Mindflux said:

HotGritz said:

Thanks missfee. I felt mindflux response was rather condescending and dismissive. I'm catching up on a lot of the details of Amy's death myself and wasn't aware she or her family were practicing jews as not all jews keep with tradition. She was too young to die and its sad she couldn't recover from her addiction. I certainly hope there wasn't any foul play.

May I apologise profusely, Hotgritz, I certainly didn't mean to be. I'm convalescing right now, so I'm perhaps unintentionally tetchy at times (and why I have so much time to spend on the org at'm!) - not an excuse though, just providing some context. Again, my sincere apologies.

Yay!

Winehouse's Bodyguards --...my's Ashes

7/26/2011 2:40 PM PDT by TMZ Staff

In one final bizarre photo op with Amy Winehouse, the singer's former bodyguards posed with a box containing Amy's ashes as they left the crematorium in London earlier today...a family rep confirms to TMZ.


The man in the center of the photo is Andrew Morris -- the bodyguard who found Winehouse's body and called for help.

free2bfreeda said:

http://music-mix.ew.com/2...e-funeral/

Amy Winehouse's family and friends gather to mourn at singer's funeral

by Brad Wete

Jul 26 2011 02:13 PM ET

Family and friends mourned the loss of British soul singer Amy Winehouse this morning at a London, England church service.

The Associated Press reports that Winehouse’s parents and brother attended the Jewish funeral. In addition to family, attendees included Mark Ronson (who handled production on Winehouse’s Grammy-winning breakthrough Back to Black) and friend Kelly Osborne, who wore her hair in a beehive as a tribute to Winehouse’s signature style.

“Goodnight, my angel, sleep tight. Mummy and Daddy love you ever so much,” said father Mitch Winehouse to his daughter, who passed away on Saturday o...ned causes at the age of 27.

The service concluded with a rendition of Carole King’s “So Far Away,” which was one of Winehouse’s favorite songs. Winehouse was then moved to Golders Green Crematorium, where she was cremated.

Winehouse’s father Mitch released a statement about the last time he spoke to his daughter, which you can read in full after the jump.

Mitch Winehouse Statement:

“Amy was the greatest daughter, family member and friend you could ever have. I will talk a lot about her fantastic recovery. Recently Amy found love with [boyfriend] Reg [Traviss]. He helped her with her problems and Amy was looking forward to their future together. She was the happiest she has been for years. We all remember that great night at the 100 Club on Oxford Street, her voice was good, her wit and timing were perfect. She told me that she had ‘thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed herself.’

The last time she called me she had found a box of old family photos and called me to go over to look. We spoke three times a day at least, she was very excited. Three years ago, Amy conquered her drug dependency, the doctors said it was impossible but she really did it. She was trying hard to deal with her drinking and had just completed three weeks of abstinence She said, ‘Dad I’ve had enough, I can’t stand the look on your and the family’s faces anymore.’

She was not depressed. She saw Janis and Reg on Friday and was in good spirits. That night, she was in her room, playing drums and singing. As it was late, her security guard said to keep it quiet and she did. He heard her walking around for a while and when he went to check on her in the morning he thought she was asleep. He went back a few hours later, that was when he realized she was not breathing and called for help.

But knowing she wasn’t depressed, knowing she passed away, knowing she passed away happy, it makes us all feel better. I was in New York with my cousin Michael when I heard and straight away I said I wanted an Amy Winehouse Foundation, something to help the things she loved – children, horses, but also to help those struggling with substance abuse. In this country, if you cannot afford a private rehabilitation clinic, there is a two year waiting list for help. With the help of Keith Vaz MP, we are trying to change that.”

Amy possessed such an engrossing and commanding voice. This song just proves it! From the incredible Frank album. WOW!

silverchild said:

A great eulogy written on Amy from PopMatters:

Amy Winehouse: A Voice to Make You Believe

By Steve Jasen

Read here: http://www.popmatters.com...ou-believe

What a great article and LOVE the picture, thanks for posting it!

