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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] So - The train wreck finally wrecked

From: Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com>
Date: 2011-07-25

 
It's too bad when this happens to anyone.
 
 
I believe she was suffered  from manic depression or bi-polar disorder.
 
I don't know for sure. All I know is that she obviously didn't get treatment for it, or at least not enough treatment.
 
I never got into her music. Her drug / alcohol abuse ruins her credibility for me. (Hendix had a strong record of enormous talent before he became a junkie). 
 
I won't get into Lady Gaga either :) ahem...
 
 
In general, I see these 'arteests' or 'pop tarts' as more manufactured than other manufactured acts of the past. Lady Gaga is nothing but a poor mans' Madonna to me, and Madonna wasn't that interesting the first time around. These people seem like they'll say and do anything for money and publicity. Their integrity is bought and sold for the right price. Serious music is almost an afterthought.
 
So no thanks.
 
 
I'll stick with music made by musicians who indisputably make, write and perform their own music and don't need gaudy and tacky stage shows, secret songwriting teams,  and alarmist political tactics and causes to draw attention to themselves.
 
That's why I like prog - not a Labatts or McDonalds ad  or association in sight.
 
 
 
 


 
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 11:33 AM, <djacques@csulb.edu> wrote:
 

Its so tragic. If you look at and compare pictures of her six years ago, and recently... Frightening.

You did not see Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, or Jimi Hendrix deteriorate as dramatically as Amy (except for Jim gaining weight). Maybe that quick physical and musical deterioration, and subsequent death, will deter people from this kind of self abuse.


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From: "Ms. Janet Strauss" <jandjstrz@verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:17:41 -0400
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] So - The train wreck finally wrecked

 

Everything was better the first time around…

 

 

 

 

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From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of fdoddy@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 1:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] So - The train wreck finally wrecked

 

 

I'm with Mike on this one.  In general, I'm not feeling the whole neo-soul thing.  I liked it better the first time around.


fritz

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Jul 23, 2011 5:55 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] So - The train wreck finally wrecked

 

On 23/07/2011 21:17, Ms. Janet Strauss wrote:

 

Yep. She had a gift, and a look.


I have to confess that I didn't 'get' it about her at all. She could sing on key without a doubt, but her voice was so mannered and affected that I couldn't make out a single word she was singing, and that was even when she was relatively clean. 

It's sad someone that young dies, but really it was all her own doing. My sympathies are somewhat restrained.

Mike