I can't be the only one that - having heard or seen the Nelson Mandela birthday concert - thinks that it is just a BIT incongruous that Amy Winehouse was one of the headliners for the man that pretty much ended Apartheid in South Africa, spent YEARS in jail because of it and then led his country and citizens forward.
OK, I realize she is an "entertainer" and I personally like her music, but after seeing 3/4 of Queen (plus a Freddie Mercury substitute - not sure whom it was - that was pretty good), Winehouse came on to lead the entire group of singers in a Nelson Mandela song. Not only could I not understand what she was saying, but her Michael Jackson-esque skirt grabbing (he grabbed something else, but you get my drift) and less than rhythmic swaying seemed just a bit...far gone.
I should feel sorry for her, you say, since she's been recently diagnosed with Emphysema, the result of smoking pretty much anything that passed near her lungs? Maybe, but not too much - it IS her own choice.
One would think, though, that a better representative could have been substituted despite her music chart leading status. I don't know...Britney wasn't available?
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