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"When you love someone who suffers from the disease of addiction you await the phone call. There will be a phone call. The sincere hope is that the call will be from the addict themselves, telling you they’ve had enough, that they’re ready to stop, ready to try something new. Of course though, you fear the other call, the sad nocturnal chime from a friend or relative telling you it’s too late, she’s gone.
Now Amy Winehouse is dead, like many others whose unnecessary deaths have been retrospectively romanticised, at 27 years old. Whether this tragedy was preventable or not is now irrelevant. It is not preventable today. We have lost a beautiful and talented woman to this disease. Not all addicts have Amy’s incredible talent. Or Kurt’s or Jimi’s or Janis’s, some people just get the affliction. All we can do is adapt the way we view this condition, not as a crime or a romantic affectation but as a disease that will kill. We need to review the way society treats addicts, not as criminals but as sick people in need of care. We need to look at the way our government funds rehabilitation. It is cheaper to rehabilitate an addict than to send them to prison, so criminalisation doesn’t even make economic sense. Not all of us know someone with the incredible talent that Amy had but we all know drunks and junkies and they all need help and the help is out there. All they have to do is pick up the phone and make the call. Or not. Either way, there will be a phone call".

Russel Brand

Such a great Talent! and a great loss!

Let's pray she's in a better place & at peace

in the Picture: Marvin Gaye (April 2,1939–April 1,1984) photographed at Golden West Studios for Motown Records during the "Let's Get It On" recording session..

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the death of the music legend and im posting this picture to pay tribute to an artist whose songs inspired many over the 26 years of his life and still are 25 years after his death!

May Ur soul Rest In Peace

"There are still times I feel unhappy and I must smile, and there are times I want to cry and I must laugh... people rarely see the real Marvin Gaye"
Gaye

And Here's his Biography!

With a career that exemplified the maturation of romantic black pop into a sophisticated form spanning social and sexual politics, Marvin Gaye was one of the most consistent and enigmatic of the Motown hitmakers. Certainly among the most gifted composers and singers, with a mellifluous tenor and a three-octave vocal range, Marvin Gaye was also moody — avoiding TV, rarely performing live, and sometimes not showing up for the few concerts he did schedule. From "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" to "Heard It Through the Grapevine," from "What's Going On" to "Sexual Healing," Gaye sang some of the most memorable black pop of the '60s, '70s, and '80s. He was nominated for eight Grammys before winning one in 1983. His life ended tragically one year later — and one day before his 45th birthday — when he was shot to death by his father, an Apostolic preacher, after a violent argument. In many respects, Gaye was, as his friend, the cowriter of "Sexual Healing," and author David Ritz titled his biography of him, a divided soul.

Gaye started singing at age three in church and was soon playing the organ as well. After a stint in the Air Force, he returned to DC and started singing in streetcorner doo-wop groups, including a top local group, the Rainbows. He formed his own group, the Marquees, in 1957. Under the auspices of supporter Bo Diddley, they cut "Wyatt Earp" for the Okeh label. In 1958 Harvey Fuqua heard the group and enlisted it to become the latest version of his ever-changing backing ensemble, the Moonglows. As such, Gaye was heard on "Mama Loocie" and other songs for the Chess label in 1959.

By 1961, the group was touring widely. Detroit impresario Berry Gordy Jr. heard the group and quickly signed Gaye to his fledgling Motown organization later that year. Soon after, Gaye married Gordy's sister Anna. Gaye's first duties with the label were as a session drummer (he played on all the early hits by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles).

Gaye got his first hit with his fourth release, "Stubborn Kind of Fellow," in 1962. Over the next 10 years, working with nearly every producer at Motown (including the team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, Smokey Robinson, and Norman Whitfield), he enjoyed over 20 big hits. Although he specialized in midtempo ballads, he also had dance hits: "Hitch Hike" (Number 30, 1963), the 12-bar blues "Can I Get a Witness" (Number 22, 1963), which became a virtual anthem among the British mods), and "Baby Don't You Do It" (Number 27, 1964). But by and large he favored romantic, sometimes sensual ballads. He felt that his desire to move into a more mainstream, sophisticated style was hindered by Motown's emphasis on hits. For a performer as unenthusiastic about some of his material as Gaye later claimed to be, he gave almost every song he ever recorded an inspired reading. His Top 10 hits included "Pride and Joy" (Number 10, 1963), "I'll Be Doggone" (Number Eight, 1965), "Ain't That Peculiar" (Number Eight, 1965), and "How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You" (Number Six, 1965). Among his 39 Top 40 singles of the period were also such unlikely hits as "Try It Baby" (Number 15, 1964, with background vocals by the Temptations), "You're a Wonderful One" (Number 15, 1964, with backing vocals by the Supremes), "One More Heartache" (Number 29, 1966), "Chained" (Number 32, 1968), and "You" (Number 34, 1968).

