In case you missed it Whitney Houston died this weekend and god the coverage is somewhat suffocating. Lets remember she was a fucked up drug addict who everybody would say she deserved it apart from she made sand that nauseating song that was always sang better by Dolly Parton. Whitney had ruined her career by substandard performances and let drugs get the better of her life, it’s a shame but at least she got to experience some aspects of life we can only dream about.
I don’t really know too much about Whitney’s situation. but what I really dislike is that history tends to get rewritten when you die, everybody was a fan, everybody thinks your fantastic and what a wanker if you dare to say anything different. People who waste their talent or opportunities that life has presented them shouldn’t be praised for making such a mess of it – you could call it the Amy syndrome. There are so many people who would kill for three meals a day let alone fame and fortune, so should we really pack the bags of sympathy. The record companies will be rubbing their hands with the compilations that are about to be released.
Perhaps there really is a crossroads and you have to sell you soul for a little piece of fame and fortune.
Jason E Cooper 