We Only Said Goodbye with Words...

Amy Whinehouse, or yet another Rock'n'Roll story gone bad... The Soul diva is gone, at the tender age of 27.

I will not remember the sad concerts with Amy drunk one time too many, I'd rather focus on the music, the words revealing a sensitivity perhaps too fragile for this world..

I first heard Amy Whinehouse on radio Nova, in Paris, and was astonished by this voice from the past. What modern diva can claim to have this depth, this strength today? Perhaps Duffy or Joss Stone can claim the title for the voice, but not the personal story that give Amy Whinehouse her particular tragic touch.

Anyway, Rock'n'Roll, you have made another victim. Amy is going to enrich the sad list of those gone too soon, at the peak of their stardom, at an age way too young...I am 27 and still feel I have soo much to live. Amy, Jim, burned lives.

In the meantime, I am sure Lady Gaga on the other hand will go on on our radios for at least another 25 years...

As they say in French, ce ne sont pas toujours les pires qui nous quittent... As for me I will remember Amy through Back to Black, a modern day Musical Masterpiece that will keep that burning voice alive, at least for a little while longer...