Beginning in 1964 Gaye was teamed with Mary Wells [se,e entry] for a couple of hits, "Once Upon a Time" (Number 19, 1964) and "What's the Matter With You" (Number 17, 1964), and with Kim Weston for "It Takes Two" (Number 17, 1967). But his greatest duets were with Tammi Terrell: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Number 19, 1967), "Your Precious Love" (Number Five, 1967), "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (Number Eight, 1968), and "You're All I Need to Get By" (Number Seven, 1968), all penned and produced by Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. In a 1967 concert Terrell collapsed into Gaye's arms onstage, the first sign of the brain tumor that killed her three years later. Although, contrary to popular belief, Gaye and Terrell were not romantically involved (she was involved with Temptation David Ruffin), he was deeply affected by her illness and death. Shortly thereafter Gaye had his biggest solo hit of the '60s with a dejected, paranoid reading of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Number One, 1968), a song that had already been given a fiery treatment by another Motown act, Gladys Knight and the Pips.

The second, quite distinct phase of Gaye's career — and black popular music — began in 1971 with What's Going On. Along with Stevie Wonder, Gaye was one of the first Motown artists to gain complete artistic control of his records. What's Going On was a self-composed and produced song cycle that could rightfully be called a concept album. Berry Gordy Jr., who still maintains that he didn't understand the record, was reluctant to release it. Gaye was vindicated when the album hit Number 6 and spun off three Top 10 singles: "What's Going On" (Number Two, 1971), "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (Number Nine, 1971), and "Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology)" (Number Four, 1971) were impassioned, timeless statements on Vietnam, civil rights, and the state of the world. "What's Going On"; has been covered many times in the ensuing years, including a Top 20 version by Cyndi Lauper in 1986.

In 1972 Gaye scored the 20th Century–Fox film Trouble Man, and the dark, minimalist title track gave him yet another Top 10 hit (Number Seven, 1973). By 1973, he had shifted his attention to pure eroticism with Let's Get It On, the title track of which went to Number 1. His late-1973 album with Diana Ross, Diana and Marvin, produced three fairly successful singles: "You're a Special Part of Me" (Number 12, 1973), "Don't Knock My Love" (Number 46, 1974), and "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" (Number 19, 1974), but this project was one of many things Gaye did with Motown that he felt were forced upon him.

Gaye's rocky marriage of 14 years to Anna Gordy Gaye was the subject of Here, My Dear as the '70s closed, with Gaye still reeling from the divorce settlement. He filed for bankruptcy, and his ex-wife later considered suing him for invasion of privacy over the content of Here, My Dear. (The album had been precipitated by court hearings in 1976, when a judge instructed Gaye to make good on overdue alimony payments by recording an album and giving his wife $600,000 in royalties.) With Gordy he fathered a son, Marvin Gaye III. He married his second wife, Janice, in 1977 and that year had a Number 1 hit, & . ;Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1." They had two children: Nona, who has since become a recording artist in her own right, and Frankie. Janice was Gaye's muse, but he was also obsessed with her, and the relationship was tumultuous.

Under pressure from the Internal Revenue Service, Gaye moved to Europe to record his 1981 release, In Our Lifetime, which concentrated on his philosophies of love, art, and death. The next year, he left Motown for Columbia. His first album for the label, Midnight Love, sold 2 million copies and included the hit "Sexual Healing," which won a Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. He sang live on the Grammy broadcast and, in 1983, in concert at Radio City Music Hall. During his Sexual Healing Tour, Gaye closed the show singing his hit in a silk robe, often stripping down to bikini underwear. Fan reaction was mixed. Also in 1983 he appeared in one of the more memorable segments of Motown's 25th-anniversary television special, obviously somewhat disoriented but riveting nonetheless. His a cappella version of "The Star-Spangled Banner," performed before the 1983 NBA All-Star game that year, became an instant bootlegged classic and is included on The Marvin Gaye Collection.

