艾米•怀恩豪斯:悲剧的天才还是天才的悲剧?

On July 23, Amy Winehouse was found dead in her apartment and soon her record label, Universal Republic, released a statement that read in part“We are deeply saddened at the sudden loss of such a gifted musician, artist and performer “Many musical artists have since paid tribute to Winehouse including U2, Lady Gaga etc.

 

Her death shocked a lot just like her huge success in music. The singer won 2008 Grammy Awards in the categories of Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal¹ Performance besides Best Pop Vocal Album award and Grammy Award for Producer of the Year which earned her the entry in the 2009 edition of the the Guinness Book of World Records for Most Grammy Awards won by a British female singer.

 

Her reason of death is much in relation to drug abuse and alcohol. She even missed the 2008 Grammy Awards Ceremony because of her health problem and passport. Besides she suffered form self –harm, depression and eating disorders². Her exaggerated image also made her rather different.

 

She grew up in the Jazz environment for many of her relatives are Jazz professionals . She listened master pieces under her parents’ guidance and was deeply attracted by R&B and Hip-Hop during teenage time because the spirit of rebelling. Then she was expelled from school with the headmaster‘s comments “She is the one who dares to break all the rules.”

 

Leaving school turned out a good chance for her. She sent one demo to Island through her close friend and then got a contract. Her first album Frank was release when she was 19 and got success with her Jazz and Soul vocal. The next album Back to Black is so great that finally brought her Grammy wonder.

 

Amy is a controversial figure. She paved the way for unconventional women to have mainstream³ POP success. But her terrible image and bad habits like drug addicting⁴ annoyed many more. Even her father predicated her death and prepared the obituary⁵ beforehand. Now, she took all these away and leaving the world the big question as talent or convention?

 

1 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。

2 disorders   

n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调

参考例句：

• Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

4 addicting   

使沉溺（addict的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• I love salt and vinegar chips. They are very addicting. 我爱盐和醋芯片。他们非常上瘾。
• Leave it to Britney to sing a juicy and addicting song. 布兰妮呈现了一首很刺激也很让人上瘾的歌曲！

5 obituary   

n.讣告，死亡公告；adj.死亡的

参考例句：

• The obituary records the whole life of the deceased.讣文记述了这位死者的生平。
• Five days after the letter came,he found Andersen s obituary in the morning paper.收到那封信五天后，他在早报上发现了安德森的讣告。