Amy Winehouse: 2011

Amy Winehouse Hot Mess

So, I have fallen in love with Amy Winehouse. Obviously I've known about her for the past couple of years, as "Rehab" was a bit inescapable, but I never really took an interest. I figured she was just another tabloid bad-girl, and anyway, what did she know about writing a song? And I'm typically dubious of any artist that gets really popular in this day and age, preferring not to listen to much of anything recorded in the past 15 or so years (obviously, most of my preferred music is from the 60s & 70s). However, a few months ago, someone made me a mix CD with two Amy songs, "Back To Black" and "Love Is A Losing Game". Several weeks ago, I was listening to the album more intently, and I just COULD NOT stop playing these songs, especially "Back To Black". Thursday night, I braved Best Buy, a retailor I hate, and bought Back To Black, her second album. Although further listens will give me a more precise review, this album is incredible. She has an amazing voice, sultry and genuinely unique, and the album's producer Mark Ronson does a fantastic job. She wrote all the songs on it, and if her lyrics are any indication of her real life dramas, she comes across intelligent, passionate and very relatable. The emotional pain of love and loss, anger and elation, are expressed very well. My favorite song on the album remains the title track, just because the beat is so great and the words are absolutely scathing:

"Back To Black"

He left no time to regret

Kept his dick wet

With his same old safe bet

Me, and my head high

And my tears dry

Get on without my guy

You went back to what you know

So far removed

From all that we went through

And I tread a troubled track

My odds are stacked

I go back to black

We only said goodbye with words

I died a hundred times

You go back to her and I go back to

I go back to... us

I love you much

It's not enough

You love blow and I love puff

And life is like a pipe

And I'm a tiny penny rolling up the walls inside

We only said goodbye with words

I died a hundred times

You go back to her

And I go back to

We only said goodbye with words

I died a hundred times

You go back to her

And I go back to black

Right?! I can't get over how great this song is. You need to hear it. Anyway, I hope everyone has been well. It's a rainy Monday here in D.C., after a spectacularly gorgeous weekend. My ex and I talked for like ten hours yesterday and Saturday, the one I often moan about not being able to get over, etc. We're going to give it another shot, which fills me with both excitement and passion and also fright, because of how much he and I went through, and all the hurt that circulated. But it's just something I have to do for myself. If you think someone is your soul mate and that you can be happy together, don't you have to try? I do believe that five months of being away from him has made light of a lot of things, and more so for him. He finally gave me the sincerest of apologies, and I know he's going to be good to me. Wish me luck!!!

Amy Winehouse wandering the streets at 6 AM in bra and jeans

Barefoot and clad only in her bra and jeans, the troubled singer left a friend's house to go out into the freezing cold at 5.45am on Sunday looking distressed and agitated... more

Amy Winehouse Singer Family To Identify Body

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Amy Winehouse has destroyed the parents formally identified his body on Monday and visited the mourning outside his home in north London to thank them for their support, such as inspectors carried out an autopsy to determine the death of the singer is restless due to ' age of 27 years.

A coroner opened and adjourned an inquest into the death without explanation, leaving the family Winehouse free to plan his funeral. A private family could take place on Tuesday.

The father of the singer, Mitch Winehouse, thanked the people who come to throw bouquets, candles and handwritten notes that was in the mounds of growth across the road from the Victorian house where the soul diva died.

"I can not tell you what this means for us - it really makes this much easier for us," he said.

"We are devastated and I am speechless, but thank you for coming."

The mother of the singer, Janis, was in tears when she interviewed flowers, candles, bottles of vodka, flags, drawings and manuscript maps left by neighbors, supporters and sympathizers. Many offers have expressed similar sentiments: "What a waste."

"I go to the memory of a soul is troubled," said fan Ethna Rouse, who took his 4-year-old son to leave a bouquet of flowers "Like many artists in the world -. What are the tormented souls, and that's where the talent comes from. "

The singer died on Saturday after struggling publicly abuse of drugs and alcohol for years. His body was found in his home security team member, who asked for an ambulance. It 'came too late to save it.

Amy Winehouse

Police said his death is treated as "unexplained", but not suspicious, and said that speculation that she may have suffered a drug overdose was inappropriate.

