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[–]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