amy winehouse - C or D? [RIP 7/23/11]

thanx

it was only over the weekend that the double meaning of “I’m gonna lose my baby, so I always keep a bottle near” came to mind; obvs it's the alcoholism to support a bad relationship but the gag about luring your baby with a bottle escaped me until then

mind = blown. just got that now.

sasha frere-jones weighs in (briefly): http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sashafrerejones/2011/07/troubled-soul-amy-winehouse-1983-2011.html

I always hear "baby" in that line literally, i.e., obliterating any chance of carrying a pregnancy to term. But could as easily be about a sweetheart.

I live a few doors down from Amy's house, and though I find some of the tributes very moving, it is becoming a little tiresome at night.

Last night, we had to close the windows, as some 'fan' decided to play Amy's music through his car stereo at full blast at 11pm.

I start work very, very early and, needless to say, was very tired this morning.

Also on a further note. Camden Square has always been an oasis of calm in the midst of one of the busiest areas in the world's busiest city. I love the fact that most evenings all you can here are the birds singing, or the squirrels rasping at each other. I hope that our area is not about to become a mecca for fans - a la Abbey Road. I've seen what has become of Abbey Road's walls and signs, we do not want that here.

Her Yahoo profile from when she was 17.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010626192506/http:/profiles.yahoo.com/bunnycaress

Favorite Quote
"'The Dude Abides'."

lol <3

Ok, now I'm gonna start crying. I don't give a fuck for her music, but that just humanized the shit out of her for me.

My Interests
· Martin, Dean
· Sinatra, Frank
· Buscemi, Steve
· Stewart, James
· Ben Folds Five
· Izzard, Eddie

yeah

It's like, when the redneck junkie asshole who lived next door to me died, I learned from his obituary that his first and middle names were "Christopher" and "Robin", which I think probably means that his parents thought it would be cute to name him after the character from Winnie the Pooh (given his birthdate, the first Disney Pooh films would have been out around that time, so it sorta adds up). And I'm sitting there with my little kids, and we actually watch Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. And so he became less my asshole junkie neighbor (although he was that) and more this mysterious tragic arc.

you only need to hear her music for her to be humanised!

What kind of fuckery is this?
You made me miss the Slick Rick gig!

RIP amy!

Oh wow I never knew that was the next line! That's great.

amazing line. it encapsulates the frustration of a certain kind of relationship somehow.

like I said, I'm not one for her tunes.

but still...

http://web.archive.org/web/20030212095332/http://profiles.yahoo.com/bunnycaress

^ this later update is even sadder: "Latest News: Err.. I lived to see my eighteenth birthday."

you only need to hear her music for her to be humanised!

^^^

i love what kind of fuckery is this, i often say it to myself when things are difficult, it's got a cheery wry defiant toughness to it. and she did too.

i prefer "what kind of fuckery are we?" which i do say sometimes.

i came late to her music but she was really really special

i don't care for her music but i really don't need to see her yahoo profile as a 17 year old. unless i want to hate life more.

prolly a really cute toothy and chubby picture of her etc. no no no.

I went got a haircut at the old-timey/contemporary barber shop that I love where they were playing tons Amy Winehouse, and it was making me feel weird and melancholy. I asked my barber if it was some kind of tribute or something, and she said wryly, "Well you know our rule: all Amy Winehouse all the time, and we weren't going to change now." She was serious though - they play music in line with the quasi old fashioned atmosphere, and they'd been heavy on the Winehouse for years, but I'd never noticed. Sort of a somber haircut.

(As an aside, it's hard to explain that barber shop - "old-timey/contempo" sounds potentially pretentious and obnoxious, but they really get it right. The clientele is mixed, pretty gay, and the barbers are mostly 40-something regular guys and gals, except the younger punk-ish guy and the gym-bro-looking dude who is super sweet and soft-spoken. Here is a pic

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There is not a pic.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4917812438_bc491593ec_z.jpg

Sorry for the derail.

i hate your barbershop.

i love your barbershop.

Well, this is better than bickering about some people being dicks on a RIP thread.

you only need to hear her music for her to be humanised!

so otm. i love that she gave the world the word "fuckery".

"you know i'm no good" was playing in a café i was in yesterday, then on the tube i peeked at someone's ipod and they were playing back to black, and then afterwards they switched to tlc's "waterfalls", which seemed poignant. it wasn't morbid, it felt nice that she was being communally honoured.

fuckery is an old word

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fuckery

yeh i'm pretty sure i'd heard it before "Me and Mr Jones" but still great opening lines in pop history

I assumed Winehouse got 'fuckery' from dancehall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbVp09E1LRg

if youre a londoner you should know the word fuckery

she didn't invent the word, but she OWNED it, spesh with the follow up line about slick rick... seriously, no one pulled retro into the next millennium like amy, rip

rehab is a bit harrowing to listen to after the fact, but that song really just summed so much about her - even now i'm just kinda like "you tell em girl!"

"what kind of fuckery are you? / side from Sammy you're my best black Jew" <3

It's weird, but I always had a problem with Rehab before. Something about the way the chorus became a panto singalong. Now, the song seems in perfect balance, even if, as Lex says, it's a hard thing to listen to.

http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/amy-winehouse/326312-amy-winehouse-death-adopt-st-lucia-bond-theme

Huh.

some interesting thoughts (disclaimer: also mine)
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=3892

amy winehouse - C or D? [RIP 23/7/11] more like. Facking yanks.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifier/89970/tony-bennett-says-amy-winehouse-knew-she-wasnt-gonna-live/

this chick had some pipes

gave up the crack before she died though iirc

Jeez, why do those stupid comments always attract my attention? I know I'll hate them, but I still read them... :-(

Um, below articles I mean, not here. :-)

Because here they don't attract your attention and you don't still read them

"and" maybe should be "or"

Pretty grim.