This is exactly what I was going to say. People can be sad about more than one thing at a time--we humans are all complex and stuff like that. Having a thread about this doesn't mean no one cares about those in Norway. It means thoughts and prayers for them are over in the Norway thread.

Funny how people can rant about seeing no respect for another's opinions yet they have no respect for another's death. One is not an idiot for having a different opinion but one is surely an idiot for essentially saying "I took all of this time and effort to come tell you this isn't worth my time and effort." I seriously hope none of these people post on here that their mother died and get the response, "Screw your mom, we're in a budget crisis."

Oh and bee tee dubs: Sen and Phil are awesomesauce.

I wouldn't be surprised if it weren't an overdose so much as her body just giving out. There were reports several years back that she was already in the early stages of emphysema from chain-smoking and using crack. Not to mention her liver was probably ruined from drinking.

^^ Spot On!

A version of this story just aired on The Early Show. So sad. :(

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?...ag=mncol;lst;2

Russell Brand, no stranger to the agony of addiction himself, had this to say:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...man?CMP=twt_gu

I am disgusted at the level of sanctimony leveled towards those who can't beat their demons. It makes me think that the people who can say these things have never met an addict--drug addict, alcoholic, or even a lifelong smoker.

One weird thing--I was listening to a Genius Mix based on "Back to Black," and it included songs by Janis Joplin and Jeff Buckley. Ack. :(

I've been seeing a lot of "Amy Winehouse doesn't deserve to be a member of the 27 club, she wasn't as prolific as Janis Joplin or Kurt Cobain" comments, which is weird to me.

I mean, she was an artist, she died at 27, she was famous... I'm not sure if there are many more requirements to being "a member of the club" if that's even a good thing to be.

Addiction is so hard. RIP Amy.

REally? That is so dumb.

God, it's not like it's something to be proud of. People astound me. Unfortunately fame and addiction rarely mix well. I saw Amy in August 2007 at Virgin Fest in Baltimore. She looked terrible, and her life and career spiraled just a month later. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, much less on someone with so much wasted talent.

Russell Brand has been growing on me more and more, and this just makes me straight up love him.

And I was just waiting for those "Amy isn't famous enough" comments to start coming. So effing stupid. Hello, there is a world outside the US...

Tragic. I can't imagine getting too worked up about it though. I deal with addiction issues professionally every work day (and unfortunately on the weekends with some clients I regret giving my cell out to). I don't want to speculate as to what went wrong/who to blame. It's just damn tragic any time someone dies in such an extremely preventable way.

I don't see a reason to get overly worked up about this death or any other. They're all tragic. This one was in the news, it needs to be talked about, if for nothing else, to continue to expose the fact that addiction can be and often is a fatal illness.

I never really listened to her music, but from the little I've heard, I think she'll be remembered for a long time.

Why do I have a feeling that if this was someone who wasn't a mess because of drugs, everyone would have just come in here and said, "RIP Amy," and left it at that?

This is exactly the example I was going to use after reading through the first of these ridiculous comments. If Michael Jackson died yesterday, I'm pretty sure no one would have come into a thread about his death saying, "This doesn't matter!!! Pay attention to Norway!!!!!!!!"

Exactly. And you know that if it was THEIR family member who was on drugs and died, they wouldn't be singing the same tune.

Word.

I am going to start using "bee tee dubs." LOL.

That is all.

I haven't been on GC since this happened and I am heart-broken. In her short life, she made such an impact on music. I keep playing her songs in my head.

On a different note, I have challenged many of my friends to this: If the same thing happened to Lindsey Lohan, would we all be so sad? Just curious?

I don't watch Lindsay Lohan's movies every week like I listen to Amy Winehouse's music every week...but I'm sure there are people out there who do and who would feel the same way.

If anything Lindsay's life as a whole has probably been sadder because of her immensely screwed up family situation. From all accounts, Amy comes from a very loving family that didn't treat her as a meal ticket.

I think Lindsay Lohan is very sad. :(