Comments on: The Saga Of Amy Winehouse: We Cry Uncle http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 26 May 2012 12:06:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dick Laurent is dead. http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431032 Dick Laurent is dead. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:37:21 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431032 <p>@<a href="#c3832674">janine</a>: Speaking of people I wish would get addicted to crack, is Ultragrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl still alive?</p> @janine: Speaking of people I wish would get addicted to crack, is Ultragrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl still alive?

]]> By: Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431042 Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:26:17 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431042 <p>@<a href="#c3832674">janine</a>: I see what you did there...</p> <p>...and I love you for it.</p> @janine: I see what you did there…

…and I love you for it.

]]> By: ImFeedingMattDamon http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431052 ImFeedingMattDamon Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:04:25 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431052 <p>Totally clipping this entry to have leverage against Jess later on.</p> Totally clipping this entry to have leverage against Jess later on.

]]> By: jt.ramsay http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431022 jt.ramsay Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:51:22 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431022 <p>@<a href="#c3833747">Dick Laurent is dead.</a>: Not only is she alive, but she posts here sometimes!</p> @Dick Laurent is dead.: Not only is she alive, but she posts here sometimes!

]]> By: janine http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431062 janine Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:37:32 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431062 <p>@<a href="#c3832649">janine</a>: oh, and: "...FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE SMITHS. listen to joy division. listen to the clash. LISTEN TO THE BEATLES!!!!! listen to bob marley. listen to neil diamond. listen to the beach boys..."</p> @janine: oh, and: “…FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE SMITHS. listen to joy division. listen to the clash. LISTEN TO THE BEATLES!!!!! listen to bob marley. listen to neil diamond. listen to the beach boys…”

]]> By: janine http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431072 janine Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:35:52 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431072 <p>@<a href="#c3830300">Sloop Al B</a>: "HAVE ANY OF YOU HEARD OF A BAND CALLED THE PIXIES?!?!?1"</p> @Sloop Al B: “HAVE ANY OF YOU HEARD OF A BAND CALLED THE PIXIES?!?!?1″

]]> By: SuperUnison http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431082 SuperUnison Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:26:46 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431082 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle#c3830300">Sloop Al B</A>: Be nice to the rockist!</P> @Sloop Al B: Be nice to the rockist!

]]> By: bcapirigi http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431092 bcapirigi Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:53:36 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431092 <p>i don't actually read the amy winehouse posts, generally, because they make me sad. i also didn't read the britney spears ones, and don't really know what she's up to these days (except that it's pretty bad, i guess, because i can't avoid looking at the hideous us and star covers that my coworkers love to leave on their desks.) reading about parents selling off their kids to buy their other kids hannah montana tickets is fine, but i generally don't want to know bad things about musicians i actually enjoy listening to.</p> i don’t actually read the amy winehouse posts, generally, because they make me sad. i also didn’t read the britney spears ones, and don’t really know what she’s up to these days (except that it’s pretty bad, i guess, because i can’t avoid looking at the hideous us and star covers that my coworkers love to leave on their desks.) reading about parents selling off their kids to buy their other kids hannah montana tickets is fine, but i generally don’t want to know bad things about musicians i actually enjoy listening to.

]]> By: AL http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431102 AL Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:02:56 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431102 <p>@<a href="#c3828870">heyzeus</a>: please! tell me more about this "actual music"! it sounds great!</p> @heyzeus: please! tell me more about this “actual music”! it sounds great!

]]> By: Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431112 Maura Johnston Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:33:57 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431112 <p>@heyzeus: care to mathematically substantiate that claim?</p> @heyzeus: care to mathematically substantiate that claim?

]]> By: heyzeus http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431122 heyzeus Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:14:45 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431122 <p>Enough with the handwringing. 75% of Idolator posts are about Britney, Doherty, Winehouse, the Jonas Brothers, Hanah Montana, or some other contrived bullshit that is unrelated to actual music. You'll be writing about Winehouse tomorrow when a viral video of her snorting battery acid shows up on the internet. It's what "sells" the click throughs.</p> Enough with the handwringing. 75% of Idolator posts are about Britney, Doherty, Winehouse, the Jonas Brothers, Hanah Montana, or some other contrived bullshit that is unrelated to actual music. You’ll be writing about Winehouse tomorrow when a viral video of her snorting battery acid shows up on the internet. It’s what “sells” the click throughs.

