour with an orchestra, they had 30 new musicians every night that they had a show, and every musician there were on top of their game on their own, like Dave Eggar a worldwide known cellist with grammys, and everyone has said nothing but nice things about Amy, she has done benefit concerts for kids with down syndrome, with sex-traffic victims shelters, helping creating awareness about epilepsya, I mean wheter you like their music of not, Amy Lee is not the bitch or diva Ben Moody and John Lecompt told everyone she is, they are the only 2 guys who ever said something bad about Amy, Ben was her ex. And John was a very ungrateful shitty friend, nobody else inside or outside the media have ever said anything bad about Amy, she is humble, real, she has learned from her earlier mistakes, she has been a strong woman fighting a bunch of people in suits trying to dismiss her talent, trying to made her something she is not, she is a free and independent artist with a world famous band bc of their talented music. You can disagree with her statements in politics or persona or her music, but she is always been a down to earth person with every fan, interviewer. musician, and everyone around her.

@@xPaLmaaHx It's amazing how little of that is true.

@@paulsoldner9739 Yeah you got only a few words, spoken out of your rear... I speak with facts, you can check fact any thing I said, she is in real one great human being, she even made all the other female fronted band singers get along bc she invited them to their synthesis tour, each one of them and they all got along so well, the reason some of those singers are in the Use My Voice single came out of an idea Amy shared in the whatsapp group they have together

100% authentic no BS

IKR

Sometimes she over makeups for the Goth girl look in stage. I never liked that as much as her like this. Not overly done. She's pretty either way. But here she's very pretty.

@@larrylindgren9484 Exactly how i feel. She is gorgeous here.

She's a dream 🙏

Sounds like the label that tried to ruin her is a bunch of bozos

They did. David was fired as per Wind-up Records request. This was fatal for the real band (Amy, David and Ben). Amy solo career using the name Evanescence continued, but then she was already famous and could do things independently. Unfortunately, her music alone is nothing compared to the work they did together.

@@DanielLagunaIHS Amy never went solo lol after Ben left she went on to write The Open Door with Terry (their bassist who replaced Rocky I think). And their music became better after Ben left = The Open Door was written and is their best album in every sense possible. I think most equate a hit song or record to a band’s best music but in reality most under appreciated albums are the best but don’t recover super commercial success.

@@msevfreak23, she went solo. Working with hired musicians is expected for solo albums. She fires and hires who she wants whenever she wants. It's obviously a solo career.

@@DanielLagunaIHS she fires them because they’re shady or there is tension or move on to different projects. Yeah she can hire or fire who she wants because she’s the boss lady and mastermind behind Evanescence. It’s her brainchild since the start, it would be what it is without her. It took a couple tries to find the right people.

@@msevfreak23, that means she is Evanescence now. Solo career. If she is on it and wants to use the name Evanescence, she can. Not a band as it was originally.

YEP!! She's so real and authentic

So, after Evanescence ceased to exist and was "Amy Lee and cash hires"?

@@paulsoldner9739 well she's still rich and well educated has a another great job after her band broke up even carman he went to school graduated high school even college which made him a millionaire education and a good job is the only way to make more money

@@valentincavazzos4420 ok, and?

@@paulsoldner9739 people just finally need to get over this. Look at other Bands. They change all the time. Amy and the guys were very young, they had different opinions and dreams and they just didn't work out together. I don't get why people blame her so much for this.

I know she doesn't really consider Origin their debut album, but damn this album is a masterpiece. Even In Death? Lies? Field of Innocence? Where would I be without these songs!

@@Monicalia exactly mo

Even if it is a lower fidelity compared to her more recent studio albums, a remaster would round out an awesome catalogue

@@Monicalia Origin is way better than this new album to me I’m not digging it that much

Yes!!

How appropriate that the label's name was Wind Up.

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YES!

+ Understanding pls

You can download Origin for free, go to The Evanescence Reference and download each track. Amy and Ben told everyone as far back as 2003 that they hated seeing people selling it for hundreds of dollars on eBay and shit and they could not care less if people just ripped it.

