hear me whine about winehouse

I usually don't care the least for popular opinion or award shows but since my blog friendship with elsita I have become more aware of these cultural events. I don't understand how amy winehouse comes away with 5 grammies and leslie feist gets none. Feist and I go way back. Well at least a few years back when I first heard her sing and play guitar at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. I had never heard of her even though she lives in Toronto, about 30 minutes south of where I live. I was received a tip from a friendly manitoban working at starbucks in Winnipeg who heard I was on the way to the festival for the day and told me if I didn't see anything else I had to catch the Feist set. She was amazing to hear and I purchased her first cd for my daughter back home. She and I have very similar tastes in music and she loved it instantly. She had the pleasure of hearing her live the next summer at another folk festival in Guelph , Ontario and then her and her dad went when she played in Toronto last year. She is so talented but she is also naturally beautiful , down to earth and wholesome. She has never been expelled from school, arrested , abused drugs or alcohol or cut herself up as far as I know . She has been to rehab but it was voice rehab from voice overuse stemming from her days in a punk rock band and then broken social scene. She had a serious vocal cord injury and almost had to quit singing but then found a different way to express her musical talents . Well all I want to say is Feist we love you and I am sure you will win at the Juno awards ( the Canadian equivalent to the Grammies) and to amy winehouse please get some help and stay in rehab, yes , yes , yes.....

Comments

[mary]

I just couldn't agree more!

I admire the voice on AW but am seriously concerned about her lifestyle. I can understand a bit of rock n roll type artistic behaviour but oh boy she is a walking accident waiting to happen. Sad really.

[rebekah]

i couldn't have said it better myself.

[Elsita]

Oh Margie! When it comes to awards the truth is never absolute. You would be surprised to see all the classic movies, actors, actresses, directors etc... that never got an Oscars. I think that in the end only time proves what really has artistic value.
:)

[Sonya]

I'm with you on that one. Feist is a genius.