RIP Amy Winehouse

[mr_cellophane]

Another member of the 27 club.

Someone has already updated Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club

 

[marzjennings]

Like no one saw that was going to happen.

Very sad.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

terrible shame. hope she's in peace now at least…

 

[MontyVeda]

Indeed. As an aside it does however make people like Lemmy and Ronny Wood seem even more amazing somehow!!

Or just lucky?

Amy Winehouse (and others) remind me of the lead character in Breaking Glass... a sudden rise to stardom and an inability to cope. A sad loss indeed.

 

[Smokin Joe]

If that was a footballer who died because of drink and drug abuse there'd be scores of people posting about overpaid chavs setting a bad example to the youth who regard them as role models.

Not knocking the girl who obviously had personal demons to deal with, but there is a lot of hypocrisy abroad in attitudes to the famous depending on where their talents lie.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Or just lucky?

Amy Winehouse (and others) remind me of the lead character in Breaking Glass... a sudden rise to stardom and an inability to cope. A sad loss indeed.

Amazingly lucky?

 

[theclaud]

If that was a footballer who died because of drink and drug abuse there'd be scores of people posting about overpaid chavs setting a bad example to the youth who regard them as role models.

Not knocking the girl who obviously had personal demons to deal with, but there is a lot of hypocrisy abroad in attitudes to the famous depending on where their talents lie.

Depends what you want from your role models, doesn't it?

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[Angelfishsolo]

If that was a footballer who died because of drink and drug abuse there'd be scores of people posting about overpaid chavs setting a bad example to the youth who regard them as role models.

Not knocking the girl who obviously had personal demons to deal with, but there is a lot of hypocrisy abroad in attitudes to the famous depending on where their talents lie.

I actually think the response would be much like this.

 

[TVC]

Every year 3000 drug addicts and 8000 alcoholics die (ONS figures). We just happen to know the name of this one.

Every one is a loss just as important, or unimportant as her.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Depends what you want from your role models, doesn't it?

I haven't got any kids, but if I had I sure as hell wouldn't want them to have Amy Winehouse as a role model.

Would you?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I haven't got any kids, but if I had I sure as hell wouldn't want them to have Amy Winehouse as a role model.

Would you?

She could always be used as a warning to your kids [if you had any].

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Every year 3000 drug addicts and 8000 alcoholics die (ONS figures). We just happen to know the name of this one.

Every one is a loss just as important, or unimportant as her.

Came close to being one myself. Anything that raises awareness of the dangers is a good thing IMO.

 

[theclaud]

I haven't got any kids, but if I had I sure as hell wouldn't want them to have Amy Winehouse as a role model.

Would you?

Like I said, it rather depends on what you mean by role-model. I wouldn't reduce the meaning of her life to a tabloid fixation with her self-destructive habits. She was talented, original and successful, and a refreshing antidote to the blandness of so much of the music industry. I think she has been something of an inspiration, especially to young female musicians and would-be musicians.

 

[postman]

I was born in 1950.And when the sixties took off,well we were spoiled great music.But this girl what a voice and what a talent.Even i liked her and i can be a right grump sometimes.R.I.P. lass.

 

[MontyVeda]

Like I said, it rather depends on what you mean by role-model. I wouldn't reduce the meaning of her life to a tabloid fixation with her self-destructive habits. She was talented, original and successful, and a refreshing antidote to the blandness of so much of the music industry. I think she has been something of an inspiration, especially to young female musicians and would-be musicians.

Well said.

If say jimi hendrix is a role model, would he not inspire more people to buy an electric guitar than buy drugs and die too young?