OneLostGrl
I'm going against the grain- I'm going sane
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So sad. Breaks my heart. RIP Amy
Well said.You really can't compare her with talentless pop divas and the current parade of autotuned, fashion challenged zombies. You just can't.
The sordid details of Amy Winehouse's final hours emerged today, with claims that she bought a cocktail of narcotics including cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine.
Although the exact cause of death has not yet been released by police, it is claimed she was seen buying drugs from a dealer in Camden just after 10:30pm on Friday.
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Last night a neighbour told how he heard noises from Amy’s home on Saturday afternoon.
“At about 3.30am I heard crying from next door... terrible crying like somebody mourning.The ambulances and police cars arrived shortly after that.”
Police described Amy’s death as “unexplained”. But friends who have seen her over the last few weeks say she had hit the self-destruct button over the last two days in wild drinking sessions around Camden, North London.
A friend said: “She has spent the last seven days on a massive bender and people were saying she’s going to drink herself to death.”
Friends who were with her believe she died from a “bad” ecstasy pill combined with huge amounts of alcohol
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Oh wow wfgodot,the thanks button was not good enough!It's been suggested that, without her demons, Amy would not have produced the sheer genius that is Back to Black. Troubled romances, disordered lives, and the drink- & drug-taking they encourage sometimes are keys to the quality of the art - for some, one's darker muses are easier to summon, and deceptively available, seemingly on-call.
But for awhile, only for a very little while.
It's been suggested that, without her demons, Amy would not have produced the sheer genius that is Back to Black. Troubled romances, disordered lives, and the drink- & drug-taking they encourage sometimes are keys to the quality of the art - for some, one's darker muses are easier to summon, and deceptively available, seemingly on-call.
But for awhile, only for a very little while.
You reminded me of a theory that mental illness (depression) and creative genius are two sides of the same coin.
In fact I've seen it described that the difference is only wafer thin.
From working at 5 papers I know we have obits pre-written for elderly public figures and those who have a tenuous grip on life. The rest we create on the fly.