The tv news the other day said she had Emphysema.
She has to change her life big time if she wants to sing for the next few years.
I know two people that are no longer here because of Emphysema.

Apparently her father reported it incorrectly. She hasn't got emphysema, just a condition that could lead to it if she carries on as she has been doing (fags, crack cocaine etc.)....

Thats good news.

did anybody see the clip of her punching the "fan" over the the weekend?

I thought her performance at the Mandela concert was absolute rubbish. She missed the photo call at the end and was allegedly seen buying booze and fags at an offie on the way home. Some rehab!

Also rubbish at Glasto, and she looked very jaundiced-yellow. Liver problems ahoy.

Jono

Still can't see what the fuss is about. Don't like her music and she seems like a horrible person to me. Sorry, but it has to be said.

I think she's not horrible.
Agents are horrible.
And all those that keep on taking her from a concert to another to squeeze money from someone that need a good clinic rather than flash lights.
Btw they're sure that if she dies they'll keep on making money just like they did on many others.
imho

I have always failed to see her "greatness". Just another sad drunk/addict ala Pete Docherty.

I hope she recovers from her problems, but her music means nothing to me I'm afraid. There are better artists (i.e. better singers, better songwriters, more sincere) who don't make headlines. Wouldn't it be nice if our media recognised the good things that happen and leave poor Amy alone.

Just a thought

Rotf

PS I'm probably biased because Amy Winehouse, Robbie Williams et al just don't make the kind of music I enjoy.

ROTF,

It's your sentiments that are right about Amy the music is secondary, though could this be another Janis Joplin. I've heard that Southern Comfort used to send her crates of Whisky because the publicity was good for business, being so young myself and not being around at the time it could be a load of old bull but I would not put it past some companies.



Dean..

Janis was used and manipulated and ultimately destroyed - one of the saddest tales in the history of rock music. It is difficult to listen to her albums without getting emotional - I still regard Pearl as one of the finest records I have. In the last song Janis ever wrote and recorded just a few days before her death she asks the Lord to buy her a Mercedes-Benz, a color TV and a night on the town.

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
I think she's not horrible.
Agents are horrible.
And all those that keep on taking her from a concert to another to squeeze money from someone that need a good clinic rather than flash lights.
Btw they're sure that if she dies they'll keep on making money just like they did on many others.
imho

Echoes of Elvis and Colonel Tom Parker here in Elvis' last couple of years?

From the looks of her, I can't see that Winey Amhouse has eaten many burgers in her time...

Back to Black is a fantastic album & Amy has a brilliant voice IMHO.



I find the media circus surrounding Amy obscene, & it's easy to take potshots at her.
From watching her Glasto performance she obviously isn't well.
Addiction is an illness & I hope Amy recovers soon.

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Originally posted by 555:
Back to Black is a fantastic album & Amy has a brilliant voice IMHO.

it is and she has.

quote:

Back to Black is a fantastic album

I bought the CD last year following her Glastonbury performance as at the time I was quite impressed. I had high hopes for the album, but the quality of the recording is terrible and after a couple of plays it has been left to gather dust.

I had to stop Mrs. 555 'phoning 999 to get an ambulance for Amy,
when she saw her Glastonbury performance last year on TV.

Last year I thought Amy's Glasto performance was a mess,
whereas this year was at best limp.

Seems we have a very different take on things Garfield!

I particularly like the way she is standing by her thug of a husband. Lovely. I have known hard drug users and none of them have thought its OK to assault people.