Police said an autopsy was held on the afternoon of Monday, and the results will be announced later in the day or Tuesday.

An investigation into the death was opened and adjourned the court of London St Pancras coroner. During the two minutes to hear, read an official name, date of birth and address of Winehouse, described as "a divorced woman living in Camden Square NW1."

"She was a singer and composer at the time of his death and was identified by his family here at St Pancras this morning," said the official coroner Sharon Duff.

Duff said the forensic post-mortem was held on bland, and toxicologytests and histology, to determine the cause of death. He said: "The police investigated the scene and set a non-suspicious".

Great Britain, surveys are done every time someone dies violently or in unexplained circumstances.

Deputy Coroner Suzanne Greenaway said the investigation would resume Winehouse October 26.

The singer had battled drug and alcohol addiction for years, too often makes headlines in erratic behavior, destructive relationships, and performance without success.

Actor Russell Brand, a former drug addict, wrote a tribute in which he has long urged the media and change the perception of dependency - ". It is not a crime, or a romantic whim, but a disease that kills"

"Amy and I share an affliction, the disease of addiction," he writes. "Substance abuse is a serious disease that will end up with prison, mental institutions or death."

Last month, Amy Winehouse has canceled its European tour back after she stumbled and drag their way through songs barely recognizable in his first exhibition in the Serbian capital, Belgrade. Booed and hissed off the stage, she flew home and its management, said it would take time to recover.

Amy Winehouse

His last public appearance took place three days before his death when she runs her goddaughter, Dionne Bromfield singer on stage at The Roundhouse in Camden, near his home.

Amy Winehouse released just two albums during his lifetime - the 2003 "Frank" and topped the charts "Back to Black" in 2006. Both shot in the charts of music fans have purchased his memory.

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Gennaro Castaldo music chain HMV, said: "Back to Black" was the bestselling album in the store.

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Amy Winehouse's Back to Black Returns to Hot 200

In the wake of her death last Saturday, July 23, Amy Winehouse's album "Back to Black" re-enters Billboard Hot 200. The album which was released in October 2006 secures the ninth position on the U.S. album chart with 37,000 copies sold, up 3,140% from the week before her passing.

Looking at the sales number of Amy's first album "Frank" and the digital download of her songs, Nielsen SoundScan reported there were more Winehouse music purchased in past few days after her death than during the first six months of the year. "Rehab" pulled the biggest sale number with 38,000 sold.

Also climbing to a higher spot this week on the weekly rundown is Adele's "21". The album claimed the top spot with 77,000, pushing a total of 2.7 million copies sold and marking Adele's 11th non-consecutive weekon the penthouse of the chart .
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Amy Winehouse's Funeral

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The funeral for British singer, Amy Winehouse, was held in London, England today, as the singer was found dead on Saturday, July 23, 2011, of a suspected drug overdose. Dozens of Winehouse's family and friends, came out to pay their respects and bid her farewell.

Crowds gather outside the funeral

Winehouse's ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, who publicly admitted he introduced the once healthy singer to heroin and crack-cocaine, marking a massive downward spiral in her life and career, was barred from the funeral by her family and denied permission to leave prison to attend the funeral.

Amy Winehouse's dad Mitch Winehouse

No official cause of death has been determined at this time, due to the autopsy being branded "inconclusive." Standard toxicology tests are underway, with the results expected in several weeks. Winehouse leaves behind an estate worth millions and numerous unreleased songs.
Amy Winehouse's family and friends

Her story should serve as a sobering reminder to many of the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse, as Winehouse had so much to live for, but due to not embracing the importance of remaining sober, lost her life. This really is a tragic waste of life, because as accomplished as she was in her chosen profession, there was still so much more she could have done over time, with the talents God gave her. Drug and alcohol abuse brought it to a halt.

Amy Winehouse's Funeral

Amy Winehouse's Funeral
It is full time the entertainment industry started doing more to keep artists drug free. It is ridiculous the number of entertainers that have overdosed. The National Basketball Association in America has taken a proactive role in educating athletes on the dangers of fame and wealth. It's time the music, film and television industries in Britain and America do the same.

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