[Omah]

Originally Posted by MeMyselfandI

Im supriced this thread is still active

It's been VERY active - far more than the so-called "tribute" thread ....

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Oh suprise suprise 'Janis told a friend' who then just so happened to go tell the mirror seriously gtfo

I'd rather this thread just be locked than have BS posted every hour.

Originally Posted by Omah

This refers to a Sunday Mirror article, which I've never seen :

Nope, I read it last week, and not in the Mirror - sure it was the DM and somewhere else - def not Mirror though. It was in the same comment as her mother saying that she knew that it was only a matter of time for Amy.

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by Omah

It's been VERY active - far more than the so-called "tribute" thread ....

Maybe because the tribute thread isn't full of 50 news articles about the same thing

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Doogle

It's now Omah just posting every story about her

Well, myself and others are quite interested in the circumstances of her death - I'm not a fan and, IMO, AW was neither legend or icon, just another music industry casualty - as in F1, such casualties are rare nowadays, but in the '60's and '70's, it seemed that someone, at the peak of their career, died every other week .....

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Maybe because the tribute thread isn't full of 50 news articles about the same thing

I'm somewhat bemused that those who appear not to like this thread, continue to read it, read the comments and post on it. Why do that if you don't like what is being put up?

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Maybe because the tribute thread isn't full of 50 news articles about the same thing

Oh, you mean AW's death .....

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Omah

Oh, you mean AW's death .....

I am sure that as more details come out over the course, there will be more posts on the thread - or another one raised - especially when tests results are still awaiting.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Omah

It's been VERY active - far more than the so-called "tribute" thread ....

You sad, sad son of a bitch.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

I am sure that as more details come out over the course, there will be more posts on the thread - or another one raised - especially when tests results are still awaiting.

I've already got another one waiting .....

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Stu

You sad, sad son of a bitch.

Deary me.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Deary me.

Who's he talking about ?



(I can't read the FM's post, just your quote)

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

I'm somewhat bemused that those who appear not to like this thread, continue to read it, read the comments and post on it. Why do that if you don't like what is being put up?

Because I can

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Omah

Who's he talking about ?



(I can't read the FM's post, just your quote)

The usual drivel.

Lots in the papers, Amy not wanting the fame, just wanted a family, Blake's mother saying not his fault (technically true in a way).

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Because I can

Clearly you can, obviously. It can't bother you that much then - seeing as you keep helping bump the thread - so in a way, it's all good. Keeps the thread as one of the hot threads, for those who do actually want to discuss her death and how things unravel from that.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

The usual drivel.

Lots in the papers, Amy not wanting the fame, just wanted a family, Blake's mother saying not his fault (technically true in a way).

OK, as long as it wasn't me ....

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Clearly you can, obviously. It can't bother you that much then - seeing as you keep helping bump the thread - so in a way, it's all good. Keeps the thread as one of the hot threads, for those who do actually want to discuss her death and how things unravel from that.

Yeah okay, have fun unravelling made up sources and false happenings

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Yeah okay, have fun unravelling made up sources and false happenings

The truth is out there .....

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Yeah okay, have fun unravelling made up sources and false happenings

I'll have my own opinion based on what I happen to believe, without make up sources and false happenings.....I'm a big girl now, I can do that, all on my own.

I still don't rule out suicide.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

I still don't rule out suicide.

Rule nothing out, rule nothing in .....

[Omah]

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/artic...y_loom/?page=1

Predictably in the wake of her death on July 23, of still unexplained causes, Amy Winehouse’s music has returned to the Billboard charts.

The troubled British soul star’s first album, 2003’s “Frank,’’ returned to the Top 200 albums chart at No. 57. Her better known sophomore release, 2006’s “Back to Black,’’ which spawned the incongruously jaunty hit “Rehab,’’ with its famously defiant “No, no, no,’’ re-entered the Top 10 at No. 9. “Rehab’’ itself hit No. 46 on the digital songs chart.

So the common post-mortem sales bump means that at the very least, more people will get to know the sometimes buoyant, sometimes brooding music that Winehouse loved to make.

Otherwise, is this anything other than an unremittingly dark tale? And was anyone who was familiar with Winehouse’s longtime struggles with substance abuse shocked by her death?

For many, there was surely real anger over the wasted potential. But once that recedes, and the veil of mourning is lifted, the question arises: What might Winehouse’s enduring legacy be?

