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[Jayne]

I've uploaded Part 1 which should be available soon I will do the rest tomorrow as it it taking ages, I've set up a new accound and I hope to put all my videos in one place.

http://www.dailymoti...use-tribute-pt1

[Mama_Haze]

Well, that was all rather more positive and tasteful than I had feared.

[Wino]

Well, that was all rather more positive and tasteful than I had feared.

Agreed. I thought it was nice.

[PabloD]

Thank you so much Jayne. Will be the first thing I watch tomorrow morning.

[W1nEh0use]

I've watched it twice already and think is was rather well done with some good contributors and an overall positive vibe.

How fabulous she looked as a bright-eyed and robust young woman.

[Hazz]

Review from the Metro:

Hastily researched and edited, Amy Winehouse: A Tribute had clearly been rushed so that it could be lapped up by fans wanting to squeeze every last drop of talent from the star even after she has gone.

Predictably, the hour-long programme zoomed through her not insignificant formative years and skimmed straight over her breakthrough album onto the dramatic rock 'n' roll lifestyle that proceeded it.

The documentary-makers clearly know that it's not just fans who'll be lapping it up; but also tabloid-readers looking to squeeze every last drop of scandal from Amy and her antics.

And ITV2 achieved this salacious style quite easily, but at some cost: the programme was poorly compiled to the extent that it was insulting to anyone with even a passing knowledge of Winehouse and her work.

For example, the narrator discussed the fresh-faced, drug-free Amy while showing photos of her several years later, visibly ravaged by substance abuse.

Almost more heartbreaking than Amy's tragic decline and demise is the queue of TV bosses and 'friends' apparently waiting in the wings to have their say - no doubt in return for some financial gain - on the life and death of the star.

Just six days after her death, Amy Winehouse: A Tribute was not the first documentary of its type and unfortunately, it will not be the last.

[iheartblondie]

I don't think I'm ready to watch this yet because I don't want to start crying again, although I'm surprised at how much progress I've made at accepting this whole situation.

Just to add to somebody's comment I read here...Amy's Dad says she'd been off of drugs since some time in 2008, so I believe him. He also said she was still struggling with her drinking, though she was trying to quit.

[Mama_Haze]

There were some continuity errors but there always is in these things. Talking about her in 08 but showing a pic from 07, that sorta thing. Just poor editing.

[Alan48]

Part 2 is up now: http://www.dailymoti...ibute-pt2_music
Thanks, Jayne!

Edit: And Part 3: http://www.dailymoti...#videoId=xk8hrh

Edited by Alan48, 30 July 2011 - 01:03 PM.

[Hazz]

Ratings are in:

815k (4.1% share), +1: 250k (1.5%)
highest rating in slot for channel this year

[W1nEh0use]

I don't think I'm ready to watch this yet because I don't want to start crying again, although I'm surprised at how much progress I've made at accepting this whole situation.

Just to add to somebody's comment I read here...Amy's Dad says she'd been off of drugs since some time in 2008, so I believe him. He also said she was still struggling with her drinking, though she was trying to quit.

I found that it didn't actually make me feel any worse than I already do.

Indeed in some ways it really helped. Absolutely loved seeing the bright-eyed, totally natural, glamorous and cheeky early Amy.

Still think the overall feel of the programme was positive, especially for the more casual viewer.

[Jayne]

Part 2 is up now: http://www.dailymoti...ibute-pt2_music
Thanks, Jayne!

Edit: And Part 3: http://www.dailymoti...#videoId=xk8hrh

Thanks Alan you beat me to it currently uploading the last part.

[Jayne]

Final Part 4:

http://www.dailymoti...#videoId=xk8jgx

[Hazz]

Foden is at it again...

[aries_124]

^^ he must be running low on cash..terrible man. how comes Foden stopped doing Amy's hair..did the management sack him?