Long time no see... (c) Chico Debarge
If you know me at all, you know I go up hard for Amy. I LOVED the talent that this woman was blessed with. I remember the first song I heard was Rehab. At the time I didn't even know it was her 2nd album. I heard it as VH1 or MTV; I forget which one, had her pegged as an 'artist to watch' and they kept playing snippets of Rehab every two commercials; I was annoyed enough to research her, i.e looked her up on KaZaa or Limewire, whichever existed at the time. Loved it, and to find out that the album was released on my birthday??? Definitely meant to be. I remember that Thanksgiving or Christmas break playing that album in the kitchen as I cooked some pasta or something like that. Four years later I cried as I listened to Wake Up Alone during a break up. Yeah, that one.
Then I found Frank and loved it even more. I damn near can't see the words I'm typing because the tears are clouding my eyes as I think about how I felt and STILL feel when I first listened to In My Bed and Round Midnight. 10 years I've been in love with this woman. I even made a Facebook album for her and she was my profile picture a couple of times. Lol
Two weeks before she died I joked in a bar, "I have to see her in concert before she dies", cause I knew she didn't have long for this world. I wish I would've been able to hear her live, but this documentary stirred up so much. I legit cried hard for a good 10 minutes as I was singing 'Valerie' while the credits were rolling. Four tissues later...
Grrr. I had a post about her a couple of years ago when she died, and I tagged my fave songs/live performances of hers, go find that and you'll see every awesome bit of talent she was (I'll link the post eventually). Look at her, even when she's gone she's moving me, I haven't wrote on here for years, but I needed it to be known my love for her, and my wish that she would have got it together. Cause baby...
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