{"id":663,"date":"2011-07-24T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/07\/the-27-club-music-for-mondays\/"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:22:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:22:02","slug":"the-27-club-music-for-mondays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/07\/the-27-club-music-for-mondays.html","title":{"rendered":"The 27 Club (Music for Mondays)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>\n\n\n\n
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This past weekend, the news out of the UK was that singer, songwriter Amy Winehouse died. I\u2019m not sure what the autopsy will show, but the press says her death was possibly from a drug overdose.
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I really wasn\u2019t a big fan of hers because I never really got around to hearing her music. I do remember her being splashed all over the internet, and by extension I guess that means the tabloids too.<\/p>\n

I was saddened to hear of her passing<\/a> though. It\u2019s heart-breaking to learn of the demise of anyone with a gift that delights the world. At such a tender age, she was catapulted to fame, and her reaction to it may have contributed to her undoing. It could happen to any of us. It has happened to many others in her line of work.<\/p>\n

And so it is that the newest member of the 27 Club<\/a><\/i> will be put to rest. And as a kind of requiem music post, I do not wish to celebrate her crossing over into the select group of deceased musicians who preceded her in membership of this \u201cclub\u201d by dying at the same young age. But she does join the company of some rock n\u2019 roll music legends and I\u2019ll share with you a few of them today. I said a prayer for her soul, and for the souls of those who preceded her.<\/p>\n

Amy Winehouse,<\/b> Back to Black.<\/i> I\u2019m a horrible consumer of recently popular music. As I\u2019ve mentioned before, when it comes to the latest stuff, I live under a rock<\/a>. So I was surprised when I saw this haunting video from what the rest of you know as being from Amy Winehouse\u2019s album that won five (5!) Grammy Awards.<\/a> The imagery in this selection is all too prophetic. And in a way, this song may even help us remember those whose deaths have been eclipsed<\/a> by hers in the news.<\/p>\n