The Curse Of Fame

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I read a (rather poorly-written) comment piece about Amy Winehouse's Mercury Awards appearance yesterday. Apparently her performance was 'electric' and it was generally agreed that somehow over the last year, Amy had transformed from a talented soul singer from Camden into an International Megastar Icon!!1!1.

"Every generation needs its Kurt Cobain!" wailed the writer, gnashing his teeth and already writing the poor lass off for lost.

Well, does it? Do we need self-destructive pop icons like Cobain/Hendrix/Sid Vicious? If Amy is the latest victim of rock'n'roll, then who will be next?

Comments

Re: Role models

[perfectputsch.livejournal.com]

is it just me or is amy winehouse actually not at all 'electric' when she performs? due to the fact that she mainly seems to be trying not to fall asleep mid-chorus?

i mean, alright i've never seen her live so maybe i'm not the person to judge but i've seen her on telly and its only magical if you surround it with some kind of heroin-voodoo keith richards style mysticism. otherwise its just this wasted bird with big hair just sort of standing there drooping slightly. the voice is immense, but its hardly great show-womanship.

her funky backing dancers, now they're electric.