Cause people still care about world issues and health issues over mental health, that's all. It's still misunderstood in this day and age, and they are too sad to even notice it.

deebee said:

Why, oh, why must people keep comparing this with what's happened in Norway? I've read that so many bloody times now (most recently in Tommy Lee's tweet, above), and it's such a stupid and smug point to make. Must we choose? Are we not allowed to be compassionate about both?

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It's not fair to compare, and my thoughts are with the people in Norway and the family, friends, and fans of Amy.

I always think it's sad when people die... doesn't really matter how IMO.

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I feel sorry for her dad Mitch...

He's got a big nose and drives a taxi.

Too soon?

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My heart goes out to Any's family, it really does. But two things always bug me when a celeb like this passes:-

1. The out-pouring of grief from supposed friends and celebs, "oh, its such a tragedy, we were so close....how will I replace her, blah, blah, blah". If they really cared that much where was their support and love when Amy needed it the most? Its all well and good spilling your emotional guts once they've passed, how about stepping in before its too late next time. Same thing happened when MJ passed...everyone came out of thee woodwork...funny how they weren't around when some friendly advice and care might have done him some good.

2. Amy is now being regarded as some sort of musical legend. It is very tragic indeed her passing at such a young age, and she did have talent, but lets not get carried away here.

^ yeah I agree people are acting like she's cool now when they were laughing at people like her and also Britney who was having problems around the same time. But I've mostly seen jokes as well.

Mong said:

Wow, I can't believe this. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but I am so sad to hear that Amy has passed. She was a great talent. I love her two cd's. I had a feeling this was going to happen to her, but I guess I just kept hoping she would get her act together and would get well again.

Rest in peace Amy.

Where is the compassion for Deangelo and Lauryn Hill, who are alledgedly fighting their own demons? Does the compassion only come after death?

Deangelo is called lazy because he hasn't put out an album in 10+ years. He's the butt of jokes because of his run ins with the law.

People still pissing on Maxwell for taking an 8 year hiatus.

None of us know what anyone is going through.

Anywho, R.I.P. Amy.

silverchild said:

babyjubilation said:

i guess where Im coming from is just how I was raised. It's okay to not like her and think it's primarily her fault but there are just things you don't have to say. btw i was never one of those people who thought that.

I personally never said I didn't like her. I was one of the few that was wishing for a recovery and comeback. This is why I felt that way. Truth is something everyone needs, even when someone is at a low point. Lies and that "feeling sorry" syndrome sometimes makes a situation worse. Overall, it's sad that it came down to this day, where she has departed from us.

Truth IS something that everyone needs, I agree. However, there is something called tact; which the majority of the people on the Org, lack. Yes, she had issues and demons but, she was also somebody daughter and a human being. Human beings make mistakes, some learn from theirs while other spend most of their lives, trying to find their way. I think Amy, was one of those people. She wanted so badly to find her way, but couldn't. I think we are all like that, to some degree,(trying to find our way), it does us no good when other's who are JUST like us, feel the need to break our spirit, in the name of "truth".

Really sad news. I admire her style and staying true. She did accomplish a lot eventhough she only released two records. Love her and thank her for sharing her talent through those amazing songs.

serpan99 said:

"Love Is A Losing Game" by Andy Allo and Prince:

http://www.facebook.com/andyallo

Nice, short and sweet.

Those first 10 chords sound really familiar. It sounds like "Had U" or "Leaving for New York". I think it's something from those 76-78 years. Does anyone with better ears know what it's from or sounds like?

PurpleCharm said:

Where is the compassion for Deangelo and Lauryn Hill, who are alledgedly fighting their own demons? Does the compassion only come after death?

Deangelo is called lazy because he hasn't put out an album in 10+ years. He's the butt of jokes because of his run ins with the law.

People still pissing on Maxwell for taking an 8 year hiatus.

None of us know what anyone is going through.

Anywho, R.I.P. Amy.

I think there might be less compassion for those that you mentioned, because both give the impression that it is no big deal and "fuck those that don't like it", I get this especially from Lauryn, who sometimes gives off this, "I am a diva and you all MUST kiss my ass", attitude. Amy, just seemed to be the type who wanted help, but did not know how, whom, or where to get it. She also seemed more humbled that those two...

Adorecream said:

What a shameful waste, her best work may have been left in her. The fault though remains that she was a drug user, and she revelled in it. Where were the people to try and turn her life around. She died tto young.

When will people ever learn that hard drugs (Excluding caffeine) are not good for you. This womans life was a tragedy.

Fuck.

LIFE is not good for you.

We all do things EVERY day that aren't good for us.

Sports aren't good for you, do you criticize every athlete that dies from injuries?

Caffeine is also a drug that isn't good for you.

