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Not a huge fan of her's, but she had a great voice, very sad.
Love this one though (played loud)
Sad news indeed. That live version of Troy is simply stunning.
I’m inclined to agree with him on this point
He's spot on
My favourite quote of the day came from a colleague -
"Very beautiful lady but always made herself look awful"
I had no response.
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I think what's so hateful about that Guardian Sinead obit is the way it frames her whole life in negatives - "she lacked the obsessive drive needed…never had another hit…inability to edit her pronouncements...constitutionally unable to compromise…" Talk about remove agency
I had no response.
Well you behaved better than I would have done.
My favourite quote of the day came from a colleague –
“Very beautiful lady but always made herself look awful”
MY understanding is that very early in her career her record company wanted her to dress and look like " the girl next door" Her response was to shave her head. that then became her signature look
She was gamine and gorgeous.
Oh I agree. However thats the story I heard. that the record company wanted to promote her as the pretty compliant girl next door and the shaved head was her response
The excellent documentary released last year "Nothing Compares" will be be available on Sky / Now TV on Saturday.
Shame they edited the original official video of Nothing Compares cutting the real tears etc, that was so moving.
The excellent documentary released last year “Nothing Compares” will be be available on Sky / Now TV on Saturday.
Yeah, that was already scheduled by Sky Docu channel for next week. Will be a difficult watch now 🙁
MY understanding is that very early in her career her record company wanted her to dress and look like ” the girl next door” Her response was to shave her head. that then became her signature look
Yeah, by "favourite" I meant the quote from my colleague was obviously ****ing stupid.
I seem to remember some story about her refusing to sing the US national anthem before some concert or event, because she wasn't an American, and then some american musicians refusing to work with her.
Yeah, that ripping the popes photo did make her a bit of an outcast
Just been reading about that. The next week, Joe Pesci did his smirking monologue on SNL, saying that if he'd been there, he would have "smacked her so hard". Frank Sinatra called her a "stupid broad". The US papers called her 'the face of pure hatred '. Madonna said she was ugly.
The state of those ****s.
She certainly was an outcast tho. But she was right.
She spoke out on racism, the Pope and Palestine, hence the attacks and sneering obit in eg the Guardian.
Not really a fan. Thought she was a bit too attention seeking. But would never wish her harm. It was terrible what happened to her son at only 17, I can only imagine how hard that must have been for her. RIP Sinéad, hope you found peace.
She didn’t seek attention for herself she sought it for others.
I was a huge fan and I cried when I heard the news. The last time I did that for someone I didn’t know was when those two kids were murdered by Ian Huntley and that was 20 years ago.
At least we still have Joe cocker.
We’ll always have Joe Cocker
I loved her outspoken views and thought the ripping of the popes photograph was much needed. The Catholic Church has been a negative influence and acted malevolently for much of its history.
Although I disagreed strongly with his anti-vax and lockdown views - Illegal Attacks by Ian Brown with Sinead O’Connor is still a favourite.
Catch Nothing Compares if you can. It’s a superb, fascinating documentary… I would’ve loved watching it if she hadn’t gone n bloody died.
Such a shame that during her life, she maybe didn't realise...But then, it seems you have to die before you're achievements are recognised. Shame, that.
Can’t say that’s entirely true in this case - the documentary was made in 2022 and clearly recognises how the world has come round to the causes she stood up for.
Quote Doris5000...
"Madonna said she was ugly"
**** off Madge, you're ugly on the inside AND outside you pretentious mercenary ****
Now Playing on 6 music (Sunday 6-8pm) this week was a Sinead tribute - worth a listen if you've a spare couple of hours
Came across this via a FB post, really nice version