Gaye's comeback was one for the record books. But even with the recognition he longed for, Gaye was depressed, and his cocaine abuse was escalating, despite several attempts to clean up. He returned to the U.S. and moved into his parents' home — where he often quarreled with his father, with whom he'd been at odds since his teenage years. As Gaye later confessed to David Ritz, his internal life was marked by what Gaye viewed as an irreconcilable conflict between good (as represented by his strict religious upbringing) and evil (sex, drugs). In early 1984 Gaye reportedly threatened suicide several times and had become paranoid and irrational. Following a Sunday morning shouting match in his parents' home, Gaye's father shot him to death at point-blank range, he later claimed, in self-defense. Gaye's father was charged with and convicted of involuntary manslaughter. He was found to have a brain tumor, and was given a six-year suspended prison sentence.

After his death Motown and Columbia collaborated to produce Dream of a Lifetime and Romantically Yours, both based on unfinished recordings from the Sexual Healing sessions; among the tracks on the first album were the ribald, "Savage in the Sack" and "Masochistic Beauty," and some questioned whether Gaye had intended to release them at all. Since then, Gaye's work has been repackaged in a steady stream of new compilations. In addition, his work has been the subject of several tribute projects. In 1987 Gaye was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was also inducted to Hollywood's Rock Walk in 1989 and was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1990

from The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001)
&
Wikipedia

P.S.: This is only for the ppl who appreciate good Music

Diamonds Are Forever..

Each n ever single gf i had used to get jealous from my banootat friends =D
bss they Had to =p
And now i'll tell u why i love them so much
w i'd love to call them .. My Diamonds

We all know that Diamonds are pretty expensive
but My diamonds are Priceless

and These Are My Diamonds:

Punkeya :
Damn u alwayz made me feel good about myself
u alwayz made me laugh wen i needed to!
w u're alwayz there for me!
cant Thank U enough!
THaaaaaaankssssss
U're the funniest Banoota i've ever met
n u r so freakin Honest (how can u do that =p)
n I Mean It .. who ever is gonna have ur heart is gonna be THE LUCKIEST person on earth
coz u r the most (Amagingnest) person ever

If I wud give u anythin i'd give U: The Stachu Of Lebirty
I Love u
***

Her Majesty "Sugar Vice":
ok awal shay ba6la3 mn el maw'6o3 for a sec.
to tell u .. U R the HOTTEST girl walkin on earth!
msh bss the way u look
but the way U think the way u talk
da da da da damnnnn (K)
El7en nerja3 lme7war 7adethna =D
She fights Good for her property =p
thanks for being my brains when i cudnt think =D
U're the (bestset) (sexiest) (Naughtyest) chick ever =p

If I wud give u anythin: i'd give u a photo shoot(H) and a Crown
I Love U .. U Shud be treated like a Queen Ur highness
****

MeeMz:
Ok we're gonna need a whole day to talk about this girl
awal shay she'z got the best flickr account u have to check it out =D ( da3aya .. yalla show me the money =p)
thaneyan .. She wont be a second late if u ever needed her .. u can talk to her n get everythin outta ur chest for hours n hours n she'll lsn ( dont u get bored >_> =p).. bss tmel bser3a mn other things ( so u have to always find a way to keep her amused)

If I wud give u anythin: i'd give U THE HUGEST MOST BIGGEST Teddy Bare ever ( bss i'll name it >_> )
I love U
***

Asomni: Nothin 2 say about her >_>

Just kiddin .. shez my lil secret Keeper( tho i always say enha 7alj .. but shez so not)
shez that type of ppl that U CAN NEvER EVERR Say no to!!
ya3ni seriously u cant just not Fall in love with her (tho she's still a stupid teenager =p)
she's a Category of her own
no1 can really get her! shez mysterious =D
bss i do coz im her BEST BUDDY =D

If I wud give u anythin:
I'd Give U the ownership of the Mac coz i kno how much u love make up ( and Vicky Secret too =p) and an Austin Martin =D (her favorite Car)
I lovech wayed
***

MeMe (El O5ty =p): U know when u really need someone to Encourage u!!
then u really need her..
shez alwayz there to tell me That im Strong n i can do whatever I wanna do
She gives u that Superman feeling =D
Thanks for believing in me
when i didnt believe in myself
thanks for defending me
N oh yeah .. Meme dom tgol: elle yza3el 5aloodni i'll kick the Shit out of him
yeah she's my superhero too =D

If I wud give u anythin:
I'd Give u a T-shirt with my pic on it .. Naaaah im just kiddin thats not even a gift .. i'd give u a Trophy with " My Sper Hero " Written on it.
I love u yal O5ty
***