Reading these types of judgemental posts isn't good for anyone either.

Shame on YOU.

SCNDLS said:

SOME of these muthafuckas need to shut the hell up considering what THEIR asses were doing at 27, and 37, and some of them right now. It's just a luck of the draw that they didn't end up the SAME way. People and their opportunistic self-righteousness and judgment are a fucking trip.

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I agree, FUCK THEM and Patrick you did not need to post that shit here. You find the most irrelevant people making critical statements and think that's a good thing to post in a memorial thread?

I woke up this morning hoping that this had all been a bad dream...

Amy, you will live on in those of us with hearts and souls!

purplethunder3121 said:

kimrachell said:

andy allo just posted a tribute song she and prince did on her fb page....

I heard it; I'm glad they posted Love is a Losing Game in rememberance of Amy.

deebee said:

Why, oh, why must people keep comparing this with what's happened in Norway? I've read that so many bloody times now (most recently in Tommy Lee's tweet, above), and it's such a stupid and smug point to make. Must we choose? Are we not allowed to be compassionate about both?

[Edited 7/24/11 7:32am]

Exactly. It makes no sense. I guess anyone grieving for someone who meant something to them is not allowed that since somewhere, someone else died?

purplethunder3121 said:

kimrachell said:

andy allo just posted a tribute song she and prince did on her fb page....

I heard it; I'm glad they posted Love is a Losing Game in rememberance of Amy.

PurpleCharm said:

Where is the compassion for Deangelo and Lauryn Hill, who are alledgedly fighting their own demons? Does the compassion only come after death?

Deangelo is called lazy because he hasn't put out an album in 10+ years. He's the butt of jokes because of his run ins with the law.

People still pissing on Maxwell for taking an 8 year hiatus.

None of us know what anyone is going through.

Anywho, R.I.P. Amy.

Umm, who is this thread about? AMY WINEHOUSE, not ANYONE else. You want to grieve about how those folks are living their lives, go start a thread for them.

Serena said:

I agree, FUCK THEM and Patrick you did not need to post that shit here. You find the most irrelevant people making critical statements and think that's a good thing to post in a memorial thread?

Why not?? Fellow musicians (who mostly were fighting the same problems) commenting on the passing of one of their peers! And they are relevant... at least some of them. If you don't like what they have to say, that's your problem. At least they (some) seem more honest than some of the other commenting people.

PatrickS77 said:

Serena said:

I agree, FUCK THEM and Patrick you did not need to post that shit here. You find the most irrelevant people making critical statements and think that's a good thing to post in a memorial thread?

Why not?? Fellow musicians (who mostly were fighting the same problems) commenting on the passing of one of their peers! And they are relevant... at least some of them. If you don't like what they have to say, that's your problem. At least they (some) seem more honest than some of the other commenting people.

Go ask that asshole Ted Nugent what he thought of MJ and post it in the MJ thread if you think he's worthy of quoting.

Yeah! Nuge is an ass! Everyone knows that and I don't agree with his statement! But he's not the only one commenting, isn't he? And not every comment is like his... so save you're enragement. And I do recall some people saying crappy things about MJ too.

Serena said:

PurpleCharm said:

Where is the compassion for Deangelo and Lauryn Hill, who are alledgedly fighting their own demons? Does the compassion only come after death?

Deangelo is called lazy because he hasn't put out an album in 10+ years. He's the butt of jokes because of his run ins with the law.

People still pissing on Maxwell for taking an 8 year hiatus.

None of us know what anyone is going through.

Anywho, R.I.P. Amy.

Umm, who is this thread about? AMY WINEHOUSE, not ANYONE else. You want to grieve about how those folks are living their lives, go start a thread for them.

Report my post to the mods if it's inappropriate for this thread. Why don't you do that?

i want to remember thoughts from Amy's heart and mind before she died. i found this:

http://www.brainyquote.co...house.html

Amy Winehouse Quotes

Girls talk to each other like men talk to each other. But girls have an eye for detail.
Amy Winehouse

Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented me and the way I felt. So I started writing my own stuff.
Amy Winehouse

I don't think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It's to do with how much anger is in you.
Amy Winehouse

I just dress like... I'm an old black man. Sorry! Like I'm an old Jewish black man. I just dress like it's still the '50s.
Amy Winehouse

I know I'm talented, but I wasn't put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it's not where it begins and ends.
Amy Winehouse

I like pin-up girls. I'm more of a boy than a girl. I'm not a lesbian, though - not before a sambuca anyway.
Amy Winehouse

I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.
Amy Winehouse

I really thought I was on the way out. My husband Blake saved my life. Often I don't know what I do, then the next day the memory returns. And then I am engulfed in shame.
Amy Winehouse

I saw a picture of myself when I came out of the hospital. I didn't recognize myself.
Amy Winehouse

I'm of the school of thought where, if you can't sort something out for yourself, no one can help you. Rehab is great for some people but not others.
Amy Winehouse

If I died tomorrow, I would be a happy girl.
Amy Winehouse

My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they're going to do for the next five or ten years. The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking.
Amy Winehouse

Since I was 16, I've felt a black cloud hangs over me. Since then, I have taken pills for depression.
Amy Winehouse

please, this thread is about Amy winehouse. for those who are saddened by the Norway disaster. please go to the thread and post there.

