[78-L] Amy Winehouse or Bix?

[buster]

Not really all that different from Bix or many others. Whatever greatness was there will be magnified by early death. 

On Jul 23, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Tom <nice_guy_with_an_mba at yahoo.com> wrote:

> << 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$$ about her destructive nature or their part in
> << sustaining it. >>
>  
>  
> All of the problems Amy Winehouse had are problems she created
> for herself.
>  
> It would have been more appropriate and credible for her mother
> and father to have intervened on their daughter's behalf and have
> had Ms. Winehouse sent to rehab for some fairly extended period
> of time rather than expecting the VP of Finance at her record label
> to do so, though apparently even they -- i.e., her parents, not the
> record label execs -- viewed the situation as hopeless.
>  
> If someone's really hellbent on destroying themselves it's kinda
> hard to prevent them from doing so.
>  
> 
> From: agp <agp2176 at verizon.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 2:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Amy Winehouse
> 
> At 18:25 23/07/2011, CG wrote:
> 
>> She'll be exploded into a musical media martyr now, no matter what 
>> the quality of her work was (I was not a fan; in fact, I was kind of 
>> repelled by her).
> 
> On a peer basis she was far better than drivel on the radio today. 
> One may argue that this is not saying much. I always felt that her 
> voice had a 'blues/soul/ r&b' tint to it and that with the right 
> direction could have matured to be part of many genre.
> 
> I agree that she was 'repellant' with her tattoos and piercings and 
> general presence -- drunkenness and drugged out. To some of 'our 
> generation' this is rather disgusting, but apparently not to her 
> peers. I have to wonder how many of us would have reacted to, say, 
> Billie Holiday, given a similar environment.
> 
> To a very big extent, I think that the evil that is the music biz 
> today simply chewed her up and spit her out and really didn't give a 
> rat's a$$ about her destructive nature or their part in sustaining it.
> 
> T
> 
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