Sinead O'connor dies.

[TheLittleBigMan]

One of the best.

[Jon the Hat]

Apart from being a talented artist, the strength she showed speaking out against the Catholic Church in 1992 (?) was incredible.  RIP Sinead.  

Edited 27 July 2023 by Jon the Hat

[Bellend Sebastian]

I was never that interested in her art particularly but blimey, she had a lot going on and one of the few famous people I think I'd have actually liked to meet, based on the interviews she's done over the last few years.

 

Excitingly strong (and for me, difficult to argue with) views on all this from Morrissey, who manages to only very briefly make it about himself, for a change:

 

https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/you-know-i-couldn-t-last

[Blueman1967]

A great talent, great voice

[Finnegan]

I'm quite emotionally stunted, I've had a recent loss and not really dealt with it or processed. I thought I was doing ok until I came across a YouTube video someone's done of Sinead O'Connor and Dolores O'Riordan's vocals for No Need To Argue layered together like a duet and it's absolutely cracked me like an egg haha. 

 

Hopefully they're both now somewhere happier and enjoying their music whatever happens after. 

 

RIP. 

 

 

 

[TheLittleBigMan]

4 hours ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

I was never that interested in her art particularly but blimey, she had a lot going on and one of the few famous people I think I'd have actually liked to meet, based on the interviews she's done over the last few years.

 

Excitingly strong (and for me, difficult to argue with) views on all this from Morrissey, who manages to only very briefly make it about himself, for a change:

 

https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/you-know-i-couldn-t-last

He absolutely nailed it. She was hung out to dry so many times by the industry but they never silenced her. Bought her last album which I think the title says it all - I'm not bossy, i'm the boss.

 

[SK3Blue]

Whatever your thoughts are on Morrissey, his comments on Sinead are bang on. 

[Blue ROI]

Magical 

 

[CosbehFox]

18 hours ago, Finnegan said:

I'm quite emotionally stunted, I've had a recent loss and not really dealt with it or processed. I thought I was doing ok until I came across a YouTube video someone's done of Sinead O'Connor and Dolores O'Riordan's vocals for No Need To Argue layered together like a duet and it's absolutely cracked me like an egg haha. 

 

Hopefully they're both now somewhere happier and enjoying their music whatever happens after. 

 

RIP. 

 

 

 

Quite similar here Finners - re: loss and listening to SoC. Haunting voice

[Bellend Sebastian]

I snoozed and lost the other day when I didn't buy a 2nd hand copy of her "Collaborations" album for 11 quid off Amazon, and someone else bought it. Cheapest one now over 40.

 

Really want it because the version of "All Kinds of Everything" on it with Terry Hall is GREAT (unlike the original) and I can't get it anywhere else

[Zorrovolpe]

On 13/09/2023 at 21:25, Bellend Sebastian said:

I snoozed and lost the other day when I didn't buy a 2nd hand copy of her "Collaborations" album for 11 quid off Amazon, and someone else bought it. Cheapest one now over 40.

 

Really want it because the version of "All Kinds of Everything" on it with Terry Hall is GREAT (unlike the original) and I can't get it anywhere else

Many thanks for the reminder about this gem.

I found the video on YouTube, and it's delightful - especially Sinead's smile as Terry Hall starts singing, a kind of "wow-is-this-really-happening?" moment.

[Bellend Sebastian]

14 hours ago, Zorrovolpe said:

Many thanks for the reminder about this gem.

I found the video on YouTube, and it's delightful - especially Sinead's smile as Terry Hall starts singing, a kind of "wow-is-this-really-happening?" moment.

It's great isn't it? I've tried listening to the Dana version in the absence of this one on the streaming services, and no offence to Dana but I'm struggling to think of another cover that turns the original from something a bit naff into a bit of a wonder