PurpleCharm said:

Serena said:

Umm, who is this thread about? AMY WINEHOUSE, not ANYONE else. You want to grieve about how those folks are living their lives, go start a thread for them.

Report my post to the mods if it's inappropriate for this thread. Why don't you do that?

My point is, those folks are still alive and totally irrelevant to this topic, which is Amy. If you want to discuss how they're living their lives, you're free to start a thread to do so.

Amy once said

"“I could never decide whether I wanted to be Michael Jackson or marry him"

All My Lovin' (audio only)

When My Eyes (audio only)

Serena said:

PurpleCharm said:

Report my post to the mods if it's inappropriate for this thread. Why don't you do that?

My point is, those folks are still alive and totally irrelevant to this topic, which is Amy. If you want to discuss how they're living their lives, you're free to start a thread to do so.

I am not starting another thread because my post was not about discussing their lives.

I said what I wanted to say.

2003 performance in Virgin Records for the Frank album release:

Awesome South by Southwest performances:

I so enjoy when she's accompanied only by a guitar!

Serena said:

Adorecream said:

What a shameful waste, her best work may have been left in her. The fault though remains that she was a drug user, and she revelled in it. Where were the people to try and turn her life around. She died tto young.

When will people ever learn that hard drugs (Excluding caffeine) are not good for you. This womans life was a tragedy.

Fuck.

LIFE is not good for you.

We all do things EVERY day that aren't good for us.

Sports aren't good for you, do you criticize every athlete that dies from injuries?

Caffeine is also a drug that isn't good for you.

Reading these types of judgemental posts isn't good for anyone either.

Shame on YOU.

Yes, Ms. Winehouse may have done some very self-destructive things to herself up until her untimely death, but before any of us judge her life choices too harshly, remember, addiction is a disease. She had many friends and family members trying to help her, and it appears she even went in for treatment several times, but if it is revealed that her death was drug related, maybe she just succumbed to a disease she could not overcome.

Would you tell the family of a cancer victim who just died that he/she should have gotten chemotherapy? Would you tell the family of a heart disease patient who recently died that their loved one should have quit eating so much fatty food or put down those cigarettes? Very few people would be as heartless to say that to families of cancer or heart disease victims, yet we seem to be okay to judge drug and alcohol addicts differently. For all we know, she may have been getting treatment and it just wasn't enough to save her. And we don't have any idea what else was going on with her life either, so we shouldn't be so quick to jump to conclusions.

free2bfreeda said:

i want to remember thoughts from Amy's heart and mind before she died. i found this:

http://www.brainyquote.co...house.html

Amy Winehouse Quotes

I know I'm talented, but I wasn't put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it's not where it begins and ends.
Amy Winehouse

please, this thread is about Amy winehouse. for those who are saddened by the Norway disaster. please go to the thread and post there.

Thanks for those quotes. I'd read that she dreamed of being a wife and mother, I'm so sad for her not being able to realize all her dreams.

alphastreet said:

Amy once said

"“I could never decide whether I wanted to be Michael Jackson or marry him"

She really had a wonderful wit about her.

728huey said:

Yes, Ms. Winehouse may have done some very self-destructive things to herself up until her untimely death, but before any of us judge her life choices too harshly, remember, addiction is a disease. She had many friends and family members trying to help her, and it appears she even went in for treatment several times, but if it is revealed that her death was drug related, maybe she just succumbed to a disease she could not overcome.

Would you tell the family of a cancer victim who just died that he/she should have gotten chemotherapy? Would you tell the family of a heart disease patient who recently died that their loved one should have quit eating so much fatty food or put down those cigarettes? Very few people would be as heartless to say that to families of cancer or heart disease victims, yet we seem to be okay to judge drug and alcohol addicts differently. For all we know, she may have been getting treatment and it just wasn't enough to save her. And we don't have any idea what else was going on with her life either, so we shouldn't be so quick to jump to conclusions.

Yeah, all the ice cream, candy & cigs I smoked yesterday trying to comfort myself aren't good for me either. (and I'd quit smoking for a year before some crap made me start again a couple of months ago, now I've got to work on quitting again...ugh.)