Amy Winehouse, dead @ 27
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Now unfortunately part of the 27 club.
May she rest in peace.
Now unfortunately part of the 27 club.
May she rest in peace.
Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.
"Everyone who was involved with Amy is shocked and devastated. Our thoughts are with her family and friends," said Chris Goodman, a spokesman for her publicity representatives. He said her family will issue a statement when they are ready.
The British singer's record label, Universal, confirmed her death.
"We are deeply saddened at the sudden loss of such a gifted musician, artist and performer," the statement read. "Our prayers go out to Amy's family, friends and fans at this difficult time."
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seriously, 92 people killed in norway, and this takes precedence?
I don't think anyone said anything about it being more important.
great musician or not (and i personally don't think she was that great), she was a waste of oxygen, and i'm glad she's gone. i mean... seriously, what productive thing has she done in the last four or five years? a couple of cover songs? great! she's really making headway in her chosen profession.
i'm sure she could have been amazing if she hadn't chosen to continue destroying herself with drugs, and mocking people who tried to help her out of it.
The only song i really enjoyed from her is back to black.
Anyway i do not wish death upon anyone but she pretty much brought it on herself
the 27 club.... found it interesting.
Sorry?
Sheesh.
Troll much?
On the day it happened and until today Norway was been the headline in all the news I've seen. Only today has Amy took the headlines. It is pretty big news after all.
I was absolutely speachless at the Norway killing. I was thinking about starting a thread but I think its one of those things thats just too sensitive to talk about in forums imo. Also, and I know a troll will come along and say something silly....
I wasn't a fan of Amy. I actually hated her tbh, music isn't my taste and she was a terrible role model. And from what i've seen in the media, a horrible and self centered person with not much intellect. I could be wrong though. The media do tend to twist things. She might have been a nice person half the time.
That said, its a shame she died
She said no, no, no.
bad jokes aside, I really couldn't care less.
Pandas, I hear, have to be coerced into survival (apparently no sex drive = no species), but they're cool. And smarter than Amy Whinehouse, because they're I can see one that's alive.
*Isle of Man TT is on, they mildly consider survival, and there's a roughly 1% change you will die each time you enter - 200 entries and an average toll of 2.3 per event. But at least what they're doing is awesome. And helmets are sooooo useful at 300kph.
lol
Why is this news and why does this matter? It just appears to be the same scenario of Hollywood. A girl/guy gets famous and an ego inflates to an unmanageable degree... they start pumping drugs and they die; that's life. America needs to stop worship Celebrities.
P.S.
Sorry for the rant.
What remorse is needed? WHY?! this gets more coverage than the 1,000 of people that die every day around the world. So why should i give a fuck about some drunk high bitch junky that did nothing worthy with her life. She made her choice.
<devil's advocates's advocate>
Welcome to the real world, where people will talk about and give importance to shit that doesn't interest you ALL THE TIME. Best get used to it, as it's not going to change.
What you can do, though, is stop finding internet threads about things that don't matter to you and then taking the time to post in those threads expressing how little the topic matters. That way, you don't have to be exposed to the discussion of things you don't care about, and the people who do care don't have to be exposed to your bitching about it. Everybody wins!
</devil's advocates's advocate>
It sucks when anyone so troubled dies. I don't get into her music, but I was a huge fan of Nirvana when Cobain killed himself and I know how much it sucks to see the end of something that brought you joy.
I'm sorry, I must have missed the Norway thread you started after posting here because that topic is so important to you.
Peace and love
The REAL tragic deaths worth posting about are only in the local obituaries.
(you guys are dicks)
Thanks for bringing it back, Glenn. Hearts 2 U 2.
I was gonna say something along those lines. A thread about some junkie dying, but not about Norway? Bad form.
Not that theres much to be said about the Norway incident either... GD has had enough threads descend into political bitching lately.
A coked up druggie that happens to have a decent voice OD's and it's national news.
