R.I.P Amy Winehouse, memorial outside her home in Camden Square

R.I.P Amy, I'm only sorry I didn't get to know your work better or if I prejudged you based on your portrayal by the media vultures during your life.

This is a video of the memorial in Camden Square, where she lived, taken on Sunday 24th July the day after she died. Many locals people who knew her, had seen her around or loved her music were out paying their respects.

There were flowers, photos, cards with long personal messages in many languages, pieces of art and libations in the form of wine, spirits, beer and cigarretes - most of them already empty either by the person who left them or by later mourners, in true Amy spirit! You can see most of these in the video, I've tried to include as many of the messages as possible, I suggest you pause the video when you want to read a particular message as I there were so many I couldn't pause on any for long. We couldn't get closer to her house since its still technically a crime scene until the cause of death is established.

Some of these locals were asking questions and discussing possible alternative causes and reasons for the timing of her death. I think it is not too soon to put these questions out there, especially since Amy was undoubtedly a victim of the music and press industries during her career. Please comment your views whether you agree or disagree with the ideas shared here, respectfully.

Natasha Downs, a local who had known Amy asked about the timing of her death. She noted that Amy had finished recording her third album only a couple of weeks before and it thought that she was not capable of performing the songs live in her recent physical and emotional state, after some recent performances dissapointing fans and being booed of stage in Serbia.

Natasha asked if this meant that the record labels would benefit more from making her a martyr in the 27 club (amongst famous dead such as Kurt Cobain, Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison, Bryan Jones to name a few) so they could make sales on post-humous "Gold" album collections now, rather than wait a few more years and risk her fanbase and image dwindling due to repeat unsatisfactory performances and possibly uninspired albums resulting from the pressure of recording contracts.

Natasha's sister, Brigit went further to speculate that, having known Amy a little, it was very unlikely that she would take drugs whilst alone since she was a social user, and that it was suspicious that she was meant to have been alone when she overdosed. She added that it reminded her of Michael Jackson's death before his tour and that maybe the companies didn't want to make a loss on ticket sales if she was unable to perform any shows that had been organised.

Another passer-by, Mr. B had a different but not unrelated angle about the timing. He said that it seemed very convenient that such a big UK public figure should, in dying, cause a press sensation as a distraction from the recent media mania around the dodgy dealings of Rupert Murdoch's empire. He said that this theory is not to devalue Amy's tragic death but simply to highlight what these industries are capable of, however other mourners were sceptical of this view.

Most importantly people were enjoying some Carling Special Brew or cheap Tesco's wine and fags at the scene, with mobile phones blasting out Amy's lyrics and others singing over guitar telling the cops to shut up about it being a residential area, today we're gonna sing as loudly as we want so go back to hiding behind your "police line do not cross". It seems that beautifully, tragically and inevitably, Amy's spirit lives on!

Footnote:
About the video: the two songs overlapping and the bright lighting making some writing illegible was a mistake only iMovie can make - note to self, boycott that useless software in future. The shaky camera is my own doing, need to quit smoking! Anyway, the chances are some major label won't like what I've written here and disable the audio on copyright grounds so why not listen to your favourite Amy songs while you're taking the time to watch

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[palipampu]

Amy i love u .. sweetest Amy.. rest in peace baby <3

[MMmobilemassage]

Ohhh...I didn't know she "hated" Lady Gaga.  Too bad, & too late! RIP Amy.

[wintersnoob]

@irada20 Amy Winehouse hated pretty much everyone.

[irada20]

@MMmobilemassage Amy Winehouse hated gaga.

[mariabbb1964]

she could sing is that voice of hers

[mariabbb1964]

amy was amy fuck gaga

[1mitra4]

omg when did amy sing this? sounds like 2006! Oh amy i will miss you soo much and ur beautiful voice! :(

[DesirableDecadence1]

Thank you. I have sent you a private message. This meant more to me than any media coverage. You sweetie x

[brightonking69]

@keonrobertson Actually i have some :-) I found them online. If you want them mail me to king_j20@sky.com Justin.

[MrRetrolexual]

Thanks for the video