Death of a legend…?

Amy Winehouse was found dead today. SkyNews broke the news and within minutes Facebook, Twitter and assorted other sites were swarming with various comments about her untimely demise. Words such as ‘talent’ and ‘legend’ were being thrown around. It’s always sad when someone dies, especially when it’s at an age so young.

However what I do object to is people labelling her a ‘musical legend’ or an ‘amazing talent’. She had a mere two albums and released a handful of admittedly good songs. Does this automatically equate to legendary status these days?

If we get this kind of gushing for Amy Winehouse what can we expect for the likes of Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner or Madonna? These people are musical legends and will go down in history.

Sad as it is, Amy Winehouse was a mediocre singer who led an incredibly destructive lifestyle and anyone who claims to be shocked at the news of her death really need to stop kidding themselves.

What will that look like when you’re 60 ?

I don’t have any. I’ve always fancied one, but can never decide what I’d want or more importantly where to put it and then I always think way into the future about what it will look like on a 60yo man should I live that long. I am of course, talking about tattoos.

A lot of my friends have tattoos – some I like, some I think look ridiculous, though I’d never tell them that. No one minds a small, tasteful tattoo, something personal that means something to you. Usually on the arm, shoulder blade or somewhere else equally hidden.

Having said that I’m not sure how the collection of stars I’ve seen on SO many people has any special meaning to anyone. Do they want to be a star or did they just think it looked pretty? What will those pretty spiral of stars look like when your sat in your retirement home being tended to by a 19 yo care assistant – fucking stupid is the answer.

Then we have the outrageously massive tattoos that some people think look cool – a great big walloping Tiger on your back… is it even a Tiger or a giant Gerbil? God knows. Even worse – the awful ‘sleeve’ where an entire arm looks like a childs colouring book. It looks stupid – none of you are Wentworth Miller and no amount of silly tattoos will make you look like him.

Another favourite is someone having their OWN date of birth tattooed on themselves, or perhaps their name. I mean – are you expecting a bout of amnesia anytime soon? Seriously if you can’t remember these two details on a day to day basis you wont manage in the real world.

What about when people have something in a foreign language splashed across themselves – is it Chinese? Cantonese? made up on the spot? It’s meant to say ‘Faith’ but as you stroll through Shanghai everyone is staring at your ‘Twat’ tattoo. Nice.

Even worse of all is when someone has a picture of someone tattoo on themselves. Marilyn Monroe pencilled onto your arse anyone? How about Lady GaGa full size covering your entire back? For the ladies, have two Madonna style cone tits modelled onto your own and create a 3-d work of art.

So I say this – if you already have a ridiculous tattoo, think about how silly it will look when you’re older. If you haven’t got a tattoo yet but want one – think carefully before you let someone put pen to paper so to speak.