In ‘A Bronx Tale’ (great movie) Robert De Niro’s character tells his son ‘the saddest thing in life is wasted talent’. That line kept going around in my head during the hour or so that The Amy Winehouse concert lasted on Friday. In short, it was shambolic. This wasn’t the Amy we had fallen in love with back in 2006. Gone was the striking girl from North London with a knock out voice and attitude to match. This was a troubled figure, a product of an industry and a management team more interested in profits than her personal wellbeing.
Yes, perhaps it was misguided to go and see Amy Winehouse but she had done so well on her Brazil tour last month that we were all hoping for the good streak to continue. Thomas Ovesen , COO of Done Events, responded to criticism of the event by saying ‘That’s how she does it, that’s her live performance style’. Really? Her ‘live performance style’ consisted of warbling the odd note, falling over, picking her nails, scratching her arms and rolling her eyes. It’s disturbing if he actually believes that and if not, he’s being extremely condescending to the thousands of concert goers who paid for something they didn’t get.
They say you have to live the blues before you can sing about it. I hope she manages to get the help she needs and outlive her demons.
Image courtesy of Gulf News
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