Clair Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Amy Winehouse dies aged 27Talented girl. Wasted life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardener Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Terrible shame. I thought she was on the mend she seemed to be looking much healthier than a few years ago, when it wouldn't have really come as a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nectarine Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 what a terrible waste of a talent ... surely a warning to others about how dangerous illegal drugs really are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ice-ni Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 [quote user="nectarine"]what a terrible waste of a talent ... surely a warning to others about how dangerous illegal drugs really are.[/quote]I suspect that rather more die from legal drugs e.g. nicotine and alcohol than from illegal ones.As for AW, it was her choice to waste her talent.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Watch her death take number 1 spot in the news over the tragedy in Norway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 [quote user="nectarine"]what a terrible waste of a talent ... surely a warning to others about how dangerous illegal drugs really are.[/quote]Initial reports indicate Vodka as the legal intoxicant that was favoured and perhaps led to her demise.Somehow I could never envision her as an old lady with all thatthose tattoos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 She was already looking like an old lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babbles Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Sadly inevitable with the lifestyle she led , where as Norway is so deeply shocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 [quote user="Mr Coeur de Lion"]Watch her death take number 1 spot in the news over the tragedy in Norway.[/quote]It didn't; at least not on the BBC.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I'm glad to hear that Sue.She wasn't even that good imo. Certainly not in the same league as other rock stars that died the same age and way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 only the good die young - maybe[:)] Still a tragic loss of a talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ice-ni Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 [quote user="Mr Coeur de Lion"]She wasn't even that good imo. Certainly not in the same league as other rock stars that died the same age and way.[/quote]But she will be now - traditionally death is a good way to get to #1.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin all died at the age of 27 too. These people certainly made their mark, were iconic in their short lives. And now AW joins this list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 [quote user="idun"] Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin all died at the age of 27 too. These people certainly made their mark, were iconic in their short lives. And now AW joins this list. [/quote]I do not wish to speak ill of the dead but would you really put in this group? It's a bit like likening Gazza and Beckham to Best or Pele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I agree with Q here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Also Brian Jones to add to that list. Of the list IMO she had the best voice and her style of music is not something I would usually listen to. In fact I would not listen to most of those on the list usually. She made her mark as they all did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuBeginnings Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Why When a celebrity dies, everyone makes a big %^&ng deal about it. But when a soldier dies protecting OUR country, no one cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 But they do care. Look at Wootton Bassett, every soldier who passed through those streets was honored, as each and every soldier is where ever they are eventually put to rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Firstly that isn't true - of course people care - you have heard of Wootten Bassett haven't you ? Thats just one demonstration of caring, secondly soldiers sign up for a job/career that carries a great risk of death or injury. Pop /music stars are supposed to entertain, not lose their lives !!My feeling is that AW could have matured into a really good singer in the mold of Aretha Franklin maybe or similar....as it is she is not leaving much of a back catalogue.Tony Bennett said he recorded with her - I've not heard that, but it could be interesting.The singer of that generation I really like is Adele ....also there is a girl who maybe Irish, quite 50s / 60's style of dress, dark hair, can't think of her name.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard51 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 You're not thinking of Duffy are you RH? (She's Welsh though, not Irish)Mrs R51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Imelda May !!!http://www.amazon.co.uk/Imelda-May/e/B001LH2LLC/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1311516136&sr=1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyF Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Spot on, RH. For my money, Amy Winehouse was one of the most individual female soloists I've heard for a long time. An amazing voice and a huge potential that sadly she will never now fulfil. What a waste of a young life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossy67 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 [quote user="Russethouse"]Pop /music stars are supposed to entertain, not lose their lives !![/quote]She didn't loose it, she threw it away. I really didn't like the way she glamorised substance abuse, or maybe it was the media that did that? Either way, the lessons that should be learned will undoubtedly not be.I lost an ex work mate to an overdose at a similar age (I wouldn't say we were friends exactly). I remember thinking on the way home from his funeral "that was a hell of a price to pay for what ultimately amounts to a single stupid mistake many years ago". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuBeginnings Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 No I don't live in a cave and have of course heard of Wootten Bassett, sadly I am in a minority. I wonder how many young people have heard Wootten Bassett not that many I am sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneySuckleDreams Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 [quote user="NuBeginnings"]Why When a celebrity dies, everyone makes a big %^&ng deal about it. But when a soldier dies protecting OUR country, no one cares.[/quote]I've just visited the American war memorial in luxembourg. I think there has been a lot of care gone into that. Very moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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