People like her would have been a lot better off in life if they weren’t famous and talented.
Happens with every dead artist. How do you think Lennon’s awful “Double Fantasy” album was one of the biggest sellers of 1981?
I understand that Elvis is still ranking in money. Didn’t Amy collapse on stage at her last concert and her backup singers had to continue? Or was that some other person?
Wasn’t there a song about a singer who dies on purpose to get his family rich? Or something along those lines...?
Not that I am suggesting Ms. Weinhouse’s demise was anything other than her sad life choices and wasting of talent (although I didn’t much care for her music but many did).
Nothing like a sudden and untimely death for a career move.
Worked for Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly.
“... Penny for your thoughts ... oh no, I’ll sell them for a dollar,
They’re worth so much more after I’m a goner.
Maybe then you’ll hear the words I’ve been singing,
Funny when you’re dead how people start listening ...”
(”If I Die Young,” by The Band Perry)
The media did the same for the Michael Jackson promoters. The media worked their tail off 24/7 to turn Jackson respectable enough to provide big profits for the promoters and Hollywood. This is the same with this druggie. Everything they do is about celebrity, image and profits and the stupid fools that willingly shell out their hard earned money for those who do absolutely nothing for humanity.
After seeing her lifestyle I’m simply not compelled to indulge in what she considered “art”. Maybe she was a good singer, maybe she was great, but I suspect as much the media loved her because they are enamored with someone they believe will implode and crash. She was easy money to them.
I was listening to my Amy Winehouse CD last night.