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| From | bob <segarini@rogers.com> |
| Subject | Re: Drugs & Rock & Roll... |
| Date | Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:12:29 -0500 (EST) |
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Excellent post.
bob
Rick McCall <rickmccall@suddenlink.net> wrote:
Hmmm....interesting thread.
I don't know about anyone else, but I don't feel high and mighty or uppity
in any way regarding other people's drug issues. I deal with them on a
regular basis and see the destruction they cause quite often.
To the contrary, the comment I made was that it is so discouraging to watch
a human being self-destruct in front of the world. After seeing the video
of Amy in her apartment/house that circulated throughout the internet a week
or so ago, it is completely heartbreaking to watch her descend into the pit,
regardless of whether you know her personally or not or like her music or
not.
Same with Britney. She's never sung a song I liked, but to watch her lose
her mind in front of rabidly hungry paparazzi who care nothing of her except
the potential buck they can make off a picture of her insanity doesn't make
for breezy, gossipy news.
And for every story of a person who has pulled out of the death cycle of
addiction and can entertain others with stories of their exploits and how
they cheated death, there are others who didn't win that battle and paid for
it with their lives.
Not sure anyone feels high and mighty on this topic. Probably the most
important thing is just to feel something at all.
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Pure Pop Records
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 6:03 PM
To: Audities
Subject: Re: Amy Winehouse wins BEST NEW ARTIST
Audities mailing listSo you'll be throwing out your Beatles, Byrds and
Eagles albums along with most of the 60's and 70's albums you own because if
the testers came up to those folks and asked them to fill a bottle, we
wouldn't have much to talk about on this list.
Maybe we could start on jazz.....oh wait Miles, Bird, Billie, etc,
etc.....................
Let's not get too uppity about substance abuse problems of musicians. Sure
it's not a great example for the kiddies and it isn't a way of life that
should be recommended, but I'm wondering how our beloved Beatles would have
fared in the public eye if they were under the scrutiny of the paparazzi and
24hr entertainment news networks and internet sites. Artists up until the
present day were pretty much protected by a nod and a wink with journalists.
All the old school journos who are now editors regale their mates down at
the pub with unpublished stories of Keef and Lennon and Zep and Moon "back
in the day" before sending out their underlings to go and stalk Amy or go
through Heath's rubbish bin for any juicy information.
What we really should be criticising Amy of is dressing in a retro style -
by the way someone mentioned a place to get cheap Beatle boots, can you
e-mail me offlist. Sorry where was I? That's right, criticise the way
she slavishly copies a past style of music - did I tell you about this new
CD I bought? Beatlesque, Byrdsian and a little like Big Star and definitely
a hint of The Zombies.
Really everyone, is Amy Winehouse the worst person you could think of to win
Best New Artist? I would have thought her style of music, which is 60's
influenced, would be sort of up our alley, if not exactly the type of stuff
we like, at least in the ballpark.
Dave
> 2.2. Re: Amy Winehouse wins BEST NEW ARTIST
> Posted by: "bob" segarini@rogers.com
> Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:04 am (PST)
> I don't find her anything more than another hipster diversion.
> Truth is, our society tests athletes for drugs and strip them of their
> awards and stop them from participating if they come up positive.
> I wonder what would happen to Hot AC/CHR/Urban/Hip Hop catagories for
> awards and shows if the same criteria would be put forth.
> Winehouse, for one, would be a cocktail waitress if that were so...
> bob
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