Amy Winehouse Dead (RIP thread)[Mod Note Post 1]

later12

Degsy wrote: »

Meh..a junkie is a junkie..they die all the time..i couldn't care less about her..and she was far from being some sort of genius.

Did you ever write a lyric that appeared on a Cambridge University English exam paper?

I have never known an idiot who achieved such a feat, but maybe you are different.

Wolflikeme

later10 wrote: »

Did you ever write a lyric that appeared on a Cambridge University English exam paper?

I have never known an idiot who achieved such a feat, but maybe you are different.

Firstly, she's far from an idiot.

The English will promote their own. I could name a ton of songs from American artists (or non English for that matter) far more talented and with further reaching lyrics than hers, so I'd take that with a pinch of salt.

A tragic end to a troubled life. It's awfully sad and I hope her family can take some solace from the legacy she's (perhaps) left behind.

later12

Wolflikeme wrote: »

The English will promote their own. I could name a ton of songs from American artists (or non English for that matter) far more talented and with further reaching lyrics than hers, so I'd take that with a pinch of salt.

(i) The population of Britain is about 60 million, that still makes her 1 in 60 million for that year
(ii)Bear in mind that Bob Dylan, an American, appeared on the same paper

vgv

unfortunately I never managed to see her perform live.RIP

vampire of kilmainham

very sad i hope she will have peace now in spirit R.I.P. AMEY

vampire of kilmainham

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I'm not sure how it is a shocker, considering her lifestyle.

nobodys perfect

vampire of kilmainham

Fago! wrote: »

Wonder who won!

i agree a well the the people of the world today have become very cold and uncareing

Jazzy

vampire of kilmainham wrote: »

nobodys perfect

pobody's nerfect!
its cute!

temply

Naikon wrote: »

Such wit.

oh, i wasn't trying to be funny there,

temply

nuxxx wrote: »

Lol

he's v witty isn't he

littlefriend

ftwwinning wrote: »

maybe she just wanted to go
it is awful, i am upset about it, her poor family
but maybe she wanted to go?

Yeah I was thinking maybe it wasn't accidental. Either way, I think its really sad.

sideswipe

It is sad but what can you do when somebody doesn't want help? God knows help was offered but alas she said no three times.

Mr Benevolent

RIP, although TodayFM opened this morning with 'We're all sadden to hear the tragic news of...'. I assumed they were going to mention the horrifying tragedy in Norway where 85 children were murdered.

Instead they announced that Amy Winehouse was dead. Eh? Compared to what happened on Friday, her death pales into utter insignificance.

El Horseboxo

If she had of been in jail like any average person would be for some of the vast quantities of drugs she's been caught with over the years perhaps she'd be alive. No sympathy whatsoever.

Kidchameleon

starbelgrade wrote: »

It's an odd concept to think that wealth can solve all problems. If that was the case, Elvis, Cobain, Buckley, Morrison etc., should all never have died when they did..

WTF?? That was an accident, he never took a drug in his life!

m@cc@

El Siglo wrote: »

Well I think the picture [NSFW] of Breivik standing over about 20 bodies of people that he shot might be considered to be some "scale" on the gravity of the situation. The two cases aren't even comparable.

But yet you choose to? :rolleyes:

Monty Burnz

later10 wrote: »

Did you ever write a lyric that appeared on a Cambridge University English exam paper?

I have never known an idiot who achieved such a feat, but maybe you are different.

The BeeGees did it. I guess each of us will decide for ourselves whether or not they wrote superb lyrics.

m@cc@

El Horseboxo wrote: »

If she had of been in jail like any average person would be for some of the vast quantities of drugs she's been caught with over the years perhaps she'd be alive. No sympathy whatsoever.

There's no such thing as an average person.

PinkFly

RIP Amy.... If she wasnt under the influence for so much of her life she could have been the biggest artist around with her amazing voice. Sad to see she couldn't fight the demons and get the help she obviously so desperately needed. xxx

Crazy Horse 6

LighterGuy wrote: »

Look man, all this "ah I dont like them, because she/he/they were supporting criminals by doing drugs" is all crap.
You dont care about her death because you dont know her, so it doesnt matter. Hey, nothing wrong with that. Tis the way the world is. But dont toss some BS spiel as to how she did drugs as to why "you dont care" ... call a spade a spade.
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Lets be honest... any person who cares about her death was someone who knew her, or some die hard fan with emotional issues. All this "devoid of empathy" is BS. We only feel for someone who we knew and cared for. Its human nature. Its bad, i know. But thats people. Theres nothing wrong with saying "thats a shame" , "tragic" , "a waste of talent" etc etc etc. Just comments. Anything more is just plain ol' BS.

