Dead Stars: Amy Winehouse

We knew it was going to happen, it was clearly the path that she was on. She bared her soul and shared her pain with the world through music and it was obvious she wasn’t just writing songs for entertainment. She walked it like she talked it. Amy Winehouse joined the 27 club (Jim Morrison, Janis, Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix) Saturday July 23rd most likely due to heart failure involving complications with her drug and alcohol addiction.

Her Back to Black Album was one of the last decade best and maybe even the last great album to this point. The Songs Rehab, Back to Black and I’m no Good were the stand outs on an autobiographic masterpiece she recorded in 2006 with much help from producer Mark Ronson. Anybody who’s been through heartbreak and alcohol abuse could connect to the album without difficulty.

I have made light of her life in the past by sting that she should already be (along with Axl Rose and Fiona Apple) but like I said, it was clear this was the path that Winehouse was committed to.
It is a shame her remarkable talent couldn’t be enjoyed longer but as they say the flame that burns twice as bright burns for half as long. Hers was not the voice of a generation but that of a tortured soul. We can only hope that in death she can find peace.