R.I.P. Amy Winehouse

[3113]

She was 27. Story here.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Sometimes 'Gifted' is really 'accursed'. Poor Amy. RIP.

 

[Stella_Omega]

damn, and hell.

 

[SamScribble]

I saw Amy Winehouse perform in London in 2002 or 2003. I remember her being young and nervous and disorganised. And then she started to sing. Even at 18 or 19 or whatever, she was really quite special.

 

[stephen55]

You were too fast to live, too young to die, bye-bye
You were too fast to live, too young to die, bye-bye
Bye-bye, Bye-bye, Bye-bye, Bye, bye

From James Dean, The Eagles

 

[lovecraft68]

Addiction is a terrible thing, and no amount of money can fix it. In fact many times in a case like hers. success and the pressures of can add to it. Gives more reason for an escape.

 

[3113]

Addiction is a terrible thing, and no amount of money can fix it. In fact many times in a case like hers. success and the pressures of can add to it. Gives more reason for an escape.

And, sadly, more opportunities as fame offers parties and money and access to an abundance of drugs and liquor and false friends who will provide you with it.

 

[LiliumK]

I didn't really care for her, so I am happy there's one less piece of trash. However, I am still respectful when it comes to any death whether I liked them or not and so I also say RIP

 

[3113]

I didn't really care for her, so I am happy there's one less piece of trash. However, I am still respectful when it comes to any death whether I liked them or not and so I also say RIP

You call her trash and then insist that you're "respectful"? I think I just lost all respect for you.

 

[Dianthus]

You call her trash and then insist that you're "respectful"? I think I just lost all respect for you.

QFT


Amy got points for wit in my book. Her lyrics were brutally honest. I enjoy her voice and music.

RIP Amy.

 

[LiliumK]

You call her trash and then insist that you're "respectful"? I think I just lost all respect for you.

Yea, I kinda figured there'd be haters because of the comment. I said trash cause that's how I view her, I never liked her.

Though I say "respect" as in despite my dislike towards her, at least RIP, so it's not like I'm dumping all over her and leaving it at that.

So dude, calm down. I understand you did not like my comment, but you don't know me, so there was no respect between us in the first place. There will be people who don't care for the same things you like. I was at least wishing her peace even though I stated my distaste.

 

[TE999]

Shades of Janis Joplin. RIP, Amy.

 

[lovecraft68]

And, sadly, more opportunities as fame offers parties and money and access to an abundance of drugs and liquor and false friends who will provide you with it.

Exactly, and you become surrounded by people who know damn well you have problems but don't care. They worry about the dollars that will be lost if six months is spent in rehab, or maybe the talent won't be there once the person is off whatever they are on. Or maybe they will smarten up and cut away all the dead wood. Remember her husband was an addict as well, so there was certainly nothing resembling support on that end either.

 

[sereneone4u]

I think it is heart-breaking.

She was not trash. We all have our weaknesses-our thorns in our side, hers was just more deadly than most.

R.I.P.

 

[lovecraft68]

I didn't really care for her, so I am happy there's one less piece of trash. However, I am still respectful when it comes to any death whether I liked them or not and so I also say RIP

This is a statement that comes from someone who has no understanding of addiction.

Trust me I understand your mindset to a point. If Charlie Sheen died tomorrow would I lose sleep? No because this idiot has had more than enough chances to get his shit together. His behavior has also been encouraged by all the people who thought he should get away with violent threats against his wife and kids because he has a funny show.

With Winehouse however, this was truly a lost soul, who could not get herself going in the right direction. She fell into the wrong crowd and stayed there. She also for the most part hurt only herself not others.

Any death from addiction is a tragedy. Now tell me OJ died or Casey Anthony, or those people who starved that poor kid to death in Philly and I will join you in popping a cork. But as for people succumbing to addiction keep your ignorant mouth shut.

I've lived around it my entire life and have lost both friends and family members. So please in your next post do not become a hypocrite and say you know someone or suffered yourself because you have not.

 

[PennLady]

I admit to mixed feelings on this. I'm sorry she died, sorry we lost a talented artist, sorry her friends and family will grieve.

