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I'm sorry Amy. I was never really a fan......But the rage i feel now is real. The outrage is real. You played your role in this twisted passion play. You died for the edification of The Daydream Nation, nailed to the crosshairs of celebrity's scope.
I am sorry...but not too sympathetic. And genuinely angry. Angry that in this day and age....with all the information you could ever want...you allowed yourself to become addict to....... ....what? Pick your poison....Drink...drugs...celebrity...whatever! I'm not sympathetic.
My sympathies are held for those who truly loved you..who tried to help & could not. My sympathies do not lie with her countless fans who enjoyed her generic music. The perverse symbiotic "relationship" she established with her "fans" with her mudane confessions festered a lifestyle of spiritual rot....replete with the stench of decay. The white-hot flame of "flavor-of-the-month" fame burns up those who only really exist to themselves in headlines. And the voyeuristic all-pervasive "press" was more than happy to play it's part....boiling you in the waters of a fishbowl. Reporting salaciously each relapse, each drunken escapade, cluck-clucking disapproval in such transparent cynicism as to be laughable...if it weren't so damn tragically infuriating. These oh-so-predictable sacrefices on the altar of fame........
(....I wrote that this morning.....and then took a pause to go out swimming with the wife & dog....when i came back....I read this.............. )
....I sit here now, contemplating Jen's take on the subject.....
....I feel angrier now, but sadder. Jen so perfectly illustrates a side of the equation i cynically overlooked........there are some who were truly touched, inspired, and guided by the art that Ms Winehouse produced.....and that makes this whole stupid tragedy so much more infuriating.
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Comments (17)
It is so tragic and maddening. I was not a huge fan of her music but I agree that she was ridiculed and mocked in the media, and that sometimes secretly and sometimes not so secretly, her "fans" took a sick pleasure every time she fell. (SOME fans...obviously not Serenity Life).
I bet it is scary becoming famous and not knowing who your real friends are.
I will say that I made a remark not too long ago about a recent performance she gave (in Spain?) a few weeks ago, I think. I did say if I'd paid for tickets I'd want my money back. I feel kind of guilty now, having said that somewhat recently, but then agin, no. I WOULD want my $$ back because she put on a show but was clearly "not there"---but what of her manager(s)/agents, etc....They just saw $$ signs and didn't really care for Amy as a human being....at least that's the impression I get. It was no judgment against her as a person. So no, I do not feel guilty for THAT now, but I do feel sad and angry, too.
her destiny was realized. Her molecules will return to the mix - they will not die.
Have a nice journey...
"My sympathies are held for those who truly loved you..who tried to help & could not."
obviously this isn't a new situation for me and yes they deserve those feelings. i know that in similar situations, some of which still exist, i've had to put up emotional boundaries to protect myself. i don't run away, and there have even been times that i've had to get people arrested as violent threats to themselves and others to clean up even for a little while, but i can't go down with the ship. there have been times that i've spoken to people and told them flat out that they've heard all my advice before and i just need a break because i'm starting to feel pretty down myself.
it often ends up being a sad "oh well", whether due to chemical imbalances, general substance abuse, a combination of both or just a simple mistake made while under the influence. luckily, no one's gotten to that stage with me and it might be because i actually thought about how my parents were feeling.
I was a fan of her music, and am sad to hear about her passing.
It's sad to think that us MOG folks were thinking about this a few weeks ago. I feel very sad. It can be an insidious hole, who can pull you out?
I'd venture to say that, for most with a similar problem, only a Higher Power. Now I am NOT meaning any certain religion, but a Higher Power.
I don't expect everyone to agree with me but I believe that is the case for most people.
I think this song says it all..... ..
sad and spot on.
You're quite the music man.
Deb, thanks...but that is U2...not me (nyuk, nyuk)
I've been told I look like bone-o. (ha! I kill me)
Ouch, haha!
Sorry Andrea....didn't mean to bruise your sensitive sense of humor
I'll try hard to forgive you....
OK, you are forgiven.
Thank you @deadmandeadman (my brother Jeff) for sharing your thoughts and even trying to undersand where I am coming from. If you weren't aware, many highly artistic (Mozart is one of them!!) individuals use substance abuse because they don't want to take the meds that they need for mental health issues they suffer from. Many of these individuals never want to discuss these mental health issues in fear of being labeled crazy. But these individuals don't realize that God made them that way for a purpose! To bring a diversity of art to our world. And I do understand your anger. I truly do. xoxoxoo
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Well said!
I feel sad about Amy, but I appreciate your take on this. I happened to be visiting a monastery when I heard about her death, and I felt privileged to be able to lift up a prayer for her troubled spirit. Not that I don't have one too. Still, it was a peaceful place to be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqwV9l-U8ds