I'm sorry that Amy Winehouse is dead. It's tragic that any 27 year old should throw her life away like she did.
But at the same time, I am getting really pissed off at all these z-grade celebs telling me how fucking wonderful she was and how she saved the British music industry single handed.
Apparently, she was a 'legend'. No she wasn't. She was just a singer. Whether she was a good singer depends on your personal taste, but she certainly wasn't a legend - although I'm sure the record companies will hype her into one just to sell more records.
Drugs and booze took their toll on this sad, pathetic woman. This happens to many in the music industry. But while her fans are busy praising the dead, perhaps we should reflect on the times she turned up at a performance too high or drunk to perform. The same loyal fans booed her off the stage.
She was guilty of forgetting the first rule of entertainment - you have to please the audience, not yourself.
No. Sad as it is the way she went, she wasn't that good and we should remember that while we are holding her out as a paragon. I suspect that in five years time, we will have forgotten all about her.
It probably won't even take that long.
