It’s a big shame that the majority of our media revolves around gossip and fads. My number one problem is that stupid people get famous for just that: being stupid. People with a drug addiction get famous for their drug addiction. Above all, people with no talent get famous for doing absolutely fuck-all. But what about those who do possess great ability in their field of art, and yet fall into the ever-present hole where reporters point their fingers, flash their cameras and yell ‘look everyone! They’ve got problems! How wonderful!’
Amy Winehouse unfortunately comes under this banner, as everyone by now knows. Thankfully, there do exist some critics out there who regard her voice as sublime, powerful and the works. Which it indeed is… and her songwriting isn’t too sketchy either. All this, and yet she has been in the dark of her enormous drug shadow for quite a damn while, all because the fucking Sun-reading public are ‘interested’ in it. I can’t possibly conceive how someone could be more concerned with how much coke she’s stuffed up her nose than how great her latest tune is, or her fine voice. This is coming from someone who doesn’t even like her music that much, by the way.
I can’t stand up for Amy all the way, though: her last tour had some shambolic performances, with her completely being out of it onstage. Not professional, not pleasing to the ears; just abysmal. My hitch is much more with the papers, television and the dickheads lapping it up than her herself, though. She’s just a bit of a fuck-up, bless her. It’s an outright shame I can’t really say the same for Pete Doherty… if he writes an actual good song, I’ll go bail him out of prison myself next time he (inevitably) gets incarcerated.
My point: it is possible to be worthy of your own celebrity, just be careful that it’s for the right reasons.
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