I was not expecting her to die at the point she did. Back when she was eight Blake it wouldn’t have surprised me at all.
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Yes. People forget her concerts were shocking towards the end. She could barely stand up and seemed bewildered and vacant whilst on stage. I saw her in concert and it was painful for a variety of reasons. I also feel the persona she had, I know she was this great torch singer but I felt it was retro in the worst way.
I’m not sure that was to do with being overrated though? More in the depths of a wretched addiction and being hideously exploited. Her talent was eaten up.
She was a phenomenal sing songwriter. Love is a losing Game inspired Prince. It's just she had a bit of a cavalier attitude and an ambivalence about performing I felt.
I think she thought her talent superseded her ambition. It can only be speculation but I wonder how she would have evolved.
I think she thought her talent superseded her ambition. It can only be speculation but I wonder how she would have evolved.
You aren't.
Amy couldn't really get any traction with her first album. I liked a fair bit of it - You Sent Me Flying is probably the standout.
But I found even then listening to more than ten minutes of her voice a bit hard going. It was very mannered and derivative of Billie Holiday, let's face it.
As I've said elsewhere on this thread, she never had a good reputation for being a dependable performer, or even getting to the gig. Her management in the Frank era did well to cover this up. Her later management did the right thing in seeing this as a strength - well, the right thing if you're OK with exploiting someone who had stage fright and was essentially damaged goods. And, as we all know, a person who's damaged does translate to a hell of a lot of press coverage.
It's a very sad ending to her life but, alas, it was predictable.
That’s the saddest thing for me. She really was getting well again. Years before, yes for us it was predictable, but not at the time she went.
The ironic thing is it was the alcohol that killed her, not the drugs 
She died of alcohol poisoning
She died of alcohol poisoningAnd her body had been so beaten down by bulimia and anorexia, it just didn’t have the strength to fight anymore.The ironic thing is it was the alcohol that killed her, not the drugs
Some Amy fans are nuts and take things too far sometimes!
I have an Amy Instagram account on the side and one of the big accounts on there (amywinehousecommunity) was posting all this stuff that Amy was bi-sexual, Amy was an ally etc. for pride, and everyone was commenting omg wow, so excited to find this out, they didn't know etc... someone commented that that was rubbish and she was straight and I agreed with them and I've been immediately blocked! It's not for anyone to surmise on her sexuality over ten years after her death, how dare people do this, it makes me angry. A lot of Amy fans are so obsessive and seem to think they actually really know her, and are almost competitive in how much they know her more than others. It's bizarre.
Anyway this account is spreading this because of that Reclaiming Amy documentary where her "friend" Catriona claimed to have slept with her, ten years later. Other commenters were actually using it as a source "if you'd watched reclaiming amy you would know" - yeesh. We chatted on this thread before about how disgraceful that programme was; Amy can't confirm or deny anything, and I personally don't believe it but even if it were true, it's the last piece of her privacy to be sold off by, guess who, Mitch and fake friends, as always. The Asif Kapadia is the only trustworthy documentary (you know, the one with her actual friends?) and I stand by that.
I have an Amy Instagram account on the side and one of the big accounts on there (amywinehousecommunity) was posting all this stuff that Amy was bi-sexual, Amy was an ally etc. for pride, and everyone was commenting omg wow, so excited to find this out, they didn't know etc... someone commented that that was rubbish and she was straight and I agreed with them and I've been immediately blocked! It's not for anyone to surmise on her sexuality over ten years after her death, how dare people do this, it makes me angry. A lot of Amy fans are so obsessive and seem to think they actually really know her, and are almost competitive in how much they know her more than others. It's bizarre.
Anyway this account is spreading this because of that Reclaiming Amy documentary where her "friend" Catriona claimed to have slept with her, ten years later. Other commenters were actually using it as a source "if you'd watched reclaiming amy you would know" - yeesh. We chatted on this thread before about how disgraceful that programme was; Amy can't confirm or deny anything, and I personally don't believe it but even if it were true, it's the last piece of her privacy to be sold off by, guess who, Mitch and fake friends, as always. The Asif Kapadia is the only trustworthy documentary (you know, the one with her actual friends?) and I stand by that.
When I saw that last auction that was done of her things, I just about lost my tit.
single earrings, bits of eyeliner, DRIVING TEST MANUALS.
You know who was clearly behind that mess…
I just can’t believe they are still making money from her like this. Thank god the hologram tour got shot down.
single earrings, bits of eyeliner, DRIVING TEST MANUALS.
You know who was clearly behind that mess…
I just can’t believe they are still making money from her like this. Thank god the hologram tour got shot down.
@clueless Its really interesting to hear your perspective as a meg-fan, and to see what other fans are like. I agree. You just don’t do that. It’s too personal.
I saw this book mentioned on Twitter by whoever is behind the official Amy Winehouse account, and even hardcore fans were saying things along the lines of, “no, this is too much“.
It’s called “in her own words”, but I feel like it’s more, “her own private things” and should be left alone.
www.billboard.com
I saw this book mentioned on Twitter by whoever is behind the official Amy Winehouse account, and even hardcore fans were saying things along the lines of, “no, this is too much“.
It’s called “in her own words”, but I feel like it’s more, “her own private things” and should be left alone.
Amy Winehouse Book, ‘In Her Words,’ to Feature Personal Journals, Photos, Handwritten Lyrics
Amy Winehouse will be celebrated in 'Amy Winehouse: In Her Words,' which collects her personal journals, photos and handwritten lyrics.
www.billboard.com
*typo, I meant “mega-fan”@clueless Its really interesting to hear your perspective as a meg-fan, and to see what other fans are like. I agree. You just don’t do that. It’s too personal.
I saw this book mentioned on Twitter by whoever is behind the official Amy Winehouse account, and even hardcore fans were saying things along the lines of, “no, this is too much“.
It’s called “in her own words”, but I feel like it’s more, “her own private things” and should be left alone.
Amy Winehouse Book, ‘In Her Words,’ to Feature Personal Journals, Photos, Handwritten Lyrics
Amy Winehouse will be celebrated in 'Amy Winehouse: In Her Words,' which collects her personal journals, photos and handwritten lyrics.
twit. It's been twelve years
Also the fact that her first thoughts about him going to Amy's place at night were "he's cheating" says it all!
he and Blake have a lot to answer for
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if old money grubbing mitch had his way, there would have been a hologram tour. I was livid when i heard that@clueless Its really interesting to hear your perspective as a meg-fan, and to see what other fans are like. I agree. You just don’t do that. It’s too personal.
I saw this book mentioned on Twitter by whoever is behind the official Amy Winehouse account, and even hardcore fans were saying things along the lines of, “no, this is too much“.
It’s called “in her own words”, but I feel like it’s more, “her own private things” and should be left alone.
Amy Winehouse Book, ‘In Her Words,’ to Feature Personal Journals, Photos, Handwritten Lyrics
Amy Winehouse will be celebrated in 'Amy Winehouse: In Her Words,' which collects her personal journals, photos and handwritten lyrics.
Amy would have been 40 today. It's hard to believe she has been gone so long.
Been thinking about her today.
Didn’t know she had a thread here.
Her music has really been there for me as an escape in bad times.
I have such empathy for and still think about her. I know just how bad a crappy parent can cause irreversible damage.