MidniteMagnet said:

Okay, let's disuss THE ARTIST Amy Winehouse. The first time I heard that voice was in the fall of 2006. I was on some messageboard and someone said that if you liked Erykah, you would like Amy. I downloaded a few tracks from Frank and a few from her upcoming album (at the time) Back To Black. I was floored! I thought the lyrics were clever and not the usual shit you hear on the radio but it was the voice that did it for me. It was big, brassy, robust, flexible, etc. I could go on and on! I am usually more of a soprano man, but her contralto just did me in. I just loved how she sang.

She wasn't usually on the beat...either before it or after it. I loved how she syncopated her vocals. I loved the jazz quality of her voice and how she really could project a lot of emotion without even trying it seems. She just has a cool, one-of-a-kind amazing voice. I have tons of concert mp3s on my computer and she never sings a song the same way twice. Sometimes she'll go up an octave on certain runs and glide with the music and other times she'll go really low like a dude, lower than the CD. She just had so many things going on with her voice that I loved. Sometimes she'd get all stanky with the vocals, like a mix between Lauryn Hill and Esther Phillips but all her own at the same time.

I just really loved her spirit. She was very witty, sarcastic, smart and completely blase about everything! LOL! It's like nothing ever fazed her. She didn't want to be a celebrity. She was really in it for the music and that is what she cared about. When I found out she died I had walked into a record store and they were playing her music. I told my bf that I loved Amy and a few minutes later I found out from the cashier that she had died that morning. I wasn't so much sad as angry...angry that I won't be able to grow old with Amy as she releases more and more material. I know it's selfish but that was my thought at the time. I'm going to miss her but I cherish the music she left behind.

oops, hit enter too quickly, I meant to say I love the way you talk about the way she used her voice and how she could change songs up, your observations are right on!

[Edited 7/26/11 20:01pm]

From Frank. So honest.

Timmy84 said:

Thanks Timmy, I adore her rendition of this and also Brother which Silverchild posted. Her voice gets into my soul and lives there after listening to her and the louder the better!

Okay, I just sat down and listened to Back To Black yesterday for the first time. In the past I only heard it in the background at other peoples' houses. I have to say she's a better writer than I gave her credit for. "Love Is A Losing Game" is beautiful.

The whole album is dripping in truth. Those emotions are the real thing. I think that reptilian boyfrend of hers may have inadvertently done her a favour. My criticism of her when she first emerged was that there was an immaturity there; a lack of depth. Blake Fielder Civil came along and single-handedly cured her of this problem by fucking her up and causing her pain. It's terrible to say, but it gave her much deeper emotions to draw on. She had more to say.

Unfortunately her legacy is about to be dilluted by the inevitable release of substandard material to cash in on her death. Like MJ, I don't think she was in a fit state to write quality material in her final years. There'll be some nice outtakes from her earlier days of course, but I think Amy is gonna be squirming from the grave if they put out any unfinished material from the elusive "third album" .

midnightmover said:

Okay, I just sat down and listened to Back To Black yesterday for the first time. In the past I only heard it in the background at other peoples' houses. I have to say she's a better writer than I gave her credit for. "Love Is A Losing Game" is beautiful.

The whole album is dripping in truth. Those emotions are the real thing. I think that reptilian boyfrend of hers may have inadvertently done her a favour. My criticism of her when she first emerged was that there was an immaturity there; a lack of depth. Blake Fielder Civil came along and single-handedly cured her of this problem by fucking her up and causing her pain. It's terrible to say, but it gave her much deeper emotions to draw on. She had more to say.

Unfortunately her legacy is about to be dilluted by the inevitable release of substandard material to cash in on her death. Like MJ, I don't think she was in a fit state to write quality material in her final years. There'll be some nice outtakes from her earlier days of course, but I think Amy is gonna be squirming from the grave if they put out any unfinished material from the elusive "third album" .

I think she got older and wiser .... Blake really had little to do with her talent or songs ....any guy she fell in love with and broke up with would have given her the fuel to write these lyrics... the talent was in her soul .....

