Who could have seen that coming???

APRTW wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

Who could have seen that coming???

Stevie Wonder?

Rec

JV wrote:

Double rec, especially with Stevie being before your time and all that.

Amy Winehouse showed real talent.  I'm hardly surprised at this, but it is kind of sad that, as public as her problem was, it couldn't be fixed.

That 27 Club thing is freaky, huh?

I know nothing about Amy Winehouse other than what I've read about her struggles with substance abuse, but Denis Leary once said one of the great mysteries of the universe is how interesting people seem to die too soon, while Bret Michaels can survive a game of hopscotch in a mine field.

Before yesterday, I could say the same.  I checked out a couple of her other songs and was impressed by the way she sang and that she wrote her own stuff... that is, before she got too fucked up to work.

http://grooveshark.com/s/You+Know+I+m+No+Good+livelounge+/2tSXCm?src=5

http://grooveshark.com/s/Tears+Dry+On+Their+Own+clean+Version+/2zLHAH?src=5

http://grooveshark.com/s/Love+Is+A+Losing+Game/2x7VvB?src=5

Last edited by JV (7/24/2011 10:25 pm)

Max wrote:

JV wrote:

That 27 Club thing is freaky, huh?

what's the 27 club?  other rockers who died at 27 as a guess?

Jim Morrison
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Robert Johnson
Kurt Cobain
Brian Jones
Pigpen McKernan

I'm not sure Amy Winehouse's body of work puts her in the same realm as the other people on that list, but it's a notable coincidence.

The threesome usually cited are Hendrix, Joplin and Morrison, maybe due to proximity. But I was surprised Brian Jones died at 27. Has there ever been an older-looking 27-year-old?

Last edited by artie_fufkin (7/25/2011 2:27 pm)