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The more tabloid headlines she creates, I can't help but sense that Amy Winehouse is taking us all for a colossal ride. Unless she does indeed die in a pool of her own vomit, it'll take some effort to convince me that these headlines: missed shows, drug/alcohol abuse, courtroom drama, love woes, etc. are nothing more than a shrewdly calculated manipulation. Take away the headlines, and judge her simply by her singing voice, and she's one of dozens upon dozens of talented, faceless Norah Jones clones. With the subject matter of her songs and her bad girl image, she's Janis Joplin, Judy Garland, & Billie Holliday all tied up in a bow, and we salivate like Pavlov's dog whenever she makes another headline. She's a good singer, but a genius marketer, and I betcha in 30-40 years she'll be lounging on the patio of her luxury flat on the Riviera sipping herbal tea and counting her money, still chuckling about what a con job she did on us all.
