Seems as if I was in a "ruckus" without even realizing it.
let me clarify:
What upset me was that you seem to say that Billie's rough life helped her as a singer. Like being a prostitute at age 14, and being a drug addict, gives you 'soul' and 'passion' in your music. All BS, of course.
Billie was failed by everyone in her life that she should have been able to trust. Under American Law a 14 year old girl cannot even give consent to have sex, so how in the hell can she be a $5 pro. Where were the adults???
I cringe when I hear her voice because I think of her age. She sounded like she was 85, when age-wise, she should have been in her prime. She was dead at age 44. SAD CASE!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday
Read the whole sad sorry mess. As great as she was, second only to Ella, she was no where near close to what she could have been.
Cheers
let me clarify:
What upset me was that you seem to say that Billie's rough life helped her as a singer. Like being a prostitute at age 14, and being a drug addict, gives you 'soul' and 'passion' in your music. All BS, of course.
Billie was failed by everyone in her life that she should have been able to trust. Under American Law a 14 year old girl cannot even give consent to have sex, so how in the hell can she be a $5 pro. Where were the adults???
I cringe when I hear her voice because I think of her age. She sounded like she was 85, when age-wise, she should have been in her prime. She was dead at age 44. SAD CASE!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday
Read the whole sad sorry mess. As great as she was, second only to Ella, she was no where near close to what she could have been.
Cheers