Noody (my baby):
shez my friend .. my best friend
i call her my baby coz shez so tiny n Cuuuute n ok i'll confess she was my 1st Crush ( Suga Vice do u wanna know who was my 2nd crush =p)
ya5i her heart is the most sweetest n kindest heart ever
she'd alwayz forgive me coz she knowz how much i love her w she knowz enah im nice (the8a the8a)
i love sleepin next to her .. 9a7 the next day i find her on the floor .. bss what to do .. im a fighter 7ta lu raged HA3!!
She's got the most innocent Face ever ( she reminds me of that cat in Shrek)

If I wud give u anythin:
i'd give U (i'll tell u etha e3terafty >_> ) im kiddin =D
i'd Give u allota boxers >_> =p
and the ownership of Mc Donald 's
i Love u baby
***

Nawarii (Nawafco aka The Kooki Power):
awalan she loves Trix (ughhh) =p
shez so cute tried to date her bss she alwayz says no (i have no idea why LOL!)
Shez so -straight- Forward thats what i love about her
FEL FACE yalla menak Gommo 3anha ya3ni
Goww goww Nawarii
Shez the sexist skeleton i've ever met =p
w she's so much fun to hang out with
i love goin out with her
n i love talkin to her 3al phone the whole night
w i love the fact that she HAS TO TAKE US TO THE TOILET WITH HER >_>

If I wud give u anythin:
I'd Give u the Rever Nile =D and a Giant Cookie =D
...
.....
......
I Love u My (3alaga el9afra) u thought i wont mention that didnt U?? HAHAHAHA FDeeetich
***

FaFee (Sexy Momma):
ok .. when i 1st talked to her on phone ..
umm i thought she was teasing me
coz she's got the SEXIEST VOICE EVER
( n that cokacola body =D)
w yeah 3aks Meemz tmaman
shez the WORST LSNER
sometimes when i talk to her i wonder if she's still on earth >_>
ana w Fafee got a very long history 2gether and i love each n every single minute of it!
We have a very big secret that no1 knowz about! n im takin it with me to the Grave i promise!
Btw she's the meeeeeeeanest and the most sweetest person Everr!
She destroys lives LOOOOOOOOL!
I wudnt trade This girl for the woooorld
bss she's a Go Getter
She can get whatever she wants in her own way (dont get me wrong guyz)
bss she'll still be there for u .. if she lsned to U >_> LOL!

If I wud give u anythin:
I'd put her pic on the cover of "PlayBoy Magazine"
I love u ya G*** Elleel
Welcome back baby Missssssssssssss U akthar shaaaayyy
***

Farawla :
If u wanted to buy anythin
then Farawla is the Best shoppin partner ever =D
i love shopping with her
( n shez not boring like other banotat .. t5ale9 bser3a)
bss tst7e wen u go shopping for underwears!!!
lol!
ya5i she's one of a kind
she can be really wise sometimes
N even her gf they're so made 4 each others i love them both ( allah y5alehum l'b3a'6)

If I wud give u anythin:
i'd give u a Giant barbie doll house =D ( dnt ask why)
I love u (ELfarawleh bta3 ELfarawleh<~ Thats her favorite 9e3edi song =D)
***

Ms. Tweets:
u have to kno enah shez got the Prettiest smile in this whole wide world
wallah wallah she does n no1 can argue .. a9lan mafi n8ash >_>
Fdeeet'ha ya5iii
i love goin to her house at 4am n sit with her n her Family
she's got the coolest family ever
( i kinda have a crush on her mom n her gramma n her Uncle .. ya5i the whole family)
i love them kelhom 7ayataaatii wallah!
keleh tnaze3ni w tgoly 5alood do that n dont do this bss she's alwayz right
shez the Voice of Reason though she's so young (sometime's a7es she's my mom=p.. speakin of which=p)
bss mashallah shez so smart
w when i hug her te5tefi (tiny)
I love having coffee with her at Starbucks at 7 am =p
ok she looks so cute (specially without make-up) even when she cries mashallah =D
w i always love her nail polish

If I wud give u anythin:
A Giant glass of Pinacolada with that lil umbrella =D
I Love U 7ayatiii
***

Banoota Model:
Ok shez a Cutie ( I LIKE )
w shez so innocent (maybe =p)
shez such a sweatheart
w shez a good lier w she dsnt kno how to lie at the same time ..
wait bafahemkom:
she'd lie to u n u'd totally believe her coz ma ybayen enah shez lying
bss 2 minutes later she'll tell u the truth .. thats why she cant lie (for more than 2 minutes)
she's so supportive .. w wayed considerate
w i really hate to C her sad .. w i hate who ever gets her all upset
She's such a unique person
Thanks for being a part of bringing me back the BEST thing that ever happened to Me

