RIP Amy Winehouse

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I think what I'll remember most about Amy Winehouse now is that I first heard about her death on here on lpsg.... Didn't know she had dead til I saw this in the message boards.
 

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I am not completely surprised by this news. Until an autopsy has been completed I will withhold on making the judgement that it was drugs which did her in. She also had an eating disorder and was at 1 time or another said she was bipolar making it a possible planned suicide.

Apart from that I don't know if I ever heard her music, if I did it was on the radio and I didn't know it was her.

My condolences to her family which according to the papers would be her parents and a brother and to anyone else who was close to her as they deal with this loss.

Amy Winehouse obituary | Music | The Guardian
 

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Woke up to the news this morning.

Sad? Yes. Shocking? No. Which makes it more sad. She had such talent and such an amazing voice - a real tragedy to see both get fucked up, especially when it is self-inflicted. Despite all the arrests, convictions, and intervention from family and friends, it was ultimately only Amy herself who could have saved her. At only 27, her talent and voice could have still developed into even more amazing, but to see such talent and potential go to waste is so tragic and frustrating.

*gets off soapbox and returns to the stereo*
 

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she was a lover of life. saw her in person with sharon jones and the dap kings 2 yrs ago. up close and personal...she was exceptional. soul. bitch had soul. hard to come by.
 

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:frown1::frown1::frown1::frown1::frown1:


Norm McDonald is a has-been asshole.

RIP.

She had such a great voice and was an incredibly gifted songwriter. Too bad she couldn't control her demons, whatever they were.
 

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Yes, this is very sad. Such an amazing talent victimized by her own personal demons. She was more than an interesting voice. She wrote really great songs and her jazz musical sense was exceptional.

Consider this one of hers before her "beehive" period where is young, healthy, confident, and backed up by a really excellent world class band.

This song and her delivery is amazing for such a seemingly simple tune.

She used her voice like a jazz instrument.
 

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Before what I write further down gets misconstrued, please allow me to make a few points:

1) I am not an addict, through some combination of luck, grace, stamina and sheer will;

2) I cannot condone self-destructive behavior, even when I do it myself;

3) Addictive behavior, IMO, is the symptom of a disease but, in and of itself is not a disease (I understand that 12-steppers and I disagree on this point);

4) The world has lost a unique and vibrant creative energy; such people live outside of the rules life imposes on the rest of humanity, and they inevitably suffer consequences for doing so.

I have, among many (most?) of my friends and acquaintances, people who, because of their compulsive nihilism (expressed both externally and inwardly) could be defined as addicts. Additionally, both my grandfathers, both my parents and my sister were/are addicts; only my sister broke the cycle when she got clean in 1990, and she was the most ferocious of any of them.

Because we're drawn to what we know, most of my exes were/are addicts: the last one very nearly capsized me completely. He certainly ruined me financially and left me emotionally shattered when I finally pulled the plug five years too late in a nine-year long relationship. Of my last four attempts at trying to find love since then, all four were addicts with compulsive tendencies, though it took some time to piece everything together. In no case was it immediately evident.

Whenever I think of Amy Winehouse, my mind goes immediately to one of my favorite coworkers (an addict, naturally) at the bar where I work, though he was finally fired months ago for provoking a fight (bartenders aren't supposed to do that). His last name was Black, and his most frequently requested song from the DJs was an extended remix of Back to Black; perhaps the fact that his partner of over 20 years had died of an OD a few years previously had something to do with this as well. I knew them both well, and we shared hours of humor and the casual intimacy of fellow travelers who've logged many miles of bad road between us.

It's a combination of requiring risk that most anyone less would find unacceptable with an innate ability to justify self-destruction that spurs addicts on, but it begins with a crippled and distortedly negative self-image; it's a complete lack of self-esteem that insists on constant self-punishment. Equally importantly is a heightened sensitivity that cries out for modification or, if possible erasure.

How do you square the image of someone like Jim Morrison or Amy (or my friend the bartender), in high dudgeon of snarling bravura, with an overly-sensitive and deeply damaged individual? Perhaps it's overcompensating and building a mask tough enough that no one can see the hurt that lies underneath, because it's profound.

That's a portrait of the addicts I've known and loved over the years. All the grave pissing in this thread sickens me. And I'm neither excusing nor minimizing the hurt such people cause to their loved ones when I say that the pain they suffer themselves is exponentially worse: so much worse that they end up killing themselves one way or another just to make it stop.
 

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Thank you for that Bbucko I always appreciate your insight. I overheard some people dissing her this morning when I was at the bank. I said what I always say in such instances when a celebrity dies and I hear this sort of thing. "You are entitled to your opinion but just remember just because you did not like her she was someone's daughter or sister and friend so would a little reverence on the day of her funeral be to much to ask of you?"
 
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