Well, the extent to which someone is liked by the trendy kids is always something subjective and variable. But just to counterbalance any anecdotal evidence in the other direction, I'm a young musician myself and I know I'm not the only one who listened to her work, because I've spoken to several other young musicians in the past couple of days who are also upset by this because they rated Amy Winehouse very highly. Personally, I thought that as well as being a powerful singer, she was an amazing lyricist, one of the best of my generation. I don't go in for league tables, but I really do feel she deserves to be treated as a true stand-out talent, not just mainstream poppy.

The worst I've heard someone say about her (sticking just to opinions of her records and performance) was that her music was a bit of a pastiche, but I think nobody could deny that the lyrics were written and delivered with such intensity that it took that music to another level.