Blake just happened to be that guy at that time in her life... she had already gain a level of fame before she met him .... all he gets credit for it pimping her money and giving her drugs so he could hang on / control her for longer...

http://www.youtube.com/wa...gHsX5sVt-s

My fav track on the album says it all -

[Edited 7/27/11 3:50am]

MidniteMagnet said:

Okay, let's disuss THE ARTIST Amy Winehouse. The first time I heard that voice was in the fall of 2006. I was on some messageboard and someone said that if you liked Erykah, you would like Amy. I downloaded a few tracks from Frank and a few from her upcoming album (at the time) Back To Black. I was floored! I thought the lyrics were clever and not the usual shit you hear on the radio but it was the voice that did it for me. It was big, brassy, robust, flexible, etc. I could go on and on! I am usually more of a soprano man, but her contralto just did me in. I just loved how she sang.

She wasn't usually on the beat...either before it or after it. I loved how she syncopated her vocals. I loved the jazz quality of her voice and how she really could project a lot of emotion without even trying it seems. She just has a cool, one-of-a-kind amazing voice. I have tons of concert mp3s on my computer and she never sings a song the same way twice. Sometimes she'll go up an octave on certain runs and glide with the music and other times she'll go really low like a dude, lower than the CD. She just had so many things going on with her voice that I loved. Sometimes she'd get all stanky with the vocals, like a mix between Lauryn Hill and Esther Phillips but all her own at the same time.

I just really loved her spirit. She was very witty, sarcastic, smart and completely blase about everything! LOL! It's like nothing ever fazed her. She didn't want to be a celebrity. She was really in it for the music and that is what she cared about. When I found out she died I had walked into a record store and they were playing her music. I told my bf that I loved Amy and a few minutes later I found out from the cashier that she had died that morning. I wasn't so much sad as angry...angry that I won't be able to grow old with Amy as she releases more and more material. I know it's selfish but that was my thought at the time. I'm going to miss her but I cherish the music she left behind.

That should be the org quote of the day!

MidniteMagnet said:

Okay, let's disuss THE ARTIST Amy Winehouse. The first time I heard that voice was in the fall of 2006. I was on some messageboard and someone said that if you liked Erykah, you would like Amy. I downloaded a few tracks from Frank and a few from her upcoming album (at the time) Back To Black. I was floored! I thought the lyrics were clever and not the usual shit you hear on the radio but it was the voice that did it for me. It was big, brassy, robust, flexible, etc. I could go on and on! I am usually more of a soprano man, but her contralto just did me in. I just loved how she sang.

She wasn't usually on the beat...either before it or after it. I loved how she syncopated her vocals. I loved the jazz quality of her voice and how she really could project a lot of emotion without even trying it seems. She just has a cool, one-of-a-kind amazing voice. I have tons of concert mp3s on my computer and she never sings a song the same way twice. Sometimes she'll go up an octave on certain runs and glide with the music and other times she'll go really low like a dude, lower than the CD. She just had so many things going on with her voice that I loved. Sometimes she'd get all stanky with the vocals, like a mix between Lauryn Hill and Esther Phillips but all her own at the same time.

I just really loved her spirit. She was very witty, sarcastic, smart and completely blase about everything! LOL! It's like nothing ever fazed her. She didn't want to be a celebrity. She was really in it for the music and that is what she cared about. When I found out she died I had walked into a record store and they were playing her music. I told my bf that I loved Amy and a few minutes later I found out from the cashier that she had died that morning. I wasn't so much sad as angry...angry that I won't be able to grow old with Amy as she releases more and more material. I know it's selfish but that was my thought at the time. I'm going to miss her but I cherish the music she left behind.

Excellent summary and completely on point - thank you.

Dreamer2 said:

midnightmover said:

Okay, I just sat down and listened to Back To Black yesterday for the first time. In the past I only heard it in the background at other peoples' houses. I have to say she's a better writer than I gave her credit for. "Love Is A Losing Game" is beautiful.

The whole album is dripping in truth. Those emotions are the real thing. I think that reptilian boyfrend of hers may have inadvertently done her a favour. My criticism of her when she first emerged was that there was an immaturity there; a lack of depth. Blake Fielder Civil came along and single-handedly cured her of this problem by fucking her up and causing her pain. It's terrible to say, but it gave her much deeper emotions to draw on. She had more to say.