People need to get off their "every life is precious" moral high horses. The only reason you guys remotely care about this one is because of the media.
EDIT: I'm not saying life isn't precious, but berating someone for questioning why this deserves any kind of precedent over other drug related deaths is messed up.
And what about the psycho himself? Do you show respect for killers when they pass away?
Why MUST respect be given for all life? Life is a gift, if you don't treat it with respect, then why should you be given any respect in return? I refuse to give the same amount of respect to a drug addict, serial killer, or some just plain immoral person as I would to a loved one or someone who actually did something for this world. Respect is earned. It's not something that is just inherently given to someone because they existed.
Guess we'll agree to disagree.
lol ?
Yeah i found amy winehouse death sad, like kurt cobain death and all the people dying by self-destruction. She had fans, people who listen her music when they feel bad, and maybe she helps them somehow. It's disturbing that with all the help from earth, some people just can't love their life. I find that death for the innocent norwegians sad too, and also i find sad that thousands of innocent children are dying of starvation in Somalia and no one gives a fuck because ain't no oil there.
Should i put degrees on how this is sad and shocking ? I'm not sure. Life is precious.
Also, i wanted to add, for struggling myself with anxiety crisis, that depressed people aren't weak, they are sick. Sometimes, all the care and therapies don't help. I'm not judging alcoholic and drugs addict, because, i totally understand how you can get there. Fighting against yourself all the time, is exhausting and beeing healthy is a chance.
This is the most contradicting thing you could say
Then people would be respectful towards you and not the dead person.
If your friend was a shitty person, e.g., a drug addict, killer etc., then no, I wouldn't really be sorry at all actually. Not that I would know that through a simple forum thread.
Sorry if that's offensive.
Why does the media attach so much significance to some drug addicts death because she was a B list celebrity when 3 days ago 90 kids and adolescents trying to spend there summer productively and following there interest in politics are shot in cold blood, I just don't understand it.
I agree with SeanEG sentiment, If you are given all life's opportunities and repeatedly ruin stuff for yourself then there shouldn't be too much sympathy when you screw it up one last time.
But Hboybowen, I agree with you in a lot of ways. Really. Except I disagree with the death penalty. Life is life. I don't think it is proper to end it. Your own, or others. So, while she essentially killed herself, and I am in stark moral opposition to her because she did so, she was still a life, and I still feel remorse.
Justin Biebers mother. she passed away...
I feel terrible when people die. I don't feel terrible when people systematically kill themselves piece by piece.
I'm curious, I personally would rather talk about other things, like new artists coming out recently that take inspiration from Lebbaus Wood but most importantly, if every life is sacred, why should we have a thread about her only?
Why not about the men and women in uniform in the Middle East? What about Japan's Tsunami, and the 12 men who were willing to sacrifice their lives at the Nuclear reactor to keep it from meltdown? The shooting that happened recently which if it wasn't for 4Chan, I wouldn't have found out.
I don't know what to say, this thread has no place here, this doesn't affect anyone of us which is close by, it affects a rich B list celeb, who go into the industry by sleeping with the right people, was so intoxicated that she was barred from several countries, and didn't listen to anyone who didn't drive a BMW with a contract, had their genitalia tattooed and had a nice packet of whatever the hell she was doing.
She is the last person who receive should receive any type of sympathy, she didn't even donate to charity for Pete's Sake or try and help anyone else.
So again, why do we have a THREAD in POLYCOUNT about AMY WINEHOUSE?
Nah, I'm just kiddin
I just wanted an excuse to post this. And it's about time this thread gets some kitties.
I take your cat and raise it a baby!
That being said, I am a really big fan of her music and I will mourn the loss of her talent.
Ugh. This cover of the Specials is so good.
[ame]
"Kids, don't do drugs!!!"
Edit: Seforin -- Horrible... but I laughed.
Indeed, tasteless and horrible, but I'll be darned if I didn't laugh. Posting it up on Reddit later?