Is Amy's career over?

[Syd]

Wait till you get a little older, Syd. You might have a different point of view about time and how much is left and what it's worth. Although, I do agree that it's hard to say sometimes what is worthwhile and what isn't.

While that may be true, whose to say whats worth my time other than me?

I saw in the paper today that after being treated at the hospital for emphysema and whatever else, Amy lit up a cig as she left the building. She sounds like one of the addicts whose image of the future holds either getting high or not being able to. Until that changes, she will always be an addict. Fans may have to settle for her records.

It is true dear friend, the age old saying 'once an addict, always an addict'. Sure we can choose to never use again but that has nothing to do with being addicted or not.

[Stonehenge]

"While that may be true, whose to say whats worth my time other than me?"

No one is trying to tell you what your time is worth. My point was that when you are young you have a different perspective on things than you do a little later down the road.

And yes, she will always be an addict but hopefully will be recovering some day.

I think Amy likes the attention she is getting for doing dumb things. It may be part of the tragic script she is following. She knew there would be photogs waiting for her to leave the hospital and that they would be snapping pics. No matter how much she wanted a cig, she could have waited a couple minutes more to get into the car and leave. Her doing it right there was, IMO, a way of telling people "Yes, I'm as dumb as they say" It was her way of sticking a thumb in the eye of the world which thinks she should act right.

It goes along with the tradition of rebels such as James Dean, Marlon Brando and Janis Joplin. She is the modern rebel without a cause.

If singing and having a career were important to her, she would do different things than she is. If being healthy and living well were important, she would listen more to her doctors and at least try to quit the junk. Who knows what is important to her? Perhaps only getting high means anything right now. As JRL said, until she hits her own rock bottom, no one can tell her a thing.

[JRL]

I have learned in my struggles that addiction sometimes stems from the desire to not be controled, so you might be right. Maybe not so much for the attention but as a way of saying "I am free to do whatever I want"

I see that a lot in rock stars. Neil Young or Bob Dylan come to mind. It's a refusal to be controled by other peoples ideas of what they should be or do. It's an understandable but dangerous thing. A great artist is someone that has neccasarily gone their own way into uncharted territory, only to find out that they become property of a public that has a limited abilty to understand. We all have our crosses to bear and sometimes(often) we find not so good ways of coping.

[Stonehenge]

It seems Amy is spitting on fans and even punching them at her latest appearance. She should have given a refund for her last concert and now this. She seems to be determined to be the bad girl of pop. She is following in Britney's footsteps. The only thing she hasn't done (yet) that Britney did was flash her cootchie in public. Stay tuned.

The Winehouse Punch

Compiled by STEVEN McELROY
Published: June 30, 2008

Amy Winehouse performed for a crowd of about 80,000 on Saturday at the Glastonbury Music Festival in England, and there was just one small problem: She appeared to punch a fan during the show, the BBC reported. Video of the incident, which is widely available on the Web, does not indicate a clear cause of the altercation, though witnesses said a fan tried to grab her. By Sunday the police had received no complaints of assault and said there would be no further investigation.

[judih]

yeah, but she was cool in Madrid. Wearing idiotic shoes, she got rid of em and put on some flats and cruised her way into song.

That's okay - shows comfort level on stage.
I've been youtubing her. Her voice doesn't sound 100 percent but she's working it.

[JRL]

I heard about her show in Madrid. I think the girl might be stronger than people think. BTW, I never heard about her spitting on fans, and I think smacking a fan that tries to paw you is acceptable. She is not their property. If I was in her shoes I would be very afraid of some psycho fan trying to harm me. Do the names John Lennon and Dimebag ring a bell??