Unfortunately her legacy is about to be dilluted by the inevitable release of substandard material to cash in on her death. Like MJ, I don't think she was in a fit state to write quality material in her final years. There'll be some nice outtakes from her earlier days of course, but I think Amy is gonna be squirming from the grave if they put out any unfinished material from the elusive "third album" .

I think she got older and wiser .... Blake really had little to do with her talent or songs ....any guy she fell in love with and broke up with would have given her the fuel to write these lyrics... the talent was in her soul .....

Blake just happened to be that guy at that time in her life... she had already gain a level of fame before she met him .... all he gets credit for it pimping her money and giving her drugs so he could hang on / control her for longer...

http://www.youtube.com/wa...gHsX5sVt-s

My fav track on the album says it all -

10.

"He Can Only Hold Her"

Amy Winehouse, Richard Poindexter, John Harrison

Salaam Remi

2:46

[Edited 7/27/11 3:50am]

Of course, the talent was already inside her, but people have lots of potential inside them which is often not fulfilled. Alicia Keys probably has it in her to express a non-fake emotion one day, but that doesn't mean it will ever happen.

Winehouse made some small waves in the beginning, but her music at that time wasn't very deep. BTB was a quantum leap forward. I'm sure she would have improved anyway since she had a good background in quality music, but I think having a fucked-up relationship probably helped. I'm not praising that scumbag, but let's face it, the whole album is about him. I wonder whether subconsciously she might have been looking for heartbreak. She grew up on singers like Billie Holiday who really romanticised that shit.

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In this week's NME magazine:

Amy Winehouse’s dedication not only to living every word and every note of her songs to the full, but to total, naked honesty was a rare inspiration in pop.

Following the sad news of her death, NME pays our respects to a true icon and the most talented singer in a generation. Over 10 pages of classic and unseen images, heartfelt tributes and enduring memories of a daring talent whose life ended far, far too soon.

[Edited 7/27/11 5:39am]

midnightmover said:

Okay, I just sat down and listened to Back To Black yesterday for the first time. In the past I only heard it in the background at other peoples' houses. I have to say she's a better writer than I gave her credit for. "Love Is A Losing Game" is beautiful.

The whole album is dripping in truth. Those emotions are the real thing. I think that reptilian boyfrend of hers may have inadvertently done her a favour. My criticism of her when she first emerged was that there was an immaturity there; a lack of depth. Blake Fielder Civil came along and single-handedly cured her of this problem by fucking her up and causing her pain. It's terrible to say, but it gave her much deeper emotions to draw on. She had more to say.

Unfortunately her legacy is about to be dilluted by the inevitable release of substandard material to cash in on her death. Like MJ, I don't think she was in a fit state to write quality material in her final years. There'll be some nice outtakes from her earlier days of course, but I think Amy is gonna be squirming from the grave if they put out any unfinished material from the elusive "third album" .

You MUST now get her first CD set, Frank (Deluxe), it's a bit more raw and has great music/lyrics too. I usually like it even better than Back to Black I think.

There's also the Live DVD (concert portion will be on MTV tonight), but the documentary extras make it worth every penny and includes her first live demo session for Island Records.

Identity said:

[img:$uid]http://i.imgur.com/ezcVj.jpg[/img:$uid]

In this week's NME magazine:

Amy Winehouse’s dedication not only to living every word and every note of her songs to the full, but to total, naked honesty was a rare inspiration in pop.

Following the sad news of her death, NME pays our respects to a true icon and the most talented singer in a generation. Over 10 pages of classic and unseen images, heartfelt tributes and enduring memories of a daring talent whose life ended far, far too soon.

[Edited 7/27/11 5:39am]

Thanks for the info, I'll have to make sure and pick one up!