I realize addiction is a tough, terrible thing to deal with -- I'm not going to say I have personal experience, or knew anyone who did. But it does seem to me that she had opportunities to deal with it, and didn't. If anyone enabled her, that's terrible (and I'll bet a lot of people did).

However, I don't see this as tragic. Perhaps inevitable, unfortunately, but not tragic. What happened in Norway was tragic -- this is just sad.

 

[Dual_Triode]

Another inductee into Club 27.

I liked her music and voice; she had real talent. Sadly, her death comes as no surprise. Like watching a train wreck.

I think that there is a definite connection between this gift for tortured artistry and self destruction.

R.I.P. Amy.

 

[hottchic]

Another candel in the wind.

Amy Winehouse in the end was a victim of her own self destructive impulses it appears and this is very sad, but nobody should judge how she lived her life.

In the end, through her music, she brought compassion and understanding to many young people who feel that they have been rejected by the society we live in.

As a person who has self harmed and had suicidal thoughts through most of my life until recently I identify with the path that Amy was on.

Like all people with an addictive personality, low self esteem and probably bipolar issues, it was difficult for her, in the end impossible, to give herself the level of compassion and self care that she needed to escape the self destructive habits that were destroying her.

Peace be with you Amy, you will be missed.

 

[Handley_Page]

I hope whoever introduced her to drugs & so on rots in Hell.

 

[hottchic]

I hope whoever introduced her to drugs & so on rots in Hell.

It's most likely that the person who introduced her to drugs was an addict, but if that person was also a controlling, manipulating person, then her death should be on their conscience.

The problem was that Amy had an addictive personality and if it hadn't been drugs it might well have been something else.

In my own case, it was my father who first allowed me to drink alcohol, but I learned to drink responsibly and never became an alcoholic, even though I had all the hallmarks of an addictive personality.

In my case it played out in the form of chronic procrastination and avoidance, and as a result of these behaviors I ended up losing everything that I used to hold dear, but fortunately I escaped with my life.

In the end Amy's death, as with her life, was her own responsibility, and in the end she paid the ultimate price, but she should not be judged for the way she died or the way that she lived for that matter.

 

[Goldie Munro]

Lyrics to Love Is A Losing Game (Original Demo) :

For you I was a flame
Love is a losing game
Five story fire as you came
Love is a losing game

Why do I wish I never played
Oh, what a mess we made
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game

Played out by the band
Love is a losing hand
More than I could stand
Love is a losing hand

Self professed... profound
Till the chips were down
...know you're a gambling man
Love is a losing hand

Though I'm rather blind
Love is a fate resigned
Memories mar my mind
Love is a fate resigned

Over futile odds
And laughed at by the gods
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game

 

[LettersFromTatyana]

Lyrics to Love Is A Losing Game (Original Demo) :

I've always thought the back half of Back to Black is superior to the first half (excluding the very last remix, which I'm not a huge fan of). Love is a Losing Game, Tears Dry on Their Own, Wake Up Alone . . . sigh. Some Unholy War is, imo, one of the best "stand by your man" songs, ever.

 

[Boota]

Honestly, I was surprised she lived this long. My wife was a big fan of hers and I told her a few years ago, "Enjoy her while you can, she won't be here long." A lot of talent and a lot of potential just gone.

 

[Handley_Page]

It has to be said that in at least one strata of UK society, she was the butt of some pointed jokes as being a waste of oxygen and a very bad example to others.

This is amusing but a tad sad because only the other day, Tony Bennett was saying of her that she'd a good voice for Jazz.

Of course, several newspapers are doing the "dead little Angel" thing; bloody hypocrites

 

[stephen55]

She lived a train wreck life for the past several years but I've read that as far as money goes, she had her head on straight. Or at least, someone was looking out for her affairs.

She left an estate worth about $16.4 million and had recently updated her will. That way, it goes to her brother and parents, and not to her currently imprisoned ex-husband.

http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/Amy-Winehouses-Financial-usnews-182882230.html