If I wud give u anythin:
i'd give U a Million Donut =D and the biggest heart shaped pellow
I Love u
***

Damoo3a:
damn i have to take her opinion on every little thing i do
bss chee just to check coz she notices el stuff elle ma t56er 3a bali
See? she completes me =D
i'll tell u sumthin about her that is really weird shshshshhhh : Shakelha yet'3ayar every 3 months (mb ademeya) bss akeed she keeps on lookin cuter n cuter n cuter did i mention enah she has the Cutest face ever?
She's My Lil Sister w i adore her

If I wud give u anythin:
I'd give her this portable spy-cam to watch her gf 24/7 =p LOOL! im kiddin yal enty
i'd give u a Moody shaped diamond Necklace =p
I love u
***

Marc Jacobs:
well this girl let me tell u about our 1st day
the 1st phone call we ever had went on n on for like more than 5 HOURS
i believe we've talked about everythinnn fe hal 3alam
even Cockroaches =S
lol! .. u thought i forgot about that didnt u .. ha ha ha
seriously 7aset eneh we've been frnds for ages
n then the 1st time we ever met
well it was totally 9edfa .. i was out with my frndz w faj2a i get this msg: enty fe... (the name of the place)
i got scared =p coz ma 3raft el number (i thought ta7areyat =p)
bss i was shocked enah she never saw a clear pic of me
bss what to do shez smart ~> plus U can alwayz notice me ya3ni WTH im the hottest boyah fel 3alam lazim akeed msh ma32ol (5alewwd Dreamin' ..i got bored of me =p)
she looked soooooo cute
i was so happy to meet her that day!
shez so loveable adorable hugable eatabul (K)

If I wud give u anythin:
i'd give her a Yacht and i'll name it after her
I Love u
***

Banoota Moot:
i get speachless when it comes to this girl
its like she's i dunno .. really speachless
shez so understanding, she feels me she gets me more than anyone else
i've learnt allot from her shez ...
seriously if this girl wanted my eyez i would ltrly rip them off n just give'em to her
ya3ni she did so much for me i dont even know how to pay her back!! ( do u take Visa =p)
she's so unpredictable..
i can never get enough of her
Thank u for being the reason of giving me the best thing that ever happened to me in my whole life

If I wud give u anythin:
I'd give U a million dozens of red rosed
i love u N*****ty
***

Ms. Girly(shoosh):
my Big Sister the one im so proud of
shez so elegant
she's got the best taste & style Everrrr
damn she's always got an answer to all of my questions (even the stupid ones)
She's my twin sister too =D
with her i always feel safe
i just never worry about anythin
i'd walk a thousand mile for her
shez Intelligent
shez brilliant
she dazzling
shez so amazing

If I wud give u anythin:
i'd give u the moon (well u dont really need it .. u already have one)
i love u sis
***

Shoosha:
she's My Dancing Partner
yeah get me n shoosha put some music on
n we'll never stop
we'll dance till we drop
damn we click =D
we get along so much some ppl thought that we're 2gether ( i wish =p)
i was her Fawzeya el dre3 fe yomn mn el ayam =p lol remember the good ol' days?
i love her hair
she's my Umbrella on a rainy day
w i love her lil naughty outfits (6)

If I wud give u anythin:
I'd give u the naughty Cat woman Outfit
i love u sexy
***

And LAST BUT NOT LEAST

Joorey:
I call her:
Daloo3ty
baby Girl
My princess
My heeler ( n no1 can share her nicknames with her)
She's the type of person that wud kno whats goin on in mind
without even Askin
she's not a Psychic .. bss she knowz everythin every little single thing about me
so we dont really need to talk much =p
She's the one person in this world that i dont mind hugin till the day i stop breathin
she's a bit mad at me right now
bss she dsnt realize how special she is

If I wud give u anythin:
I'd give u a Tiara .. cuz u're my princess
i love u so much baby girl
***

and the list is over
If u think that u shud be in it n u're not
then (chofi 3mrich shu msawya) LOOOL! j/k

I love Those girls so much
i've learnt so much from each one of them
they helped me thru alot
ykafy enah they bear with me
They've been so helpful n supportive
Gr8 friends Gr8 sisters
And no matter what Each one of u will alwayz have a place in my heart
im so lucky to have u girls
U mean the world to me
And did i mention that i love U??? =p

Warning:
If U ever mess with any of the girls mentioned above
i swear i'll break ur face n i'll rip ur head off
i'll be ur worst nightmare
U'll C blood >_>

Shu raykom fe rojolti w Faz3eti w na5weti??? =D