Best AW lyric line "What kind of fu#kery is this"...LOL

Amy Winehouse music set to flood Charts

Amy Winehouse is on course for an avalanche of hits in Sunday's Official Charts, according to today's Official Chart Update. The tragic singer, who died on Saturday, is likely to be represented by seven tracks in the Official Singles Top 40, with three album placings in the Official Albums Top 10 -based on today's Official Chart Update.

Other entries in this week's Official Singles Update are led by JLS's new single She Makes Me Wanna which is romping away in the Number One spot, currently selling twice as fast as The Wanted's Glad You Came in second place.

In the Albums Chart Update, Winehouse's album Back To Black is vying with Adele's 21 for the Number One spot this Sunday.

URL: http://www.theofficialcharts.com/

Why do people wait till an artist is dead to support them?

What in the hell are the bodyguards doing posing with her ashes?

The trifleness has begun.

HotGritz said:

Why do people wait till an artist is dead to support them?

What in the hell are the bodyguards doing posing with her ashes?

The trifleness has begun.

As it happens in the deaths of these acts:

• 2Pac
• Biggie
• Aaliyah
• Michael

And yeah that was real stupid of the bodyguards. Just...why?

HotGritz said:

Why do people wait till an artist is dead to support them?

What in the hell are the bodyguards doing posing with her ashes?

The trifleness has begun.

I'm pretty sure the bodyguards were either by request photographed or given permission by the Winehouse family to take the picture. The funeral was not an orthodoxed Judaism bereavement.

free2bfreeda said:

I'm pretty sure the bodyguards were either by request photographed or given permission by the Winehouse family to take the picture. The funeral was not an orthodoxed Judaism bereavement.

I see.

Serena said:

midnightmover said:

Okay, I just sat down and listened to Back To Black yesterday for the first time. In the past I only heard it in the background at other peoples' houses. I have to say she's a better writer than I gave her credit for. "Love Is A Losing Game" is beautiful.

The whole album is dripping in truth. Those emotions are the real thing. I think that reptilian boyfrend of hers may have inadvertently done her a favour. My criticism of her when she first emerged was that there was an immaturity there; a lack of depth. Blake Fielder Civil came along and single-handedly cured her of this problem by fucking her up and causing her pain. It's terrible to say, but it gave her much deeper emotions to draw on. She had more to say.

Unfortunately her legacy is about to be dilluted by the inevitable release of substandard material to cash in on her death. Like MJ, I don't think she was in a fit state to write quality material in her final years. There'll be some nice outtakes from her earlier days of course, but I think Amy is gonna be squirming from the grave if they put out any unfinished material from the elusive "third album" .

You MUST now get her first CD set, Frank (Deluxe), it's a bit more raw and has great music/lyrics too. I usually like it even better than Back to Black I think.

There's also the Live DVD (concert portion will be on MTV tonight), but the documentary extras make it worth every penny and includes her first live demo session for Island Records.

I agree with what you say about, "Frank". I like it better, because it is alot less "commercial" than, BTB.

shorttrini said:

Serena said:

You MUST now get her first CD set, Frank (Deluxe), it's a bit more raw and has great music/lyrics too. I usually like it even better than Back to Black I think.

There's also the Live DVD (concert portion will be on MTV tonight), but the documentary extras make it worth every penny and includes her first live demo session for Island Records.

I agree with what you say about, "Frank". I like it better, because it is alot less "commercial" than, BTB.

"Frank" is definitely raw. And she was only 19 when it was put out I think.

Timmy84 said:

shorttrini said:

I agree with what you say about, "Frank". I like it better, because it is alot less "commercial" than, BTB.

"Frank" is definitely raw. And she was only 19 when it was put out I think.

Yes, she was. Her version of, "Moody's Mood" is killer.

shorttrini said:

Timmy84 said:

"Frank" is definitely raw. And she was only 19 when it was put out I think.

Yes, she was. Her version of, "Moody's Mood" is killer.

I was just listening to the 2-CD deluxe edition of Frank last night, in rememberance of Amy. Such a marvel as she was so young, singing mature and creative material that was unlike anyone was hearing or doing at that time. Amy was definitely an admirer and great interpreter of soul and jazz and this album perfectly showcased her voice and influences. Just a fantastic record!