Dear Amy,
I’ve always prided myself on being a fan of yours; my ex got me listening to your first album Frank when you weren’t anorexic and you didn’t have any tattoos or freaky beehive hairdos. When I learned you were working with Mark Ronson I was thrilled, and when you won a Grammy in the brief moment you were sober or not [noticeably] on crack I turned to my friends and said, “see? I could totally be an A&R guy,” even though I’m in tech and, let’s face it, I could NEVER be an A&R guy.
And then you became a mess. A hot, tragic mess.
Now I hear about the video about you going off doing some racist sing-song rant, singing about Paki’s, Chinks and Nips and pulling back your eyes in front of a video camera to your rockstar-lifestyle boyfriend. And here’s the thing: seeing as I started a blog called 8asians.com, keyword Asians, this is usually the part where I wave my arms at how outrageous and inappropriate a remark like that is, and how shocked and appalled I am as an Asian American to see entertainers engaging in this type of behavior, blah blah fuckity blah.
As an Asian, I’m kinda like, “yeah, that’s fucked.” As a Winehouse fan, I’m all, “Girl, YOU’RE SINGING THIS FROM A CRACKHOUSE.”
Making fun of Amy Winehouse nowadays is like making fun of Whitney Houston three or four years ago: the “crack is whack” meme was hilarious for a while, but the story would get more tragic in passing. When it gets to the point that you see photos of her cracked out in a fur coat at a gas station at two in the morning and all you can really say is something like, “man, I hope she finds Jesus.” And I’m Agnostic.
With Amy, it’s the same thing. I would say something like “I’m so offended I’ll never listen to your music again,” but that’s not really true, because you were probably so twacked out you have absolutely no recollection of saying it, and there are other perfectly legit reasons why I may never listen to your stuff again: you keep getting dropped from labels, and the stuff you HAVE been doing sounds a little lackluster. (Your cover of “Cupid” is still good, but seriously, it sounds like you’re hitting the bottle between takes.) I would keep writing, but it really just depresses the living hell out of me.
Amy Winehouse, from one non-religious person to another: you need to find Jesus. That is all.
HEeee…
I just have to share http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaW-uj0Ta14&feature=related
You know, I follow all the tabloid hype without ever listening to her music… but after listening to the Cupid link I feel sorry for her. Here is someone with real vocal talent, who chooses to ruin herself with life. And that is sad.
Maybe if we all spent a little more time celebrating positive role models in our lives, instead of injesting the currently flavorful media trainwreck of the week… Although, seriously people… her big first hit song was “Rehab” so it’s not like we didn’t have a warning.
I love her, and I am dismayed on how low she has sunk.
Hopefully nobody needs to die before she changes her ways. How come talented people are the one who gets that way? Meanwhile, maybe I recommend Duffy and Adele, the “new Amys” for your listening pleasure?
I didn’t hear about Amy Winehouse until after she was a train wreck. I think she has a good voice, but it’s hard for me to remember that when I look at her and wonder why she’s still out in public.
I HATE anything that propagates the “suffering artist” mentality. Do you have to be addicted to crack to be a productive artist? NO!
Stop making yourself suffer for the art! It just ends up killing you.
Just because you sound like Billie Holiday doesn’t mean you have to live like her.
Grrr….
wow. i do like her music – too bad she’s so fucked up.
just found 8Asians and your site – totally enjoying reading everything. would love to see more food writing on 8asians!
she’s insane. despite the fact that i like her music, i’d still punch her in the face and tell her to shape up. then i’d rip the beehive off her head and sell the drugs she had hidden in it.
i’m just sayin.
I can’t think of anything to write that doesn’t sound like a total suck-up to Ernie comment, because DUDE. You are AWESOME.
Thank you.
Yes, but don’t we love them when they’re messes? That’s where the entertainment truly lies. Did you see the Hasselhoff video where he drunkenly eats a cheeseburger in front of his kids? That’s classic.
(though, to be sure, I do think anyone with any kind of substance problem needs help, but when it’s celebrities somehow it’s incredibly amusing)
[...] An open letter to Amy Winehouse, from Ernie. [...]
Amen, Brother Ernie!
“Amy Winehouse, from one non-religious person to another: you need to find Jesus. That is all.”
Oh! Please do not give that grief to Jesus. He will throw up if she finds him…
Please, run away, Jesus, if you see a pile of hair with two tiny legs below…
Preach on it!
dear amy
i love your music,your voice,your talent
and i really hope you find jesus
and i know you will be very happy when this
happen to you…
god bless you
Totally agreed. And even three months after the facts, I am STILL appalled by how the story was handled. NOT EVEN a week after that video came out apparently she also sang for Nelson Mandela’s birthday concert or whatever. Can you believe the irony?
Bottom line is, I don’t care that she does crack for a living (literally speaking) but I do mind when ppl like her get away with saying things which we know will 100% ignite the hatred of too many other idiots like her.
Considering all that, she’s talentwise far beyond that dull manufactured BoA brand from Korea.