Amy Winehouse

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She is my absolute QUEEN. Forget Adele, Kylie et al, Amy had a uniqueness, her style and music was so 'out there'. Sure, her voice and style of music wasn't especially original, but she was one of a kind. I remember seeing her on 'Buzzcocks' and she was so quick witted and lovely. Her record company and Father should hang their heads in shame. I watched one concert, think it was in Estonia, not sure, and she was almost unconscious. Her death was pretty much inevitable but she will never be forgotten.
 
Sideboard Bob said:
Remember her famous ballet pumps? She would buy 20 at a time! A blogger in this video visits the shop where she’d get them from, it’s at about 10 minutes in. It‘s kind of heartbreaking, the shop still had her last order of shoes kept aside 😥

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Very sad. Don't like the blogger. She was excited and would have flogged them all on ebay. It's sad, not thrilling. All that money and talent and Amy was still a little girl thrilled about ballet shoes.
 
Sunshine&clouds said:
Very sad. Don't like the blogger. She was excited and would have flogged them all on ebay. It's sad, not thrilling. All that money and talent and Amy was still a little girl thrilled about ballet shoes.
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Totally agree, it’s like she was more excited to get a “celebrity story for her vlog“, and missed what a sweet (and yes, sad) insight it was.
 
So happy to see so many others on here who love her as much as I do! 💗

I totally agree too, that she had her troubles before the big-time fame, which made them so much worse... it definitely began with her dad. She never even seen him and he took nothing to do with her until the fame and money started to roll in. And bringing the camera crew along when she was trying to find some peace in the Caribbean... it beggars belief. Her friend Nick was right when he said that she could have had a chance to get well before the world wanted a piece of her. The sad thing is, it seems she would definitely have went to rehab if her dad had said so.

Another part I found very upsetting (and just plain WTF?) in the documentary, is how when she was a teen, she told both her mum and dad about her 'great diet' where she would make herself sick after eating, and they BOTH didn't think anything of it or take it seriously?

The doc also put the timelines in order for me, as Blake said when they got back from America after getting married, that was the first time he introduced Amy to hard drugs. Does anyone else get the impression that he deliberately waited til they were married before doing this? So they were more tied together. And I was absolutely spitting feathers at him mocking her when they were in a rehab facility, getting her to sing 'Rehab' but then smirking 'but where are we now? give us the new updated version' ... then she said "I don't really mind it here" ... it was just awful. A few days later, the infamous bloodied pap shots 😔

The paps were such vultures, never leaving her alone, winding her up and quite literally waiting outside her front door... a few years ago I took a walk in Camden and went to see a couple of her old houses (that's how bad it was, that her very addresses were public knowledge!). The Prowse Place one was completely in the open, no gates or anything, you could have walked right up to her front door. Were injunctions against paparazzi not a thing back then?
 
I like many others followed her story, hoping she could defy the odds of joining the "27 club." I really wanted to buy Back to black, but not while she was alive, I didn't want to line the pockets of the suppliers - if you know what I mean.
Enough time has passed now, and I can remember her as the hugely talented young woman that she was.
 
That is one of the most disgusting and vile things I have ever seen. I always knew that Caroline Hirons was foul, but that actually makes me want to cry.

Sideboard Bob said:
Remember her famous ballet pumps? She would buy 20 at a time! A blogger in this video visits the shop where she’d get them from, it’s at about 10 minutes in. It‘s kind of heartbreaking, the shop still had her last order of shoes kept aside 😥

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Vanelope said:
I wonder about her relationship with Mark Ronson. He obviously cared about her, made a record with her that is a future classic and seemed to bring out the best in her talent and writing. The record also made his career as well I think. As a friend I don’t think he had much influence over her especially with the drugs and alcohol and husband choices but it must be hard for him to think of how the third album could have been. When she sang with Tony Bennett she seemed so happy in the film. I remember watching it and being so sad for her friends and so cross with her dad. Her father and husband manipulated and abused her.

After writing Rehab she should have been put in rehab. The tortured artist trope should be dispensed with, Adele writes soulful songs and is perfectly happy with her life.
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Adele seems to have had her troubles though: bad relationship with her dad, divorce...I wonder if she's got a better supper system?

I remember reading that Amy's mum has MS and was unwell, I don't know what their relationship was like.
 
I miss Amy so much. I legit cried when she died. I might have been naive but I thought she was doing so much better. Well actually she did got better since she unfortunately died because her body was not used to the amount of alcohol she drank that night anymore.
Such a waste, she seemed like such a nice soul. Somebody mentionned Nevermind the Buzzcocks, her latest episode was epic. I know she was unwell at the time but she was so sweet and funny. Her banter with Simon was so natural. You could tell he really cared about her. I still watch it sometimes. I love when she comforts the old guy. She was a true sweetheart.
I was lucky enough to see her live in 2007. It was amazing honestly. Blake was there though, which I could have done without. But she was so charismatic, it was incredible to witness. Unfortunately as the gig went on she was drinking so much, by the end you could tell she was wasted and she was kind of slurring her words. Still an amazing experience that I consider myself very lucky for.
I’m gonna be honest though, I still haven’t watched Amy after all this time. I’m scared it’s gonna hurt too much.

One thing I just remember. Right after she passed I was so sad, listening to her on the train and a girl sat in front of me. She had very big hair and super thick eyeliner. At the time I got chills because she looked so much like her, I thought it was some kind of sign and it made me feel better. Now I just think it was probably a girl trying to emulate her looks. Still, it will stay with me.
 
I was never a fan of Amy's until I saw her perform live. It was at Isle of Wight festival in 2007, I went for Muse and The Rolling Stones. But Amy was so much fun, and had a great voice. I know she was on drugs, and drinking too much, but aside from her being very underweight (and the tabloids, obviously), I wouldn't have known . Then I saw her live the year after, and she was a mess, forgetting lyrics, and slurring her words when she spoke.
I was upset when she died. As she was trying to get better, but sadly relapsed, and it was too much for body to take.
 
Vanelope said:
I wonder about her relationship with Mark Ronson. He obviously cared about her, made a record with her that is a future classic and seemed to bring out the best in her talent and writing. The record also made his career as well I think. As a friend I don’t think he had much influence over her especially with the drugs and alcohol and husband choices but it must be hard for him to think of how the third album could have been. When she sang with Tony Bennett she seemed so happy in the film. I remember watching it and being so sad for her friends and so cross with her dad. Her father and husband manipulated and abused her.

After writing Rehab she should have been put in rehab. The tortured artist trope should be dispensed with, Adele writes soulful songs and is perfectly happy with her life.
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Mark and Amy were a force to be reckoned with. The way he was in awe of her talent was so beautiful to see and the magic that they created together will be hard to ever replicate. He’s such a talented producer and I so wish Amy was still with us. I always say that if I could bring back any musician who is no longer with us, I’d choose Amy♥️
 
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