]]> By: Silverfuture http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431132 Silverfuture Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:57:54 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431132 <P>A moratorium? Really? Aren't you paid by the page view?</P> A moratorium? Really? Aren’t you paid by the page view?

]]> By: OingoBobo http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431142 OingoBobo Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:25:38 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431142 <p>I've seen that one-second pause she takes, pregnant with guilt, before she hits the pipe.<br> I feel good to be alive, anyone else?</p> I’ve seen that one-second pause she takes, pregnant with guilt, before she hits the pipe.
I feel good to be alive, anyone else?

]]> By: janine http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431152 janine Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:08:32 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431152 <p>@<a href="#c3822327">DHMBIB</a>: Agreed. That album was good, what's the problem with covering career-related things only? I have a feeling that that comes close to a moratorium, anyway.</p> @DHMBIB: Agreed. That album was good, what’s the problem with covering career-related things only? I have a feeling that that comes close to a moratorium, anyway.

]]> By: FionaScrapple http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431162 FionaScrapple Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:12:20 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431162 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle#c3824568">PeterBjorn&Yawn</A>:</P> <P>But, She was chosen by crack.</P> @PeterBjorn&Yawn:

But, She was chosen by crack.

]]> By: PeterBjorn&Yawn http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431172 PeterBjorn&Yawn Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:44:11 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431172 <p>Come on Amy...let's leave crack to the gentiles.</p> Come on Amy…let’s leave crack to the gentiles.

]]> By: DavidWatts http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431182 DavidWatts Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:40:47 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431182 <p>Amy's life just seems to be flying apart a lot faster in a lot less fun of a way. More vadges and crazy shopping sprees, less crawling on glass and wandering around the city at 5 AM covered in blood.</p> Amy’s life just seems to be flying apart a lot faster in a lot less fun of a way. More vadges and crazy shopping sprees, less crawling on glass and wandering around the city at 5 AM covered in blood.

]]> By: Dick Laurent is dead. http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431192 Dick Laurent is dead. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:03:44 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431192 <p>@<a href="#c3823195">dickdogfood</a>: Agreed, m'boy Doherty has reached a sort of weird druggedhomeostases over time. Meanwhile, Brit-Brit and Wino don't seem to even care anymore as they careen into the void...it's gone from tragicomic to just grotesque.</p> @dickdogfood: Agreed, m’boy Doherty has reached a sort of weird druggedhomeostases over time. Meanwhile, Brit-Brit and Wino don’t seem to even care anymore as they careen into the void…it’s gone from tragicomic to just grotesque.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431202 Anonymous Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:57:53 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431202 <P>Jeeeeez, it's hard to believe the picture on that link is only a year old. Granted, paparazzi shots aren't designed to be flattering, but still.</P> Jeeeeez, it’s hard to believe the picture on that link is only a year old. Granted, paparazzi shots aren’t designed to be flattering, but still.

]]> By: SuperUnison http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle/comment-page-1#comment-431212 SuperUnison Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:51:03 +0000 http://86c167b9956526c68d357b44a4c6965d#comment-431212 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/347545/the-saga-of-amy-winehouse-we-cry-uncle#c3822450">Al Shipley</A>: If she continues mixing her drugs (That horrible court photo had 6 Valium, coke, Ecstasy, and crack under it.) probably so.</P> <P>I'm for unplugging the circus. I don't think we'd really give a shit about her music in the first place if she wasn't enough of a clusterfuck to make it all appear "authentic" without a thought given to whether it transcends being a competent rehash.</P> @Al Shipley: If she continues mixing her drugs (That horrible court photo had 6 Valium, coke, Ecstasy, and crack under it.) probably so.

I’m for unplugging the circus. I don’t think we’d really give a shit about her music in the first place if she wasn’t enough of a clusterfuck to make it all appear “authentic” without a thought given to whether it transcends being a competent rehash.

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