Sinéad O’Connor dies at the age of 56

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[–]SmockSignals 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Fuck da pope yo.

[–]package 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Did she troon out? She always struck me as the type to troon out.

[–]ageingrockstar 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sinéad O’Connor on her teenage years: ‘I steal everything. I’m not a nice person. I’m trouble’

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/sinead-o-connor-on-her-teenage-years-i-steal-everything-i-m-not-a-nice-person-i-m-trouble-1.4560611

[–]ageingrockstar 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

No music video has ever made a greater impression on me than Nothing Compares 2 U

Of course, I soon bought the album and the preceding one (The Lion and the Cobra). And am gong to listen to that latter one right now.

Thanks for the music Sinéad

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No music video has ever made a greater impression on me than Nothing Compares 2 U

Prince wrote that song. And he did it better, as the lyrics written from a man's perspective.

[–]ageingrockstar 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm also a massive Prince fan but I think Sinéad's version and arrangement is better (as much as one can say that). Her diminution of the note when singing 'to' ('to you' in the chorus) from a third to a minor third is particularly genius, making it sound plaintive, in an Irish keening way.

Here's a quite long piece discussing the Prince / Sinéad versions, if you're interested :

https://www.theringer.com/2021/6/2/22464082/sinead-oconnor-nothing-compares-2-u-prince

[–]hfxB0oyA 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They seem to be suggesting in the article that she necked herself.

[–]TemporarilyDeceased 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Her 17 year old son died last year which devastated her. Soon after he died she posted she was going to join him and later that she was going to seek help. Then this.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sinead O'Connor dead,

Kevin Spacey cleared,

Tra lala lala

[–]SepehrHeidarian 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

May God rest her soul

[–]0_0 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

She was right and nobody stood by her.

[–]Alphix80's teen 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

About what, precisely?

[–]SmockSignals 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Catholic church abuses

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

About what, precisely?

Dying safe.

[–]Alphix80's teen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

What does that mean? Got a link or something?

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

She died safe from COVID

[–]Alphix80's teen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Oh, I see. Yikes, if true. I would think she'd be one to see through the bullshit and not give in to it.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They didn't specify a cause of death.

[–]Alphix80's teen 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I know, I know.