It has been widely noted that she has joined a notorious club of other musicians who died at the far-too-young age of 27 after battling similar demons. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin died in 1970, Jim Morrison of the Doors in 1971, and Kurt Cobain of Nirvana in 1994. Will Winehouse’s myth loom as large?

Ultimately, the answer lies in the mythmaking that is already underway. Will there be posthumous releases, biographies, films?

Given the degree to which Winehouse was already embroiled in her addictions at the height of her fame, it’s unlikely she will be assured an automatic place on the Mount Rushmore of doomed rock stars. Her downward trajectory, caught in the flashbulbs of our voracious tabloid media culture, was a very steep pitch. And because of that, her musical output was small and consistently dwarfed by the mess in her life.

She was a pivotal figure in her brief time. As a songwriter, and with the help of producer Mark Ronson and the expertise of Sharon Jones’s band, the Dap-Kings, at her disposal, Winehouse fused vintage and modern R&B sounds, with nods to Motown and Lauryn Hill. She developed a look - all beehives and tattoos, taking the supper club to the nightclub - that put her at the forefront of a British retro-soul trend that included countrywomen such as Duffy, Estelle, and the now phenomenally successful Adele, who cites Winehouse as an inspiration.

"retro-soul" - didn't we have that in the '90's .....

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by MeMyselfandI

o, so your all hating her LOL

Me? No, I like her.

[Omah]

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...l-2329288.html

A posthumous album by Amy Winehouse is likely to move away from the jazz influence of her two albums and be reggae inspired. Music industry insiders have also hinted it may prove her most autobiographical work.

The singer, who died aged 27 last Saturday, could have as many as seven singles in the top 40 this weekend. Meanwhile, details have been emerging about scores of new tracks she had recorded that are likely to become an as-yet-untitled third album.

Her record company remained tight-lipped over the album's contents but, according to her biographer, many of the new songs have a reggae feel, inspired by the time she spent in St Lucia last year. "In what we can tell from the third album, I think she had been quite influenced by reggae," said Chas Newkey-Burden, who wrote Amy Winehouse: The Biography in 2009. Speaking from his home near Windsor, Mr Newkey-Burden added: "I think Amy would have been quite keen for a slightly indulgent third album. It might have been her way of showing the world what she was really like."

Recording sessions on the album were fraught and Winehouse was said to be unsatisfied with the work. But it is unlikely her record company will try to prevent the songs from seeing the light of day.

"Personally, I think her third album shouldn't be released," said Mr Newkey-Burden. "Obviously, it's up to her family, but, as a fan and her biographer, I would be against it being released because it would muddle the legacy. The only way it would be fair would be to release it as a 'sessions'-type album. But I suspect they will try to whip it into an actual album."

"retro-reggae" ?

Don't pop musicians make "new" music anymore .....

[Boothy]

Originally Posted by Omah

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/artic...y_loom/?page=1




"retro-soul" - didn't we have that in the '90's .....

Yes. We also had Rock music in the 60s. Your point is?

Originally Posted by Omah

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...l-2329288.html



"retro-reggae" ?

Don't pop musicians make "new" music anymore .....

You're getting desperate when you start having a pop at the genre of her music.

[bbfan1991]

Tragic, didn't know about this till I was up and away on holiday. Loved her music and unfortunately despite her talent the addiction to drugs and drink was the final blow for her.

[joeysteele]

Amy was one of those artistes(most are anyway) who divide opinion,some really liked her, some liked her a bit, some weren't bothered and some didn't like her or her music.

I liked lots of her songs, she wasn't an artiste I would choose to see live, but I could have been encouraged to have gone to a concert of hers.
A lot of her songs,especially listening to them now,have a deeper meaning to them because of the lyrics,it's almost like she was pouring out her feelings and thoughts into those lyrics.

I would guess this thread has a long life to it since there still a lot of questions to be answered as to her untimely death.Until we have those answers the only real facts we know are she had a drink problem, a drugs problem and that she has died at only 27.

The tribute thread has less posts because those who have made a tribute to her have done so and with little more than the one post it took to do that, this thread is a discussion thread and has many points thrown backwards and forwards as to the issues so will clearly have a great many more posts.

She divided opinion but she did have talent, there was likely more to come too,she clearly wasn't the hard case some thought she was, clearly from all reports she was really quite vulnerable.
It is sad she died at 27 but her music will live on, she wasn't my kind of singer or performer but some of her songs are really great and I hope in time that is her lasting memory for people,her music, not the very wild and traumatic build up,mostly self inflicted, to the end of her young life.