Get the Vinyl Box set. It's in there and it sounds AMAZING!!!

Amy is an artist at heart and not a businesswoman because she would've made mllions from selling Origins in that 2004-2005 period, it was in such high demand

Me too

so trueee

Album made me cry so many times and I always come back to it.

What Amy doesnt get is that Origin is good precisely because its "bad". Its the imperfections, not being produced, that made it so good and raw.

preach

YES, 100% agreed! Honestly, I would be the happiest person on the Earth if they officially released their old stuff. Unfortunately, I've missed the release of the Origin vinyl a few years ago (because I was too broke) and I would be delighted if they released it again. Love the album and I love all the other pre-fallen stuff. It just has its own spirit, it's quite spooky (which I love) and it's, as you said, very raw and authentic to those times. I understand why she feels that way, but I think that stuff is amazing. Little mastering and it would be suitable for today as well. Let's hope! ♥

It's two different perspectives. As a fan, yeah, I love seeing that early stuff, seeing how it sheds more light on their journey and their beginnings. It feels "behind the scenes". Even if there are imperfections, it only makes them look even greater for how far they've come. As someone who as also in a band in high school...even stuff which at the time seemed okay, and others seemed to like, now just evokes so much cringe XD So I totally get why she wouldn't want that stuff out officially XD

I learned to accept that is not just about us fans, it's her life and her own creation what we're talking about. It's not like we're are forbidden to hear it also

@@pxblx It’s not about the material itself, really. All of it has been out there for decades. I already have all of it digitally, so that’s not what this is about. It’s just about celebrating the band’s legacy and saying “I’m not too proud of this stuff, but I do recognize it was the stepping stone of everything that came afterwards and it got me to where I am today.” I’m obviously not trying to tell her what to do, I just don’t see a version of this scenario where anyone would lose anything. Taking ownership of who you are, even or especially your “flaws”, is an important theme throughout Evanescence’s career, what better way to reiterate that point by officially releasing the pre-Fallen era?

SAME! I could go for another album of that. Just forever glad they did your star.

Twice! That’s awesome! 💙

Pop angel huh? Sounds like your folks have no respect or taste. Just saying. Because I'll admit...Lee is part of what kept me from getting all these mental disorders many others around me have(my folks were rock people and I eventually wormed my way through the album Fallen that we had bought and even beyond that). She's the reason I'm freaking happy as hell and can keep being that because I've got an outlet for when I need release. Cause trust me...I've seen enough to have almost put me under multiple times. Sorry you've been dealing with a lot lately, and trust me...we sometimes need to see our dark spots to keep going. Not always but I have problems with people who dole out toxic positivity, when in reality even I know there's shit that can't be brushed off by a good attitude and that some things can be very serious. Stay fighting out there, cause it'll be worth it one day.

It is a great track, as much as I love the other tracks Lies made me listen up and notice. The video is also amazing the first time through I didn't realize it was Amy all the way though she looks totally different as a blond only her eyes and smile gave it away. Her smile I could pick out even if she was mad up as an alien, it's very distinctive and honest (like a window into her, as that is how she comes across in every video like this I have ever seen).

It’s my favorite song by them!

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Doesn’t everyone she looks like she’s just a really nice person

She's a true inspiration 🙏

Amen.

Wait how was Amy Lee against male vocals but on origin Bruce Fitzhugh of living Sacrifice does guest vocals on lies

@@JohnWayne-vf5bs Your error is claiming she's against male vocals, which is false and not what she said. She was against their old label forcing a sexist demand on Evanescence to permanently add a rapper to the band cause they didn't think a female-led band could succeed, and later as a compromise to force it on their first single, which is something that didn't represent them.

@@carpediemearth oh sorry about that by the way do you think that David Hodges was not a member of evanescence

Thanks for watching!! 🙏

She's a real one!!!

Yes!

Lies should of been on fallen