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jackhammer · 07-23-2011, 06:43 PM

I am more surprised by the plethora of celebrities claiming to be 'deeply shocked' by her passing as if it was completely unexpected and she lived a clean life.

A waste of talent for sure and even in today's world of endless psychiatrists and big money record labels it just goes to show that the money men weren't truly looking after their artist and giving the support that she needed.

Expect a posthumous release from the record company that they will gleefully promote with 100 times the gusto they gave to her in personal life.

I hate to bring it up but it still saddens and actually angers me that someone who made just 2 albums (no matter how well they were liked) will receive pages and pages of threads and newspaper columns whilst an artist like John Martyn who himself was no stranger to addictions got barely a few columns worth of notice despite having a career of over 30 years.

That's the nature of show business though I guess.

07-23-2011, 06:43 PM	#30 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I am more surprised by the plethora of celebrities claiming to be 'deeply shocked' by her passing as if it was completely unexpected and she lived a clean life. A waste of talent for sure and even in today's world of endless psychiatrists and big money record labels it just goes to show that the money men weren't truly looking after their artist and giving the support that she needed. Expect a posthumous release from the record company that they will gleefully promote with 100 times the gusto they gave to her in personal life. I hate to bring it up but it still saddens and actually angers me that someone who made just 2 albums (no matter how well they were liked) will receive pages and pages of threads and newspaper columns whilst an artist like John Martyn who himself was no stranger to addictions got barely a few columns worth of notice despite having a career of over 30 years. That's the nature of show business though I guess. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”