And as for the sweatshops bit? hey nike has been doing it for years. business is still a boom'in.

Ive called a spade a spade. She was a junkie, i don't care for her anymore than i'd care for wacko from finglas dying from a heroin overdose. Don't you get it, i rate all junkies as low life scum. Winehouse was no different

Confab

Confab wrote: »

RIP, although TodayFM opened this morning with 'We're all sadden to hear the tragic news of...'. I assumed they were going to mention the horrifying tragedy in Norway where 85 children were murdered.

Instead they announced that Amy Winehouse was dead. Eh? Compared to what happened on Friday, her death pales into utter insignificance.

Just because something 'worse' has happened doesn't mean that the death of a famous singer at the age of 27 is 'insignificant'. I find it really childish and simple minded when people trot out that old 'there are worse things going on in the world' stuff. As tragic as the Norway situation is, there are plenty of worse things going on at this very moment that make Norway pale into insignificance, so why aren't you complaining about that? The headline news is whatever the broadcasters think we'll be interested in, not what wins the 'most tragic story of the day' award. I might agree with you if news of a celebrity having some plastic surgery or badmouthing another person were headline news, but I hardly think a celebrity death counts as pointless gossip.

wonderfulname wrote: »

So what if it's not as bad, did you finish my post before you decided to reply? I believe the phrase I used was "empathise to varying degrees with various situations", just because you empathise with those involved in one event so monumental that its quite outside our understanding, doesn't mean you can't also empathise with those involved in what is, at the end of the day a personal bereavement of which we have been made aware. The fact that they are not remotely comparable is not relevant, a normal person doesn't react as though one is a personal insult merely because the other exists.

Exactly.

wonderfulname wrote: »

I really don't get this, I empathise with her and her family and I empathise with Breiviks victims, it doesn't take from my empathy for the people of Somalia either, god it's been a weighty time for news... why do we have to pick one thing to focus compassion upon? Can we not have varying degrees of empathy for various situations all at the same time?

Apparently some people have a limited supply of empathy and expect everyone else to be the same.

Android 666

vampire of kilmainham wrote: »

very sad i hope she will have peace now in spirit R.I.P. AMEY

It usually helps to spell the name of the person you feel so sad about properly...

m@cc@

Android 666 wrote: »

It usually helps to spell the name of the person you feel so sad about properly...

Helps what?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_REkgXByDyuU/S7OQjASZIsI/AAAAAAAAGyg/efjoN0B5xbY/s1600/grammar-nazi2.jpg

AudreyHepburn

I have to say I am surprised at the number of people who seem incapable of feeling more than one feeling for more than one situation at a time.

I feel pity for Amy and her family but I also feel anger at the NOTW phone-hacking, appalled at the Oslo/Utoya massacre, saddened for the people starving in Somalia and so on.

Each of these are tragedies in their own right and feeling saddened by one does not preclude feeling sadden by the others.

I am posting in Amy W's thread now but that doesn't mean I am not thinking of the Norwegians for instance.

Why can't people understand this?

temply

Kidchameleon wrote: »

WTF?? That was an accident, he never took a drug in his life!

wasn't he drunk tho???

MagicMarker

temply wrote: »

wasn't he drunk tho???

No

Crazy Horse 6

Crazy Horse 6 wrote: »

Ive called a spade a spade. She was a junkie, i don't care for her anymore than i'd care for wacko from finglas dying from a heroin overdose. Don't you get it, i rate all junkies as low life scum. Winehouse was no different

Watch you don't fall off that high horse

Kotek Besar

One less junky to pump money in to organised crime gangs.

Android 666

m@cc@ wrote: »

Helps what?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_REkgXByDyuU/S7OQjASZIsI/AAAAAAAAGyg/efjoN0B5xbY/s1600/grammar-nazi2.jpg

Technically I'm probably being a spelling nazi but riddle me this Batman, how, after 50-odd pages on the subject, can you get a three letter name wrong?

m@cc@

Android 666 wrote: »

Technically I'm probably being a spelling nazi but riddle me this Batman, how, after 50-odd pages on the subject, can you get a three letter name wrong?

As the pic says, who cares?