I have an account over at blip.fm, which has been described as Twitter for music. I like it, but then again I like most music services that introduce me to music that other people like and not necessarily the music that some program director somewhere likes or some company in cahoots with the music industry is trying to sell me. To me, this is the flaw of last.fm’s radio stations and Apple’s new Genius feature in the latest version of iTunes.
It would be really easy to just say “Poor girl, I hope somebody helps her”, but I really think that we are seeing the last chapters of her story and while she may have some people around her who want to help her get better and stronger, I think that there are just as many (if no more) people around her who want to see her fail and fall. There is a lot bigger potential for making money off of the tragedy of Amy Winehouse’s life if she isn’t around to get better. Expect several tabloid shows to cover her death for weeks if not months with a lot tongue clucking and fake headshaking accompanied with the phrase “so young” being thrown around a lot.
A few posthumous albums later and Amy Winehouse will be forgotten as anything more than a punchline to jokes that will never make it on late night talk shows. Unfortunately for her, she will never gain the pop culture longevity of Billie Holiday, even though there will be a lot of similarities between them.