You seem to have reacted strangely to the news of the death of a human being. This particular human being was what many would call a celebrity, under modern standards. The main angle of attack for yourself seems to be that this human being was ‘a talentless waster.’ I’d like to take each of these elements and deal with them seperately.

To say Ms Winehouse was talentless is a very ignorant statement to make, whether you enjoyed her music or not.

She was Nominated for a Mercury Prize

               Won Best New Artist Grammy

               Won Record of the Year Grammy

               Won Single of the Year Grammy

               Won two other Grammys

               Won the BRIT for Best Female Artist

               Won Ivor Novello award for Best Contemporary Song

              Won Ivor Novello award for Best Contemporary Song (Again)

              Won Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically

             ‘Back to Black’ was the third highest selling Album of the 000s

I think its fair to say she was in no way talentless, as she *shock horror* actually wrote music too, unlike some of the people you drones seem to listen to.

Amy’s drug dependency has been well documented over her career. The ‘haters’ or whatever people are calling themselves are focussing on this saying she is a bad example. I’d be the first to say she was a role model to me, because i learnt from her mistakes, which has far more potency than some do-gooder pop star that poses for a photoshoot in ethiopia in order to sell their autiobiography probably called ‘my journey’ or something.

Also there are far more people, and celebrities, that escape the ‘druggy’ tag which use drugs a lot. Hugh Grant, for example, does cocaine. Sorry to break it to you, but if he died suddenly, people would be calling for Notting Hill to be made the greatest film of all time in his honour, and his acting would be at the forefront rather than his drug use.

I see no reason for you to make jokes about the loss of a true modern icon of music, who did things her way, and refused to conform to the industries bastardisation of the term ‘popstar.’ I will be listening to ‘Frank’ and ‘Back to Black’ far more than i used to, because i took her music for granted.

So before posting your ‘amusing’ facebook status about Amy, think about what you’ve ever done with your life, and why you are trying to gain petty likes on the back of someone’s tragic and untimely death.

Love is a losing game,

Dru x