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Monday 25 Jul, 2011ENTERTAINMENT
R.I.P Amy Winehouse
Singers Death inspires Musical Tributes
Amy Winehouse one of the most talented singers of her generation whose hit song Rehab summed up her struggles with addiction, died in London on Saturday at the age of 27.
The Grammy winner, famed for her black beehive hair, soulful voice and erratic behavior on and off stage, was found dead at her new home in Camden a month after a shambolic performance in Serbia forced her to cancel her entire European tour.
She had a voice so insanely complex and soulful and rich you almost couldn't reconcile that it belonged with the tiny, English, white girl in the pictures and music videos. She wrote lyrics full of witty, confessional, at times shockingly honest stories about love and sex and drugs.
Tributes have been flowing in ever since news of the loss was confirmed.
Amy Winehouse's friend M.I.A. has made public a previously unreleased demo called "27" which she dedicated to Winehouse and other friends who had died at 27 years of age. Lyric excerpt: said your all mouth and no brains / all rock stars go to heaven / you said you’ll be dead at 27 / when we drunk in a English tavern / the owner poured you the Bourbon.
Big Boi has also unveiled a tribute in the form of a previously unreleased, heavily stripped back remix of Winehouse's great single "Tears Dry On Their Own".
Hopefully when the storm subsides we can remember Amy Winehouse not for her tragic life and death, but through her music instead.
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