The RIP thread...

Point taken, difference is I actually knew Lee(McQueen) and spent time with him socially.
Winehouse was a smack'ead that had some half decent songs. Great voice or not, the closest you lot got to her was on your iPod or in The Hawley Arms!

Yeah, bit of a low blow, but lots of people who had never met the guy also mourned his passing.

The closest I got to Amy was going to a pub she had apparently just been at, and listening to her illegally downloaded albums. As I said music creates an emotional connection. (or at least it does if you are doing it right). It's only natural that we should regret the death of someone who soundtracked moments of joy, pleasure, pain, etc. I was sad when Johnny Cash died, and Joe Strummer. Never met them either.

Also without Amy we would not have Mark Ronson (bear with me) and without him we would not have the revival in old soul music that brought us Sharon Jones and the output of Daptone records.