This chanteuse
This woman in black
This flitty bitty girl
With bouffant mad hair
Spindly legs
Eye shadow and lips
This long lost soul
Always, always on the go
No luck in love
No luck with drugs
Cracked up on smack
Booze and fags
This little girl
Who had every thing
But not enough to be her saving grace
Burnt
Burned out
With little choice
The gift she left her golden
Soul infused voice
Thanks for your comments Stu. This was written on the back of seeing a documentary made when she was still alive performing in a small church in Ireland. I stole the line mad hair from somebody who was running the gig, inter viewed later. This is how she described Amy who I saw as quite vulnerable. I think you are right about the media, they are very much a double edged sword.
excellent martin. i watched amy the other night, expecting to be ambivalent (first album was ok then after that i ignored her plight somewhat) but found it quite emotional. very much a rabbit in the headlights. as usual, the media had a huge part to play.
Thanks Ray much appreciated . There have been a number of sad female singers including those you have mentioned and of course Janis Joplin
Excellent this one Martin. A fine tribute to a sad sad girl. There have been others of course, like Edith Piaff, Billie Holliday and Judy Garland. It's a very hard life to be successful in their field, and they did come up the hard way very often. exploited, abused and over worked.
Ray
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Stu Buck
Thu 25th Feb 2016 22:31
saw your reply and came back to this to say - the list of talent who died aged 27 (the 27 club) is staggering. my friend at uni who studied music theory wrote a large essay on the matter.