[78-L] Amy Winehouse

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At 18:25 23/07/2011, CG wrote:

>She'll be exploded into a musical media martyr now, no matter what 
>the quality of her work was (I was not a fan; in fact, I was kind of 
>repelled by her).

On a peer basis she was far better than drivel on the radio today. 
One may argue that this is not saying much. I always felt that her 
voice had a 'blues/soul/ r&b' tint to it and that with the right 
direction could have matured to be part of many genre.

I agree that she was 'repellant' with her tattoos and piercings and 
general presence -- drunkenness and drugged out. To some of 'our 
generation' this is rather disgusting, but apparently not to her 
peers. I have to wonder how many of us would have reacted to, say, 
Billie Holiday, given a similar environment.

To a very big extent, I think that the evil that is the music biz 
today simply chewed her up and spit her out and really didn't give a 
rat's a$$ about her destructive nature or their part in sustaining it.

T