Amy winehouse
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i've never met her ,so i can't hate/dislike her
for someone who was lauded as the best thing in british music as well
as countless other accolades , she was a bit , well rubbish imo
the other aspect was that she was a cartoon so could not be taken seriously
at least some other members of club 27 had a lasting musical influence
for someone who was lauded as the best thing in british music as well
as countless other accolades , she was a bit , well rubbish imo
the other aspect was that she was a cartoon so could not be taken seriously
at least some other members of club 27 had a lasting musical influence
And The Zutons (original) version pissed all over hers too![/quote]
er... Wasn't it Mark Ronson (featuring Amy Winehouse) ??
Anyway, she was quite influential and didn't do too badly:
1 Brit Award
2 Echo Music awards (germany)
5 Grammy Awards (on the same night)
3 Ivor Novello
1 Meteor Music (ireland)
1 MTV Europe
1 MOBO
2 NME
1 Q Award
1 Urban Music
1 World Music
Entertainment Weekly put Back to Black in the top 100 albums of the last 25 years.
NME put it at #27 in the top 100 of the last Decade.
When Jimi Hendrix died was it just a sad loss of another Junkie?? er...no
And when Keith Moon died was it oh well the piss head alcaholic has gone? er...no
Yes she was troubled, and maybe a little lost along the road of life, but she left behind a lot of people that loved her for who she was, and for the music she wrote and sang.
I was never a fan, but being a musician, i understand what the fuss was all about.
I think we should leave it at that.
Just a thought!!
er... Wasn't it Mark Ronson (featuring Amy Winehouse) ??
Anyway, she was quite influential and didn't do too badly:
1 Brit Award
2 Echo Music awards (germany)
5 Grammy Awards (on the same night)
3 Ivor Novello
1 Meteor Music (ireland)
1 MTV Europe
1 MOBO
2 NME
1 Q Award
1 Urban Music
1 World Music
Entertainment Weekly put Back to Black in the top 100 albums of the last 25 years.
NME put it at #27 in the top 100 of the last Decade.
When Jimi Hendrix died was it just a sad loss of another Junkie?? er...no
And when Keith Moon died was it oh well the piss head alcaholic has gone? er...no
Yes she was troubled, and maybe a little lost along the road of life, but she left behind a lot of people that loved her for who she was, and for the music she wrote and sang.
I was never a fan, but being a musician, i understand what the fuss was all about.
I think we should leave it at that.
Just a thought!!
Some of these posts can be compared to rabid dogs roaming a battlefield and ripping apart the still warm dead - regardless of her failings she was a human being and somebody's daughter, somebody's sister.
Of course, I realise that most of us on here have led virtuous, exemplary lives - that's what gives us the right to rip the back out of anyone who falls short of that standard......
I suppose it's a sign of the times, any trace of empathy being edged out by superciliousness.
Of course, I realise that most of us on here have led virtuous, exemplary lives - that's what gives us the right to rip the back out of anyone who falls short of that standard......
I suppose it's a sign of the times, any trace of empathy being edged out by superciliousness.
mikee":3ucuzu4b said:
Nowhere did I say or imply that and anyway, our kids didn't seem to need role models to help them make their good and bad decisions - their peer groups were probably the biggest influence.
And speaking of kids, we have a daughter (coincidentally the same age as Amy Winehouse) and there have been times when my wife and I were driven to distraction with worry and concern for her. She treated us like strangers (and unwelcome ones, at that) and she in turn was more like a stranger to us than our daughter.
Luckily (and luck in the broadest sense of the word has a lot to do with it) pretty much everything in her life has changed for the better and we (selfishly) feel that we have our beautiful, talented and loving daughter back.
If she had wanted her talent as a musician to take her into a completely different world (although one I know a bit about...) would we have discouraged her? - of course not. So who's to say that in the same environment, she wouldn't have been in Amy Winehouse's shoes now? Not me, that's for certain.
And I could be reading posts on a forum dismissing my daughter as nothing more than worthless trash, a blight on decent society and someone that the world (that's the one that we decent, virtuous people live in, then) is a much better place without her.
That's what I mean about empathy being a dying emotion - if it could have been my daughter then what makes any of you so certain that it couldn't have been yours?
